deBorde's Social Studies Podcast: Recent Episodes
Will deBorde
A podcast geared toward Mr. deBorde's US History, Economics, and Government classes, with information and discussion to prepare students for the district benchmark exams, the state EOC (US History students), and hopefully, life in general.
This episode continues from the previous two episodes, and focuses on political issues during the war, impact of the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Courthouse.
This episode continues from the previous one, and focuses on key battles and strategies of the Civil War.
In what is the first part of a two-episode "series", the focus of this episode is the division of the United States into two "countries": The Union (USA), and the Confederacy (CSA), as well as key figures of both sides in the lead-up to the Civil War. Part 2 of this episode will focus on key battles, strategies, and events of the Civil War itself.
This episode wraps up the three-part "series" on personal finance, and includes information on credit, debt, ways to manage both, and more.
This episode features information on banking, checking accounts, direct deposit, and more.
This episode features information on the "debut" of the Republican party, it's first President (Abraham Lincoln), the cause(s) of Southern secession, and the "Battle of Fort Sumter".
This episode focuses on the ongoing issues of slavery and states' rights during the Antebellum period.
This episode closes out the unit on Westward Expansion, and focuses on political and social changes that took place in conjunction with/as a result of westward expansion. Topic include Jacksonian Democracy, increased suffrage (for white males), more on the abolitionist movement, and more.
This episode continues the discussion about westward expansion (Manifest Destiny), focusing on reasons settlers moved west. Topics covered in this episode include the aforementioned motives for moving west, the railroad's impact on expansion, the continuing issue of slavery, increased immigration, the growing sectionalism in the country during the time, technological advancements of the period, and more.
In this episode, the "basics" of Financial Literacy are discussed, focusing on budgeting. This episode serves as a "jump off point" for our unit on Financial Literacy, providing a foundation for everything we will do in class, and on "virtual" days.
In this episode, the "high points" of American territorial expansion--aka westward expansion--are discussed, including the Northwest Land Ordinance, the Missouri Compromise, conflicts with Mexico and with Native Americans, the California Gold Rush, and more. This episode coincides with Ch. 3, Section 1, and goes along with the associated PowerPoint, linked in Canvas.