US History Index


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Unit: Southern Slavery

Reading the Textbook: Before You Read, As You Read, After You Read 


Web Resources on Slavery

  • Juneteenth.com - The Middle Passage - Tom Feelings, www.juneteenth.com/middlep.htm.
  • “Abolition Images.” Images from the Abolitionist and Anti-Abolitionist Movements, utc.iath.virginia.edu/abolitn/abgall.html.
  • “The Underground Railroad: Escape From Slavery Student Activity | Scholastic.com.” How the Brain Learns Best, teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/underground_railroad/.


Unit: The Founding of the Nation

Life of Washington Mural Controversy 


Formative Writing Assessment 


Argumentative Essay Rubric


Writing A Claim


Unit: The Expansion of the Nation

A History Mystery: What happened to the buffalo?


The Mexican American War Art Assignment


Unit: Civil War

Photo Analysis Lesson: Private Gordon

  •  Private Gordon Lesson - Forrest Handout pdf
  • Photo “Private Gordon"
  • Goodyear, Frank. “Photography Changes the Way We Record and Respond to Social Issues.” Archive.li, Smithsonian Photography Intiative, 1 May 2013, archive.li/36gO3.


Film

  • Lemmons, Kasi, Harriet, 2019.


Reading Primary Sources: Reader’s Theater


Unit: Industrialization, Immigration, and the Progressive Era

Before and After - Unit Hook


Photo Analysis Lesson: Lewis Hine Photos of Child Labor

  • Lewis Hine Child Labor Lesson - Forrest Handout pdf
  • “Teaching with Documents: Photographs of Lewis Hine: Documentation of Child Labor.” National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, 14 Feb. 2017, www.archives.gov/education/lessons/hine-photos.
  • “Analyze a Photograph.” National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, 7 Mar. 2017, www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/photo.html.


Photo Analysis Lesson: Jacob Riis’ Five Cents a Spot

  • Five Cents A Spot Lesson - Forrest Handout pdf
  • Riis, Jacob. “Five Cents A Spot.” Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/exhibits/jacob-riis/images/jr0061_enlarge.jpg.
  • Yochelson, “Photography Changes Our Awareness of Poverty” click! (Smithsonian Photography Initiative. July 14, 2014.
  • Jacob Riis: Revealing How the Other Half Lives 14 Apr. 2016, www.loc.gov/exhibits/jacob-riis/images/Riis_Brochure.pdf.


Writing an Argumentative Paragraph - Ellis and Angel Islands

  • Should Angel Island be called the Ellis Island of the West? - Forrest handout pdf
  • “Ellis Island Interactive Tour With Facts, Pictures, Video | Scholastic.com.” Science Explorations | Scholastic.com, teacher.scholastic.com/activities/immigration/tour/index.htm.
  • “Pacific Link: The KQED Asian Education Initiative: History: Discovering Angel Island.” KQED, www.kqed.org/w/pacificlink/history/angelisland/video/.


Becoming American - An Original Book on Italian Immigration


Project Lesson US History - Immigrant Group Slideshow


Project Lesson US History - iMovies 


Writing Assessments -  Short Answer Essay on Industrialization


Unit Assessments


Unit: The Great Depression

Dorothea Lange Photographs of Great Depression: Migrant Mother

  • The Great Depression Slideshow - Photos by Dorothea Lange - Forrest ppt.
  • Lange, and Dorothea. “Destitute Pea Pickers in California. Mother of Seven Children. Age Thirty-Two. Nipomo, California.” The Library of Congress, 1 Jan. 1970, loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8b29516/.
  • “Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives – About This Collection.” Apple Computers: This Month in Business History (Business Reference Services, Library of Congress), Victor, 1 Jan. 1970, www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/fsa/.
  • “The Great Depression: Creating Narrative through Photography.” PBS Learning Media, ca.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/lang14.soc.ushist.docphot/documenting-the-great-depression-creating-narrative-through-photography/.


Project Lesson  - iMovie Depression Documentaries


New Deal “Alphabet Soup” Posters - Art Lesson


Unit: World War II and Japanese American Internment

A Letter from Manzanar- Japanese American Internment Lesson


The US Homefront During World War II


The Fighting Filipinos - Photo Analysis Lesson


Unit: Civil Rights 

Write Your Letter from the Birmingham Jail 


Reading Non-Fiction - Warriors Don’t Cry

  • “Warriors Don't Cry.” Simon & Schuster, Little Bee Books, www.simonandschuster.com/books/Warriors-Dont-Cry/Melba-Pattillo-Beals/9781416948827.
  • “Facing History and Ourselves.” Facing History and Ourselves, www.facinghistory.org/.
  • “Teaching Warriors Don't Cry.” Facing History and Ourselves, www.facinghistory.org/books-borrowing/teaching-warriors-dont-cry.


Project Lesson  - The Fight for Rights Slideshow


Film

  • Williams, Juan, The Awakenings (1954-1956), Eyes on the Prize, Blackside, 1987.
  • Pearce, Richard, The Long Walk Home, 1990.


 Race the Power of Illusion


 Civil Rights Online Videos

  • SmithsonianMagazine. “The Freedom Riders History.” YouTube, YouTube, 23 Feb. 2010, www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zBY6gkpbTg.
  • RobertHJacksonCenter. “Selma to Montgomery March.” YouTube, YouTube, 9 Mar. 2013, www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM-tfj6lp6w.


Choose a Book Cover Image for Civil Rights

Choose a Book Cover Image for the Civil Rights Movement,- Forrest Handout pdf


Unit: The 1960’s

Discussion - When Should the US Go to War?


Protest Art of the 60’s


21st Century

Film

  • Kaur, Valerie, Divided We Fall: Americans in the Aftermath, 2006.


US History Projects

History Close to Home - Oral Histories


Project Lesson US History - Union City’s New Americans Book


Reading Non-Fiction - Enrique’s Journey

  • Nazario, Sonia. Enrique's Journey: the Story of a Boy's Dangerous Odyssey to Reunite with His Mother. Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2014.
  • Sotomayor, Sonia. “Home.” Enriquesjourney.com, enriquesjourney.com/.
  • Forrest, Dave. Journeys, James Logan High School, daveforrest.net/Journeys/Journeys.html.


Journeys Website


Then and Now Project and Website


Life After High School Writing Assignment

  • Life After High School  Forrest handout pdf
  • CaliforniaColleges.edu, www.californiacolleges.edu/#/.
  • “California CareerZone California CareerZone.” Announcements RSS, www.cacareerzone.org/.


US History Web Resources

  • “Home | Library of Congress.” Planning D-Day (April 2003) - Library of Congress Information Bulletin, Victor, www.loc.gov/.
  • “Educator Resources.” National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration, www.archives.gov/education.


Writing Assessments -  Semester 1 Final US History - Short Answer Essay


Writing Assessments -  Semester 1 Final US History - Short Answer Essay


Informational Writing Rubric

informational Writing Rubric - Logan World Studies Team pdf

Writing Assessments -  Informational Essay on Industrial Revolution


Dave’s Course Web Pages


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