Syllabus for Advanced Placement US History

Instructor:Mr. Hibbard

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PURPOSE:Advanced Placement US History is designed to provide students with

the factual knowledge and analytical skills necessary to deal critically with various problems andthemes in United States history & government. The course is taught year long at the college level and makesdemands on students according to those higher standards. Students will pursue not only the factual knowledge of US history & government but also the means to interpret, analyze, apply, & synthesize that knowledgein a meaningful way. In addition, students will also have fun!

TEXTS:AP US History

Basic Text-The American Pageant- Bailey

Supplementary Texts-Spirit of America (volumes 1 & 2)

Other books will be used at various points during the course and students will be given an

opportunity to read from many primary and secondary sources in addition to the texts.

Students may find it helpful to purchase a basic outline text that contains simple facts or

other helpful sources such as college textbooks or AP Test Preparation books to enhance

what is learned in class.

WORK:Most homework in AP US History consists of reading and writing assignments. Readingfrom the text is required to be completed before the student comes to class. Writing is one of the main facets of student expression and as such it will be utilized to a great extent. Some writing will be done in class and some will be done for homework. The purpose of all writing is to improve the analytical and evaluative skills of students. Very little work in this course will be done simply to complete for credit.

Any late work is counted for half credit, but can be turned in at any time during the

semester.

Tests will be given at the end of each section and unit of coursework. Tests at the end of

each section will consist of strictly multiple choice questions in the style of the AP Exam.

Unit tests (over several sections) will contain two parts: one of multiple choice & one of

essay writing (also in the style of the AP Exam). Preparation for these tests is absolutely essential for students to do well in the course.

Pop quizzes will be given as necessary to ensure student mastery of the text material.

Students are responsible for keeping a notebook of all assignments and paperwork that

will be checked at the end of the semester.

MATERIALS:Each student should have two 2” binders to contain the papers for the course. In addition,

Students should have index cards ready to prepare study aids for the AP exam (at least 1000 cards). Plenty of notebook paper should be on hand for writings, notes, and various assignments.

AP EXAM:The AP US History National Exam is given in May of each school year. Much of this course is designed to help students prepare for that exam. I will conduct periodic reviewsessions during the second semester to refresh major ideas from the course. These will bestrictly voluntary and have no bearing on your grade.

GRADES:Grades in AP US History will be calculated on a total point scale. Students may figure their grade at any time by simply adding their grades together and dividing by the totalpoints possible. In addition, students will receive a weekly grade sheet from me that listsa student’s assignments and grades. These grade reports are to be signed by parents every week!

Homework/daily work/projects30% of total grade

Tests/Quizzes50% of total grade

End of Course Assessment20% of total grade

Extra credit is available upon specific request.

WEBSITE:

Mr. Hibbard has a website that will contain important class information & assignments. Check the website FIRST if you have questions. If you cannot find your answer there, then talk to or email Mr. Hibbard.

Go to MCPS website:marion.kyschools.us

Under the schools tab, locate Marion County High School

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SCHEDULE:UNIT 1-AMERICA becomes a NATION (1450-1800)27 days

Origins of America (3 days)Bailey-chapter 1

  • Influence of Native American culture on development of America
  • Readings:

-Las Casas (Indictment of the Conquistadors)

-Jesuit Observations on Native American Women

-Aztec View of the Counquest

  • Activity:

-Images of New World (Interpretation/Analysis of drawings)

Colonization of America (8 days)Bailey-chapters 2, 3, 4, 5

  • Formation of 13 colonies
  • Philosophical underpinnings of American thought
  • Social structure of colonial America
  • Readings:

-Olaudah Equiano (Journal of a Slave)

-George Percy’s Observations on Jamestown

-Laws of Virginia

  • Activities:

-Colony Research Packet with sectional essay

-From Authority to Individualism (American intellectual background)

-3 Colonial Sections (comparison/contrast)

-Colonial Newspapers

American Revolution (8 days)Bailey-chapters 6, 7, 8

  • Salutary neglect & British taxation
  • War for Independence
  • Formation of national & state governments (Articles of Confederation)
  • Readings:

-Primary Sources on Salutary Neglect (various excerpts)

-John Locke (The Basis of Just Government is Protection of Property)

-Charles Louis Montesquieu (The Basis of Just Government is Virtue)

-Albany Plan of Union

-Articles of Confederation

-Acts of British Parliament

  • Activities:

-Path to Revolution (groups on acts/salutary neglect)

-Sources of Revolutionary Thought Essay

-Analysis of Articles of Confederation

Constitution & Republic (8 days)Bailey-chapters 9 & 10

  • Federalism/separation of powers/checks & balances
  • Institutions of National Government
  • Administrations of Washington & Adams
  • Emergence of political parties (Federalists/Democratic-Republicans)
  • Readings:

-US Constitution

-Washington’s Farewell Address

-George Hay (The Sedition Act Violates Bill of Rights)

  • Activities:

-Hamiltonian/Jeffersonian Debate

-Constitution: Balancing Competing Interests

-Viewpoint Analysis: Freedom of the Press (essay)

UNIT TEST

UNIT 2-AMERICAN NATIONALISM & EXPANSION (1800-1865)31 days

Jeffersonian Democracy & Nationalism (5 days)Bailey-chapters 11 & 12

  • Expansion of America westward
  • Foreign affairs with BritainFrance (War of 1812)
  • Economic growth of the US
  • Shaping of American political ideals/growth of Supreme Court
  • Readings:

-Supreme Court Cases (Gibbons v. Ogden/McCulloch v.

MD/Fletcher v. Peck/others)

-The First Democrats/The Great Chief Justice (articles)

-Nationalism Primary Sources (songs/battle accounts/poems)

  • Activities:

-Interpretation of Political Cartoons

-Nationalism & Propaganda Analysis

-Marshall Court Evaluation

-Jeffersonian Free Response Questions

Age of Jackson (4 days)Bailey-chapter 13

  • Change in American political thought (Jacksonian Democracy)
  • Impact of Jackson on government, economy, & society
  • Readings:

-DBQ of Jackson

-Primary Sources on Jeffersonian & Jacksonian Democracy

  • Activities:

-Evolution of Democracy (group analysis of US democracy)

-Evaluation of Jackson

Transformation of American Society (7 days)Bailey-chapters 14 & 15

  • Transportation & industrial revolutions & their impact on US
  • Impact of revolutions on social class/social standing
  • Themes in literature & art (nature/Transcendentalism)
  • Role of women & minorities in American society
  • Readings:

-Declaration of Sentiments (Seneca Falls Convention)

-Selections from Emerson & Thoreau

-War Against Demon Rum (Robert Maddox)

  • Activities:

-Emerging National Culture (art, architecture, design)

-End of Homespun (changing American economy)

-Speech on Women’s Rights Movement

Expansion & Manifest Destiny (4 days)Bailey-chapter 17

  • American expansion westward (Texas, Oregon, California)
  • Readings:

-Annexation of Texas Speech (James Polk)

-Primary Sources from Mexican War

  • Activities:

-Debate on Manifest Destiny

-Westward Expansion Advertisement

Sectional Conflict & Slavery (6 days)Bailey-chapters 16, 18, 19

  • Rise of Abolition Movement
  • Social & economic impact of slavery & sectionalism
  • Change in political parties
  • Readings:

-The Lives of Slave Women (Deborah White)

-Nat Turner’s Divine Mission

-Frederick Douglass (Narrative…)

-Excerpts from John Brown’s Body (Stephen Binet)

  • Activities:

-New Perspectives on Slavery (numerical data)

-Slavery Document Analysis

-Sectionalism: Clash of Interests

Civil War (5 days)Bailey-chapters 20 & 21

  • War between North & South
  • Politics of USA/CSA
  • Readings:

-Black, Blue, Gray (mixed collection)

-War Inside the Church (Hattaway/Hunter)

  • Activities:

-Article Review

-Map Activity

UNIT TEST

UNIT 3-AMERICAN GROWTH (1865-1900)26 days

Reconstruction (5 days)Bailey-chapter 22

  • Social & economic impact of African-Americans on South
  • Presidential vs. Congressional Reconstruction
  • Political factions & shaping of national policy (Moderate/Radical)
  • Readings:

-Impeachment of Andrew Johnson (excerpt & article)

-KKK is a Terrorist Organization (Federal Grand Jury)

-Editorial on Black History

-Excerpts from Reconstruction documents

  • Activities:

-Impeachment Free Response Question

-Political Cartoon Analysis

Wild West (5 days)Bailey-chapters 26

  • Plains Indian Wars & relations with Native Americans
  • Economic impact of ranching, mining, farming
  • Political impact of western states
  • Readings:

-GreatOklahomaLand Rush of 1889 (Stan Hoig)

-Geronimo (Dee Brown)

  • Activities:

-Plains Indian Research

-Exploiting the West (group)

Industrialization (5 days)Bailey-chapter 24

  • Growth of the New South
  • Development of labor unions & their impact on America
  • Growth of businesses & corporations
  • Influence of corporations on national politics
  • Readings:

-A Machinist Describes Specialization

-Labor Union Documents

-American Heritage Top 40 Wealthy Americans

  • Activities:

-Impact of Industrialization on Workers

-Free Response Question on Industry/Economics

American Society (6 days)Bailey-chapter 25

  • Urbanization & immigration as factors in American society
  • City problems & politics
  • Intellectual, cultural, & popular entertainment movements
  • Religion as a force in US society
  • Readings:

-Readings from Urban America

-Selections from North American Review

-Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)

-Writings of WEB DuBois

  • Activities:

-Analysis by area of society

Gilded Age (5 days)Bailey-chapters 23 & 27

  • Nationalization of politics/presidential campaigns
  • American imperialism in world (Spanish-American War/China/Japan)
  • Readings:

-Cross of Gold Speech (WJ Bryan)

-Master Fraud of the Century (Morris)

-Our First Southeast Asian War (Kohler/Wensyel)

  • Activities:

-Nast Cartoon Analysis of time period

-Comparison of political parties

UNIT TEST

UNIT 4-AMERICA the WORLD POWER (1900-1945)29 days

Progressive Era (5 days)Bailey-chapters 28 & 29

  • Reforms in government, society, economics
  • Role of federal government in regulation of business/society
  • Role of president in shaping public policy
  • Readings:

-How We Lived (excerpts from journals)

-Attack on the Meat Packers (Upton Sinclair)

-SpoonRiver Anthology (EL Masters)

-Images of the Suffrage Campaign

  • Activities:

-Progressive Reformer Research

-Epitaph Analysis

-Free Response on Progressive Movement

World War I (5 days)Bailey-chapter 30

  • American neutrality & ideals (Treaty of Versailles)
  • First World War at home & abroad
  • Readings:

-The Cavalryman (US News & World Report)

-“Going Over the Top” (Norman Roberts)

-Wilson v. TR on the 14 Points

  • Activities:

-Battle Simulation

-Debate on free speech in wartime

Roaring ‘20’s (5 days)Bailey-chapters 31 & 32

  • Consumer economics & business
  • Republican politics (Harding/Coolidge/Hoover)
  • Equality in America (women, African-Americans)
  • Modernism in religious thought, arts, science, technology
  • Readings:

-The Lindy Hop

-The Red Raids

-Million Dollar Gate

-Murder for Fun

  • Activities:

-1920s Poster Project

-1920s Analytical Paper

-Major Issues in the 1920s

Great Depression (6 days)Bailey-chapters 32 & 33

  • Causes of Great Depression
  • Government responses to depression issues (New Deal, labor, business)
  • Social responses to Depression
  • Readings:

-1929 Crash: Lessons Learned

-1933: Rise of the Common Man (Lewis Lord)

-Hard Times (Studs Terkel)

  • Activities:

-DBQ on FDR/Hoover

-Chart on New Deal Laws

World War II (8 days)Bailey-chapters 34 & 35

  • Rise of fascism & totalitarianism
  • Causes, course, & consequences of global war
  • America’s emergence as a superpower
  • Economic & social impact of global war
  • Home front issues (politics, minority rights, business)
  • Readings:

-Racism & Relocation: Japanese-Americans (Mackey/Huntzicker)

-Encounter in the Atlantic

-The Day the Cat Jumped

-Views from Hiroshima

-Views from the Holocaust

  • Activities:

-Doing Their Part on Homefront

-Charts on Pacific/European Theater

-Map Strategies of WWII

-Minorities in WWII

UNIT TEST

UNIT 5-AMERICA the SUPERPOWER (1945-present)19 days

Cold War & the 1950’s (6 days)Bailey-chapters 36 & 37

  • Origins & major events of the Cold War
  • Civil Rights Movement (origins & major events)
  • Red Scare & foreign policies
  • Affluent Society (technology, conformity, social critiques)
  • Readings:

-NSC-68

-Face of Victory (Gerald Parshall)

-Korea: War w/o Victors

-McCarthy Inspires Fear at Harvard

-A Couple of Joes

-Brown v Board of Education

  • Activities:

-Primary Source Analysis

-American Society in the 1950s

1960’s (6 days)Bailey-chapter 38

  • New Frontier to Great Society (government domestic policy)
  • US involvement in foreign affairs (SE Asia, Latin Am, Europe)
  • Civil Rights Movement (continued)
  • Protest & counterculture
  • Readings:

-Port Huron Statement

-The Eagle Scout (US News & World Report)

-Selected excerpts from various Warren Court cases

-Requiem for an Arsonist

-Trumpet of Conscience (Stephen Oates)

  • Activities:

-New Frontier Evaluation

-Abstract Expressionism in America

-Vietnam in 21 Questions

-Eyes on the Prize Video & Writing

1970’s-1990’s (7 days)Bailey-chapter 39, 40, 41, 42

  • Impact of Nixon on American politics & society
  • Interest groups/mass media as political & social impacts on Americans
  • Crisis of the 70s (oil, Middle East, scandal)
  • Reagan Revolution (end of Cold War, revitalization of politics)
  • Demographic changes in America
  • Readings:

-Articles of Impeachment for Nixon

-NOW Proclaims Rebirth of Feminism

-Betty Freidan has Second Thoughts

-Defining Neoconservatism

-FirstGulf War & Recession

  • Activities:

-Outsiders v. Insiders (Carter Administration)

-Reagonomics & Supply-Side Economics

-Clinton, Economics, & Social Change

UNIT TEST

FINAL REVIEW & TEST

All corresponding chapters in the Spirit of America volumes should be read along with the regular chapters in the American Pageant.

This schedule is an approximate one but should hold fairly consistent unless unforeseen problems

interfere. Please be prepared for the speed at which the course will move. Your goal should be to

master the material and be prepared to use it in various ways.

THEMES:

The following themes will be integrated into every unit of AP US History. Be prepared

to analyze the following themes & apply your knowledge to those themes.

  • American DiversityGlobalization
  • American IdentityPolitics & Citizenship
  • CultureReform
  • Demographic ChangeReligion
  • Economic TransformationsSlavery & Its Legacy
  • EnvironmentWar & Diplomacy

HELP:The AP US History course will be demanding on students. I fully understand these increased expectations and am willing to provide any help that I can. I usually arrive early to school and will be available to assist anyone in need of extra help. After school help is available upon request.