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Freshmen Core U.S. History is a year-long
course that is organized
with the following themes:

Overall Themes for 9th Grade U.S. History
& 10th Grade World History

1st Semester:
1) Conflict (War)
      Causes and Results of the Revolutionary War, Civil War, and World War I
      List of 36: War (the Frayer Model featuring boxes!)
      Revolutionary War Quiz Items for the mini-summative
      Revolutionary War Essay Organizer
      Civil War Quiz Items for a mini-summative
      Civil War Essay Organizer
      Compare and Contrast the Revolutionary War v. Vietnam War with this matrix
       (Go to Podcast, and hear interviews with World War II veterans)
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2) Social Structure & Change
           Standard 12.4.3 (Current & Historic Demographics)
               12.4.3 Matrix & 12.4.3 Study Guide Part 1 & 12.4.3 Study Guide Part 2
      Graphic Organizers: 12.4.3 African Slavery    12.4.3 Native-Americans
                                    12.4.3 White Expansion    12.4.3 Urban Growth
          Standard 12.1.13 (Historical Interpretation)
            12.1.13 Matrix and the 12.1.13 Packet
        (Go to Podcast, and hear FDR's 1st Inaugural Address)
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3) Power (Oppression)
       Social and Economic Slavery essay information
        Civil Rights essay matrix
        Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois matrix
        Oppression Frayer Boxes for your List of 36!
         (Go to Podcast, and hear MLK, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech)
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2nd Semester:
4) Action / Reaction (Politics)
     The Action Reaction Frayer Model for the "List of 36"
      Presidential Assassinations matrix
      Theodore Roosevelt matrix
      New Deal matrix
       (Go to Podcast, and hear Nixon's resignation speech, and Ford's speech pardoning Nixon)
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5) Progress (Technology & Culture)
      Inventors research responsibilities
       Titanic Disaster information
       Scopes Monkey Trial essay information
        (Go to Podcast, and listen to Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast)
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6) Economics (a BUC$ wrap-up, so to speak)
The 12.3.13 Packet!
Consumer Price Index Information
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7) The 1960's (Really 1954-1983; this is a chance
    to review the previous themes using more
    recent U.S.History)
       America Tears Itself Apart essay matrix
        Bad News in America essay matrix
        The Cold War essay matrix
         (Go to Podcast, and hear Carter's "Crisis of Confidence" speech)
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