AP US HISTORY
COURSE SCHEDULE
2015-2016
Please note: The assigned readings need to be completed BEFORE the dates listed.
Supplemental readings will be distributed almost every week. They will need to be read
in the same time frame. Note: Not all supplemental readings are listed here.
AUGUST ASSIGNMENTS
August 17-21: Course introduction and AP talk
Textbook checkout and familiarization. Discuss Themes, Periodization, Key Concepts
Historical Thinking Skills
American Pageant, pp. xlii-lxiii and Chpts 1 & 2, pp. 2-41
In-Class Essay on Summer Reading
August 24-27: Colonial America Before 1750
A People’s History of the United States Chpt. 1 with take home writing assignment
Lectures on Chps. 1-2
American Pageant, Chpt. 3, pp. 42-61
Puritanism and Democracy: A Mixed Legacy
August 31-September 3:
American Pageant, Chpt. 4, pp. 62-77
The 13 English Colonies Chart
SEPTEMBER ASSIGNMENTS
September 8-11:
American Pageant, Chpt. 5, pp. 78-100
Salem Exercise
Historical Writing and Essay tips
British Policy Storyboard Chart Task
September 14-18: The Duel for North America
American Pageant, Chpt. 6, pp. 101-116
Structure of the AP exam
MC Test on Chapters 4-6
September 21-25: The Revolution (?)
American Pageant, Chpt. 7, pp. 117-134
Was the American Revolution a Revolution? By Sofya Medvedev
September 28-October 2
American Pageant, Chpt. 8, pp. 135-157
A People’s History of the United States, Chpt. 5
Comparative Essay
Excerpts from 1776 By David McCullough
AP Exam Discussion/Exercise
American Pageant pp. lxiv-lxxiv
OCTOBER ASSIGNMENTS
October 5-October 9 Building the New Nation
American Pageant, Chpt. 9, pp. 158-181
Miracle at Philadelphia, Chpts 12 & 13, pp. 141-167
The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789, pp.5-7.
Compare Articles of Confederation and Constitution
Long Essay Exam on Chapters 7-9
October 12-15
Jeffersonian Democracy
American Pageant, Chpt. 10, pp. 182-203
American Pageant, Chpt. 11, pp. 204-225
October 19-23 The Second War for Independence
American Pageant, Chpt. 12, pp. 226-247
DBQ on Jefferson Era
Geography Knowledge Test Due
October 26-29 Jacksonian Democracy
American Pageant, Chpt. 13, pp. 248-277
NOVEMBER ASSIGNMENTS
November 2-November 6 Forging the National Economy
American Pageant, Chpt. 14, pp. 278-307
November 9-13 The Ferment of Reform and Culture
American Pageant, Chpt. 15, pp. 309-336
PowerPoint Project on Chapters 15-16
November 16-20 The Slavery Question
American Pageant, Chpt. 16, pp. 338-361
November 23-25
American Pageant, Chpt.17, pp. 363-380
Manifest Destiny SAQ
DECEMBER ASSIGNMENTS
November 30 -December 4
American Pageant, Chpt. 18 pp. 381-398
December 7-11 Sectionalism and Disunion
American Pageant, Chpt. 19 pp. 399-420
DBQ on Chapters 17-19
December 14-17
The Civil War
American Pageant, Chpt. 20 pp. 421-437
American Pageant, Chpt. 21 pp. 438-464
Chapter from James McPherson’s Drawn With the Sword
Semester Final Exam: MC Test on Chapters 20-21
CHRISTMAS BREAK ASSIGNMENTS
Reconstruction
American Pageant, Chpt. 22 pp. 465-485
Reconstruction reading and Essay Assignment
JANUARY ASSIGNMENTS
January 4-8
Christmas Reading Essay Due
Review Civil War/Reconstruction legacy
American Pageant, Chpt. 23 pp. 488-511
Introduce “Flex Points” assignment
January 11-15 The Growth of Industry and Urbanization
American Pageant, Chpt. 24 pp. 512-538
American Pageant, Chpt. 25 pp. 539-573
J.D. Rockefeller: A Different View
Dubois and Washington
January 19-22 The West
American Pageant, Chpt. 26 pp. 574-605
The Wizard of Oz and Populism
January 25-29 America the Imperialist?
American Pageant, Chpt. 27 pp. 607-635
Varying Viewpoints on the Spanish American War from History Lessons.
Long Essay Test on Chapters 23-27
FEBRUARY ASSIGNMENTS
February 1-5 American Pageant, Chpt. 28 pp. 638-660
Theodore Roosevelt Speech
February 8-12 Wilson at Home and Abroad
American Pageant, Chpt. 29 pp. 661-676
February 15-18 The Roaring ‘20’s
American Pageant, Chpt. 30 pp. 692-718
Progressive DBQ
February 22- 26 Boom and Bust
American Pageant, Chpt. 31 pp. 720-741
MARCH ASSIGNMENTS
February 29-March 4 The Great Depression
American Pageant, Chpt. 32 pp. 742-767
Supreme Court Cases Assignment
Begin Studying for AP Exam!!
March 7-10 FDR and U.S. Foreign Policy
American Pageant, Chpt. 33 pp. 751-777
March 14-18 Spring Break America and World War II
American Pageant, Chpt. 34 pp. 789-817
March 21-25 The Cold War
American Pageant, Chpt. 35 pp. 820-848
March 31-April 1 The 1950’s
American Pageant, Chpt. 36 pp. 850-882
APRIL ASSIGNMENTS
April 4-8 The 1960’s
American Pageant, Chpt. 37 pp. 884-909
April 11-15 The 1970’s
American Pageant, Chpt. 38 pp. 911-931
April 18-22 The 1980’s
American Pageant, Chpt. 39 pp. 933-955
Morning in America, pp. 1-20
April 25-29 The 1990’s
American Pageant, Chpt. 40 pp. 957-978
MAY ASSIGNMENTS
May 2-5 America in the 21st Century
American Pageant, Chpt. 41 pp. 979-1007
Review for exam
May 6 AP Exam
May 9-13 Oral History Presentations
May 16
Flex Points Assignment Due