Welcome to Academic United States History with Ms. Carr! I absolutely cannot wait to be your teacher this year and learn about how the country we call home came to be. I truly feel like history is about exploration and discovery, and I hope to make you understand that throughout our time together this year.
This website is going to be useful to you for a number of reasons. You will find information about our course, links to resources like Google Classroom and Remind, the homework calendar, and information about ongoing projects and assignments that will be helpful. SOL Review materials and resources will be available here as well when the time comes. If you have questions about class, this website and Google Classroom should be your first stops for clarification.
Communication
Email Address: [email protected]
Independence HS Phone Number: 571-367-4200
Course Description
In U.S/Virginia History you will expand your ability to think clearly and carefully about social and historical forces that have shaped American history. You will compare the roles of different groups of people, including young people, in different times and regions. You will learn to think in an organized way to understand history and to express yourselves in all forms of writing, both formal and informal. In this class you will develop your ability to use historical evidence to make arguments and draw conclusions. This course will also help you improve your ability to think critically while examining how to the people of America have met their needs, formed communities, and developed new, diverse, complex societies.
In our discussions and conversations in class, we will have many opportunities to explore challenging, high-stakes issues and increase our understandings of different perspectives. Our conversations may not always be easy; we will need patience, understanding and empathy as we engage with our classmates, and begin to process different experiences and the conversations must always be respectful. Therefore, an important second aim of our course will be for us to increase our facility with the sometimes-difficult conversations that arise inside our classroom – whatever our backgrounds, experiences, or positions.
Scope and Sequence
Unit 1: Three Worlds Collide Unit 6: Civil War and Reconstruction
Unit 2: Early Colonies Unit 7: Progressive Era and Gilded Age
Unit 3: American Revolution Unit 8: Imperialism and WWI
Unit 4: American Government Unit 9: Roaring 20s, Great Depression, WWII
Unit 5: Expansion and Sectionalism Unit 10: Cold War to Present
Important Codes
Google Classroom Class Codes:
Block 2: 63l9t92
Block 3: svhuts
Remind: Text @9g2788 to 81010 to join.
Class Syllabus can be found here.
This website is going to be useful to you for a number of reasons. You will find information about our course, links to resources like Google Classroom and Remind, the homework calendar, and information about ongoing projects and assignments that will be helpful. SOL Review materials and resources will be available here as well when the time comes. If you have questions about class, this website and Google Classroom should be your first stops for clarification.
Communication
Email Address: [email protected]
Independence HS Phone Number: 571-367-4200
Course Description
In U.S/Virginia History you will expand your ability to think clearly and carefully about social and historical forces that have shaped American history. You will compare the roles of different groups of people, including young people, in different times and regions. You will learn to think in an organized way to understand history and to express yourselves in all forms of writing, both formal and informal. In this class you will develop your ability to use historical evidence to make arguments and draw conclusions. This course will also help you improve your ability to think critically while examining how to the people of America have met their needs, formed communities, and developed new, diverse, complex societies.
In our discussions and conversations in class, we will have many opportunities to explore challenging, high-stakes issues and increase our understandings of different perspectives. Our conversations may not always be easy; we will need patience, understanding and empathy as we engage with our classmates, and begin to process different experiences and the conversations must always be respectful. Therefore, an important second aim of our course will be for us to increase our facility with the sometimes-difficult conversations that arise inside our classroom – whatever our backgrounds, experiences, or positions.
Scope and Sequence
Unit 1: Three Worlds Collide Unit 6: Civil War and Reconstruction
Unit 2: Early Colonies Unit 7: Progressive Era and Gilded Age
Unit 3: American Revolution Unit 8: Imperialism and WWI
Unit 4: American Government Unit 9: Roaring 20s, Great Depression, WWII
Unit 5: Expansion and Sectionalism Unit 10: Cold War to Present
Important Codes
Google Classroom Class Codes:
Block 2: 63l9t92
Block 3: svhuts
Remind: Text @9g2788 to 81010 to join.
Class Syllabus can be found here.