Course+Themes+Analysis+-+FA11

=**THEME ANALYSIS**=


 * 1. Choose a theme of interest. You will follow this theme throughout the entirety of the course. (see below)**


 * 2. Using xtimeline, you and your designated timeline group will create a comprehensive analysis of American history. You are responsible for adding 5 point (events, relationships, individuals, laws, etc) to the timeline per unit. Each point added must include an identification of the point and an explanation of the significance. You are also required to provide an explanation as to how the point reflects the greater theme you are analyzing.**


 * 3. At the end of the second unit (and every subsequent unit thereafter), you must submit a half page discussion on how your theme transformed over the analyzed time periods. Reflections back to all previous units is highly suggested. Evidence can be drawn from your research.**

__5 events per unit__ Each event must contain: Identification (2 point) Significance (2 points) Connection (4 points)
 * Point Distribution**
 * Timeline**

1/2 Page Discussion 10 points (see rubric below)

40 points total



**__AMERICAN DIVERSITY__** – diversity of the American people and the relationships among different groups… roles of race, class, ethnicity, and gender in US History

**__AMERICAN IDENTITY__** – views of American national character and ideas about American exceptionalism. Recognizing differences in context of what it means to be American.

**__CULTURE__** – diverse individual and collective expressions through literature, art, philosophy, music, theatre, film throughout US History including cultural conflict within society.

**__DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES__** – Changes in birth, marriage, and death rates, population size and density. Effects of immigration, internal migration, migration networks on society.

**__ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATIONS__** – Changes in trade, commerce, and technology across time. Effects of capitalist development, labor and unions, and consumerism on society.

**__ENVIRONMENT__** – Consumption and conservation of natural resources, impact of population growth, industrialization, pollution, urban and suburban expansion.

**__GLOBALIZATION__** – Engagement with the rest of the world from the 15th century to the present: colonization, mercantilism, global hegemony, market development, imperialism, cultural change.

**__POLITICS AND CITIZENSHIP__** – Colonial and revolutionary legacies, American political traditions, growth of democracy, development of the government. Defining citizenship and struggles for civil rights.

**__REFORM__** – Diverse movements focusing on broad range of issues (anti-slavery, education, labor, temperance, women’s rights, civil rights, gay rights, wars, public health, and government).

**__RELIGION__** – The variety of religious beliefs and practices in America from prehistory to 21st Century, influences of religion on politics, economics, and society.

**__SLAVERY AND ITS LEGACIES IN NORTH AMERICA__** – Systems of slave labor and other forms of unfree labor (indentured servitude, contract labor, etc…) in North American societies, the Atlantic World, and the American South and West. Includes patterns of resistance and long term effects of slavery.

**__WAR AND DIPLOMACY__** – Armed conflict from pre-colonial period to the 21st Century and the impact of war on American foreign policy and on politics, economy, and society.