Our
AP American History (APUSH) Course is a college
level course designed to facilitate the acquirement of analytical skills,
factual knowledge, and writing abilities necessary to effectively comprehend
and integrate the history of America to include all relevant people, events,
issues and movements which shaped the American nation as exists today.
The
APUSH Course Final is on a Saturday, April 19, 2008.
II. COURSE MATERIALS:
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TEXTBOOK: The American Pageant Bailey/Kennedy 12th Edition
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SUPPLEMENTAL
The Metaphysical Club Louis Menand
Voices in Our Blood Jon Meacham
We
are the People May/Willis
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INTERNET RESOURCES:
1) AP U.S. History (official website): http://www.collegeboard.org/ap/history
2) The American Pageant: Chapter
Outlines: http://www.course-notes.org/us_history/outlines/
3) U.S. History for AP students: http://www.apstudent.com/ushistory/cards.html
4) USQuizMainPage: http://www.historyteacher.net/USQuizMainPage.htm
5)
http://www.jmu.edu/madison/center/main_pages/teacher/curriculum/curriculum.htm
6) Lecture Notes: 1865 to present: http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/html/notes.html
7) Mr. Terry Jordan’s Review Questions:
http://www.orange.k12.oh.us/teachers/ohs/TJordan/Pages/unittestquestions.html
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NOTEBOOK: 2”, 3-Ring Binder,
tabbed dividers, plenty of lined notebook
paper for note taking, and all materials
received in class to include quizzes, essays, practice tests and assignments.
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Two #2 pencils, two pens (blue/black), one red pen, one yellow
highlighter
III. EVALUATION:
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EXAMS:
1) We will have difficult,
cumulative two-hour exams approximately every six weeks. These exams will be similar in content and
appearance to the actual APUSH exam.
Course standards and exam evaluation will be maintained at the college
level.
2) Do not be discouraged if
your receive D’s and F’s. The quality
and timeliness of your classwork and homework will supplement your initial
grades. The amount of grade “aide” will
decrease with each exam.
3) Focus primarily on the growth of your essay writing abilities. Concentrate on your progress more than your grade!
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ATTENDANCE and PARTICIPATION
1) Short (5-10 minutes) quizzes will be given each week NO make up quizzes will be permitted.
2) Attendance and participation are crucial to your success in APUSH. A maximum of three absences will be
permitted the fall 2007 semester and two absences (before the AP Exam) the spring 2008
semester. This includes activities. After the maximum absences are reached,
grades will be lowered by ten points per absence.
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CLASS PRESENTATIONS
Each student will be
responsible for developing and teaching a 45 minute PowerPoint lesson plan on a
particular part of history to be determined by a lottery in the third week of
class.
1) Grade Construction:
Summer Assignments: (3:
10+20+30) = 50
points
AP Exam
=
50 points
Individual Presentation
= 100 points
Homework / Classwork/Quizzes = 100 points
Absences (2: 1stSem 3=0 – n(10))
2ndSem 2=0 –n(10) = -(n(10))points
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TOTAL
POSSIBLE POINTS: =
900 points
2) Grade Scale: 90-100% = A
80-89.9% = B
70-79.9% = C
60-69.9% = D
0-59.9% = F No Rounding
3) Grades will directly
correlate with the amount of points earned. No grades will be given; do not ask for a
grade you did not earn. However, I do
make mistakes from time to time, so if you have questions or need clarification
regarding a grade, feel free to come and talk to me during before or after
class/school.
4) Cheating is extremely hazardous to your APUSH existence, and is likely to be
fatal.
Ø Presenting work that you did
not do with you name on it is cheating.
Ø Using another person’s words
or thoughts without giving them credit is called PLAGERISM. Plagiarism is cheating. (and it is illegal)
Ø When in a partnership or
group, not doing your share of the work is cheating… yourself and others.
Ø Lying to me or to your
classmates, or allowing others to lie for you, is cheating.
Ø Cheating is unacceptable;
cheating is wrong; cheating will result in a non-recoverable “0” grade and
automatic “U”. DON’T DO IT.
V.
EXPECTATIONS / REQUIREMENTS
q Check out textbook and
attend meeting to receive summer agenda and group assignments.
q Complete 4-part summer
assignment and turn in to my box on or before due dates.
q Immense amount of reading
and writing throughout the year to build content, skills and historiography
abilities.
q Each 5-6 weeks there will be
2-hour exams: multiple choice questions,
free response essay questions, and DBQ essay question.
q Individual Presentation:
Teach assigned history topic complete with lecture, time period music, audio
and/or video clips, graphics, political cartoons/drawings, and maps, quiz, outline/study
guide, sample free response essays sample DBQ’s, and applicable supplemental
readings.
q Completion of Winter Break
Individual Study Packet
q Completion of Spring Break
Individual Study Packet
q Minimum 3-5 (depending on your
progress at this point) evening/Saturday study sessions prior to AP Exam in
May.
q Completion of Final Exam (3
hrs, two Saturdays prior to AP Exam)
q Completion of APUSH Exam
q Completion of course
assessment questionnaire (after AP Exam)
q Contribution
to APUSH website
q Completion of AP US
Government / AP Economics preparation package.
VI.
HOMEWORK / ASSIGNMENTS
All
assignments should be:
1) ON TIME. Late work will be marked down 10% each day it
is late.
2) Ready to turn in when the
bell rings. Papers turned in after the bell rings will be considered late.
3) Neatly and legibly
typewritten on standard white paper.
4) 10-12 normal size font and
single-spaced.
5) Labeled with your name,
date, and period in the top right hand corner of each page.
6) Paper clipped or stapled at
the top left corner.
VII.
COMMUNICATION
TALK TO ME.
1)
In person is best! 7:30am any morning
By
arrangement: 7:00-7:30am, after school
2)
A note in my box with a coversheet containing
my name, the date and time.
3)
Email to: (I check this 2x per week)
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Keep the lines of communication open. You will get frustrated. You may get lost. Talk to me before you get angry.
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Procrastination will be your worst enemy.
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Self-control, motivation, organization, and
discipline will be your best friends.
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Necessities will be: Study partners and the ability to contribute
to and utilize study groups.
VIII.
PARENTS
While I am happy to talk
to your parents and/or guardians and welcome them to visit our class anytime
(prior notice required), YOU and ONLY YOU are RESPONSIBLE for your assignments,
attendance, timeliness, and grades. No
notes/excuses from parents will be accepted. If you choose to give your responsibility to
your parents, friends, or others; you alone, will be subject to the
consequences of their actions. Again,
this course is designed at the college level.
YOU are completely responsible for meeting its requirements
IX.
POTENTIAL
Each and every one of you
has the potential to receive an “A” in AP American History and pass the APUSH
Exam. More importantly, you each have
the opportunity to experience the fascinating journey of our country’s
history. Roll up your sleeves, open
your mind, and let’s begin.
AP
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Date |
Topic |
Timeline |
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Jul/Aug |
UNIT 1: Pre-Columbian Societies /
Transatlantic Encounters/ Colonial Beginnings/Colonial North America *see Summer Assgn |
Beginning- 1754 |
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Sep 18-19 |
Exam 1 : Beginning - 1754 |
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UNIT 2: American Revolution Era / The Early
Republic |
1754-1815 |
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Sep 25 |
French Indian War / Conflict with |
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Oct 3 |
Articles of Confederation / US Constitution |
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Oct 10 |
Political Parties /
National Bank / |
1789-1800 |
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Oct 16 |
Second Great Awaking / |
1800-1812 |
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Oct 18 |
The War of 1812 / The end of the Federalist Party / |
1812-1824 |
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Oct 20 |
Jacksonian Democracy / Bank Wars / Tariff Controversy /
The Two Party System / Whig Party / |
1824-1820 |
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Oct 25 |
Antebellum |
1790-1860 |
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Oct 30 |
Age of Reform / The Second Great Awakening / Utopias /
Religious Revivalism / Transcendentalism / Women’s Rights Convention /
Education / Scientific & Literary Advances |
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Nov 2-3 |
Exam 2 : Beginning -1860 |
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Nov 7 |
Cotton / Slavery / Abolition |
1793-1860 |
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Nov 13 |
Territorial Expansion / Manifest Destiny / The Mexican
War/ |
1841-1848 |
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Nov 16 |
Slavery v. Antislavery / Compromise of 1850 / Popular
Sovereignty |
1848-1854 |
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Nov 21 |
Kansas-Nebraska Act / Republican Party / Northern
Abolitionism / Southern Slave owners / Economic Depression/ Abraham Lincoln /
Election of 1860 / Secession |
1854-1861 |
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Nov 28 |
The Civil War / Preservation of the |
1861-1865 |
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Dec 1 |
Military strategy / Emancipation Proclamation / The 13th
Amendment |
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Dec 6 |
Reconstruction / Presidential v. Radical Reconstruction /
14th & 15th Amendments / African American Politics,
Education, Economics / The Compromise of 1877 |
1865-1877 |
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Dec 11-12 |
Exam 3 : Beginning-1877 |
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Dec 15 |
The Guilded Age / Southern sharecropping & lien
system / Jim Crow Laws / Manufacturing
& Industrialization / Government corruption |
1877-1900 |
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Dec 20 |
Expansion / Railroads / / Big Corporations |
1865-1900 |
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WINTER BREAK
ASSIGNMENT |
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Jan 10 |
Urbanization / Migration / Municipal corruption /
Immigration / Nativism / Social Darwinism /
Education, Art, Literature |
1865-1900 |
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Jan 12 |
The West: Farming, Ranchers, Mining/ Native American
Policy / Indian Wars / Populist Party / Republican Party stronghold |
1890-1900 |
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Jan 18 |
American Imperialism: Political & Economic Expansion /
Latin America / |
1890-1898 |
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Jan 24 |
Exam 4 : Beginning-1900 |
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Jan 31 |
American Imperialism:
Spanish-American War / |
1899-1914 |
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Feb 5 |
Progressivism:
Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson / Women’s & Blacks |
1901-1912 |
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Feb 8 |
Wilsonian Progressivism:
Tariffs, Banks, Trusts / Dollar Diplomacy |
1912-1914 |
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Feb 15 |
WWI / American neutrality / Treaty of Versailles / |
1914-1919 |
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Feb 22 |
Fundamentalism: nativism, prohibition v. Modernism: science, arts entertainment /
Big Business & Consumer Society / Red Scare / Republican Politics: Harding, Coolidge, |
1919-1929 |
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Feb 28 |
The Great Depression: Causes: Post WWI World Trade / War Debt / US
Tariffs / Agricultural discontent / Debt, credit, buying on the margin / 1929
Stock Market Crash |
1919-1932 |
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Mar 5 |
The Great Depression and the New Deal: FDR / Labor unions / New Deal coalition & Critics /
American society |
1932-1941 |
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Mar 8 |
FDR & Isolationist |
1933-1941 |
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Mar 12 |
WWII: |
1941-1945 |
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Mar 15-16 |
Exam 5 : Beginning- |
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Mar 20 |
The Cold War: |
1945-1952 |
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Mar 22 |
The affluent society / Conformity, suburbia, middle-class/
Red Scare; McCarthyism / Social critics, nonconformists, cultural rebels /
Science, technology, medicine / Eisenhower: The Industrial Complex |
1952-1960 |
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Mar 27 |
JFK: The New Frontier, Cuban Missile Crisis |
1960-1968 |
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Mar 29 |
LBJ: Great Society / |
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Apr 3 |
Nixon: Silent Majority, end of Vietnam, China diplomacy,
Détente wt USSR, Watergate Scandal / Ford, Carter / Middle East / Reagan: The
New Right, End of the Cold War |
1968-1980 |
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Apr 5 |
Post Cold War:
Globalization / Unilateralism v. multilateralism in foreign policy /
Terrorism / Environment / Mass immigration / |
1980-21st C |
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Spring Break Assignment:
Timeline: 1889-Present |
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Apr 16- 27 |
REVIEW: Practice
Exams & Essays |
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Apr 19 |
AP |
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May9 |
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