Class Requirements, Teacher Expectations and Student Responsibilities

AP United States History

Class Requirements, Teacher Expectations and Student Responsibilities

Class: A.P. U.S. History (HST 110/HST 120)

Teacher: Lowell Z. Macy III

Teacher's Planning Period: 3th Period

Materials

The following will be needed daily -

AP United States History

1.  the textbook (that’s why I give you one)

2.  a notebook to keep notes and other materials

3.  a supply of paper

4.  a pen (black or blue, no red ink) and/or pencil

AP United States History

Primary Text:

The American Pageant, 13th ed.(2006) Kennedy, Cohen & Bailey

Supplemental Text:

The American Spirit 11th ed. Vol. 1 &2 (2006) Kennedy, Bailey; America: A Narrative History 11th ed. (2010)

Class Objectives

This class will trace the developments of North American society over the last 500 years. After reading the assigned materials, attending class, completing assignments and participating in class you will:

a)  gain a better understanding of important events in American history

b)  identify key figures, dates, and events in American history

c)  define and use historical terms in the proper context

d)  be able to effectively demonstrate advanced communication skills

e)  be able to compare significant cause and effect situations in terms of historical importance

f)  be able to critically analyze historical information

g)  develop a clearer perception of the evolution of social responsibility

Themes and Topics

In the grand scope of American history, we will endeavor to cover as much as we can as thoroughly as we can. In particular, themes that will be recurring throughout the year are:

1.  the diversity of the American people from the colonial period to modern times, specifically how we went from a set of colonies planted by the English to eventually become known as the great “melting pot” and examine if that was truly how Americans at various times saw their own country.

2.  continuing economic transformations that carry us from colonial sources of raw materials to a world-economy driving power,

3.  the role that war and diplomacy has played in the development of our nation from the colonial period up to the 21st century. How did America go from being a very politically insolated to eventually coming “out of it’s shell” and then developing into the world power that plays a major role in driving global relations?

Grading Scale

A – 100-93 B – 92-85 C – 84-76 D – 75-68 F – 67 & below

Grades are on a point-based system. All points collected throughout the grading period will be divided by the total possible points to determine your grade. So, if you have totaled 668 points out of a possible 750, you would have an 89% (B). (668/750 = .890) I suggest that you keep a running total of your grades as I return them so you stay informed on your standing in this class. Since this an AP-level class, it is a weighted scale (ex – an A = 5.0, not 4.0)

Dual Credit

This class is offered as Dual Credit through Campbellsville University. This is a unique opportunity to gain college credit as you fulfill your high school requirements. This class offers the chance to gain up to 6 hours of college history credit while being enrolled in only one class. You can enroll in HST 110 (to 1877) in the Fall semester and HST 120 (from 1877) in the Spring. Students are by no means required to do this, but it presents and excellent opportunity to get a head start on college requirements or even complete some electives at a greatly reduced price. Additional note – grades received from dual credit classes count towards college GPA, whereas credit received from the AP exam has no bearing on college GPA.

Tests: Each test will consist of a combination of any of the following: multiple choice, matching, fill-in-the-blank, true and false, short answer, and essay questions. Tests will occur upon the completion of each unit and will be announced 2 to 3 days in advance.

Quizzes: Quizzes may come from readings, lectures or a combination of both. Each quiz will consist of short answer, listing, or short essay questions. Quizzes will occur approximately every 5 to 6 days and may or may not be announced in advance.

Assignments: Homework and class work, assignments will consist of reading assignments, writing assignments, and review assignments.

You are to complete all assignments and meet all due dates. Most assignments will be due the day after the date assigned. By meeting due dates, you will avoid any late penalties.

A late assignment will be penalized -20 points for each day past the due date. Points penalized for late work will be taken off before the assignment is graded. For example, if a paper is worth 28 points and it is turned in 1 day late, 20 points will be subtracted before I grade the paper.

*** I reserve the right to change this policy at any time ***. If late work becomes a problem, expect a higher penalty or the possibility that the late work may not be accepted ***

Make-up Work: You are expected to arrange to turn in all missed assignments and take make-up tests at the first possible instance after your return to school in tutoring.

Ø  All missed class assignments, projects and tests will be made up outside of class. (tests & typed quizzes in after-school tutoring)

§  You have one week after returning to school to take your make-up tests or quizzes. After that, you will receive a zero on untaken tests.

Ø  Make-up work will be accepted only in the event of an excused absence. Unexcused absences will result in a zero (0) for any and all assignments given that day.

Ø  Missed oral quizzes will not be made up. The next quiz will count twice.

Ø  Bonus work that is missed will not be made up.

All homework and class work assignments will be designed to reinforce classroom instruction and will help you prepare for quizzes, tests, and further learning opportunities. Each assignment will be meaningful and relevant to our study of American History, and thusly I expect it to be finished on the due date.

Semester Exams: The Mid-term and final exam are cumulative, therefore it is highly suggested that you keep all of your notes and other materials for study aids.

Book Review and Research Paper

Each semester you will be required to complete a Book Review (2-4 pages) and a Research Paper (3-5 pages) based over subject matter covered in that class section. The papers will be in MLA format. More details will be given after the class is under way.

Conduct

Be on time to class. The school policy on tardies will be strictly enforced (AE on the 4th tardy & each tardy thereafter). Be respectful to everyone in this classroom. All student handbook rules and procedures will be followed.

Cheating

There is absolutely no excuse for academic dishonesty in this classroom. Cheating, copying or whatever name you would like to call it by will not be tolerated and dealt with both swiftly and severely.

Remember: This is a college preparatory class. It is intended to be very challenging. Since we cover such an expansive period of history, there is no way for me to cover every topic as thoroughly as I would like. There will be things that I will not have time to cover as well as I would like in class. That does not excuse you from covering it in your readings.

If it is in an assignment, lecture, discussion, chapter readings, etc. It is fair game on the chapter test. You are responsible for your own education and success. I will strive to do my best each day; I ask the same from you.

Course Outline (HST 110)

*** Maps used in lectures are all found in the textbook; if a map is used from another source you will receive a photocopy ***

*** Supplemental Material will be provided in class ***

AP United States History

Class Introduction

AP United States History

Syllabus

Personal Information/Historical Background

Surviving the AP US/European History Exam

How to Write a DBQ

Directions and scoring guide for DBQs

Definitions of History (for Analysis & Discussion)

AP United States History

Unit 1

Ch 1: New World Beginnings (pp.4-24)

·  Native Americans Before Columbus

·  Europeans and Africans

v  Short Essay – Perspective on Results from Initial European/Native American Reactions

·  Early Exploration & Consequences of Columbus’s Discovery

·  Spain Builds a New World Empire

Ch 2: The Planting of English America (pp.25-42)

·  Planting of Jamestown

·  English Settlers & Native Americans

·  Growth in Virginia & Maryland

v  Short Essay – Similarities and Differences Between Southern Colonies

·  Settling the Carolinas and Georgia

Ch 3: Settling the Northern Colonies (pp.42-65)

· Plymouth Colony

· Massachusetts Bay Colony

v  Document Analysis – John Winthrop’s Concept of Liberty (1645)

· Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire

· New Netherland Becomes New York

· Pennsylvania, the Quaker colony

· New Jersey & Delaware

v  Unit 1 Study Guide

v  Unit 1 Exam

Unit 2

Ch 4: American Life in the 17th Century (pp.66-83)

·  Life and Labor in the Chesapeake Region

·  Bacon’s Rebellion

·  Spread of Slavery

v  Document Analysis – The Conscience of a Slave Trader (1694)

·  Southern Society

·  Salem Witchcraft Trials

Ch 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution (pp.84-104)

·  Immigration and Population Growth

v  What was the ethnic make up of the southern, middle & New England colonies?

·  Colonial Social Structure

·  The Role of Religion & The Great Awakening

·  Education and Culture

·  Politics and the Press

Ch 6: The Dual of North America (pp.106-121)

·  New France and Indian Relations

·  Anglo-French Colonial Rivalries

·  The Seven Years’ War

v  Short Essay – Effects of The Seven Years War on Colonial Patriotism

·  Pontiac’s Uprising and the Proclamation of 1763

v  Unit 2 Study Guide

v  Unit 2 Exam

Unit 3

Ch 7: The Road to Revolution (pp.122-139)

·  Roots of Revolution

v  DBQ – Charges Against the King, 1754-1776

·  Pros & Cons of Mercantilism

v  Document Analysis – Adam Smith’s Balance Sheet (1776)

·  Stamp Act 1765, Townshend Acts 1767, The Boston Tea Party 1773

·  Intolerable Acts & Continental Congress 1774

·  Lexington, Concord & the Gathering Clouds of War 1775

Ch 8: America Secedes from England (pp.140-165)

·  Early Skirmishes

·  The Declaration of Independence

v  Short Essay – Causes and Consequences of the Declaration of Independence

·  Patriots and Loyalists

·  Course of the War

·  The French Alliance

·  Yorktown

·  The Peace of Paris

Ch 9: The Confederation and the Constitution (pp. 166-189)

·  New State Constitutions

·  Economic Troubles

·  The Articles of Confederation 1781-1788

·  Shay’s Rebellion

v  Document Analysis – Washington Expresses Alarm (1786); Jefferson Favors Rebellion (1787)

·  Constitutional Convention and Ratification 1787-1790

v  Unit 3 Study Guide

v  Unit 3 Exam

Unit 4

Ch 10: Launching the New Ship of State (pp. 190-210)

·  Early Problems

·  The First Presidency, 1789-1797

·  The Bill of Rights, 1791

·  Hamiltonian Economic Policies

·  Emergence of Political Parties

·  The Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798

v  Document Analysis – Timothy Pickering Upholds the Repressive Laws (1798)

·  Federalists vs. Republicans

Ch 11: Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic (pp. 211-232)

·  The Jefferson Presidency

·  Marshall and the Supreme Court

·  The Louisiana Purchase, 1803

v  Short Essay – Political and Economic Consequences of the Louisiana Purchase

·  Anglo-French War

·  A Declaration of War

Ch 12: The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism (pp.233-255)

·  Invasion of Canada, 1812

·  The Treaty of Ghent

·  “The American System”

·  The Monroe Presidency

·  The Missouri Compromise, 1820

·  The Monroe Doctrine, 1823

v  Document Analysis - Henry Clay Champions the Latin American Revolutions (1818)

v  Unit 4 Study Guide

v  Unit 4 Exam

Unit 5

Ch 13: The Rise of Mass Democracy (pp. 256-286)

·  John Quincy Adams Presidency

·  Jackson’s Triumph, 1828

·  The Tariff of Abominations, 1828

·  Native American Relations During the Jacksonian Era

v  Document Analysis - Jackson Endorses the Indian Removal (1829)

·  Van Buren in the White House, 1837-41

·  Revolution in Texas

·  Mass Democracy & the Two-Party System

Ch 14: Forging the National Economy (pp. 287-319)

·  Westward Movement

·  European Immigration

v  Document Analysis – The Coming of the Irish (1839)

·  The Coming of Industrialization

v  How did the pace of American industrialization compare to English industrialization?

·  Women and the Economy

·  A Continental Economy

v  DBQ – Economic Factors 1815-1860

Ch 15: The Ferment of Reform and Culture (pp. 320-349)

·  Religious Revivals

·  Educational Advances

·  The Roots of Reform

·  The Temperance Movement

·  Women’s Roles and Rights

·  Science, Art & Culture

·  A National Literature

v  Unit 5 Study Guide

v  Unit 5 Exam

v  Book Review Due

Unit 6

Ch 16: The South and the Slavery Controversy (pp.350-370)

§  Southern Social Structure

v  Document Analysis – Slavery and the Family (1840)

§  Poor Whites and Free Blacks

§  The Plantation System

§  Abolitionism and the White Southern Response

Ch 17: Manifest Destiny & Its Legacy (pp.371-389)

§  Tyler Becomes President, 1841

§  The Annexation of Texas, 1845

§  War With Mexico, 1846-48

Ch 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle (pp.390-408)

§  The Underground Railroad

§  The Compromise of 1850

v  Document Analysis - Free Soilers Denounce Webster (1850)

§  President Pierce and Expansion, 1853-1857

§  Douglas and the Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854

Ch 19 – Drifting Toward Disunion (pp.409-433)

§  Spread of Abolitionist Sentiment in the North

§  Election of Buchanan, 1856