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Mr.Cornet’s Social Studies Curriculum
What follows are a collection of assignments and readings which are commonly (but not necessarily always) used in Mr.Cornet’s courses. They are offered here for students who may have been absent and who need to get a copy of them. By offering them online, it is hoped that . . .- All students will have fewer missing/late assignments.
- These will support the learning of students with special needs and English Language Learners by making available necessary assignments and notes to their programs support staff and parents.
- Advanced Placement students (both in my course and elsewhere in the nation) will have more material to review in preparation for their exam.
- Educators around the world may find these of value to their own instructional practices.
Let me stress that these certainly do not include everything we do (absent below, for instance, would be most lecture notes and film, among other things). Rather, the curriculum which follows represent a collection of assignments commonly utilized in class and offer a glimpse of the type of material and learnings the course covers. (I made an effort to get the USH and Gov courses up since they are my largest populations; I will post more for the other classes when time allows). Questions may be directed to the instructor at John.Cornet@Phoenix.K12.Or.Us
United States History
What follows are assignments which are commonly used in the United States History course. Additional resources applicable to this topic may be found in the Government course listed below.
Shorthand Key---> "B" Brainstorm, "R" reading, "M" Map, "I" Inquiry, "C" Modeled after Common Core, "Ch" Chart, "*" indicates that questions accompany the assignment.
CLICK HERE Course Syllibus and Curriculum
CLICK HERE R,I* --- Historical Thinking Skills
CLICK HERE B 1600-1700 Motivations Underlying Colonial Settlement
CLICK HERE B 1600-1753 English-Influenced Tensions During the Colonial Era
CLICK HERE B* 1600-1764 Early Colonial Settlement and Development of Regional Culture
CLICK HERE B* 1600-1970 American Religious Movements
CLICK HERE I* 1692 Salem Witch Trials
CLICK HERE B* 1760-1986 Brief Overview of Immigration in America
CLICK HERE B* 1763-1775 Accumulation of Grievances
CLICK HERE I,C* 1777-1780 Benedict Arnold
CLICK HERE C 1782-1783 Treaty of 1783
CLICK HERE B* 1781-1783 Forming a New Government
CLICK HERE Ch 1786-1791 Comparions of Federalist and AntiFederalist Views
CLICK HERE B 1800-1809 Power Struggles inthe Jeffersonian Era
CLICK HERE B 1800-1860 Westward Expansion and Manifest Destany
CLICK HERE B* 1801-1837 Contrasting Principles of Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democracy
CLICK HERE B 1816-1824 Era of Good Feelings
CLICK HERE B* 1824-1840 Jacksonian Era
CLICK HERE B* 1787-1860 Antebellum Era (Increasing Sectional Differences)
CLICK HERE R* 1820-1861 Slavery Review
CLICK HERE B 1848-1920 Suffragette Movement
CLICK HERE C 1861-1865 Civil War
CLICK HERE B,R* 1865-1877 Reconstruction Era
CLICK HERE B 1877-1893 Gilded Age
CLICK HERE B,R* 1894-1912 Progressive Era
CLICK HERE B 1896-1954 Early Foundation of the Civil Rights Era
CLICK HERE notes 1914 Causes of World War I
CLICK HERE B* 1914-1918 Public Opinion During World War I
CLICK HERE B* 1914-1918 Home Front During World War I
CLICK HERE B* 1917-1945 Cold War I: Origins of the Cold War (a political science interpretation)
CLICK HERE B* 1919-1929 Roaring Twenties
CLICK HERE R* 1919-1929 Flappers
CLICK HERE R* 1919-1933 Prohibition
CLICK HERE notes 1927-1929 Economic Conditions Preceding the Stock Market Crash
CLICK HERE B 1929-1933 Hoover Administration
CLICK HERE C 1929-1937 Great Depression
CLICK HERE B* 1932-1939 New Deal and Pre-War F.D.Roosevelt
CLICK HERE B* 1941-1945 Home Front During World War II
CLICK HERE R* 1941-1945 Japanese-American Internment Camps
CLICK HERE outline1939-1945 Key Learning Questions about the Shoah/Holocaust
CLICK HERE R* 1945 Opinions Regarding the Use of the Atomic Bombs
CLICK HERE B* 1950-1959 The 1950s
CLICK HERE R* 1950-1970 Cesar Chavez
CLICK HERE B* 1945-1989 Cold War II: The Cold War Entrenched
CLICK HERE B 1945-1989 Cold War III: Cold War Policies and Theory
CLICK HERE B* 1954-1969 Civil Rights Movement
CLICK HERE R* 1958-1968 Comparison of Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X
CLICK HERE B* 1963-1971 Escalation of Anti-War Sentiment
CLICK HERE B* 1964-1972 Twenty-somethings in the 1960s
CLICK HERE B* 1967 "I am Joaquin" poem by Rodolfo Gonzales
CLICK HERE R,I* 1969 Nixon and the Apollo 11 Space Crisis
CLICK HERE B* 1970-1979 The 1970s
CLICK HERE R,I* 1973-1975 Nixon, Watergate and Impeachment
Recommendations for students who ask for independant resources
CLICK HERE Book/Film Recommendations - The Founding Era
CLICK HERE Book/Film Recommendations - Antebellem, Civil War and Reconstruction
CLICK HERE Book/Film Recommendations - Roaring 20s and Economic Depression
CLICK HERE Book/Film Recommendations - World War II and the Shoah
CLICK HERE Book/Film Recommendations - Civil Rights, Vietnam and 60s-era Political Change
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CLICK HERE xAP American Government
Other resources relevent to this course can be found in the United States History and Honors International Studies course materials
CLICK HERE Course Syllabus and Curriculum
A P E x a m i n a t i o n P r e p
CLICK HERE AP Multipe Choice Questions x493
CLICK HERE AP Free Response Questions x76
CLICK HERE Textbook Outlining Assigment (dates are for the 2017-2018 school year)
Q u i c k L o o k u p N o t e s
CLICK HERE Nationalization of the Bill of Rights
CLICK HERE Checks and Balances
CLICK HERE Federalism
CLICK HERE Tactics which Influence the Crafting and Deliberations of Legislation
CLICK HERE Introduction to American Government
CLICK HERE Overview of the US Constitution and Amendments
CLICK HERE Overview of the Plan of Union, Articles and Constitution
CLICK HERE Departments within each Branch of Government
CLICK HERE Meeting Job Expectations? The Number of Working Days, by Branch
CLICK HERE Electoral College
CLICK HERE Executive Order
CLICK HERE Midnight Regulations
CLICK HERE Tough on Crime? Presidential Pardons by Administratiuon
CLICK HERE Recess Appointments
CLICK HERE Order of Presidential Succession
CLICK HERE Distinguishing Between a Democracy and a Republic
CLICK HERE Pluralism
CLICK HERE Criticism of the Supreme Court
CLICK HERE Overview of the Entire Supreme Court Process
CLICK HERE Judicial Review
CLICK HERE Admission of New States into the Union
CLICK HERE Amending the Constitution
CLICK HERE Congressional Disciplining of the President
CLICK HERE How a Bill Becomes a Law
CLICK HERE Social Welfare Policy
CLICK HERE The Legislative Branch - A Broad Overview
CLICK HERE Lobbying in the United States
CLICK HERE Secrecy in Government
CLICK HERE Assessing Media Bias
CLICK HERE Media and Cyberpolitics
CLICK HERE Sources of Distrust in the American Political System
F o u n d a t i o n D o c u m e n t s
CLICK HERE Brief Comparative Synopsis of the Foundation Documents
CLICK HERE Declaration of Independence (1776)
CLICK HERE Articles of Confederation (1777)
CLICK HERE Federalist nr.10 (1787)
CLICK HERE Brutus nr.I (1788)
CLICK HERE Federalist nr.51 (1788)
CLICK HERE Federalist nr.70 (1788)
CLICK HERE Federalist nr.78 (1788)
CLICK HERE Constitution of the United States (1789)
CLICK HERE Letter from a Birmingham Jail (1963)
R e q u i r e d S u p r e m e C o ur t C a s e s
CLICK HERE Brief Comparative Synopsis of Supreme Court cases
CLICK HERE Marbury v Madison (1803)
CLICK HERE McCullough v Maryland (1819)
CLICK HERE Schenck v United States (1919)
CLICK HERE Brown v Board of Education (1954)
CLICK HERE Baker v Carr (1961)
CLICK HERE Engel v Vitale (1962)
CLICK HERE Gideon v Wainwright (1963)
CLICK HERE Tinker v Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969)
CLICK HERE New York Times v United States (1971)
CLICK HERE Wisconsin v Yoder (1972)
CLICK HERE Roe v Wade (1973)
CLICK HERE Shaw v Reno (1993)
CLICK HERE United States v Lopez (1995)
CLICK HERE McDonald v Chicago (2010)
CLICK HERE Citizens United v Federal Election Commission (2010)
O t h e r T h i n g s . . .
CLICK HERE Review (synthesis) - Foundations of American Democracy
CLICK HERE Review (synthesis) - Interactions Among Branches of Government
CLICK HERE Review (synthesis) - Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
CLICK HERE Review (synthesis) - American Political Ideologies and Beliefs
CLICK HERE Review (synthesis) - Political Participation
CLICK HERE Review (general info) - Constitutional Underpinnings
CLICK HERE Review (general info) - Political Beliefs and Political Behaviors
CLICK HERE Review (general info) - Interest Groups, Political Parties and Mass Media
CLICK HERE Review (general info) - Congress and the Presidency
CLICK HERE Review (general info) - The Bureaucracy and the Judiciary
CLICK HERE Review (general info) - Civil Liberities and Civil Rights
CLICK HERE AP Textbook - American Government - Roots and Reform, 12th edition (2016)
CLICK HERE AP Textbook - American Government, Institutions and Politics, 11th edition (2008)
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CLICK HERE Article - The Truth About Denial (Newsweek)
CLICK HERE Article - The Day After Roe (Atlantic Monthly)
CLICK HERE Article - Rhetorical Questions (Atlantic Monthly)
CLICK HERE Article - Big Brother is Listening (Atlantic Monthly)
CLICK HERE Article - Claiming Voting Fraud as a Political Strategy
CLICK HERE Article - The Commandments: Constitution and its Worshippers (New Yorker)
CLICK HERE A Sampling of Sources - Brief synopsis of many Supreme Court cases
CLICK HERE A Sampling of Sources - The Second Amendment
CLICK HERE A Sampling of Sources - The First Amendment / Separation of Church and State
CLICK HERE Chart - Campaign Inc. (Atlantic Monthly)
CLICK HERE Activity - Government Fixes
CLICK HERE Activity - Gerrymandering
CLICK HERE Activity - Interpreting Political Cartoons
CLICK HERE Activity - Analyzing a Hypothetical Election
CLICK HERE Activity - US Constitution article/section lookup
CLICK HERE Activity - Liberal-Conservative Learning Spectrum
CLICK HERE A Primer on Reparations
CLICK HERE Racial Justice / Understanding BLM GreviancesHonors International Studies
Some material relevent to this course appears in the United States History and American Govrnment curriculum.
CLICK HERE Course Syllabus and Curriculum
CLICK HERE National Security
CLICK HERE Generay Essay Prompts
CLICK HERE Support for and Criticism of the United Nations
CLICK HERE Why the United States Supports Israel
CLICK HERE Geopolitical/Geostrategic Maps which offer a Snapshop of Issues
CLICK HERE Globalization
CLICK HERE Reparations
CLICK HERE Failing Nation-States: Indicators of Instability (Foreign Policy)
CLICK HERE Polarity of the World notes
CLICK HERE Article - Europe's Declining Birthrate (New York Times Magazine)
CLICK HERE Article - First Law of Petropolitics (Foreign Affairs)
CLICK HERE Article - Logic of Suicide Terrorism (Atlantic Monthly)
CLICK HERE Article - The Infiltrator / Double Blind (Atlantic Monthly)
CLICK HERE Article - The Age of NonPolarity (Foreign Affairs)
CLICK HERE Article - Who Shot Mohammad al Dura? (Atlantic Monthly)
CLICK HERE Article - How Arafat Destroyed Palestine (Atlantic Monthly)
CLICK HERE Article - The Dark Art of Interrogation (Atlantic Monthly)
CLICK HERE Activity - Globalization / Transnational Corporation Game
CLICK HERE Interview - Is International Law a threat to Democracy?
CLICK HERE Conclusions of Chapters 1 & 2 of 'Why Nations Go To War'
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CLICK HERE xWestern Philosophy
CLICK HERE Course Syllabus and Curriculum
CLICK HERE Les Miserables essay assignments
CLICK HERE Les Miserables / Epomine
CLICK HERE Les Miserables / Jean Valjean
CLICK HERE Star Trek / Enterprise
CLICK HERE Star Trek / Measure of a Man
CLICK HERE "Minority Report" film discussion questions
CLICK HERE Article - Is God An Accident? (Atlantic Monthly)
CLICK HERE Article - Oh Gods! (Atlantic Monthly
CLICK HERE Article - ET and God (Atlantic Monthly)
CLICK HERE Article - Thought Experiments (Scientific American)
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CLICK HERE xPsychology / Psychological Literature
CLICK HERE Course Syllabus and Curriculum (Psychology)
CLICK HERE Course Syllabus and Curriculum (Psychological Literature)
CLICK HERE Disorder Gathering 34
CLICK HERE Disorder Gathering 36
CLICK HERE Disorder Gathering 49
CLICK HERE Answer Key for Disorder Gatherings
CLICK HERE The Brain - Function, Structure, Anatomy, and Influence of Substances
CLICK HERE Revenge of the Introverts (Psychology Today)
CLICK HERE Defense Mechanisms
CLICK HERE "Aviator" film questions
CLICK HERE Precis Bell Activities *short
CLICK HERE Precis Bell Activities *long
CLICK HERE Precis Bell Activities *story/narritive
CLICK HERE Article - Getting Out Alive (Time)
CLICK HERE Article - Depressing News about AntiDepressents (Newsweek), with questions HERE
CLICK HERE Article - Mystery of the 18 Twitching Teenagers (New York Times Magazine)
CLICK HERE Article - Bipolar Puzzle (New York Times Magazine)
CLICK HERE Article - Forgetting Faces (Scientific American), with questions HERE
CLICK HERE Article - It' All Done With Mirrors (Scientific American)
CLICK HERE Article - Selective Mutism
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CLICK HERE Report - Impact of Texting in Class
CLICK HERE Review Resource - Crash Course Book, 2013
CLICK HERE TextbookOther Classrom Documents
CLICK HERE Classroom Rules and Expectations (short version)
CLICK HERE Policy Pertaining to Plagiarism