UNITED STATES HISTORY
by
John Pegues

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United States History - Introduction
- On Level
Calendar - 1998-99 tenative syllabus for On Level US
- Values in United
States History - Source - Reasoning With Democratic Values - Just
thinking about how we prepare students to be leaders. It seems to me that I
should be aware of and focus on the teaching of values that are common among
our best leaders. What should I add?
- Advanced
Placement (AP) Program - The College Board's Home Page
United States History Lecture Notes
At Tomball College I am currently using The Unfinished Nation by Alan
Brinkley. At Spring High School I am currently using History of the United
States by DiBacco. The arrangement of my notes has been designed around a
combination of themes and the organization of those books.
Tomball - United States History - 1301
Setting the Stage - Europe, North America and Africa prior to British
settlement
- Nash - Chapter 1 - Three Worlds Meet
Colonial Period - British
- Nash - Chapter 2 - Colonizing a Continent
- Nash - Chapter 3 - Mastering the World
- Nash - Chapter 4 - The Maturing of a Colonial Society
Revolutionary Period
- Nash - Chapter 5 - Bursting the Colonial Bonds
- Nash - Chapter 6 - A People In Revolution
- Nash - Chapter 7 - Consolidating the Revolution
Early National Period
This section is here because it provides links to original documents from the
period 1775-1825 which was the DBQ period for the year 1998.
Jacksonian Era
Road to the Civil War and Reconstruction
Tomball - United States History - 1302
On - Level U.S. History begins here
The Gilded Age and the Industrial Revolution
The Progressive Era
Depression and War
Post World War II America
Other AP LINKS
General US
History Links - if you find new sites that belong or find sites that are no
longer active, please send me email and let me know
US Government begins here
Foundations of
American Government
Executive
Branch Notes
- My AP results
- The Spring Social Studies AP Program
- My career
- My personal interests outside teaching

Texts used by my various classes include:
Gary B. Nash, et al, The American People: Creating a Nation and a
Society - 3rd ed., (1994).
Alan Brinkley, The Unfinished Nation - 2nd ed., (1997).
Thomas Bailey, et al., The American Pageant - 8th ed., (1987). For
reference only.
Thomas V. DiBacco, et al. History of the UnitedStates Vol. 2 Civil War to
the Present, (1992).
Questions, comments or corrections?
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