Student Assignments/Work Expectations
The following is list of weekly topics to be covered throughout the year along with the reading assignments due for those topics. Also listed are the dates for scheduled tests.
Students can expect to write In and out of class essays, should prepare for possible pop quizzes, and periodic homework assignments. Students would be well advised to keep up
with your reading assignments. Waiting until the last minute may lead to being overwhelmed by the volume of information.
It is expected that each of you will complete your own work. Any violation of this honor policy will result in the grade of a zero for ALL students involved. (i.e. no copying from your
peers or stealing of others work from the Internet, etc.) I cannot help you unless I can determine your strengths and weaknesses as individual students.
1st
Semester
Week 1
August
20-24
General Themes
And
Key topics to be covered throughout
those themes
Introduction to class, APUSH essay
writing, introduction to APUSH graphic
organizers, Pre- Colonial Societies
Text Reading
Requirements
You should have the
chapter read by the
beginning of each week.
Cary Vol I: Article 1
Native Americans & the
Environment
pp. 5-19
Assignments & Assessments with Due Dates
Graphic organizers for in class discussion
August 20
August 23
Summer Homework Due
Native Americans & the Environment
August 24 Class syllabus, Reading syllabus, APUSH Tips for Success, Health Card,
Internet Access Paper, other first day paper work
Early inhabitants of Americas & the American
Indians
August 24th: Key Term Quiz over summer homework
Week 2
Aug. 27 – 31
Pre-Colonial Societies ( 1460 – 1625)
 16th Century Europe
(Reformation/Counter-Reformation)
 Spanish, English, French Exploration
 English colonization: Jamestown &
Plymouth
 Origins of Slavery
 Columbian Exchange
 Comparison of settlement (NE, MD,
STHN), Chesapeake & Restoration
Colonies
 Domination of Native Americans
Week 3
September
3-7
No school
Sept.3
Labor Day

Colonial America (1625-1700)
 Puritanism & Pluralism
 Bacon’s Rebellion
Mid-18th Century Colonial Society
( 1660 – 1750)
 Attempts @ unity & Colonial Wars
 Glorious Revolution
 Economics: mercantilism, trade, growth of
slavery
 Government: colonial and imperial policies
 Social structure: family, farm & town life
Culture: The Enlightenment, Great
Awakening, immigration
Boyer: Chapter 2 and 3
pp. 23 – 85
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class by 8/27:
Protestant Reformation & Counter Reformation
Old v/s New Slavery: comparison of purpose, structure, and extent of slavery
development
Early Settlements: comparing Roanoke, Jamestown, & Plymouth
Bacon’s Rebellion: How it happened
Expansion and Native Americans: Multiple causation and effects of European
colonization on native inhabitants.
August 31th: Quiz: Chapter 2 & 3 class material & readings
Boyer: Finish Chapter 3
pp. 53 – 85
Boyer: Chapter 4
pp. 87 - 119
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class by 9/4:
From authority to individualism graphic organizer: comparing the philosophies of
Puritanism, Great Awakening, & Enlightenment thinkers.
September 7
Test: Colonial North America - Chapters 2 – 4
Week 4
September
10-14
Sept. 12 is a
half day for
teacher
inservice
Week 5
September
17-21
Week 6
September
24 - 28
Week 7
October
1-5
Homecoming
week!
Budget your
time!
Road to Revolution (1750 – 1776)
 Seven Year’s War & French and Indian
War
 The Colonies in 1763 (turning point)
 Imperial reorganization: End of salutary
neglect
 Philosophy of the American Revolution
 Declaration of Independence
Boyer: Chapter 5
pp. 121-155
The American Revolution & Defining
Nationhood (1776 – 1788)
 Continental Congress
 War society: Loyalists
 War Economy
 Strengths and weaknesses
 Political Organization: state governments
& Articles of Confederation
 Social Reform: women and slavery
 Treaty of Paris 1783
 Shay’s Rebellion
 Constitutional Convention: drafting the
Constitution
 Ratification fight
Boyer: Chapter 6
pp. 157-189
Launching the New Republic (1788 – 1800)
 Bill of Rights
 Federalists v/s Anti-Federalists
 Washington as President: political
difficulties & financial policies
 Jefferson v/s Hamilton
 John Adams Presidency: Alien & Sedition
Acts, XYZ Affair, Election of 1800
 Republican Motherhood
Jeffersonianism and the Era of Good
Feelings (1801 – 1824)
 Louisiana Purchase
 Burr Conspiracy
 Marshall Court
 International policy: Impressment,
Embargo Act, neutrality rights
 Madison’s Presidency
 War of 1812: Causes, Hartford
Convention, Conduct of War, Treaty of
Ghent, New Orleans
 Missouri Compromise
 President Monroe
 Era of Good Feelings
 Foreign affairs: Canada, Florida, Monroe
Doctrine
Boyer: Chapter 7
pp. 191 – 219
Declaration of
Independence
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class by 9/10:
Causes and Effects of the French & Indian War
A Turning Point in History: 1763
Declaration of Independence: analyzing the purpose, intended audience, roots, and
structure and content of the document.
Principle or Self Interest: identifying evidence that supports the economic, social,
political causes of the Revolution.
Expect a quiz on the French and Indian War this week!!!!
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class by 9/17:
American Revolution: Challenges of the War
Who were the Loyalists
Why the Colonists Won
Treaty of Paris 1783
American Revolution & Social Change
Articles of Confederation graphic organizer: analyzing the accomplishments,
diplomatic & domestic conundrums, and the issues that made creating solutions
difficult.
Articles of Confederation : Recalling the Facts
The Constitution: Understanding the fears faced by the Founding Fathers and the
compromises made while developing the Constitution
Governments of a Changing Nation
September 21 Quiz: Chapters 5 & 6: Class material & readings
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class 9/24:
Jefferson v. Hamilton
The Evolution of Democracy
US Constitution
Chapter 5 - 7 Test will be on Monday October 1rd! Plan accordingly!
Boyer: Chapter 8
pp. 221 -247
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class 10/2:
Republican Values of the Jeffersonian Era
President Jefferson’s Philosophies and Actions
Analyzing Jefferson’s Actions as President
The Marshall Court: 4 land mark Supreme Court cases
John Quincy Adams: Accomplishments as Secretary of State
The Era of Good Feelings: President Monroe
.
October 8 Quiz: Chapter 8 on class material and readings
Week 8
October
8-12
Week 9
October
15-19
END OF 1st
9 WEEKS
Week 1
October
22-26
No School
October 22
Teacher
Plan Day
Week 2
Oct. 29 Nov. 2
Week 3
November 59
Nov. 7 is a
half day for
teacher
inservice
Nationalism & Economic Expansion
(1815 – 1840)
 Westward movement
 Economic Revolution: Railroads & Canals
The American System & Industrialization,
labor movements, women, social mobility,
cotton revolution
 Panic of 1819
Boyer: Chapter 9
pp. 249 – 277
The Age of Jackson (1828 – 1848)
 Jacksonian Democracy: the common man
 2nd party system
 Internal improvements
 Bank War
 States’ rights & the nullification Crisis
 Jackson v/s Calhoun
Boyer: Chapter 10
pp. 285 – 299
Creating an American Culture (Antebellum
America)
 Cultural Nationalism: literature & art
 Reform Movements: education, feminism,
abolition, temperance, criminals & insane,
utopia
 Religious revivalism
Boyer: Chapter 10 & 11
pp. 299 - 342
Territorial Expansionism (Antebellum
America)
 Immigration
 Westward Expansion: manifest destiny,
Texas annexation, Oregon country,
California, Mexican War
 President Polk
 Life on the frontier: agriculture, life,
removal of the Indians
Boyer: Chapter 13
pp. 377 – 404
Sectionalism
 Cotton Kingdom
 Southern Trade and Industry
 Southern society; life under slavery
 Decade of crisis: Compromise of 1850,
popular sovereignty, Kansas-Nebraska
Act, Dred Scott Case, Lecompton
Constitution, John Brown’s Raid
 Lincoln Douglas Debates
 Election of 1860
Boyer: Chapter 12 & 14
pp. 345 – 374
pp. 407- 434
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class on 10/8:
“End of Homespun” Document Set and analysis questions
Building Nationalism: identifying the events that contributed to a greater sense of
independence and nationhood. Examining the economic and political impacts of
those events.
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class on 10/15:
Evolution of Democracy graphic organizer: Comparing the economic, political, and
social philosophies of Jeffersonian and Jacksonian Democracy.
Jacksonian Politics
Jacksonianism: The era of the common man
The Second Great Awakening / Religious Reform in the Antebellum Era
Purifying the Nation worksheet form the APUSH website.
Purifying the Nation - Antebellum Reformers Test Grade! Instructions will be provided
during week 9.
October 25
October 26
Quiz on Purifying the Nation Reformers
Test: Reform & Transformation of Antebellum America
Chapters 9 -11 Multiple Choice
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class on 10/29:
Antebellum Immigration graphic organizer: comparing the demographics,
economics, and social status of Irish and German immigrants.
Manifest Destiny graphic organizer: Goals and impacts of U.S. expansionism
The Mexican War – Was it in the National Interest: Identifying opposing views of the
war with Mexico.
Enlarging The Nation State graphic organizer: Researching acquisitions of the U.S.
and identifying how the U.S. accomplished this expansion to the Pacific.
November 6
New Perspectives on Slavery, Slavery in the US, Sectionalism graph
and charts worksheets
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class on 11/5:
Overview of the Sectionalism Crisis Timeline: Describing events that divided the
country and the impacts of those events on the unity of Americans.
Abraham Lincoln Questions: Taking a critical look at Lincoln and how his
philosophies impacted the U.S.
Election of 1860