Ms. Nielsen
US History II
AP US History
Contact Info:
Room 465
wnielsen@fallriverschools.org
Phone ext. 2257
Announcements for US II:
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Time for term 3, everybody!
Announcements for AP:
- Unit 11 note cards should be done for your own growth. Don't forget to study independently with your note cards-- remember the strategies we practiced.
- Online practice quiz for your edification (see below). The format's new to me, so be patient. There will be more soon.
US History II Course Outline:
- Unit 1: Industrialization, Immigration & Urbanization
- Unit 2: Empire at Home & Abroad
- Unit 3: Progressives & Reformers
- Unit 4: World War I & its aftermath
- Unit 5: Boom & Bust
- Unit 6: Great Depression & the New Deal
- Unit 7: WWII & its Impact
- Unit 8: Early Cold War (Atomic Age, Korean War, Space Race, etc)
- Unit 9: The Civil Rights Era
- Unit 10: The 1960s (Presidents, Counterculture, etc.)
- Unit 11: Vietnam, Scandal & Malaise
- Unit 12: Social Changes, Politics & Events 1980s-present
AP US History Course Outline:
Unit 1: Colonial Beginnings (1450 – 1650)
Unit 2: The Colonies Grow Up (1650 – 1750)
Unit 3: Causes of Revolution & the Revolutionary War
Unit 4: The Constitution
Unit 5: The Early Republic (1789 – 1812)
Unit 6: War, Economics & Politics in Antebellum America
Unit 7: Religion & Reform in Antebellum America
Unit 8: Manifest Destiny, Territorial Expansion & Rising Sectionalism
Unit 9: Slavery, Sectionalism & the Civil War
Unit 10: The Gilded Age
Unit 11: Imperialism at Home and Abroad (1/24 - 1/28)
Unit 12: Progressive Era
Unit 13: Modern War & Modern Life (1914 – 1920s)
Unit 14: The Great Depression and the New Deal
Unit 15: Causes & Course of World War II
Unit 16: The Early Cold War & Life in the 1950s
Unit 17: The 1960s (Politics, Civil Rights, Cold War, Culture & Conflict)
Unit 18: 1970s (Politics, Economics, Disillusionment & Progress)
Unit 19: The 1980s (Rise of Conservatism, New Foreign Policy & Cultural Changes)
Unit 20: The Post-Cold War WorldUseful Links and Resources:
US Constitution - Text and Images of the US Constitution
PBS Eyes on the Prize - Resources about the Civil Rights Movement from PBS
The Great War - Resources about World War I from PBS
Digital Archives of Historical Music - Copyright-free historical music mostly from the early 1900s. If you explore the website, it also has articles, historical newspapers and digital photograph exhibits
Ken Burns' The War (PBS) - Great website about World War II with photographs, videos and information about how real Americans experienced World War II.
World War II Propaganda from the US Archives
History lectures from the Khan Academy - Good resources for 20th century US History and many economics concepts, but not much for early history.
AP Resources: We're a small class so let's be honest-- we get the worst spot on the website. There are still resources for us to use, though. Any of the US II PowerPoints/notes (on the right side) might be helpful for the second half of our course. The links above may also be helpful. Here are a few items just for us.
Research Paper:
Units 1 and 2: Early Colonies
Unit 3: Revolutionary War
- Boston Massacre Trial
Unit 4: The Constitution
Unit 5: Early Republic
Units 6 & 7: Culture, Economics, etc. in Antebellum America
Unit 8: Manifest Destiny & Rising Sectionalism
Unit 9: Causes of the Civil War
Unit 8: Manifest Destiny
Unit 9: Sectionalism / Civil War
Unit 10: Reconstruction & the New South
