American Studies Course Calendar
Updated 10.18
10/1-18
Fall Intercession
10/19
Reminder: have you found a book for your research topic?
American Pageant,, Chapter 14 Forging the National Economy, (pages 305-324)
American Pageant, Chapter 14 (pages 324-339b) Guiding Questions due tii
Assign: Brook Farm Socratic Discussion
Philosophy 101: Philosophy for Dummies - in class activity
 Assign: Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” (dialectical journal/graphic
organizer due 10/24)
Due: 3 annotated bibliographies due/content (75 points)
History Focus Multiple Choice Test 1-14 (before lunch)
Socratic Discussion: Utopian Society? “The Allegory of the Cave”
Due: Grammar Lesson #3 (bring The Language of Composition to class)
 Lesson/Discussion: Parallel Structures
Notice: AIMS Testing to Exceed/Writing—North Gym
American Pageant, Chapter 15 The Ferment of Reform and Culture (pages 340-350)
Notice: AIMS Testing to Exceed/Reading—North Gym
American Pageant, Chapter 15 (pages 350-369b) Guiding Questions due tii
In class reading: Emerson’s “Self-Reliance”
Due: 3 annotated bibliographies due/content (75 points)
Brook Farm - Socratic Discussion (75 points)
Introduction: The Art of Satire
 The types and the strategies
 Assign Jessica Mitford’s “Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain” essay—work
due Friday, 11/4 (dialectical journal/graphic organizer)
American Pageant, Chapter 16. The South and The Slavery Controversy (pages
370-390
American Pageant, Chapter 16 (pages 390-395b) Guiding Questions due tii
Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron”
American Pageant, Chapter 17, Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy (pages 396-406)
American Pageant, Chapter 17 (pages 406-415b) Guiding Questions due tii
Due: Satire and purpose in Writing: Satire Analysis—Discuss Mitford
Due: Vocabulary Log #3 (tii upload sentences only)
American Pageant, Chapter 18, Renewing the Sectional Struggle (pages 416-426)
American Pageant, Chapter 18 (pages 426-436b) Guiding Questions due tii
 Reading/Satire: H. L. Mencken
Due: Visual rhetoric (25 points)
American Pageant, Chapter 19, Drifting Toward Disunion, pages 437-447
Summer Reading Presentation: Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Holiday: Veteran’s Day
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Due: Grammar Lesson #4 (bring The Language of Composition to class)
Assign/Introduce: Mark Twain and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
American Pageant, Chapter 19 (pages 447-461b) Guiding Questions due tii
American Pageant,, Chapter 20, Girding for War (pages 462-472)
Mark Twain and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:
 That pesky “N” word—who decides what’s proper language?
American Pageant, Chapter 20 (pages 472-480b) Guiding Questions due tii
Continued/Introduction: Mark Twain and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Due: Internet Search on Mark Twain and/or The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Continued/Introduction: Mark Twain and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Due: book research for argumentative paper (50 points)
Focus Test Chapters. 1-20 MC and Essay (focus on 15-20)
American Pageant, Chapter 21, The Furnace of the Civil War, (pages 481-492)
American Pageant, Chapter 21, (pages 492-512b) Guiding Questions due tii
Due: Part I, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 1-18/quiz
16-21 MC Slavery/Civil War Focus Test
Part I, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Socratic Discussion
Holiday: Thanksgiving
English Language Timed Writing #2: Satire
Writing, Calibration and Assessment
American Pageant, Chapter 21 in class activity (full)
American Pageant, Chapter 22, The Ordeal of Reconstruction, (pages 513-523)
Due: Part II, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 19-30
Due: Bibliography page (25 points)
American Pageant, Chapter 22 (pages 523535b) Chapter 22 Guiding Questions
due tii
Score/Turn in: Part II SD questions for Huck Finn
Due: Vocabulary Log #4 due (tii upload)
American Pageant,, Chapter 23, Political Paralysis in The Gilded Age (pages 536545)
 Optional After School Movie: Glory, 2:30-4:45 in the library auditorium
American Pageant, Chapter 23 (pages 545-564b) Guiding Questions due tii
(no homework due)
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address
Focus on Reconstruction - Review DBQ in class
Due: Part III, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapters 31-end, and criticism:
Score/Turn in: Part III SD questions for Huck Finn
History MC Test or Essay Test 1-23 (focus on 20-23)
Final exam review (time permitting)
Due: Grammar Lesson #5 (bring The Language of Composition to class)
Return Part 1/Final Exam: term papers
Portfolios Updated—please bring in all original writing for archives
Finals Review/History—time permitting
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Unit Test: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
 Open book—books will be checked in when you complete the test
Exam Review: Chapters 1-23 from American Pageant
Part 2/Final Exam: History including 1-23 material from American Pageant,
documents, and in class materials - Multiple Choice
Winter Intercession