Approximate Syllabus for US History I Accelerated
Overview: this will serve as your approximate schedule for the first few months of school. Most of your
homework assignments and test dates are listed on here. You will be notified of any changes via an alert
sent from your Google classroom.
Meeting 1: Course overview, class rules, and general procedures.
Homework: parents’ signatures for Course Outlines, Howard Zinn reading posted on Google
classroom, answer questions on Google Classroom
Meeting 2-3: Pre-Columbian America, Columbian Exchange, French exploration- why did Europe get
involved?
Homework Meeting 2: read either Jefferson, Hamilton, or Adams selection and answer
questions posted on Google classroom
Meeting 4: England evolves as a colonial power, Jamestown struggles, textbook comparison activity
Homework: read pp. 49-61, answer questions at end of each section.
Meeting 5-6: Colonial development in the Southern colonies.
Homework Meeting 6: read pp. 68-75 and 78-84, blog posted on Google
Meeting 7-8: Colonial development in the Middle and New England colonies, Great Awakening
Homework Meeting 8: p.62 Critical Thinking 1 and 2 (serves as reflection for Colonial unit)
Meeting 9: Mercantilism activity
Homework: read pp. 85-89, answer questions on pp. 89
Meeting 10: wrap up of Colonial Period, QUIZ on COLONIZATION
Meeting 11: French and Indian War, comparing the fighting styles of the English and French, early
English struggles during war
Homework: blog
Meeting 12: Colonial reflection
Homework: blog
Meeting 13-14: View film Last of the Mohicans
Homework: read pp. 95-108, answer guide questions on blog
Meeting 15: complete any additional information on French and Indian War, complete film if necessary,
discuss the relationship of the colonies and Great Britain by 1763
Homework: blog
Meeting 16: the beginning of conflict between the colonies and Great Britain, salutary neglect
Homework: essay on colonial unrest, will be posted on website, due Oct. 4
Meetings 17, 18: UBD projects on Parliamentary Acts, and personal profiles of Revolutionary leaders.
Projects will be due at the end of the period on Meeting 19!
Homework for Meeting 17: create poster for ‘facebook’ page for person assigned to you
Homework Meeting 18: read Declaration of Independence on pp. 109-112 in text, blog
Meeting 19: Recap of Colonial resistance, was it legitimate?
Meeting 20: Declaration of Independence, discussion on Declaration
Meeting 21: Intolerable Acts, First and Second Continental Congress, explain Revolutionary War battle
projects. PROJECTS DUE MEETING 19!!
Homework: read pp. 114-125 in text, answer guide questions on blog
Meeting 22: view clip from John Adams
Homework: work on Revolutionary War battle projects
Meeting 23: Beginning of Revolutionary War, Declaration of Independence
Homework: work on Revolutionary War projects
Meetings 24-25: Revolutionary War battle project presentations, review sheets will be posted on
website.
Homework: blog comments each evening
Meeting 26: Complete any necessary projects, discuss civilian aspects of war, receive Colonial Food Day
recipes
Homework: Thinking Critically #1 and 2 on p. 126 in text.
Meeting 27: Review for Exam
Homework: study
Meeting 28: Revolutionary War exam
Homework: research articles for Discussion Day
Meeting 29: TBA
Homework: prepare recipes for Colonial Food Day
Meeting 30: Colonial Food Day
Cornell Notes pp. 132-139, answer guide questions on blog
Meeting 31: Critical Period, key points to Articles of Confederation-what to do now that independence
was achieved? Assign figures for Constitutional Debate simulation. Information about assignment will
be posted on website. Debate begins Meeting 28!
Homework: blog
Meeting 32: Shays’ Rebellion, weaknesses of Articles, etc.
Homework: prepare for debate
Meeting 33-34: Constitutional Convention debates
Homework: Meeting 28- blog; Meeting 29- read pp. 140-149, blog
Meeting 35: Plans for Legislative Branch, how did they compare to findings during debates? What went
on during the convention?
Homework: read Article I of Constitution, answer discussion questions on blog
Meeting 36: Introduce 4 Problems of Gov’t, begin Legislative Branch- how a bill becomes law, procedure
in House and Senate
Homework: Read Articles II and III of Constitution
Meeting 37: Complete Legislative Branch, begin Executive Branch. Compare two branches.
Homework: blog
Meeting 38: Complete Executive and Judicial Branches
Meeting 39: Executive and Judicial Branches
Meeting 40: Work on Bill of Rights projects
Meeting 41: Review for Constitution exam
Meeting 42: Constitution Exam
Meeting 1 (Dec. 14): Jefferson’s attack on the Judiciary, begin Louisiana Purchase
HWK: Lewis and Clark reading
Meeting 2 (Dec. 15): Louisiana Purchase/Lewis and Clark
HWK: Lewis and Clark reading
Meeting 3 (Dec. 16): Jefferson’s 2nd term
HWK: short essay, study for quiz
Meeting 4 (Dec. 18): Quiz on Washington, Adams, Jefferson
HWK: p. 284-292, discussion questions on blog
Meeting 5 (Dec. 21): Native American conflicts, lead up to War of 1812
HWK: Madison reading, answer questions
Meeting 6 (Dec. 22): War of 1812- LAST DAY OF PENNY WARS!!!!
HWK: blog
Meeting 7 (Dec. 23): Half day
Meeting 8 (Jan. 5): War of 1812 Day 2
HWK: p. 379-386 in text, answer questions on blog
Meeting 9 (Jan. 6): Introduce President’s unit, Era of Good Feelings
HWK: Monroe Doctrine reading
Meeting 10 (Jan. 7): Monroe Doctrine and beginning of Manifest Destiny
HWK: blog
Meeting 11 (Jan. 11): Election of 1824, emergence of Jackson
HWK: p. 388-395 in text, answer questions on blog
Meeting 12 (Jan. 12): Andrew Jackson as President, profile
HWK: p. 395-398 in text, answer questions on blog
Meeting 13 (Jan. 13): Jackson’s first problem- Nullification
HWK: p. 398-402 in text
Meetings 14 (Jan. 15): Health care/finish Nullification
(15)January 19- Health Care discussion
(16) Jan 20: finish Nullification-begin Native Americans
(17)Jan 22: Native Americans
(18)Jan 25: Jackson’s second problem: National Bank
HWK: reading on Native American removal
Jan 26: Martin Van Buren, change in party system
Jan 28(Jan. 22): Essay on Jacksonian Democracy
Jan 29 Quiz on Monroe through Jackson
Meeting 20 (Jan. 27): Election of 1840, Harrison and Tyler presidencies
Meeting 21 (Jan. 28): Texas independence and issues with admitting them as a state
Meeting 22 (Jan. 29): Manifest Destiny/Polk’s election
Meetings 23-24 (Feb. 1, 3): Mexican War
Meeting 25 (Feb. 4): Election of 1848, issues with adding California, Compromise of 1850
Meeting 26 (Feb. 5): Fillmore and Pierce presidencies
Meeting 27 (Feb. 8): Review for test
Meeting 28 (Feb. 10): President’s exam