American+Studies+2016

NYC video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyUV6A8fQ04 sunshine and shadow at 43 minute mark students have handout

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2nd Semester readings



WW2 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/17/japanese-internment-is-precedent-for-national-muslim-registry-prominent-trump-backer-says/?utm_term=.48446943bb47

Great Depression



in class activity- AmerSt Firesidechats- music lyrics- listen and respond to questions on FDR chats, Father Coughlin and youtube- G.Bush. Also complete lyrics sheet w/worksheet and music

1920s Additional powerpoints for 1920s

Spanish American War- Imperialism primary documents several short readings (1 to 3 paragraphs)NOTE THIS IS NOT A PRIMARY DOCUMENT

primary documents 2nd Industrial Revolution- gilded Age, populism, progressive era, unions, robber barons v. captains of industry

Reconstruction Primary Documents The below reading has several documents that are included in the reading, Education, KKK, White Govt, Black Parliament, Andrew Johnson Pardon, First Reconstruction Act, We only had ignorance (reflections)

note the first few pages of this is NOT a primary document but overview. (includes mail contract for those doing black codes and mail contract project If this is password protected use the password: egan

Industrialization- Progressive Populism Gilded Age

1st semester

Powerpoint 1820-1855

Project 1790-1814 primary source readings

Below are the articles in the packet in individual order



Constitution

Documents and material related to exam on 1700 to 1787 [] (shays rebellion)

Other Primary Sources



Documents and materials covered in class or assigned as homework betwen start of school and 9/30 - Evaluates where the idea of American Exceptionalism originated and how the ideas associated with it evolved over time Several readings including the Iroquios myth, founding of Jamestown and others. Moving from factual questions to essential questions Map showing the degree to which Puritans in England chose town names in New England that were the same

@https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/winthrop.htm (Winthrop City on a hill) John Winthrop's speech City on a Hill Reading reviews the angst and tension that existed for Puritans

Primary source reading- Beginning of compulsory education in New England -Primary source reading w/background - creation of Rhode Island as a pluralistic, secular State - Map showing the impact of English Civil War in the Colonies - NOTE Williams wrote his Tenets during the English Civil War Reading about Dutch New Amsterdam Ct. and Va. Diary-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87yVl-w8cY8 part 1 NYC documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87yVl-w8cY8 Dutch New York from Documentary series on NYC Virginia insurrection against Colonial government r Massachussets insurrection against Native Americans

Powerpoints

For next area of study Slave map- proportionately where were Africans brought to in the New World http://www.slavevoyages.org/assessment/intro-maps http://www.slaverysite.com/Body/slave_trade_1650-1860_b%20-%20www.slaveryinamerica.org.jpg