ADVANCED PLACEMENT UNITED STATES HISTORY
 SYLLABUS
 FALL 2020
 
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, 16th 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 the final semester 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! 
 
Classroom Rules:
1.  Be in assigned seat when bell rings.
2.  Have class materials ready and personal items put away when the bell rings.
3.  Only speak with permission.
4.  Be respectful of others.
5.  Turn in work on time.
6.  Keep the room tidy.
7.  Only leave the room with a hall pass.
8.  Quid pro quo 

 
2020 Fall Session
—subject to change based on health and other conditions

In case of inclement weather, classes will still be held on-line and on-line assignments should be completed at home, unless otherwise announced.  If you miss a lesson or assignment due to illness or other issues, please contact Dr. Sayers as soon as possible to discuss how to make up the missing work.

Please expect an on-line quiz on the lecture notes every 2 to 4 days and an on-line discussion assignment each week, due by midnight on Friday.  Other assignments may be announced as access to resources permits.  Please check the announcements on Canvas every evening.

Video lectures for some topics can be found on the YouTube playlist Dr Sayers Teaches AP US History.

AUG 10    Introduction
AUG 11    Pre-Columbian America  (Video)
AUG 12    The Age of Exploration  (Video)  Lecture Quiz 1
AUG 13    The Chesapeake  (Video)
AUG 14    New England   (Video)  Lecture Quiz 2

AUG 17    The Middle Colonies & The Deep South  (Middle Colonies Video) (Deep South Video)    Discussion Board Introduction Due
AUG 18    The Great Awakening & The French and Indian War  (Great Awakening Video) (French and Indian War Video)  Lecture Quiz 3
AUG 19    Taxation without Representation  (Video)
AUG 20    The Declaration of Independence  (Video) (Video reading of the Declaration of Independence) Lecture Quiz 4
AUG 21    The World Turned Upside Down  (Video)

AUG 24    Review
AUG 25    Test 1: Colonial America
AUG 26    The Articles of Confederation  (Video)
AUG 27    The Constitution  (Video)
AUG 28    Mister President  (Video)
       
AUG 31    The Greatest Man in the World  (Video)   States and Capitals Map & Constitution Worksheet due
SEP 1     The Adams Administration  (Video)        Lecture Quiz 5
SEP 2     The Revolution of 1800 (Video)
SEP 3     The War of 1812  (Video)
SEP 4     American Nationalism  (Video)            Lecture Quiz 6

SEP 7     LABOR DAY
SEP 8     The Corrupt Bargain  (Video)
SEP 9     King Andrew  (Video)                     
SEP 10    Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too! (Video part 1, part 2)      Lecture Quiz 7
SEP 11    The Second Great Awakening (Video)       Chapter 15 Reading Quiz

SEP 14    The Industrial Revolution (Video)
SEP 15    Immigration and Manifest Destiny (Video part 1, part 2) 
SEP 16    James K. Polk (Video)                Lecture Quiz 8 & Physical Map due
SEP 17    Introduction to the Document Based Question & Review
SEP 18    Test 2:  The Early Republic

SEP 21    Abolitionists and Fire-Eaters (Video)    Document Based Question due (Test Grade)
SEP 22    The Failure of Compromise (Video)
SEP 23    Bleeding Kansas (Video)                Lecture Quiz 9
SEP 24    North versus South (Video part 1, part 2)
SEP 25    War and Industry (Video)

SEP 28    The War for Southern Independence (Video)
SEP 29    A New Birth of Freedom (Video)          Lecture Quiz 10
SEP 30    Reconstruction * (Video)
OCT 1     The New South * (Video)
OCT 2     Review

FALL BREAK

OCT 12    Test 3:  Civil War and Reconstruction
OCT 13    The Gilded Age 
OCT 14    Captains of Industry
OCT 15    Organised Labour, Immigration, and Urbanisation  Lecture Quiz 11
OCT 16    How the West was Won                Physical Map Quiz

OCT 19    The Populists
OCT 20    American Imperialism *              Lecture Quiz 12
OCT 21    The Progressives
OCT 22    Separate but Equal
OCT 23    The Progressive Presidents        Lecture Quiz 13

OCT 26    Document Based Question (Test Grade)
OCT 27    The Great War
OCT 28    The Treaty of Versailles
OCT 29    Review
OCT 30    Test 4:  America Becomes a World Power

NOV 2     The Business of America          Chapter 31 Reading Quiz
NOV 3     NO SCHOOL
NOV 4     The Roaring Twenties             Lecture Quiz 14
NOV 5     The Great Depression
NOV 6     The New Deal                     Lecture Quiz 15

NOV 9     The Rise of Totalitarianism
NOV 10    The Arsenal of Democracy         Axis Aggression Analysis due
NOV 11    A Date Which Will Live in Infamy Lecture Quiz 16
NOV 12    Turning the Tide
NOV 13    The Atomic Age

NOV 16    Review
NOV 17    Test 5:  The Roaring ‘20s, Great Depression, & World War II
NOV 18    The Cold War Begins              Cold War Map due
NOV 19    The Buck Stops Here
NOV 20    I Like Ike                       Lecture Quiz 17

NOV 23    Document Based Question (Test Grade)
NOV 24    Passing the Torch to a New Generation
NOV 25    THANKSGIVING
NOV 26    THANKSGIVING
NOV 27    THANKSGIVING

NOV 30    Desegregation Begins
DEC 1     Black Power!                    Lecture Quiz 18
DEC 2     The War in Vietnam
DEC 3     The Counterculture
DEC 4     Document Based Question (Test Grade)

DEC 7     Richard Nixon                   Lecture Quiz 19
DEC 8     Review
DEC 9     Test 6:  The Cold War
DEC 10    The Me Decade
DEC 11    Morning in America              Lecture Quiz 20
 
DEC 14    A New World Order
DEC 15    The New Millennium              Chapter 41 Reading Quiz
DEC 16    Review
DEC 17    Final Exam
DEC 18    Final Exam


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