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Total Classes: 12
Prerequisite: None, but Middle School U.S. History Part 1 is highly recommended
Suggested Grade Level: 7th to 8th grade
Suggested Middle School Credit: 1 full semester U.S. history
Instructor: Phillip Campbell
Course Description: Following the outline of the popular From Sea to Shining Sea textbook, Mr. Phillip Campbell picks up from the ashes of the Civil War and guides Middle School students through the nation's emergence as an industrial power and its role in the pivotal events of the 20th century, leading to the end of the Cold War.
How to get the most out of this course:
- Carefully read the course details below.
- Make sure you have the textbook or have it ordered well ahead of time.
- Prepare a notebook for taking notes during lectures and readings. Note important people and events.
- Students begin the course by clicking on the "Recording" and watching Mr. Campbell's lecture.
- Complete the weekly Reading Assignment.
- Complete the weekly review questions. If you have purchased Instructor Access, submit the assignment through Moodle. Otherwise, give it to your parent for grading.
- If you need review, go back and watch the recording again, go over the PowerPoint, check your notes, and/or reread the assigned reading.
- Repeat until all 12 classes are complete.
- Once the course is completed to the parent's satisfaction, there is a Certificate of Completion at the end to be filled in for your records.
Course Outline:
- Week 1: Slavery
- Week 2: Outbreak of the Civil War
- Week 3: Reconstruction and the Settling of the West
- Week 4: Industrialism and Imperialism
- Week 5: World War I
- Week 6: The Roaring Twenties
- Week 7: Depression
- Week 8: World War II
- Week 9: Cold War
- Week 10: Cultural Collapse
- Week 11: War and Stagnation
- Week 12: The Age of Reagan
Course Materials: Textbook, From Sea to Shining Sea by Christopher Zehnder (www.catholictextbookproject.com/) But please note, this course only uses the book for the first five weeks of class. If you are buying the book, I highly recommend you take Part 1 before or after this class so you can utilize the entire textbook - other wise you are buying the whole book just for 5 chapters.
If you are paying for Instructor Access, no other course materials are necessary. However, if you are grading questions yourself, you will probably want the From Sea to Shining Sea Teacher's Manual (ISBN: 978-1-935644-09-5), which contains the answer key for Weeks 1-5, as well as the Week 6-12 Answer Key, which is linked up at the bottom of this section.
Homework: Weekly readings from the textbook and study questions. 2 hours per week estimated.
Answer Key: An answer key booklet is included with this course.
- Teacher: Phillip Campbell