AP US History: 2016-17
(11th Grade: Periods 2 & 3)
Mr. Mercer
August
16 In-class: Introduction to the course
HW: Read “New World” handout
17 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read Ch. 1 in American Pageant (pg. 4-13)
18 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read Ch. 1 (pg. 13-24) and study 13 colonies map
19 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read “Thirteen Colonies” handout and study 13 colonies cities
Have a safe weekend.
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22 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read Ch. 2 (pg. 25-32 up to “Virginia”)
23 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read Ch. 2 (pg. 32-42)
24 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read Ch. 3 (pg. 43-52 up to “Seeds”)
25 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read Ch. 3 (pg. 52-63)
26 In-class: Potential pop quiz; document-based m/c
HW: Read Ch. 4 (pg. 66-83)
Have a safe weekend.
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29 In-class: Potential pop quiz; short answer questions (colonial era); Reading: “Book Review: Albion’s Seed” (handout)
HW: Read Ch. 5 (pg. 84-93)
30 In-class: Potential pop quiz; Reading: “The Great Debate Over Indian Policy” (handout)
HW: Read Ch. 5 (pg. 94-105)
31 In-class: Potential pop quiz; Reading: “Husbands and Wives, Parents and Children in Puritan Society” (pg. 24-36). If you finish early, go ahead and read the documents on pages 36-41. [The Way We Lived: Essays and Documents in American Social History Volume I: 1607-1877]
HW: Writing Assignment: write a 575-650-word response to the following prompt. It can either be typed or handwritten. Pass it in on the day of the TEST, Tuesday, September 6.
“Compare and contrast the development of Virginia and Massachusetts socially, economically, and politically.”
September
1 In-class: Reading: “Conflicting Cultural Values in Early America” (pg. 4-16). If you finish early, go ahead and read the documents on pages 16-23. [The Way We Lived: Essays and Documents in American Social History Volume I: 1607-1877]
HW: Study Ch. 1-5, handouts (TEST is on Tuesday)
Have a safe Labor Day Weekend
2 No School
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5 No School
6 In-class: Pass in essays at the start of class; TEST on Ch. 1-5 and handouts
HW: Read/Study “Imperial Wars” handout
7 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read/Study “American Revolution” handout
8 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read “Imperial Rivalries” (French & Indian War) handout (pg. 163- 174)
9 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read “The Revolution Within” (Give Me Liberty-Ch. 6), pgs. 220-235 and then see the uploaded color version of the map on page 235 (on my website) and color in the map so that you can figure out the legend in the bottom right-hand corner of page 235. This is for you to keep, not to pass in.
Have a safe weekend.
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12 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read “The Revolution Within” (Give Me Liberty-Ch. 6), pgs. 236-252
13 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read “Constitution and New Republic” handout (pgs. 103-109) and Ch. 9 in American Pageant (pgs. 166-172)
14 In-class: Potential pop quiz; document analysis/multiple-choice
HW: Read Ch. 9 in American Pageant (pgs. 172-189)
15 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Using the same parameters of the last take-home essay, write a response to the following prompt and pass it in on the day of the TEST.
“Evaluate the extent to which the Revolutionary War (1775-1783) marked a turning point for Americans, analyzing what changed and what stayed the same from the period before the war to the period after it.”
16 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Study for the TEST
Have a safe weekend.
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19 In-class: TEST on all material covered since the last test.
HW: Read all of “Constitution and New Republic”
20 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read Ch. 8 “Securing the Republic” in Give Me Liberty (pgs. 294-311 up to “Jefferson”)
21 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read/Study “The Age of Jefferson” handout and work on any one of the Short Answer questions (1.a.b.c., or 2.a.b.c., or 3a.b.c., or 4 a.b.c.) and submit the day of the next test at the start of class.
22 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read Ch. 8 “Securing the Republic” in Give Me Liberty (pgs. 311-324)
23 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Study for the TEST
Have a safe weekend.
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26 In-class: pass in Short Answer question; take TEST
HW: Read “Nationalism…” Ch. 8 handout
27 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read “Sectionalism…” Ch. 9 handout
28 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read “Society, Culture, Reform” Ch. 11 handout
29 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read “Market Revolution” p. 330-348
30 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read “Market Revolution” p. 348-366
Have a safe weekend.
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October
3 No School
4 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read “An Age of Reform” p. 454-465
5 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion/group work
HW: Read “An Age of Reform” p. 465-476
6 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read “An Age of Reform” p. 476-486
7 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read “Age of Jackson” Ch. 10 Amsco
Write a 35-minute essay (550 to 675-words) to the following prompts. Every student must do the mandatory one and one of the optional ones. Every person in your group must pick the same Option. Each student writes his/her own essay.
Note: Each essay must have a well-developed synthesis point related to a contemporary cause/movement that is important to you.
Mandatory: “Discuss the most salient factors that led reform movements and utopian communities to blossom during the antebellum era.”
Option A: “To what extent did the reform movements of the antebellum era provide opportunities for the role of woman to evolve?”
Option B: “Explain the impact the industrial revolution had on society in antebellum America.”
Option C: “To what extent did the United States become more democratic as a result of developments in the antebellum era?”
Option D: “To what extent did the reform movements in the antebellum era address racial issues in America?”
Have a safe weekend.
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10 In-class: Potential quiz; group work/class discussion
HW: Work on essays.
11 In-class: Group work/class discussion.
HW: Prepare for Group Activity on Thursday
12 No School
13 In-class: Essays due; culminating group activity where students will be asked to share their findings and insights
HW: Study for the test. (all material except for the “Age of Jackson” reading).
14 In-class: Test
HW: Read Ch. 13 (American Pageant) p. 256-267
Have a safe weekend.
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17 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read Ch. 13 (American Pageant) p. 268-285
18 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read “Territorial and Economic Expansion” Amsco
19 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read Ch. 17 (American Pageant) p. 371-380
20 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read Ch. 17 (American Pageant) p. 381-389
21 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Study for the TEST
Have a safe weekend.
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24 In-class: TEST (Jacksonian Democracy -> Manifest Destiny)
HW: Read “Union in Peril” p. 247-251
25 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read “Union in Peril” p. 252-261
26 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read Ch. 18 American Pageant
27 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read Ch. 19
28 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read Give Me Liberty (GML) pg. 538-548
Have a safe weekend.
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31 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read GML (Ch. 14) pg. 548-562
November
1 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read GML (Ch. 14) p. 562-580
2 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read GML (Ch. 15) p. 586-599
3 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read GML (Ch. 15) p. 600-609
4 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read GML (Ch. 15) p. 610-622
Have a safe weekend.
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7 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Document analysis assignment
8 In-class: Review
HW: Study for the Test
9 In-class: TEST
HW: Read “Rise of Industrial America”
10 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read “The Last West and New South”
11 No School (Veterans’/Armistice Day)
Have a safe weekend.
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14 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read “The Growth of Cities & American Culture”
15 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read “Politics of the Gilded Age”
16 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read Ch. 23 American Pageant
17 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Read Ch. 24 American Pageant
18 In-class: Potential pop quiz; discussion
HW: Study for the Semester Exam
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19-27 Thanksgiving Break
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28 In-class: discussion
HW: Read Ch. 25 American Pageant
29 In-class: discussion
HW: TBA
30 In-class: discussion
HW: TBA
December
1 In-class: discussion
HW: Study for the TEST
2 In-class: TEST
HW: Study for the Semester Exam (all content since the start of the year)