Ap united States History Course Description

Instructional Strategies

Textbook

ed.(Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006).

Supplemental Materials

Source Book of a People’s History, 5^th ed. Vol. I & II (New York: Pearson-

Longman, 2005).

David M. Kennedy and Thomas A. Bailey. The American Spirit, 11^th ed. Vol. I & II

(Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006).
James L. Lorence, Editor. Enduring Voices (Document Sets), Vol. I & II (Boston:

Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000).

Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007).

Documents” collection at the NARA website http://www.ourdocuments.gov/

Summer Assignment

1. 
   Read Chapters 1 through 4 of the textbook (The American Pageant). As you read, you may want to take notes of your own. Complete questions for each of the assigned chapters. – Due the first day of class
   

2. 
   Prepare an annotated (critical or explanatory notes or comments) timeline of this unit as you read and complete the study guide for each chapter. (DO NOT USE THE TIMELINE THAT IS GIVEN AT THE END OF EACH CHAPTER.) Construct your own timeline according to your own study habits Be sure to
   

3. 
   Be prepared for discussion and an exam over the assigned chapters the first week
   

Methods of Evaluation

Semester Exams

AP Grading Scale

Tests

Writings

Participation

A 100 – 90

C 79 – 70

D 69 – 60

F 59 – 0
Class average will be calculated using total points. The number of points you earn for each assignment will be added together, and then divided by the total number of points you could have earned. This decimal number will then be multiplied by 100 to give your average.

Class Requirements

1. 
   Each student will participate in activities and complete research assignments
   
2. 
   Notebook – Each student must maintain an AP United States binder. The binder must be a large three-ring binder with a set of dividers. It must be organized in the following fashion:
   

Classroom Rules

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  Be on time to class and in the room when the bell rings.
  
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  Do not talk while I am talking
  
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  Come to class prepared. (Textbook, Binder, Pen/Pencil, etc.)
  
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  Assignments are due on time.
  
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  Be considerate and respectful of others that are in the room.
  
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  No cell phones on or out during class.
  

UNIT 1: EXPLORATION AND COLONIAL AMERICA (SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)

Text, The American Pageant, Chapters 1-4

1. 
   American Identity
   
2. 
   Environment
   
3. 
   Politics and Citizenship
   
4. 
   Slavery and its legacy in North America
   
5. 
   War and Diplomacy
   

CONTENT:

1. 
   Prepare an annotated (critical or explanatory notes or comments) timeline of this unit as you read and complete the study guide for each chapter. (DO NOT USE THE TIMELINE THAT IS GIVEN AT THE END OF EACH CHAPTER.) Construct your own timeline according to your own study habits Be sure to include dates, people, events, etc. (Due on the day of the Unit Test)
   

2. 
   Develop and complete a chart that compares and contrasts (A) Plantation Colonies, (B) Middle Colonies, and (C) New England Colonies. Due the first day of class
   

You should include in the chart the following information as a minimum:

1. 
   the motivation for founding the colony
   
2. 
   financing the colony
   
3. 
   political organization of each colony
   
4. 
   social organization of each colony
   
5. 
   economic organization of each colony
   
6. 
   degree of self-government in the colonies
   
7. 
   labor (who works and does what)
   
8. 
   education
   
9. 
   opportunities for social and political mobility
   
10. 
    extent of participation of colonists
    

** Also, define and include whether each colony was a “Royal Colony,” “Charter

Colony,” “Joint-Stock Colony,” or “Proprietary Colony.”
3. Unit Test (multiple choice and essay)

DBQ: NEW ENGLAND AND CHASAPEAKE REGIONS

• 
  Day spent reviewing how to write a DBQ. For the first DBQ students start analyzing the documents in class. DBQ due the second Friday of class.
  

UNIT 2: THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Text, The American Pageant, Chapters 5-8

1. 
   American Identity
   
2. 
   Economic Transformations
   
3. 
   Politics and Citizenship
   
4. 
   War and Diplomacy
   

CONTENT:

1. 
   American Revolution Essay Exercise (Practice writing thesis and topic sentences)
   
2. 
   “Great Revolutionary Debate over America” – whole class debate and reflection
   
3. 
   Annotated Timeline – The Road to Revolution
   
4. 
   British Policy Chart – Create a chart dealing with the various British policies enacted following The Seven Year’s War (Proclamation of 1763 through the Intolerable Acts)
   
5. 
   “Who Fired the Shot?” – A class analysis and discussion of primary source accounts of hostilities at Lexington and Concord
   
6. 
   Unit Test – Multiple Choice Questions and Essay (“Analyze the extent to which the American Revolution represented a radical alteration in American political ideas and institutions. Confine your answer to the period 1775 to 1800.”)
   

UNIT 3: CREATING A NATION

Text, The American Pageant, Chapters 9 & 10

1. 
   American Identity
   
2. 
   Economic Transformations
   
3. 
   Politics and Citizenship
   
4. 
   War and Diplomacy
   

CONTENT:

1. 
   Debate – “Were the Founding Fathers Democratic Reformers?”
   
2. 
   Analyze the Constitution Preamble and the Bill of Rights
   
3. 
   “Hamilton v. Jefferson” – Group Activity – analyzing their views of government
   
4. 
   Free Response Question (FRQ) Practice - Choose one of the following questions and answer in an essay format. (“Analyze the contributions of TWO of the following in helping establish a stable government after the adoption of the Constitution. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington.” – 2002 FRQ or “Evaluate the extent to which the Articles of Confederation were effective in solving the problems that confronted the new nation.” – 2003 FRQ
   
5. 
   Unit Exam – Multiple Choice and Essay (Released Items)
   

Text, The American Pageant, Chapters 11 & 12

1. 
   American Identity
   
2. 
   Economic Transformations
   
3. 
   Politics and Citizenship
   
4. 
   War and Diplomacy
   

The “Revolution of 1800”; The Jefferson presidency; John Marshall and the Supreme Court; The Louisiana Purchase; the Burr Conspiracy; The Anglo-French War; The Embargo, 1807-1809; Battle with the Shawnees; A Declaration of War; “Mr. Madison’s War”; the Hartford Convention; new national identity; “The American System”; James Monroe and the Era of Good Feelings; Westward expansion; The Missouri Compromise; Oregon and Florida; and the Monroe Doctrine.

1. 
   Annotated Timeline over the Unit
   
2. 
   Create a Graphic Organizer Poster – The War of 1812
   
3. 
   Compare/ Contrast Diagram – Madison’s Nationalism and the Era of Good Feeling”
   
4. 
   Map Exercise – The Louisiana Purchase
   
5. 
   Unit Exam – Multiple Choice and Essay (Released Items)
   

Text, The American Pageant, Chapters 13 – 15

1. 
   American Diversity
   
2. 
   Culture
   
3. 
   Politics and Citizenship
   
4. 
   Reform
   
5. 
   Religion
   

The “Corrupt Bargain” of 1824; President John Quincy Adams; The “Revolution of 1828”; the spoils system; the “Tariff of Abominations,” 1828; The South Carolina nullification crisis; The Indian Removal Act; the bank war; Whig Party; Martin Van Buren in the White House; Revolution in Texas; Mass democracy and the two-party system; westward movement; European immigration; Nativism and assimilation; factory system; The First Industrial Revolution; Transportation and Communication; The Second Great Awakening; the temperance movement; education reform; women’s roles and women’s rights; Utopian experiments; Science, art, and culture; literature.

1. 
   Classroom Debate – “Was Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Policy Motivated by Humanitarian Impulses?”
   
2. 
   Group Activity – Develop a Utopian Society (determine geographic location; establish rules, principles, policies, and purpose for community; anticipate problems within the community and with neighbors). The group will present their Utopian Society to the class. Class will discuss positives and negatives.
   
3. 
   Cause and Effect Chart – The Trail of Tears
   
4. 
   Unit Exam – Multiple Choice and Essay (Released Items)
   

DBQ: Jackson DBQ – College Board 1990

UNIT SIX: SLAVERY AND SECONTIONALISM
READINGS:

Text, The American Pageant, Chapters 16 – 19

The American Spirit, Chapter 16: A:1, 2, 3, 4; B:1, 2, 3, 4; C:1, 2, 4; D:1, 2, 3. Chapter 17: A:1, 2, 3, 4; B:1, 2, 3; C:2; D: 1, 2, 3. Chapter 18: A:1, 2; B:1, 2, 3; C:1, 2, 3; D:1, 2, 4; E:1, 2, 6, 7. Chapter 19: A:2, 3; B:1, 2, 3; C:1, 2, 3; D:1, 2; E:1, 2, 3; F:1, 2.
Constructing the American Past, Chapter 11 Documents – “A House Divided: Free Labor, Slave Labor”
Enduring Voices Documents, Chapter 12, Document Set 1 – “Life in Bondage: Voices from Below” Document Set 2 – “The Economy of the Old South: King Cotton and the Dissenters” Document Set 3 – “Free But Contained: The Free Black Population of the Antebellum South” Chapter 14, Document Set 1 – “Prelude to War: The Destruction of Sectional Comity” Document Set 2 – “Women and the Attack on Slavery: The ‘Little Lady Who Began a Big War’” Document Set 3 – “Terrorism and Freedom: Abolition by All Means Necessary”
Portrait of America, “To Make Them Stand in Fear”: The Slaveowning South – “Let My People Go: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad” The Death of Slavery – “Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation”
Handouts
THEMES:

1. 
   American Identity
   
2. 
   American Diversity
   
3. 
   Culture
   
4. 
   Demographic Changes
   
5. 
   Globalization
   
6. 
   Slavery and Its Legacies in North America
   

CONTENT:

The economy of the Cotton Kingdom; Southern social structure; the plantation system; Life under Slavery; the abolitionist crusade; the white southern response; abolition and the Northern conscience; literature on slavery; the Texas Revolution; The John Tyler Administration; the Mexican War; Oregon Fever; James K. Polk, the “dark horse” of 1844; “Popular Sovereignty”; the Underground Railroad; The Compromise of 1850; the Fugitive Slave Law; Franklin Pierce Administration; the Kansas-Nebraska Act; Uncle Tom’s Cabin; James Buchanan’s Administration; Dred Scott v. Sanford; The Lecompton Constitution; The Lincoln-Douglas Debates; John Brown’s Raid; the Election of 1860; Secession

MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS:

1. 
   Debate – “Slavery: Positive Social Good?
   
2. 
   Annotated Timeline
   
3. 
   FRQ Essay – Choose one of the following “Analyze the ways in which supporters of slavery in the nineteenth century used legal, religious, and economic arguments to defend the institution of slavery” or “Assess the moral arguments and political actions of those opposed to the spread of slavery in the context of TWO of the following: Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Compromise of 1850, Mexican War”
   
4. 
   Unit Exam – Multiple Choice and Essay (Released Items)
   

UNIT SEVEN: CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION
READINGS:

Text, The American Pageant, Chapters 19 – 22

The American Spirit, Chapter 20: A:2, 3; D:1, 2, 3; F:1, 2. Chapter 21: A:1, 2, 3, 4; B:1, 2; C:1- 5; E: 1-6; F:1, 2, 4. Chapter 22: A:1-5; B:1-5; C:1, 2; D:1, 2, 3; E:1-3; F:2, 3.
Constructing the American Past, Chapter 12 Documents – “A War Within a War: The New York City Draft Riots” Chapter 13 Documents – “Reconstruction and the Rise of the Ku Klux Klan”
Enduring Voices Documents, Chapter 15, Document Set 1 – “The Road to Emancipation: Freedom as a War Aim” Document Set 2 – “The Impact of Total War: War Powers Under the Constitution” Document Set 3 – “The Crucible of War: Life and Death as a Personal Experience” Chapter 16, Document Set 1 – “Ensuring Suffrage: Equal Rights for Whom”
Portrait of America, The Scourge of Civil War – “The Ravages of War” A Troubled Peace – “Call Me Mister’: The Black Experience During Reconstruction” and “The Checkered History of the Great Fourteenth Amendment”
Handouts
THEMES:

1. 
   Demographic Changes
   
2. 
   Politics and Citizenship
   
3. 
   Slavery and Its Legacies in North America
   
4. 
   War and Diplomacy
   

CONTENT:

Attack on Fort Sumter; crucial border states; the threat of European intervention; the importance of diplomacy; Wartime advantages for the North and South; Lincoln and civil liberties; Financing the Blue and the Gray; the economic impact of the war; Women and the Civil War; The First Years of the War; The Emancipation Proclamation; Problems in the North and the South; Politics in Wartime; Union Triumphs; Effects of the Civil War; Reconstruction Plans (Lincoln, Johnson, and Congress); Assassination of Lincoln; Black Codes; Johnson clashes with Congress; Military Reconstruction; the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson; the legacy of Reconstruction; the End of Reconstruction; the Grant Administration; The New South

MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS:

1. 
   Annotated Timeline
   
2. 
   Civil War Era Journals – write as if you are living during this time period and be sure to include what your daily life is like.
   
3. 
   Group Activity – Create Reconstruction Policies
   
4. 
   Unit Exam – Multiple Choice and Essay (Released Items)
   

DBQ: Washington and DuBois (1989 College Board)
UNIT EIGHT: THE GILDED AGE
READINGS:

Text, The American Pageant, Chapters 23 - 26

The American Spirit, Chapter 23: A:1-3; B:1, 2, 4, 5; C:1-3; D:1, 2; E: 1-4. Chapter 24: A:1-3; B:1, 3; C:1, 2; D:1; E:1-6; F:1, 2. Chapter 25: A:2, 3, 4; B:1-5; C:1, 2; D:1, 2; E:1-4. Chapter 26: A:1-7; B:1; C:1-5; D:3; E:1-3; F:1-5.
Constructing the American Past, Chapter 2 Documents – “The Great Strike of 1877” Chapter 4 Documents – “New Americans: The Immigrants”
Enduring Voices Documents, Chapter 18 Document Set 2 – “The Worker Response to Industrialism: Unionism and Labor Violence” Chapter 20 Document Set 3 – “Ethnicity in the Graphic Arts: Middle-Class Notions of Immigrant Life”
Portrait of America, The New Industrial Order – “The Master of Steel: Andrew Carnegie” Reform and Expansion – “The Lady Versus Goliath: Ida Tarbell Takes on Standard Oil Co.”
Handouts
THEMES:

1. 
   American Diversity
   
2. 
   American Identity
   
3. 
   Culture
   
4. 
   Demographic Changes
   
5. 
   Environment
   
6. 
   Economic Transformations
   
7. 
   Religion
   

CONTENT:

“Gilded Age” Defined; The Second Industrial Revolution; The “Robber Barons”; Conservative Economic Theories; Impact of Industrialization; The Union Movement; Strikes; Business tycoons: methods, accomplishments, and philosophies; The “New Immigration”; Urbanization; Reform Movements; Westward Settlements – Miners, Ranchers, and Farmers; The Removal of Native Americans; The Dawes Severalty Act; The “Ghost Dance” Movement; The “Era of Good Stealing”; The “Forgotten Presidents”; National Grange Movement and Farmers’ Alliances; Harrison and the Billion-Dollar Congress; Cleveland Again; The Populists; the “New Woman”

Literary Landmarks; Art, Music, and Entertainment in Urban America

MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS:

1. 
   The Apprentice in the Gilded Age – Develop a proposal that causes “Donald Trump” to want to select you as the industry to lead the nation into the 20^th Century.
   
2. 
   Annotated Timeline
   
3. 
   Gilded Age Reporter – Report on any event in the late 1800s, write an editorial, draw a political cartoon, design an advertisement (group activity)
   
4. 
   FRQ – Choose one. 1. “Americans should be characterized by the barbarity of their souls … and this gives them considerable economic advantage over those souls whose feelings tend to be humane.” Evaluate this generalization about the character of late nineteenth century America with reference to TWO of the following: Business leaders, Laborers, Native Americans. OR 2. Analyze the impact of any TWO of the following on the American industrial worker between 1865 and 1900: government action, immigration, labor unions, or technological changes.
   
5. 
   Unit Exam – Multiple Choice and Essay (Released Items)
   

SEMESTER 1 EXAMS

SEMESTER 2

UNIT NINE: PROGRESSIVE PARTY

READINGS:

Text, The American Pageant, Chapters 27 - 29

The American Spirit, Chapter 27: A:1, 2; B:1, 2. Chapter 28: A:1, 2; B:1, 2; C:1, 3, 4, 5; D:1, 5; E:1-3. Chapter 29: A:1, 2; B:1-3.

Enduring Voices Documents, Chapter 22 Document Set 1 – “Muckraking the Novel as a Face for Social Change” Document Set 3 – “A Commitment to the Environment: Conservation as a Political Issue”
Portrait of America, Currents of the Progressive Era – “Theodore Roosevelt, President”
Handouts
THEMES:

1. 
   American Diversity
   
2. 
   Globalization
   
3. 
   Politics and Citizenship
   
4. 
   Reform
   

CONTENT:

Muckrackers; The politics of Progressivism; Women battle for the Right to Vote and Against the Saloon; Theodore Roosevelt; Labor and the Trusts; “Big Stick Diplomacy”; Consumer protection; Conservation; “Square Deal” policy; Roosevelt’s Legacy; William Howard Taft and “Dollar Diplomacy”; Election of 1912; New Freedom and New Nationalism; Wilson and the Tariff; Progressive Government Reforms; Business and Labor Issues;

MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS:

1. 
   History Alive – Progressive Press Conference
   
2. 
   Annotated Timeline
   
3. 
   Unit Exam – Multiple Choice and Essay (Released Items)
   

UNIT TEN: IMPERIALISM AND WORLD WAR I

READINGS:

Text, The American Pageant, Chapters 27, 29, & 30

The American Spirit, Chapter 27: C:1-4; D:1-3; E:1, 2; F:2, 3. Chapter 29: C:1, 2; D:1-3. Chapter 30: A:1, 2; B:1, 2; C:1, 2; D:1, 2; E:1-6.
Constructing the American Past, Chapter 5 Documents – “Building an Empire: America and the Philippines” Chapter 7 Documents – “Selling the War: Recruitment Posters of World War I”
Enduring Voices Documents, Chapter 33 Document Set 2 – “The Social Impact of Total War: World War I as a Catalyst for Change”
Portrait of America, Reform and Expansion – “America’s First Southeast Asian War: The Philippine Insurrection” The Struggle for Justice at Home and Abroad (1914-1920) – “Suffragists’ Storm Over Washington”
Handouts
THEMES:

1. 
   American Diversity
   
2. 
   Globalization
   
3. 
   Politics and Citizenship
   
4. 
   Reform
   
5. 
   War and Diplomacy
   

CONTENT:

Spanish American War; Treaty Provisions; Open Door Policy in China; Roosevelt’s “Big Stick” Diplomacy; “Dollar Diplomacy”; Relations with Panama, Haiti, Mexico, and Philippines; Neutrality; World War I (The Great War); World War I at home; Espionage and Sedition Acts; Economic impact of World War I; Business and Labor in U.S. during WWI; League of Nations; Treaty of Versailles

MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS:

1. 
   Draw Political Cartoons – Imperialism / World War I
   
2. 
   Compare and Contrast the Espionage and Sedition Acts during WWI with the Patriot Act of 2001
   
3. 
   Annotated Timeline
   
4. 
   Unit Exam – Multiple Choice and Essay (Released Items)
   

DBQ: Imperialism or Treaty of Versailles (Released Items)
UNIT ELEVEN: THE RECKLESS YEARS (1919-1932)
READINGS:

Text, The American Pageant, Chapters 31 and 32

The American Spirit, Chapter 31: A:1, 3, 6; B:1, 2; C:1-3; D:1-4. Chapter 32: A:1, 2; B:1, 2; C:1-4; D:1, 2.
Enduring Voices Documents, Chapter 24 Document Set 1 – “The Business Values of the 1920s: Promise and Reality” Document Set 2 – “Sources of Social Conflict: Reactions to Changing Moral Values”

Portrait of America, The Twenties – “Henry Ford: Symbol of an Age” and “Justice Denied: The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti”
Handouts
THEMES:

1. 
   American Identity
   
2. 
   Culture
   
3. 
   Demographic Changes
   
4. 
   Economic Transformations
   
5. 
   Religion
   

CONTENT:

Post WWI – Economy; Nativism; Laissez-Faire; Culture Conflicts; Morality; Attitudes toward Reform; The Red Scare; The Harding Administration; The Coolidge Administration; Prosperity Decade; Prohibition; Women in the 1920s; Religion; The Lost Generation; The Scopes Trial; The Harlem Renaissance; Social Culture; Radio and Movies; Jazz Age; Disarmament and Isolationism; The Harding Scandals

MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS:

1. 
   Power Point Presentations over events in the 1920s
   
2. 
   Annotated Timeline
   
3. 
   Stock Market Simulation
   
4. 
   Create a DBQ: choose an issue or development in the 1920s. Develop a question, select and arrange documents relevant to answering the question.
   
5. 
   Unit Exam – Multiple Choice and Essay (Released Items)
   

UNIT TWELVE: THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND NEW DEAL

READINGS:

Text, The American Pageant, Chapters 33

The American Spirit, Chapter 33: A:1-3; B:1, 3; C:1-4; E:1-3, 5; F:1, 4.
Enduring Voices Documents, Chapter 26 Document Set 1 – “Coping With Adversity: The Great Depression as a Memory Trip” Document Set 2 – “Trouble on the Land: Images of the Dispossessed” Document Set 3 – “Mass Culture and Social Crisis: Music, Film, and Mood of Depression America”
Portrait of America, Long Dark Night of the Depression – “Government in Action: FDR and the Early New Deal”
Handouts
THEMES:

1. 
   Demographic Changes
   
2. 
   Economic Transformations
   
3. 
   Reform
   

CONTENT:

Roots of Great Depression; The Stock Market Crash; Hoover and the Great Depression; Hard Times; “Good Neighbors” in Latin America; Franklin D. Roosevelt as president; The Hundred Days Congress; Relief, Recovery, and Reform; The New Deal; The Second New Deal; The Supreme Court fight; Critics of the New Deal

MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS:

1. 
   Depression Idol – Create song that deals with some aspect of the Great Depression or New Deal
   
2. 
   Annotated Timeline
   
3. 
   Write a letter to the president about the depression in your area.
   
4. 
   Unit Exam – Multiple Choice and Essay (Released Items)
   

DBQ: Culture Conflicts in the 1920s or Hoover and Roosevelt as conservatives or liberals
UNIT THIRTEEN: WORLD WAR II
READINGS:

Text, The American Pageant, Chapters 34 and 35

The American Spirit, Chapter 34: A:1-5; B:1,2; C:1, 3; D:1, 3; E:1,4. Chapter 35: A:1-4; B:1, 2, 4; C:2; D:1-3.
Constructing the American Past, Chapter 10 Documents – “World War II and the Zoot-Suit Riots”
Enduring Voices Documents, Chapter 27 Document set 2 – “War and Society: Outsiders on the Inside”
Portrait of America, A World at War (1937-1945) – “America and the Holocaust” The Bomb – “The Biggest Decision: Why We Had to Drop the Atomic Bomb” and “Hiroshima: The Victims”
Handouts
THEMES:

1. 
   Globalization
   
2. 
   War and Diplomacy
   

CONTENT:

American Isolationism; Outbreak of war; Pearl Harbor; Wartime Propaganda; Minorities during WWII; War in Europe; War in the Pacific; Second Front Debate; Island Hopping; D_Day; Germany Surrenders; Atomic Bomb; Home Front; Japanese Relocation; Women and Minorities in the Workplace; Demographic impact; Atlantic Charter; Wartime Conferences; UN; Truman as President
MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS:

1. 
   Annotated Timeline
   
2. 
   D-Day simulation
   
3. 
   World War II Era Journals
   
4. 
   Design Propaganda Posters
   
5. 
   Debate - “Decision to drop the atomic bombs – military necessity, nationalism or Cold War diplomacy?”
   
6. 
   Unit Exam – Multiple Choice and Essay (Released Items)
   

UNIT FOURTEEN: AMERICA AND THE POSTWAR WORLD, 1945-1960

READINGS:

Text, The American Pageant, Chapters 36 and 37

The American Spirit, Chapter 36: A:1-3; B:1, 2; C:1-4; D:1; E:2; F:1-4; G:1, 2. Chapter 37: A:2; B:1-3; C:1-3, 5, 6; D:1, 3, 4.
Constructing the American Past, Chapter 11 Documents – “The Cold War”
Enduring Voices Documents, Chapter 28 Document Set 2 – “The Great Fear Unleashed: The Cold War Comes Home” Document Set 3 – “Korea: The Forgotten War”
Portrait of America, A New Birth of Freedom – “Trumpet of Conscience: Martin Luther King Jr.”
Handouts

THEMES:

1. 
   Globalization
   
2. 
   War and Diplomacy
   

CONTENT:

Postwar prosperity; The Rise of the “Sunbelt”; Suburbs; Postwar Baby Boom; Origins of the Cold War; World Bank; Containment Doctrine; The Truman Doctrine; the Marshall Plan; NATO; Anti-Communism at Home; Korean War; Fair Deal; McCarthyism; Brown v. Board of Education; Warren Court; Popular Culture in the 1950s; The Eisenhower Presidency
MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS:

1. 
   Annotated Timeline
   
2. 
   Develop a power point on Cold War issues.
   
3. 
   FRQ – “The era of McCarthyism reflected the same postwar U.S. behavior as after World War I.” Assess the validity of this statement, including causes and effects of both postwar periods. OR To what extent did the decade of the 1950s deserve its reputation as an age of political, social and cultural conformity?
   
4. 
   Unit Exam – Multiple Choice and Essay (Released Items)
   

UNIT FIFTEEN: THE 1960s AND 1970s

READINGS:

Text, The American Pageant, Chapters 38 and 39

The American Spirit, Chapter 38: A:1, 3, 4; B:1, 2; C:1-6; D:1, 2, 3, 6, 7; E:2, 3. Chapter 39: A:1-3; B:1-4; C:1, 3, 4; D:1-3, 5; E:1, 2.
Constructing the American Past, Chapter 12 Documents – “The Civil Rights Movement: Freedom Summer, 1964”
Enduring Voices Documents, Chapter 29 Document Set 1 – “Changing Times: The Origins of the Modern Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1956” Chapter 30 Document Set 2 – “Black Nationalism and Black Power: When the Singing Stopped” Chapter 31 Document Set 1 – “Vietnam and the Young: ‘Wild in the Streets” Document Set 2 – “Subversion of the Political Process: The Watergate Crisis and the Constitutional System” Document Set 3 – “A Changed Army for a Changed War: A View of Vietnam From the Participants” Chapter 32 Document Set 1 – “The Modern Women’s Movement: The Equal Rights Amendment and Uncertain Equality”
Portrait of America, The Seventies – “I Have Never Been a Quitter’: A Portrait of Richard Nixon” and “How the Seventies Changed America”
Handouts

THEMES:

1. 
   American Diversity
   
2. 
   American Identity
   
3. 
   Culture
   
4. 
   Environment
   
5. 
   Economic Transformations
   
6. 
   Globalization
   
7. 
   Politics and Citizenship
   
8. 
   Reform
   
9. 
   War and Diplomacy
   

CONTENT:

The JFK Administration; the LBJ Administration; The Civil Rights Movement; The Women’s Rights Movement; The Vietnam War; The Nixon Administration; The Ford Administration; The Carter Administration; U-2 Incident; Peace Corps; Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis; Vietnamizaton; Nixon Doctrine; Watergate; Nixon’s Domestic Program; Human Rights policies; Energy Crisis; Camp David Accords; SALT II; Olympic Boycott; Iran Revolution and hostage crisis
MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS:

1. 
   Annotated Timeline
   
2. 
   Unit Exam – Multiple Choice and Essay (Released Items)
   

UNIT SIXTEEN: THE REAGAN REVOLUTION AND POST-COLD WAR ERA

READINGS:

Text, The American Pageant, Chapters 40 – 42

The American Spirit, Chapter 40: A:1, 2; B:1, 3, 4; C:1; D:1-3; E:1-3. Chapter 41: A:1-4; B:1-4; C:1, 2, 4; D:1, 2; E:1-6. Chapter 42: A:1, 2, 4; B:1-3, 5, 6; D:1-10.
Constructing the American Past, Chapter 15 Documents – “The Conservative Revoution”
Enduring Voices Documents, Chapter 32 Document Set 2 – “Confronting the Evil Empire by Proxy: Central America as a Battleground” Document Set 3 – “Decision for War: An End to the ‘Vietnam Syndrome” Chapter 33 Document Set 2 – “The ‘Revolution’ of 1994: Realignment or Readjustment”
Portrait of America, The End of the Cold War – “Reagan: His Place in History” From the Technological Revolution to Modern Terrorism – “Bill Gates: Enigmatic Genius of Microsoft” and “The Lessons of September 11”

Handouts

THEMES:

1. 
   American Diversity
   
2. 
   Culture
   
3. 
   Environment
   
4. 
   Economic Transformations
   
5. 
   Globalization
   
6. 
   Politics and Citizenship
   
7. 
   Reform
   
8. 
   War and Diplomacy
   

CONTENT:

The “New Right” and Reagan’s election; Reagan and the Soviets; thawing the Cold War; the Iran-Contra Scandal; Reagan’s Economic Legacy; George Bush as President; end of the Cold War; The Persian Gulf War; Bush’s Battles at Home; Election of Bill Clinton; Republicans in Control of Congress (1994); Emergency of a “Postindustrial” Economy; Feminist Revolution; Transformation of Family; Newest Immigrants; American Culture; Global Warming
MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS:

1. 
   Annotated Timeline
   
2. 
   Unit Exam – Multiple Choice and Essay (Released Items)
   

DBQ: Released College Board DBQ

UNIT SEVENTEEN: REVIEW FOR AP U.S. HISTORY EXAM

Students will take “mock” AP Exam during class. Each day the students will be given a section of a released test and then given immediate feedback on how they did on the practice test. Students will also be divided into groups of two with each group responsible for a time period. The groups will develop a power point and handouts to help students study for the AP exam.
SEMESTER 2 EXAM
AP EXAM IN MAY 2011!!

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