American History, University Prep (CHA3U)

Historical Inquiry and Skill Development

Overall Expectations:

Historical Inquiry: use the historical inquiry process and the concepts of historical thinking when investigating aspects of American history

Developing Transferable Skills: apply in everyday contexts skills developed through historical investigation, and identify careers in which these skills might be useful

• 102 Ways To Apply Career Training In Family History/Genealogy (Hoopla eBook)

The United States, Precontact to 1791

Overall Expectations:

Social, Economic, and Political Context: analyse the significance, for different groups in the United States, of various social, economic, and political practices and developments prior to 1791 (FOCUS ON: Continuity and Change; Historical Perspective)

• Facing East from Indian country : a Native history of early America (Book)
• The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 And The Transformation Of North America (Book, Hoopla eAudiobook)
• The Real Revolution: The Global Story of American Independence (Book)
• Native America (DVD)

Communities, Conflict, and Cooperation: analyse relations between various groups, and between different groups and the environment, in the United States prior to 1791, and assess the impact of these interrelationships (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Cause and Consequence)

• Voices From Colonial America (Book)
• Iroquois: People of the Longhouse (Book)
• Atlas of Slavery (Book)
• America’s Long Struggle Against Slavery (Book)
• The Nature Of Empires And The Empires Of Nature: Indigenous Peoples And The Great Lakes Environment (Book)
• America’s Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped A Nation (CloudLibrary eBook)

Identity, Citizenship, and Heritage: analyse how some individuals and a variety of social and political forces prior to 1791 affected the development of identity, citizenship, and heritage in the United States (FOCUS ON: Continuity and Change; Historical Perspective)

• What Were The Salem Witch Trials? (Book)
• George Washington & The Founding Of A Nation (Book)
• Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, And The Birth Of Religious Freedom In America (eBook)
• The Quakers (Hoopla eVideo)
• The American Constitution 101 (Hoopla eAudiobook)

The United States, 1791-1877

Overall Expectations:

Social, Economic, and Political Context: describe various social, economic, and political events, trends, and developments that occurred in, or affected people in, the United States between 1791 and 1877, and assess their impact (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Continuity and Change)

• The Complete Book Of North American Railroading (Book)
• Transcendentalism: A Reader (Book)
• Reconstruction: America After the Civil War (DVD)
• Thomas Jefferson (Hoopla eVideo)
• Andrew Jackson’s America,1824-1850 (Hoopla eAudiobook)

Communities, Conflict, and Cooperation: analyse developments affecting interrelationships between different groups in the United States, and between the United States and other countries, from 1791 to 1877 (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Historical Perspective)

• The War of 1812 (Book)
• A Country Of Vast Designs: James K. Polk, The Mexican War, And The Conquest Of The American Continent (Book)
• Eyewitness To The Civil War: The Complete History From Secession To Reconstruction (Book)
• Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History Of The American West (Book)
• Slavery and the Making of America (DVD, Hoopla eVideo)

Identity, Citizenship, and Heritage: analyse the impact of various people, policies, and practices on the development of identity, citizenship, and heritage in the United States between 1791 and 1877 (FOCUS ON: Continuity and Change; Historical Perspective)

• They Called Themselves The K.K.K: The Birth of An American Terrorist Group (Book)
• Abraham Lincoln: An Illustrated History of His Life and Times (Book)
• The Wild West (Book)
• Frederick Douglass (DVD)

The United States, 1877–1945

Overall Expectations:

Social, Economic, and Political Context: describe various social, economic, and political events, trends, and developments in the United States between 1877 and 1945, and analyse their key causes and consequences (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Historical Perspective)

• The Great Depression and The New Deal: A Very Short Introduction (Book)
• The War: An Intimate History, 1941-1945 (Book)
• Prohibition (DVD)
• The Great War: America Comes of Age (DVD)
• The Panic is On: The Great American Depression As Seen By the Common Man (DVD)
• The Spanish-American War (Hoopla eAudiobook)

Communities, Conflict, and Cooperation: describe significant issues that led to conflict and cooperation in the United States between 1877 and 1945, and analyse the impact of these interactions (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Continuity and Change)

• Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History Of The American West (Book)
• Ida B. Wells: Mother of the Civil Rights Movement (Book)
• Rightfully Ours: How Women Won the Right to Vote (Book)

Identity, Citizenship, and Heritage: analyse the impact of various policies, groups, and cultural and technological developments on identity, citizenship, and heritage in the United States between 1877 and 1945 (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Historical Perspective)

• Angel Island: Gateway To Gold Mountain (Book)
• Hope and Tears: Ellis Island Voices (Book)
• Henry Ford (DVD)

The United States since 1945

Overall Expectations:

Social, Economic, and Political Context: describe various social, economic, and political events, trends, and developments in the United States since 1945, and analyse their key causes and consequences (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence)

• The JFK Assassination Debates: Lone gunman Versus Conspiracy (Book)
• Watergate: The Presidential Scandal that Shook America (Book)
• Thirty Years of Treason: Excerpts From Hearings Before The House Committee On Un-American Activities (Hoopla eAudiobook)

Communities, Conflict, and Cooperation: analyse how various events and developments have affected specific groups in the United States, and relations between the United States and other countries, since 1945 (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Continuity and Change)

• The Fight Renewed: The Civil Rights Movement (Book)
• The Cold War (Book)
• 10,000 Days of Thunder: A History of the Vietnam War (Book)
• The Iraq War: Origins and Consequences (Book)
• September 11th, 2001 (Book)
• The Korean War: Fire and Ice (DVD)
• Equal Means Equal: The Definitive Documentary Film On The Status Of Women In America (DVD)

Identity, Citizenship, and Heritage: analyse how various groups, trends, and cultural developments have affected identity, citizenship, and heritage in the United States since 1945 (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Historical Perspective)

• There’s A Riot Going On: Revolutionaries, Rock Stars, And The Rise And Fall Of The ’60s (Book)
• The Rock And Roll Age: The Music, The Culture, The Generation (Book)
• Stonewall: The Definitive Story Of The LGBTQ Rights Uprising That Changed America (Book)
• The Rise of Populism (Book)
• Chuck D Presents This Day in Rap and Hip-Hop History (CloudLibrary eBook)