Course Description: The goal of United States History II is to trace the development of United States History from the Spanish-American War through the present.

Course Objective: Students in this course will be taught about Converging Cultures in America, Expansion, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam, the Counter Culture, Watergate, the Economic Problems of the 1970s, the Reagan Revolution, the Collapse of Communism, and the New Century.

Course Requirements: Students will need to complete all assigned homework, projects and be successful on all quizzes and exams. We speak about current events daily and weekly there is a current event assignment to be turned in every Friday. Students will also be given projects to complete independently, as well as group projects in class. There will be a mid-term exam in January and a final in June.

Criteria for Assessing Student Performance:
Homework: Each worth 10 points: Questions, handouts or vocabulary.
Quizzes: Each worth 10 points: Ten question quizzes on the section the students are working on.
Exams: Each worth 100 points. An exam is given after the completion of each chapter.
Projects: Each worth 100 points. There will be a project for each marking period.
Current Events: Each worth 50 points. Newspapers or periodicals.

Textbooks, Related Readings:
The American Vision - Joyce Appleby, Alan Brinkley, Albert Broussard, James McPherson, and Donald Ritchie. Glencoe-McGraw-Hill, 2007.