This is our catalog of courses. We will occasionally adjust the course listing to reflect the addition of new courses and the retirement of others.
Sign up today for this modern history course and come to appreciate the complex history of the US, from the end of the Civil War to the New Millennium.
Total classes: 12
Duration: 1 hour (except the week Mr. Campbell goes over, which is like, every week)
Prerequisite: None. However, a background in early American History will be helpful, but not required. Mr. Campbell’s short course on the Great Depression is also helpful (available through Single Access or Unlimited Access).
Suggested Grade Level: 9th to 12th grade
Suggested Credit: One full semester History, Modern History, or American History.
Description
Beginning in the ashes of the Civil War, this course takes students through the industrial revolution and into modern America, helping them understand complex events as the rise of American industrialism, the Great Depression, the Cold War, Vietnam War, cultural revolution of the 1960’s, America’s involvement in the Middle East and much more, highlighting issues of particular interest to Catholics.
Outline
Week 1: The Reconstruction Era
Week 2: Age of the Robber Barons
Week 3: Closing of the West
Week 4: American Imperialism
Week 5: The Wilson Years
Week 6: The Roaring Twenties
Week 7: The Age of FDR
Week 8: The American Dream
Week 9: The Cultural Revolution
Week 10: The Stagnant 70’s
Week 11: Morning in America
Week 12: Toward the New Millennium
Materials and Homework
The Sourcebook: Students will complete primary source readings out of a Sourcebook (70 pages). The Sourcebook can be purchased at this link for $15. You will be directed to a PayPal page; click “Pay with debit or credit card” and continue. The file will be emailed to you within three business days in the form of a PDF file.
Homework: Homework consists of approximately 20-30 pages of textbook reading per week, plus brief readings from primary sources that are found in the Sourcebook or provided as scans on the course page. Students are expected to complete 2 to 3 short essays weekly. Essays are graded by the parents using the provided Answer Key.
