ADVANCED PLACEMENT UNITED STATES HISTORY
HIS 109
SPRING 2013
INSTRUCTOR:
LOCATION:
MICHELLE TACKETT
BLAZER HIGH SCHOOL
ASHLAND, KY
OFFICE HOURS: M-F; 9:20-10:10
OFFICE PHONE: (606) 327-6040 ext. 3605
E-MAIL:
michelle.tackett@ashland.kyschools.us
WEB PAGE:
http://www.ashland.kyschools.us/olc/teacher.aspx?s=431
Course Overview:
This semester course offers an interpretation overview of United States History from
Reconstruction to present day. Our investigation of the nature of the American republic includes
methods, evidence, and scholarship from the areas of social, political, economic, and diplomatic history.
Solid reading and writing skills, along with a willingness to devote considerable
time (4-5 hours per week) to homework and study are necessary to succeed.
Emphasis is placed on critical thinking skills, essay writing, historiography, and interpretation of
primary documents.
Textbook:
Kennedy, David M., Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas A. Bailey. The American Pageant: A History of the
Republic. 13th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
Kennedy, David M. and Thomas A. Bailey. The American Spirit Vol. Two. Boston: Houghton Mifflin,
2006
Grading:
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Approximately 50% of total grade will consist of or a variation of the following activities:
Reader Assignment, Supplemental Activity, Notebook Assignments, Historical Document
Analysis, and a Quiz
Approximately 50% of the total grade will come from Unit Exams and Essays/DBQs
Late Work and Incomplete Work
Late work is defined as assignments the student does not turn in when due. The assignment grade
will be reduced in the following manner: 1 day late 25% reduction; 2 days late 50% reduction; 3 days
late 75% reduction; 4 days late no credit. When turning in late work, write both the original due date
and the date you are turning the assignment in and the word LATE at the top of your paper.
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Incomplete work is defined as student work that is turned in on time, however does not follow the
guidelines of the assignment. The work will be returned to student and late work reductions will
apply.
Make- up Work
In case of absences students should refer to the syllabus and complete the activity listed. If it is not
possible to complete the activity (such as exam, quiz, or need of supplemental information) students
will be responsible to contact the instructor to schedule a time to complete work. Make-up exams,
writings and quizzes will be scheduled before or after school.
If you are absent, check syllabus or absent log binder for previous day’s activities. Write the date of
your absence and ABSENT on the top of your make-up work.
All exam dates have been set. If you are absent that day before an exam you
must take the exam on the set date. Please keep the syllabus in your notebook
to keep up with exam dates.
Extra Credit:
No extra credit is available for this course. I do not give extra credit on an
individual basis.
Behavior:
1. This is a college course and students will be treated with college-level
respect and will therefore need to exhibit a corresponding level of
discipline, proper behavior and responsibility. Thus, inappropriate
behavior such as being late for class, not being prepared for class,
interrupting lectures, and asking to be dismissed for various reasons will
not be tolerated.
2. The student is responsible for keeping up with assignments, readings and
lecture topics by checking syllabus on a daily basis.
3. All work must be handwritten. All in class lecture notes must be in
student’s handwriting.
4. Cheating will not be tolerated; consequences will result in a “0” on that
assignment. Cheating during an exam/quiz either by looking at fellow
classmate exam, using a electronic device, or other method will result in a
“0” on that exam/quiz. Plagiarism is defined as “to steal and pass off the
ideas or words of another as one’s own” (Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate
Dictionary). Plagiarism will not be tolerated in this course and will result
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in a “0” on the assignment and parent notification. ACTC will also be
notified for those students enrolled in HIS 109.
COURSE GUIDE
NOTE: THE SYLLABUS AND COURSE GUIDE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT
INSTRUCTOR’S DISCRETION.
Unit 6: End of the Civil War and Reconstruction (Continued)
Chapters 21-22
Date
Unit Topics/Assignments/Text Readings
Jan. 2
Lecture Notes: Factions in the North, Financing the Civil War in the North, Video: April 1865
Jan. 3
Video: April 1865
Jan. 4
Video: April 1865; Read Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address and American Pageant Chapter
22
Jan. 7
Quiz: Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address and American Pageant Chapter 22;
Lecture Notes: Reconstruction
Jan. 8
Lecture Notes: Reconstruction
Jan. 9
Star Day: Center for Learning (CFL) Activity: Reconstruction (Historical Interpretations)
Lesson2--Book 2
Jan. 10
Complete CFL Activity and study for Unit 6 Exam
Jan. 11
Exam Unit 6: End of the Civil War and Reconstruction; 25 Multiple Choice; Begin Unit 7 by
Reading and summarizing American Pageant Chapter 23 (notebook assignment)
Unit 7: Impact of the Industrialization and Gilded Age
Chapters 23-26
Date
Unit Topics/Assignments/Text Readings
Jan. 14
(See Jan. 11)
Lecture Notes: Grant Administration, Economy of 1870s, Elections of 1872 and 1876
Jan. 15
Lecture Notes: Compromise of 1877, Jim Crow, 14th Amendment, Politics of the late 1800S
Jan. 16
CFL Activity: The Politics of the Gilded Age Lesson 14—Book 2; Read American Pageant
Chapter 24
Jan. 17
Lecture Notes: Industry of the Late 1800s
Jan. 18
Lecture Notes: Industry of the Late 1800s; Read American Pageant Chapters 25-26
Jan. 22
Quiz on American Pageant Chapter 25-26; American Spirit Reader: Read Ch 25 and answer
questions at end of reading.
Jan. 23
Lecture Notes: Urban Life of the Late 1800s
Jan. 24
Lecture Notes: Urban Life of the Late 1800s
Jan. 25
Historical Document Analysis: Using cartoon analysis worksheet form the National Archives,
analyze cartoons on immigration of the late 1800s.
Jan. 28
Lecture Notes: The West
Jan. 29
Lecture Notes: Farmers in Unrest/Populist Movement
Jan. 30
Assign Essay for Unit 7 (due Feb. 1), Study for Unit 7 Exam
Jan. 31
EXAM: Unit 7 (50 multiple choice); Notebooks due for Unit 7; Begin Unit 8 by reading
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American Pageant Chapter 27 and complete CFL: Causes of the Spanish-American War
Lesson23—Book 2 (notebook assignment)
Unit 8: American Empire and Progressivism
Chapters 27-29
Date
Unit Topics/Assignments/Text Readings
Feb. 1
Essay for Unit 7 due (see Jan 30); See Jan. 31; Video on Spanish American War???????????
Feb. 4
Lecture Notes: United States Foreign Policy of the late 1800s and early 1900s
Feb. 5
Lecture Notes: United States Foreign Policy of the late 1800s and early 1900s
Feb. 6
Quiz on Lecture Notes Feb 4-5; Lecture Notes: United States Foreign Policy of the late 1800s
and early 1900s
Feb. 7
Read American Pageant Chapter 28 and 29
Feb. 8
Lecture Notes: Roosevelt and Taft Domestic Policies; American Spirit Reader: Read Chapter
28.
Feb. 11 Quiz on American Spirit Reader Chapter 28; Lecture Notes: Roosevelt and Taft Domestic
Policies
Feb. 12 Quiz on Lecture Notes Feb 8 and 11; Lecture Notes: Wilson Administration
Feb. 13
Lecture Notes: Wilson Administration; Historical Document Analysis on Labor of the late
1800s
Feb. 14
Assign Unit 8 DBQ (due Feb 18); Study for Unit 8 exam
Feb. 15
EXAM: Unit 8 (50 multiple choice); Notebooks due for Unit 8; Begin Unit 9 by reading
American Pageant Chapter 30
Unit 9: WWI and the Roaring 20s
Chapters 30-32
Date
Unit Topics/Assignments/Text Readings
Feb. 18
DBQ for Unit 8 due (see Feb 14); Lecture Notes: WWI (see Feb 15)
Feb. 19
Lecture Notes: WWI and the Homefront
Feb. 20
Lecture Notes: WWI and Homefront ; CFL Activity on the Treaty of Versailles
Feb. 21
Quiz on Lecture Notes Feb 18-20; Read American Pageant Chapter 31 and American Spirit
Reader: Chapter 31
Feb. 22
Read American Pageant Chapter 31 and American Spirit Reader: Chapter 31
Feb. 25 Be prepared to answer questions orally in class on readings from both American Pageant
Chapter 31 and American Spirit Chapter 31.
Feb. 26
Be prepared to answer questions orally in class on readings from both American Pageant
Chapter 31 and American Spirit Chapter 31.
Feb. 27
Lecture Notes: Roaring Twenties
Feb. 28
Read American Pageant Chapter 32 and create graphic organizers for the administrations of
the Presidents Harding, Coolidge and Hoover (notebook assignment)
March 1 Lecture Notes: Politics of the 1920s
March 4 Lecture Notes: Politics of the 1920s and The Crash
March 5 ACT Day
March 6 Star Day; Begin in class Group Unit 9 Exam
March 7 Complete Group Unit 9 Exam; Notebook due for Unit 9; Begin Unit 10 by reading American
Pageant Chapter 33
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Unit 10: The Great Depression and WWII
Chapters 33-35
Date
Unit Topics/Assignments/Text Readings
March 8
Lecture Notes: Impact of the Great Depression (see March 7)
March 11 Lecture Notes: Impact of the Great Depression
March 12 Lecture Notes: Election of 1932 and FDR’s 1st New Deal Programs; Assign CFL Activity on
New Deal Programs
March 13 Lecture Notes: Election of 1936 and FDR’s 2nd New Deal Programs
March 14 Quiz on Lecture Notes March 8-13; Read American Pageant Chapter 34 and create a graphic
organizer for the foreign policy of the 1930s (notebook assignment).
March 15 Lecture Notes: Foreign policy of the 1930s
March 18 Lecture Notes: Foreign policy of the 1930s
March 19 Quiz on Lecture Notes March 15 and March 18; Read American Pageant Chapter 35 and
American Spirit Reader Chapter 35
March 20 Lecture Notes: WWII
March 21 Lecture Notes: WWII
March 22 Lecture Notes: WWII
March 25 Quiz on American Spirit Reader Chapter 35
March 26 Historical Document Analysis on Foreign Policy 1920-1940 or FDR
March 27 Assign Essay for Unit 10 (due March 29); study for Unit 10 Exam
March 28 EXAM: Unit 10 (50 multiple choice); Notebook due for Unit 10; Begin Unit 11 Read
American Pageant Chapters 36-38 and answer corresponding questions.
March 29 Continue reading Chapters 36-37 and answering corresponding questions (notebook
assignment).
Unit 11: The Cold War
Chapters 36-37
Date
Unit Topics/Assignments/Text Readings
April 8
(See March 29)
Lecture Notes: Postwar Economy and Society and the Cold War Begins
April 9
Lecture Notes: Red Scare and Korean War
April 10
Lecture Notes: Korean War
April 11
Quiz on Lecture Notes April 8-10; Lecture Notes: Eisenhower Administration
April 12
Lecture Notes: Eisenhower Administration
April 15
Lecture Notes: Eisenhower Administration
April 16
Assign Unit 11 DBQ on Eisenhower and the Cold War
April 17
Complete Unit 11 DBQ due at the end of the period; Unit 11 notebook due.
Unit 12: 1960s to Present Day
Chapters 38-42
Date
Unit Topics/ Assignments/Text Readings
April 18
Read American Pageant Chapter 38 by April 23; Lecture Notes: Specific terms from the
Kennedy and Johnson Administrations
April 19
Lecture Notes: Vietnam War
April 22
Lecture Notes: Vietnam War
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April 23
April 24
April 25
April 26
April 29
April 30
May 1
May 2
May 3
Lecture Notes: Vietnam War
Quiz on Lecture Notes and Readings April 18-23; Lecture Notes: Civil Rights Movement
Lecture Notes: Civil Rights Movement
Read American Pageant Chapters 39-40 by April 29 ; Lecture Notes: Terms focusing on
Nixon/Ford and Carter Administrations
Lecture Notes: Terms focusing on the Reagan Administration
Read American Pageant Chapters 41-42 and answer corresponding questions for chapters
(notebook assignment).
Complete questions for Chapters 41-42; Study for multiple choice Exam for Unit 11 -12
Study for Multiple Choice Exam for Unit 11-12
EXAM: Units 11-12 (multiple choice 50-60??? Questions); Notebook due for Unit 12
Closing Dates
May 6- Preparing for APUSH EXAM and SEMESTER/EOC EXAM
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The date for the SEMESTER/EOC EXAM is yet to be determined;
however it may be administered in this timeframe.
May 15 Advanced Placement United States History National Exam
May
Writing Assignment
16-22
May
Historical Movie
23-24,
28,29
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