APUSH
Mrs. Reilly
1st Semester: 1st Nine Week Reading Syllabus
Name ____________________________________________
Period ____________________________________________
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 are 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 students will individually complete his/her 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
19 - 23
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 19
August 22
Summer Homework Due
Native Americans & the Environment
August 23 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 23th: Key Term Quiz over summer homework
Week 2
Aug. 26 - 30
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
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
Expansion and Native Americans: Multiple causation and effects of European
colonization on native inhabitants.
Impacts of Columbian Exchange
Chapter 2 reading check – completed in class
August 30th: Quiz: Chapter 2 & 3 class material & readings
APUSH
Mrs. Reilly
1st Semester: 1st Nine Week Reading Syllabus
Name ____________________________________________
Period ____________________________________________
Week 3
September
2-6
No school
Sept.2
Labor Day

Week 4
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 4
pp. 87 - 119
Chapter 3 reading check – completed in class
Continuation of Mid-18th Century Colonial
Society (1660- 1750)
September 9
Sept. 9 – 13
Students should have read chapter 5 by Tuesday in order to complete open book
multiple choice questions in class. These will not be taken home for completion.
Sept. 11 is a
half day for
teacher
inservice
September
16-20
Test: Colonial North America - Chapters 2 – 4
Students can expect a quiz on mercantilism, the Great Awakening, and Enlightenment
this week.
Thesis Writing Workshop
Week 5
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class by 9/4:
Bacon’s Rebellion: How it happened.
From authority to individualism graphic organizer: comparing the philosophies of
Puritanism, Great Awakening, & Enlightenment thinkers.
First Great Awakening
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
 Continental Congress
Boyer: Chapter 5
pp. 121-151
Declaration of
Independence
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class by 9/16:
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.
Chapter 5 Reading Check – completed in class
Expect a quiz on the French and Indian War this week!!!!
APUSH
Mrs. Reilly
1st Semester: 1st Nine Week Reading Syllabus
Week 6
September
23-27
The American Revolution & Defining
Nationhood (1776 – 1788)
 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
Name ____________________________________________
Period ____________________________________________
Boyer: Chapter 6
pp. 153-185
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class by 9/23:
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
Chapter 6 Reading Check – completed in class
September 27 Quiz: Chapters 5 & 6: Class material & readings
Week 7
Sept. 30 –
October 4
Week 8
October
7 - 11
Homecoming
week!
Budget your
time to stay
up on class
work!
Week 9
October
14 – 18
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
Nationalism & Economic Expansion
(1815 – 1840)
 Westward movement
 Economic Revolution: Railroads & Canals
The American System & Industrialization,
Boyer: Chapter 7
pp. 187 – 217
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class 9/30:
Jefferson v. Hamilton
The Evolution of Democracy
US Constitution
Chapter 7 Reading Check – completed in class
Chapter 5 - 7 Test will be on Monday October 7th!
Boyer: Chapter 8
pp. 219 -245
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class 10/7:
Republican Values of the Jeffersonian Era
President Jefferson’s Philosophies and Actions (A and B)
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
.
Chapter 8 Reading Check – completed in class
October 14th Quiz: Chapter 8 on class material and readings
Boyer: Chapter 9
pp. 247 – 275
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class on 10/15:
“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.
APUSH
Mrs. Reilly
1st Semester: 1st Nine Week Reading Syllabus
END OF 1st
9 WEEKS
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Second 9
Weeks
Week 1
October
21-25
Name ____________________________________________
Period ____________________________________________
labor movements, women, social mobility,
cotton revolution
Panic of 1819
Revolution of Social Relationships
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
October 10th – 1st Nine Weeks Key Term Test (Worth two test grades!)
Boyer: Chapter 10
pp. 277 – 307
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class on 10/21:
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.