AP - Fall
 

 

Reading Schedule

Text: THE AMERICAN PAGEANT                            Instructor: K. Jones

 

 

UNIT 1 - FOUNDING THE NEW NATION

Sub Unit: Colonial History

8/22-8/25                    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

                                    Evaluating past DBQ's                                    

                         

8/25-9/1:           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     

                                     Mayflower Compact - discuss

                                      LABOR DAY: 9/1/08 - NO SCHOOL                            

                                                     

                       

Sub Unit: Independence

09/1-09/8:           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 12th

                                                                         

9/8-9/15:          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 1-5)                                                                                           

                         

9/15-9/22:          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

                                    DBQ or FRQ  

                                                                                                                                                                                  

                       

9/22-9/29           Ch. 8  America Secedes from the Empire, 1775-1783                                                        pp 140-165

                                    •The Declaration of Independence            • The French alliance     

                                    •American “Republicanism”

                                    TEST - DBQ, FRQ or MC - October 3, 2008

                                   

 

UNIT 2: BUILDING THE NEW NATION

Sub Unit: Post Independence and the Critical Period

9/29-10/6           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)

 

 10/13-10/20       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   

                                    TEST - Chapters 6-10     

                                    Video - The Presidents                      

                       

Sub Unit: Jefferson’s Administration

10/20-10/27        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

                                    Political Cartoons

                                      

 10/27-11/3    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

                                    M/C Test - 11/7/08

                       

Sub Unit: The Age of Jackson

10/27-11/3      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

                       

11/03-11/10:      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

11/3-11/10        Ch. 15: The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860                                                      pp 320-349

                                    •European Immigration                            •Factory system

                                    •Transportation Revolution                    •Continental economy

 

11/10-11/17        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

11/10-11/17:        Ch. 17: Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy,  1841-1848                                                      pp 371-389

                                    •The Peculiar Institution                          •The Abolitionist Crusade     

                                    POWERPOINT                             

 

11/17-11/24        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  

                                     POWERPOINT 

 

11/17-11/24         Ch. 19:  Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861                                                                  pp 409-433

                                    •California Statehood                     •The Compromise of 1850

                                    •The Fugitive Slave Law               •Kansas-Nebraska Act

                                     POWERPOINT

 

THANKSGIVING BREAK - November 24-28

 

11/24-11/12/1       Ch. 20:  Girding for War The North & South, 1861-1865                                                pp 434-452

                                    •Dred Scott Case                            •Lincoln Douglas Debates

 Thanksgiving           •The John Brown Raid                   •Lincoln's Victory

 Break                          VIDEO: Causes and Consequences -- CIVIL WAR

                                       Handout -- John C. Calhoun

 

Sub Unit: Civil War and Reconstruction

 

12/1-12/8       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

 

12/1-12/8       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

 

UNIT 4 - FORGING AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY

Sub Unit: Industry Comes of Age

 

12/1-12/8    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

 

12/8-12/15       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

 

12/15-12/22       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

                                     TEST - Multiple Choice

                                     

12/22-1/29      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

 

12/29-1/5      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