Overview This week we begin the first of three units on U.S. Foreign Policy by exploring our policies from the Declaration of Independence in 1776 to the Spanish-American War in 1898. The second foreign policy unit will deal with the two World Wars and the third and final unit will explore the Cold War, Post-Cold…
Overview The word of the week is perspective! This week we will continue to focus on our introductory question, “How does starting the story of the United States with the Pilgrims affect our perception of history and our actions in the present?” We will begin to distill the information that we have learned about the…
Self Assessment #1 Great first week friends! Please click here to take your first self assessment. It will be graded as a classroom assignment. Overview Greetings folks! Mr. Des Marais here. This will be my first full week with you all and I am excited to get to know you and begin working on some…
500 Nations 500 Nations is an eight-part documentary on the Native Americans of North and Central America. It documents from pre-Columbian to the end of the 19th century. Much of the information comes from text, eyewitnesses, pictorials, and computer graphics. The series was hosted by Kevin Costner, narrated by Gregory Harrison, and directed by Jack…
