UNITED STATES HISTORY HONORS
2008-2009 School Year
Instructor:  Mr. George S. Clemens

 

 

 

 



 

Course Description from LHP Curriculum Guide
*United States History Honors will give the student added parameters of study in addition to those included in U.S. History.  Primary and Secondary source readings will be required, as will critical reviews of assigned reading.  Map skills as applied to historical data will also be stressed.  The course will require more critical reading and writing and class discussions/projects on the cause/effect nature of history.  Outside reading and critical reviews are required each semester.

General Pre-requisites for all honors courses 9-12:
*"A" in previous year's college prep course or "B" or better in previous Honors course
*Stanines of 8 or above (National norm) for middle school; a raw score of 50 or above on PSAT for high school courses
*Teacher and/or counselor recommendation

 

Instructor:  Mr. George S. Clemens
Room:  J 103
Sections Offered:  1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th Periods

 

Required Texts:
Kennedy, David M.; Cohen, Lizabeth; and Bailey, Thomas M.  The American Pageant, 13th Edition.  Houghton Mifflin Co.  Boston, MA:  2006


Student Home Page for The American Pageant

Monk, Linda R., ed. Ordinary Americans:  US History Through the Eyes of Everyday People.  2nd Edition.  Close Up Publishing, 2003.

Fineman, Howard.  The Thirteen American Arguments:  Enduring Debates that Define and Inspire Our Country.  Random House, 2008.

Zinn, Howard.  People's History of the United States
 
Literature Requirements:

*Brown, Dee.  Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee:  An Indian History of the American West.  1970.

*Ellison, Ralph.  The Invisible Man:  Second Vintage International Edition, 1995.  Random House, orig. 1952.

*Sinclair, Upton.  The Jungle.  Doubleday, Page and Co., 1906.

 

Other Texts Utilized in the Course:
Roark, James L. et al.  The American Promise:  A History of the United States, Vol. 1:  To 1877 and Vol. II:  From 1865.  Third Ed.  Bedford, St. Martin's Press, Boston, MA, 2005
 
Weisner, Stephen G. and Hartford, William F.  American Portraits:  Biographies in United States History.  Third Edition.  Vols. I and II.  McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc.  2008.
 

 

COURSE GRADING
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
COURSE OBJECTIVES
COURSE SCHEDULE (1st Semester)
1ST & 2ND QUARTER LESSON PLANS AND HOMEWORK
ESSAY QUESTION PAGE
STUDY GUIDE TERMS
COURSE-RELATED LINKS
COURSE SCHEDULE (2nd Semester)
3RD & 4TH QUARTER LESSON PLANS AND HOMEWORK
Lecture Notes

 

 

 
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