Mr. Schneider's Online Classroom

US History I takes the class on a humanities-based journey through American history from the peopling of the continent to 1865. The sequence of study winds through pre-Columbian Native American societies, European colonization, African culture and society, the American Revolution, origins of American government, manifest destiny, and the American Civil War.  We will also explore the historical perspectives of contemporaries on topics including the Cahokia moundbuilders, Native American society today, the trial of Anne Hutchinson, New England town hall meetings, the California gold rush, Frederick Douglass’s autobiography, and more. We will devote special attention to people whose voices have been muted over time, and to why this silencing has happened to some and not others. Their words, ideas, and actions will illuminate and complicate our understandings of the past, ourselves, this nation, and, ultimately, our connection to humanity. We can honor and learn from them by discovering, remembering, and retelling their stories.

Syllabus
Reading: Active Reading Protocol
Note-Taking: Cornell Notes Template
Persuasive Writing: CAPT Writing Rubric

Unit 2: First Contacts
Video: "Aguirre: The Wrath of God"

Friday 11/7
Scene Drafting Worksheet

Thursday 11/5
Pre-Playwriting Worksheet

Tuesday 11/3
No school

Friday 10/30
First Americans Character Chart

Thursday 10/29
Reader: The First Americans

Tuesday 10/27
Small New World Essay Prompt
Frontier Comparison Chart

Friday 10/23
Worksheet: Guns, Germs, and Steel - Part 1
Video: "Conquest" from Guns, Germs, and Steel

Thursday 10/22
Reading: Horwitz, "A Voyage Long and Strange"
Notes: La Malinche and Cortes

Tuesday 10/20
CAPT Writing Rubric
Columbus KWL Reflection

Friday 10/17
Columbus CAPT Essay Prompt

Thursday 10/15
T-Chart: Columbus Day vs. Native Peoples Day
Reading: Zinn, "Columbus and the Indians"
Reading: Bowden, "Columbus Day Celebrates Western Culture"

Tuesday 10/13
Worksheet: Columbus - Hero or Villain?
Reading: Brinkley, pp. 8-10
Reading: Loewen, "1493: The True Importance of...Columbus"