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AP UNITED STATES HISTORY SYLLABUS This course is designed to provide a college-level experience and prepare students for the AP Exam in the spring. Students are required to master a significant level of information from classroom lecture, required readings and document assessment. The course also required the composition of critical essays based on various topics and documents. We will examine various aspects of American history including culture, government, economy and diplomacy from the arrival of the earliest native peoples to the 21st Century. In addition to the topics listed above, the course will emphasize a series of key themes throughout the year. These themes have been determined by the College Board as essential to a comprehensive study of United States history. The themes will include discussions of American diversity, the westward movement of Americans, the evolution of American culture, the change from agrarian to industrial society and its impacts on American culture, economic trends and transformations, the study of immigration patterns and nativism, the gradual appearance of environmental concern, CR 5- The Course the development of American political structures and the democratization uses themes and/or topics as broad of America, social reform movements, the role of religion in the making of parameters for the United States and its impact in a multicultural society, the history of structuring the slavery and segregation, and finally, the diplomatic evolution of America course from isolationism to internationalism. [CR5] The course will trace these themes throughout the year, emphasizing the ways in which they are interconnected and examining the ways in which each helps to shape the changes over time that are so important to understanding United States history. TEXTBOOK and supplementary materials Kennedy, David M., Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas Bailey. The American Pageant. 13th ed. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006. Dollar, Charles M., and Reichard, Gary W. American Issues: A Documentary Reader. New York: McGraw-Hill Co., 2002. Sinclair, Upton. The Jungle. Bantam Publishers, New York. 1906. Hymowitz, Carol and Michaele Weissman. A History of Women in America. Bantam Publishers, New York. 1984 [CR6] Kennan, George F. American Diplomacy. Expanded edition. 187p. 1957,1979, and 1984. Series Walgreen Foundation Lecutres. CR6- The course teaches students to analyze evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship. GRADING PROCEDURES Student grades will consist of one objective and one-essay tests per unit (each worth 100pts). Reading quizzes, assigned essays and outside assignments of varying point values. Essay grades will be computed based on analysis of outside information and critical documents using AP guidelines. FIRST SEMESTER OUTLINE WEEK ONE: UNIT ONE 1. Pre-Columbian era and early European settlement. The establishment of Jamestown and Massachusetts. Pageant Read Chapters 1 and 2. 2. Writing critical essays- structure and analysis practice (Essay 1Compare and contrast the political, economic and social structures of the early Chesapeake and New England colonies.) [CR8] WEEK TWO: 1. Colonial development: The British North American colonies had experience and an expectation of self-government politically, economically and socially. (Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, New England Confederation, etc) [CR1] Pageant- Chapters 2 /3 2. Analyze critical historical documents/ DBQ structure and tips 3. Geography Quiz (13 Colonies) 4. Critical reading strategies- Main Idea Logs WEEK THREE: 1. American society in the 1700’s: Great Awakening, salutary neglect, immigration patterns and the French and Indian War. [CR2] Pageant- Chapters 5 and 6. 2. UNIT ONE EVALUATION CR 8- The Course provides students with frequent practice in writing analytical and interpretive essays such as document based questions and thematic essays. CR1- Evidence of Curricular Requirement: The course includes the study of political institutions in US History. CR2- The Course includes the study of social and cultural developments in U.S. history. WEEK FOUR: UNIT TWO 1. End of salutary neglect and the growing desire for independence. Pageant- Chapter 7 2. Development of Critical thinking skills- Association Chains/ Generalizations 3. Critical reading- Common Sense [CR7] The Declaration of Independence Excerpts from the Continental Association WEEK FIVE 1. The American Revolution and the Articles of Confederation Pageant- Chapter 8-9 CR7-Evidence of Curricular Requirement: the course includes extensive instruction in analysis and interpretation of a wide variety of primary sources. 2. DBQ- 2004 Question (Effect of the French and Indian War) [CR8] 3. Geography Quiz- War for Indpendence WEEK SIX 1. The Constitutional Debate and the early Republic. Republican Motherhood, slavery, and political party development. Pageant- Chapter 10 [CR1] 2. Outside reading- Excerpts from the Federalist and Anti-Federalist.[CR7] 3. Amendment/Constitutional Quiz 4. UNIT TWO EVALUATIONS WEEK SEVEN- UNIT THREE 1. Jeffersonian Democracy- Election of 1800, Territorial Expansion and Foreign Affairs. Pageant- Chapter 11 2. Analyze Historical Documents- Embargo Act/Louisiana Purchase/ Marbury v. Madison 3. Geography Quiz- Territorial expansion/border settlements and new states WEEK EIGHT 1. The War of 1812, the Era of Good Feelings and the American System- Growing Nationalism and Sectionalism. [CR4] Pageant- Chapter 12-13. 2. Document Assessment- Judicial Cases pertaining to nationalism [CR1] 3. UNIT THREE EXAMS WEEK NINE-UNIT FOUR 1. Jacksonian Democracy- Nullification Crisis, the Bank War and Indian affairs. Pageant Chapter 13 2. DBQ-2002 [CR8] WEEK TEN 1. Second Party System and the National Economy- Van Buren, Panic of 1837, Texas and the Election of 1840. Pageant- Chapter 14 2. Critical thinking skills- Association Chains 3. Geography- Indian Removal 4. Internet research- Immigration WEEK ELEVEN 1. Reform Movements- Seneca Falls, Transcendentalism, Utopian societies, Temperance, etc. [CR2] Pageant- Chapter 15 2. Document Assessment- Seneca Falls Declaration 3. Critical Writing Skills- Thesis development [CR8] 4. UNIT FOUR TESTS CR4- The course includes the study of economic trends in U.S. history. CR1- Evidence of Curricular Requirement: The course includes the study of political institutions in US History. CR 8- The Course provides students with frequent practice in writing analytical and interpretive essays such as document based questions and thematic essays. CR2- The Course includes the study of social and cultural developments in U.S. history. WEEK TWELVE- UNIT FIVE 1. Antebellum South, Manifest Destiny and the Slave Controversy- “King Cotton”, slave culture, and abolition. Pageant- 16-17 2. Geography- Territorial Acquisitions 3. Document Analysis- Webster-Ashburton Treaty, Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, etc. WEEK THIRTEEN 1. The Growing Sectional Divide- Compromise of 1850, Wilmot Proviso, anti-slavery politics, secession. Pageant-18-19 2. DBQ- 2005 [CR8] 3. Document Analysis- Dred Scot v Sanford and Lincoln- Douglas Debate WEEK FOURTEEN 1. The War for Union and Reconstruction- Economics, politics and cultures of the union and Confederacy. Pageant- 20-22 2. Geography- Critical battles of the Civil War/ Military Reconstruction 3. UNIT 5 TESTS WEEK FIFTEEN – UNIT SIX 1. Gilded Age Politics- political corruption, economics, cultural struggles and the end of Reconstruction. Pageant -23 2. Political Cartoon Analysis- Thomas Nast and Harper’s Weekly [CR7] CR7-Evidence of Curricular Requirement: the course includes extensive instruction in analysis and interpretation of a wide variety of primary sources. WEEK SIXTEEN 1. The Westward Movement/Industrialization/ and Urbanization. Pageant 24-26 2. Document Analysis- Homestead Act, How the Other Half Lives, Atlanta Exposition [CR7] “The Frontier Thesis” by Frederick Jackson Turner 3. 3. Computer Research-Immigration and nativism 4. Geography- Statehood 5. Project- Students will analyze excerpts from A Century of Dishonor and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee . They must examine the following [CR6] MISTREATMENT OF NATIVES BY THE EUROPEAN CR6- The course EXPLORERS teaches students to analyze evidence and CONFLICTS BETWEEN EARLY SETTLERS AND THE interpretations NATIVE TRIBES presented in historical GOVERNMENT POLICY TOWARD THE NATIVES scholarship. BETWEEN 1789 AND 1900 WEEK SEVENTEEN 1. UNIT 6 EXAMS and Semester Review 2. Critical Essay- reading and comparing WEEK EIGHTEEN 1. SEMESTER EXAM WEEK 2. Review activities and exams SECOND SEMESTER CR6- The course teaches students to analyze evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship. Second Semester will utilize American Diplomacy during foreign policy discussions. Students will analyze various foreign policy decisions based on the scholarship of Kennan. [CR6] WEEK ONE- All reading assignments completed by 1/10 1. Review of Semester One Material 2. ESSAY- Analysis Activity (APPARTS introduction) [CR8] 3. Chapters 16-17 (American Issues) WEEK TWO (1/17) 1. Semester One Review/ Tests (1/11 and 1/12) 2. DBQ-2000 [CR8] 3. Chapter 18 (American Issues) CR 8- The Course provides students with frequent practice in writing analytical and interpretive essays such as document based questions and thematic essays. WEEK THREE (1/24)-UNIT 1 CR3- The Course 1. American Imperialism- Hawaii. the Spanish American War and includes the study of the Roosevelt Corollary. [CR3] Pageant 27-28: Chapter 19 diplomacy in U.S. history. (American Issues) 2. Geography- World Imperialism 3. Essay Writing and Critical Analysis Skill- Roosevelt Corollary, Platt Amendment, etc. [CR7] WEEK FOUR (1/31) 1. The Progressive Movement- Roosevelt and Taft/ Muckraking [CR2] Pageant 29: Chapter 20 (American Issues) 2. Document Analysis- “The Jungle”, Muller v Oregon 3. Geography- Women’s Suffrage WEEK FIVE (2/7) 1. Wilson and World War One- Missionary Diplomacy [CR3], Triple Wall of privilege. Pageant 30-31 2. DBQ- 1995 [CR8] 3. Film/Document Analysis- Sergeant York, Declaration of Neutrality, Fourteen Points. 4. Geography-World War I WEEK SIX (2/14) 1. World War I/Unit Exam (2/13 and 2/14)- Fourteen Points and the League of Nations. The Great Migration and role of women. Pageant 32-33. 2. Document Analysis- Schneck v United States, Espionage Act 3. Essay Writing CR2- The Course includes the study of social and cultural developments in U.S. history. CR3- The Course includes the study of diplomacy in U.S. history. CR 8- The Course provides students with frequent practice in writing analytical and interpretive essays such as document based questions and thematic essays. WEEK SEVEN (2/21)-UNIT 2 UNIT THEMES CR7-Evidence of The Roaring Twenties: A challenge to Victorian values Curricular Requirement: Economic and political factors leading to the Great the course includes extensive instruction in Depression. analysis and FDR, the New Deal and the changing role of government. interpretation of a wide variety of primary American diplomacy: continued isolation and disarmament. sources. Total war brings economic boom and the emergence of America as a superpower. 1. The Roaring 20’s- Political Corruption, immigration restriction, Red Scare and Isolation. [CR2] Pageant 34: Chapter 21 (American Issues) 2. Analysis- Inherit the Wind, The Great Gatsby, Kellogg-Briand [CR7} 3. Internet Research- Second Gilded Age WEEK EIGHT (2/28) 1. The Great Depression, the New Deal and the Looming International Crisis. Pageant-34: Chapter 22 (American Issues) 2. Quiz- New Deal Agencies 3. Geography-Looming Crisis 4. Document- Keynesian Economics [CR4], The Grapes of Wrath WEEK NINE (3/7) 1. World War Two- Effects on American society and manufacturing, citizen soldiers, and unconditional surrender. Pageant 35-36: Chapter 23-24 (American Issues) 2. Geography- World War II 3. DBQ- 2004 [CR8] WEEK TEN (3/14) 1. Unit Test (3/5 and 3/6)/ Post War World/ American Society in the 50’s [CR2]- Cold War- containment, Berlin, Korea [CR4] and McCarthyism. Pageant 37-38: Chapter 25-26 (AI) 2. Geography- Cold War 3. Essay Writing and Critical Analysis- NSC-68, The Crucible, (Thesis writing), The Feminine Mystique CR4- The course includes the study of economic trends in U.S. history. CR 8- The Course provides students with frequent practice in writing analytical and interpretive essays such as document based questions and thematic essays. CR2- The Course includes the study of social and cultural developments in U.S. history. CR4- The course includes the study of economic trends in U.S. history. WEEK ELEVEN (3/28) UNIT 3 UNIT THEMES The Cold War: A struggle of economic, political and cultural ideology. Foreign Policy: Containment, Brinkmanship and undeclared war. Post-war America- demographic changes, the struggle for Civil Rights, and McCarthyism. Modern America and the Age of Terrorism CR1- Evidence of Curricular Requirement: 1. America in the 1960’s- JFK, LBJ, Cuba, Vietnam, Civil Rights, the The course includes the Women’s Movement [CR2]and the Great Society.[CR1] Pageant 39: study of political institutions in US Chapter 27 (AI) History. 2. DBQ- 1992 3. Essays and Critical Analysis- TBA WEEK TWELVE (4/4) 1. The 70’s and 80’s- Watergate, Vietnam, Economic Crisis , Détente [CR4], and Reaganomics. Pageant- 40-41: Chapter 28 (AI) 2. Essay Writing- Analyze critical Essays [CR8] 3. Geography- Cold War and Camp David WEEK THIRTEEN (4/11) 1. The 90’s- Persian Gulf War, Clinton Administration, Impeachment, and the age of Terror. Unit Exams. (April 9-10) Pageant-41-42: Chapters 29-30 (AI) 2. DBQ- Cold War 3. Internet Research- “Contract With America”/ Immigration Issues 4. Geography- Terrorism WEEK FOURTEEN 1. AP Exam Review- Presidential administrations- association chains 2. Practice Exam Multiple Choice WEEK FIFTEEN 1. AP Exam Review- Essay/ DBQ [CR7] [CR8] 2. Association Chains/ Generalizations WEEK SIXTEEN 1. AP EXAM WEEK 2. AP Review WEEK SEVENTEEN 1. Research- Current Issues- Eminent Domain/ Stem Cell Research/ TBD 2. Current Issues class debate WEEK EIGHTEEN 1. Semester Exam Review/ Semester Exam CR7-Evidence of Curricular Requirement: the course includes extensive instruction in analysis and interpretation of a wide variety of primary sources. CR 8- The Course provides students with frequent practice in writing analytical and interpretive essays such as document based questions and thematic essays.