Hazelwood School District
Secondary Common Syllabus
2008-09
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11 and 12 Grade AP United States History (Honors) first semester
Course Description:
This course is designed to be the equivalent of a freshman college course. The students
will analyze and interpret United States history from the Age of Exploration to the Civil
War. Emphasis will be placed on critical and evaluative thinking skills, essay writing,
interpretation of primary source documents, and creation of visual and written projects
synthesizing learning. Students will use technology beyond that demanded in regular
level classes, conduct independent research using primary and secondary sources,
respond to document-based questions, and complete self-reflection activities as part of
the honor’s requirement.
Course Materials:
The American Pageant: A History of the Republic, Houghton Mifflin Publishers
The American Spirit, Houghton Mifflin Publishers
Document-based Assessment Activities for U.S. History Classes, Social Studies School
Service
Course Expectations:
Gather, analyze and apply information and ideas
Analyze bias and points of view in primary and secondary source material
Read articles pertaining to the content being studied
Read two non-fiction books pertaining to the content being studied
Interpret primary and secondary sources
Respond to document-based questions
Complete a research paper
Weekly homework assigned
Ongoing formative assessments to drive instruction
Ongoing summative assessments
District common assessments
AP United States History Exam
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11 and 12 Grade AP United States History (Honors) first semester
Sample Course Activities:
Respond to document-based questions in all units of study.
Use reading strategies to complete the reading of primary sources for each unit of study.
Write an analysis of literature and journals of the time period being studied.
Analyze aspects of the Revolutionary War and the Articles of Confederation (Unit 2)
Participate in a class debate on four major issues that faced the New Republic. (Unit 3)
Write an analysis paper on the “revolution of 1800.” (Unit 3)
Evaluate political cartoons of the time periods being studied.
Explain the philosophy and results of Manifest Destiny on racial and ethnic groups. (Unit
4)
Research primary source documents and write an essay on “What Caused Secession?’
(Unit 5)
Respond to document-based questions regarding the Civil War and the Reconstruction
period. (Unit 6)
Course Outline:
Unit 1: Discovery, Exploration and Colonization (1492-1763)
a. Discovery and settlement of the New World
b. America and the British empire
c. The Colonial Society
Unit 2: Revolution Leads to a New Nation (1763-1789)
a. The Road to Revolution
b. The American Revolution
c. The Creation of New Governments
Unit 3: The Federalist and Jeffersonian Eras (1789-1824)
a. The Federalist Era
b. The Age of Jefferson
c. Nationalism and Economic Expansion
Unit 4: Jacksonian Democracy and Manifest Destiny (1824-1850)
a. Age of Jackson
b. Manifest Destiny
Unit 5: Sectional Conflict and the causes of the Civil War (1850-1860)
a. Sectionalism
b. Antebellum Culture
c. The 1850’s: Decade of Crisis
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Unit 6: The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877)
a. Civil War
b. Reconstruction Plans
Unit 7: The Gilded Age (1180-1900)
a. An Industrial Nation
b. Politics and Politicians
c. New Wealth and Labor Movement
d. The West
e. Revolt of the Farmers
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11 and 12 Grade AP United States History (Honors) first semester
Course Curriculum Map:
Unit 1: Discovery and Exploration
The student will compare and contrast the European influences on the western
hemisphere including Native Americans. (SS2.2, SS5.3)
3 ½ weeks
Unit 2: Revolution Leads to a New Nation
The student will analyze the political and economic frustration the colonists demonstrated
toward Great Britain and the way their perseverance led to the creation of the United
states. (SS2.2, SS2.4)
3 weeks
Unit 3: The Federalist and Jeffersonian Eras
The student will compare, contrast, and analyze the political views of the Federalists and
the Democratic Republicans through debate and in writing. (SS1.1, SS2.2, SS3.3, SS3.4)
Through independent research and using technology and other resources, the student will
evaluate the transition from the Federalist Era to the Jeffersonian Era. (SS2.5, SS3.1,
SS7.1, SS7.2, SS7.5)
2 weeks
Unit 4: Jacksonian Democracy and Manifest Destiny
Using technology and other resources to locate political cartoons, the student will
evaluate how Jackson’s presidency expanded the power of the executive office. (SS2.5,
SS7.1, SS7.2)
Through independent research and development of a series of maps, the student will
evaluate how the philosophy of Manifest Destiny led to territorial expansion in the
United States and its impact on racial and ethnic groups living in the territory. (SS2.4,
SS5.3)
2 weeks
Unit 5: The Growth of Sectinalism
The student will analyze the causes that divided the nation. SS2.2, SS4.4, SS5.3)
1 week
Unit 6: Civil War and Reconstruction
The student will analyze how and why the Union defeated the Confederacy. (SS2.2,
SS6.5)
The student will examine the Congressional Reconstruction Plan and its effect on
Freedmen. (SS2.2, SS6.2)
3 weeks
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Unit 7: The Gilded Age
The student will measure and analyze the effects of industrialization on American society
including women, men, and the disabled. The student will complete independent
research on a giant of industry and orally present it to class (SS2.3, SS2.5, SS4.3, SS6.2)
3 weeks
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11 and 12 Grade AP United States History (Honors) first semester
Course Lesson Protocol:
High School Social Studies Lesson Plan Protocol
Teacher______________________________
Time
5%
Lesson Segment
Anticipatory Set
25%
Modeled Activity;
Direct Instruction
60%
Cooperative
Student Work;
Independent
Practice
10%
Summarization of
Lesson
Date________________
Activity
Hazelwood School District
Secondary Common Syllabus
2008-09
11th and 12th Grade AP United States History (Honors) first semester
Course Power Vocabulary:
Age of Jackson
Agrarian discontent
Alien and Sedition Acts
American identity
Cherokee Removal
Common Sense
Compromise of 1877
Cotton Kingdom
Cultural nationalism
Democratic Republicans
deTocqueville
Diplomacy
Era of Good Feelings
Federalists
Great Awakening
Hamiltonians
Historical method
Indentured Servant
Machine politics
Manifest Destiny
Mercantilism
Military strategy
National identity
Presidential characteristics
Puritan Ethic
Radical Republicans
Railroad regulations
Realism
Reconstruction Plans
Revivalism
Thesis
Uncle Tom's Cabin