APUSH Schedule Unit 8: 1945-1980 and Unit 9: 1980-Present
Notes: This is subject to change at Ms. J’s discretion.
In the event of school cancellation, you are still responsible for the reading!
Date
Mar.
25/26
Topic
WWII: Early Political
Consequences
7.3III, 8.1I
Text Covered
Ch. 25 p. 790-795; Ch. 26 p. 802-810
Homework
Work on review guide
Cold War Begins PPT/notesheet
--Handout: Major WWII Conferences
“The Iron Curtain” video and Fulton
Speech reading
Potsdam Conference activity
Mar. 30April 6
SPRING BREAK and
Teacher Planning Day
April 7/8
Politics of a Cold War
8.1I, 8.1III
SPRING BREAK
SPRING BREAK
Ch. 26 p. 810-828
Work on review guide
Comparing foreign policy plans activity
Video: Crash Course and worksheet
(ep. 37)
The Korean War
-article/questions
-map
-video
Political Cartoon SAQ
April 9/10
The Cold War at
Home
8.3I
Ch. 27 p. 837-858
Propaganda poster due next class
Black Dot activity
Work on review guide
Conformist America PPT/notes
McCarthyism video
--‘Duck and Cover’
Make a propaganda poster (mini-project)
April
13/14
Civil Rights, part I
8.2I
Ch. 28 p. 864-867, 871-875
Work on review guide
Synthesis activity: “The Other America”
Video/worksheet: Massive
Resistance and the Court
Letter from Birmingham Jail
excerpt/audio clip
Video clips: A Time for Justice
April
15/16
16th: SCA Olympics 7p.
Ch. 29 p. 903-910; Ch. 31 p. 983-985
Civil Rights, part II
8.3I, 8.2II, 8.2III
Second Wave Feminism:
-Freidan vs Schafly
-Supreme Court cases
The Sexual Revolution and Gay Rights
video/worksheet
Review guide parts 1-3 due next class!
Date
Topic
April
17/20
JFK’s “New Frontier”
and
LBJ’s “Great Society”
8.2III
DD1
Text Covered
Ch. 28 p. 868-877; 885-888
Primary source activity: Kennedy and
LBJ domestic policy speeches
-“Daisy” ad
Homework
Kennedy Foreign Policy reading and
LBJ in Vietnam video clip/questions
(watch through 13:00)
Work on review packet
“Ballot or the Bullet” speech, VRA
reading/questions
Video/notesheet on “other” Civil Rights
April
21/22
The Vietnam War &
Counterculture
8.1III, 8.3III
Ch. 28 p. 877-884; 888-892
Vietnam War and Protest
--video clip 1 (political)
--End of the War/Counterculture
Nixon’s Vietnamization & “PingPong Diplomacy” video/worksheet
Work on review guide
The Counterculture Movement primary
source activity
--documents
--music of the era
April
23/24
Challenging
Government Power
8.3III, 9.1I
Ch. 29 p. 896-902; 911-922
Work on review guide
Limiting the Power of the President:
--Watergate Scandal/US v. Nixon
--Nixon’s resignation (video clip)
--War Powers Act video and worksheet
Video: History of the fight for the
environment (synthesis)
Crisis under Carter: OPEC, economy &
Iran
April
27/28
End of the Cold War
9.2I
Ch. 29 p. 896-902; 911-922
Détente: video and handout
The “Reagan Doctrine” and a Second
Cold War reading
-video: “Star Wars” initiative
Work on review guide
Videos: “Morning in America” and
Fall of the Berlin Wall
SAQ Unit 9
April
29/30
May
1-7
1980s vs 1990s: New
American Politics
9.1I
Ch. 30 p. 927-953
The End of the “American Century”
Domestic Issues:
-Reaganomics, video clip
-George H.W. Bush, Persian Gulf War
Work on review guide
EXAM REVIEW!
AP EXAM Preparation/packet work
Get PUMPED to ACE the EXAM!!!
Take-home UNIT 8/9 EXAM
DD2
May 8
APUSH
EXAM
TODAY
APUSH Schedule Unit 8: 1945-1980 and Unit 9: 1980-Present
Notes: This is subject to change at Ms. J’s discretion.
In the event of school cancellation, you are still responsible for the reading!
Date
May 11-18
May
19/20
May 21June 8
Topic
SOL REVIEW
SOL
May 25: Memorial
Day
Final projects
June 13-17
FINAL
June 18
LAST DAY 2014-2015
Text Covered
SOL Review Packet work
EXAM
Homework
Bring AP Textbook back by 5/22
TODAY
Work on final projects
EXAM
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WEEK