Mrs. Jones

Reading Schedule

Text: THE AMERICAN PAGEANT Instructor: K. Jones

UNIT 1 - FOUNDING THE NEW NATION

Sub Unit: Colonial History

8/22-8/25 Ch. 1 New World Beginnings, 33,000 BC-A.D. 1769 pp 4-24

                            •The spread of Spanish America

Ch. 2 The Planting of English America, 1500-1733 pp 25-42

                            •Elizabethan England and Colonization

                            •Jamestown, 1607

                            •Virginia and Maryland and the settling of the Carolina’s

Ch. 3 Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700 pp 43-65

                            •The Puritan Faith

                            •Plymouth Colony

                            •New England, New Netherlands, Pennsylvania, et all

                            Power Points: Writing expectations for the AP Exam

                            Evaluating past DBQ's

8/25-9/1: Ch. 4 American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692 pp 66-83

                           •Spread of slavery

                           •Southern society

                           •African American culture

                           •Salem Witch Trails

                           Video: Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown

                           Mayflower Compact - discuss

                          LABOR DAY: 9/1/08 - NO SCHOOL

Sub Unit: Independence

09/1-09/8: Ch. 5 Colonial Society on the Eve of the Revolution, 1700-1775 pp 84-105

                         •Colonial social structure

                         •The Atlantic economy

                         •The Great Awakening

                         A Forgotten History: The Slave Trade and Slavery in New England

                         Pages 1-9 and Advanced Study Guide I

                         Pages 10-19 and Advanced Study Guide II

                         DBQ - English Colonies, North and South (1993) - September 12th

9/8-9/15: Ch. 6 The Duel for North America, 1608-1763 pp 106-121

                        •The French and Indian War, 1754-1763

                         PowerPoint

                        Enslaved Experiences - Handout

                        Multiple Choice Test (Chapters 1-5)

9/15-9/22: Ch. 7 The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775 pp 122-139

                        •The Stamp Act crisis, 1765

                        •The “Intolerable Acts and the Continental Congress, 1774

                        •Lexington, Concord, and the gathering clouds of war, 1775

                        POWERPOINT

                        A More Perfect Union: American Independence and the Constitution

                       Advanced Study Guide - Part II

                       DBQ or FRQ

9/22-9/29 Ch. 8 America Secedes from the Empire, 1775-1783 pp 140-165

                       •The Declaration of Independence • The French alliance

                       •American “Republicanism”

                       TEST - DBQ, FRQ or MC - October 3, 2008

UNIT 2: BUILDING THE NEW NATION

Sub Unit: Post Independence and the Critical Period

9/29-10/6 Ch. 9 The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790 pp 166-189

•The Articles of Confederation, 1781-1788

•The Northwest Ordinance, 1787

•The Constitutional Convention, 1787

•Ratification Debate, 1787-1790

Aricles of Confederation - Handout (Analyze)

10/13-10/20 Ch. 10 Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800 pp 190-210

•The Bill of Rights, 1791 •Hamilton’s economic policies

•The first Presidency •Federalists vs. Republicans

TEST - Chapters 6-10

Video - The Presidents

Sub Unit: Jefferson’s Administration

10/20-10/27 Ch. 11 The Triumphs and Travails of Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800-1812 pp 211-232

•The Jefferson Presidency • The Louisiana Purchase

•The Embargo, 1807-1809 •War Hawks from the West

PowerPoint - Chapters 11

Challenge to the New Republic: The War of 1812

Advanced Study Guide I & II

Political Cartoons

10/27-11/3 Ch. 12 The Second War for Independence and pp 233-255

the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824

•The Invasion of Canada, 1812 • “The American System”

•Westward Expansion • The Marshall Court

•The Missouri Compromise •The Monroe Doctrine, 1823

PowerPoint - Chapter 12

M/C Test - 11/7/08

Sub Unit: The Age of Jackson

10/27-11/3 Ch. 13 The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840 pp 256-286

•Politics for the common people •The “corrupt bargain”, 1824

•President John Quincy Adams •The “Tariff of Abominations”

•Jacksonian philosophy •Spoils system

11/03-11/10: Ch. 14: Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860 pp 287-319

•S.C. Nullification Crisis •Jackson’s war on the U.S. Bank

•Indian Removal •Texas

•Whig Party • President Martin Van Buren

• William Henry Harrison •Two-Party system

Sub Unit: Industry and Reform

11/3-11/10 Ch. 15: The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860 pp 320-349

•European Immigration •Factory system

•Transportation Revolution •Continental economy