2008-2009 A.P. U.S. History Syllabus
Instructor: D. Bryant
Email: [email protected]
or:
[email protected]
School phone: 444-1600 ext. 3345
Home phone 444-4450 (call before 9:00 p.m.)
Cell phone 368-4870
“Develop the Scholar in You”!
Required Texts:
America Past and Present 7th Revised A.P. Edition
Primary Source Reader:
American Issues, a Documentary Reader
Interpretative Reader:
Historical Viewpoints, Notable Articles from American
Heritage Volumes 1 and 2
Social History Reader:
American Experiences Volumes 1 and 2
Recommended A.P. Exam Review Guides:
Arco A.P. American History
Cliffs U.S. History Preparation
Guide
Purchase ( from many bookstores) or borrow a review guide from a
former student and use it to review throughout out the year. Don’t
wait until May to try and relearn everything we have covered
Reading Quizzes Formula Reminder
(Example) Chapters 4-5 includes 68 pages of reading that needs to be read in 10
days including weekends. 68 divided by 10 = 6.8 rounded up to 7 pages per day .
You can do the math for each chapter or chapters. Every day including weekends
need to be calculated into your equation
An unannounced quiz can be given on any day that covers the
pages you should have read assuming you are reading your text a
few pages at a time in a a manner that allows you to read, think about
and better understand why the material was included in a text
designed to provide a broad understanding of the people and events
that shaped our economic, political and cultural history. Be prepared,
and keep up with your reading. Reading Outlines are highly
recommended and will be given 10 points of extra credit per
chapter if they are Thorough and illustrate Important facts
and themes.
Study guides or timelines are required before any test you
take goes in the grade book. Reading your text is ESSENTIAL.
Class lecture notes are required and should be turned in with
the study guide.(They will be returned for review)
*You will be required to partially develop a thematic
timeline guide to prepare for the National Exam in May.
Sections may be due periodically, corresponding to the
chapters we cover in class and the samples presented during
each unit. Review question quizzes will be incorporated
into tests or be given separately at any time (See handout
included in syllabus for directions.
Projected Time line based on unit / chapter test periods
Sept. 2-5 TEXT CHAPTER 1(NEW WORLD ENCOUNTERS)
Pages.3-29 (Read 7 pages per day)
FOCUS ON SPANISH CONTROL OF AND THE CULTURAL INFLUENCE
OVER CENTRAL AMERICA , FRENCH FUR TRADERS IN THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY AND CANADA AND THE INITIALLY LIMITED ENGLISH
EXPERIENCES IN THE “NEW WORLD”.
*SEPT. 4 (Thursday) QUIZ on Crosby Article: from HISTORICAL VIEWPOINTS AMERICAN INDIANS AND EUROPEANS DISEASES.
*SEPT. 5 (Friday) Chpt. 1 test (Multiple choice and essay explaining why the
English were late entrants in the race to settle the new world. Explain the
Political, Economic, Social / Religious Instability
Sept. 6-17 TEXT CHAPTERS 2-3 p.30-90 (Read 6 pages per day)
(COMPETING VISIONS: ENGLISH COLONIZATION IN THE SEVENTEENTH
CENTURY & PUTTING DOWN ROOTS: FAMILIES IN AN ATLANTIC EMPIRE)
FOCUS ON ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND THEOLOGICAL/ RELIGIOUS
VARIATIONS IN THE NEW ENGLISH EMPIRE
*SEPT. 10 (WEDNESDAY) Jordan Article QUIZ: from AMERICAN
EXPERIENCES -ENGLISHMEN & AFRICANS
SEPT. 12 (FRIDAY) Chpt.. 2 QUIZ
*SEPT. 17 (WEDNESDAY) Chpts.2-3 multiple choice and DBQ PREPARATION
involving the unique economic, political and cultural characteristics of NEW
ENGLAND(Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Plymouth) vs. the
Chesapeake (Virginia and Maryland).
*SEPT.18 (THURSDAY.) Document Based Question (DBQ) test on colonial
settlements
Sept. 19- OCT. 2 TEXT CHAPTERS 4-5 p. 92-155( Read 7 pages per day)
(BRITAIN'S COMMERCIAL EMPIRE: EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AMERICA &
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: FROM GENTRY PROTEST TO POPULAR
REVOLT, 1763-1783)
FOCUS ON COLONIAL CHARACTER AND REVOLUTIONARY WAR
CAUSATION
*SEPT. 22 (MONDAY) Leyburn article: from HISTORICAL VIEWPOINTS -THE
SCOTCH IRISH IN AMERICA quiz
*SEPT. 25(THURSDAY) Quiz on handout from THOMAS PAINE’S COMMON
SENSE
*SEPT. 29 (MONDAY)Quiz on Norton article: from HISTORICAL VIEWPOINTS WOMEN IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
*OCT. 1 (WEDNESDAY) Quiz on Martin Article: from AMERICAN
EXPERIENCES -A “MOST UNDISCIPLINED AND PROFLIGATE CREW”
*OCT. 2 (THURSDAY)CHAPTERS 4-5 multiple choice and essay test on the
POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL causes of the Revolution.
Oct. 3-Oct 10 TEXT CHAPTER 6 READ P. 157-189 (Read 4+ pages per day)
(THE REPUBLICAN EXPERIMENT)
FOCUS ON THE DIFFICULTIES FORMING A NEW COUNTRY AND
GOVERNMENT
*OCT. 6 (MONDAY)Vaughan article: from HISTORICAL VIEWPOINTS -SHAYS
REBELLION Quiz.
*OCT. 9 (THURSDAY)Multiple choice test and short answer, including material
from Kristol article: in HISTORICAL VIEWPOINTS -THE MOST SUCCESSFUL
REVOLUTION (PREP FOR DBQ)
*OCT.10 (FRIDAY)DBQ test on the economic, political and foreign policy
difficulties the new nation faced under the Articles of Confederation.
Oct. 11 - Oct. 27 TEXT CHAPTERS 7-8 READ P.191-245. (Read 5 pages per
day)
( DEMOCRACY IN DISTRESS: THE VIOLENCE OF PARTY POLITICS, 17881800 & JEFFERSON IAN ASCENDANCY: THEORY AND PRACTICE OF
GOVERNMENT)
FOCUS ON THE GROWING PARTISANSHIP AND FOREIGN POLICY
PROBLEMS
*OCT. 13 (MONDAY) Gordon article: from HISTORICAL VIEWPOINTS [new
version] -ALEX ANDER HAMILTON: THE FOUNDING WIZARD quiz
*OCT. 20 (MONDAY) Chpt. 7 QUIZ
*Oct. 22(WEDNESDAY) War of 1812 Quiz
*Oct. 27 (MONDAY) Multiple Choice, Matching and Essay Test comparing and
contrasting Federalists and Jeffersonian Republicans, politically economically
and culturally
Oct. 28- Nov 6 TEXT CHAPTERS 9-10 Pg. 246-298 (Read 6+ pages per day)
(NATIONALISM AND NATION BUILDING & THE TRIUMPH OF WHITE MEN’S
DEMOCRACY)
FOCUS ON THE RISE OF THE COMMON MAN AND ECONOMIC CHANGES
*Oct. 31 (FRIDAY) Quiz on Missouri Compromise and Monroe Doctrine
*NOV. 3 (MONDAY) Hammond article: from HISTORICAL VIEWPOINTS -WAS
JACKSON WISE TO DISMANTLE THE BANK? Answers to questions due
*Nov. 6 (THURSDAY) Multiple Choice and essay test on chapters 9-10 with a
focus on Jacksonian Democracy, Trail of Tears, Biddle's Bank and the
Nullification Crisis.
Nov. 7- Nov.21 TEXT CHAPTERS 11-12-13 Read Pg. 301-384 (Read 6 pages
per day)
(THE PURSUIT OF PERFECTION & AN AGE OF EXPANSION)
FOCUS ON THE 2ND GREAT AWAKENING, ABOLITIONISM AND THE
ACQUISITION OF TEXAS, OREGON AND THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
*NOV.10 (MONDAY)short Answer Quiz on article from AMERICAN
EXPERIENCES Bishop’s THE GREAT ONIEDA LOVE IN
*NOV. 13 (THURSDAY) short Answer Quiz on Gorn’s:-GOUGE AND BITE ,PULL
HAIR AND SCRATCH
*NOV. 17 (MONDAY) QUIZ on Frederick Douglas from handout
*Nov. 20 (THURSDAY) Territorial expansion quiz
*Nov.21 (FRIDAY) Multiple Choice and essay test on chapters 11-12 -13
Nov.22- Dec 4 TEXT CHAPTERS 14,&15 Read Pg.386-448 (Read 5+ pages per
day)
(THE SECTIONAL CRISIS, SECESSION AND THE CIVIL WAR)
FOCUS ON GROWING SECTIONALISM AND CIVIL WAR CAUSATION THE
*Nov.26 (WEDNESDAY) Nevins Article: HAND OUT -THE NEEDLESS
CONFLICT Questions due
*Dec. 4 (THURSDAY) multiple choice, battle matching and chronology Test.
Dec. 5 - 10 TEXT CHAPTER 16 Read Pg.451-479 (Read 5 pages per day)
(THE AGONY OF RECONSTRUCTION)
FOCUS ON THE BATTLE BETWEEN MINIMAL AND RADICAL
RECONSTRUCTION APPROACHES
*Dec. 8 (MONDAY) Donald article: from HISTORICAL VIEWPOINTS [VOL. 2] WHY THEY IMPEACHED ANDREW JOHNSON Quiz
*Dec. 10 (WEDNESDAY) Multiple choice on chapter 16 with essay on radical vs.
minimal reconstruction
Dec. 11-23 TEXT CHAPTERS 17 -18 - 19 Read Pg.481-570 (Read 7 pages per
day)
(THE WEST: EXPLOITING AN EMPIRE , THE INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY, &
TOWARD AN URBAN SOCIETY)
FOCUS ON CONQUERING THE PLAINS AND INTENSIVE
INDUSTRIALIZATION AND URBANIZATION
* Dec. 15 (MONDAY) Chapter 17 quiz
* DEC. 19 (FRIDAY) Chapter 18 quiz
*Dec. 23 (TUESDAY)Multiple choice and essay test on chapters 17-18 - 19
Christmas Break Dec. 24 - Jan. 5 : Update your
timelines and review for an 80 question 160 point
midterm on Monday Jan 5
*JAN. 5 (Monday) MIDTERM TEST 80 multiple choice questions covering
chapters 1-15 COLONIZATION THROUGH THE CIVIL WAR (160 points)
Jan. 5- 14 TEXT CHAPTER 20 & 21 Read Pg. 573-625 (Read 5 pages per day)
(TOWARD EMPIRE)
FOCUS ON AMERICA’S WILLINGNESS TO EXPAND OVER SEAS
ISOLATIONISM
*Jan. 6 (TUESDAY) Jacob article: from AMERICAN EXPERIENCES -SHE
COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT EVEN IF SHE DID Questions due
*Jan. 12 (MONDAY) Questions due on the following article from HISTORICAL
VIEWPOINTS: Leuchtenberg article: THE NEEDLESS WAR WITH SPAIN
* Jan. 14 (WEDNESDAY) Multiple choice and identify test on chapters 20 & 21
Focus on Jim Crow and Social Darwinism Culturally
Jan. 15 - Jan. 27 TEXT CHAPTERS 22 -23 Read Pg.626-687 (Read 6 pages per
day)
(THE PROGRESSIVE ERA & FROM ROOSEVELT TO WILSON IN THE AGE
OF PROGRESSIVISM)
FOCUS ON THE GROWTH OF GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR
PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF AN INDUSTRIALIZED
AMERICA
*Jan 16 (FRIDAY) Herz handout: OPPOSITION TO FEMALE SUFFRAGE IN
THE UNITED STATES (Questions) due
*Jan. 22 (THURSDAY) Matching quiz on progressivism & CH. 22 QUIZ (ask for
list)
*Jan. 27 (TUESDAY) multiple choice test on chapters 22-23 and essay on
PROGRESSIVE reforms.
Jan. 28 -Feb. 2 TEXT CHAPTER 24 Read pg.689-717 (Read 5+pages per day)
(THE NATION AT WAR: W.W.I)
FOCUS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT LED TO U.S. ENTRY INTO WAR,
HOME FRONT CHANGES, THE FAILURES AT VERSAILLES AND A RETURN
TO ISOLATIONISM
*Feb. 2 (MONDAY) HISTORICAL VIEWPOINTS -WOODROW WILSON AND
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS questions due (REPLACES ESSAY)
*Feb. 2 (MONDAY) Multiple Choice and Matching test on chapter 24
Feb. 3- Feb. 13 TEXT CHAPTERS 25-26 Read Pg.716-775 (Read 6+ pages per
day)
(TRANSITION TO MODERN AMERICA & FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND THE
NEW DEAL)
FOCUS ON THE END OF PROGRESSIVISM UNTIL THE DEPRESSION
BRINGS IMMENSE ECONOMIC,SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CHANGE IN
RESPONSE TO HUMAN HARDSHIP
* Feb. 9 (MONDAY) QUIZ from from HISTORICAL VIEW POINTS Bennet
article: THE REVOLT OF THE OLD FOLKS and Chapter 25 QUIZ
*Feb. 12 (THURSDAY) New Deal Quiz
*Feb.13 (FRIDAY) Multiple Choice and Essay Test on the political, cultural and
economic impact of the New Deal from Chapters 25-26
Feb. 14-20 TEXT CHAPTER 27 Read Pg.776-805 ( Read 5 pages per day)
FOCUS ON: (AMERICA AND THE WORLD 1921-1945 AND U.S.
ISOLATIONISM AND W.W.II)
* Feb., 20 ( FRIDAY) Multiple Choice, Chronology, and Matching Test
Feb. 21- Mar. 5 TEXT CHAPTERS 28 & 29 Read Pg. 807-855 (Read 7 pages
per day)
(THE ONSET OF THE COLD WAR & AFFLUENCE AND ANXIETY)
FOCUS ON THE COLD WAR AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
* FEB. 25 (WEDNESDAY) Chapter 28 & Korean war quiz
*MARCH. 5 (THURSDAY)Multiple Choice and Essay Test on chapters 28 & 29.
March 6-20 TEXT CHAPTER 30 Read Pg. 857-890 (Read 5 pages per day)
FOCUS ON THE TURBULENT SIXTIES JFK, LBJ, MLK, WARREN COURT,
WAR ON POVERTY, CIVIL RIGHTS, VIETNAM, CULTURAL REVOLUTION,
NOW, 1968 ELECTION
*Mar.16 (MONDAY) King article: from HISTORICAL VIEWPOINTS -LYNDON B.
JOHNSON & VIETNAM Questions due
*Mar. 19 (THURSDAY) Vietnam Matching quiz
*Mar. 20 (FRIDAY) Ch. 30 m.c. and essay test
Begin Reviewing March 9-April 2 for
Comprehensive Final
Review for Presidents test on () involving their names, recognizing time
served and 1 significant event from each term ( ask for review card)
Acquire a review book or materials and begin studying for a
comprehensive 400 point multiple choice final. Read chapters 31-32.
March 21- 27 TEXT Chapters 31-32 with a focus on 31 Read Pg. 893-959.
FOCUS ON WATERGATE, DÉTENTE, OPEC, EPA, ENERGY CRISIS, IRAN
HOSTAGE CRISIS, ROE VS. WADE, REAGAN CONCERVATIVISM, and the
END OF THE COLD WAR.
March 27 (FRIDAY) Chapters 31-32 multiple choice test.
*MARCH 30 (Monday)A 180 POINT PRESIDENTS AND SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
*MARCH 31(Tuesday)TEST Civil rights Final DBQ 100 point
*ALL HISTORY MAKEUP IS DUE BEFORE CLASS
THURSDAY April 2
*April 2 (Thursday) comprehensive Multiple choice
Final 400 points
* April 3 ( END OF 3RD TERM )AND CLASS., A.P. EXAM REVIEW AND SIGN
UP.
April 9 - May 7 Out of Class EXAM REVIEWs are required of all students
planning on taking the A.P. exam at school expense
99% of the A.P. Exam will involve chapters 1 - 31 and the intensive Review
Begins
with a multitude of PRACTICE quizzes and tests. Evening and Weekend Review
Sessions will be Available
***** THE 3 HOUR A.P. EXAM WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAY
8:00a.m*****
MAY 8
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The Exam will be in the Lumberjack room next to the front office.
Bring at least three number two pencils and 3 black pens and a watch to time
your self
Get 8 hours of sleep the night before and eat a good breakfast the morning of the
exam.
Morning Review sessions will take place at 7:15 a.m. until 8: 15 a.m. twice a
week
tentatively scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays
Thurs. April 9
Tues. April 14
Thurs. April 16
Tues. April 21
Thurs. April 23
Tues. April 28
Thurs. April 30
Tues. May 5
Thurs. May 7
Saturday Review Sessions will take place from 9:00 a.m. until noon
April 18
April 25
May 2
The U.S. History exam is (statistically speaking) more
difficult for most students than most other A.P. exams.
You are expected to know a great deal of your
countries history since you have been exposed to it
for 11 years of formal education. You will not do well
unless you study on your own in addition to diligently
attending the review sessions. Review of old material
is essential through out the year. A short term
memory will not serve you well. Repeated exposure to
the material through out the year and especially
during the review period is the only way to insure a
credible score on the A.P. exam. Understanding
yourself and your world is of tremendous value.