IN THE UNITS AND PROJECTS BELOW YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY UNITED STATES HISTORY BY USING FILM AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB AS LEARNING TOOLS. ALTHOUGH THESE UNITS ARE PROVIDED FOR YOU ON THIS WEBSITE, THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED FOR YOU TO DO AND ARE COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY. THEY ARE AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO RECEIVING CREDIT FOR U.S. HISTORY AND THE DECISION FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS APPROACH TO U. S. HISTORY IS A JOINT DECISION BETWEEN YOU, YOUR PARENTS, AND YOUR TEACHER. YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO ALL THE WORK THAT IS PRESENTED IN EACH UNIT AND COLLECT THE INFORMATION AND ASSIGNMENT MATERIAL AND KEEP IT IN A 3 RING BINDER WITH DIVIDERS TO SEPARATE THE DIFFERENT PIECES OF INFORMATION. YOU WILL PRODUCE A PORTFOLIO OF INFORMATION AS EVIDENCE OF YOUR WORK AND MUST BE PREPARED TO CARRY ON CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR TEACHERS ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED. YOU MAY DO THE UNITS IN ANY ORDER YOU WOULD LIKE TO AND YOUR WORK MUST BE NEAT AND COMPLETE. SOME MOVIES THAT YOU WILL VIEW ARE R-RATED AND YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VIEW THOSE AT SCHOOL BECAUSE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT FILM VIEWING POLICY. YOU WILL HAVE TO RENT THOSE ON YOUR OWN AND VIEW THEM AT HOME AND YOU MUST HAVE A PARENT PERMISSION FORM FILLED OUT AND SIGNED BEFORE RECEIVING CREDIT FOR THESE UNITS. (SEE BELOW)
SUGGESTED FILM LIST FOR U. S. HISTORY THROUGH FILM AND THE WORLD WIDE WEB
U. S. HISTORY - PRE-REVOLUTIONARY WAR PERIOD 1500-1700
U.S. HISTORY - REVOLUTIONARY WAR PERIOD 1700-1800
U. S. HISTORY - CIVIL WAR PERIOD 1850-1870
U. S. HISTORY - WESTWARD EXPANSION PERIOD 1800-1900
U. S. HISTORY - CULTURAL DIVERSITY
U. S. HISTORY - WORLD WAR I
POST WORLD WAR 1, THE 1920S AND 30S, THE GREAT DEPRESSION
WORLD WAR II
U. S. HISTORY - CIVIL UNREST
THE VIETNAM WAR
HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN AMERICA
HISTORY OF MUSIC IN AMERICA