Online US History Course High School

Description:
This course presents a cohesive and comprehensive overview of the history of the United States,
surveying the major events and turning points of U.S. history as it moves from the Era of
Exploration through modern times. As students examine each era of history, they will analyze
primary sources and carefully research events to gain a clearer understanding of the factors that
have shaped U.S. history.

Textbook: United States History (Boundless CC 4.0)

Course objectives:
Throughout the course, you will meet the following goals:
• Assess the political development of the United States, including the influence of
democratic ideals, the changing role of government, and the modern two-party system.
• Explore the evolution of American culture and society, including the role of reform
movements, from the colonial era to the present.
• Trace the economic development of the U.S. from an agrarian to an industrial economy.

Contents:
Semester A 

Ch 1 Ancient America Before 1492
Ch 2 European Encounters with the New World
Ch 3 Britain and the Settling of the Colonies
Ch 4 Expansion of the Colonies
Ch 5 The Colonial Crisis
Ch 6 The American Revolution
Ch 7 Founding a Nation
Ch 8 The Federalist Era
Ch 9 Securing the Republic
Ch 10 Democracy in America
Ch 11 The Market Revolution
Ch 12 Religion, Romanticism, Cultural Reform
Ch 13 Westward Movement and Manifest Destiny
Ch 14 Slavery in the Antebellum U.S.

Semester B

Ch 15 A House Dividing
Ch 16 The Civil War
Ch 17 Reconstruction
Ch 18 The Gilded Age
Ch 19 The Progressive Age
Ch 20 World War I
Ch 21 The Roaring Twenties
Ch 22 The New Deal
Ch 23 From Isolation to World War II
Ch 24 The Cold War
Ch 25 Politics and Culture of Abundance
Ch 26 The Sixties
Ch 27 The Conservative Turn of America
Ch 28 Bush, Clinton, and a Changing World
Ch 29 America in the 21st Century

Grading Scale                                                                                    

A = 90-100%                                                                          

B = 80-89%                                                                            

C = 70-79%                                                                                                                   

D = 60-69%                                                                           

F = under 59%

Grade Weighting

Quizzes…………………….  70%

Final Exam ……………….  30%

                                        100%

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