U.S. History 2
U.S. History, Book 2, requires high school students to process information in order to understand continuity and change in our nation’s history. Materials are designed to help students to understand the relationship between unit themes and concepts. Six sections focus on specialized topics covering the period 1866-1920. Part 1 looks at the atmosphere in America after the Civil War. Part 2 examines the movement west. Part 3 analyzes the growth of big business. Part 4 studies American interest in Latin America and the Pacific. Part 5 explores social changes and reforms related to African Americans, women, workers, immigrants, and children. Part 6 places in perspective the role of the United States as a contemporary world leader.
Lessons are not designed to accompany a specific textbook; they supplement your U.S. history curriculum and text book.
About the Series:
Social Studies curriculum units contain complete lesson plans with preliminary and follow-up work, teacher notes with background and rationale, ready-to-use worksheets, and suggested answers for student questions. These materials encourage the development of thinking , reading, speaking, research, and writing skills as well as critical thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
Price: $39.95
Student Activities
The activities are interesting, developmental, skill-related, and promote critical thinking. Students read excerpts from primary sources, write essays and paragraphs, draw inferences, form opinions, detect cause and effect relationships, and interpret maps, charts, graphs, and cartoons. They also evaluate the traits of successful pioneers, develop their own rationale for American imperialism, analyze the role journalists played in bringing about social reforms, and use the Treaty of Versailles to identify the source of later international problems.
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