Advanced Placement United States History



Advanced Placement United States History

Teacher: Ms. Kaitlin Kindred kkindred@

Tutorials: Monday: Lunch Room North 213

Tuesday: 7:15 - 7:45 AM

Wednesday: Lunch

Thursday 3:15 – 4:00 PM

Friday: 7:15 - 7:45 AM

Course Overview

After completing this course, you will have the opportunity to test out of 2 college credits (6 hours). Students should learn to assess historical materials, their relevance to a given problem, and to weigh the evidence and interpretations presented in social studies. An AP U.S. History student should develop the skills necessary to arrive at conclusions on the basis of an informed judgment and to present reasons and evidence clearly in essay format. Throughout the year, you will participate in seminars, work through material and be tested weekly in order to prepare for the exam. You will also gain a better understanding of American society and our relationship with the government and economy.

How to be Successful

Because this course covers detailed information from the 1400s to present day, it is crucial for the class to move on at a rapid pace. In order to be successful, it is necessary for you to make habit of reading and keeping up with assignments. There will be no surprises in this class and you will have plenty of notification on all requirements.

Helpful Tips:

1. Reading is crucial! Pay attention to the calendar and have reading assignments completed.

2. Review lecture notes and terms/concepts before quizzes. Must know KEY TERMS!

3. Look forward to participation helping your grade. It is easy if reading assignments are complete, but requires your effort. DO NOT BE LAZY!

4. Review concepts, terms and categories (E, S, P) before exam days. FORM A STUDY GROUP!

5. Never hesitate to ask for help. Come to tutorials and make me aware of situations.

Course Requirements & Student Evaluation

Grades will be based upon Westside High School's Grading Policy. Students scoring below 75% on a major grade will be permitted to one retake attempt per assessment. All retakes must be completed within one week of posted grade. All make-up assignments (quizzes, tests, seminars) must be completed within one week of the date originally taken. Late grades, major and minor, will be rewarded no higher than a 70%. Any student caught or suspected of cheating, which includes copying someone else’s work and portraying it as their own, will receive a zero for that assignment and will not be allowed to make it up. Students may appeal this decision to a Dean.

Major Grades: 70% Minor Grades: 30%

1. Tests will be given every Friday, unless otherwise informed. Test questions reflect the AP Exam and will emphasize multiple-choice, free-response questions, and document based questions.

2. Readings will be assigned every marking period and will be discussed in class. You are expected to complete readings before class.

3. Quizzes will be every Tuesday covering the current chapters and readings.

4. Participation will be measured daily. In order to understand history, we must question it, discuss it and analyze it. You are expected to have readings completed before class in order to answer questions, and discuss content.

The A.P. Exam

This exam consists of two sections completed in 3 hours and 15 minutes. This exam not only tests your knowledge, but also your endurance. Your grade will be an average of the multiple-choice, short answer, document based and free response questions. All parts of the exam are explained below:

Multiple Choice – Questions will be presented in sets of 2-5 that ask students to respond to primary or secondary sources.

55 Questions (40% of total grade)

Short Answer – The short answer questions will address one or more thematic learning objectives for the course. These questions will require students to use historical thinking skills to respond to a primary source, historian’s argument or secondary source. These questions do not require a thesis, rather they ask the student to simply answer the question.

4 Questions Mandatory (20% of total grade)

Document Based Question - The DBQ will include charts, graphs, cartoons, and pictures, as well as written materials. This gives you the chance to showcase your ability to assess the value of a variety of documents. The DBQ requires that you relate the documents to a historical period or theme and show your knowledge of major periods and issues. For this reason, outside knowledge is very important and must be incorporated into the student's essay if the highest scores are to be earned. To earn a high score it's also very important that you incorporate the information you learned in your AP U.S. History class. The emphasis of the DBQ will be on analysis and synthesis, not historical narrative.

1 Question Mandatory (25% of total grade)

Long Essay (Free Response) Question - The standard essay questions require that you relate developments in different areas (e.g., the political implications of an economic issue); analyze common themes in different time periods (e.g., the concept of national interest in United States foreign policy); or compare individual or group experiences that reflect socioeconomic, ethnic, racial, or gender differences (e.g., social mobility and cultural pluralism). Standard essays will be judged on the strength of the thesis developed, the quality of the historical argument, and the evidence offered in support of the argument.

2 Questions 1 Mandatory (15% of total grade)

Resources

Textbooks: (readings will be assigned every marking period and are necessary for quizzes and exams. The Brinkley textbook must be used primarily. The AMSCO review book will have specific instructions made by the teacher)

Brinkley, Alan. 1999. American History: A Survey, 10th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill.

Newman, John J. and John M. Schmalbach. 2006. United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination. New York: AMSCO

Supplementary Readings: (excerpts from the following sources will be provided by the teacher for analysis)

Bailey, Thomas A. and David M. Kennedy. 2002. The American Spirit, Vol. 1 & 2. New York: Houghton Mifflin.

Dudley, William. 1996. Opposing Viewpoints in American History, Vol. 1 & 2. Boston: Greenhaven Press

Zinn, Howard. 2005. A People's History of the United States. New York: Harper Collins.

Online Resources:(websites must be used for current event assignments and the end-of-semester project)



Brinkley10

ushistory/



digitalhistory.uh.edu





yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/avalon.htm



Primary Documents: (resources from various materials will be provided by the teacher for evaluation, including from):













AP® US History Course Content Outline Fall Semester 2014-2015

Texts are Brinkley’s American History and AMSCO’s United States History

Online titles are from Digital History’s website at digitalhistory.uh.edu

Ideally chapters should be read prior to beginning a period in class. Study Guides are due at the end of each Period.

Period 1 - FIRST CONTACT – 1491-1607

Aug. 25 – Sept. 5

Brinkley Chapter 1: The Meeting of Cultures

AMSCO: Chapter 1: Exploration, Discovery, and Settlement

Digital History: First Americans, Exploration and Discovery

Period 2 - COLONIZATION – 1607-1754

Sept. 8 – Sept. 16

Brinkley Chapter 2: The English “Transplantations”

AMSCO: Chapter 2 The Thirteen Colonies and the British Empire

Digital History: Colonization

COLONIAL SOCIETY AND CULTURE

Sept. 17 – Sept. 24

Brinkley Chapter 3: Society and Culture in Provincial America

AMSCO: Chapter 3 Colonial Society in the 18th Century

Digital History: The Origins and Nature of New World Slavery

Period 3 - CONFLICTS ESCALATE

Sept. 29 – Oct. 2

Brinkley Chapter 4: The Empire under Strain

AMSCO: Chapter 4 Imperial Wars and Colonial Protest

Digital History: Patterns of Change 1700-1775

THE REVOLUTION

Oct. 6 – Oct. 10

Brinkley Chapter 5: The American Revolution

AMSCO: Chapter 5 The American Revolution

Digital History: The American Revolution, The Founders

THE NEW REPUBLIC

Oct. 13 – Oct. 16

Brinkley Chapter 6: The Constitution and the New Republic

AMSCO: Chapter 6: The Constitution and the New Republic

Digital History: The Critical Period, The Constitution and the Bill of Rights, The First New Nation

Period 4 – JEFFERSONIAN ERA

Oct. 20 – Oct. 24

Brinkley Chapter 7: The Jeffersonian Era

AMSCO: Chapter 7 The Age of Jefferson 1800-1816

Digital History: Jeffersonian Republicanism, Antislavery

NATIONALISM AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Oct. 27 – Oct. 28

Brinkley Chapter 8: Varieties of American Nationalism

AMSCO: Chapter 8: Nationalism and Economic Development 1817 – 1824

Digital History: The Era of Good Feelings, Antislavery

JACKSONIAN ERA

Oct. 29- Oct.31

Brinkley Chapter 9: Jacksonian America

AMSCO: Chapter 10: The Age of Jackson

Digital History: Jacksonian Democracy

Study Guide: Reform and Expansion

CONTINUING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Nov. 1 – Nov. 3

Brinkley Chapter 10: America’s Economic Revolution

AMSCO: Chapter 12: Territorial and Economic Expansion 1830-60

Digital History: The Roots of American Economic Growth, Westward Expansion

Period 5 - ANTEBELLUM SOUTH

Nov. 3 - 7

Brinkley Chapter 11: Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

AMSCO: Chapter 9: Sectionalism

Digital History: Antislavery, The Pre Civil War South

CULTURE AND REFORM

Nov. 10-14

Brinkley Chapter 12: Antebellum Culture and Reform

AMSCO: Chapter 11: The Ferment of Reform

Digital History: Pre Civil War Reform, Religion and the Early Republic

CONFLICT, EXPANSION, AND COMPROMISE

Nov. 17-21

Brinkley Chapter 13: The Impending Crisis

AMSCO: Chapter 13: The Union in Peril

Digital History: The Impending Crisis

THE CIVIL WAR

Nov. 25 – Dec. 2 (Thanksgiving Holiday)

Brinkley Chapter 14: The Civil War

AMSCO: Ch 14: The Civil War

Digital History: The Civil War

Period 6 - RECONSTRUCTION

Dec. 3 – Dec. 10

Brinkley Chapter 15: Reconstruction and the New South

AMSCO: Chapter 15: Reconstruction

Digital History: Reconstruction

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