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US History Semester 1   Course Cost: $260.00 Credit: .5 Course Materials: All required materials are included in the course.  There are no textbooks that the student needs to purchase. Course Description: This required course in United States History includes significant events, issues, and problems after the period of Reconstruction, emphasizing present-day issues, which have their roots in the past.  The course is divided into 5 units.  This course builds upon knowledge and concepts, acquired in the first course (8th grade). The course includes historical concepts, citizenship principles and skills necessary for the study of U.S. History.  This course will focus on a program that will foster students’ responsibility for scholarship by providing opportunities for students to acquire, develop, and master specific skills.  These skills will be developed through a variety of assignments, projects, and activities such as research, critical thinking and analytical reasoning, and use of primary and secondary sources. A foundation in history enables students to understand the importance of patriotism, function in a free enterprise society, and appreciate the basic democratic values of our state and nations, as referenced in the Texas Education Code, §28.002(h).  [Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for U.S. History Studies §113.32].  The course also takes into consideration the essential concepts of the applicable standards developed by the National Center for History in the Schools (http://nchs.ucla.edu/standards) U.S. History Core Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student is expected to, and will be able to, demonstrate the ability to:                understand and apply the principles of academic integrity, understand traditional historical points of reference in U.S. history through 1877, analyze economic issues such as industrialization, the growth of railroads, the growth of labor unions, and the rise of big business, analyze the impact of technological innovations, evaluate the contributions of significant political and social leaders, analyze social issues such as growth of cities and problems of immigrants, identify the political, social, and economic contributions of women and minorities to American society, evaluate the impact of Progressive Era reforms, evaluate the impact of reform leaders on American society, evaluate various means of achieving equality of political rights, understand the political, economic, and social changes in the United States from 1877 to 1898, describe how the U.S. positioned itself to be a world power, analyze major issues raised by U.S. involvement in World War I, analyze the economic impact of World War I on the United States, explain the impact of significant international events such as World War I on changes in the role of the federal government, explain how scientific discoveries and technological innovations resulted from specific needs in the military, analyze causes of economic growth and prosperity in the 1920s, analyze causes and effects of significant issues such as immigration, the Red Scare, and Prohibition, analyze causes and effects of significant issues such as Prohibition and the changing role of women, describe the impact of significant examples of cultural movements in art, music, and literature on American society, including the Harlem Renaissance, analyze the impact of significant individuals such as Henry Ford and Charles A. Lindbergh, describe how the characteristics and issues of this era are reflected in the works of art, music, and literature such as the paintings of Georgia O’Keefe, analyze the causes of the Great Depression, including the decline in worldwide trade, the stock market crash, and bank failures, analyze the effects of the Great Depression on the U.S. economy and government, analyze the effects of changing demographic patterns resulting from migration within the United States, evaluate the effectiveness of the New Deal measures in ending the Great Depression, analyze how various New Deal agencies and programs such as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Social Security continue to affect the lives of U.S. citizens, identify actions of government and the private sector to expand economic opportunities to all citizens; and evaluate the impact of New Deal legislation on the historical roles of state and federal government. Course Activities: Throughout this course the student will undertake: Reading assignments Writing assignments Discussion participation assignments Internet and library research projects Journals Quizzes Tests CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS COURSE Back to Courses-Registration