6th Grade U.S.

History (Industrialization – present)

Honors
Syllabus, Rules, and Policies

Instructor: Asia Hester

School contact: 256-428-7600
Email: asia.hester@hsv-k12.org

Course Objectives: Students will meet the requirements outlined in the Alabama Quality Core collage and
career readiness standards. By the end of this year students will be able to:
 Cite specific evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
 Determine the central ideas or information of primary and/or secondary sources
 Evaluate authors’ differing point of view on the same history event
 Integrate and evaluate multiple and diverse sources of information.

As Honor Students: The course will emphasize research, writing, and critical thinking skills necessary to
prepare students for Advanced Placement in Middle and High School. Interpreting, analyzing, and
evaluating primary sources will be expected along with using historical data to support an argument or
position during class discussions and essay papers.

Course Description and Expectations: United States History from the Industrial Revolution to the
Present/ Advanced work in the social sciences such as history, economics, geography, government, and
civics.
First Nine Immigration and Urbanization
Weeks:  Explain the reasons immigrants came to the United States and their impact
on early America
 Identity the new challenges of city dwellers and the economic changes in
the post-Civil War south.
 Identify natural and economic developments in the United States from 1900
to the 1930s
The Gilded Age and The Progressive Era
 Assess the changes in the political structure and social conditions during the
Gilded Age
 Evaluate and explain the progressive reforms
 Explain the role of women during the progressive era
WWI
 Identity the causes of WWI and explain the U.S. entrance into the war
 Outline the social changes the occurred during the war.

Second The 20s, Great Depression, and The New Deal

Nine  Identify cultural and economic developments in the U.S from 1900 through
Weeks: 1930s.
 Evaluate the weaknesses in the economy of the 1920s and explain how the
stock market crash contributed to the Great Depression
 Examine the spread of unemployment in American cities and explain the
human and geographical factors that created the Dust Bowl
 Explain the effect the New Deal had on the growth of labor unions
Third Nine WWII and Cold War
Weeks:  Explain how European dictators came to power and analyze the allied
response
 Identify the reasons for U.S. involvement and outline the ways the US
mobilize for war at home
 Explore the reasons Truman decided to use the Atomic bomb
 Examine how the US responded to the Holocaust
 Explain the impact of WWII on the U.S.
 Explain how US leaders respond to the threat of Soviet expansion in Europe
 Describe how the fear of domestic communism affected American society
during the Cold War
Fourth Civil Rights Movement
Nine  Describe how African American challenged segregation in the south
Weeks:  Identify the reasons/actions that cause the civil rights movement to gain
ground in the 1960s
 Evaluate the successes and challenges the civil right movement
Vietnam War
 Analyze the reason for U.S. involvement in Vietnam
 Describe how the Vietnam war ended and its lasting effects
 Explain how the Vietnam lead to protect and social divisions

GRADING: Major test grades/projects as announced by the instructor, 60% of the nine weeks’
grade. Online assignments/collaborative projects, daily class assignments, homework, 40% of
the nine weeks’ grade.

Make-up Work: It is the student’s responsibility to acquire all assignments and information
when they are absent. Students will be given one week to complete any assignments
missed due to absence.

Late work:
If any student does not complete an assignment a “1” will be used as a placeholder in INow. The
student has until the next test to make up a missing or late assignment. The highest possible
grade that can be earned is a 70%.
Student Support:
Academy Time:
Students may also get extra support during Academy Time, between 9:43 and 10:13, on Thursday
mornings by appointment only. Please email me, send a private note, or ask me in class before
Thursday for an appointment.
Asia.hester@hsv-k12.org

Cheating/Plagiarism: Students are expected to complete their own work. If a student is

suspected of cheating on a test, copying homework, or using inappropriate sources for
information on assignments, there will be penalties. Students may receive a zero on the
assignment, be referred to the office for disciplinary measures, or both at the teacher’s discretion.
The teacher reserves the right to submit any and all essays or other written assignments to online
databases to check for plagiarism. If results indicate that any or part of the assignment is not
student’s original work, a zero will be given with possibility of a disciplinary referral.

Classroom Rules
• Act Respectfully
• Accept Responsibility
• Always Prompt and Prepared

Discipline:
Refer to the HCS Behavioral Learning Guide.

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Industrialization – present) instructor A. Hester.

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