M O N T E R E Y T R A I L H I G H S C H O O L B u i l d i n g A F u t u r e, F i n d i n g A W a y 8661 Power Inn Road Elk Grove, CA 95624 916-688-0050 mfpoe@egusd.net Mrs. Poe ADVANCED PLACEMENT U.S. HISTORY COURSE SYLLABUS Course Description: AP U.S. History is a rigorous college level course. Students are expected to read textbook assignments and any other additional outside sources prior to the beginning of every week. Success in this class depends on the readings as they hinge on class discussion, participation and daily quizzes. Plan accordingly; grades are heavily dependent on whether or not reading assignments were completed. This course satisfies the United States high school graduation requirement. It also allows students to obtain college unit credit given they take and successfully pass the AP exam in May. The course is designed to impart factual knowledge needed to critically understand pertinent U.S. History topics as well as sharpen analytical skills. By mastering a significant body of factual information, interpreting documents, and writing critical essays students will analyze and determine the relevance, importance, and accuracy of the history topics presented. Topics include life and thought in colonial America, revolutionary ideology, constitutional development, Jeffersonian and Jacksonian democracy, nineteenth-century reform movements, and Manifest Destiny. Other topics include the Civil War and Reconstruction, immigration, industrialism, Populism, Progressivism, World War I, the Jazz Age, the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, the post-cold War era, and the United States at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Again, students are required to do considerable work beyond the regular class meeting times. Themes in AP U.S. History American Diversity The diversity of the American people and the relationships among different groups The roles of race, class, ethnicity, and gender in the history of the United States. American Identity Views of the American national character and ideas about American exceptionalism Recognizing regional differences within the context of what it means to be an American Culture Diverse individual and collective expressions through literature, art, philosophy, music, theater, and film throughout U.S. history. Popular culture and the dimensions of cultural conflict within American society. Demographic Changes Changes in birth, marriage, and death rates; life expectancy and family patterns; population size and density. The economic, social, and political effects of immigration, internal migration, and migration networks. Economic Transformations Changes in trade, commerce, and technology across time. The effects of capitalist development, labor and unions, and consumerism. Environment Ideas about the consumption and conservation of natural resources. The impact of population growth, industrialization, pollution, and urban and suburban expansion. Page 1
Globalization Engagement with the rest of the world from the fifteenth century to the present colonialism, mercantilism, global hegemony, development of markets, imperialism, cultural exchange. Politics and Citizenship Colonial and revolutionary legacies, American political traditions, growth of democracy, and the development of the modern state. Defining citizenship; struggles for civil rights. Reform Diverse movements focusing on a broad range of issues, including antislavery, education, labor, temperance, women's rights, civil rights, gay rights, war, public health, and government. Religion The variety of religious beliefs and practices in America from prehistory to the twentyfirst century; influence of religion on politics, economics, and society. Slavery and Its Legacies in North America Systems of slave labor and other forms of un free labor (e.g., indentured servitude, contract labor) in Native American societies, the Atlantic World, and the American South and West. The economics of slavery and its racial dimensions. Patterns of resistance and the long-term economic, political, and social effects of slavery. War and Diplomacy Armed conflict from the pre colonial period to the twenty-first century; impact of war on American foreign policy and on politics, economy, and society. Textbooks Kennedy, David M., Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas Bailey. The American Pageant. 13th ed. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006. Heffner, Richard D. A Documentary History of the United States, 7th ed, New York: Penguin Putnam, Inc., 2002. About the Unit Readings Each unit contains discussions of writing based upon historiography. Histiography addresses vital questions: How have interpretations of events have changed over time? How have the issues of one time period impacted experiences and decisions of subsequent generations? And how such re-evaluations of the past continue to shape the way historians see the world today? These discussions follow. Weekly Readings Term 1 Week I - The American Colonial Era Broad Themes American diversity, Environment, Politics and citizenship, Slavery & its legacy in North Chapter 1: New World Beginnings: 33,000 B.C. A.D. 1769 Chapter 2, The Planting of English America, Chapter 3, Settling the Northern Colonies, Chapter 4, American Life in the 17 th Century, Unit Description Early settlements, Settlers and Native Americans, Life in the tobacco region, Role of religion, Unsatisfied colonists, Introduction of slavery and indentured servants, Social structure Week 2 - The Revolutionary Era Broad Themes American diversity, Environment, Politics and citizenship, Slavery & its legacy in North Chapter 5, Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution Page 2
Chapter 6, The Duel for North America, Chapter 7, The Road to Revolution, Chapter 8, America Secedes from the Empire Unit Description Anglo-French rivalries, Native American uprisings, British Acts and colonial response, Colonial political organizations, Declaration of Independence, Revolutionary battles, The French alliance, Peace at last Week 3 - Building a New Nation Broad Themes American diversity, Economic transformations, Politics & citizenship, War & diplomacy Chapter 9, The Confederation and the Constitution, Chapter 10, Launching the New Ship of State, Chapter 11, The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic, Chapter 12, The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism Unit Description Economic woos, The Articles of Confederation and its problems, The Constitution, The emergence of political parties, Judicial review, The Louisiana Purchase, The American System, Early international policies Week 4 - The Jacksonian Era Broad Themes American diversity, Culture, Politics & citizenship, Reform, Religion Chapter 13, The Rise of Mass Democracy, Chapter 14, Forging the National Economy, Chapter 15, The Ferment of Reform and Culture Unit Description The Corrupt Bargain, Spoils system, Native American domestic policy, The Bank War, Western expansion, Immigration, Women s role, The Second Great Awakening, Temperance, Emergence of American art, architecture, and literature Week 5 - Crisis and Sectionalism in America Broad Themes Demographic change, Globalization, Politics & citizenship, Slavery & its legacy in North Chapter 16, The South and the Slavery Controversy, Chapter 17, Manifest Destiny and its Legacy, Chapter 18, Renewing the Sectional Struggle, Chapter 19, Drifting Toward Disunion Unit Description - King Cotton, Abolitionists, The Mexican War, Popular Sovereignty, Slavery s affect on American life, Republican Party platform, Lincoln s victory and its affects Week 6 - The Civil War and Reconstruction Broad Themes Demographic change, Globalization, Politics & citizenship, Slavery & its legacy in North Chapter 20, Girding for War: The North and the South, Chapter 21, The Furnace of Civil War, Chapter 22, The Ordeal of Reconstruction, Unit Description Civil War battles, Financing the war, Lincoln and civil liberties, Legacy of the war, Freedmen s Bureau, Radical Republicans, The Ku Klux Klan, the legacy of Reconstruction Week 7 The Gilded Age Broad Themes American diversity, American identity, Demographic changes, Environment, Economic transformations, Religion, Reform Assigned Readings / Text American Pageant: Chapter 23, Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, Chapter 24, Industry Comes of Age, Chapter 25, America Moves to the City, Chapter 26, The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, Page 3
Unit Description Corruption in the post-civil War era, Civil Service reform, Populists, Speculation, Labor movement, Urbanization, Women in the workforce, Nativism, Indian Wars, The People s Party Week 8 Imperialist America Broad Themes American diversity, Globalization, Politics & citizenship, War & diplomacy Chapter 27, Empire and Expansion Chapter 28, Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt Unit Description Dispute over Venezuela, American expansion, The U.S.S. Maine, The Spanish- American War and its outcome, Filipino insurrection, The Open Door notes, Theodore Roosevelt, Panama Canal, Roosevelt Corollary, Roosevelt and the Far East Week 9 The Progressive Era Broad Themes American diversity, Politics & citizenship, Reform, American diversity, American Identity, Globalization, Politics & citizenship, War & diplomacy Chapter 29, Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad Chapter 30, The End to War Unit Description Muckrakers, Politics of progressivism, Women s suffrage, Temperance, Roosevelt s square deal, Big stick diplomacy, Progressive reform, Labor, Trusts, Consumer protection, Conservation, Taft s presidency, Dollar Diplomacy, Wilson s presidency, Wilson and Mexico, Progressive Amendments, War in Europe and American neutrality Free response essay on the objectives of the Progressive Movement German submarines, Zimmerman telegraph, Propaganda, The home front, The War Industries Board, The draft, American Expeditionary Force, John J. Pershing, Peace talks in Paris, Wilson s Fourteen Points, League of Nations, The Senate s rejection of the Treaty of Versailles MIDTERM Term 2 Week 1 The Roaring Twenties Broad Themes American diversity, American Identity, Demographic changes, Economic transformation, Chapter 31, American Life in the Roaring Twenties, Chapter 32, The Politics of Boom and Bust, Unit Description The Red Scare, Immigration restrictions, Organized crime, Consumerism, Scopes Trial, The Automobile, Harlem Renaissance, Changing role of women, Religion fundamentalism, Latin American relations, Failing economic practices Week 2 The Great Depression and the New Deal Broad Themes Demographic changes, Economic transformation, Reform Chapter 33, The Great Depression and the New Deal Unit Description Causes of the Depression, Bonus Army, Soup kitchens and bread lines, Shantytowns, The Hundred Days Congress, New Deal programs, Organized labor, Critics of the New Deal, The Second New Deal, The Supreme Court examines the New Deal Week 3 America and WWII Broad Themes Globalization, War & diplomacy Chapter 34, Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War, Chapter 35, America in World War II, Page 4
Unit Description German and Japanese aggression, Holocaust, American Neutrality, Pearl Harbor, Japanese-American Internment, Women and the war, Socio-economic impact of the war, WWII battles, The atomic bomb Week 4 The Cold War Broad Themes American Identity, Culture, Globalization, Politics & citizenship, Chapter 36, The Cold War Begins, Unit Description Postwar prosperity, Suburbs, Baby boom, Truman s presidency, Yalta Conference, Origins of the Cold War, Iron Curtain, World Bank, United Nations, Containment, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, Anti-communism, Alger Hiss, McCarthyism, Korean War Week 5 The 1950 s Broad Themes American diversity, Culture, Economic changes, Globalization Chapter 37, The Eisenhower Era, Unit Description Eisenhower s presidency, Race relations, Explosion of science and technology, Consumerism, Changing economic roles for men and women, Television, Rock-n-Roll, Teenage mentality Week 6 The Turbulent Sixties Broad Themes American diversity, Environment, Economic transformation, Globalization, Politics & citizenship, Reform, War & diplomacy Chapter 38, The Stormy Sixties, Unit Description Kennedy s presidency, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Civil Rights Movement, Kennedy s assassination, John s Great Society, Vietnam, The home front, Nixon s presidency, The counterculture, Music, Women s Rights Movement, Andy Warhol Week 7/8 The 1970 s and the Conservative Age Broad Themes American diversity, Environment, Economic transformation, Globalization, Politics & citizenship, Reform, War & diplomacy American diversity, Environment, Economic transformation, Globalization, Politics & citizenship, Reform, War & diplomacy Chapter 39, The Stalemated Seventies, Chapter 40, The Resurgence of Conservatism, Chapter 41, The America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era, 1992-2004 Chapter 42, The American People Face a New Century Unit Description End of postwar economic boom, Nixon and Vietnam, China, Nixon s domestic policies, Watergate Scandal, Oil, Nixon resigns, Ford s presidency, Carter s presidency, Panama, The Middle East, Energy crisis, Inflation, Iranian hostage crisis, Religious revivalism, The New Right, Environmental concerns Tax cuts, Budget battles, Mikhail Gorbachev, Iran-Contra scandal, Reaganomics, Education, Intercity concerns, health care, Bush s presidency, The end of the Cold War, The Persian Gulf War, Clinton s presidency, Clinton s impeachment, The election of 2000, George W. Bush s presidency, Science and technology, The perils of globalization Week 9 Final AP Review Page 5
Classroom Rules: These rules are established to enhance positive learning in the classroom; they are a more detailed version of the Monterey Trail High School Positive Learning Behaviors or PLB s. Your parent or guardian is to read these following expectations along with you. Please sign the detachable signature portion and return it within two days. Keep the classroom policy for your records in your interactive notebook. Behavior (PLB Be Respectful): Show courtesy and respect for everyone and yourself. When the instructor is speaking or when a student is responding, do not interrupt! Raise your hand and wait to be recognized before speaking. Do not use crude or vulgar language. No eating or drinking in class. Do not bring distracting items to class. Consequences: Reduction in citizenship grade Parent contact or parent-teacher-student conference Referral to the office Supplies (PLB Be Prepared to Learn): Bring all needed items to class everyday: 3 inch binder, a pen or pencil, Post-It Notes, and a highlighter. Optional items that will be useful: markers, crayons, or colored pencils, ruler, scissors and glue stick ** Students may leave their textbooks in the classroom. However, theft, loss, or damage to the textbook is the sole responsibility of the student and not the instructor. Students must write their name in the textbook or it will be returned to the library. Because of the amount of reading you will want to leave your textbook at home unless notified otherwise. Seating (PLB Be a Positive Participant and Be An Active Listener): Students will be assigned a seat by the first week of class. Students will remain in their seat unless given permission to move. The instructor will dismiss students at the end of the period from the assigned seat, the bell does not dismiss the class. A picture of your student will be taken for a seating chart. The picture helps the instructor memorize the student s name. More importantly it establishes order when there is a substitute teacher. The picture helps to ensure students sit in their assigned seat and that there are no visiting students who do not belong in the class. This picture is not used for any other purpose. Daily Agenda, Homework, and Assignments (PLB Be Prepared to Learn, Be a Positive Participant and Be an Active Listener) Due dates- all work is to be complete and ready for collection at the beginning of the period on the assigned due date. Students will write down the agenda and homework each day as soon as they get to class. The agenda is collected weekly and must be signed by a parent or guardian for full credit. Students and parents may comment or make notes for the teacher on the back side of the agenda. Plagiarism (copying someone else s words or ideas without giving credit to the original author/speaker) or copying another student s work will result in zero credit and an administrative referral. Make-ups (PLB Be Prepared to Learn): If the assignment is worth 100 points or more, it is due on the date assigned. This means NO LATE WORK! NO EXCEPTIONS! All other late work is to be completed in one week unless other arrangements have been made. Late work is worth 75% of the work quality. It is the student s responsibility to obtain the make-up work from your peers or from me. In addition, it is the student s responsibility to copy missed class notes from another student. Page 6
Tardy Policy (PLB Be On Time): The tardy policy follows the school rules. Tardy #1 - Teacher Warning Tardy #2 Teacher warning with a form of home contact Tardy #3 - Teacher assigned detention with a form of home contact Tardy #4 Teacher assigned detention with a form of home contact Tardy #5 Teacher assigned Saturday School with a form of home contact Tardy #6 Administrative referral and student placed on the NO ACTIVITIES list Tardy #7 Administrative referral with administrative assigned detention Participation (PLB Be a Positive Participant): A portion of the grade includes participation. Participation includes openers, review games, class discussions, book checks, and general on task behavior for all assignments. Students are encouraged to work on other assignments if they have completed the one they have been given and there are no other tasks to complete for class. Work not pertaining to this class will be confiscated. Any distracting items, magazines, pictures, PSP, cell phones, etc. will also be confiscated. Grading (PLB Be Here At School): Grading will be as follows: tests 45%, historical essays 35%, final exam 20%. Document-Based Question essays (DBQs) must be typed (double-spaced) or written in ink. Essays will vary in length depending on the topic and are graded on content, use of documentary and outside supporting evidence, grammar, spelling, and evidence of critical thinking. Grading is on a point system; every assignment is worth a set of points depending upon the difficulty of the assignment. Determining each grade total points each student earns will be divided by the total points possible to arrive at a percentage reflecting one of the following letter grades. A = 90%-100% B = 80%-89% C=70%-79% D= 60%-69% F= Below 60% A passing grade cannot be administered if more than one third of the class attendance is missing. (PLB Be Here At School). --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADVANCED PLACEMENT U.S. HISTORY COURSE SYLLABUS agreement Mrs. Poe, I understand and agree to the classroom policy. Date Student Signature_(print) (sign) Parent Signature_(print) (sign) Telephone Number Parent s email Student s email Page 7