American History  

 

Recordings Archive

(Weeks 1-17)

 

WEEK 17

• Elementary – Lecture 48: Test 2 Test Preparation
  • Upper Elementary – Test 2 (PDF)
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 48: Test 2 Test Preparation
  • Junior High – Test 2 (PDF)

• Elementary – Lecture 47: 2020 Review
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 47: 2020 Review

• Elementary – Lecture 46: Test Preparation Guidance
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 46: Test Preparation Guidance

 

WEEK 16

• Lower Elementary – Test 2 Preparation Sheets (PDF)
• Upper Elementary – Test 2 Preparation Sheets (PDF)
• Junior High – Test 2 Preparation Sheets (PDF)

• Elementary – Lecture 45: The Making of a New Enemy
  • Lower Elementary – Class Notes 10 (PDF)
  • Upper Elementary – Class Notes 10 (PDF)
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 45: The Making of a New Enemy
  • Junior High – Class Notes 10 (PDF)

• Elementary – Lecture 44: Korea and Vietnam
  • Lower Elementary – Class Notes 9 (PDF)
  • Upper Elementary – Class Notes 9 (PDF)
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 44: Korea and Vietnam
  • Junior High – Class Notes 9 (PDF)

• Elementary – Lecture 43: The Truman Doctrine
• Lower Elementary – Class Notes 8 (PDF)
• Upper Elementary – Class Notes 8 (PDF)

• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 43: The Truman Doctrine
  • Junior High – Class Notes 8 (PDF)

 

WEEK 15

• Elementary – Lecture 42: WWII and The Rise of the World Police Power
• Lower Elementary – Class Notes 7 (PDF)
• Upper Elementary – Class Notes 7 (PDF)

• Jr/Sr High –Lecture 42: WWII and The Rise of the World Police Power
• Jr/Sr High Handout: Woodrow Wilson’s War Message of 1917 (Select Passages, PDF)
• Junior High – Class Notes 7 (PDF)

• Elementary – Lecture 41: World War I and After
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 41: World War I and After

• Elementary – Lecture 40: WWI – America’s Entanglement in Europe Begins
  • Lower Elementary – Class Notes 6 (PDF)
  • Upper Elementary – Class Notes 6 (PDF)
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 40: WWI – America’s Entanglement in Europe Begins
  • Junior High – Class Notes 6 (PDF)

WEEK 14

• Elementary – Lecture 39: The Spanish-American War of 1898
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 39: The Spanish-American War of 1898

• Elementary – Lecture 38: Interconnection Begins
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 38: Interconnection Begins

• Elementary – Lecture 37: Independence, Neutrality, and Political Separation
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 37: Independence, Neutrality, and Political Separation

 

WEEK 13

• Elementary – Lecture 36: Independence, Neutrality, and Political Separation
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 36: Independence, Neutrality, and Political Separation

• Elementary – Lecture 35: Independence
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 35: Independence

 

WEEK 12

• Elementary – Lecture 34: What Happened?
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 34: What Happened?

• Elementary – Lecture 33: Election Day
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 33: Election Day

• Elementary – Lecture 32: The First Anchor Fact
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 32: The First Anchor Fact

• Lower Elementary – Test 1 ANSWER KEY (PDF) – available upon request
• Upper Elementary – Test 1 ANSWER KEY (PDF)
• Junior High – Test 1 ANSWER KEY (PDF)

 

WEEK 11

• HANDOUT: The Ten Major Cultural Blocks of the World – Labelled (PDF)
• Elementary – Lecture 31: Wars in the World Today

• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 31: Wars in the World Today

• Elementary – Lecture 30: How America Polices

• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 30: How America Polices

• Elementary – Lecture 29: America and the Major Cultures of the World, Continued

• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 29: America and the Major Cultures of the World, Continued

 

WEEK 10

• Elementary – Lecture 28: America and The Cultural Blocks of the World

• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 28: America and The Cultural Blocks of the World

• Elementary – Lecture 27: America as World Police Power

• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 27: America as World Police Power

• HANDOUT: The Ten Major Cultural Blocks of the World (PDF)

• Lower Elementary – Test 1 (PDF – redacted – testing will not proceed at this level)
• Upper Elementary – Test 1 (PDF)
• Elementary – Lecture 26: Test Preparation

• Junior High – Test 1 (PDF)
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 26: Test Preparation

 

WEEK 9

• Lower Elementary – Test 1 Preparation Sheets (PDF)
• Upper Elementary – Test 1 Preparation Sheets (PDF)
• Elementary – Lecture 25: Martin Luther King Jr.
• Elementary Handout: “I Have Dream” (Excerpted, PDF)
  • Lower Elementary – Class Notes 5 (PDF)
  • Upper Elementary – Class Notes 5 (PDF)
• Junior High – Test 1 Preparation Sheets (PDF)
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 25: Martin Luther King Jr.
• Jr/Sr High Handout: “I Have a Dream (Complete Speech, PDF)
• Junior High – Class Notes 5 (PDF)

• Facts Practice 1c (PDF)
• Facts Practice 1c – Answer Key (PDF)
• Facts Practice 1d (PDF)
• Facts Practice 1d – Answer Key (PDF)

• Elementary – Lecture 24: The Civil Rights Movement
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 24: The Civil Rights Movement

• Facts Practice 1a (PDF)
• Facts Practice 1a – Answer Key (PDF)
• Facts Practice 1b (PDF)
• Facts Practice 1b – Answer Key (PDF)

WEEK 8

• High school American Government lessons for Week 8 and beyond have been moved to the Government archive, exclusively for registered clients.  For live and recordings access, please contact Mr. Powell.

• Elementary – Lecture 23: Reconstruction and Citizenship
  • Lower Elementary – Class Notes 4 (PDF)
  • Upper Elementary – Class Notes 4 (PDF)
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 23: Reconstruction and Citizenship
• Junior High – Class Notes 4 (PDF)

• Elementary – Lecture 22: The Post-War Reality (starts with a different title page!)
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 22: The Post-War Reality

 

• Elementary – Lecture 21: Calvin Returns!
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 21: Calvin Returns!

WEEK 7

• American Government – Lecture 10: Madison and the Bill of Rights
• American Government – Lecture 9: Republican Government

• American Government Handout – Madison’s Speech Proposing the Bill of Rights – Excerpt (PDF)

• Elementary – Lecture 20: Reconstruction
  • Lower Elementary – Class Notes 3 (PDF)
  • Upper Elementary – Class Notes 3 (PDF)
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 20: Reconstruction
  • Junior High – Class Notes 3 (PDF)

• Elementary – Lecture 19: Reconstruction Begins
  • Lower Elementary – Class Notes 2 (PDF)
  • Upper Elementary – Class Notes 2 (PDF)
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 19: Reconstruction Begins 
  • Junior High – Class Notes 2 (PDF)

• Elementary – Lecture 18: The Civil War (Revisited)
  • Lower Elementary – Class Notes 1 (PDF)
  • Upper Elementary – Class Notes 1 (PDF)
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 18: The Civil War (Revisited)
  • Junior High – Class Notes 1 (PDF)

WEEK 6

• American Government – Lecture 8: Federalist No.10, Part 2

• American Government – Lecture 7: Federalist No.10

• Elementary – Lecture 17: The Civil War (as Anchor Fact)
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 17: The Civil War (as Anchor Fact)

• Elementary – Lecture 16: Abolitionism
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 16: Abolitionism
• Handout: What to the Slave is the 4th of July (Excerpt, PDF)

• Elementary – Lecture 15: Life in Early America
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 15: Life in Early America

 

WEEK 5

• American Government – Lecture 6: Natural Rights and Federalism
• American Government Handout – Federalist No.10 (PDF)

• American Government – Lecture 5: Rights and Government, Part 3

• Elementary – Lecture 14: The Challenge of Moral Compromise
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 14: The Challenge of Moral Compromise

• Elementary – Lecture 13: Building a Country of Natural Rights (and Slavery)
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 13: Building a Country of Natural Rights (and Slavery)

• Elementary – Lecture 12: Natural Rights and Slavery
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 12: Natural Rights and Slavery

WEEK 4

• American Government – Lecture 4: Rights and Government, Part 2

• American Government – Lecture 3: Rights and Government, Part 1
• American Government – Diagram of the Federal Government (PDF)
• American Government – The Big Picture (PDF)

• Elementary – Lecture 11: The Birth of America
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 11: The Birth of America

• Elementary – Lecture 10: The “Rights of Englishmen”
  • Elementary Class Handout: The Thirteen Colonies (PDF)
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 10: The “Rights of Englishmen”

• No Classes September 7 – Labor Day

 

WEEK 3

• Note: The first few weeks of the American Government class links are provided here as an enticement for high school students to participate in the Special Topics segment. 

• American Government – Lecture 2: Setting the Context
• American Government – Lecture 1: Introduction

• Elementary Class – Lecture 9: America’s First Social Contract
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 9: America’s First Social Contract

• Elementary Class Handout: Virginia Colonial Charter – Abridged (PDF)
• Jr/Sr High Class Handout: Virginia Colonial Charter – Abridged (PDF)

• Elementary Class – Lecture 8: Jefferson’s America and Modern America
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 8: Jefferson’s America and Modern America

• Elementary Class – Lecture 7: The First Anchor Fact, Continued
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 7: The First Anchor Fact, Continued

 

WEEK 2

• Elementary Class – Lecture 6: The First Anchor Fact
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 6: The First Anchor Fact
  • Jr/Sr High Student Questionnaire, Page 1 and 2 (PDF)

• Elementary Class – Lecture 5: What is a “Social Contract,” Part 2?
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 5: The State of the American Social Contract, Part 2

• Elementary Class – Lecture 4: What is a “Social Contract”?
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 4: The State of the American Social Contract

 

 WEEK 1

• Elementary Class – Lecture 3: America Today
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 3: America Today

• Elementary Class – Lecture 2: WDISUATWWLI?
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 2: A New Chapter Begins, Continued

• Elementary Class – Lecture 1: The Missing Question
• Jr/Sr High – Lecture 1: A New Chapter Begins