Course Outcomes:
· Students will understand why the geography and location of Illinois was important for its development.
· Students will analyze how Illinois and the settlers who lived here changed over time and the influences that resulted in these changes.
· Students will identify key locations in Illinois on a map.
· Students will identify significant time periods in Illinois history including early pioneers, Civil War, industrialization, Chicago.
· Students will analyze the government systems of Illinois.
· Students will understand the local history of Fulton County and Avon.
· Students will build an academic vocabulary relating to state and local history terms.
Upcoming Assignments:
Other Resources:
Course Schedule:
This course is to be used as a rough outline and is subject to change.
August 23:
Overview of Syllabus; introductory assignment
August 24:
Illinois Geography and map practice
August 26:
Local History Scavenger Hunt
Assign Family History project due Sept. 7
August 31:
Avon Local history research project due September 9
September 2:
Avon local history
September 7:
Avon local history
September 9:
Avon local history project due
September 10:
Native Americans in IL
Native American assignment due Sept. 21
September 14:
Native American presentations
September 16:
French Settlements
September 21:
Northwest Ordinance and Lewis and Clark
September 23:
Review for test: IL geography, Avon history, and early IL history
September 24: Homecoming
Test; New Madrid Earthquake
October 5:
Pioneers in IL
September 28:
IL Constitution
September 30:
IL government
October 7:
Review for test over pioneers and IL government
October 12:
Test; Black Hawk War
October 14:
Black Hawk War continued
October 19:
Bishop Hill
Utopian Community Project due October 22
October 21:
Nauvoo and Mormons
October 22:
Illinois and Michigan Canal and Morrill Land Grant
October 26:
John Deere
October 28: 11:30 dismissal (no afternoon classes)
Open Notes Test
November 2:
Underground Railroad in IL
November 4:
Abraham Lincoln
November 5:
Lincoln Douglas Debates
Campaign poster due November 9
November 9:
Lincoln in the White House
November 16:
IL and the Civil War
November 18:
Review for test
November 19:
Test; Chicago
November 23:
Chicago Fire
November 30:
Introduce Ethnic Villages
Ethnic Village Project due December 9
December 2:
Chicago
December 7:
Chicago
December 9:
Ethnic Village presentations; Railroads in IL
December 10:
Review for Final
December 14:
Final
December 16:
20th Century IL
December 17:
Civil Rights movement in IL