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AP U.S. HISTORY SYLLABUS 2011-2012Mr. GreenRoom #304Baltimore Polytechnic Institute #4031400 West Cold Spring LaneBaltimore, MD 21209Phone: 410.396.7026Overview: This course is designed to provide a college-level experience and preparation for the AP Exam on May 11, 2012 (cost to be announced annually). An emphasis is placed on interpreting documents, mastering a significant body of factual information, and writing critical essays. Topics include life and thought in colonial America, revolutionary ideology, constitutional development, Jeffersonian and Jacksonian democracy, nineteenth-century reform movements, and Manifest Destiny. Other topics include the Civil War and Reconstruction, immigration, industrialism, Populism, Progressivism, World War I, the Jazz Age, the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, the post-Cold War era, and the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century. This course will fulfill the United States history graduation requirement. 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 development of a unique American identity, the evolution of American culture, demographic changes over the course of America’s history, economic trends and transformations, environmental issues, the development of political institutions and the components of citizenship, social reform movements, the role of religion in the making of the United States and its impact in a multicultural society, the history of slavery and its legacies in this hemisphere, war and diplomacy, and finally, the place of the United States in an increasingly global arena. 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. Summer Assignment # 1: “Lies My Teacher Told Me” Prepare a 3-5 page, double-spaced, typed paper using the text by Loewen to anser the following question. Chapters 1-10 are required reading; Chapters 11 &12 are recommended, but not required. (Yes, you can go over 5 pages. No, Less than 3 pages is not acceptable). Citation of specific evidence, with proper parenthetical referencing, from the text is mandatory. Why do students tend to hate history classes and textbooks? “Use information provided by Loewen, but feel free to ad your own reflections). Loewen provides a myriad of “lies” that students encounter in their history textbooks and classrooms. Identify and explain the five that you feel pose the greatest threat to historical accuracy. Additionally, explore the remifications of the prolonged re-telling of these myths. One of the twelve textbooks cited by Loewen throughout his book is entitled The American Pageant. Oddly enough, this book will be used as the primary textbook throughout the upcoming school year. What are Loewen’s thoughts about this textbook, and what inaccuracies should readers be mindful while reading it in the coming year? Summer Assignment #2: “A Peoples History of the United States”Prepare a one page typed summary of the following chapters in Zinn’s book:Columbus, the Indians, and Human ProgressDrawing the Color LinePersons of Mean and Vile ConditionTyranny is TyrannyA Kind of Revolution Students are strongly encouraged to include a one-paragraph reflection at the end of each chapter summary. PURCHASING OF HISTORICAL ALMANACS, AP REVIEW BOOKS, AND PRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENT BOOKS IS NOT REQUIRED, BUT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY EHANCE YOUR SUCCESS IN THIS COURSE.Course Textbook: Kennedy, David M., Cohen, Lizabeth, and Bailey, Thomas A. The American Pageant. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2010 14th ed.Course Materials:FilmsAtomic Café – Kevin RaffertyEyes on the Prize – PBS Judith Vecchione (use 90 minute condensed version)The Civil War – PBS Ken Burns (use portions)Episode 1: The CauseEpisode 4: Simply MurderEpisode 5: The Universe of BattleEpisode 9: The Better Angels of Our NatureThe West – PBS Ken Burns and Stephen Ives (use portions)Episode 1: The PeopleEpisode 2: Empire Upon the TrailsEpisode 4: Death Runs RiotEpisode 5: The Grandest Enterprise under GodEpisode 9: One Sky Above UsPrintBailey, Thomas A., Kennedy, David M., and Cohen, Lizabeth. The American Pageant. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998 11th ed.Bailey, Thomas A., and Kennedy, David M. The American Spirit. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998 9th ed.Loewen, James W. Lies My Teacher Told Me. New York: The New Press 1995.MacGregor-Burns, James. Packing the Court: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court. Penguin Group 2009Shi, David E., and Mayer, Holly A. For the Record. New York: W.W. Norton & Company 1999.Zinn, Howard. A People’s History of the United States. New York: HarperPerennial 1995.GradingStudents will receive grades for many assignments. Assignments will range from focus questions, in-class quizzes, chapter tests, unit tests, projects, general class-work, participation, benchmarks, mid-terms, and end of course assessments. The following breakdown will be utilized in this class:65%: Assessments-Tests/Quizzes20%: Classwork/Participation15%: HomeworkPRIMARY SOURCE EXAMINATION AND ANALYSISA key skill necessary in understanding history is the ability to extract and “tease” information out of primary source documents. During the year we will develop this skill in two ways:1) Regular examination of primary source documents using the FATP format that follows.Primary sources are original records created during the time period you are studying, and are not filtered by interpretation – examples include letters, diaries, photographs, artwork, audio tapes, films, newspapers, magazines, and books. Primary sources may also be materials created at a later date by a participant or observer of the time period through memoirs, autobiographies or oral histories.A document analysis form will accompany each document under review (see sample).Document Analysis FormStudent Name: ____________________________________________Date: ______________Focus Question: Basic Source Information(Form, Audience, Topic, Purpose)Content summary as it relates to the focus questionYour final conclusion/comments about this sourceNotes from class feedback:A focus question will be found at the top of the document analysis form.Box 1: Basic Source Information contains the basic elements of FATPForm: What type of document do we have? Who produced it? (letter, press release, transcript, photograph, poster, book excerpt….)Audience: Who is the target of the information contained in the document? (general public, private communiqué, voters, academics…)Topic: What is being said or discussed in the document?Purpose: Why was this document created? What was the goal of the individual/group producing the document?Box 2: Content Summary (as it relates to the focus question) What is in this document that helps us to address the focus question? Box 3: Conclusions/Comments about the source Is this a reliable document? Does this source help us to reach a conclusion about the focus question? If so, what conclusions do you reach based exclusively on this document? Students should be as precise as possible by identifying key sections from the documents that support their conclusions. Students are encouraged to take notes based on the input of classmates. All Document Analysis Forms will be collected for assessment.2) Periodic creation and/or answering of Document Based Questions.Document analysis exercises are identified as FATP along with the specific document and are drawn from The American Spirit Volumes I and II. DBQ exercises are identified as DBQ along with a general topic or AP Exam year.YEARLONG PROJECTAll Advanced Placement students will complete a National History Day Project. This year’s theme is: REVOLUTION, REACTION, REFORM IN HISTORY. This project will have mandatory timelines that will require you to submit assignments to me so that we can stay on target for the presentation on March 24, 2012. Groups of 5 are allowed as well as single entrants. Assignments associated with the History Day Project will impact your quarterly grades. This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase your talents and follow in a long Poly tradition of History Day participants. The final project will be worth half of your 3rd quarter grade, so it is imperative that you begin to think of a topic and begin the narrowing of that topic. We will devote some class time to this activity and Dr. O’Neil will be assisting us in the research. I will be available after school for time to work on the project and any other time that may be needed. Please give special consideration for this assignment as it will play a large role in your development as a scholar and researcher. CURRICULUM SCHEDULEMonth One – Weeks 1 & 2Key Issues:Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Europe – Renaissance ThoughtLife in the Pre-Columbian Western Hemisphere – Location, Customs, and Traditions of Native American GroupsCultural Clashes and Exchanges – Language, Ownership of Land, Religion, Flora and Fauna, Technology and Military Strategies, Trade, Depopulation and RepopulationTransference of Political, Social, and Economic Institutions – Spanish, Dutch, French and English SettlementsEconomy in NE, Middle, and Southern Colonies – Agriculture, Industry, Commerce, Professionals in the New WorldTransfer and Transformation of Religion – Protestants Reign Supreme, Three Sections and Their ChurchesEducation Appropriate for the New World Setting – The Massachusetts Example, Primary Education, Secondary Education, The Impetus for Higher EducationLife in the English Colonies – Dietary Habits, Clothing, Recreation, Courtship and Marriage, Travel, HealthReadings:Chapter 1: New World Beginnings, 33,000 BC – AD 1769 (skim)Chapter 2: The Plantings of English America, 1500-1733Chapter 3: Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700Chapter 4: American Life in the 17th Century, 1607-1692“Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress” –Zinn“Drawing the Color Line” –ZinnAssignments/Projects:Settlement of New England Colonies ChartSettlement of Middle Colonies ChartSettlement of Southern Colonies ChartFATP: Chapter 1: C:1, Chapter 2: B:3, Chapter 3: B: 2Month One – Weeks 3 & 4Key Issues:Internal Conflicts – Intracolonial, East vs. West, Failure of Intercolonial RelationshipsBritish Control of the North American Colonies – Political Control, Economic Control, MercantilismDecline of Orthodoxy – Salem Witchcraft Trials, The Great Awakening, The Enlightenment, Influence of Scientific RevolutionThe French and Indian War – Causes, Major Battle Zones, Time of Testing, ResultsThe Growing Spirit of Independence – Political Problems with Great Britain after 1763, Naval Patrols, Colonial and British ResponsesReadings:Chapter 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution, 1700-1775Chapter 6: The Duel for North America, 1608-1763Chapter 7: The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775“Persons of Mean and Vile Condition” – Zinn“Tyranny is Tyranny” – ZinnAssignments/Projects:French and Indian War Summary ChartDecades Chart 1760’sFirst and Second Great Awakening Chart (part I)DBQ: 2004 AP ExamMonth Two – Week 1Key Issues:The Beginnings of Revolution – Causes, First ClashesThe Second Continental Congress – Olive Branch Petition, Continental Army, Financing the War, Power of the Pen, Wooing Britain’s Enemies, Search for UnityThe Revolution – Advantages and Disadvantages of both sides, Strategies, Turning Point Battles, Britain’s Decision to withdrawTreaty of Paris – Provisions, Potential Points of Conflict, Results of the RevolutionExperiments in Government – State Constitutions, The Articles of ConfederationReadings:Chapter 7: The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775 (pages 135-141)Chapter 8: America Secedes from the Empire, 1775-1790 Chapter 9: The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790 (pages 166-175)“A Kind of Revolution” –ZinnAssignments/Projects:Revolutionary War Summary ChartDecades Chart 1770’sThe Great Debate Preceding the American Revolution SimulationMonth Two – Week 2Key Issues:Absence of Consensus and Cooperation – Economic Problems, Specter of RebellionConstitutional Convention – Delegates, Early Ground Rules, Developing the Document, The CompromiseReadings:Chapter 9: The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790 (pages 175-187)Assignments/Projects:Decades Chart 1780’sFATP: Ch 9: A1, B2, G1-3Month Two – Week 3Key Issues:The New Government – Protocol and Early Decisions, Hamilton’s Financial Program, Development of Political PartiesForeign Policy during Washington’s Administration – Relationship with Great Britain, Relationship with France, Relationship with Spain, Warnings to the New NationPresidency of John Adams – Nation Above Party, Party Above NationPresidency of Thomas Jefferson – Problems, Louisiana Purchase, Foreign PolicyReadings:Chapter 10: Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800Chapter 11: The Triumphs and Travails of Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800-1812 (pages 210-226)Assignments/Projects:Presidential Election Charts 1789, 1792, 1796, 1800Decades Chart 1790’sDBQ: 2005 AP ExamMonth Two – Week 4Key Issues:James Madison – Native American Unrest, Battle in EuropeSecond War for Independence – Causes, Battleground, Hartford Convention, ResultsEra of Good Feelings – James Monroe and the Democratic-RepublicansReadings:Chapter 11: The Triumphs and Travails of Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800-1812 (pages 226-231)Chapter 12: The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824 (pages 233-242 & 252-254)Assignments/Projects:Presidential Election Charts 1804, 1808, 1812Decades Charts 1800’s and 1810’sFATP: Ch 11: B1-3, D1-2Month Three – Week 1Key Issues:Authority of the Supreme Court – The Marshall CourtIndustrial Revolution – Move Away from the Putting-Out System, Inventions and importance of patentsSectional Interests – Missouri Compromise, Tariff, Industrialism vs. Agrianism, Federal Land Sales, Slavery, Internal Improvements, Indian RemovalPresidency of John Quincy Adams – Election of 1824, Domestic AgendaReadings:Chapter 12: The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824 (pages 242-252)Chapter 15: Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860 (pages 307-327)Assignments/Projects:War of 1812 Summary ChartPresidential Election Charts 1816 and 1820FATP: Ch 15: A2, A4Month Three – Week 2Key Issues:The Jacksonian Presidency – Concept of the Presidency, Political Democracy, Economic Democracy, Indian Affairs, Sectional Issues, Foreign Policy VictoriesDemocrats and Whigs – Election of 1832, Election of 1836, Election of 1840Readings:Chapter 13: The Rise of Jacksonian Democracy, 1824-1830Chapter 14: Jacksonian Democracy at Flood Tide, 1830-1840“As Long As Grass Grows or Water Runs” – ZinnAssignments/Projects:Presidential Election Charts 1824, 1828, 1832, 1836, and 1840Decades Charts 1820’s and 1830’sElection of 1824 SimulationDBQ: Jacksonian ReformersMonth Three – Week 3Key Issues:The Whig Interlude – Domestic Scene under John Tyler, Issues in the Election of 1844Manifest Destiny – Relations with Texas, Relations with Great Britain, Mexican-American War, Unanticipated Consequences of Territorial Gains, Galsden PurchaseReadings:Chapter 15: Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860 (pages 297-299)Chapter 18: Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848“We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God” – ZinnAssignments/Projects:Mexican-American War Summary ChartPresidential Election Charts 1844 & 1848Decades Chart 1840’sFATP: Ch 17: AllMonth Three – Week 4Key Issues:Completing the Revolution – ReformsReligion in Action – New Schools and Communities, Religious Expression, Revivalism and Millennialism, Churches and the Slavery QuestionEducation in Action – Benjamin Rush, Lancastrian System of Instruction, Public School Movement, Higher Education, Adult EducationEmergence of Literacy, Philosophic and Artistic Movements – Painting, Architecture, Music, Search for a National Language, Literary Works, History, TranscendentalismScientific Attitudes – Ongoing European Interest in America’s Flora and Fauna, Physical Sciences, Medicine, Founding of the Smithsonian InstituteReadings:Chapter 16: The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860Chapter 17: The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860“The Intimately Oppressed” – ZinnAssignments/ProjectsPresidential Election Charts 1852 & 1856Decades Chart 1850’sReform Chart JacksonianFirst and Second Great Awakening Chart (part II)FATP: Ch 16: B2, C1-5Month Four – Week 1Key Issues:The Northern Workplace – Expanding Industries, Laborers Commerce and TradeThe Peculiar Institution – Slave Trade, Plantation System, Free Blacks in American SocietyNorthern Response – Abolitionists, Gradual Emancipators, Anti-Slavery People, Political ActionSouthern Response – Development of Pro-Slavery Argument, “Costs” of SlaveryThe 1850’s – Discontent in the South, Discontent in the NorthCampaign and Elections – 1852, 1856, 1860Readings:Chapter 15: Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860 (pages 299-306)Chapter 19: Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854Chapter 20: Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1860Assignments/Projects:Presidential Election Chart 1860Key Sectional Issues Chart and Compromise ChartDBQ: SectionalismMonth Four – Week 2Key Issues:Civil War – Causes, Spark, Advantages and Disadvantages of the Two Sides, Northern War Aims, Southern War AimsPolitics of War – The Confederate Constitution, Statesmanship, Financing the WarReadings:Chapter 21: Girding for War: The North and the South, 1861-1865Assignments/Projects:Presidential Election Chart 1864FATP: Ch 21: B1-2, C2, D1-3Month Four – Week 3Key Issues:Military Strategy – Allies, Pivotal Land Battles, War at SeaWartime Problems – Internal Dissensions, Individuals and their rightsDaily Life in the Two Sections – North, South, Contributions to the War EffortReadings:Chapter 22: The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865Assignments/Projects:Civil War Summary ChartThe Murder of Abraham Lincoln SimulationFATP: Ch 22: C1-3Month Four – Week 4Key Issues:Lost Causes – State’s Rights Theory, Failure of Southern Nationalism, Immorality of SlaveryResults of the Civil War – Nationalism over State’s Rights, Industry over Agriculture, End of Slaver, Repudiation of Confederate Debt, Alabama Claims, Destruction in the SouthReconstruction – Presidential, Congressional, White Southern Response, Elections of 1868, 1872, and 1876Readings:Chapter 23: The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877“Slavery without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom” – ZinnAssignments/Projects:Presidential Election Charts 1868, 1872 and 1876Decades Chart 1860’sReform Chart ReconstructionFATP: Ch 23: A1, B1, D1,F2-3Month Five – Week 1Key Issues:Post Reconstruction South – Return of White Bourbon RulePost Civil War West – Settlement of the Great Plains, Three Frontiers of the Great Plains, Beyond the Rockies, Women as CivilizersReadings:Chapter 25: Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900 (pages 551-554)Chapter 27: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1890 (pages 598-616)“The Other Civil War” – ZinnAssignments/Projects:Presidential Election Charts 1880, 1884, and 1888Decades Chart 1870’s and 1880’sFATP: Ch 25: A2, A3, B1, C1, E3 Ch 27: B1, C1, C4, D1Month Five – Week 2Key Issues:Expansion of Business and Industry – Accelerated IndustrialismRise and Consciousness of Labor – Factory and Mine Conditions, Unionization of Workers, Violence and StrikesResponse to the Labor and Business Communities – Federal Government, State GovernmentReadings:Chapter 25: Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900 (pages 536-551 and 554-563)“Robber Barons and Rebels” –ZinnAssignments/Projects:Decades Chart 1890’sLabor Unions ChartMonth Five – Week 3Key Issues:Continuing Need for a Labor Supply – Source of SupplyUrbanization of America – Opportunities, Disadvantages, Responses, City GovernmentResponses of the Churches – Initial Acceptance of Social Darwinism, Equating of Sin and Poverty, A Chance of StancePresidential Campaigns in Post Reconstruction EraReadings:Chapter 24 Politics in the Gilded Age, 1869-1889Assignments/Projects:Reform Chart PopulismFATP: Ch 24: A1, B3, C4, E4Month Five – Week 4Key Issues:Education – Progressive Education, Higher Education, Adult EducationUrban Life – Science, Transportation, Technology, Medicine, ArtsReadings:Chapter 26: America Moves to the City, 1865-1900Assignments/Projects:Presidential Election Charts 1892, 1896, and 1900FATP: Ch 26: A1, A4, B5, E2, E4Month Six – Week 1Key Issues:Farmer’s Problems in Post Civil War America – Technological Revolution, Opening the Great Plains, Financial Obstacles, Crisis TimesAgrarian Revolt – Grange, Alliance Movement, The Populist PartyDemocratic Victory in 1892/Republican Victory in 1896 – Influence of the Populists, Campaign Styles, Philosophical Shifts, Republican and Democratic AppealsReadings:Chapter 27: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1890 (pages 616-621)Chapter 28: The Revolt of the Debtor, 1889-1900Assignments/Projects:DBQ: 2007 AP ExamMonth Six – Week 2Key Issues:Critics of American Society – Muckrakers, Socialists, Social Critics, PopulistsProgressive Movement – Political Program, Economic Programs, Social Justice Program, Progressive PresidentsAfrican American Reform Movements – Niagara Movement, NAACPReadings:Chapter 29: The Path of Empire, 1890-1899Chapter 30: America on the World Stage, 1899-1909Assignments/Projects:Spanish-American War Summary ChartDebate on the Issue of Philippine Annexation SimulationMonth Six – Week 3Key Issues:Rejection of Isolationism – CausesU.S. and the Western Hemisphere – Purchase of Alaska, Venezuela Boundary Dispute, The Spanish-American War and the Growth of Empire, Debate over Imperialism, “Big Stick” Diplomacy, Dollar DiplomacyAmerica’s Interest on the Pacific – Opening of China, Opening of Japan, America’s Pacific EmpireReadings:Chapter 31: Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt, 1901-1912Chapter 32: Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad, 1912-1916 (pages 703-713)“The Empire and the People” –ZinnAssignments/Projects:Presidential Election Charts 1904, 1908, and 1912Decades Chart 1900’sReform Chart ProgressivismFATP: Ch 31 A2, B1, D1, E3 Ch 32 A1, A2, C1, C2Month Six – Week 4Key Issues:Wilson and Latin America – Nicaragua, Santo Domingo and Haiti, Purchase of the Virgin Islands, Missionary Diplomacy in MexicoGreat Crusade – Causes, Aims of Belligerent Nations, America’s Neutrality, War Aims, Homefront ResultReadings:Chapter 32: Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad, 1912-1916 (pages 713-720)Chapter 33: The War to End War, 1917-1918“War is the Health of the State” –ZinnAssignments/Projects:World War I Summary ChartPresidential Election Chart 1916Decades Chart 1910’sFATP: Ch 33 B1-4, D1, D2, E1Month Seven – Week 1Key Issues:The Jazz Age – Prohibition, Search for Heroes, Mass EntertainmentNativism and Intolerance – Prohibition, Red Scare, Sacco and Venzetti, Fundamentalism vs. Darwinism, Immigration to RestrictionsBlack Response – Back to Africa Movement, Harlem RenaissanceCulture between the Wars – Art, Mass Communications, Science, Education, ReligionReadings:Chapter 34: American Life in the “Roaring Twenties”, 1919-1929Assignments/Projects:Presidential Election Charts 1920 and 1924Decades Chart 1920’sFATP: Ch 34: A1-3, D1-4Month Seven – Week 2Key Issues:Politics and Politicians of the 1920’s – Election of 1920 and 1924Status of Different Groups – Businessmen, Labor, FarmersReturn to Isolationism – Washington Naval Conference, Kellogg-Briand Pact, Dawes Plan, Young PlanHoover and the Great Depression- Election of 1928, The Crash, Hoover’s Response to the State of the EconomyReadings:Chapter 35: The Politics of Boom and Bust, 1920-1932Assignments/Projects:Presidential Election Charts 1928 and 1932FATP: Ch 35: B1-3, C1-4Month Seven – Week 3Key Issues:Roosevelt’s Program – Campaign and Election of 1932, The First New Deal, Second Deal, The New Deal and MinoritiesElection of 1936 – Poll Results, Election ResultsU.S. and the Western Hemisphere between the Wars – Abandoning “Big Stick” DiplomacyNeutrality – Stimson Doctrine, Nye Committee Report, Ethiopia, Spanish Civil War, Congressional Legislation, Quarantine Speech, American First CommitteeInternationalism – Cash and Carry, Draft, Lend-Lease, Atlantic CharterReadings:Chapter 36: The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1933-1938Chapter 37: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, 1933-1941“Self-Help in Hard Times” –ZinnAssignments/Projects:Presidential Election Charts 1936, 1940, and 1944Decades Chart 1930’sReform Charts First New Deal and Second New DealDBQ: 2003 AP ExamMonth Seven – Week 4Key Issues:World War II – America Entry, American Military Action, American Diplomacy, American Home Front, Results of the WarAttempts at World Peace – United NationsReadings:Chapter 38: American in World War II, 1941-1945“A People’s War?” –ZinnAssignments/Projects:World War II Summary ChartDecades Chart 1940’sTrial of FDR SimulationHolocaust Survivor (Baltimore Jewish Council)/ WWII Veteran (Alumni Association)Month Eight – Week 1Key Issues:Postwar Economic Problems – Demobilization, Inflation, Labor, Baby BoomPolitical Issues – Truman and Congress, 1948 ElectionForeign Policy – Bipartisanship, The Cold War, Containment in Europe, Containment in Asia, Containment in Latin America, The Middle EastRed Scare at Home – Alger Hiss Case, McCarran Internal Security Act, McCarran-Walter Immigration Act, Rosenberg Case, HUAC, McCarthy Witch-HuntDomestic Agenda of the Republicans – Dixon/Yates Controversy, HEW, Highway Act, National Defense Education Act, Revision of Taft-Harley, Balancing the BudgetForeign Policy of Eisenhower – John Foster Dulles, Response to Nationalism, U.S. and Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Western HemisphereReadings:Chapter 39: The Cold War Begins, 1942-1952Chapter 40: The Eisenhower Era, 1952-1960 (pages 908-912 & 916-924)Assignments/Projects:Korean Conflict Summary ChartPresidential Election Chart 1948, 1952, and 1956Decades Chart 1950’sFATP: Ch 39: A1-3, C1-4, F3Month Eight – Week 2Key Issues:Election of 1960 – Religious Issue, Role of Television, Closeness of the Popular Vote, A New GenerationNew Frontiers in Domestic Policy – Return of the New and Fair DealsForeign Policy – Bay of Pigs, Berlin Wall, Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy and the Third WorldCivil Rights Movement – Brown v. Board, African American Response to delaying tactics, Government Response, Movement turns militant, Poor People’s Campaign, MLK Jr., Malcolm XSpinoffs of the Civil Rights Movement – Feminist Movement, Other MinoritiesJohnson Era – Election of 1964, Great SocietyReadings:Chapter 40: The Eisenhower Era, 1952-1960 (pages 912-916)Chapter 41: The Stormy Sixties, 1960-1968 (pages 936-951)“Or Does it Explode?” –ZinnAssignments/Projects:Presidential Charts 1960 & 1964Decades Chart 1960’sReform Chart Great SocietyFATP: Ch 40: B1-3, D1-3 Ch 41: A1-4, C1-5Month Eight – Week 3Key Issues:Vietnam War – Geneva Agreements, Gulf of Tonkin, Doves and HawksProtests in the Sixties – Campus Radicalism, Counterculture Movement1968 Election – Backlash for Democrats, Nixon rebornNixon Presidency – Domestic Scene, Foreign Policy1972 Election – Watergate, Resignation of NixonReadings:Chapter 41: The Stormy Sixties, 1960-1968 (pages 952-962)Chapter 42: The Stalemated Seventies, 1968-1980 (pages 964-978)“The Impossible Victory: Vietnam” –ZinnAssignments/Projects:Vietnam Conflict Summary ChartPresidential Election Charts 1968, 1972, 1976, and 1980FATP: Ch 41: D1-7Month Eight – Week 4Key Issues:Ford Presidency – Domestic Scene, Foreign SceneCarter Presidency – 1976 Election, Domestic Scene, Foreign SceneReagan Presidency – Conservative Resurgence, Domestic Scene, Foreign SceneBush Presidency – Domestic Agenda, Bush and the WorldPost War Culture – Art, Music, Dance, Theater, Education, TechnologyReadings:Chapter 42: The Stalemated Seventies, 1968-1980 (pages 979-988)Chapter 43: The Resurgence of Conservatism, 1980-1996Chapter 44: The American People Face a New Century“The Seventies: Under Control?” –ZinnAssignments/Projects:Gulf War Summary ChartDecades Chart 1970’s, 1980’s, and 1990’sFATP: Ch 42: B1, D1 Ch 43: A1-3, E1-3REVIEW TIME!!!!Consideration for after May Exam :-Oral history project with Poly Alum (WWII, Korea, Vietnam) Home Front to the Front Lines- College interview sessionsTime Magazine Project/Writing Assignment for the 1990’s ................
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