ADVANCED PLACEMENT US HISTORY (APUSH) COURSE SYLLABUS
Welcome to APUSH. You are an upper classman and have chosen to take this elective
course. However, completing all assignments and preparing for class is not an election. As
stated in our memorandum of understanding (MOU), you are expected to conduct yourself as an
adult. This course prepares you for intermediate college courses by making demands upon you
equivalent to those made by introductory college courses. The goal of this course is to provide
you with the factual knowledge and analytical skills necessary to analyze and critique situations
in United States history. When presented with free-response assessments, you are expected to
draw conclusions demonstrating reason and evidence, clearly and concisely, in essay form.
You have, by now, completed your summer assignment. You have tonight to review
your notes and the text. Tomorrow we test on colonial history through the War of 1812. Friday
we will discuss essay expectations and you will begin your summer assignment essay. The
prompt is: Discuss those factors that enabled the Americans to defeat the British in the
American War for Independence. Note that the prompt does not ask you to prepare a chronology
of the war, but to describe what features contributed to the American victory. Your essay will be
between two and three pages. This, and all future essays (except those that are part of chapter
exams), will be typed, double spaced, 12 pt font, and have one inch margins. When you double
space an essay, you do not quadruple space between paragraphs, you indent each new paragraph.
You do not need a heading on your paper as you will use the essay rubric cover sheet.
Prerequisites:
Successful completion of American Studies II and III (grade B or better is recommended)
Recommendation of Social Studies and English teachers
Memorandum of Understanding signed by student and parent
Completion of the APUSH Summer Assignment (including exam and essay)
Rules of Engagement:
Treat others as you wish to be treated.
Be prepared for class including a pen or pencil, a three-ring binder with notebook paper,
and homework completed prior to class.
It is presumed that you will read the assigned materials prior to class discussion.
Be on time. Lateness interferes with your learning and disrupts your classmates.
No sleeping. If you are ill, go to the nurse.
Pay attention and participate in class; respect others who are speaking.
Turn in all work when it is due; a deadline is a deadline and assignments are due on the
stated due date. Late work will be penalized 10 percentage points for each day overdue.
If you are absent when an assignment is due, it is due the day you return. If you are out
for a school field trip, activity, or meeting, the assignment is still due that day.
Exams and Quizzes: If you are absent the day before an exam, you are still expected to
take it as scheduled. They are scheduled and announced well ahead of time. If you are
absent the day of the exam, you are expected to take it within three days of your return.
Any exam or quiz not made up within five school days will result in a score of “0”.
Be prepared to hone your analytic reading and writing skills.
You must devote considerable out-of-class time to reading and studying to succeed.
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If you are absent, it is your responsibility to make arrangements to get missed work.
Any disagreement with a classmate, or with me, must be discussed in an adult manner at
the end of class.
If you must chew gum, keep your mouth closed and don’t chew like a cow.
Grades will be updated in MMS weekly.
Social Studies Cheating Policy and Classroom Rules:
You will be provided with written copies. After class discussion, you are expected to sign and
abide by both.
Class Resources:
Primary text:
Norton, Wendy, et al. A People and a Nation, A History of the United States, 9th ed., Wadsworth
Cengage Learning, Boston, MA. 2012.
Supplemental Readings:
Hofstadter, Richard. Great Issues in American History, Vols II and III, Revised Edition, Vintage
Books, New York. 1982.
Warren, George C. and Ricketson, Cynthia L. Study Guide A People and a Nation, Vols I and II,
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA 1998. (Note: These are for a previous text edition but
are still worthwhile.)
Selected additional readings as assigned (see outline and calendar, below)
Primary website:
www.Historyteacher.net
This is a fantastic website full of valuable resources and links to primary documents. It also has
many practice tests and quizzes. We’ll spend many class periods perusing it and its links. We’ll
begin our exploration of it later this week.
Grading Criteria:
Points are assessed for each activity, assignment, essay and exam. Your grade is determined by
dividing the number of points you ear by the total possible to be earned. Do not seek extra
credit; this course approximates a college-level course.
Your final grade for the course is determined as follows:
Quarter grades-----------------------------------------------20% each = 80%
Midterm and Final Exam grades--------------------------10% each = 20%
Exams:
Exams are scheduled; see your APUSH calendars. Questions will be similar to those found on
the AP exam and will consist of multiple choice and identification questions, document analysis
(maps, charts, graphs etc.), and an essay. The midterm exam is comprehensive and is a former
year’s actual AP exam. The class will decide whether our “final” will be an exam or a research
project/presentation.
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Class format:
Class meetings will be a mixture of discussion, lecture, Internet activities/research and the
occasional PowerPoint presentation. The course outline is detailed below and you can refer to your
APUSH calendars for specific dates. As we begin each new unit, you are expected to read the
APAN chapter(s) listed and respond to the Discussion Questions (DQs). We will use your DQ
responses as the basis for class discussion and they will form the bulk of your notes.
Primary Sources, Projects and Essays:
Outside readings, activities and assignments will be given throughout the course. At least two
classroom presentations and one oral history will be assigned. You will write several document
based question (DBQ) essays as the DBQ is a major portion of the AP exam. For primary source
readings (i.e. an essay from Hofstadter or a document found on www.Historyteacher.net) please
follow the instructions on the “Text Cross Reference Sheet” for primary source documents.
Course Objectives:
1. Master a broad body of historical information from which you will develop rational
arguments.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of historical chronology and evaluate actions within their
historical context.
3. Assess the evolving role of the United States in world affairs.
4. Evaluate how past experiences created, and relate to, today’s world.
5. Develop the skills necessary to interpret and apply data from primary documents including
cartoons, graphs, letters, works of art, poetry, music lyrics, etc.
6. Effectively use analytical skills of evaluation, including cause and effect.
7. Enhance your communication skills by developing the ability to think critically, read and
listen with discernment and write with authority and precision.
Course Outline:
Units I – IV are completed as a summer assignment before school starts. Students are to read
chapters 1 – 9 and respond (paragraph or bullet statements) to each chapter’s Learning
Objectives. Additionally, students must complete the Ideas and Details multiple choice
questions for each chapter.
I. Pre-colonial Era
A. Three cultures
B. Europeans arrive in America
Readings:
APAN chs 1, 2
II. Colonial America
A. English settlement
B. Slave trade
C. American diversity
Readings:
APAN chs 3, 4
III. Revolutionary America
A. French and Indian War
B. Declaration of Independence
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C. The American Revolution
Readings:
APAN chs 5, 6
IV. The Early Republic to 1815
A. Articles of Confederation
B. Constitution
C. Emergence of party politics
D. War of 1812
Readings:
APAN chs 7, 8, 9
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V. Sectionalism and Expansion
A. Native American resistance
B. Slavery
C. Economic growth and sectionalism
D. Infrastructure
E. Manifest Destiny
F. Mexican War
G. Political, social and cultural changes
Readings:
APAN chs 10 – 14
Hofstadter, Vol II: Weld, Slavery As It Is 1839
Hofstadter, Vol II: Polk, War Message to Congress 1846
Video:
The Alamo
VI. Civil War and Reconstruction
A. Economics of slavery
B. Abolition movement
C. Secession
D. Military and political leadership
E. Radical reconstruction
F. Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
G. Life of a freedman
H. Hayes-Tilden Compromise
Readings:
APAN chs 15, 16
Hofstadter, Vol III: Slaughterhouse Cases, 1873
Abrahamson, James L., The Men of Secession and Civil War 1859 – 1861,
(selected excerpts)
Guest Speakers:
Civil War re-enactors’ Gen Buford, Col Devin and Lt Col Porter
DBQ:
Reconstruction
VII. Into the West
A. Native American cultures
B. White settlement: ranching, farming and mining
C. Railroads
D. Indian Wars
Readings:
APAN ch 17
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Video:
Activity:
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee or Cowboys and Indians
Independent research project/presentation
VIII. Industrialization and Urbanization
A. Technological developments
B. Capitalism and corporate America
C. Labor’s response
D. Growth of cities: immigration, leisure and mass culture
E. Agrarian disillusionment and populism
F. Gilded Age politics
Readings:
APAN chs 18, 19, 20
Hofstadter, Vol III: Carnegie, Wealth, 1889
Hofstadter, Vol III: Populist Party Platform, July 4, 1892
Video:
The Molly Maguires or The Gangs of New York
DBQ:
Immigration
IX. Progressivism
A. Government reforms
B. Discrimination
C. Progressive presidents
Readings:
APAN ch 21
Hofstadter, Vol III: Steffens, The Shame of the Cities, 1904
Activity:
Independent research project/presentation
X. Emergence of the US as a World Power
A. US imperialism: Spanish American War, US intervention in Latin America
B. The Great War
C. Challenges to American civil liberties
Readings:
APAN chs 22, 23
Hofstadter, Vol III: Page, The War with Spain and After, 1898
Selected poems of British WWI Soldiers
Activity:
Poetry readings, research/presentation
DBQ:
US Imperialism
XI. Normalcy
A. Business and politics in the 1920s
B. The New Ku Klux Klan
C. Social and cultural changes: Harlem Renaissance, Prohibition
Readings:
APAN ch 24
Hofstadter, Vol III: Evans, The Klan’s Fight for Americanism, 1926
Hofstadter, Vol III: White, Letter on the Ku Klux Klan, 1921
Video:
History of the KKK
XII. Great Depression and New Deal
A. Causes
B. Politics and Labor
C. Government expansion
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Readings:
Activity:
APAN ch 25
Depression photography, literature and music analysis
XIII. Internationalism
A. Inter-war foreign relations: American isolationism and neutrality
B. US response to fascism and communism
C. Global conflicts
Readings:
APAN ch 26
XIV. World War Two
A. Home front
B. Politics
C. Propaganda
D. European theater
E. Pacific theater
F. Technology and the birth of the Atomic Age
Readings:
APAN ch 27
Company Clerk records, 80th Infantry Battalion
Activity:
Students will research one aspect of WWII and create a timeline that will be
merged with classmates’ to create a comprehensive timeline of the war years
Video:
Allied and Axis Propaganda
Building Hitler’s “Eagle’s Nest”
XV. Origins of the Cold War
A. Containment
B. Korea
C. Influencing the Third World
Readings:
APAN ch 28
Video:
The Korean War
XVI. Post-war America
A. McCarthyism
B. Civil Rights Movement
C. Affluent America and consumerism
Readings:
APAN ch 29
Video:
A Place at the Table
XVII. Cultural Conflict of the 1960s
A. Kennedy’s Cold War, Cuban Missile Crisis
B. Camelot
C. Civil Rights
D. Vietnam
Readings:
APAN ch 30
Hofstadter, Vol III: Kennedy, Report on Soviet Missiles in Cuba, 1962
Hofstadter, Vol III: King, I Have a Dream, 1963
Activity:
Oral History
Guest Speaker: 1Lt Pochak, PA ANG military historian
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XV. People Power
A. JFK’s New Frontier
B. LBJ’s Great Society
C. Militant Civil Rights
Readings:
APAN ch 31
Activity:
Audio analyses: I Have a Dream and Cherokee Nation
DBQ:
LBJ’s Great Society
XVI. Nixon, Ford and Carter
A. Nixon’s legacy: Détente and Watergate
B. Energy Crisis
C. Ford and Carter Administrations
D. Iran Hostage Crisis
Readings:
APAN ch 31
Hofstadter, Vol III: House Judiciary Committee, Articles of Impeachment, 1974
Hofstadter, Vol III: Ford, Pardon of Richard M. Nixon, 1974
Hofstadter, Vol III: Carter, Camp David Accords, 1978
XVII The Rise of Neo-conservatism
A. Reaganomics and neo-conservatism
B. Iran-Contra Affair
C. End of the Cold War
D. Bush and the Gulf War
Readings:
APAN ch 32
Stockman, David A. The Triumph of Politics, How the Reagan Revolution Failed
Reagan, Ronald Farewell Address to the Nation
XVIII. The Modern Era
A. Clinton presidency
B. Globalization
C. 9/11 and its aftermath
D. American political polarization
Readings:
APAN ch 33
House Judiciary Committee, Articles of Impeachment, 1998
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (excerpts and reports)
Contract for America, 1994 (excerpts)
Teacher provided handouts
XIX. AP Exam Practice
XX. Post AP Exam
The last few weeks of school will be spent revisiting selected areas of interest. The class has the
option of a (comprehensive) final exam or completing an independent research project. Time
will be provided to review and/or conduct research depending on the class decision.
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~ August 2013 ~
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
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20
21
22
23
24
First Day
SA Exam
Writing
HW:
Finish SA Essay
25
26
27
Hand out Ch10
Introduce “Computer
“Rise of the South” Day”
DQs (Discussion
Questions); due Fri -Hand out and
discuss Primary
Discuss:
Document research
White Culture
requirements
Indian Removal
-Preview website
APUSH COURSE SYLLABUS / JUL 2013
Overview:
Class format
Expectations
-AP Rubric
-Expectations
-“5 point essay”
Administration:
Calendar
Syllabus
Outline and begin
drafting SA Essay
28
29
30
31
Computer Day (Lab
room 18)
Primary Documents
DQ Check
HW: Ch 10 Exam
Students explore
www.History
teacher.net
Discuss:
Slave Culture
Read: Hofstadter,
Vol II: Weld,
Slavery As It Is
1839
8
September 2013
Sun
1
Mon
Tue
2
3
No School:
Labor Day
Collect Ch 10 Exam
Wed
4
Computer Day rm 18
Thu
Fri
Sat
5
6
7
Primary Documents
Discuss early Industrial
Revolution
HW: Ch 11 Exam
www.Historyteacher.net
Hand out Ch11
“Restless North” DQs; Primary Documents
due Fri
Youtube: Lowell, MA and
Erie Canal
Discuss economic
changes
8
9
10
Collect Ch 11 Exam
Discuss Utopian
ideals
Hand out Ch12 “Reform &
Politics” DQs; due Fri
11
Computer Day rm 18
12
13
14
Primary Documents
Discuss: Abolition,
Women’s Rights
HW: Ch 12 Exam
www.Historyteacher.net
Primary Documents
Youtube: Seneca Falls
Convention
Discuss revivalism
15
16
17
18
Collect Ch 12 Exam
Video: The Alamo
Computer Day rm 18
Hand out Ch13 “The
Contested West” DQs; due Fri
23
21
Primary Documents Discuss political
HW: Ch 13 Exam
implications of westward
www.Historyteacher.net
expansion
24
25
26
Collect Ch 13 Exam
29
20 PROG RPTS
Primary Documents
Discuss myth vs reality of the
West
22
19
27
28
Discuss
Computer Day rm 18
Primary Documents
MexicanHand out Ch14 “The Road to American War
www.Historyteacher.net
War” DQs; due Fri
and the failure of
Primary Documents
compromise
Read: Hofstadter, Vol II:
Polk, War Message to
Congress, 1846
Discuss sectionalism and HW: Read:
disunity
Abrahamson: The
Men of Secession
John Brown and Harpers and Civil War 1859Ferry, VA
1861 (selected
excerpts, create
presentation)
30
1 OCT
4 OCT
Present Abrahamson
excerpts
Discuss: political Computer Day rm 18
Primary Documents Ch 14 Exam
disunity, election
of 1860 and
www.Historyteacher.net
secession
Primary Documents
APUSH COURSE SYLLABUS / JUL 2013
2 OCT
3 OCT
5 OCT
HW: Read Ch
15 “Civil War”
and complete
DQs; due Mon
9
October 2013
Sun
29 SEP
6
Mon
30 SEP
Tue
1
Wed
2
Thu
3
Present
Abrahamson
excerpts
Computer Day rm 18
Discuss:
Primary
political disunity, www.Historyteacher.net Documents
election of 1860
and secession Primary Documents
7
8
Fri
4
Ch 14 Exam
9
10
11
Discuss Ft Sumter Discuss North and
Computer Day rm 18
Primary Documents
No School:
Fall Break
VFT: Fts Sumter
and Moultrie
www.Historyteacher.net
South home fronts
Sat
5
HW: Read Ch
15 “Civil War”
and complete
DQs; due Mon
12
Primary Documents
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
No School:
In-Service Day
Discuss: Life as a
soldier
Guest Speaker:
Civil War re-enactor
Bryan Staples as Col Thomas
Devin
Discuss the Emancipation
as a War Measure,
wartime politics and
diplomacy
Discuss Sherman’s
March to the Sea, total
warfare, major turning
points
HW: Ch 15 Exam
23
24
25
26
Primary Documents
Discuss the realities of
HW:
“freedom” and the end of Reconstruction DBQ
Reconstruction
1 NOV
VFT: Antietam &
Vicksburg Battlefields
20
21
22
Hand out Ch 16
“Reconstruction” DQs;
due Friday
Video: Reconstruction Computer Day rm 18
& Segregation
Discuss the politics of
Reconstruction,
impeachment of
President Johnson
27
www.Historyteacher.net
HW: Read Hofstadter,
Vol III: Slaughterhouse
Primary Documents
Cases, 1873
28
29
30
31
Hand out Ch 17
“Development of the
West” DQs; due Friday
Discuss Native
American culture
Computer Day rm 18
Primary Documents
Video: Cowboys and
Indians
APUSH COURSE SYLLABUS / JUL 2013
www.Historyteacher.net
END QTR 1
2 NOV
Discuss White
Settlement
Primary Documents
10
November 2013
Sunday
27 OCT
Monday
Tuesday
10
17
Thursday
28
29
30
31
Hand out Ch 17
“Development of the
West” DQs; due
Friday
Discuss Native
American culture
Computer Day rm 18
Primary
Documents
Introduce NatAm
research project
Video: Cowboys
and Indians
3
Wednesday
4
No
School:
PD ½ day
www.Historyteacher.net
Saturday
1 NOV
2
Discuss White
Settlement
HW: Ch 17
Exam
Primary Documents
5
6
7
8
9
Hand out Ch 18
“Machine Age” DQs;
due Friday
Computer Day rm 18
Primary
Documents
Discuss labor
issues
HW:
Hofstadter,
Vol III:
Carnegie,
Wealth,
1889
16
www.Historyteacher.net
Discuss technology
and industry
Primary Documents
11
12
13
14
15
Discuss
corporate
America
Veterans
Day Assy
Computer Day rm 18
Hand out Ch 19
“Urban Life” DQs;
due Monday
Tschida’s
excerpts of
urbanization
Begin Labor
DBQ
Finish Labor DBQ
18
19
20
21
22
23
Discuss
development
of modern city
Discuss
immigration
Computer Day rm 18
www.Historyteacher.net
Primary
Documents
Ch 19 Exam
HW:
Read Ch 20
and
complete
DQs; due
Tues, 3 Dec
Begin reading
Ch 19
Hand out Ch 20
“Gilded Age
Politics” DQs
Primary Documents
24
Friday
25
No
School:
In-Service
26
27
Act 80
Act 80
Students will present
their Nat Am research
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No
School:
29
No
School:
Thanksgiving
Vacation
Thanksgiving
Vacation
30
11
December 2013
Sunday
1
8
Monday
2
3 PROG
No School:
RPTS
Thanksgiving
Vacation
Discuss Party
Politics and
legislative
agendas
9
Discuss
economic
uncertainties
and Populism
15
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
4
5
6
7
Computer Lab rm 18
www.Historyteacher.net
Primary
Documents
Discuss
disenfranchisement
KEYSTONES
KEYSTONES
KEYSTONES
KEYSTONES
HW:
Hofstadter,
Vol III,
Populist
Party
Platform,
4 July 1892
10
11
12
13
14
Primary
Documents
Hand out Ch 21
“Progressive Era”
DQs; due
Monday
Ch 20 Exam
Primary Documents
Computer Lab rm 18
www.Historyteacher.net
Primary Documents
Begin reading Ch
21
KEYSTONES
KEYSTONES
KEYSTONES
KEYSTONES
16
17
18
19
20
?Volleyball
Tournament
Read: Hofstadter,
Vol III, Steffens,
The Shame of
the Cities, 1904
Computer Lab rm 18
Discuss
governmental &
legislative
reforms
Saturday
Discuss
social
reforms
Begin researching
topic
KEYSTONES
21
Act 80 Day
Students will complete an independent research project of their choice from
the Progressive Era, 1890 – 1920 (excluding WWI).
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29
23
24
25
26
27
No School:
Christmas
Vacation
No School:
Christmas
Vacation
Christmas
No School:
Christmas
Vacation
No School:
Christmas
Vacation
30
31
1 JAN
2 JAN
3 JAN
No School:
Christmas
Vacation
No School:
Christmas
Vacation
No School:
Christmas Vacation
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4 JAN
Students will present
Progressive Era research.
12
January 2014
Sunday
29 DEC
5
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
31 DEC
1
No School:
Christmas
Vacation
No School:
Christmas
Vacation
No School:
Christmas
Vacation
New Year’s Day
6
7
8
9
10
Discussion:
pros and cons
of imperialism
Discussion
US imperialism
Hofstadter, Vol III,
Page, The War with
Spain and After,
1898 and Youtube:
Spanish-American
War
VFT: Panama
Canal
MIDTERMS
13
MIDTERMS
14
MIDTERMS
15 END QTR 2
MIDTERMS
When class is in session but not testing, class will watch The
Lost Battalion. See Exam Schedule posted on blackboard.
2
3
Students will present
Progressive Era research.
26
Saturday
4
HW: Ch 22
DQs; due
Monday
Hand out Ch 22
“Quest for
Empire” DQs
11
Group Test: US
Imperialsm
?KEYSTONES?
?KEYSTONES?
16
17
Hand out Ch 23
“The Great War”
DQs; due
Tuesday 21 Jan
PPT
presentation:
WWI
?KEYSTONES?
19
Friday
30 DEC
?KEYSTONES?
12
Thursday
18
?KEYSTONES?
?KEYSTONES?
?KEYSTONES?
?KEYSTONES?
20
21
22
23
24
No School:
In Service
Day
MLK, Jr.
Day
PPT
presentation:
WWI
British Soldiers’
poetry of the Great
War
Video: Trench
Warfare
Discussion:
Civil Liberties
during wartime
?KEYSTONES?
?KEYSTONES?
27
28
29
30
31
25
1 FEB
Ch 23 Exam
Discussion &
Youtube:
The Red
Scare
Video
Americans
Over There
Computer Lab rm 18
www.Historyteacher.n
et
Primary Documents
APUSH COURSE SYLLABUS / JUL 2013
Primary
Documents
Hand out Ch 24
“New Era”
DQs; due
Tuesday 4 Feb
HW:
Ch 24 DQs
13
February 2014
Sunday
26 JAN
2
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Saturday
27 JAN
28 JAN
29 JAN
30 JAN
31 JAN
1 FEB
Discussion &
Youtube:
The Red
Scare
Video:
Americans
Over There
Computer Lab rm 18
Primary
Documents
Ch 23 Exam
HW:
Ch 24 DQs
3
4
5
www.Historyteacher.net
Hand out Ch 24
“New Era”
DQs; due
Tuesday 4 Feb
Primary Documents
6
Computer Day rm 18
9
Friday
No School:
Grad
Projects
Discuss 1920s
social changes
10
11
www.Historyteacher.net
Primary
Documents
7
HW: Read
Hofstadter, Vol
III: White,
Letter on the Ku
Klux Klan, 1921
and Evans, The
Klan’s Fight for
Americanism,
1926
14
15
Primary Documents
12
13
8
Video: History
of the KKK
Ch 24 Exam
Video:
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Discuss
business and
politics
Computer Day rm 18
Primary
Documents
www.Historyteacher.net
Primary Documents
16
Hand out Ch 25
“Depression &
New Deal” DQs;
due Tuesday
18 Feb
HW:
Ch 25 DQs
17
18 PROG RTPS
19
20
21
22
No School:
Presidents’
Day
Audio analysis:
Woody Guthrie
Computer Day rm 18
Primary
Documents
Photo analysis:
Dorothea
Lange
HW:
Ch 25 Exam
www.Historyteacher.net
Primary Documents
23
24
25
26
27
28
1 MAR
Video:
US Interwar
Diplomacy
Discussion:
Global hotspots
Computer Day rm 18
Primary
Documents
Discussion:
Road to War
HW:
Essay: FDR
foreign policy
Hand out Ch
26 “Troubled
World” DQs;
due Friday 28
Feb
www.Historyteacher.net
Primary Documents
APUSH COURSE SYLLABUS / JUL 2013
14
March 2014
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Video:
US Interwar
Diplomacy
2
Hand out Ch 26
“Troubled World”
DQs; due Friday
3
28 Feb
Introduce WWII
project
Hand out Ch 27
“WWII” DQs; due
Fri, 7 March
9
Wednesday
25
26
Discussion:
Global
hotspots
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Thursday
Saturday
28
1
Primary
Documents
Discussion:
Road to War
HW:
Essay:
FDR foreign
policy
5
6
7
8
Computer Day rm 18
Video:
Building
Hitler’s
Eagle’s Nest
Work on WWII
project
Complete
WWII
project
14
15
No School:
Spring Break
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Primary Documents
4
WWII
research
using
classroom
resources
Work on WWII project
80th Inf Btn
company
clerk logs
10
11
12
13
WWII project
presentations
Computer Day rm 18
Primary
Documents
17
Friday
27
Begin reading Ch
27
WWII project
presentations
16
Tuesday
Hand out Ch
28 “Cold War”
DQs; due Mon,
17 Mar
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Snow
makeup 2
18
19
20
Primary Documents
21
22
Ch 28 Exam
23
30
Discuss
Containment
and Third World
alignments
Discuss
Korean War
Guest Speaker:
1LT Pochak, USA NG
Military Historian
Video:
Korean War
24
25
26 END QTR 3
27
28
29
Discuss
Middle Class:
affluence and
exceptions
Discuss
McCarthyism
and Cold War
Computer Day rm 18
Primary
Documents
Video: A Place
at the Table
HW:
Ch 29
Exam
31
1 APR
3 APR
4 APR
5APR
Discuss JFK’s
Cold War
Read Hofstadter
Vol III, Kennedy,
Report on Soviet
Missiles in Cuba,
1962
Hand out Ch 30
“1960s” DQs; due
Fri, 4 April
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“Post War
America” DQs;
due Mon, 24 Mar
Primary Documents
Discuss
Camelot myth
vs reality
2 APR
Read Hofstadter Vol III,
King, I Have a Dream,
1963 then watch
YouTube and discuss
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Discuss
1960s
Civil Rights
Audio
analysis
Cherokee
Nation
Presidents
Video:
Eisenhower,
Kennedy,
Johnson and
Nixon
15
April 2014
Sunday
Monday
29 MAR
6
31 MAR
Discuss JFK’s
Cold War
Read Hofstadter
Vol III, Kennedy,
Report on Soviet
Missiles in Cuba,
1962
Hand out Ch 30
“1960s” DQs; due
Fri, 4 April
7
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
2
3
4
Discuss
Camelot myth
vs reality
Read Hofstadter Vol III,
King, I Have a Dream,
1963 then watch
YouTube and discuss
Discuss
1960s Militant
Civil Rights
Presidents Video:
Eisenhower,
Kennedy,
Johnson and
Nixon
Audio
analysis
Cherokee
Nation
8
9
10
PPT
presentation:
LBJ’s Vietnam
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20
14
15
16
PPT
presentation:
Nixon’s
Vietnam
Discuss:
Nixon
administration
Discuss energy and
Middle East crises,
Ford and Carter
Administrations
21
No School
22
No School
Easter
Sunday
27
28
Discuss
Reaganomics
and domestic
agenda
11
12
Primary
Documents
17
Hand out Ch 31
“1970s” DQs; due
Mon, 14 April
18
No School
19
HW: see below
Snow
makeup 3
Easter
Vacation
23
24
25
Computer Day rm 18
Primary
Documents
Discuss Reagan
and the rise of
Neoconservatism
30
1 MAY
Computer Day rm 18
Primary
Documents
2 MAY
PROG RPTS
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Vacation
5
Ch 30 Exam
Primary Documents
13
Saturday
1
Computer Day rm 18
Activity:
LBJ’s Great
Society
Friday
26
Primary Documents
In Service
29
Reagan’s
Foreign Policy
Hand out Ch 32
“Conservatism Revived”
DQs; due Mon, 28 April
3 MAY
Ch 32 Exam
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Hand out Ch33
“Global Millenium”
DQs; due Mon 4
May
16
May 2014
Sunday
27
4
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturda
y
28
29
30
1
2 PROG RPTS
Discuss
Reaganomics
and domestic
agenda
Reagan’s
Foreign Policy
Computer Day rm 18
Primary
Documents
Ch 32 Exam
5
6
7
8
9
10
Discuss
Bush
Administration
Discuss
Clinton
Administration
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Primary
Documents
Discuss
Bush
Administration
Prom
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Hand out Ch33
“Global Millenium”
DQs; due Mon
5 May
Primary Documents
Each night this week students will complete two 25 QQ MC AP Practice Tests.
Over the weekend, students will complete one full-fledged Practice AP Exam.
11
12
Mother’s
Day
18
13
Discuss
Obama
Administration
14
Presidents
Video:
Reagan
Bush
Clinton
Bush
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19
20
15
16
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22
23
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APUSH EXAM
?KEYSTONES?
21
24
The remainder of the school year will be spent revisiting selected areas of student
interest. Additionally, time will be provided for independent research or
preparation for the final exam, depending on class choice.
25
?KEYSTONES?
?KEYSTONES?
26
No School
27
Memorial
Day
?KEYSTONES?
28
?KEYSTONES?
?KEYSTONES?
29
30
31
In lieu of a final exam, the class may elect to complete independent
research projects on a topic or person of each student’s choosing.
Specific requirements will be provided separately.
Snow
Makeup 4
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