A supplement to the Texas US history textbook/9th Grade - History of the United States Since 1877
Preface edit
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
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
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
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
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