2nd Sem Syllabus


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Third Quarter - 2012

Unit 9 The Industrial Explosion 1869-1900
Chapters 24, 25 and 26

Readings:
American Pageant Chapter 24
American Pageant Chapter 25
American Pageant Chapter 26
Assignments - Unit 9

H-O-H: "Black Civil Rights in the Gilded Age."

H-O-H:  "'Robber Barons' or 'Captains of Industry?'"

Worksheet:  "Supreme Court Case Analysis Sheet."

US v Reese (1875); Civil Rights Cases  (1870s-1883); Plessy v Ferguson (1896); Munn v. Illinois (1877); Wabash, St. Louis, & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois (1886)

Hofstadter’s Great Issues In American History
Volume 3, Part 2 Documents 3, 6, 7, 8 and 9
Document Analysis Sheet for all 5, please

Multiple Choice Test – Thursday, January 12
DBQ – Friday, January 13

Unit 10 Great West & Populist Party 1865-1900
Chapters 27 and 28

Readings:
American Pageant Chapter 27
American Pageant Chapter 28
Assignments - Unit 10

H-O-H:  "Native Americans & the Legacy of the West."

Hofstadter’s Great Issues In American History
Volume 3, Part 3 Documents 1, 2, 4, 5, 8 and 9

Document Analysis Sheet for all 6, please

Multiple Choice Test - Monday, January 23
D.B.Q. - Tuesday, January 24

Packet - Monday, January 23

Unit 11 America on the World Scene 1890-1909
Chapters 29 and 30

Readings:
American Pageant Chapter 29
American Pageant Chapter 30
Assignments - Unit 11

Hofstadter’s Great Issues In American History
Volume 3, Part 4 Documents 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

Document Analysis Sheet for all 5, please

Multiple Choice Test - Wednesday, February 1

Packet - Wednesday, February 1
D.B.Q. - Thursday, February 2

Unit 12 Progressivism & WWI 1901-1918
Chapters 31, 32 and 33

Readings:
American Pageant Chapter 31
American Pageant Chapter 32
American Pageant Chapter 33
Assignments - Unit 12

H-O-H:  "Justification for US Involvement in World War I."

Worksheet:  "Supreme Court Case Analysis Sheet."

Northern Securities Co. v. US (1904); Lochner v US (1905); Schenck v. U. S. (1919); Abrams v. U. S. (1919)

Hofstadter’s Great Issues In American History
Volume 3, Part 4 Documents 6, 7, 9 and 10
Volume 3, Part 5 Documents 1, 4, 7 and 9

Document Analysis Sheet for all 8, please

After the Fact: "USDA Government Inspected"
Analysis of content and historiography (validity)

Multiple Choice Test - Wednesday, February 22

Packet - Wednesday, February 22
35-35 Essay - Tuesday, February 21


Fourth Quarter

Unit 13 Roaring Twenties, Depression & New Deal 1919-1938
Chapters 34, 35, and 36

Readings:
American Pageant Chapter 34
American Pageant Chapter 35
American Pageant Chapter 36
Assignments - Unit 13

H-O-H:  "America in the 1920s."

Worksheet:  "Supreme Court Case Analysis Sheet."

Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co. (1922); Adkins v. Children's Hospital (1923); US v. Butler (1936)

Hofstadter's Great Issues In American History
Volume 3, Part 6 Documents 5,7,8,10,11,14
Document Analysis Sheets for all 6, please

After the Fact "Sacco & Vanzetti"
Analysis of content and historiography (validity)

Multiple Choice Test - Wednesday, March 7

Packet - Wednesday, March 7
D.B.Q. - Tuesday, March 6

Unit 14 – World War II 1933-1945
Chapter 37 and 38

Readings:
American Pageant Chapter 37
American Pageant Chapter 38
Assignments - Unit 14

Worksheet:  "Supreme Court Case Analysis Sheet."

Korematsu v. US (1944)

Hofstadter's Great Issues In American History
Volume 3, Part 7 Documents 1-7
Document Analysis Sheets for all 7, please

After the Fact " The Decision to Drop the Bomb"
Analysis of content and historiography (validity)

Multiple Choice Test - Wednesday, March 28

Packet - Wednesday, March 28
D.B.Q. -
Tuesday, March 27

Unit 15 – Cold War & Eisenhower (1945-1960)
Chapters 39 & 40

Readings:
American Pageant Chapter 39
American Pageant Chapter 40
Assignments - Unit 15

H-O-H:  The 1950s:  Was It a Period of Complacency, Contentment, and Conformity?"

Worksheet:  "Supreme Court Case Analysis Sheet."

Dennis et. al. v. US (1951); Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka, KS (1954)

Hofstadter's Great Issues In American History
Volume 3, Part 7 Documents 8,9,11,13,15,17
Volume 3, Part 8 Documents 1,2
Document Analysis Sheets for all 8 please

After the Fact "From Rosie to Lucy"
Analysis of content and historiography (validity)

35-35 Essay Test - Thursday, April 12
Multiple Choice Test - Friday, April 13

Unit 16 – The Sixties & Seventies 1960-1980
Chapters 41 & 42

Readings:
American Pageant Chapter 41
American pageant Chapter 42
Assignments - Unit 16

Web Lesson - The Kennedy Assassination

Web Lesson 2 - Watergate

H-O-H:  "America in the 1960s".

H-O-H:  "Watergate."

Worksheet:  "Supreme Court Case Analysis Sheet."

Baker v. Carr (1962); Griswold v. CT (1965); Gideon v. Wainwright (1963); Escobedo v. IL (1964); Miranda v. AZ (1966); Bakke v. Board of Regents, Univ. of CA (1978); US v. Richard Nixon (1974)

Hofstadter's Great Issues In American History
Volume 3, Part 8 Documents 3, 17, 22, 23, 24
Volume 3, Part 9 Documents 4,6,12
Document Analysis Sheets for all 8 please

After the Fact "Breaking Into Watergate"
Analysis of content and historiography (validity)

Multiple Choice Test - Thursday, April 26
35-35 Essay Test - Friday, April 27

AP EXAM - FRIDAY MAY, 2011

 

Unit 17 – Conservatism & the New Century 1980-Present
Chapters 43 & 44

Readings:
American Pageant Chapter 43
American pageant Chapter 44
Assignments - Unit 17

Multiple Choice Test – Friday, May 10