American History - History At Our House（美国历史,历史在我们的房子）.pdfVIP

History At Our House American History High School Syllabus October 12, 2010 Prepared by: Scott Powell HistoryAtOurHouse American History Introduction This syllabus presents the general objectives for an academic year of American history with HistoryAtOurHouse for the High School class. Its purpose is to give parents and students an overview of what will be covered during the year, and thus to facilitate the purchase or borrowing of books and other resources (both non-fiction and historical fiction) to match with your students studies in the program. The 2010-11 academic year is the first year that HistoryAtOurHouse will be offering an American history high school program, thus, inevitably, the curriculum at this level represents a work in progress. In certain regards the High School program will mirror the Junior High program for the next few years —until highly experienced students begin to move up through the HistoryAtOurHouse program. There will, however, be some significant differences at the outset. The basic similarity between the programs is that the sequencing of the material will be essentially the same. Thus High School students in the program will study the Age of Discovery, Colonization, and the American Revolution, and other major topics at approximately the same time during the school year as students in the Junior High class. The sequencing of the presentation is outlined in the included “Course Outline.” The differences, however, are numerous. The High School program is 5 hours/wk, vs. 3 hours/wk for the Junior High class. This allows and necessitates a number of changes to the curriculum. Given the additional class time available, it is possible within each particular topic area to treat of the same material in greater depth. It