Course Syllabus

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This course is designed to meet North Carolina's 8th grade history requirement. Through this course you will cover Colonial America to present day. While American History is the key topic, we will view History through the lens of North Carolina. 

Grading

Tests - 25%

Projects - 25% (There will be several projects throughout the course Individual, Partner, & group. All projects will require research, citation, & creation)

Quizzes - 15% (online quiz on Canvas or in class Paper and Pencil)

Classwork - 20% 

Homework - 15% (discussion posts, and online assignments from Canvas)

 Course Break Down

Week 1 Welcome to US History With Mr. Lechner

Mask Project - Define Youself

Digital Citizenship

The Strands of History

Exploration & Colonization

The founding of N.C. as a British Colony, Pirates in N.C.

 1492-1763

Revolutionary Era

Building Our New Nation

Westward Expansion

 1763-1789

Antebellum (Sectionalism) 

Civil War and Reconstruction

 

1860-1877

Closing The West

Industrial Age/Gilded Age

 1876-1900
Progressive Era 1890-1920
American Imperialism 1890-1920
World War I 1914-1918
Roaring Twenties 1920-1929
Great Depression 1929-1941
World War II 1939-1945
Cold War 1945-1989
Postwar Boom 1946-1959
New Frontier and Great Society 1960-1968
Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968
Vietnam War Years 1954-1975
Era of Social Change 1960-1975

 

 

End of the 20th century

The War On Terror

1970s-1990s

2000-Present

Course Summary:

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