{"product_id":"middle-school-live-american-history-spring-semester-part-2","title":"Middle School Live American History, Spring Semester (Part 2)","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is an annual course that has been divided into semesters for payment purposes. Part 1 and Part 2 are meant to be taken together. Both semesters must be taken in the same school year, and Part 1 is a prerequisite to take Part 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistory is not about raw memorization of names, dates, and events. In the WriteAtHome Middle School American History course, the details of history are used to make cause-and-effect sense of why our world is the way it is. This class will focus on giving students a timeline frame of reference for major events and introduce some of the people involved in those events. This course surveys American History from the Exploration of the New World to the late 20th Century, with a strong emphasis on the American Founding through the Civil War and Reconstruction. Each semester is 16 weeks long.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWe will cover such topics as\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTypes of North American colonies and their interaction with Native communities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe contrast of colonial life and culture and European culture\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe First Great Awakening, the path to Independence and the Revolutionary War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe framing of the Constitution, presidents and major events\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWestward expansion, the Industrial Revolution, the Second Great Awakening, divisions in the country before the Civil War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSecession and the Civil War, Reconstruction, the Age of Industry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe turn of the Twentieth Century, World War I, the 1920s before the stock market crash, The Great Depression, World War II, societal change in America during the Cold War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis class meets on Wednesdays at 4 pm, Eastern Standard Time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003ci\u003eNote: Space is limited. Be sure to enroll early to secure your spot.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStudent Expectations for Live Classes:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eattend and participate in weekly live discussion; this is the heart of the course (recordings will be available after each session)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003edo weekly required reading\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003etake weekly quizzes and answer the discussion questions meant to promote critical thinking\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ewrite two short, historical figure papers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRequired Reading:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe weekly required reading will be assembled from various articles, primary sources, and textbooks available for free online, with links provided in the weekly required reading section of Canvas. The reading will be mostly synchronous with the weekly lessons.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuggested Booklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you prefer a physical copy of a book in addition to the online resources provided, we will also give weekly reading suggestions from the WriteAtHome High School History class textbook, Paul Johnson’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA History of the American People.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WriteAtHome","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52766497341749,"sku":null,"price":299.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/4462\/8277\/files\/MiddleSchoolAmericanHistory.png?v=1707178237","url":"https:\/\/898a23-2.myshopify.com\/products\/middle-school-live-american-history-spring-semester-part-2","provider":"WriteAtHome","version":"1.0","type":"link"}