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Mission

The best way for students to understand history is to begin with learning the facts, dates, names, places, events, and quotes of history. Once students understand the basic facts, its time to start putting the facts together into trends, developments and themes….the ingredients to an excellent essay. The Advance Placement (AP) United States History instruction is a demanding course that is designed to provide students with analytical and critical thinking tools along with factual knowledge which are necessary for them to critically deal with problems and material in U.S. history. The demands that will be expected by our students will be equivalent to that of students enrolled in a full-year introductory college courses. Students are expected to learn how to assess historical materials, their reliability and their importance- and to weight the evidence and interpretations presented and form a convincing conclusion. AP U.S. History will develop the necessary skills of our young adults to arrive at their own conclusions on various US History issues/questions and to present reasons and evidence clearly and persuasively in an essay format. (College Board)

The course will emphasize a series of key themes throughout the year. These themes have been determined by the College Board as essential to a comprehensive study of United States history. The themes will include discussions on the development of political institutions, the reasons and effects of Westward expansion, the experience of minorities in America with specific reference to African Americans, women, and Native Americans, economic trends and their effects on political and social issues, reform movements including those successful and unsuccessful, changing demographics in American history, and the increasing presence and influence of the United States in global affairs. The course will trace these themes throughout the year, emphasizing the ways in which they are interconnected and examining the ways in which each helps to shape the changes over time that are so important to understanding the United States history.

Required Textbook

Fragher, John M., Buhle, Mari J., Czitrom, Daniel, and Armitage, Susan H. Out of Many: A History of the American People. 5th Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007

Supplementary reading(s): Various handouts that will be used to enhance the knowledge of specific subject matter.

Grading

Homework – 30%: Homework will include the end of the chapter activity (outline, chapter review questions, and review questions for the Document Based Question or DBQ as well as practice thesis). Other activities may include essays pertaining to writing such as self evaluations and individual assessments of group activities.

Test – 25%: Daily multiple choice quizzes will be administered as a review to nightly assigned readings. Later these quizzes will be replaced with unit tests that will have both a multiple choice and essay portion. Test category will also include the quarterly mid-term examination as well as essays such as DBQ’s and FRQ’s.

Projects – 25%: Timelines, presentation (individual and group), games, and newspapers are just a sample of the projects that will be completed this year.

Class Participation – 20%: Relevant class contributions/discussions and essay revisions.

Course Policies/Expectations

Attendance, lateness Missed exams or assignments Academic dishonesty Available Support Services (where you can go to get additional information) Library learning center computers/internet

Classroom Supplies/Materials

Everyday the following classroom supplies/materials will be required in class;

1. Fragher, John M., Buhle, Mari J., Czitrom, Daniel, and Armitage, Susan H. Out of Many: A History of the American People.

Course Tentative Schedule (Fall Semester)

Cycle 1

Out of Many Chapters 1-3 (Summer Review). Origins of the native inhabitants of North America and their thick embedded history, Establish colonies in North America, the Chesapeake and southern English colonies, mercantilism, Puritans and religious dissent.

Out of Many Chapter 4: Slavery and Empire. African slave trade, development of slave societies, African to American.

'Activities/Assignments': Self History timeline and essay due (summer) and presentations given. Book Review submitted (summer) Daily Quizzes Writing Workshop: Handouts and activities included “Writing from Documents: The Advancement Placement Essay in American History” by Cognarad, A. and Walls, E. (Chapter 1 Retrieving the American Past), “The DBQ Preparation Sheet”, and the general rubric for AP United States history essays.

Cycle 2

Out of Many Chapter 5: The Cultures of Colonial North America. North American religions, diverging social and political patterns, cultural transformation, witch trials.

Out of Many Chapter 6 (begin): From Empire to Independence. Struggle for the West, Seven Year’s War in America, emergence of American nationalism.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 5 due (outline, review questions, DBQ review questions and thesis) Daily reading quizzes

Handout: “Who fired the first shot of the American Revolution?” (document analysis and thesis practice)

DBQ: New England and Chesapeake regions (1993)

Cycle 3

Out of Many Chapter 6 (Finish). Proclamation of 1763, salutary neglect, from resistance to rebellion, cause of revolution.

Out of Many Chapter 7: The American Revolution. Wartime diplomacy, women and the war, revolution and slavery, crisis in the West, major battles, first state constitutions.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 6 due (outline, etc.) Daily reading quizzes Document analysis: Common Sense excerpt and The Declaration of Independence. DBQ: French and Indian War (2004) Peer assessment with rubic and follow up discussion on DBQ

Cycle 4

Out of Many Chapter 8: The New Nation. The Articles of Confederation, weaker central government, economic crisis, the Constitution, Federalists and Anti-Federalists, Washington Presidency, American neutrality, Hamilton’s fiscal program, Adam’s Presidency.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 7 due (outline, etc.) Daily reading quizzes Documents: Federalist 10 and Washington’s Farewell Address Constitutional Convention debate (delegates from 13 states to create constitution) DBQ: American Revolution (1999)

Cycle 5

Out of Many Chapter 9: An Agrarian Republic. Revolution of 1800, Jeffersonian Presidency, westward expansion, foreign obstacles – England, Spain and Russia, Southern economy and cotton, Marbury v. Madison, Louisiana Purchase, War of 1812 and the Treaty of Ghent.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 8 due (outline, etc.) Daily reading quizzes Documents: Letter from Jefferson to John Holmes (Missouri Compromise), 1820 Peer assessment of DBQ (American Revolution) and class discussion.

Cycle 6

Out of Many Chapter 9 (con’t): Westward expansion and the Missouri Compromise, beginnings of sectionalism, contradictory Indian Policy and Native American resistance, the American System, McCulloch v. Maryland, the Era of Good Feelings, the Monroe Doctrine.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 9 due (outline, etc.) Daily reading quizzes Retrieving the American Past “Andrew Jackson and the Cherokee Removal” Bowers, Paul C. and various documents. Group discussion/seminar (student-led) on documents (Andrew Jackson and Cherokee Removal). Group leaders TBA. DBQ: Cherokee Removal (end of chapter), in class with peer assessment and group

Cycle 7

Out of Many Chapter 10: The South and Slavery. King Cotton, African American religion and family life, Southern white social hierarchy: Planter elite to yeoman farmers, development of Pro-slavery arguments.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 10 due (outline, etc.) Daily reading quizzes Retrieving the American Past “Nat Turner and Slave Resistance” Dillon, Merton L. and various documents. Group discussion/seminar (student-led) on documents (Nat Turner and Slave Resistance). Group leaders TBA. DBQ: Nat Turner (end of chapter)

Cycle 8

Catch up and review for mid-term examination

Activities/Assignments: Group presentations on text to Chapter 10 (10-20 minutes/chapter). Writing workshop and review Revision of two DBQ’s previously written

1st QTR Mid-Term 2008 Multiple-choice with essay

*(Fall Intercession)

Out of Many Chapter 11: The Growth of Democracy. Development of political parties, sectional leaders: Webster, Clay, and Calhoun, Jacksonian presidency, Indian removal, ‘the Bank war”, “the Nullification Crisis”, creating a national American culture.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 11 due (outline and review questions only) Retrieving the American Past “The Development of American Political Parties, 1815-1840: The Emergence of the Whigs and the Democrats” Baker, Jean H. and various documents. DBQ: Political Parties (end of chapter) Optional: AP Review Class M-F

Cycle 9

Out of Many Chapter 12: Industry and the North. Patriarchy at home, work and society, Transportation Revolution, the spread of commercial markets, Lowell Mills, mechanization and women, free labor, new middle class, transcendentalism.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 12 (1-pager, etc.) Daily Reading quizzes Retrieving the American Past “From Artisians to factory Hands: The Beginnings of an Industrial Society” Van Tine, Warren R. and various documents Group discussion/seminar (student-led) on documents (Industrial North) Student Leaders TBA DBQ: Era of Good Feelings (AP Exam)

Cycle 10

Out of Many Chapter 13: Coming to terms with the New Age. Immigration, growth of cities, urban class structure, labor movement and urban politics, social reform movements-temperance, evangelism, and education, the woman’s right’s movement, abolitionism.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 13 (1-pager, etc.) Daily Reading quizzes Retrieving the American Past “The First Women’s Rights Movement” Hartmann, Susan M. and various documents Group discussion/ seminar (student-led) on documents (Women’s Rights) Student Leaders TBA

• Sign up for writer’s conferences with instructor (plan on approx. 15 – 20 minutes)

Cycle 11

Out of Many Chapter 14: The Territorial Expansion of the United States. Manifest Destiny, Oregon, Texan Independence, Mexican-American War, California Gold Rush, Wilmot Proviso, Free Soil Movement

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 14 (1-pager, etc.) Daily Reading quizzes Retrieving the American Past “Manifest Destiny” Hahn, Peter L., Hogan, Michael J., and various documents Group discussion/seminar (student-led) on documents (Manifest Destiny) Student Leaders TBA Preview: Thematic Timeline Project with student-made DBQ (due date: )

Cycle 12

Out of Many Chapter15: The Coming Crisis. The Compromise of 1850, Political Parties and Slavery, Fugitive Slave Act, “Bleeding Kansas”, the Republican Party, Dred Scot, John Brown, Election of 1860, secession and creation of the Confederate States of America.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 15 (1-pager, etc.) Daily Reading quizzes Retrieving the American Past “The Political Crisis of the 1850’s” Andinber, Tyler and various documents Group discussion/ seminar (student-led) on documents (Manifest Destiny) Student Leaders TBA Continue with Thematic Timeline and student-made DBQ

• Completion of writer’s conferences.

Cycle 13

Out of Many Chapter16: The Civil War, The border states, expanding federal (executive) power, contradictions of Southern nationalism, Emancipation Proclamation, Black fighting men, role of women in the Civil War, draft riots, turning points, Election of 1864, Appomattox and Lincoln’s assassination.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 15 (1-pager, etc.) Daily Reading quizzes Retrieving the American Past “The Political Crisis of the 1850’s” Andinber, Tyler and various documents Group discussion/ seminar (student-led) on documents (Manifest Destiny) Student Leaders TBA Chapter 16 (1-pager, etc.) Group announced for semester Final Review

Cycle 14

Review for Semester Final Examination

Activities/Assignments: Group presentations for review to be given daily in class. Writing review schedule in last week of school-December.

Semester Final – December exam schedule

• (Winter Break) (December 20, 2010 – January 10, 2011)

Out of Many Chapter17: Reconstruction. The Civil Was Amendments, Politics of Reconstruction, Andrew Johnson and the Radical Republicans, impeachment, African American family and religion, and schools, origins of African American polotics, Southern Republic, White resistance, Electoral Crisis of 1876.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 17 (outline or 1-page and review questions) DBQ: Chapter 17 (Reconstruction) Read: The Jungle

Course Tentative Schedule (Spring Semester)

Cycle 1

Review Chapter 17: Reconstruction. African Americans post Civil War, Freedmen, Black Codes, etc. (including content stated above)

Activities/Assignments: Review of Semester Final Reflective essay of 1st Semester (self assessment) Document: Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

Cycle 2

Out of Many Chapter 18: Conquest and Survival: The Trans-Mississippi West. Continued removal of Indian peoples, Nez Perce, reservations, Indian reform policies, westward expansion, economic and social “pull” pull factors-mining communities, cattle industry, and Mormon settlements, “The World’s Breadbasket” and agricultural production for the global market.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 18 due (1-pager or outline, etc.) Introduction of 18th century newspaper project- includes articles, editorials, letters to the editor, sports/leisure, and classified ads. DUE: DBQ: Reconstruction (AP Exam) in class with peer assessment and discussion.

Cycle 3

Out of Many Chapter 19: The Incorporation of America. The rise of industry, the Gospel of Wealth, labor in the Age of Big Business, industrial cities, overpopulation, infrastructural problems, society during the Gilded Age, education, middle class and leisure, and cultural national identity.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 19 (1-page or outline, etc.) Continued work on 18th century newspaper. Free response question: Consequences of Civil War (Agriculture, Labor, Industrialization, and Transportation) (1997 exam)

• REA review books may be purchased.

Cycle 4

Out of Many Chapter 20: Commonwealth and Empire. Spoils system and machine politics, farmer’s labor movement-Grange, Populist movement, strikes at Pullman, Homestead, and Coeur d’Alene, nativism and Jim Crow, America on the world stage, “Imperialism of Righteousness” and the White Man’s Burden, Spanish-American War, critics of expansion.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 20 (1-page or outline, etc.) Newspaper Project due: Unit Test Chapters 18-20 (multiple choice and essay) Document: “Letter on Labor in industrial society” by Sammuel Gompers and Atlanta Exposition Address by Booker T. Washington Free Response: Laissez faire (1988 exam)-take home

Cycle 5

Out of Many Chapter 21: Urban America and the Progressive Era. Progressive reform and the trusts, demographics of urbanization and the resulting political impact, Female Dominion, Prohibition Movement, working class and protest, new immigrants, I.W.W and A.F.L, racial justice, N.A.A.C.P., Teddy Roosevelt and presidential activism, environmental impact.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 21 due (1-page or outline, etc.) Book review due: The Jungle DBQ: Booker T. Washington and W-E-B. DuBois (1989 exam)

Cycle 6

Out of Many Chapter 22: World War I Chapter 23: The Twenties

Becoming a world power, Roosevelt-Big Stick, Taft: Dollar Diplomacy, Wilson: Moralism, The Great War, selling the War, racism in the military, the business war, women’s suffrage, Prohibition, seditious acts, The Fourteen Points.

Second Industrial Revolution, new mass culture-radio, movies, journalism, resistance-Prohibition, KKK, and immigrant restriction, the Associative State, commerce and foreign policy

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 22 and 23 due (1-page or outline, etc.) Documents: “The World’s most famous trial: Tennessee Evolution Case”, 1925 “The Klan’s fight for Americanism” Evan, Hiram W. DBQ: Progressive Era (2003 Exam)

Cycle 7

Out of Many Chapter 24: The Great Depression and the New Deal, Cause of the Great Depression, Hoover and the election of 1932, the First Hundred Days, labor’s upsurge: rise of the CIO, public works, the Dust Bowl, a New Deal for Indians, the Swing Era, court packing.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 24 due (1-page or outline, etc.)

Spring Mid-Term taken before the Spring intercession Multiple Choice and essay

* (Spring Break) (March 21 – April 1, 2011)

Out of Many Chapter 25: World War II Chapter 26: The Cold War

Isolationism, Japanese internment, zoot suits, women and African Americans in the military, Pacific and European theatres, Yalta Conference, the Atomic Bomb.

The United Nations, Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, the formation of NATO, Cold War liberalism, the Fair Deal, National Security Act, Hollywood and the Red scare, McCarthyism, the Korean War, “I Like Ike”

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 25 and 26 due (1-page or outline, etc.) Presidential “Bracket Buster” game (to coincide with NCAA Basketball Tournament) - Bracket should lead to who students think are the best presidents and why. Historical movie review (choose from list given in class or propose to watch historical movie of your choosing0 DBQ: Atomic Bomb and Cold War (1988 Exam) Optional: AP Review Class (Dates: )

Cycle 8

Out of Many Chapter 27: America at Mid-Century. Eisenhower presidency, AFL-C10 and organized labor, youth and Rock and Roll, television, “New Look” in foreign affairs, the military industrial complex, New Frontier, Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy’s assassination.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 27 due (1-page or outline, etc.) Document: Eisenhower’s farewell address DBQ: Cold War and Eisenhower Unit Test Chapters 25 - 27

Cycle 9

Out of Many Chapter 28: The Civil Rights Movement Chapter 29: War Abroad, War at Home

Brown vs. Board of Education, road to freedom, March to Washington,. Civil Rights Act of 1964, Malcom X and Black Consciousness, civil rights beyond Black and White: Chicanos, Asian Americans, Indian peoples, and women.

Vietnam, generations in conflict, campus protest, the Great Society, urban uprisings, assassinations, politics of identity, Nixon’s presidency and China, Watergate.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 28 and 29 due (1-page or outline, etc.) Document: Letter from Birmingham jail (MLK Jr.) DBQ: Civil Rights (1995 Exam)

Cycle 10

Out of Many Chapter 30: The Conservative Ascendancy Chapter 31: Towards a Transnational America

Ford and Carter presidencies: “The Lean Years”, Camp David Accords, Iranian Hostage Crisis, energy crisis, Reagan presidency, Reaganomics, “The Evil Empire”, Iran Contra, collapse of Communism.

Bush I - Iraq I, Election of 1992 and the economy, Clinton presidency and economic boom, an electronic culture, racial divide, new immigrants, 9/11 and the War on Terror, Bush II – Iraq II.

Activities/Assignments: Chapter 30 and 31 due (1-pager or outline and review questions) Documents: The Republican Contract with America Unit Test: Chapters 28 – 31

Review road to AP United States History Examination

• Starting late April to the beginning of May

- Review Exam I

- Review Exam II

- Go over first two exams

- Review Exam III

- Go over Exam III

- Final Review (day before scheduled AP examination)

*AP United States History Exam (Scheduled in May 2011)