US History Syllabus

Syllabus: U.S. History
Chattahoochee High School
Mr. Hill

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is a yearlong class organized chronologically but which also focuses on the themes of American democratic heritage, reform movements, and global interdependence. In the first semester, connections are made with enduring social, economic, and political issues in the context of the time period covering the settlement of North America through the early twentieth century. The semester includes an exploration of the development of and challenges to democracy as well as an analysis of national growth and reform.

TEXT: The AMERICANS, (Georgia Edition) McDougal Littell, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1998; Cost $64.98. This text will be issued in its second year of use beginning in August 2007.

Suggested Resource: Elements of Style

UNITS:
UNIT ONE – Colonial Era (2 weeks)

UNIT TWO – Revolution to Constitution (4 weeks)

UNIT THREE – Washington to Adams (2 weeks)

UNIT FOUR – National Growth and Reform (2 1/2 weeks)

UNIT V – Civil War and Reconstruction (2 weeks)

UNIT VI – Expansion and Industrial Revolution (2 weeks)

UNIT VII – Urbanization and Progressives (2 weeks)

UNIT VIII – Becoming a World Power and WWI (3 weeks)

GRADE BREAKDOWN
Homework (10%): Homework will be assigned on a daily basis and all written work should be handed in at the beginning of class. Late homework will only be accepted up to one day late and will receive a grade no higher than a 75%.

Major Assessments (60%): Major tests will be given approximately every other week. Test format will combine multiple choice, geography and information processing skill questions, and essay questions. Alternative assessments will also be used in many of this years units. Students will be given forewarning which activities, other than tests, will be included in this section. This section also includes a department wide project.

Minor Assessments (15%): Quizzes will usually cover material covered in the previous day's class or assigned reading.

Final Exam (15%): The Final will be comprehensive.


GRADING SCALE
90-100 =A
80-89 =B
70-79 =C
BELOW 70 =F