Fourth Nine Weeks Course Overview
United States History
Advanced Placement
Mr. Greene
Grading:
Your fourth marking period grade will be calculated in the following manner:
15% DBQ (Domestic and Foreign Policy 1945-1974)
15% FRQ (Comparative Eras Domestic and Foreign Policy 1860-1960)
25% Review Assignment
15% Cumulative Multiple Choice Examination
20% Quizzes
10% Participation
Supplemental Reading Assignment:
Patterson, James T. Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 (New York:
Oxford University Press, 1996).
Patterson, James T. Reckless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2005)
Fourth Marking Period Schedule:
Note: Grand Expectations (Chapter 12) is due for Monday, April 7, 2014.
Week 1 (April 7-11, 2014)
Monday:
Postwar Prosperity and the Consumer Culture
Reading Assignment: Grand Expectations (Chapter 13)
Thursday:
The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement
Reading Assignment: Grand Expectations (Chapter 14)
Wednesday:
Eisenhower and Massive Retaliation
Reading Assignment: Grand Expectations (Chapter 15)
Thursday:
The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement and the 1960s: An Overview
Assignment: Study for In-Class FRQ (Comparative Eras Domestic and Foreign Policy
1860-1960)
Friday:
In-Class FRQ (Comparative Eras Domestic and Foreign Policy 1860-1960)
Reading Assignment: Grand Expectations (Chapter 16)
Week 2 (April 14-18, 2014)
Monday:
JFK and the New Frontier
Reading Assignment: Grand Expectations (Chapters 17)
Tuesday:
JFK and Flexible Response
Reading Assignment: Grand Expectations (Chapter 18)
Wednesday:
No School
Thursday:
No School
Friday:
No School
Week 3 (April 21-25, 2014)
Monday:
LBJ and the Great Society
Reading Assignment: Grand Expectations (Chapter 20)
Tuesday:
Into the Quagmire: The Vietnam War
Reading Assignment: Grand Expectations (Chapter 21)
Wednesday:
Things Fall Apart: Black Power, Political Polarization, and the Vietnam War
Reading Assignment: Grand Expectations (Chapter 22)
Thursday:
Turning Point: 1968
Reading Assignment: Grand Expectations (Chapter 23)
Friday:
The Return of Richard Nixon
Reading Assignment: Grand Expectations (Chapter 24)
Week 4 (April 28-May 2, 2014)
Monday:
Richard Nixon and World Affairs
Reading Assignment: Grand Expectations (Chapter 25)
Blessings of Liberty (Chapter 17)
Tuesday:
Watergate
Assignment: Study for In-Class DBQ (Foreign and Domestic Policy, 1945-1974)
Wednesday:
In-Class DBQ (Foreign and Domestic Policy, 1945-1974)
Reading Assignment: Reckless Giant (Chapters 3 and 4)
Thursday:
The Ford Interlude and the Carter Years
Reading Assignment: Reckless Giant (Chapter 5)
Friday:
America’s Right Turn: the Reagan Revolution
Reading Assignment: Reckless Giant (Chapters 6 and 7)
Assignment: Finish AP Review Assignment
Week 5 (May 5-9, 2014)
Monday:
The Reagan Years: “Morning Again in America”
Assignment: Study for Cumulative Multiple-Choice Exam
Note: AP Review Assignment Due
Tuesday:
Cumulative Multiple Choice Examination
Reading Assignment: Reckless Giant (Chapters 7 and 10)
Wednesday
Bush 41, Clinton, and the Culture Wars
Assignment: Study for AP Examination
Thursday:
Review for AP Exam
Reading Assignment: Study for AP Examination
Friday:
Review for AP Exam
Assignment: Study for AP Examination
Week 6 (May 12-16, 2014)
Monday:
Review for AP Exam
Assignment: Study for AP Examination
Tuesday:
Review for AP Exam
Assignment: Study for AP Examination
Wednesday:
The Big Day
AP United States History Examination (8:00am)
Thursday:
Return All Books/Complete Book Inventory
Friday:
Finish Book Inventory
Week 7 (May 19-23, 2014)
Monday:
Discuss Released Questions from 2014 AP US History Examination
Tuesday:
View Huey Long Documentary
Wednesday:
Finish Viewing Huey Long Documentary/Begin Discussion
Thursday:
View Good Night and Good Luck
Friday:
View Good Night and Good Luck
Week 8 (May 26-May 30, 2014)
Monday:
No School
Tuesday:
View Good Night and Good Luck
Wednesday:
Discussion about McCarthyism and Good Night and Good Luck
Thursday:
Review for Final Exams
Friday:
Review for Final Exams
Week 9 (June 2-6, 2014)
Monday:
Final Exams
Tuesday:
Final Exams
Wednesday:
Final Exams
Thursday:
Final Exams (Make-Up Day)
Friday:
Teacher In-Service