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APUSH Course and Daily Syllabus

This page includes the overall description of the course, and will contain a daily lesson plan. The daily lesson plan will be adapted and changed as needed.  If you are absent, it is your responsibility to look at the syllabus and complete any work for the day. This is especially true of the reading assignment, it is crucial that everyone stay on schedule with the reading assignments!
 
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Course Syllabus

The AP United States History course is a demanding, college level educational experience. Students should also be aware that the course requires some personal interest in the material to achieve a 4 or a 5 on the national test. As a result, the grading is somewhat different than the usual high school experience. Tests and assessments are weighted more importantly than other classes you have experienced. Secondly, reading the text is extremely important following each class. The text does not have questions at the end of short sections, however you will be provided with a reading guide to help focus on the important points.

Another point to be observed concerning the readings is that events follow themes and patterns. A "B" or an "A" in this class, as well as a 3 or higher on the exam, require being able to see links between events, rather than events as a discrete list.  

For all these reasons, it's necessary that each student take a half hour or so a day to sit back and read the assigned readings for the day. It will probably take longer at first, but once you settle into a routine it will not task as long.  Copying someone else's reading guide, or simply trying to find the answers to the reading guide prompts will therefore not work for an acceptable assessment grade.

Snow days will require work and attention, the AP test is the first Friday in May and is not rescheduled for any reason. For acceptable practice and coverage of the material we will be completing the text by May 1st.  So there will be snow day assignments that will need to be turned in by email by the end of the snow day.

The routines are as follows:
1. There will be a weekly writing assignment. The AP test includes one long response essay (LRQ's), 3 short response essays (SRQ's), and one document based question (DBQ). We will work on constructing a one paragraph response (for the SRQ's) and five paragraph essays (LRQ's and DBQ's).  In the beginning we will be working on each part of the essay, by second semester we will be working on whole essays.
2. There will be occasional quizzes. These quizzes will follow the format of the AP test, which is a short text excerpt or picture (stimulus), followed by 3 to 5  multiple choice questions  that can either be directly related to the stimulus or related to the stimulus. Finding the correct response and eliminating the wrong responses (distracters) is a skill, but obviously will require the knowledge of the student.
3. At the end of the unit there will be a multiple choice test following the AP format.  There will be at least two unit tests each quarter.
4. Reading guides will be collected for completion points.

With all the challenges mentioned here, it should be noted that if a student approaches this class with curiosity, a desire to learn about American History, and a spirit of collaboration, at least a 3 is easy.  Let's work together so that everyone gets a 5 in May!
First Semester    -    First Quarter

Schedule - Quarter 1; Week One
Part One Chapter 1

8/26 - Introduction
Review of course and expectations
Review of APUSH page
Review of syllabus
Review of testing calendar
 
8/27 - Objective - SWBAT understand human migration to North, Central and South America, as well as the Carribean
Warm Up - Place in chronological order of migration: English, Asian, African, Spanish, Portuguese
Lecture/ Discussion - Part One intro, pg. 2-3; Chapter 1 pg. 4 - 14
Homework - Read through pg. 4 - 14, Reading guide

8/28 - Objective - SWU the development of Spanish exploration and settlement of the western hemisphere
Warm Up - Place in chronological order of migration: English, Asian, African, Spanish, Portuguese
Lecture/ Discussion - Chapter 1 pg. 14 - 23
Homework - Complete reading through pg. 24, Reding guide

8/29 - Objective - SWU the reasons for English settlement in North America and the Caribbean
Warm Up - Why were the Spanish able to easily dominate the native cultures? What was the motivation for Pope's rebellion by Native Americans?
Lecture/ Discussion - Chapter 2 pg. 25 - 30
Homework -Read pg. 25 - 30, Reading guide

8/30 - No school

Week Two


9/2 - No school: Labor Day

9/3 - Objective - WBAT describe the economic goals of the English in the southern colonies
Warm Up -  Describe a difference between Spanish and English settlement in North America
Lecture/ Discussion - Chapter 2 pg. 30-42
Homework -  Read pg. 30 - 42, Reading guide

9/4 Mr. Marchand on leave
Activity - Multiple choice workshop

9/5 - Objective - SWU the differences in the English plans for the northern and southern colonies
Warm Up - What is meant by a religious dissident in the context of England?
Lecture/ Discussion -Ch. 3 pg. 42 - 52
Homework - Read pg. 42 - 48, Reading guide

9/6 - Objective - SWBAT describe the religious diversity of the northern colonies
Warm Up -  Describe one difference between Catholic and Puritan theology
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 3 pg. 49 - 63
Homework -  Ch. 3 pg. 49 - 63, Reading guide

Week Three

9/9 - Objective - SWBAT analyze the economic structure of the south, including the growth of slavery
Warm Up – If you were living in either New England or New Amsterdam, would you feel in control or safe> Is there a specific reason you would feel this way?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 4, Pg. 66 - 76
Homework - Ch. 4, pg. 66 - 76, Reading guide

9/10 - Objective - SWU the importance of religion to everyday life in the New England colonies
Warm Up -    How do you think the Puritans felt about slavery? Do you think this is similar to the Quaker beliefs?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 4 pg. 76 - 82
Homework -  Ch. 4, pg. 76 - 82, Reading Guide

9/11 - Objective - Instruction on writing AP Assessment - first paragraph
Activity - Examples of the 3 writing assesssments
Activity - Developing a thesis statement and first paragraph
Activity - Register with AP Central
  
9/12 - Objective -SWU the cultural mix of people in the English colonies
Warm Up – Where were settlers from Europe who were not forced to come to North America more likely to migrate, the north or the south? Why?
Lecture/ Discussion – Ch. 5 pg. 84 - 97
Homework -  Read pg. 84 - 97, Reading guide

9/13 - Objective – SWU the pattern of education and culture in the colonies
Warm Up – Why would a skilled worker have more of a need to read than an agricultural worker?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 5 pg. 97 -104
Homework - Read pg. 97 - 104, Reading guide
Week Four

 
9/16 - Objective - SWU the political and social aftereffecs of the Seven Years War/ French and Indian War on the colonies
Warm Up - Was the Great Awakening more Puritan, more Quaker, or more an across the social spectrum set of events?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 6 Pg. 106 - 117
Homework - Read Pg. 106 -121, Reading guide

9/17 - Objective - SWBAT describe the increasing movement to revolution
Warm Up - What was the Proclamation of 1763 and why was it objectionable to the colonists?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 7 Pg. 122 -132
Homework - Read pg. 122 - 132, Reading guide

9/18 - SWBAT develop opening paragraphs for LE and DBQ
Activity -  Outline of middle opening paragraphs
Activity - Write 3 middle paragraphs

9/19 - Objective - SWU the advantages of both sides in the coming conflict
Warm Up -  How did supporters of independence  describe the Boston  Massacre?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 7 pg. 132 - 139
Homework - Read pg. 132 - 139, Reading guide

9/20 - Objective - SWBAT describe the background and events of the beginning of the American Revolution
Warm Up -  List one advantage of the colonists and one advantage of the British going into the war
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 8 pg. 140 - 151
Homework - Read pg. 140 - 151, Reading guide
Week Five


9/23 - Objective - SWBAT analyze the conclusion of the war
Warm Up - Why were some colonists loyal to Britain, and where were they going during the war?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 8 pg. 151 - 163
Homework - Read pg. 151 -163, Reading guide

9/24 -  Objective - SW Prepare for MCQ Part One test
Activity - MCQ practice
Activity - Thesis statement worksheet

9/25 - SW be introduced to the DBQ
Activity - Assessing Responses
Activity - Support documents and pictures 

9/26 - Part 1 test
Activity - Part One MCQ Test
Homework - None

 9/27 - Junior Testing, no class
Week Six

 9/30 - Objective -SWBAT describe the trends, successes and confusion of the period immediately following the Revolution
Warm Up - What was the title of  the original document that established a government in the United States?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 9 pg. 167 – 177
Homework - Read pg. 167 - 177, Reading guide

10/1 - Objective -SWU the internal and external pressures that led to the need for a different government
Warm Up - Describe two parts or functions of the US government today that were not in the Articles
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 9 pg. 177 to 184
Homework - Read pg. 177 - 184, Reading guide

10/2 - Objective - SWBAT develop first paragraph for DBQ
Activity - Prioritize documents

10/3 -  Objective - SWBAT describe major compromises between states that are in the Constitution
Warm Up - Why was the electoral system originally established? Is that a problem today?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 9 pg. 184 to 187
Homework - Read pg. 184 to 187, Reading guide

10/4 - SWU structure of Article I of the Constitution
Activity - Article I worksheet

Week Seven

10/7 - Objective -  SWBAT to describe how the Constitution was implemented
Warm Up -  Complete review of the Constitution
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 10 pg. 190 - 196
Homework - Read pg. 190 - 196, Reading guide

10/8 - Objective - SWU how various ideas about government formed opposing political parties
Warm Up – Why did Hamilton want the federal government to assume state debt from the time of the Articles
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 10 pg. 196 - 201
Homework -  Read pg. 196-201, Reading guide

10/9 - SWBAT write a concluding paragraph
Activity - Concluding paragraph

10/10 - Objective - SWBAT describe the political conflicts that developed between 1797 and 1801
Warm Up - Provide one reason why Washington retired
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 10 pg. 201 - 210
Homework - Read pg. 201 - 210, Reading guide

10/11  - SWU how Thomas Jefferson modified his beliefs while he was president
Warm Up - Describe one issue that might have cost Adams the election of 1800
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 11 pg. 210 - 219
Homework - Read pg. 210 - 219, Reading guide
Week Eight


10/14 - No Class, PSAT

10/15 - Objective - SWU Jefferson’s and Madison’s foreign policy and expansionist domestic policy were related
Warm Up -Did Jefferson compromise his beliefs to take a victory over Marbury or was he legitimately modifying his beliefs?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 11 pg. 219 - 225
Homework - Read pg. 219 - 225 Reading guide
10/16 - Objective - SW complete 5 paragraph LE
Activity - 5 Paragraph LE

10/17 - Objective - SWU Jefferson’s and Madison’s foreign policy and expansionist domestic policy were related (complete)
Warm Up -Did Jefferson compromise his beliefs to take a victory over Marbury or was he legitimately modifying his beliefs?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 11 pg. 219 - 225
Homework - Read pg. 219 - 225 Reading guide

10/18 - Objective - SWBAT describe the path to conflict in 1812
Warm Up – How did Jefferson’s accomplishments differ from his original beliefs?
Lecture/ Discussion – Ch.  11 pg. 225 - 232
Homework - Ch. 11 pg. 225 - 232, Reading guide
Week Nine

 10/21 - Objective – SWU the reasons and results of the War of 1812
Warm Up – What were issues between the US and Britain in  1810?
Lecture/ Discussion – Ch. 12 pg. 233 - 240
Homework - Ch. 12 pg. 233 - 240, Reading guide

10/22 - Objective – SWBAT describe the Missouri Compromise and judicial issues that came up during the Monroe Administration
Warm Up – What was one benefit and one drawback following the War of 1812?
Lecture/ Discussion – Ch. 12 pg.   240 - 244
Homework - Ch. 12 pg. 240 - 244, Reading guide
 
10/23 - SW write 5 paragraph DBQ
Activity - 5 paragraph DBQ

10/24 - Objective – SWBAT define and describe the Missouri Compromise and the Monroe Doctrine
Warm Up – What were the two main objectives of the American System, and who developed it??
Lecture/ Discussion – Ch. 12 pg. 245 - 255
Homework - Ch. 12 pg. 245 - 255, Reading guide

10/25 - Fall Break, teachers at HSPA
End of 1st Quarter
Second Quarter; Week One

10/28 - Objective - SW evaluate and analyze the Monroe Doctrine
Activity - Senate assignment

10/29 - Objective – SWBAT define and describe the Missouri Compromise and the Monroe Doctrine (complete)
Warm Up – What were the two main objectives of the American System, and who developed it??
Lecture/ Discussion – Complete Ch. 12
Activity - Review Senate assignment

10/30 - Objective - SWBAT describe the increase in presidential power between the Monroe and Jackson administrations
Warm Up - Describe the Monroe Doctrine
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 13 pg. 256 - 263
Homework - Ch. 13 pg. 256 - 263, Reading guide

10/31 - Objective – SWBAT describe the issues, trends, and events of the Jackson administration pt. 1
Warm Up – How did tariffs lead to “nullification”?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch 13 pg. 263 - 270
Homework - Read Ch. 13 pg. 263 - 270, Reading guide

11/1 -  SWBAT describe the issues, trends, and events of the Jackson administration pt. 2
Warm Up – How did tariffs lead to “nullification”?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch 13 pg. 270 - 275
Homework - Read Ch. 13 pg. 270 - 275, Reading guide

Week Two


11/4  -  Open House Day Off

11/5 - Objective - SWU Jackson’s war with the national bank and the resulting depression
Warm Up –  What are two possible causes of a bank failure?
Lecture/ Discussion – Ch. 13 Pg. 275 - 284
Homework - Ch. 13  Pg. 275 - 284, Reading guide

11/6 - Objective - SW complete SAQ
Activity - Intro to SAQ
Homework - Complete SAQ

11/7 - Objective - SWBAT describe western expansion and the relation with immigration
Warm Up - What were the primary countries people were coming to the US from in the 1830’s?
Lecture/ Discussion – Ch. 14 pg. 287 - 303
Homework -  Read Ch. 14 pg. 287 - 303,  Reading guide 

11/8 - Objective - SWU the conditions of laborers and the expansion of infrastructure in the period 1805 – 1860 pt. 1
Warm Up – Why were immigrants blamed for natives not getting jobs, when there were jobs available?
Lecture/ Discussion – Ch. 14 pg. 303 - 311
Homework - Read Chapter 14 pg. 303 – 311, Reading guide

Week Three

11/11  - Parent Meetings

11/12 - Objective - SWU the conditions of laborers and the expansion of infrastructure in the period 1805 – 1860 pt. 2
Warm Up – What  was one factor motivating the growth of industry after the War of 1812? What effect did cheaper goods from Britain have on the rate of growth?
Lecture/ Discussion – Ch. 14 pg. 311 - 319
Homework - Read Chapter 14 pg. 311 – 319, Reading guide

11/13 - Objective - SW complete SAQ
Activity - SAQ

11/14 - Objective - SWU the integration of religion and cultural development in the period before the Civil War
Warm Up – Review the first Great Awakening in the 1600’s
Lecture/ Discussion - Chapter 15 pg. 320 - 330
Homework - Chapter 15 pg. 320-330, Reading guide

11/15 - Objective - SWBAT describe advances in education and women’s rights
Warm Up – What was the trend for public education at the time, in terms of location and development?
Lecture/ Discussion – Ch. 15 Pg. 330 - 337
Homework - Read Ch. 15 Pg. 330 - 337, Reading guide

Week Four

11/18 - Objective - SWU the art forms and literature of the Transcendentalist Movement
Activity - Readings and worksheet

11/19 - Objective - SWBAT  scientific and artistic advances of the pre-Civil War (Antebellum) period
Warm Up - What document was the Seneca Falls Declaration patterned after?
Lecture/ Discussion - Chapter 15 pg. 337- 347
Homework - Chapter 15 pg 337 - 347, Reading guide

11/20 -  Objective - SW prepare for Part 2 MCQ
Activity - Practice tests

11/21 - Objective - Part 2 MCQ
 Activity - Part 2 Test MC
Part Three - Chapter 16

11/22 - Objective – SWBAT describe the increasing division and sectionalism over slavery
Warm Up – How had the Missouri Compromise partially defused the slavery controversy?
Activity - The JFK Assassination
Lecture/ Discussion – Ch. 16 (whole)
Homework - Ch. 16, Reading Guide


Week Five

11/25 - Objective – SWU the effects of sectionalism and the string of one term presidents between Jackson (#7) and Lincoln (#16)
Warm Up – Why did Harrison beat Van Buren in the election of 1840?
Lecture/ Discussion – Ch. 17 pg. 371 – 379
Homework - Ch. 17 pg. 371 – 379, Reading Guide

11/26 -  Objective – SWU the reasons and outcome of the Mexican War, and the effect on the slavery issue
Warm Up – Define Manifest Destiny
Lecture/ Discussion – Chapter 17 pg. 379 – 390
Homework - Ch. 17 pg. 379 - 390, Reading guide

11/27 - 12/2 - Thanksgiving

Week Six

12/2 - Objective – SWU the connection between expansionism and the debate over slavery
Warm Up – Define Sectionalism
Lecture/ Discussion – Chapter 18 pg. 390 – 400
Homework - Read  pg. 390 - 400, Reading guide

12/3 - Objective – SWU the connection between expansionism and the debate over slavery pt. 2
Warm Up – What was the original goal of the Whig party and what was the controversy in the party in 1852?
Lecture/ Discussion – Ch. 18 pg. 401 – 408
Homework - Read pg. 401 – 408, Reading guide

12/4 - Objective - SWU the issues that led to conflict in Kansas
 Warm Up -  Why was the Republican party formed? Was there any new political party on the other side of the slavery issue?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 19 pg. 409 - 422
Homework - Read pg. 409 - 422, Reading guide
 
12/5  - Objective - SWBAT describe the concepts of the Dred Scott decision
Activity -  Dred Scott worksheet

12/6 - Objective - SWBAT describe how the election of Abraham Linciln led southern states to secede
 Warm Up -  How did the Dred Scott decison regard slaves and the descendants of slaves (free or enslaved) in terms of citizenship
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 19 pg. 422 - 432
Activity - Examine electoral map of 1860
Homework -  Read  pg. 422 - 432, Reading guide

Week Seven
 

12/9  - Objective - SWBAT describe the diplomatic and economic events at the beginning of the Civil War
Warm Up -  Review electoral map
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 20, pg. 434 - 446
Homework - Ch. 20 pg. 434 -446, Reading guide

12/10 - Objective - SWU the economic and diplomatic consequences of the war and the events of the war
Warm Up - What is the differnece between a federal government and a confederation?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 20, pg. 446 - 452
Homework - Ch. 20 pg. 446 -452, Reading guide

12/11 -  Objective - SWBAT describe the events of the war and the shift towards victory for the North
Warm Up - What happened at the Battle of Gettysburg
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 21  pg. 453 - 467
Homework - Ch. 21 pg. 453 - 467, Reading guide

12/12 - SWBAT describe the consequences of the end of the war
Warm Up - What was the goal of the Union following the Battle of Gettysburg
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 21 pg. 467 - 476
Homework - Read Ch. 21 pg. 467 - 476, Reading guide

12/13 - Objective - SWU the complex social structure of the African American south by the end of the war
Activity - Meeting between Sherman and African American leaders
Activity - SAQ
Week Eight

12/16 - Mr. Marchand on leave
Objective - SWU the three Amendments passed after the Civil War
Activity - Documents Worksheet

12/17 - SWBAT describe the period of Reconstruction
Warm Up - Which 3 Amendments were passed following the Civil War?  Which descision were these related to?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 22 pg. 479 - 489
Homework - Ch. 22 pg. 47 - 489, Reading guide

12/18 -  Objective -  SWBAT describe the successes and failures of Reconstruction
Warm Up - What was the status of women during Reconstruction?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 22 pg. 490 - 500
Homework - Ch. 22 pg. 490 - 500,  Reading guide, prepare for Part 3 MCQ

12/19 - Objective - SW complete the Part 3 SAQ
Activity - Part 3 SAQ
Homework - Prepare for Part 3 MCQ

12/20 -

12/21 to  1/5 - Christmas Break
Week Nine

1/6 - Snow Day

1/7 - Snow Day

1/8 - Snow Day

1/9 - Objective - Complete Part 3  MCQ
Activity - Part 3 MCQ

1/10 - Objective - Complete Exam  DBQ
Activity - Exam DBQ


Exam Week

Tuesday 7:45 - Exam, MCQ, SAQ
Second Semester    -    Third Quarter
Week One
Part Four - Chapter 23

1/20 - Martin Luther King Holiday

1/21 - Objective - SWBAT describe the issues of the Gilded Age
Warm Up -  Provide one reason for the implementation of the Radical Republican plan
Lecture/ Discussion - Chapter 23 pg. 502 - 513
Homework - Ch. 23 pg. 502  - 513, Reading guide

1/22 -Pallotti Service Day

1/23 - Objective - SWU reasons for the  end of Reconstruction
Warm Up -  How was the Hayes Tilden presidential election settled?
Lecture/ Discussion - Chapter 23 pg. 514 - 529
Homework - Ch. 514 - 529, Reading guide

1/24 - Objective - SWBAT describe the height of the Industrial Revolution in the US
Warm Up - Who were the Populists?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 24 pg. 530 - 543
Homework - Ch. 24 530 - 543, Reading guide
Week Two

1/27 - Objective - SWU the influence of the "Robber Barons" on US politics and economics
Warm Up - Define "plutocracy"
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 24 pg. 543 - 557
Homework - Ch. 24 543 - 557, Reading guide

1/28 - Objective - SWU the accelerating movement of people to cities after the Civil War
Warm Up-What are unions, and why was there conflict in their development?
Lecture/ Discussion -  Ch. 25 pg. 558 - 574
Homework -  Ch. 25,  558 -574 Reading guide

1/29 - Objective - SWBAT work with MCQ
Activity - MCQ activity

1/30 - Objective - SWBAT describe the developments in culture in the period following the Civil War
Warm Up -  Which culture was more accepting of conservative Christianity, the cities or the country?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 25 pg. 574 - 592
Homework - Ch. 25 pg. 574 - 592, Reading guide 
 
1/31 -   Objective - SWBAT describe the population movement and change that disrupted Native American culture and created conflict
Warm Up - What had happened to natives before the Civil War?
Lecture/ Discussion -  Ch. 26 pg. 594 - 612
Homework - Ch. 26 pg. 594 - 612, Reading guide
Week Three


2/3 - Objective - SWU the widening gap in the American economy during the period up to 1900
Warm Up - What had happened to natives before the Civil War?
Lecture/ Discussion -  Ch. 26 pg.  612 - 624
Homework - Ch. 26 pg. 612 - 624, Reading guide

2/4 - Objective – SWBAT describe America’s movement from a somewhat isolationist and very expansionist foreign policy towards imperialism
Warm Up- Define imperialism
Lecture/ Discussion – Ch. 27 pg. 626 - 640
Homework - Ch. 27 pg. 626 - 640, Reading guide

2/5 -  Objective - SW evaluate tech for AP Exam
Activity - Lockdown test

2/6 - Objective – SWU the hesitant role of the US as an imperialist nation
Warm Up - Define "yellow journalism" and explain what role it had in the Spanish American War
Lecture/ Discussion – Ch. 27 pg. 640 - 651
Homework - Ch. 27 pg. 640 - 651, Reading guide

2/7 - Objective – SWU the hesitant role of the US as an imperialist nation (Complete due to short class 2/6)
Warm Up - Define "yellow journalism" and explain what role it had in the Spanish American War
Lecture/ Discussion – Ch. 27 pg. 640 - 651
Homework - Ch. 27 pg. 640 - 651, Reading guide

Week Four

 2/10 - Objective  SW prepare for Part 4 Assessments
Activity - Finish assignments

2/11  - Objective - Part 4 MCQ
Activity - Part 4 MCQ
Activity - Reading guides due

2/12 - Snow Day
Part Five - Chapter 28

2/13 - Objective - SWBAT describe the reasons for the rising progressive movement of the early 1900's
Warm Up - Was T Roosevelt popular with other Republicans? How did he become president?
Lecture Discussion - Ch. 28 pg. 656 - 665
Homework - Read Ch. 28, pg. 656 - 677, Reading guide

2/14 - Objective - SW retest lockdown system
Activity - Lockdown test
Mr. Marchand at NAIMUN
Week Five
 
2/17 - President's Day

2/18 - Objective - SWU the progressive themes established by TR
Warm Up - As far as labor reform, what was a result of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 28 pg. 665 - 675
Homework - Read pg. 665 - 675, Reading guide

2/19 - Objective - SWBAT describe Taft's failure to follow TR
Warm Up - On what issues did the Republican party and Roosevelt disagree?
Lecture/ Disussion - Ch. 28 pg. 675 - 678
Activity - Elections of 1908 and 1912
Homework -  Read Ch. 28 pg. 675 - 678

2/20 - Objective - SWU the goals and successes of the Wilson administration
Warm Up - Why did Roosevelt oppose Taft in 1912?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 29 pg.  677 - 687
Homework - Read Ch. 29 pg. 677 - 687, Reading guide

2/21 - Objective - SWBAT describe Wilson's foreign policy in terms of goals and events
Warm Up -  If WW I Was a Bar Fight
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 29 pg. 688 - 694
Homework -  Read Pg.  688 - 694, Reading guide
Week Six
 
2/24 - Objective - SWU the effect's of the US entering World War I
Warm Up - Why didn't the US get involved in WWI from the beginning?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 30 pg. 696 - 710
Homework - Read pg. 696 - 710, Reading guide 

2/25 - SWBAT effectively analyze the Fourteen Points
Mr. Marchand has jury duty
Activity - 14 Points and Wilson foriegn policy 

2/26 - Objective - SWBAT describe Wilson's ideas for preventing another major war
Warm Up -  Examine 14 points
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 30 pg. 710 -717
Homework -  Read pg. 710 -717, Reading guide

2/27 - Objective - SWBAT describe the controversies of the 1920's
Warm Up - Which political party was dominant at the begining of the 1920's
Lecture/ Disussion - Ch. 31 pg. 720 - 725
Homework -  Read pg. 720 - 725, Reading guide

2/28 - Objective - SWBAT describe the effects of prohibition in the 1920’s
Warm Up – Define Temperance and Prohibition
Lecture/ Discussion – Ch. 31 pg. 725  -730
Activity – Blake video
Homework – Read pg. 725 -730, Reading guide
Week Seven


3/3 - SWU the development of new technology linked with an expanding economy
Warm Up - What effect did prohibition have on crime?
Lecture/ Disussion - Ch. 31 pg. 730 - 745
Homework - Read pg. 732 - 745, Reading guide

3/4 - Objective - SWU the beginning of the 1920's and the scandals of the Harding administration
Warm Up -  African American folk music
Lecture/ Disussion - Chap. 32 pg. 746 - 754
Homework -  Read Ch. 32 pg. 746 - 754

3/5 - Objective - SW complete LE
Activity - LE

 3/6 - Objective - SWU the progression of the 1920's from "Roaring" to "Depression"
Warm Up - Describe one of the scandals of the Harding administration
Lecture/ Disussion - Ch. 32 pg. 754 - 768
Homework - Read Ch. 32 pg. 754 - 768, Reading guide, prepare for Part 5 A MCQ\

3/7 -  Objective - SWU the progression of the 1920's from "Roaring" to "Depression"
Warm Up - Describe one of the scandals of the Harding administration
Lecture/ Disussion - Ch. 32 pg. 754 - 768
Homework - Read Ch. 32 pg. 754 - 768, Reading guide,

Week Eight

3/10 -  Objective - SWBAT describe video and audio records of the Depression
Activity - Videos
Honework - Prepare for Part 5A MCQ

3/11 - Objective - Part 5 A  MCQ
Activity - Part 5 A MCQ

3/12 - Objective - SWU the differences between Hoover and Roosevelt in addressing the Depression
Warm Up - What are two causes of the Depression?
Lecture/ Disussion -  Ch. 33 pg 770 - 782
Homework - Read pg. 770 - 782, Reading guide

3/13 - Objective - SWU the challenges and outcome of the New Deal pt. 2
Warm Up - What are two reasons why the Depression contiued after the stock market crash?
Lecture/ Disussion - Ch. 33 pg. 782 - 799, Complete
Activity - Videos
Homework - Read pg. 782 - 799, Reading guide
 
3/14 - SWU Roosevelt foreign policy and the movement away from isolationism
Warm Up - Define isolationism and explain the Republican policy of the 1920's
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 34  pg. 800 - 810
Homework - Read Ch. 34 pg. 800 - 810, Reading guide
Week Nine

3/17 - SWU Roosevelt foreign policy and the movement away from isolationism (COMPLETE)
Warm Up - Define isolationism and explain the Republican policy of the 1920's
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 34  pg. 800 - 810
Homework - Read Ch. 34 pg. 800 - 810, Reading guide

3/18 - Objective - SWBAT describe the escalation of the war and American involvement
Warm Up - Why did the American publiic originally reject the USA getting involved in the war?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 34  pg. 810 - 820
Homework - Read Ch. 34 pg. 810 - 820, Reading guide

3/19 - Objective - SWU why WWII Was more of a challenge than WW I
Warm Up -  What was the event that changed American public opinion about entering the war?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 35 pg. 821 - 835
Homework - Read Ch. 35 pg. 821 - 835, Reading guide

3/20 - Objective - SWBAT describe Allies strategy to defeat the Axis
Warm Up -  What was D-Day?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 35 pg.  836 - 847
Homework - Read Ch. 35 pg.  836- 847, Reading guide

3/21 - Objective - SWU how the war with Japan ended
Warm Up - Explanation of the atomic bomb
Lecture/ Discussion - Complete Ch. 35
Activity - Surrender videos

3/22 - 3/30 - Spring Break
Second Semester    -    Fourth Quarter
Week One
3/31 - Objective - Complete media review
Activity - Videos
Homework - Prepare for test 

4/1 - Objective - SW complete SAQ
Activity - SAQ

4/2 - Objective - Complete Part 5 B MCQ  test
Activity - Part 5B MCQ

4/3 - Objective - SWU how the domestic economy expanded following WW II
Warm Up - What is meant by the Cold War?
Lecture/ Discussion  - Ch. 36 pg.  852 - 863
Homework -  Read pg. 852 - 863, Reading guide

4/4 -  Objective - SWU the reasons for the US to rearm by 1950
Warm Up - How did the UN fit in with the confict between the US and the USSR, especially in Korea?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 36 pg. 863 - 868
Homework - Read pg. 863 - 868, Reading guide

Week Two

4/7  - Objective - SWBAT describe the anticommunist fervor of the early 1950's
Warm Up - How did the structure of the Bretton Woods system fit in with conflict with the USSR
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 36 pg. 868- 880
 Homework - Read Ch. 36 pg. 868 -880, Reading guide

4/8 - Objective - Objective - SWBAT describe the cultural changes in the 1950's
Warm Up - Music videos, Elvis and Chuck Berry
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 37 Pg. 882 - 890
Homework - Read pg. 882 - 890, Reading guide

4/9 - Objective - SW complete DBQ
Activity - DBQ

4/11 - Objective - SWBAT describe the changes in civil rights during the 1950's
Warm Up - Why did McCarthy's message resonate with Americans?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 37 pg. 890 - 901
Homework - Read Ch. 37 pg. 890 - 901, Reading guide

4/12 - SWBAT describe the cultural and political events of the late 1950's
Warm Up - What are the 3 regions where events of the Cold War happened in the 1950's?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 37 pg. 901 - 908
Homework - Read Ch. 37 pg. 901 - 908, Reading guide
 
Week Three
 
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4/14 -

4/15 - Objective - SWU how the fight against the expansion of  communism affected the policies of the US in the 1960's
Warm Up - Read the article on pg. 905.  How did shopping malls duplicate the downtown areas of cities?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 38, pg. 909 - 916
Activity - Music of the 1950's and 1960's
Homework - Ch. 38 pg. 909 - 916, Reading guide

4/16 - Objective -SWBAT describe the civil rights changes in the 1960's
Warm Up - Why was the US so concerned with Cuba and Vietnam?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 38 pg. 916 - 928
Homework - Read Ch. 38 pg, 916 - 928, Reading guide

4/17 - 4/21 - Easter Break
SW complete LE
Activity - LE

Week Four

4/22 -  Objective - SWU the cultural changes of the 1960's, centered on the Vietnam War
Warm Up - How were the ideas of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King different?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 38 pg. 928 - 936
Homework - Ch. 38 pg. 928 - 936, Reading guide

4/23 - Objective - SWU the cultural changes of the 1960's, centered on the Vietnam War pt. 2
Warm Up - How were the ideas of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King different?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 38 pg. 928 - 936'
Activity - Music videos
Homework - Ch. 38 pg. 928 - 936, Reading guide

4/24 - Objective -  SWBAT describe the scientific and industrial changes based on the space program
Warm Up - What was Kennedy's goal that drove the space program in the 1960's
Lecture/ Discussion - Complete Ch. 38
Lecture/ Discussion - Space program unit
Homework - Review power points and videos

4/25 - SWBAT describe the Nixon administration's domestic and international policies, focusing on Vietnam
Warm Up - What was one reason Nixon won in 1968?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 39 pg. 938 - 948
Homework - Read pg. 943 - 948, reading guide
Week Five

4/28 - Mr. Marchand on leave
Objective - SW complete LE
Activity - LE
4/29 -   SWU the events of the 1980's, reference to Watergate and inflation
Warm Up -  Describe one reason why McGovern lost so badly in 1982
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 39 pg. 949 - 964
Homework - Read pg. 949 - 964, Reading guide

4/30 - Objective - SWU the effects of the election of Ronald Reagan
Warm Up - What was the Iranian Hostage Crisis, and how did it cripple the Carter administration?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 40 pg. 967 - 978
Homework - Read pg. 967- 978, Reading guide

5/1 - Objective - SWU the end of the Cold War under George H.W. Bush
Warm Up - How did Reagan escalate the Cold War in his first term and begin to end it in his second term?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 40 pg. 978 - 987
Activity - Music and videos
Homework - Ch. 40 pg. 978 -987, Reading guide

5/2 - Objective -SWBAT describe the political and internatonal events of the early 2000's
Warm Up - What were the two reasons attributted to George H.W. Bush's defeat in 1992?
Lecture/ Discussion - Ch. 41 pg. 989 - 1010
Activity - Election of 2000, Hanging Chads
Homework - Read Ch. 41 pg. 998 - 1010, Reading guide

Week Six

5/5 - Objective - Part 6 test
Activity - Part 6 test
End of course content

5/6 - Exam review

5/7 - Exam review

5/8 - Exam review

5/9 - AP USH Exam
Prom

Week Seven

5/12 - Break Day

5/13 -  Hidden Figures

5/14 -  Hidden Figures

5/15 - Hidden Figures

5/20 - Hidden Figures
Activity - SAQ
Week Eight



5/23  - O Brother Where Art Thou?

5/24 - O Brother Where Art Thou?

5/25 - Graduation

5/26 -  O Brother Where Art Thou?

5/27 -  No school
Week Nine


5/30 - Memorial Day

5/31 - O Brother Where Art Thou?
Activity - SAQ
No Exam!!!
Updated 3/26/2025
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