20th Century US History
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September |
October |
November |
December |
January |
February |
March |
April |
May |
Unit Title |
The Gilded Age |
The Empire and The People |
Progressivism and World War I |
The Twenties |
The Great Depression |
World War II |
The Cold War and Post-War America |
The Civil Rights Movement |
The 1960s |
Text Chapters |
22 |
23 |
24 and 25 |
26 & 27 |
27 & 28 |
29 & 30 |
31 & 32 |
33 & 34 |
34 & 35 |
Historical Themes
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Allegiance Corruption Innovation People’s Movements Leadership Resistance |
US Global Power Diplomacy Foreign Policy Social Reform Opposition and Protest |
War & Peace Internationalism Social & Political Dissent Propaganda |
The Elements of Modernism Postwar Mentality Intelligentsia Jazz Minority Culture |
Class Conflict
Poverty & Wealth
The Role of Government in American Life |
Isolationism
War & Peace
Just War Theory |
The Conflict of Competing Ideologies
Prosperity & Conformity |
Social Justice and Social Conflict
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War & Peace
Generational Division |
Topics
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Partisan Politics Machine Politics Corruption Corporate Power Agrarian Protests Economic Inequality Populism |
Imperialism Naval Power Spanish-American War Open Door Policy Big Stick Diplomacy T. Roosevelt Panama Canal Roosevelt Corollary U.S. and Asia U.S. and Europe |
The Progressive Era (cont.)
America and World War I
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Modernism & Roaring Twenties
The Harlem Renaissance
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Market Economies The Great Depression & The New Deal |
The Rise of Fascism
The Second World War |
Origins of the Cold War
The U.S. and Latin America
Postwar Economic Boom |
The Struggle for Civil Rights
“Fighting” the Cold War
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The 1960s
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Connections to Literature and Other Readings
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Selections from Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Henry George: “The Crime of Poverty” Spies’ Address of 10/7/1886 Lease’s “Wall Street Owns the Country” |
Zinn, Ch 12 “The Empire and the People” Documents on African American Opposition to Empire Butler’s “War is a Racket” Clemens’ “Comments on the Moro Massacre” |
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, Chapter 9; Booker T. Washington’s “The Atlanta Exposition Address” from Up From Slavery; W.E.B. DuBois’ “On Booker T. Washington and Others” from The Souls of Black Folk.
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The Penguin Harlem Renaissance Reader |
The Grapes of Wrath |
Slaughterhouse Five
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X |
The Things They Carried |
Core Values and Classic Ideas |
Technology Immigration Wealth Greed Inequality Abuse of Power Politics |
Empire Power Global Politics Culture War Markets |
Intellectualism Innovation Environment Welfare Nationalism Internationalism War |
Temperance Modernity Art and Literature Culture Renaissance Style |
Poverty and Struggle Inequality Work Social Welfare |
Sacrifice Mobilization Technology |
Prosperity Conformity |
Liberty Equality Democracy Repression Struggle Grassroots |
Protest Peace/War Culture Opposition |
P aideia Projects
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Letters to the Editor on Haymarket Incident / Populist Movement/Pullman Strike |
A Briefing On America’s Growing Empire (Booths on Expansion – Geographic, Culture, Different Perspectives) |
The Classroom Speakeasy project |
A Night at the Apollo Theater |
A Great Depression Memoir |
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Writing Protest Music |
Seminars |
Mary Elizabeth Lease: “Wall Street Owns the Country” Edward Bellamy’s “Looking Backward” |
Senator Albert Beveridge’s “The March of the Flag” I.D. Barnett’s “Open Letter to President McKinley From Colored People of Massachusetts” |
Walter Rauschenbusch, From: Christianity and the Social Crisis, 1907. Margaret Sanger, From: Woman and the new Race, 1920. John Reed, “Whose War?”, 1917. |
“Strange Fruit” by Billie Holliday |
“The Plague of Plenty” by Herbert Hoover |
“The Four Freedoms” by Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Eisenhower’s Farewell Address “The Sources of Soviet Conduct” by George F. Kennan |
“Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King |
“Fortunate Son” by John Fogerty |
Relevant Film |
“Newsies” |
“The Wind and The Lion” |
Iron Jawed Angels |
The Great Gatsby The Aviator |
“Cradle Will Rock” The Grapes of Wrath |
Saving Private Ryan Flags of our Fathers Letters / Iwo Jima |
The Good Shepherd Good Night, and Good Luck 16 Days |
Mississippi Burning In The Heat of the Night |
Forrest Gump Easy Rider |
