AP US History Syllabus

ADVANCED PLACEMENT UNITED STATES HISTORY
SYLLABUS
FALL 2018

Some notes are the same as those used in earlier semesters, while some are updated more frequently. Be sure to check the date on each page.

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Instructor:    Dr. Jerry Alan Sayers

E-mail:        School: sayersd@jcschools.org
               Home:    dusty@sayersnet.com

Course Web Page:    http://www.sayersnet.com/history

Textbook: Kennedy, David and Lizabeth Cohen. The American Pageant: A History of the American People, 16^th Edition. Stamford, Connecticut: Cengage Learning, 2016.

Objective: The purpose of this course is to provide college-level instruction in United States History. This course will include extensive readings, college-style lectures, analysis of primary sources, and essay writing. The ultimate goal is for each student to successfully complete the AP American History Exam.

Fee: The Social Studies Department collects a $5 fee payable in cash or a check made out to Science Hill High School.

Evaluation:

1. Objective Tests
2. Essay Tests
3. Quizzes, Homework, Classwork and other Daily Grades (20% of a test grade)
4. The final exam will count as 15% of the semester grade.

In recognition of the challenges posed by an Advanced Placement course, five bonus points will be added to each term grade and the final exam grade.

The standard grading scale will be used:

A: 93-100
B: 85-92
C: 75-84
D: 70-74
F: Below 70

Extra credit will not be assigned to improve a grade.

Work is late if it is not ready to be handed in at the beginning of class (unless otherwise instructed). Late work will receive a penalty of 5 points per day, and must be submitted within five days of the due date. Missed tests must be made up within three days of a student’s return to school. Tests may require an hour and a half, so always be present on test days!

Rules:

Be in assigned seat when bell rings.

Have class materials ready and personal items put away when the bell rings.

Only speak with permission.

Be respectful of others.

Turn in work on time.

Keep the room tidy.

Only leave the room with a hall pass.

Quid pro quo

2018 Fall Session

In case of inclement weather, lecture dates may move back one day for each day missed. If a quiz or test date is missed due to weather or illness, students should be prepared to make it up on the first day back in school.

Quizzes will take place on the dates listed. Other assignments and quizzes may be announced during the semester. Be sure to be diligent in reading the textbook.

AUG 6 Introduction

AUG 7 Introduction

AUG 8 Pre-Columbian America

AUG 9 The Age of Exploration Autobiography due

AUG 10 The Chesapeake Chapter 2 Reading Quiz

AUG 13 New England Chapter 3 Reading Quiz & Fee due

AUG 14 The Middle Colonies & The Deep South Chapter 4 Reading Quiz

AUG 15 The Great Awakening & The French and Indian War

AUG 16 Taxation without Representation Chapter 7 Reading Quiz

AUG 17 The Declaration of Independence

AUG 20 The World Turned Upside Down Chapter 8 Reading Quiz

AUG 21 Review