US History AP – Tangney 2009 - 2010 Syllabus “We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Guiding Question for the Course: The Declaration of Independence sets forth lofty goals and expectations for an enlightened nation to follow. How well has the United States adhered to the Declaration over the past 230 years? Texts: Baker, Emerson W. The Devil of Great Island: Witchcraft and Conflict in Early New England. Boyer, Paul S. et al. The Enduring Vision: Sixth Edition. Hofstadter, Richard. The American Poltical Tradition. Swanson, James Manhunt: The 12 Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer PS Packet: Denotes a packet of primary source documents and or essays / articles from other historians. These packets will be available to read on my website. Overview and Rationale: The United States History AP course is designed as the equivalent of two semesters of College Introductory level history. Additionally, the national AP examination is held in early May, so we are going to be very calendar driven from the start. The primary readings will be in the course’s primary text Enduring Vision: A History of the American People, hereafter EV. Enduring Vision is a dense narrative style history of the United States that is particularly strong on political history. In addition to the textbook readings, each week will have a packet of Primary Source documents and historically themed articles to read as well. Links to these readings will be found on my website accessible through www.marbleheadschools.org. On the first day of school your summer reading book reviews for The Devil of Great Island and Manhunt are due. Additionally we will have a test mixing multiple choice and open response questions on the two books on the first day. It is imperative that you thoroughly read and complete the summer assignments; failure to do so will put your success in this course in jeopardy from the first day of school. Course Evaluation: The grading for AP US History is as follows: 70% Tests, Quizzes, Essays, and Projects 30% Homework, Preparation, Class Participation AP EXAM: All AP students are expected to take the AP Examination in May. AP US History – Tangney Summer Preparation Assignment: 2009-2010 Welcome to AP US History. Hopefully you have signed up for this class because you love history, enjoy reading about history, and are looking forward to a challenging course. This course is very schedule driven because of the AP Exam in May, as a result your summer preparation is especially important. Assignments that need to be ready for the 1st day of class: Read, and write book notes for The Devil of Great Island, by Emerson Baker. Although the Marblehead Public Library does not have this book, it is available through many of the local public libraries on the noblenet network. If you choose to purchase this book it is dramatically less expensive at amazon.com than from other sources. Read, and write book notes for Manhunt: The 12 Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer by James Swanson. This book is readily available through all major public libraries and bookstores. Write a book review for one (your choice) of the two books listed above. Read, and take notes on the reading packet from United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination by John Newman. If you plan to buy an AP review / test prep book this year I would recommend this one by Amsco School Publications. You will not need to show me these notes, they are for your use to prepare for the 1st day test. Be prepared for a test on the first day that includes questions on all three reading assignments. 60% of this test will be former AP Exam questions (multiple choice) that connect to the Amsco packet reading, 40% of the test will be open response questions about your familiarity with the two books. Details for the Book Notes Assignments: Your book notes assignment will be a short skeleton description of the book, the author’s major arguments and the kind of evidence that the author uses to build his case. Your book notes should not try re-state everything that the book said. You should write no more than 500 words for each book notes assignment. Your book notes should include: o An overall description of the work including the bibliographic information for the book. o A summary of the author’s thesis: What is the author trying to prove / What makes this work different from other books about this time period in US History. o A bullet list of arguments made and types of evidence used to support the thesis. This should be a representative list and not an index of EVERY piece of information in the book. o Explain how this work connects to another aspect of American History. o What are some questions that this book brings up that might merit further investigation? Details for the Book Review Assignment: The book review should be an evaluative essay that discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the book. The review should include an overall assessment of the writing / readability of the book, but should really focus on the author’s thesis and how well he supported his thesis. The book review should: o Be no more than 1000 words. o Be properly organized with a distinct introduction and conclusion and several supporting paragraphs. o Be free of major spelling / editing / proofreading mistakes. o Include the bibliographic citation for the book. o Begin with an overall description of the book, especially how it is organized. o Explain the author’s thesis: What was he trying to prove that was unique? Do you think the author proved his point? Why or why not? o What were the important arguments that the author used in order to prove his thesis? Do you think he did so successfully or not? o Assess the author’s use of evidence: What kind of evidence did he use to support his arguments? Was there enough evidence, did anything seem missing? o Assess the book overall as a tool for historical study / understanding. Schedule of Assignments: Week ending 9/11 9/118 Content Themes Assigned Readings Welcome Back: Historiography, AP Style Critical Reading, Summer Assignments Summer Reading Assignments: Book reviews on Devil of Great Island and Manhunt, opening day test. Readings Due - EV Ch 2, PS Packet: Howard Zinn’s “Columbus, The Indians, and Human Progress”, Mary Norton’s “The Conquest of Chocolate”, Gregory Ceiro’s “Were the Spaniards Really that Cruel?” EV – CH 3 (The Emergence of Colonial Societies) PS Packet: NE v. VA Passenger Lists, Mayflower Compact. Bacon’s Manifesto, “Vengeful Women of Marblehead” Account of Marblehead during Metacom’s War, John Winthrop: A Modell of Christian Charity , Columbus Day Pro and Con Readings, James Oglethorpe Vision for the Foundation of Georgia A New World: Exploration and the Foundations of the British Colonies Assessments / Skill Focus / Other Summer Reading Essays Due 4 Day Week Comparing historical sources and the role of the historian. Reading Quiz: Multiple Choice questions and Document ID Questions from Class (Ch 2,3) Quiz prep will emphasize importance of context as key to analyzing historical documents. 9/25 British Americans: Culture and Economics, the Great Awakening. EV Ch 4 (The Bonds of Empire) PS Packet: – Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Humphrey Chadbourne Probate Inventory and Will 1667, Ben Franklin: Proposals Relating to Education Concept of material culture / physical evidence as historical source material. 10-2 Battle of North America: Indian Wars, European Rivalries and their impacts on Colonial Life., CE Ch 5 (Roads to Revolution) PS Packet: Join or Die, Magna Reduced Cartoons, Journal entry from William Trent: Stationed at Fort Pitt, Proclamation of 1763, Petition to Make Pig Iron 1750, James Otis: The Rights of the British Colonies, 4 Day Week No Taxation and Other Myths: Causes of the American Revolution EV Ch 6 (Securing Independence PS: Franklin Testimony to Parliament on Stamp Act, Eyewitness Account of the Boston Tea Party, The Olive Branch Petition, The Suffolk Resolves, Samuel Drowne’s Testimony on the Boston Massacre 1770 10/9 Reading Quiz Ch 4,5: Reading quizzes throughout the year will include several “AP Style” multiple choice questions along with Ids and FRQs from previous AP exams. Concepts of agency and perspective in historical study. 10/16 DBQ Prep / American Revolution EV – Ch 7 through p. 206 / (Launching the New Republic) PS – Declaration of Independence, Common Sense, G. Washington Letter after the Battle of Trenton, Letters from Valley Forge, Slaves’ Appeal to General Gage 1774, Benjamin Banneker Letter to Thomas Jefferson 1791 10/23 American Revolution / Early Republic / The Constitution / Hamiltonians v. Jeffersonians 10/30 11/6 11/13 11/20 The 1812 Era / The Era of Good Feelings: The Embargo, The War, Monroe as Statesmen, The Corrupt Bargain Society 1800-1860 Utopian Societies, Second Great Awakening, Republican Motherhood, Reform Movements Era of Jackson: Expansion of Democracy, Rise of Mass Campaigning, Manifest Destiny, Compromises, Growth of Sectional Tensions, Antebellum Political Topics (cont from previous week) EV – Ch 7 Oliphant Article Jefferson v. Hamilton PS: Federalist #10, Washington’s Farewell Address, Excerpts from John and Abigail Adams Letters Articles of Confederation Excerpt, Jefferson and Hamilton Quotes on the Constitutionality of the Bank, Whiskey Rebellion Proclamation, EV – Ch 8 (Jeffersonianism and the Era of Good Feelings) PS Packet: Monroe Doctrine, JQ Adams Inaugural Address, James Kent: Argument Against Universal Suffrage 1821, “When Political becomes Personal” Essay describing the changing nature of electoral politics as seen through the Adams / Jackson elections. EV – CH 9 (Transformation of American Society) PS: Excerpts from Toqueville (Religion and Tyranny of the Majority), Seneca Falls Declaration, RW Emerson: Self Reliance, Lucy Stone Letters, EV Ch 10 (Democratic Politics, Religious Revival and Reform) Hofstadter Chapter on John C. Calhoun from “American Political Tradition” PS Packet: Marshall Opinion from Worcester v. Georgia, Jackson Campaign Broadside, Jackson slaying the Bank Cartoon, Allen Read Article “Could Andrew Jackson Spell?” (1963), EV CH 11 (Technology, Culture and Everyday Life) (No packet this week / catch up for end of term) 4 Day Week DBQ – New England v. Chesapeake Colonies DBQ prep will emphasize carefully analyzing the question and establishing a strong thesis. Review of strong and weak examples from last week’s DBQs.. In class debate: Is expanded suffrage always a good thing? DBQ – Alien and Sedition Acts DBQ Prep will emphasize connecting outside knowledge to your documents. 4 Day Week Cumulative Test Ch 6-9 Multiple Choice + FRQs Review strong / weak examples from Term test FRQs 11/27 Slavery in America 12/4 Pre Civil War: Bleeding Kansas John Brown’s Raid, Impact of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Birth of the Republican Party 12/11 Civil War: Relative preparedness of each side, Events of the Early War, Foreign Policy, Nature of Civil War Combat 12/18 12/23 VA VA 1/8 Civil War: Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Sherman’s March, and the End of Total War Reconstruction: Presidential v. Congressional Reconstruction, Rise of Black Codes and the KKK, Exodusters and Black Migration CA CA Indian Removal and the West 1850-1900: Sources of EV Ch 12 (The Old South and Slavery) PS Packet: Selections from WPA Slave Narratives, Excerpts from Confessions of Nat Turner, Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 , Testimony of Fugitive Slave Edward Hicks, Ch 10-12 Reading Quiz EV Ch 13 (Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict) PS Packet: NY Tribune Editorial on Kansas Nebraska Act, Buchanon 1860 State of Union, Greeley Editorial on John Brown 1859, South Carolina Articles of Secession. EV Ch 14 (From Compromise to Secession) Hofstadter Chapter on Lincoln, PS Packet: Jefferson Davis Resignation Address, Mary Chestnut Diary Entries 1860, Robert E Lee’s Resignation Letter, Lincoln’s 1861 State of Union, Emancipation Proclamation, Constance Harrison: Reactions to Secession and 1st Manassas EV Ch 15 (The Crucible of Freedom: Civil War) PS Packet : Baltimore Cartoon of Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, Sherman’s letter to the Leaders of Atlanta 1864, Sullivan Ballou: Letter from to his wife, Battle Hymm of the Republic Lyrics, Lincoln’s Condolence Letter to Mrs. Bixby John Brown as example of perception v. reality. EV Ch 16 (The Crises of Reconstruction) PS Packet: PA Democratic Broadside from 1866 Election, Accounts of Freedmen Migrating West, Thadeus Stevens Speech on Congressional Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass: Essay on Reconstruction, Lincoln on voting rights, Stevens on voting rights, William Ravenal on voting rights, A. Johnson on Voting rights TI TI EV Ch 17 (The Trans-Mississippi West) PS Packet: Eyewitness Account of 3 Day Week Thanksgiving Stress importance of agency in undocumented populations. DBQ – Northern Middle Class Women due Thu 12/4 DBQ Prep – Emphasize the big “BUT” – How to account for exceptions to your thesis or evidence that seems to contradict your thesis. Reading Quiz Ch 13,14 – Multiple Choice + FRQs Concept – The Civil War as a transformative event. DBQ – John Brown Friday DBQ Prep – New Challenge = Doing the whole DBQ in one class period. ON ON Emphasize study strategies for long term tests compared to short Conflict, Plains Indians Lifestyles, Reservations and Broken Treaties, Dawes Act and Carlisle School Homestead Act and other incentives, Turners Thesis, Myths of the Old West, Role of Women in Homesteading The Rise of American Big Business the Oklahoma Land Rush, The Homestead Act, Chief Seattle: How Can you Buy the Sky, Chief Joseph “Thunder Traveling to the Loftier Mountain Heights” 1877, Turner’s “The Significance of the Frontier” 1893 term quizzes. EV Ch 18 (Rise of Industrial America) PS Packet: Frederick Taylor: Scientific Management, Carnegie and Rockefeller on the “Proper administration of wealth” , 1/22 1/29 XXXXXXX XXXXXXX Midterms Midterms DBQ – Settlement of the West Review for Midterms (Midterm exam will be comprised of 25 former AP Multiple Choice questions and 2 FRQs XXXXX XXXXX 2/5 US at 1900 – Populists, The Grange, Rise of Mass Entertainment, Immigration and Urbanization EV Ch 19 (Transformation of Urban America) PS Packet: Sinclair: The Jungle Excerpt, Emma Lazarus “The New Colossus”, Cartoons and Photos from Ellis Island and Angel Island, Jacob Riis “How the Other Half Lives” Excerpt, Henry Cabot Lodge: The Restriction of Immigration 1889 EV 20 (Daily Life 1860-1900) Hofstadter Chapter on Theodore Roosevelt PS Packet – BT Washington, WEB DuBois, Marcus Garvey Prim Sources on African Americans at turn of century, Roosevelt “New Nationalism Speech” 1/15 2/12 Politics and Imperialism Gilded Age through Roosevelt 2/19 2/26 3/5 Progessivism, Settlement Houses, Immigration, Trust Busting, Muckraking, Immigration Roosevelt and Wilson Domestic Politics The US and WWI: Neutrality, Preparedness, Submarine Warfare, Battle over Versailles Feb Vacation Week – EV CH 21 (Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age) Wilson Chapter from Loewen “Lies My Teacher Told Me” EV Ch 22 (The Progressive Era) Race Cleansing in America: Eugenics Article, Ruth Crocker: Social Work and Social Order: Chapter 2 From Foreign House to American Settlement EV Ch 23 (WWI) PS Packet: 14 Points, McCutcheon Cartoon “Crime of the Ages: Who Did It?”, Wilson, DuBois on the Treaty of Versailles, How have historians regarded Turner’s Thesis over the years? Compare immigration discrimination stories with slavery discrimination. – What accounts for the differences? Re-enforce concept of Agency. Reading Quiz Ch 19,20 Multiple Choice and FRQ. Based on “new nationalism” is it surprising or not that modern Republicans so frequently cite Roosevelt? DBQ – Washington and DuBois Due after Vacation Re-enforce context essential to interpreting sources. Reading Test Ch 21-23 Multiple choice and FRQ Class Debate: Was it a mistake for the US to 3/12 3/19 3/26 4/2 4/9 The Roaring 20s: Red Summer, False Prosperity, Consumerism, Women’s Changing Images The Great Depression: Causes, Hoover Response, Dustbowl Life, The New Deal, The Demagogues, Wagner Act The Late ‘30s and WWII: America the Isolationist, Arsenal of Democracy US and WWII: US / Japan relations in the 30s, Nature of the War, Japanese Internment, Decision to Drop the Bomb Cold War Era / and Ike: Yalta and Potsdam, Containment, Korea, The Military Industrial Complex EV Ch 24 (The 1920s) William Tuttle Jr: :Red Summer 1919: Reading on the Chicago Race Riots, PS Packet: Scopes Trial Transcript, Text of 1924 Immigration Act, 1924 Letter to Rep Baker of California from the San Francisco American Legion Chapter, HW Evans’ “The Klan’s Fight for Americanism” , Margaret Sanger on Birth Control EV Ch 25 (Crash, Depression and New Deal) Hofstadter: FDR Chapter Case Study: Portsmouth, NH during the Great Depression, Andover, MA Emergency Committee Survey from 1932, “A Boy Tramp Tells of the Big Trouble” from Boy and Girl Tramps of America 1934 , “Joe Morrison Remembers the Drop” from Hard Tmes 1970, Philip Broughton “Man Meets Job: How Uncle Sam Helps” US Gov Public Affairs pamphlet 1941 EV Ch 26 (American Life in a Decade of Crisis at Home and Abroad) PS Packet: FDR: Roosevelt Pleads for Repeal of the Arms Emargo 1939, FDR: Fireside Cha on the Arsenal of Democracy”, Charles Lindbergh Argues for Isolation 1941, Chicago Tribune criticizes FDR 1941, Dr. Seuss Cartoons from World War II, EV Ch 27 (Waging Global War) PS Packet: Truman on the decision to drop the Bomb, Alfred Burgos, Richard Gordon, Leon Beck: Bataan Death March Survivors Interviewed for American Experience, Time Magazine Exerpts 1943-1945 A Trip to Japan, One Square Mile of Hell, Young Frank, Moment in Tehran, Reveille for Workers, Bombing of Boise City, No Stopping, Excerpts from John Hersey: Hiroshima EV CH 28 (Cold War America) PS Packet: NSC 68, George Kennan: Containment, US and Soviet exchange of notes in response to the Berlin Wall, Pro and Con readings on joining NATO (Walter Lippman, Sen Connally TX, Sen Taft enter WWI? DBQ – Fight over Versailles Treaty Review strong / weak DBQ examples. 4 day week Reading Quiz Ch 24,25 Multiple Choice and FRQ. Using local history to prove / disprove general historical beliefs. DBQ – Immigration Law of 1924 Class presentations based on Dr. Suess WWII cartoons. Reading Quiz Ch 26,27 4 Day Week Depression and WWII: As a single transformative movement in US history. DBQ – Decision to Drop the Bomb Review strong / weak DBQ examples. Did US over-react to 4/16 The 1960s – Vietnam: Sputnik, Bay of Pigs, Berlin as Context, Nature of Involvement, Tet and the Turning of Public Opinion, My Lai and other Lies 4/23 Vacation Week 4/30 The 50s / 60s Civil Rights: Protest Movement, Student Movements, Black Nationalism, Breakdown of Movement 5/7 The 1970s / 1980s: Post Vietnam and Watergate Attitudes, Détente and Renewed Cold War, Reaganomics OH, Kennan), Time Magazine: Facts of Attack (1959 predictions for nuclear exchange), JFK letter to Life Magazine about nuclear weapons 91961 EV Ch 30 (The Turbulent 60s) PS Packet: Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam 1945, Carol Mirman eyewitness to Kent State Shootings, LBJ: American Policy in Vietnam 1965, Defends American Commitment to South Vietnam 1966 Nixon: Vietnamization and the Invasion of Cambodia, Sandy Kempner – Vietnam Soldier’s Letter Home 1966, Walter Cronkite “report from Vietnam” 1968 EV Ch 31 (A Troubled Journey from Port Huron to Watergate) April Vacation Week EV Ch 32 (Society and Politics from Ford to Bush) James Loewen: Excerpt from Lies on FBI actions regarding the Civil Rights Movement , PS Packet: Foundation Documents for SNCC, Earl Warren Quote on School Desegregation, Chart of School Integration in 1960, MLK I Have Dream Speech, John Lewis March on Washington Speech, George Wallace 1964 Candidacy Announcement Speech PS Packet: Richard Nixon: Watergate Speech,, Taperecordings Speech Gerald Ford: Pardon of Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan: Evil Empire Speech, George HW Bush quotes on diversity, taxes, Persian Gulf War Cold War? Reading Quiz Ch 28,30 Multiple choice and FRQ. Students prepare Supreme Court cases study guide due after vacation. DBQ – 1960s Civil Rights Optional AP Specific test prep sessions after school. AP Practice Tests