ILC U.S. History - 1st Semester | Iowa e-Learning Central

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Grade Level

Course Format

Semester

License

CC BY

Course Description

The ILC U.S. History - 1st Semester materials are designed as a semester-based course. Semester 1 and Semester 2 will be available separately for download. The course materials utilize content from U.S. History by OpenStax, as well as original developer content. The course covers the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States by utilizing political, economic, diplomatic and societal/cultural lenses. It includes eyewitness accounts, lived experiences, primary and secondary sources; and utilizes historical thinking skills, such as comparison, continuity and change over time, causation and contextualization. The course covers key forces that form the American experience with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender. Although the Course is structured chronologically, there are themes included. Themes include immigration, civic virtue, reforming society, and foreign affairs/imperialism.

Standards

These instructional materials are available to assist educators in implementing Iowa’s Academic Standards. Curriculum leaders and teachers should review these instructional materials to ensure full implementation of Iowa’s Academic Standards in the local curriculum. Each module identifies standards that are addressed and assessed, and this course creates a year-long curriculum when combined with ILC U.S. History - 2nd Semester.

Prerequisites

None

SCED Code

05010

Source Name

Corbett, P. Scott, et al. U.S. History. E-book ed., Houston, OpenStax College, 2014.

Lead developer

Thomas Griffin and Canada Snyder

Course Updates

9/2/24: Minor link updates