Mrs. Byrd’s Social Studies 7 Class, 2011 - 2012

1. Mrs. Byrd’s Social Studies 7 Class, 2011 - 2012 United States History, 1865 to the Present

2. The Lynx 2012 - 2013The Lynx Core includes the following teachers: Social Studies 7: Mrs. ByrdMrs. McClellandEnglish 7: Ms. ChavesMs. TaylorScience 7: Ms. DoyleMrs. HardinMath 7:Mrs. BuddenhagenMrs. Womick

3. Mrs. Byrd About me: • I graduated from ODU and received my masters in education from ODU as well. • This is my 13th year at PAMS. • I have been married for 31 years and have 3 children and a beautiful 2 year-old granddaughter. My ‘children’ – Stephen, Taylor, Rory

4. Winslow Mary Byrd

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6. Supplies for Social Studies • 1” binder with dividers • Loose leaf paper • Pencils; blue or black pens • Colored pencils • Glue sticks

7. Wiki Space • Your source for what’s happening in Social Studies class! You will find my course expectations here! • http://pams-byrd.wikispaces.com/

8. Mrs. Byrd’s Contact Information School Phone: (757) 648-4950, Voice Mail extension 72117 E-mail: mebyrd@vbschools.com (This is the preferred BEST method of contact! I check my e-mail throughout the day! If you leave a message for me through on my school voicemail, I will try to check it. (READ between the lines: I will rarely-hardly ever, ever check that message! You may as well leave a voice mail for the Easter Bunny. )

9. United States History, 1865 – the Present The seventh grade History curriculum picks up where the sixth graders left off – with the Civil War and Reconstruction. Our class will span US History from 1865 to the present day, incorporating elements of geography, economics, and political science along the way. Historical methods will be emphasized during the year as well – meaning that students will be engaged in the “stuff” of history – research, discourse, debate, writing, and peer review!

10. Unit One: Reuniting the Nation In the late 1800s, a diverse group of Americans settled in the West. Both conflict and cooperation characterized the Frontier.

11. Unit Two: Getting Down to Business While the great industrialist of the late 1800s gained wealth and influence, labor unions formed to demand and end to child labor, higher wages, safer working conditions, and the 8-hour day.

12. Unit Three: A Nation Transformed Immigration, urbanization, and the origins of progressive reform in the USA.

13. Unit Four: Competition and Conflict Yellow Journalism The Spanish-American War, imperialism in the Pacific, policies toward Latin America, and the emergence of the United States as a world power are chronicled in the unit.

14. Unit Five: Progressive Reforms Prohibition may not have lasted, but the woman’s suffrage movement did. The expansion of democracy – through both local and national movements (17th Amendment, 19th Amendment) is featured in this unit, as are social and economic reforms (child labor laws, consumer safety, income tax reform, and the “trustbusting” efforts of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft.)

15. Unit Six: World War I The United States’ involvement in the “Great War” was brief, but decisive. President Woodrow Wilson’s failed effort to craft a lasting peace in the aftermath of the war is as much a theme to this unit as the participation of the “doughboy” Americans. The failure to resolve Europe’s underlying economic and political problems, unfortunately, played a large part in engendering conflict 20 years later.

16. Unit Seven: America Goes from Boom … Liberated women of the 1920s (flappers!), Henry Ford, the “Tin Lizzy,” and prosperity characterized the “Jazz Age.” Literary figures such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and the Harlem Renaissance-inspired Langston Hughes all found their uniquely American voices during this period as well.

17. Unit Seven: …to Bust! The Great Depression and FDR’s efforts to end the economic catastrophe continue to shape political discourse in the United States.

18. Unit Eight: World War II

19. Victory in Europe and the Pacific

20. Unit Nine: Transitions in Pursuit of Peace The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union generated a nuclear arms race which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. Anxiety and concern were constant. But the war never came; and the USSR collapse of old age in the early 1990s.

21. Unit Ten: Turmoil at Home and Abroad The Civil Rights Movement, the woman’s movement, and the social protest generated on college camps across America during the 1960s (and throughout the Vietnam War Era) energized and revolutionized society during the late 20th Century. But they caused turmoil and conflict as well.

22. Unit Eleven: Globalization and Interdependence Where are we, now? How will our children reinvent America in the 21st Century?

23. Thank You! • I’m looking forward to a great year! Please keep in touch if you have questions or concerns! • Best way to reach me: mebyrd@vbschools.com • Schedule conferences by calling he guidance office at 648-4961