Social Studies Department



- Truckee High School- Social Studies Department -

Larry Leatherman - Instructor

Course Title: AP U.S. History

Prerequisite: Mastery of Social Studies material through grade 10 and a desire to eat, sleep and breathe U.S. History for 18 weeks.

Credits: 10

Meets requirements for Social Science grade 10

Course Description:

The Advance Placement Course in U.S. History is designed to provide students with the analytic skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal critically with the problems and materials in United States History. The course prepares students for intermediate and advance college courses by making demands upon them equivalent to those made by full-year introductory college courses. Students will learn to assess historical materials—their relevance to a given interpretive problem, their reliability, and their importance—and to weigh the evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship. The Advanced Placement United States History course will develop the skills necessary to arrive at conclusions on the basis of an informed judgment and to present reasons and evidence clearly and persuasively in essay format.

Program Goals:

The Advanced Placement United States History Course is designed to give students a solid grounding in the subject matter of United States History and in major interpretive questions that derive from the study of selected themes. Students will be able to draw upon a reservoir of systematic factual knowledge in order to exercise analytic skills.

Anyone who wants to can succeed in AP U.S. History. Desire and hard work are all that is required. Everyone who tries hard and applies themselves will be successful in AP U.S. History. We will learn to take risks and challenge ourselves.

Our Course will include the following:

Objectives and Themes

• Basic factual knowledge of United States political, economic, Constitutional institutions and their historical development.

• Basic factual knowledge of social and cultural trends in United States History. (environment issues, citizenship, reform movements, religion, slavery to civil rights)

• An advanced knowledge of content and concepts unique to the United States

• An understanding of major trends (economic, political and diplomatic) in contemporary United States History.

• The ability to analyze historical data, and understand cause and effect.

• The ability to develop historical interpretations, and to evaluate the significance of change over time.

• Furthering student’s analytical skills, oral and written expression and their ability to weigh evidence and reach conclusions based on fact.

Class Requirements

1. Do your very best work at all times

2. Be courteous and respectful to every person in the room. Students are encouraged to express their opinions and thoughts on any topic under discussion. At times you will disagree with a fellow student or the instructor. Your views are important to us all. Please express them in the appropriate manner.

3. Students may question or criticize the instructor’s interpretations, teaching methods and grading procedures provided they do so with the guidelines of #2.

4. Students will come to class prepared, that is, having completed the assigned reading, outlining, or other assignments.

AP Notebook

Students must keep a notebook to record daily notes on all reading assignment, class lectures, as well as a vocabulary list. Graded outlines and other study helps should be kept as part of this notebook. Notebooks and outlines will be reviewed by the instructor during the 18 week term. The key to success in this class and on the AP examination is your ability to take good notes for each assignment.

Late Work

Because of the extraordinary pressure to complete the course in the 18 week period, all assignments must be turned in on or before the due date. Due dates may change at the discretion of the instructor. It is also expected that all reading and outlines will be completed on the assigned date. Refer to the syllabus for due dates.

Examinations

All midterm and final examinations must be taken on the announced date. Quizzes on the reading material will not be announced. It is expected that you will keep up with the reading and outlining on a daily basis. Format of the quizzes will vary between essay, multiple choice, identification, and document based question, or any combination of the three.

Grading Policies

Grades will be calculated on a 4.0 scale as identified in the Student Handbook. Written work will be evaluated on its clarity, strength of analysis, historical content, presentation of argument historical method and historiography, validity, and mechanics of English usage. Letter grades from A-F and the 0-9 AP rubric will be assigned to all written work: essays, document based essays and analytical essays. All written work may be resubmitted for a higher grade as long as it is done within one week after receiving the original grade.

Extra Credit

Because of the nature of assigned work in this course and because this is a college level course, “extra credit” per se does not exist. You should do your very best work at all times thereby negating the notion of “extra credit.” Enrichment activities i.e., fieldtrips, for which you may earn additional credit my by made available to you at the discretion of the instructor.

Review Sessions

Reviews sessions, study sessions, seminars, outside class are for your benefit. Your grade in the course will not be affected because of non attendance. However, you should know that the material covered at the seminars could appear on an examination. Specific topic, time and dates will be announced well in advance of the review/seminar session. Review sessions for the AO exam will be held at my house beginning in late March and continue until the AP test in early May.

Welcome once again to AP U.S. History. If you have any questions or want to discuss your participation in the course, please do not hesitate to contact me. I am available for consultation at school in the morning before 7:00 a.m. and most days after school. Please ask questions about an assignment if you don’t understand something. You may also call me at

Textbook

Kennedy, David M., Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas Bailey. The American Pageant. 11th ed. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998.

Other Resources

Gardner, Berry, Olson, Rood. Selected Case Studies in American History Volume 2. Allyn and Bacon, INC. 1970

Gonick, Larry. The Cartoon History of the United States. New York: Harper Collins. 2005.

Kennedy, David and Thomas Bailey. The American Spirit. Volumes I and II. 9th ed. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998.

Leach, Roberta, AP U.S. History Volume 1 & 2. Ohio: The Center for Learning. 1997.

Woods, Thomas. Politically Incorrect Guide to American History. Washington D.C.: Regnery Publishing Co., 2004

Zinn, Howard. A Peoples’ History of the United States. New York: Harper Perennial. 2005

GRADING FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT

U. S. HISTORY

Essays - 30%

Objective Tests - 30%

Book Reviews 10%

Class Work – Class Participation

Quizzes

Book Outline

Class assignments- SOAPS(etc.)

Class Discussions-SPIRIT

30%

First semester ends November 3?

Second semester ends January 26, 2007?

AP Test review begins @ March 27, 2007

AP test May 11, 2007?

Fall Term – First 9 weeks

All of the following reading will be completed on the day assigned. They will be discussed in class. Each unit of study will conclude with an analysis to the events and how they have caused change over time, the impact on future generations and a look at how the pass has shaped the way we view life today. I will attempt to keep you current with the events of today and how history might have shaped those events in the news as we travel through AP U.S. History

A P U.S. History

September 5-15

September 5 -Tuesday

Lecture on Colonization of America – Spanish/French, English and Dutch

Class time: Procedures and expectations

HW. Chapter 1 -3 Spirit Vol. I ch. 1 C:1,2,; D:1,2,4 Spirit ch. 2: B:1,2,3; C:1,2 Spirit ch. 3; B:2,4; C:1,2; D:1

Prepare and Explain Explicit, Implicit, Beyond the text questions for Wednesday on Chapters read 1-3 in Pageant

September 6

Explicit, Implicit, Beyond the text questions for today - 5 questions for each chapter one, two and three - Class discussion Lecture colonization – Explain SOAP and SOAP a spirit article chapters 1,2,or 3 due Thursday

September 7

Discussion on Spirit 1-3 – Puritans, religious dissent, colonial politics

Comparative study: Jamestown vs. Mass. Colonies – “ships lists” analysis - Lecture

Prepare ESSAY assignment

September 8 Friday

Early Slave trade and the Economy of the South

Analysis and discussion of The Blue Laws –

READ Chapter 4 Pageant Spirit ch. 4 :B:1; C:1; D:3

September 11 - Monday

Puritans and the Salem Witch Trials – Anne and Roger Dissent in New England

American Life in the 17th Century

Essay Review and Assignment

Pass out Questions and prompts for Essay Assignment

Due 9/21 Wednesday

September 12 -Tuesday

QUIZ on Ch 1, 2, 3 & 4 Chapters

Africans in America – Early Culture

HW Chapter 5 Pageant ch. 5 outline Spirit ch 5 A:4; B1,2

September 13 Wednesday

Great Awakening – Colonial society and Politics-Education and culture

Analysis of Jonathan Edwards – Ben Franklin on George Whitfield

Chapter 5 HW Spirit ch 5 A:4; B1,2 – SOAP B:1 or 2

September 14 Thursday

Ch 5 outline check Catch up on Pre war material- “Eve of Revolution”

HW – Pageant ch. 6 – Explicit – Implicit – Beyond the Text 5 questions each – due tomorrow

September 15 Friday

Road to Revolution - Loyalists and Patriots- Issues of Independence

Seven Years War – British Imperial War to the Proclamation of 1763

Spirit ch. 6 B:1; E: 1

Take Home test chapter 1-5

AP U.S. History

September 18-October 10, 2006

Chapters 7-13

Monday September 18

Collect tests ch 1-5

Road to Rev. Mercantilism, benign neglect

Spirit ch 6 B:1; E:1

Tuesday September 19

French and Indian War

British Blunders - Who Fired First _ Historical Analysis on primary Source Material

HW Pageant Ch 7 Notes on Important Information

September 20

One April Morning Video _Class Discussion Ch 7 Pageant

Acts of the King Dec. Of Independence – Reading and Analysis

Common Sense and other documents of protest

HW… Spirit ch 7 A:1; B:1 C:2,4 Answer questions relating to the cartoons on page 126 D:1.2; E:1 Essay Due on Colonial Period

September 21

Dec. of Independence Assignment -Review

War of Indep. Cartoon questions from Spirit due

Women and Slaves and War

Lecture Rev – Paris Peace Ch 8 Pageant and Spirit Ch 8 B:1,2; D:1,2,3

Friday September 22

Review for the Test on Monday – Articles of Confederation

Pass out Free Response Questions for 10/11

HW Ch 9 Pageant ---- read carefully and note cause and effect

September 25 Monday

Exam I Objective questions ch 1-8 ish

Articles of Confederation ----fears of

Beginnings of the Union

Northwest Ordinance – Planning for the Future

Constitution 1787 worksheet for homework

HW ch 9 Spirit B:1,2 C:3,4 D:1 and answer questions E:2

September 26

DBQ teaching and Practice

Book Review Assignment - Zinn

Take home test chapter 7-9

September 27 Wednesday

Reading on Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions

Ch 10 Pageant Book Review Due October 4–

Thursday 9/28

Federalists and Anti-Federalists

John Jay treaty Bill of Rights

Washington’s Farwell Address and discussion to contemporary times

HW Spirit ch 10: A;1.2.3.4 B;1,2,3, D;1 E:1 F;1 G;1

Friday 9//29

Federalists and Anti-Federalists

Jay Treaty and Bill of Rights--- Alien and Sedition Acts –Louisiana Purchase

XYZ Affair

HW Spirit ch 10: A;1.2.3.4 B;1,2,3, D;1 E:1 F;1 G;1

MONDAY 10/2

Library for Court Cases

HW – Ch 11 Pageant

Marbury v Madision

United States v Aaron Burr

Fletcher v Peck

Martin v Hunter’ Lessee

Dartmouth College v Woodward

McCulloch v Maryland

Cohens v Virginia

Gibbons V Odgen

Cherokee Nation v Georgia

Worcester v Georgia

Tuesday 10/3

Our first DBQ in class

BOOK REVIEW DUE 10/3

HW Spirit ch 11: A;1,2,3 B;2 C;1 D;1,2

Wednesday 10/4

Embargo and Mr. Madison’s War Neutral rights, Sailors and the British

Book Review Due

Book Review and class discussion of the book

HW and Ch 12 Pageant Class Discussion – Explicit , Implicit and Beyond

Thursday 10/5

Court Decisions ORALS and John Marshall Class Discussion

The War of 1812 – causes – Hartford Convention

Treaty of Ghent

The American System by Henry Clay

HW Spirit ch 12 A:1,3 write summary paragraphs of the two cartoons

A:5 B:1 C:1,2 D:1.,3

Friday 10/6

Missouri Compromise

Increase of Sectionalism - Cotton in the South

Monroe Doctrine –Canada and Florida

Review Pageant ch 1-12

Review Spirit and Court Cases

Monday 10/9

Exam II Objective Test

Notes on Exam Outline Checked #1-#8

Pageant ch 13 The Rise of the Masses

Tuesday 10/10

Free Response Question 60 minutes

Jacksonian Democracy Begin The transfer of Power Election of 1824

HW Spirit Ch 13 A:1,2 C:2; E:1; F:1

Wednesday 10/11

Continue of Jacksonian Democracy – Is he the president of the common man?

The rise of the market economy – immigration and nativism-

Women come to work –

APUSH

October 12 – 30 2006 Chapters 14- 20

Thursday 10/12 Jacksonian ERA - Home work Ch. 14 Pageant – Select ORAL topics

Book and Article Review Assignment –Block One Please bring Zinn Back

Research two of the following topics and be ready for a teaching opportunity on the event/s. Make sure you include not only the facts related to the event but the significance to American History and its effect on the people.

Should be about 5 minutes in length. Use maps if necessary

Manifest Destiny

Texas Independence

Mexican War

Early Mormon Movement J. Smith

Women’s suffrage pre 1850

Temperance movement pre 1850

Wilmot Proviso v Popular Sovereignty

Compromise of 1850

Fugitive Slave Law

Kansas – Nebraska Act

Bleeding Kansas

Dred Scott Case

Presidential Election of 1848,1852,1856

Lincoln-Douglas Debates 1858

John Brown

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Underground Railroad

The election of 1860

Birth of the Confederacy-how it happened

Attack on Fort Sumter

Gettysburg Address

Emancipation Proclamation

Death of Lincoln

Freedman’s Bureau

Women and suffrage after the CW

Role of Blacks (what did they do?)

South Devastation

Labor Patterns and Black movement

Impeachment of Johnson

13,14, 15 amendments

Getting Southern state governments back into union

Compromise of 1877

Formation of Knights of Labor

Formation of American Fed. Labor

Biography of Mother Jones

Friday 10/ 13

Jackson Bank and the Common People President ---- Nullification Crisis – John Biddle – John C Calhoun and Peggy Eaton.

Evolution of Democracy from Jefferson to Jackson

Spirit Chapter 14 A:1,2,3; B:1,2,3; C:1; D:1; E: 2

trip to the Library 1A and 3A - ORALS

Monday 10/16

Political Cartoon Analysis on the Recession of 1837

American Capitalism Lecture and Discussion

Pageant ch 15

Tuesday 10/17

Pass Out Free Response Questions 1825-1860

Be prepared for ORALs by this date – A Look West – Agriculture – Frontier – Indian Removal

Spirit ch 15 A:1,5; B:2,3; C:2, D:2; E:1,2

Pageant Chapter 18 a little skip here

Wednesday 10/18

Oregon and Foreign Relations/treaties – Manifest Destiny ORAL

Read for cause and effect Chapter 16 Pageant

Thursday 10/19

Mexican War / Texas Independence / California ORALS

Lecture on Sectional Crisis – Polk and Wilmot Proviso

Ch 16 Spirit B:2; C:1,2,5; D:1

Friday 10/20

Reform Movements and Transcendentalism – People and philosophies – Utopian Experiments, Oneida

Free Schools – Dorothea Dix

ORALS Women’s Suffrage – Temperance Pre 1850 and Mormon Movement

Chapter 17 Pageant – 5 level one - 5 level 2 - 5 level 3 questions of Pageant or Spirit.

Monday 10/23 Objective Test 3

Tuesday 10/24

The “Sambo”myth

Homework Chapter 19

Wednesday 10/25

“New Perspectives on Slavery” Document reading – Sectional Crisis and ORALS

Spirit ch 19 /a:1 B:1,2 C:1,2,3 D: 1,4

Thursday 10/26

Video on Slavery with paragraph response …………King Cotton ORALS

Chapter 20 Pageant

Friday 10/27

Free Response Essay in Class

Take Home Test Chapters 12-19 Spirit Ch 20 A:1,2 Cartoon analysis B:1 C:1,2 D:1,2 E:1,2,3 F:1

Monday 10/30

Nativism and the Know Nothings – Union or Disunion – Debates(Lincoln/Doug)

ORALS

Course Outline Completed for Monday through number 18

APUSH – October 31 – November 9, 2006

Tuesday October 31, 2006

ORALS and Lecture/Discussion

Road to War – Abolition Papers – Compromise of 1850(Fugitive Slave Act-Kansas/Nebraska) Dred Scott – John Brown – Election of 1860

HW Read Chapter 21 Pageant

Wednesday – November 1

The attack and secession of the South

ORALS – TECH Lab for quiz on Art and Architecture of the time period

HW Spirit Ch 21 A:2,3 C:3,4 D:1,2,3 F:1,2 Read carefully and the respond in paragraph form “What were Lincoln purposes for the war”

Thursday – 11/2

Errors of the WAR – U.S. Society and the War

ORALS – Andersonville

HW Pageant 22 Spirit ch 22 A:2 B:1,2 C:1,2,3 E:1,4,5

Friday – 11/3

Response to the statement “The Civil War was inevitable”-Socratic Seminar

Reconstruction and ORALS

Pageant ch 23

Spirit ch 23 A:3,4 B:1 Answer: “What is the freeman’s great fear?”

C:2 D:1,2,3 Answer What does “we took government away from Black’s” mean?

E:1,2 F:2 for a grade and discussion on Monday

END of First Semester

Bring in Spirit Volume I and get Spirit Volume II

Monday – 11/6

Reconstruction and Freedmen in Society – “ Freedom and the Former Slave” - Reading

ORALS continue 13,14,15 – Johnson and the Radical Republicans –

Speculation – What would the south have looked like if Lincoln had been around?

Work on Book and/or Article Review Due on Thursday 11/9

Tuesday – 11/7

More on Reconstruction and the Grant Administration to the

Compromise of 1877 – ORALS – Military Districts

Chapter Ch 24 Pageant

Ch 24 spirit A: 4 B:1,3,4 C:1,2,3 D:1,2 E:5

Wednesday

DBQ

Thursday – 11/9

Guilded AGE and the Age of Good Stealing - the Industrial Society of the late 1800’s – Railroads, Iron, Coal, Electricity, steel and oil

Finish ALL Orals

Article Review Due TODAY - Outlines Due Through #25 – Grade and checked

Pageant ch 25 for MONDAY Analyze a cartoon page 543-549 – SOAP IT

Friday – 11/10

Holiday

APUSH

November 13, 2006 – November 21, 2006

Chapters 25 – 31

Pageant ch 25 for MONDAY Analyze a cartoon page 543-549 – SOAP IT

Monday 11/13

Chapter 25 in Pageant should be read last weekend

Politics of the Guilded Age and the Era of Good Stealings continues

Laissez-faire

Spirit ch 25 A:1,3 B:1,2 C:1,3 D:1,2 E: 3

Outline Guide Checked through Reconstruction

Tuesday 11/14

Robber Barons – Gospel of Wealth – Social Gospel –Social Darwinism – social

Critics

ORALS on Labor Unions – Carnegie and Rockefeller – Vertical and Horizonal integration

Review for TEST

Study for TEST tonight

Wednesday 11/15

OBJECTIVE TEST -60 minutes only

Pageant 26 and Spirit Chapter 26 A:1,3 B:1,2,3,4 D:1 E:1,2 Look at the four views of the Statue of Liberate. What interpretations of the meaning of America are being expressed in these images? Short Paragraph for each – They will be collected for class participation grade

Thursday 11/16

Discuss Paragraphs and Views and turn in –

Class Participation Discussion on Labor Strikes – Haymarket – Pullman – Homestead

Video clips Readings “Haymarket Riot” Two side of the Pullman Issue – Government and Big Business/Workers - Unions – Knights of Labor and AFL

Pageant ch 27 Free Response Test Questions Passed out.

Friday – 11/17

Immigration – Ellis Island – Lecture and Video

Spirit ch 27 A:1 D:1.2,3

Monday – 11/20

Populist movement Oz comes alive

Farmers – silver – McKinley v Bryan 1896

Tariff controversy – Rails v Farmers

The Platform and the future results of the Populists

Tuesday – 11/21

Free Response Essay in Class

Chapter 28 Pageant Spirit ch 28 B:1; C:2; D;3; E:1,2; F:1,2

Review Articles from Politically Incorrect Guide–– Take home Test

Happy Thanksgiving???!

Monday 11/27

In Class analysis of the Review Articles Especially Chapter 8 – CP Grade

“Was Big Business really bad for America?”

Civil Rights – Urban Issues – Social Critics and dissenters

Wilmington Massacre

Booker T and W>E>B>]

Correct Take Home TEST

HM – Pageant ch 29 The rise of Imperialism and the Spanish – American War

Tuesday – 11/28

New Oral Assignment

Spanish American War and the Rough Riders advance

Foreign Policy 1865-1914 – The rise of the US Navy

Steward’s Alaska

HM Spirit ch 29 A:1,2; B:1,2; C:1; D:1

Wednesday 11/29

Work on Orals

Reading “The Decision to Acquire the Philippines”

– Philippines and a long attempt at foreign affairs.

– HM - Pageant ch. 30 -

Thursday 11/30

- Panama, Reading “Theodore Roosevelt and the Panama Canal” China, Hawaii---- and “Speak softly and carry a big stick” Roosevelt Corollary

- Taft – Dollar Diplomacy\

- Wilson – Moral Diplomacy

- Spirit – Ch 30 A:1,2 B:1,2,3; C: 1; D:1,3

- Guide for Exam Coverage Outline checked thru #20

Friday 12/1

DBQ in class

Take Home Test

Take careful notes -Pageant ch 31 Progressive Movement – Know Who are the Progressive?

HM –Spirit ch 31 A:1,2; B:1; C:2,3; D:1,4; E:1

Monday 12/3 ORALS

Pageant ch 31 – Check your notes on this important chapter -Progressive Movement

Intellectual and Cultural Movement – Realism in Art and Literature

Graphic Organizer on City/State/National Reforms

HM –Spirit ch 31 A:1,2; B:1; C:2,3; D:1,4; E:1

Tuesday

Objective TEST?

ORALS On Progressive and Roaring Twenties

Research two of the following topics and be ready for a teaching opportunity on the event/s. Make sure you include not only the facts related to the event but the significance to American History and its effect on the people.

A. Birth control and maternal and infant care (Margaret Sanger, Emma Goldman)

B. Charity Organization Society ( Josephine Shaw Lowell)

C. Protective labor legislation (protections of women in industry, workmen’s compensation, labor safety, child labor, Florence Kelly)

D. Tenement house reform (Lawrence Veiller, Robert DeForest)

E. Pure Food and Drug ACT (Harvey Wiley, Edward Bok, Upton Sinclair)

F. National American Women’s Suffrage Association and Equal Rights Amendment (Clarrie Chapman Catt, Alice Paul, Maude Wook Park, Alva Belmont)

G. Prison Reform (Dorothea Dix, Enoch C. Wimes, Z.R. Brockway, Thomas Mott Osborne, Clarence Darrow)

H. Juvenile Justice Reform (Ben Lindsey)

I. Temperance Movement (Carrie Nation, Frances E. Willard)

J. Social and Reform Darwinism (Charles Darwin, Herbert Spencer, William Graham Sumner)

K. Education (John Dewey, William T. Harris)

L. Muckrakers

M. Orphan Trains

N. Muller v Oregon and Lochner v New York

O. Tammany Hall

P. 16th and 17th amendments

Q. Ida B. Wells (anti-lynching)

R. Red Scare

S. Sacco and Vanzetti

T. KKK

U. Scopes Trail

V. Music

W. Religious Fundamentalism

X. Fads

Y. Women in the 1920’s

Z. Radio

AA. Cars and airplanes

AB. Rise of organized Crime

AC. Prohibition

AD. Black Renaissance

AE. Sporting Events for men and women

AF. Film

APUSH

December 7 – Dec 15. 2006

12/7 Thursday

Pearl Harbor Day

ORALS ready and the Progressive Movement

- Upton Sinclair and The Jungle reading – women and the progressive movement

Pageant ch 32 and Spirit ch 32 A:1, B:2, C:1, D:2

12/8 Friday

Orals Finish A-K – Progressive Movement and the Changing city

Ch 33 Pageant and ch 33 Spirit A:1,2, B:1, C:1,2 D:2 E:4,5,6

12/11 Monday

WWI and America’s Role Neutrality – economics – ethics (Washington’s Address)

Alien and Espionage Acts- Democracy and how have we progressed from the Bill of Right? Patriot ACT and Vietnam

Pacifism – Financing and Fighting - War Boards

Ch 34 Pageant

Tuesday 12/12

WWI – The Great War (video clip) –Propaganda and Red Scare

Wilson and the 14 Points – Treaty of Versailles

Continue with Ch 34 it is a long chapter -

Pass out Free Response Questions

Wednesday 12/13

ORALS – the 20’s and what happened with the Treaty – Wilson and Ratification

H. C. Lodge and the Senate

Spirit ch 34 A:1,2 B:1 C:1,2, D:1,3,4

12/14 Thursday

ORALS on the 20’s

Pageant Ch 35 – Careful study of this chapter

Cartoon History Assignment

12/15 Friday

Article Review for the Holiday

Group Collaborative Objective Test VI – open book and open note

Spirit Ch 35 Spirit A:1 B:1,2 C:1,2,3,4

Chapter 36 Spirit Ch 36 A:1,2 B:1,2 C:1,2,4 E:3

January 2-26 and the final days…

You should have: 1)worked on your reading 2) finished your article and are prepared for discussion 3) Started Cartoon History assignment 4) completed 50 questions of your 100 point test 4)relaxed with Spirit

Tuesday 1/2

WE’RE BACK!!!

Hoover and the Beginning of the Depression Politics of the 20’s – Harding and Silent Cal

Discussion on the Article Review - Despair on its way and the Bonus March

Dinner for Eight Groups planning and time periods assigned with a little time for assignments for tomorrow in class. Bring PSAT score sheets to class tomorrow

– Homework FIXING the US Economy

Wednesday 1/3

Meet in the TECH LAB the first part of the period to go over your PSAT scores and to browse SAT to get to “my road”

✓ Check worksheets - Brainstorm with your group the time period of Dinner for Eight

Lecture on FDR “new deal” A Little Dust Bowl Video

Background and ideas on the 100 days – Supreme Court Packing – the Up and downs of the 1930’s – Reading “Was the New Deal Good for the Country” Opinion A and B

Pageant Ch 37 Spirit ch 37 B 1,2,3; C:1,2; D:1,2,3; E:1,3

Thursday 1/4

Library A for continued work on Dinner for Eight

Shadow of War - Lend Lease Mexicans and Deportation Cash and Carry - Socratic Seminar “Did the New Deal Work?” Indian Reorganization – Dawes Act -

Finish with Pearl and Controversies Isolationism – Atlantic Charter

Pageant 38 Spirit ch 38 A:1,2,3,4; B:1,2,3,4; C:3; D:1,2; E:1,2,3 Much reading Plan Ahead

Friday 1/5

WWII – Bataan –“Japanese Man Gives Up His Citizenship” Reading -Socratic

Pageant 38 Spirit ch 38 A:1,2,3,4; B:1,2,3,4; C:3; D:1,2; E:1,2,3 Much reading

So plan ahead APUSH course outline will be checked through #28 on MONDAY

Monday 1/8

✓ Outlines checked through #28

African American Migration- Conferences of the WAR and significance of each – War in Europe/War in the Pacific – D Day and the BOMB –– Foreign Policies - Truman

Pageant 39 Spirit Spirit ch 39 A:2; B:1; C:1,2; D”1; E:2; F:1,3; G:1,2,3

Tuesday 1/9

The bomb Discussion – Cold War – Berlin airlift – NATO – Marshall Plan – Iron Curtain

Revolution in China

Dinner for Eight Library B for research and the groups plan for the 60’s – 90’s

Wednesday 1/10

50’s Video The era of HUAC and McCarthyism -

Pageant chapter 40 Spirit Reading ch 40 B:1,2,3; C:1,2,3; E:1

Thursday 1/11

IKE - Korea (MacArthur) - Containment - Truman Doctrine and the Domino Theory

COLD WAR Continues Cuban Missile Crisis

Friday 1/12

DBQ any topic from WWI – Post WWII -

Take home Test Exam VII

Chapter 41 - Spirit ALL

Complete both Exam VII and corrections on your 100 point test over the long weekend

✓ Cartoon History Assignment – finish reading Part II and START paper

Monday 1/15

Martin Luther King DAY

Tuesday 1/16

Review DBQ essays and rubric and then DBQ assignment

DBQ assignment – Library for work B

– Make your own DBQ

✓ Check Take Home TEST - Check 100 point AP test

Chapter 42 Spirit All

Wednesday 1/17

Library A for DBQ and Dinner assignment

Civil Rights with Emmit Till and Rosa, Brown v Board , Montgomery, Greensboro

Thursday 1/18

JFK and Controversy

The great Society and –War on Poverty – Affirmative Action

Begin the Path to War – Crisis in Asia/Middle East and Latin America –Space Race

Contrast with the Rise of Feminism, New Left, Counter Culture

Friday 1/19

Free Response FINAL questions

✓ Four questions – select TWO to answer 70 minutes total

Read Pageant ch 43-44 Read and focus on Nixon and Election of 1968 – Vietnam and escalation to Pullout – US Soviet Union relations

Then: Miranda Decision and Roe v Wade and get the Picture of Watergate Have Dinner for Eight scripts done this weekend

✓ DBQ assignment ready to put into the hands of Mr. L on Monday before 2:00 pm

✓ Check on Cartoon Assignment to make sure it is done for Wednesday

Monday 1/22

Exam VIII

Finalize plans for DBQ and Dinner Group after TEST – Presidential outlines passed out

✓ DBQ delivered to MR. L for copies before 2:00pm

Tuesday1/23

DBQ’s in Class - 15 minutes to read and 45 minutes to write starting at the beginning of the period.

Wednesday 1/24 Cartoon History Assignment DUE

Objective Test FINAL counts double -

✓ Check APUSH outline

✓ complete Presidential outlines

Thursday and FRIDAY – FINALS SCHEDULE

Dinner for Eight Groups Present

Review sessions begin at my house in March – Through May 11th THE TEST

Free Response Questions – Old APUSH test and are arrange by time periods

DBQ Questions – Some from Old APUSH tests and other sources and student or teacher generated – The best ones are those procured from other teachers at Institutes and Workshops

APUSH RUBRICS are used for both Free Response and DBQ essays

The Following are some guidelines used for outside reading and analysis:

Book Review Instructions

A People’s History - Zinn AP U.S. History

Title:

State the title of the book, author, place of publication date of publication, number of pages

Introduction:

In a brief introductory paragraph much like the introduction of an essay, discuss the author’s thesis, reason for writing the book, and a brief discussion of the topics covered in the book that you read

Summary of the Contents:

In a concise but probably long paragraph, analyze the contents of the six chapters of the book you chose to read. Chapter one and chapter 23 are to be chosen. Four other chapters can be selected according to your interests. I might suggest selecting those toward the 20th century. The newer editions have different ending chapters (24,25), read those in addition to the other six for your enjoyment. Analyze more than describe, in other words, state what the author says, and give examples not quotes how the author uses these illustrations to support his thesis

Conclusion:

Write one paragraph in which you discuss your thoughts and the author’s attempts to support his thesis and if he accomplished that goal or not.

Paper Due

Book Review Instructions

A Politically Incorrect Guide to American History AP U.S. History

This book is in the Library and is available for a two week check out period.

There are a limited number of books so don’t put it off to check it out.

State the title of the book, author, place of publication date of publication, number of pages

Introduction:

In a brief introductory paragraph much like the introduction of an essay, discuss the author’s thesis, reason for writing the book, and a brief discussion of the topics covered in the book that you read

Summary of the Contents:

In a concise but probably long paragraph, analyze the contents of any six chapters of the book you chose to read. Chapter seven will be one of the chapters you choose. Check the 14th amendment “Horror Show” and use those in your analysis. Five other chapters can be selected according to your interests. Analyze more than describe, in other words, state what the author says, and give examples not quotes how the author uses these illustrations to support his thesis.

“Quotations Left Out : Reality Check: PC Today:”

Select a couple of these little gems throughout your six chapters and write about their significance or value to your reservoir of American History.

Conclusion:

Write one paragraph in which you discuss your thoughts and the author’s attempts to support his thesis and if he accomplished that goal or not.

Paper Due on or before

APUSH – Article Review Instructions

Writing an article review as an assignment in this course has a least four important objectives: 1-effective writing, 2-a substantive knowledge about a particular topic, 3- an understanding of the nature and use of historical research, 4-an ability to think critically about the work of others. An article review goes beyond mere summary and inquires into the overall worth of the work.

1. Introduction

Brief discuss the purpose of the article. Why did the author write the article? What is the reason for this article?

2. Critical Summary

What is the thesis of the article? What are the author’s major contentions? Summarize the contents of the article indicating how the thesis is developed. Use examples. This will be the longest part of your review; you should make sure that your paper does not become a mere summary without analysis. How does the author use the evidence to support the thesis and secondary points?

3. Historical Relationship

Discuss the ways in which the article contributes to your understanding of the historical period. E.g. what does the article teach you about Colonial America that the textbook and class lectures do not? Be specific, noting how the article contributes to your knowledge of the historical period. Why is this an important article for you to read as we study a particular historical period? How and in what way does this adequately fill the reservoir?

4. Conclusion

Briefly discuss the major strengths and weaknesses of the article. Does it fit into the prevailing interpretation/consensus about the topic? Is this information different from what you previously learned? If so, how? Discuss the overall worth of the article to your understanding of United States History.

5. Writing the Review

At the top of the page, give the title and author of the work under review.

Type the review. If you quote from the article, simply follow the quotation with the page number in parenthesis. (p. 32)

DINNER FOR EIGHT

ALL PARTS MUST BE TYPED Up

❑ With a group of 4 and one 5, you are to host a dinner party in which you invite eight people who were active during those years

❑ You must explain why you invited the guests and why you sat them at the particular seat at the dinner table. [Include the diagram and explanation with my script]

❑ You will develop a conversation that would take place and have the students from the class act out that conversation. (That means you must have a script for each person invited to dinner.)

❑ I will be looking for the historical content (some exact quotes) of a potential conversation as well as some creativity.

❑ You must seat them to ensure a happy and interesting party. Make some name tags for others to see.

❑ Each group will create the dinner conversation around significant people or issues from five year spans between 1950-1995

❑ The conversation should last at least 8 minutes but no longer that 11 minutes

❑ Dinners will be held on final day _January 25,26

❑ All scripts are due on date that you present

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