UPDATING - August 2009
Reading Schedule
Text: THE AMERICAN PAGEANT Instructor: K. Jones
UNIT 1 - FOUNDING THE NEW NATION
Sub Unit: Colonial History
8/19-8/31 Ch. 1 New World Beginnings, 33,000 BC-A.D. 1769 pp 4-24
•The spread of Spanish America
Ch. 2 The Planting of English America, 1500-1733 pp 25-42
•Elizabethan England and Colonization
•Jamestown, 1607
•Virginia and Maryland and the settling of the Carolina’s
Ch. 3 Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700 pp 43-65
•The Puritan Faith
•Plymouth Colony
•New England, New Netherlands, Pennsylvania, et all
Power Points: Writing expectations for the AP Exam
Ch. 4 American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692 pp 66-83
•Spread of slavery
•Southern society
•African American culture
•Salem Witch Trails
Video: Jamestown, Williamsburg and Yorktown
PowerPoint - Chapters 3/4
Mayflower Compact - discuss
TEST - M/C - Chapters 1-4
LABOR DAY: 9/7/08 - NO SCHOOL
Sub Unit: Independence
08/31-09/7: Ch. 5 Colonial Society on the Eve of the Revolution, 1700-1775 pp 84-105
•Colonial social structure
•The Atlantic economy
•The Great Awakening
A Forgotten History: The Slave Trade and Slavery in New England
Pages 1-9 and Advanced Study Guide I
Pages 10-19 and Advanced Study Guide II
DBQ - English Colonies, North and South (1993) - September 11th
9/7-9/14: Ch. 6 The Duel for North America, 1608-1763 pp 106-121
•The French and Indian War, 1754-1763
PowerPoint
Enslaved Experiences - Handout
Multiple Choice Test (Chapters 4-6)
9/14-9/21: Ch. 7 The Road to Revolution, 1763-1775 pp 122-139
•The Stamp Act crisis, 1765
•The “Intolerable Acts and the Continental Congress, 1774
•Lexington, Concord, and the gathering clouds of war, 1775
POWERPOINT
A More Perfect Union: American Independence and the Constitution
Advanced Study Guide - Part II & Part III
9/21-9/28 Ch. 8 America Secedes from the Empire, 1775-1783 pp 140-165
•The Declaration of Independence • The French alliance
•American “Republicanism”
UNIT 2: BUILDING THE NEW NATION
Sub Unit: Post Independence and the Critical Period
9/28-10/5 Ch. 9 The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790 pp 166-189
•The Articles of Confederation, 1781-1788
•The Northwest Ordinance, 1787
•The Constitutional Convention, 1787
•Ratification Debate, 1787-1790
Aricles of Confederation - Handout (Analyze)
A More Perfect Union: American Independence and the Constitution
Study Guide - Part IV
10/5-10/12 Ch. 10 Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800 pp 190-210
•The Bill of Rights, 1791 •Hamilton’s economic policies
•The first Presidency •Federalists vs. Republicans
PowerPoint - Lecture
The Federalists Papers (1787-1788)
A More Perfect Union: American Independence and the Constitution
Study Guide VI - Two Hundred Years of Constitutional Change
Video: Key Constitutional Concepts
Sub Unit: Jefferson’s Administration
10/12-10/19 Ch. 11 The Triumphs and Travails of Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800-1812 pp 211-232
•The Jefferson Presidency • The Louisiana Purchase
•The Embargo, 1807-1809 •War Hawks from the West
PowerPoint - Chapters 11
Challenge to the New Republic: The War of 1812
Advanced Study Guide I & II
10/19-10/26 Ch. 12 The Second War for Independence and pp 233-255
the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824
•The Invasion of Canada, 1812 • “The American System”
•Westward Expansion • The Marshall Court
•The Missouri Compromise •The Monroe Doctrine, 1823
PowerPoint - Chapter 12
DBQ - Articles of Confederation
Sub Unit: The Age of Jackson
10/26-11/2 Ch. 13 The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840 pp 256-286
•Politics for the common people •The “corrupt bargain”, 1824
•President John Quincy Adams •The “Tariff of Abominations”
•Jacksonian philosophy •Spoils system
Handouts
Multiple Choice Test - Chapters 6 - 10
11/2-11/9: Ch. 14: Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860 pp 287-319
•S.C. Nullification Crisis •Jackson’s war on the U.S. Bank
•Indian Removal •Texas
•Whig Party • President Martin Van Buren
• William Henry Harrison •Two-Party system
Sub Unit: Industry and Reform
11/9-11/16 Ch. 15: The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860 pp 320-349
•European Immigration •Factory system
•Transportation Revolution •Continental economy
11/9-11/16 Ch. 16: The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860 pp 350-370
•Religious revivals •Roots of reform
•Women’s roles and rights •Temperance
Women and Factories in the 1800's - Work Sheet
UNIT 3 - TESTING THE NATION
Sub Unit: Expansion and Struggle
11/16-11/30: Ch. 17: Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848 pp 371-389
•The Peculiar Institution •The Abolitionist Crusade
11/16-11/30 Ch. 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854 pp 390-408
•President Taylor •Annexation of Texas 1845
•President Polk "54 40 or fight" •Mexican American War
11/16-11/30 Ch. 19: Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861 pp 409-433
•California Statehood •The Compromise of 1850
•The Fugitive Slave Law •Kansas-Nebraska Act
THANKSGIVING BREAK - November 23-29
11/30-11/12/7 Ch. 20: Girding for War The North & South, 1861-1865 pp 434-452
•Dred Scott Case •Lincoln Douglas Debates
•The John Brown Raid •Lincoln's Victory
VIDEO: Causes and Consequences -- CIVIL WAR
Handout -- John C. Calhoun
Sub Unit: Civil War and Reconstruction
12/7-12/14 Ch. 21: The Furnace of the Civil War, 1861-1865 pp 453-478
•The Emancipation Proclamation •Gettysburg
•Sherman's March to the Sea •Lincoln's Assassination
12/7-12/14 Ch. 22: The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877 pp 479-503
•Presidential v. Congress (Reconstruction)
•Military Districts •Impeachment of Johnson
Reconstruction Report Cards - WS
Black Codes and KKK - WS
Semester Finals - December 16-18
UNIT 4 - FORGING AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
Sub Unit: Industry Comes of Age
12/14-1/4 Ch. 23: Political Paralysis and the Golden Age, 1869-1896 pp 504-529
•Ulysses S. Grant •Corruption and Reform
•Political Parties •Compromise of 1877
•Civil Service Reform
12/14-1/4 Ch. 24: Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900 pp 530-557
•Railroad boom •Lordy of Industry
•Industry in the South •The Rise of Trade Unions
Sub Unit: Moving West
12/14-1/4 Ch. 25: American Moves to the City, 1865-1900 pp 558-593
•The "New Immigrants" •Evolution and Education
•Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois
12/14-1/4 Ch. 26: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896 pp 594-625
•The Conquest of the Indians •The Industrialization of Agriculture
•Farmers Protest •The People's Party
1/4-1/11 Ch. 27: Empire and Expansion, 1890-1909 pp 626-655
•American Expansionism •The Spanish American War, 1898
•Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines
Beyond Manifest Destiny: America Enters the Age of Imperialism
Advanced Study Guide I & II
DBQ -- TBA