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
23-27
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
Aug. 30 –
Sept. 3
Week 3
September
6 - 10
No school
Sept. 6
Labor Day
Week 4
September
13-17
Pre-Colonial Societies ( 1460 – 1625)
 16th Century Europe
(Reformation/Counter-Reformation)
 Spanish, English, French Exploration
 English colonization: Jamestown &
Plymouth
 Origins of Slavery
 Columbian Exchange
Colonial America (1625-1700)
 Comparison of settlement (NE, MD,
STHN), Chesapeake & Restoration
Colonies
 Domination of Native Americans
 Long term effects of Spanish & French
settlement
 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
Graphic organizers for in class discussion
August 23
August 27
Summer Homework Due
Native Americans & the Environment
August 27 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
Week 2
Assignments & Assessments with Due Dates
Boyer: Chapter 2
pp. 23 – 51
Boyer: Chapter 3
pp. 53 - 85
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class by 8/30:
Protestant Reformation & Counter Reformation
Exploration graphic organizer: comparing the accomplishments, economic, and
societal impacts of French, English, Spanish, Portuguese exploration.
Old v/s New Slavery: comparison of purpose, structure, and extent of slavery
development
Impacts of the Columbian Exchange
Early Settlements: comparing Roanoke, Jamestown, & Plymouth
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class by 9/7:
American Colonies graphic organizer: comparing ethnic, religious, economic make
up, and relations with Native Americans
Bacon’s Rebellion: How it happened
Expansion and Native Americans: Multiple causation and effects of European
colonization on native inhabitants.
September 10
Boyer: Chapter 4
pp. 87 - 119
Quiz: Chapter 2 & 3 class material & readings
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class by 9/13:
Mercantilism graphic organizer: economic drawbacks & benefits, reasons for colonial
resistance.
The First Great Awakening
From authority to individualism graphic organizer: comparing the philosophies of
Puritanism, Great Awakening, & Enlightenment thinkers.
September 14
September 17
Room 254 8:30 am Teacher Guided Test Review (use back
door of classroom to enter)
Test: Colonial North America - Chapters 2 – 4
Week 5
September
20-24
Week 6
Sept. 27 –
Oct. 1
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
Declaration of
Independence
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class by 9/20:
Causes and Effects of the French & Indian War
A Turning Point in History: 1763
Path to revolution graphic organizer: identifying the British and Colonial rational for
actions and reactions leading to the start of war.
Declaration of Independence: analyzing the purpose, intended audience, roots, and
structure and content of the document. (Do not print you have from summer H.W.)
Principle or Self Interest: identifying evidence that supports the economic, social,
political causes of the Revolution.
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class by 9/27:
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
October 1 Quiz: Chapters 5 & 6: Class material & readings
Week 7
October
4-8
Weeks
8&9
October
11 - 22
End of 1st 9
weeks
October 25
no school:
Teacher
plan day
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
Boyer: Chapter 7
pp. 191 – 219
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 8
pp. 221 -247
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class 10/4:
Jefferson v. Hamilton
The Evolution of Democracy
US Constitution
October 5 Room 254 8:30 am Teacher Guided Test Review
October 11
Test: The Revolutionary Era -- Chapters 5 – 7
In class: Multiple Choice
Print the following from my APUSH website for use in class 10/11:
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 18 Quiz: Chapter 8 on class material and readings