Welcome to U.S. History

Thank you for taking the time to visit our U.S. History blog.  We are looking forward to a great school year in all of our classes.  This blog is used to post periodic updates about what our classes are working on.  It is a good place to stay informed about upcoming assignments and important dates.  There will some projects during the year that will be posted on the blog.  These projects are usually completed in class, but the instructions are posted here for students to look at during course of their work.

Now that we've mentioned the purpose of the blog, we'll say a couple things about the purpose of the class:

• At the end of the school year, students will take the End of Course Test (EOCT) in U.S. History.  The primary goal of this class is to make sure that students at Troup High School are well prepared for it.  Passing this test will count in place of a student passing the social studies portion of the Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT).
• Passing that test is a big deal, but we believe that history is even more important than that.  You can simply memorize facts in order to pass many tests in a history class.  We want students to understand history, and this goes beyond memorization.  We will look at the story of the United States.  There are lessons to be learned from our successes, our failures, and everything in between.  By learning those lessons, we all become wiser, and by becomeing wiser - we can make America a better and more just nation.

"History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are. "
— David McCullough

Vietnam-Era Protest Song

Students will write a protest song from the time period of the Vietnam War.
The Requirements for the song are:

1. song title
2. 3 verses
3. a chorus
4. shows knowledge of the Cold War
5. shows knowledge of the feelings and points of view of the anti-war protestors

Once the song is complete, students will create a Powerpoint presentation that used pictures to  reflect the message of their song.  These pictures should be from the time period.  The presentation should be at least 10 slides long.

This assignment will be graded based on:

• Creativity
• Knowledge of the time period
• Effort / Use of time

World War Two - Illustrated Timeline

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE COMPLAINING OR ASKING QUESTIONS!!!

You will be using Microsoft Word to create a timeline that includes the major events of World War Two.  You can be creative about how you make your timeline, but it must include all of the items listed below.

Place each of these items in correct order on your timeline.  For each of the events, you must include:

1. The name of the event
2. The date of the event
3. A description AND the significance of the event ("significance" = why was it important?)
4. An image that represents the event (for most of the events, you should be able to find photos of the actual event using the "image search" feature on www.bing.com)

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List of Events:

• Lend-Lease Act
• Bombing of Pearl Harbor
• Japanese Surrender / V-J Day
• A. Philip Randolph's Proposed March on Washington D.C.
• The Manhattan Project
• Internment of Japanese Americans (Executive Order 9066)
• Los Alamos
• Battle of Iwo Jima
• V-E Day / German Surrender
• U.S. Bombs Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Roosevelt's Death
• Battle of Midway
• Fall of Berlin (Soviets capture Berlin)
• Battle of Okinawa
• D-Day