Three Essential Questions

What is U.S. History?

Why do we study U.S. History?

How do we study U.S. History?

What is U.S. History?

Assignment:

Write your own individual definition for the term U.S. History

What’s Wrong with These Definitions?

United States history is the study of past events that took place in the United States.

United States history is the study of past people,groups, cultures, wars, elections, economic

events, social trends, protest movements, technological advances, international relations, Presidents, and ethnic groups that have help shape the United States.

Group Definitions of American History – Hr. 51. U.S History is the study of what the United States has been

through and done, to shape America today.

2. The study of past events in the United States socially, economically, environmentally, and politically.

3. US History is the pastime that took place before us that developed our nation and how we think and do things.

4. US history is the study of the documentation of the evolution of the United States.

5. Past historical events that took place in America that helped build up what America is today.

6. The study of significant events (in all aspects) of the past and present of the United States of America

Group Definitions of U.S. History – Hr. 7 1. The past significant events that have formed our government

and our culture.

2. The important events and important people that have shaped America into what it is today.

3. Every past event or occurrence that has either shaped or influenced the United States.

4. U.S. history is the study of documented past event and people of the U.S., from the founding of the country up to today

5. The study of past events that helped shape the U.S. to be what it is today.

6. The recorded history and events of the U.S. including inciting incidents and people, and its involvement with the rest of the world.

7. U.S. history is all of what has happened and is happening to make or shape the U.S.

Group Definitions of U.S. History – hr. 4

1 – U.S. History is a course where one will learn of important people, places, and things that influenced the United States.

2- U.S. history is recorded event and people that influenced our society as a whole nation, in the way we live today.

3- U.S. History is the study of major past events and people that are significant enough to change the lives of people and influence the way the United States is today.

2- U.S. History is the study of past major events, culture and people that had an impact or effected modern society in a positive or negative way in the country of the United States of America.

5-Records of major events and people occurring in an out of the U.S. that greatly affected the people of the country, shaping it to what it is today.

Group Definitions of U.S. History – hr. 51 – U.S, History is the study of past people, places, and actions

that morphed our country to what it is today.

2. The study of any factors that have left an impact, and made the United States what it is today.

3. The study of people, places, and events that have shaped and transformed the past and present of the U.S.

4. U.S. History is the study of all the past influences that have helped to make the United States what it is today.

5. U.S. History is comprised of these four main topics that include politics, technology, people, and events that affected the United States.

6. The study of past and present international events, people, and places that are the backbone of the modern United States.

Group Definitions for U.S. History – hr. 6

1 – United States History is the study of recorded significant factors affecting the course of the United States from its original colonization to present day also including factors contributing to its existence.

2- US History is past events like cultural to personal events that have impacted the United States in different ways.

3 – US History is the study of significant people, places and events that have impacted the United States from its early beginnings until now .

4- U.S. History is the study of people places and events that are important that have occurred since written record.

5- US history is the study of culture, significant people and events effecting and helping to shape the United States to what it is today.

Shawnee Mission School District Definition

United States History is the chronological survey of the rise of the American nation, in which consideration is given to major trends and patterns in the political, economic, social, and cultural history of each era.

Why do we study U.S. History?

Some Historical Facts…- In 1798, with the threat of a war with France looming, Congress

passed the Alien and Sedition Acts; making it illegal to criticize the government.

- During the Civil War, President Lincoln declared Martial Law in Maryland, and suspended the Writ of Habeas Corpus.

- During WWI, Congress passed the Espionage Act, which made it illegal to speak out against or protest the war.

- During WWII, American citizens of Japanese decent were forced into internment camps.

- During the Vietnam War, the government used the military to break up antiwar protests with force.

- After September 11, Congress passed the Patriot Act; allowing the government to listen to citizens’ phone conversations, monitor their library habits, and read their emails.

Why do we study U.S. History?

- So we don’t repeat past mistakes –

- To recognize patterns within our society, that can tell us something about ourselves… and possibly help predict

future outcomes -

How do we study U.S. History?

When…Our objective is to recognize patterns within our

society, that can tell us something about ourselves… and possibly help predict future

outcomes .

Bloom’s Taxonomy

The Levels of Learning

Bloom’s Taxonomy • Knowledge – wrote memorization of basic information.

Student can recite, recall, list, name, define, identify, and reproduce information.

example: What President created theNew Deal?

• Comprehension – student can understand and interpret the meaning of information. Student can explain, generalize, or paraphrase in their own words.

example: Explain how the New Deal affected the American people.

Bloom’s Taxonomy• Application – The student applies knowledge

they have to a new situation or new problem.

example: What problems do we have today

that could possibly be solved by the New Deal.

• Analysis – The student can take information, and break it down into different parts. The student can compare, contrast, analyze, break down, outline, diagram, and deconstruct information.

example: Take all the New Deal laws and arrange them into three different categories.

Bloom’s Taxonomy• Synthesis – The Student takes different pieces of

information, and combines them to create a new idea. He/She can create, design, modify, generate, or plan their own ideas.

example: Look at the causes of the Great Depression, and create your own New Deal to address these problems.

• Evaluate – The student develops his/her opinions based on the information they have learned. The student uses information to appraise, criticize, critique, defend, evaluate, justify, or support others’ ideas.

example: Evaluate how effective the New Deal was

in addressing the problems of the Great Depression.

The Story of the Three Little Pigs• Explain why the Big Bad Wolf was unable to destroy the 3rd Little Pig’s

house. • What did the 2nd Little Pig use to build his house? • Support or defend the Big Bad Wolf’s plan, using examples from the story. • If all three of the Little Pigs were doing homework for this class, who would

copy someone else’s work, and who would do it themselves? • List the positive and negative effects for each Little Pigs’ building plan. • Explain three things the Big Bad Wolf could have done to be more

successful. • Explain at least two things that the 1st Little Pig and the 2nd Little Pig have in

common. • Describe how the Three Little Pigs were finally able to rid themselves of the

Big Bad Wolf. • Where did the 1st Little Pig run to after his house was destroyed. • If you were one of the Three Little Pigs, what could you use to build your

house besides straw, sticks, or brick. Explain your answer. • Which of the Three Little Pigs do you believe was the smartest. Use

information from the story to justify your answer.