American History B [Credit Recovery]

In this course, students will consider important questions related to US history, including “What makes a person an American?” and “How have people from different cultures been able to come together to help the United States grow and thrive as a nation?” Students join the American story during the Reconstruction Era, when the nation began to rebuild in the wake of the Civil War. They will progress into the twentieth century, assessing the ways that citizens of the United States were able to come together to survive the Great Depression, World Wars I and II, and the racial and cultural divides which threatened to tear the nation apart in the 1960s. By investigating the people and events that have held the United States together during difficult times, students will be able to more clearly answer the big questions facing the nation today.