COURSE OUTLINE/TENTATIVE SCHEDULE (subject to change)
Unit 1. The Age of Discovery and Colonial America (1492-1753)
2 Weeks. Aug 24 – Sep 3.
Assigned Readings. Brinkley Chapters 1, 2, 3. Zinn Chaps 1, 2.
Assignments. Chapter Questions/Terms 1-3. DBQ #1. Unit #1 Exam
Related Films. 1492, Pocahontas, Class Videos.
Unit 2. An American Revolution. (1753-1783).
3 Weeks. Sep 8 – Sep 24.
Assigned Readings. Brinkley Chapters 4, 5. Zinn Chap 4.
Assignments. Chapter Questions/Terms 4-5. DBQ #2. Unit #2 Exam.
Related Films. Last of the Mohicans, The Patriot, The Revolution Series
(History Channel), Class Videos.
Unit 3. Creating a Nation and Jeffersonian Democracy. (1783-1828)
3 Weeks. Sep 29 – Oct 15.
Assigned Readings. Brinkley Chapters 6, 7, 8. Zinn Chaps 5, 6.
Assignments. Chapter Questions/Terms 6-8. DBQ #3. Unit #3 Exam.
Related Films. National Treasure, The Revolution Series (History Channel),
Class Videos.
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Unit 4. The Age of Jackson and Antebellum America (1829-1850)
4 Weeks. Oct 19 – Nov 12.
Assigned Readings. Brinkley Chapters 9, 10, 11, 12. Zinn Chap 7, 8.
Assignments. Chapter Questions 9-12. DBQ #4. Unit #4 Exam.
Related Films. Ken Burns Civil War Documentary, Class Videos.
Unit 5. The Civil War and Reconstruction. (1850-1877)
4 Weeks. Nov 16 – Dec 10.
Assigned Readings. Brinkley Chapters 13, 14, 15. Zinn Chap 9.
Assignments. Chapter Questions 13-15. DBQ # 5. Unit # 5 Exam.
Related Films. Gettysburg/Gods and Generals, Ken Burns Civil War Documentary,
Glory.
Unit 6. The American Gilded Age (Conquest, Industrialization and Urbanization)
2 Weeks. Dec 14 – Jan 7.
Assigned Readings. Brinkley Chapters 16, 17, 18. Zinn Chap 11.
Assignments. Chapters Questions/Terms 16-18. Unit # 6 Exam. DBQ # 6.
Related Films. Dances with Wolves, Class Videos.
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(Brinkley Chapters 1-18.)
Unit 7. Imperialism and the Progressive Era. (1877-1914)
3 Weeks. Jan 11 – Feb 4.
Assigned Readings. Brinkley Chapters 19, 20, 21, 22. Zinn Chap 12.
Assignments. Chapter Questions/Terms 19-22. DBQ #7. Unit # 7 Exam.
Related Films. The Rough Riders, Newsies, Class Videos.
Unit 8. The Great War (WWI) and the Roaring Twenties. (1914-1929)
2 Weeks. Feb 8- Feb 18.
Assigned Readings. Brinkley Chapters 23, 24. Zinn Chap 14.
Assignments. Chapter Questions/Terms 23-24. DBQ #8. Unit # 8 Exam.
Related Films. All Quiet on the Western Front, 20th Century: America’s Time
Unit 9. The Great Depression and FDR’s New Deal (1929-1941)
2 Weeks. Feb 22 – Mar 4.
Assigned Readings. Brinkley Chapters 25, 26. Zinn Chap 15.
Assignments. Chapter Questions/Terms 25- 26. DBQ #9. Unit # 9 Exam.
Related Films. 20th Century: America’s Time, The Grapes of Wrath.
Unit 10. World War II (1933-1945)
3 Weeks. Mar 8 – Mar 25.
Assigned Readings. Brinkley Chapters 27, 28. Zinn Chap 16.
Assignments. Chapter Questions /Terms 27-28. DBQ #10. Unit # 10 Exam.
Related Films. Saving Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, 20th Century: America’s
Time.
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Unit 11. The Origins of the Cold War and 1950’s America (1945-1965)
2 Weeks. Apr 6 – Apr 15.
Assigned Readings. Brinkley Chapters 29, 30. Zinn Chap 17.
Assignments. Chapter Questions/Terms 29 - 30. DBQ #11. Unit # 11 Exam.
Related Film. 20th Century: America’s Time. Thirteen Days.
Unit 12. Civil Rights, Vietnam and making Modern America (1960-1990)
3 Weeks. April 19- May 6.
Assigned Readings. Brinkley Chapters 31, 32, 33. Zinn Chaps 18 - 21.
Assignments. Chapter Questions/Terms 31-33. DBQ # 12. Unit # 12 Exam.
Related Films. 20th Century: America’s Time, Nixon, Forrest Gump.
----FRIDAY MAY 7, 2010. 8 A.M. A.P UNITED STATES HISTORY EXAM. -----
