US History 11A

Credit recovery courses include a daily attendance requirement in addition to asynchronous instruction to provide students with a high level of learning. IDLA will provide the course content, Learning Management System, teachers, and internal support staff.  Districts will provide local personnel to support the students with intervention support, social-emotional support, physical and/or virtual technical access to courses, and transcription of credits.

 

Lessons include graded learning activities integrated within the content and are worth 60% of the overall grade.  Certified teachers check in on students frequently and attendance is recorded when a student logs in and completes some work each day.  There is no high-stakes final exam; just shorter incremental exams in each unit that are worth 40% of the overall grade.  Students must complete all exams to pass the course.

Course Description: Welcome to U.S. History 11A. This is the first of a two-semester course that aims to give students a general understanding of the political, economic, and social changes within American society from the beginning of the 20th Century (Gilded Age) through World War II. We will be looking at a few primary sources that highlight each era as they are covered. There were fifteen presidents during the years that this course covers and each one is important. However, two of these United States presidents were notably significant and influential and we will study them in some detail. Those presidents are Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt and his second cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR).

 

Required Prerequisites: US History 10