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AP US History This course is designed to provide a collegelevel experience and preparation for the AP Exam in May 2008. Students must be able to interpret documents, master significant body of factual information, understand historical chronology, use data to support an argument or position, and differentiate between historiographical schools of thought. They must also write critical essays using the analytical skill of evaluation, cause and effect, and compare and contrast.. This course is a survey in American History from the age of exploration and discovery to the present. Course Texts and Readings: Primary text: David M. Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas A. Bailey. The American Pageant. 12th ed. Boston, Mass. Houghton Mifflin, 2002). David M. Kennedy and Thomas A. Bailey. They American Spirit: (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002). Robert A. Divine, America: Past and Present: (New York: Longman, 2006). Davidson and Lytle, After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection ( New York: McGrawHill, 1982). Roberts and Olson. American Experiences: Readings in American History: (New York: Harpers Collins, 1994). Nash and Graves. From these Beginnings: A Biographical Approach to American History: (New York: Harpers Collins, 1991). Gorn, Roberts and Bilhartz. Constructing the American Past: A Source Book of People’s History: (New York: Harpers Collins, 1991). Various Articles, Primary Documents and Handouts Grades Students grades will be assessed based on the following: A nightly reading assignments. B. quizzes (These may be announced or unannounced) C. essays and DBQ's (Document Based Questions) D. tests (multiple choice and essay) E. Document analysis F. in class reading Assignments G. a mid term and final each semester H. Research project Students will be required to read the text book on a nightly basis. Reading assignments are broken down into about 10 to 15 pages a night. Students will be periodically assessed on reading assignment through daily journal writings and quizzes. Students will write about 5- 7 essays a semester. Some of these will be Document based Essays. Students will test every 3-5 chapters. They will be essay tests. Students will have various outside readings and documents that they will have to read and analyze. During class lectures and discussions various documents and outside readings will be used as well. During class discussions and lectures students will be presented with historiography and changing interpretations. Different historical perspectives will be discussed. Students will also read documents and reading from different schools. They will be asked to find factual information to support each side. At the end of each 9 weeks students will be given a multiple choice test covering the material presented in the 9 weeks. Three to four weeks prior to the AP exam students will begin reviewing for the AP exam. They will take several multiple choice exams as well as write several essays. After the AP exam the students will be required to complete a research project on a topic is American History. Course Outline Week 1 Introduction Read chp 1 Practice essay American Pageant pretest Chp 1 Discovery of the New World SR "Myths That Hide the American Indians" Week 2 Chp 2 and 3 Settlement of the New Read chp 2and 3 World/ American and Brittish Empire American Pageant SR "The Witches of Salem Village" Week 3 Chapters 4 and 5 Read chp 3 and 4 How to write a DBQ/Compare and Contrast the New American Pageant England and Chesapeake Colonies Test chapters 15 Essay test Week 4 Chp 6 and Chp 7 Road to Revolution and Read chp 5 and 6 American Revolution American Pageant SR "Women in the American Revolution" SR" Points of View" SR "Declaring Independence" Boston Massacre PaperUsing Primary Documents to see what really happened. Week 5 Chp 9 Constitution Read chp 9 SR "The Most Successful Revolution" American Pageant SR "The Constitution: Was it an Economic Document" Week 6 Chapter 10 and 11 New Republic/Age of Jefferson Read chp10 and 11 SR"Alexander Hamilton: The Founding Wizard" American Pageant Week 7 Chp 12 and 13 Nationalism and Econ. Expansion/ Read chp 12 and 13 Age of Jackson American Pageant SR "Biography on Jackson" SR"Man of Iron" Week 8 Chp 13 cont, Read chp 13 DBQ on Jackson American Pageant Test on chp 613 Essay Test Week 9 Mid term exam chapters 113 Week 10 Chapters 14, 15 and 16 Creating an American Culture/ Read chp 14, 15 and 16 Sectional Crises American Pageant SR"The Cult of True Womanhood:18201860" Week 11 Territoral Expansion Chapter 17 Read chp 17 Essay Manifest Destiny American Pageant Week 12 Testing Chapters 1417 Essay test Week 13 Chapters 18 and 19 Read chp 18 and 19 Sectionalism and 1850's "A Decade of Crises" American Pageant SR "The Slave Warehouse" SR "A View From the Bottom Rail" SR" The Southhampton Slave Revolt" Week 14 Chp 19 Essay Slavery Week 15 Chapters 20 and 21Civil War Read chp 20 and 21 SR "Johnny Reb and Billy Yank" American Pageant SR"A War that Never Goes Away" Week 16 Chapter 22 Reconstruction Project Read chp 22 and 23 DBQ on Reconstruction American Pageant Week 17 Testing Chapters 1822 Semester Review Week 18 Semester Tests Chapters 122 End of 3rd 6 weeks End of 1st Semester 2nd Semester Week 1 Chapter 24 Industrialization, and Read chp 24 Corporate Consolidation American Pageant Essay Transportation Week 2 Chp 26 The West Read chp 26 DBQ The West American Pageant Week 3 Chp 23 and 25 Urban Society, National Politics 1877 Read chp 23 AND 25 1896 The Guilded Age American Pageant SRThe Wizard of Oz SR" Two Views of Intergration" Week 4 Chp 25, 27 and 28 Foreign Policy 18651914 and READ CHP 25, 27 AND 28 Intellectual and Cultural movements American Pageant DBQ Expansionism Week 5 Chp 29 and 30 Progressivism Read chp 29/30 SRShirtwaist Fire American Pageant SRThe Jungle Week 6 Testing Chapters 2330 Essay test Week7 Chapters 31 and 32 WWI and 1920's Read chp 31 and 32 SR The Revolution in Manners and Morals American Pageant Essay on WWI Week 8 Chapters 33 and 34 Depression/ New Deal Read chp 33 and 34 SRThe Sad Irons American Pageant Week 9 Chapter 35 and 36 World War II Read chp 35 and 36 DBQ The Bomb American Pageant Week 10 Testing Chapters 3136 Essay Test Mid term multiple choice test chp 2336 Week 11 Chapters 37 and 38 Truman and ColdWar/ Eisenhower Read chp 37 and 38 DBQ Eisenhower American Pageant Spring Break Week 12 Chapters 39and 40Kennedy, LBJ and Nixon Read chp 39 and 40 DBQ The 60's American Pageant Week 13 Testing Chapter 3741 Essay Test Week 14 AP Review Sample Ap Multiple choice test Week 15 AP Test Review Term test, thesis statements, discussion questions, essays Week 16 AP Test Review Term test, thesis statements, discussion questions, essays Week 17 AP Test Review and testing Week 18 Chapters 41 and 42 Reagan, Bush and Clinton Read chp 41 and 42 Research projects American Pageant Week 19 Semester Review Semester Tests Week 20 Semester Tests The students will be given the following note sheets to use during class lectures and discussions. Lecture outline for Chapters 16 Sumler AP US History I. Discovery and Settlement of the New World, 14921650 (Hand out timeline) Themes - The emergence of American cultural traits and the factors that contributed to them - Emerging regional patterns and how they evolved A. Europe in the Sixteenth century England v. Spain Protestant Reformation1517 Martin Luther John Calvin Predestination Huguenots, Presbyterians, Puritans Henry XIII The Church of England Edward Mary Bloody Mary Elizabeth The “Virgin Queen” Spanish Armada B. Spanish, English, and French exploration Students will look at maps and graphs of Spanish, French and English settlement Spanish Ferdinand and Isabella Columbus Spanish conquistadors France England Roanoke Sir Walter Raleigh Reasons people came to the new world C. First English Settlements Jamestown Joint Stock Company the London Company Early problems John Smith Plymouth Mayflower Compact Pilgrims William Bradford D. Spanish and French settlements and longterm influence E. American Indians Where did they come from? Why were they over so easily? II. America and British Empire Question to be discussed: Was British North America settled more by for economics or religion? Compare and Contrast the New England and Chesapeake regions. ( Use Documents from DBQ during discussion) What were the Puritans trying to accomplish? Student will look at maps and graphs showing immigration patterns, economics and geography of the Chesapeake, New England and Mid Atlantic regions. Fill out chart on geography, economics, religion and Politics and gov’t of the New England, Southern and Middle colonies. A. Chesapeake country Virginia and Maryland Virginia Cash crop tobacco Rank and status Plantation farmers Indentured servants Demographics
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