A supplement to the Texas US history textbook/9th Grade - History of the United States Since 1877
Preface[edit | edit source]
As outlined in this statement, this resource is a supplement to the 9th grade history textbook for the state of Texas. Please read the statement before contributing to this resource.
Scope[edit | edit source]
According to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies [PDF]:
- In United States History Studies Since 1877, which is the second part of a two-year study that begins in Grade 8, students study the history of the United States from 1877 to the present.
Reading Level[edit | edit source]
The reading level for the 9th grade as defined by the Flesch–Kincaid Grade Level is approx. 9 = (0.39 x Average Sentence Length) + (11.8 x Average Syllables per Word) − 15.59.
This website can be used to automatically analyze the reading level of our entries.
How to Participate[edit | edit source]
We are especially hoping to get Texas school students involved in the creation of their own textbook. If you teach a class where it might be appropriate, please consider having your students conduct research to write articles for this supplement instead of writing term papers. This article describes a similar assignment. The spirit of such an assignment would be to ask your students to learn a subject so well that they could fascinate their peers by explaining the subject to them.
Table of Contents[edit | edit source]
1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor: The United States enters World War II
1971 The Great Experiment Redux: President Nixon announces the War on Drugs
1973 The Supreme court rules on Roe v Wade concerning abortion rights
2000 Al Gore Wins the Popular Vote, George Bush Becomes President