AP Humanities IV 2009-2010 Course Outline Simons
First Semester
Weeks 1-2
Course introduction; usage/grammar review; reflection paper
(college essay--topic A on common application)
Summer Reading discussion, test and essays; Wuthering Heights
SAT timed writings
Weeks 3-5
Study of classicism and tragedy--Antigone and Oedipus;
usage review; SAT timed writings--Woody Allen's Oedipus Wrecks
Outside reading --Brave New World check tests and essay tests
Week 6
College application essay; resume; mechanics; SAT timed writings
(commas/apostrophes)
Weeks 7-8
Anglo Saxon literature--Beowulf; hero paper; proofreading and
revising
skills
contemporary essays on heroes
Outside reading--Frankenstein
Week 9
ballads and The Canterbury Tales
Outside reading Pride and Prejudice
Weeks 10-12
Analysis of Poetry (from both texts) AP text
poetry terms and explications
Outside reading Pride and Prejudice
Week 13-14 Poetry analysis from text
**SELECT POET FOR POETRY ANALYSIS RESEARCH project
SONNETS
Renaissance theater-Shakespeare; Macbeth Thanksgiving Break
LIBRARY FOR RESEARCH--
Taming of the Shrew or Much Ado About Nothing
Weeks 15-17
Age of Reason poetry and essays
Week 18 final exams
Second Semester
Weeks 1-4
Research projects presented
Romanticism; romantic poetry and novel study of Jane Eyre
Weeks 5-8
Cry the Beloved Country ; keep reading journal
AP Practice tests
19th century poetry and novel(TBA)
Week 9
AP practice tests and essays
Spring Break--
Weeks 10-13
Study of Comedy --Moliere and Wilde
AP Practice Tests- cold writings and objective
Weeks 14-19
Practice AP Tests
Twentieth century poetry and short fiction
Dystopian novels and satires Catch 22
Week 20
FINAL EXAMS
