San Ramon Valley High School
U.S. History Projects/Assignments
Fall Semester
Unit #1: Foundations of American History
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Organized Binder for Fall Semester
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Check-In on Ideals
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Link for Constitution Nearpod (expires at end of unit)
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
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Check-In on Constitution
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Drag & Drop Ideals During the Civil War
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American Ideals Paragraph​
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Link to Readings for Quotes (Civil War Reading and Reconstruction Reading)
Unit #2: Industrialization, Immigration, and Urbanization
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Superhero or Villain Comic Strip
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Check-In on European Immigration
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Links for Chinese Immigration Nearpod (expires at end of unit)​
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
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Industrialization Paragraph
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Extra Credit: African American Experience Nearpod​​​
6.Check-In on Problems of the Era
7. Muckraker Nearpod (expires at end of unit)
8. Muckraker Animoto Video Project
9. Check-In On Progressive Success & Failures
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Unit #3: America Becomes a World Power
1. Link to Current Events
2.Spanish-American War Nearpod
3. Check-In on Foreign Policy
4. Imperialism Around the World Padlet​​
5. America Becomes a World Power Extra Credit handout
6. Effects of Imperialism Check-In
7. Foreign Policy Twitter Assignment
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PowerPoint Link to Template​
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Google Slides Link to Template
8. Imperialism Paragraph​
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9. Check-In on World War I
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10. Treaty of Versailles EdPuzzle
Unit #5: Between the Wars​
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​Extra Credit: 1920s Reading Questions
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Reading
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2. 1920s EdPuzzle Video
3. 1920s Terms Matching Game
4. 1920s Research Project​
5. Check- In on Great Depression
6. Check-In on New Deal
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7. New Deal Paragraph
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8. Spring Binder
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Link to Printables
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Spring Semester
​Unit #1: World War II
1.Check-In on Causes of World War II
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​​2. Extra Credit: Japanese Internment
3. Japanese Internment Nearpod (If the video does not work try this youtube link)
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Period 1 Link
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Period 2 Link
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Period 3 Link​
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4. WWII Unit Paragraph
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5. Check-In on End of World War II
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Unit #2: Early Cold War
​ 1. Early Cold War Events Timeline Nearpod
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Period 1 Link
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Period 2 Link
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Period 3 Link
2. Second Red Scare Nearpod (if the "Burt the Turtle" Video Link is not working, try this link.
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Period 1 Link
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Period 2 Link
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Period 3 Link
3. Cold War Continues Nearpod​
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Period 1 Link
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Period 2 Link
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Period 3 Link
4. Early Cold War Paragraph
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Unit #3: Conformity & Change​
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1950s Rock Music Nearpod
- Period 1 Link
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- Period 3 Link
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Youth Culture Terms Check-In
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Writing Portfolio Project
1. Directions
3. In-Text Citations Directions
5. Source Information for Second Semester Projects
6. End of Year Writing Checklist
7. Rubric
8. General Directions for Writing
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Unit #4: The Vietnam Conflict
1. Extra Credit: Getting Drafted
2. Protest Music Nearpod
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Period 1 Link
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Period 2 Link
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Period 3 Link
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3. 1968 Nearpod (for absent students)
4. 1968 Check-In
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5. American Dreams Project
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Scoresheet​
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Examples of Scripts/Extras
Research Project​
1. Directions
2. Topics
6. Link to Databases
8. How to Create a Works Cited Page
10. Scoresheet​​
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Unit #5: Modern Foreign Policy
1. End of Cold War Timeline Nearpod (SALT LINK)
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Period 1 Link
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Period 2 Link
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Period 3 Link
2. Check-In on End of Cold War
3. 9-11 EdPuzzle Link