APUSH Schedule Unit 6: 1865-1898
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
Jan.
21/22
Topic
“A New South” and
rebuilding the nation
5.1.II, 6.1.II
Text Covered
Ch. 16 p. 489-498 & 505-507
Ken Burns: The West, Episode 5
(APUSH YT) with worksheet/video
guide
Homework
Complete reading/notes
Reading: the frontiers (copy from
AMSCO, p. 310-314)—three groups
Read and complete worksheet on
Frederick Jackson Turner
Jan.
23/26
Moving West: Native
People and a Last Stand
6.2.II
Ch. 16 p.487-489; 498-504
Native American Wars PPT/notesheet
--Dawes Act image
Read essay: How the Battle of Little
Big Horn was won (Smithsonian)
Complete reading
Sand Creek Massacre article and
“America’s POWs” TEDx video
Cartoon analysis: Indian Wars
Jan.
27/28
Second Industrial
Revolution and the
Gilded Age, pt. 1
6.1.I
Ch. 17 p. 519-548
In-class LEQ: Westward expansion
Pacific Railway Act reading/worksheet
Complete reading/notes
Video clip: The Men Who Built
America
Robber Barons analysis activity
Jan.
29/30
Second Industrial
Revolution and the
Gilded Age, pt. 2
6.1.II
Ch. 17 p. 519-548
Complete remainder of notes
Rise of Big Business PPT/notesheet
Work on Gilded Age DBQ packet
Video: Haymarket Riot with reading
Reading with organizer: Labor & Unions
Feb.
2/3
DD1
Labor and the Grange
6.1.III
Ch. 19 p. 602-607
Populism and the Grange video/guide
W.J. Bryan “Cross of Gold” and the
Populist Party primary source
Silver standard vs Gold standard
reading/questions
Complete reading/notes
Work on Gilded Age DBQ packet
Date
Feb.
4/5
Topic
Politics in the Gilded
Age
6.3.I
Text Covered
Homework
Ch. 19 p. 583-595
Complete reading/notes
MC QUIZ!
Work on Gilded Age DBQ packet
Gilded Age Politics PPT/notesheet
Political Machines video
Reading/worksheet: Gilded Age Politics
Feb.
6/9
Feb.
10/11
DBQ
packet
due!
Feb.
12/13
Immigration, pt. I
6.2.I
The New America:
1870-1900
6.3.I
Ch. 16 p. 510-515 & Ch. 18 p. 566-577
Complete reading/notes
Immigration Lab
Work on GA DBQ packet, due next
class!
Ch. 18 p. 551-558; 574-579
Reading notes due next class!
Unit 6 Exam next class!
The New American Culture PPT/notes
Video: “Cities” from America: The Story
of Us with video guide
UNIT 6 EXAM
No homework 
DD2
Feb. 16
NO SCHOOL
PRESIDENT’S DAY