Welcome to Mr. Furtado's United States History II webpage! Here you will find curriculum sequence, lecture notes, shop assignments, and more

Email: mfurtado@dimanregional.org

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Honors US History II Grading Policies and Classroom Expectations

US History I Grading Policies and Classroom Expectations

Years of Study: 1865-1945

Cycle 1: The Reconstruction Era (1865-1877)

Lecture Notes: Reconstruction Era

Handout: Civil War Scavenger Hunt

Study Guide: Reconstruction Era Quiz

Honors Cycle Homework: Reconstruction

Cycle 2: The Second Industrial Revolution and Immigration (1865-1917)

Lecture Notes: 2nd Industrial Revolution 

Honors Project: Immigration Era

Project: Immigration Era

Handout: What is Capitalism

Honors Shop Assignment: Industrial Innovations

Honors Cycle Homework: Industrialization and Immigration

Shop Assignment: Labor Unions

Cycle 3: The Progressive Era (1901-1917)

Lecture Notes: What is Progressivism

Lecture Notes: The Progressive Presidents

Handout: Excerpts From The Jungle

Handout: The Triangle Fire

Honors Handout: Presidential Progressive Reforms

Honors Cycle Homework: Progressivism Essay Prompts

Cycle 4: American Imperialism (1865-1917)

Lecture Notes: American Imperialism

Honors Project: American Imperialism

Honors Cycle Homework: American Imperialism

Cycle 5: World War I (1914-1918)

Lecture Notes: Causes of WWI

Lecture Notes: Modernizing Warfare

Lecture Notes: US Enters WWI

Handout: Guided Notes Causes of WWI

Handout: The Treaty of Versailles

Handout: Peace Without Victory

Study Guide: World War I Test

Honors Shop Assignment: Prohibition DBQs

Cycle 6: 1920s American Culture (1920-1929)

Lecture Notes: 1920s Cultural Changes

Lecture Notes: The Red Scare

Study Guide: 1920s American Culture

Honors Cycle Homework: 1920s American Culture

Cycle 7: The Great Depression (1929-1941)

Lecture Notes: The New Deal

Honors Project: The Great Depression

Handout: WPA Mass Questions

Honors Shop Assignment: Great Depression Narative

Honors Cycle Homework: The Great Depression

Cycle 8: Totalitarianism and the Causes of World War II (1929-1939)

Lecture Notes: The Interwar Years

Lecture Notes: Totalitarian Leadership

Lecture Notes: The Rise of Communism, Fascism, and Nazism

Lecture Notes: Origins of WWII

Project: WWII Dictator Wanted Poster

Handout: Adolf Hitler Treaty of Versailles Speech

Handout: Adolf Hitler Biography

Handout: Causes of WWII Flow Chart

Honors Handout: Totalitarian Governments

Shop Assignment: WWII Battle Research

Honors Shop Assignment: Japanese Internment and Battle Research

Cycle 9: World War II (1939-1945)

Lecture Notes: The European War

Lecture Notes: Pearl Harbor

Lecture Notes: The Pacific War

Lecture Notes: US War Symbols and Propoganda

Lecture Notes: The Atomic Bomb

Handout: The Battle of Midway 1

Handout: The Battle of Midway 2

Handout: The Atomic Bomb

Honors Biography Research Paper Citation Resources

       Example Paper with Citations

       Purdue MLA Formatting Guide

Final Exam Preparation

• US History II Final Exam Study Guide
• US History II Final Exam Short Answer Questions to Consider
• HONORS US II Final Exam Bonus Essay (Must be completed by day of final)