The People Places and Principles of America: The Defining of America Activities Quizzez and Tests

Key topics: Expanding borders, John Marshall, Davy Crockett, Sam Houston, The Alamo, gold rushes, the underground railroad, Harriet Tubman, soul food, songs from slave camps, women voters, electricity, Erie Canal, sectionalism, invention of rubber, outhouses, Marcus Whitman, R.A. Torrey, YMCA, Levi trousers, Audubon, Longfellow, Emerson, McGuffey, telegraph and telephone, Texas longhorns, Civil War, public education, baseball, wagon trains west, settlers, railroad expansion, Andrew Carnegie, John Henry, coal mines, Alexander Graham Bell George Washington Carver, Booker T. Washington, Luther Burbank, Alaska, Indian reservations, Spanish-American War, Billy Sunday, Black preachers, bathtubs, cameras, The North Pole, yellow fever, Teddy Roosevelt, Titanic, Panama Canal, fashions, music instruments, new farming techniques, Sears and Roebuck Catalog, education for African-Americans, sports heroes, boxed cereal, Wright brothers and 20th century flight; Henry Ford, plastics and industry, maps and timelines.) This is a comprehensive study of American history from pre- Columbus through the election of George W. Bush as president of the United States. Content is based on the 15 major components of culture: families, agriculture, media, military, government, religion, education, discoveries, industry, communication, leaders, light/energy, art, sports, and transportation. Each lesson begins with a vignette or narrative carefully designed to engage the students emotionally and academically. Theme art, time lines, maps and charts illustrate each lesson to pull the student’s mind” into the text and clarify content. This course has been called real history” because it ties the fifteen major cultural components to real people, places and principles which distinguish America. The vocabulary level is applicable for students from eighth through twelfth grade. The content is designed to raise students’ aspirations for noble and honorable life styles of the American Dream. Essential academic elements are aligned with standards normally expected for grades eight through high school. (See Academic Standards” for Arizona and Texas on www.pacworks.com.) This is the only PAC course available in soft-cover perfect binding. The entire course of 180 lessons in four volumes is designed for a two-year periodRonald E. Ph.D. Johnson is the author of 'The People Places and Principles of America: The Defining of America Activities Quizzez and Tests' with ISBN 9781928629061 and ISBN 1928629067.