Course Description
This course is designed as a comprehensive study of United States history. Students will use inquiry to explore a variety of peoples, events, and movements in United States history. Students will analyze the evolution of American democratic principles, changes in society, economic and geographical development, and the emergence of the United States as a global power. To allow for depth of content and connection to current issues and events, the course will begin with the American Revolution and end with the contemporary United States. Special attention should be paid to how Arizona and its diverse cultures and individuals have contributed to United States history.
Student Portfolios
2023-2024
Period 2
Period 6
Period 7
Resources to Continue Learning
Over the past few years, the survival of the United States as a democratic republic has become a topic of national conversation—Trumpian authoritarianism; voter suppression and gerrymandering; concerns about foreign intervention, election security, and the role of money in politics.
Our twelve-part Season 4 series on democracy touches on those concerns but goes much deeper, effectively retelling the story of the United States from its beginnings up to the present as we complicate, maybe upend, our listeners’ understanding of American history. Our series title, The Land That Never Has Been Yet, is borrowed from the Langston Hughes poem, “Let America Be America Again.”
The Land reunites the Seeing White series team: my collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika, journalism and media studies professor at Rutgers University, and our editor, the public radio veteran Loretta Williams. Copied/Pasted from Scene on Radio Podcast Description.
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What we don’t know about American history hurts us all. Teaching Hard History begins with the long and brutal legacy of chattel slavery and reaches through the victories of and violent responses to the civil rights movement to the present day. From Learning for Justice and host Dr. Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Teaching Hard History brings us the lessons we should have learned in school through the voices of leading scholars and educators. It’s good advice for teachers and good information for everybody. Copied/Pasted from Teaching Hard History Podcast Description
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The Cold War, Prohibition, the Gold Rush, the Space Race. Every part of your life -the words you speak, the ideas you share- can be traced to our history, but how well do you really know the stories that made America? We’ll take you to the events, the times and the people that shaped our nation. And we’ll show you how our history affected them, their families and affects you today. Hosted by Lindsay Graham (not the Senator). From Wondery, the network behind Tides Of History, American Scandal, Business Wars and Dirty John. Copied/Pasted from Description on Wondery Website.
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Launched in November 2009, Song of America is a project of the Hampsong Foundation. Our goal is to build and curate a comprehensive archive of American song that tells the story of our culture and nation, through the eyes of our poets and the ears of our composers.
We invite performers, students, and all lovers of American song to explore the work of American composers and poets; to see what poems have been set by more than one composer; to explore the background of American art song. Listen to the songs, read about them, download the scores, and find links to relevant websites for more information. Song of America.net is an ever-expanding database and a resource for exploring the connections between poetry and music, history and culture.
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The National Museum of the American Indian cares for one of the world's most expansive collections of Native artifacts, including objects, photographs, archives, and media covering the entire Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego. We operate 3 facilities: the museum in Washington, D.C., the George Gustav Heye Center (GGHC) in New York City, and the Cultural Resources Center (CRC) in Suitland, Maryland. Learn more: https://americanindian.si.edu/about
Vision: Equity and social justice for the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere through education, inspiration, and empowerment.
Mission: In partnership with Native peoples and their allies, the National Museum of the American Indian fosters a richer shared human experience through a more informed understanding of Native peoples.
The museum may remove posts not in keeping with the Smithsonian's Terms of Use: https://www.si.edu/termsofuse/
For the Smithsonian's Privacy Statement, see: https://www.si.edu/privacy
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The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, which opened to the public on April 26, 2018, is the nation’s first memorial dedicated to the legacy of enslaved Black people, people terrorized by lynching, African Americans humiliated by racial segregation and Jim Crow, and people of color burdened with contemporary presumptions of guilt and police violence.
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