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Textbook: John Mack Faragher, et al. Out
of
Many: A History of the American People,
5th
Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall,
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.
Evaluation:
1.
Objective
Tests
2.
Essay
Tests
3.
Projects
(Test Grades)
4.
Quizzes,
Homework, Classwork and other Daily Grades (20% of a test grade)
5.
The end of course exam will count as
20% of the
term 2 grade.
6.
The final exam will count as 20% of
the course
grade.
In recognition of the challenges posed by an
advance
placement course, a modified grading scale will be used:
A: 88-100
B: 80-87
C: 70-79
D: 65-69
F: Below 65
Extra credit will not be assigned
to improve
a grade.
2011
Spring Session
In case of inclement weather, lecture dates may
move back
one day for each day missed. Presentation
dates
will
NOT
change;
if
a
presentation
date
is
missed
due
to
weather
or
illness,
students
should
be
prepared
to
give
the
presentation
on
the
first
day
back
in
school.
Reading assignments and quizzes will be
announced
throughout the session. Be sure to be
diligent in reading the textbook.
JAN 3 NO SCHOOL
JAN 4 Semester 1 Review Day
JAN 5 Semester 1 Exam Day
JAN 6 Introduction
JAN 7 SNOW DAY
JAN 10 SNOW
DAY
JAN 11 SNOW DAY
JAN 12 SNOW DAY
JAN 13 Review: Colonial America
and the Early Republic
JAN 14 Review: Colonial America and the Early Republic
JAN 17 Review: The Constitution
JAN 18 Review: Antebellum America Presidents Quiz
JAN 19 Review: Antebellum America
JAN 20 Review: The War Between the States States Map Quiz
JAN 21 Review: Reconstruction and the New South Chapter 19 Reading Quiz
JAN 22 The Gilded Age
JAN 24 The Gilded Age
JAN 25 Captains of Industry Chapter 18 Reading Quiz
JAN 26 Captains of Industry
JAN 27 Organised Labour Physical Map Quiz
JAN 28 Immigration and Urbanisation
JAN 31 How the West was Won Chapter 20 Reading Quiz
FEB 1 Writing Assessment
FEB 2 The Final Frontier
FEB 3 The
Populists and Review
FEB 4 Test 1: The Growth of America
FEB 7 American Imperialism State Capitals Map Quiz
FEB 8 A Splendid Little War
FEB 9 The Rough Riders
FEB 10 The Philippine Insurrection
FEB 11 The Progressives Chapter 21 Reading Quiz
FEB 14 The Progressives
FEB 15 The Women’s Movement
FEB 16 Separate but Equal
FEB 17 The Progressive Presidents and an Introduction to the Document Based Question
FEB 18 Document Based Question (Test Grade)
FEB 21 The Progressive Presidents Chapter 22 Reading Quiz
FEB 22 The Great War
FEB 23 The American Expeditionary Force
FEB 24 Versailles and Review
FEB 25 Test 2: America Becomes a World Power
FEB 28 The Business of America Chapter 23 Reading Quiz
MAR 1 The Business of America and The Roaring Twenties
MAR 2 The Dark Side of the Jazz Age and The Great Depression
MAR 3 The New Deal Chapter 24 Reading Quiz
MAR 4 The New Deal
MAR 5 Document Based Question (Test Grade)
MAR 7 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
MAR 8 O Brother, Where Art Thou? Chapter 25 Reading Quiz
MAR 9 The Rise of Totalitarianism
MAR 10 The Arsenal of Democracy
MAR 11 A
Date
Which
Will
Live
in
Infamy
MAR 14 The Home Front
MAR 15 Turning the Tide
MAR 16 The Atomic Age
MAR 17 The Post-War World and Review
MAR 18 Test 3: The Great Depression and World War II
Term 3
Ends
SPRING BREAK
MAR 28 The Cold War
MAR 29 Truman Chapter 26 Reading Quiz
MAR 30 Truman
MAR 31 The Fair Deal
APR 1 Document Based Question (Test Grade)
APR 4 The Korean War
APR 5 I Like Ike Chapter 27 Reading Quiz
APR 6 A Vast Wasteland
APR 7 Review
APR 8 Test 4: The Cold War Begins
APR 11 A New Generation
APR 12 A New Generation
APR 13 John F Kennedy and the New Frontier Chapter 28 Reading Quiz
APR 14 Lyndon B Johnson and the Great Society
APR 15 Desegregation Begins
APR 18 Desegregation Begins Chapter 29 Reading Quiz
APR 19 Black Power!
APR 20 The War in Vietnam
APR 21 The War in Vietnam
APR 22 Dear America
APR 25 The
Counterculture,
Nixon
and
Watergate
Chapter
30 Reading Quiz
APR 26 Watergate
APR 27 The Me Decade and Morning in America Chapter 31 Reading Quiz
APR 28 A New World Order and The New Millennium and Review
APR 29 Test 5: A New World Order
MAY 2 AP Exam Review
MAY 3 AP Exam Review
MAY 4 AP Exam Review and Document Based Question (Test Grade)
MAY 5 AP Exam Review
MAY 6 AP Exam
MAY 9 End of Course Exam Review *
MAY 10 End of Course Exam Review *
MAY 11 End of Course Exam Review *
MAY 12 End of Course Exam Review * and Presidents Quiz *
MAY 13 End of Course Exam Review *and Review Guide Quiz *
MAY 16 End of Course Exam
MAY 17 Final Exam Review
MAY 18 Final Exam Review and States and Capitals Quiz *
MAY 19 Final Exam Review
MAY 20 Final Exam Review
MAY 23 Final Exam Review
MAY 24 Final Exam Review
MAY 25 Final Exams
MAY 26 Final Exams