APUSH – Unit 5 Syllabus
Date
Mon. – 10/26
Topic & Content
Jacksonian Era
In Class
1. Chapter 13 MC Quiz
2. Collect Antebellum
Advertisements
3. Read assigned
Webster-Hayne excerpts
For Homework
1. Read assigned
Webster-Hayne excerpts
(prepare for debate on
role of central
government in
Antebellum society)
Tues. – 10/27
Jacksonian Era
Debate role of central
government in
Antebellum America
(inspired by WebsterHayne debates)
Read assigned primary
sources from either
Jackson or Webster on
Bank of the U.S. Be
prepared to debate
Wed. – 10/28
Jacksonian Era
Debate Bank of the
United States
Read “Trail of Tears:
Exiling the Cherokee”
Thurs. – 10/29
Jacksonian Era
1. Discuss “Trail of
Tears: Exiling the
Cherokee”
2. Show Trail of Tears
images
Outline 1990 DBQ
Fri. – 10/30
Jacksonian Era
Discuss 1990 DBQ
Outlines
1. Prepare to discuss
impact of the “Log
Cabin” campaign of
1840
2. Work on Concept
Outline
Mon. – 11/2
Election of 1840
Discuss Election of
1840
Read Chapter 14 (p.
287-297)
Wed. – 11/4
Antebellum
Immigration
Read “Declaration of
Sentiments and
Resolutions”
Thurs. – 11/5
Antebellum Reform
1. Chapter 14 Primary
Source Quiz
2. Discuss Antebellum
Immigration
1. Women’s Rights
Powerpoint
(Antebellum Reform)
2. Discuss “Declaration
of Sentiments and
Resolutions”
Read Chapter 16
Fri. – 11/6
Antebellum Slavery
Mon. – 11/9
Antebellum Slavery
Tues. – 11/10
Manifest Destiny
Wed. – 11/11
Manifest Destiny
Thurs. – 11/12
Antebellum Era
Fri. – 11/13
Antebellum Era
Mon. – 11/16
Antebellum Era
3. Assign Women’s
Rights Essay Prompt
1. Chapter 16 MC Quiz
2. Antebellum South
Powerpoint
1. Finish Antebellum
South Powerpoint
2. Discuss
“Abolitionism in the
North” Interpretation
assignment
1. Chapter 17 Primary
Source Quiz
2. Discuss HW
Question
Debate on whether
Polk’s War Message
was a change or
continuation of U.S.
attitudes and foreign
policy
1. Collect Women’s
Rights Essay
2. Work on Concept
Outlines
Answer remaining
questions from students
to review for test
Unit 5 Test (Long
Essay)
Collect Concept
Outlines
Complete Interpretation
Assignment
“Abolitionism in the
North”
1. Read Chapter 17
2. Discussion Question
“What caused the
Mexican War? Did
Polk provoke the
Texas-boundary
conflict in order to
gain California or
expand slavery, as
war opponents like
Lincoln charged?”
Read “Polk’s War
Message”
Finish Women’s Rights
Essay
Finish Concept Outlines
Finish Concept
Outlines/review for test
Read Chapter 18
Discussion Question
“Was the Compromise
of 1850 a wise effort to
balance sectional
differences or a futile
attempt to push the
slavery issue out of
sight?”