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American Social History Review Mr. Zacharia

American Social History Review Mr. Zacharia. Big Questions. CENTRAL: In what ways have X social group sought, experienced, and/or been denied Liberty, Equality, and Power in American society?

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American Social History Review Mr. Zacharia

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  1. American Social History ReviewMr. Zacharia

  2. Big Questions • CENTRAL: In what ways have X social group sought, experienced, and/or been denied Liberty, Equality, and Power in American society? • How have the experience of disadvantaged/marginalized social groups in America changed over time, for better or worse? • What was the specific experience of X social group during X period in American history, even if it was a period of overall prosperity? • How did X social group play a pivotal role in changing America, especially politically and economically? • How effectively did the government respond to the problems of X social group? • How have the ideologies and strategies varied within X social group? • How have the demographics of X social group changed over time (population shifts)? • To what extent have grassroots efforts vs. top-down government reform impacted X social group?

  3. X Group • Women • Minorities (Blacks, Hispanics, Asians) • Working Class Families • Farmers (Yeoman to Planters) • Laborers • Union Organizers • Activists • Religious Minorities • Men • Business People

  4. Example AP Questions • In what ways did ideas and values held by Puritans influence the political, economic, and social development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s? • Analyze the roles that women played in Progressive Era reforms from the 1880s through 1920. Focus your essay on TWO of the following. • Politics • Social conditions • Labor and working conditions • Explain the causes and consequences of TWO of the following population movements in the United States during the period 1945–1985. • Suburbanization • The growth of the Sun Belt • Immigration to the United States • Compare and contrast the experience of slaves on tobacco plantations in the early seventeenth-century Chesapeake region with that of slaves on nineteenth-century cotton plantations in the Deep South. What forces transformed the institution of slavery from the early seventeenth century to the nineteenth century?

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