American+Experience

=American Experience=

//The American Experience// //combines U.S. History and American Literature, and explores the natural relationship between the two. Through their study of literature, students will comprehend American history from the point of view of those who lived it. The requirements for both Sophomore English B and U.S. History and Government will be met in this course; additionally, students will experience American culture in ways not possible in separate courses.//

Some useful files:
[|AmExSyllabus1.doc] Course syllabus for American Experience class. [|Constitution Outline.doc] An outline of the US Constitution to be filled in by students. [|Job Reports.doc] Details of the mini-research paper for Living Through History program.

Some useful websites:
[|go.hrw.com] Website for the US History textbook. Enter the key words from the chapter and access interactive content and take online quizzes.

MLA Format for Research Papers:
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLA.html University of Wisconsin Writing Center - guidelines for MLA citations http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/ Purdue's Online Writing Lab - all about MLA citations http://www.liu.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/citmla.htm Long Island University - examples of MLA citations http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/legacylib/mlahcc.html Honolulu Community College - examples of MLA citations [|Knight Cite] Online MLA citation generator, for those who want the easy way.