FOURTH QUARTER TOPICS
The textbook pages in parenthesis after each subject matter should be completed by the conclusion of that lesson. Mr. Novick will assign more specific due dates for the readings when appropriate, in class.
- America & The Great War continued, if necessary
- Between the Wars: The Roaring 20s/Jazz Age (pages 660-709)
- The Great Depression (pages 712-735)
- FDR’s New Deal (pages 738-763)
- World War II (pages 772-837)
- Mini-Unit: The Cold War Years…with Korea, Vietnam (pages 838-857; 976-1003) TWO CLASS PERIODS
- Mini-Unit: The Civil Rights Movement (pages 920-971) TWO CLASS PERIODS
- Mini-Unit: The Watergate Scandal & the 1970s (pages 1010-1037) TWO CLASS PERIODS
- Mini-Unit: The Early 21st Century (pages 1068-1097) TWO CLASS PERIODS
- Charlie Chaplin’s “The Great Dictator” (1940), satirizing fascism, nationalism, militarism, and prejudice, while bridging the gap between the wars
- The History Channel documentary, “Unsung Heroes” (2001), recalling the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
- The PBS American Experience documentary, “The Battle of the Bulge” (2002)
- The Great Depression & The New Deal (take-home test)
- World War II (take-home test)
- Semester II Final Exam (in-class two-hour essay test)
- Students choose an historical figure from the 20th Century discussed in class and create a collage of pictures/images from magazines revealing, in a non-literal sense, the historical importance of that figure’s life (min. size: ½ of an ordinary poster board)
