AP U.S. History – Fall 2011
Unit 7 Syllabus
Chapters 31-33
17 Days
The Resurgence of Conservatism and the New Millennium, 1969-2001
Reading Assignments
Text – Chapters 31-33: Read and study Chapters 31-33, stressing Study Guide Questions and I&S Items
Zinn – Chapter 9, The Seventies: Under Control?, Chapter 10, Carter-Reagan-Bush: The Bipartisan
Consensus, and Chapter 13, The Clinton Presidency
Begin 2/29/2012
Day 1 (2/29):
Introduce Unit 7 Syllabus, Study Guide Questions and Important Terms; Hand out
Presentation Analysis Readings
Graded Discussion One:
Were the 1980s a Decade of Greed?, by Phillips and Reynolds
Winning the Cold War, by Hamby
Zinn, Chapter 10, pp. 341-366
Due (3 readings): __________
Graded Discussion Two:
George H.W. Bush, by Hamby
Zinn, Chapter 10, pp.366-375
Zinn, Chapter 13
Due (3 readings): __________
Film: The Century: America’s Time – The Approaching Apocalypse
Day 2 (3/1):
Teacher Presentation: Environmental Activism, Feminism, and the Quest for Minority
Rights; The End in Vietnam: Nixon and Ford’s Foreign Policy, 1968-1975;
Environmental Movement; Feminism; Eye on the Middle East
Day 3 (3/2):
Teacher Presentation: The Crisis of Leadership: Watergate; Hand out timeline of
Watergate; In-class reading: Nixon’s Resignation Speech
Week of 3/5/2012
Days 4-6 (3/6-3/8): Collect Chapter 31 Study Guide; HSPA Exams; Film: All The President’s Men
During this week, students should read and annotate the following:
- Vietnam and Watergate, from Chapter 6, Freedom of Speech and the Press
- Will History Forgive Richard Nixon, by Hoff-Wilson and Kutler
- Zinn, Chapter 9, and Chapter 10, pp. 328-41
Week of 3/12/2012
Day 7 (3/12, Half Day): Film: All The President’s Men
Day 8 (3/13):
Finish film: All The President’s Men; Go over expectations for rest of week (Mr. P will
be on the Washington DC trip).
Days 9-10 (3/14, 15):
Media Center; Work on Chapter 32 materials (Study Guide, Graded Discussion
readings, I&S items)
Week of 3/19/2012
Days 11-12 (3/19, 20): Collect Chapter 32 Study Guide Questions (3/19)
Teacher Presentation: President Reagan and Domestic Policy; The Conservative
Resurgence and Reaganomics; President Reagan and the Cold War; Star Wars;
Glasnost, perestroika, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union
Day 13 (3/21): Film: The Century, America’s Time: A New World
Day 14 (3/23): Graded Discussion One: Were the 1980s a Decade of Greed?, by Phillips and Reynolds,
Winning the Cold War, by Hamby, and Zinn Chapter 10, pp.
Week of 3/26/2012
Day 15 (3/26): Collect Chapter 33 Study Guide Questions; Teacher Presentation: First Bush’s
Presidency; The 1990’s; Clinton Administration
Day 16 (3/27): Graded Discussion Two: George H.W. Bush, by Hamby, Zinn, Chapter 10, pp.366-375,
and Chapter 13
Day 17 (3/29):
Chapters 31-33 Objective Test