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Course
Syllabus
Course Name: United
States History - AP
I Course
Information
Course
Number: 1542
Level:
Advanced Placement
Department: Social Science
II Course Description
Prerequisite: World History
Open
to: Juniors
Length:
1 Year
Credit:
1
Summary: This course is intended to be the equivalent of a college survey
course. Writing assignments require mastery of diverse primary and secondary
sources related to issues of historical interpretation. The course is also
designed to prepare students for the College Board Advanced Placement American
History examination. Students will write papers in which they form an
interpretation of an historical issue and organize evidence from various sources
to substantiate their point of view. Students are required to complete a
research paper. Students will be expected to display strong reading and
composition skills.
III Course Goals
As a
result of the study of U.S. History, students will:
1)
Understand the narrative of U.S. History and how studying history helps explain
the world we live in today.
2)
Understand that the United States has always been a diverse society and that the
struggle for equal rights was and continues to be central to the American story.
3)
Widen their perspective on what it has meant and what it means to be an American
and to be a human being.
4)
Develop critical-thinking skills necessary for citizens in a democracy and for
historians.
5)
Develop reading comprehension skills for primary and secondary sources and
identify points of view.
6)
Learn to create a thesis and support the thesis with evidence from primary and
secondary sources.
7)
Develop historical empathy.
8)
Develop geographic literacy.
9)
Develop historical research skills that culminate in the production of a paper.
IV Textbooks and Materials
Morgan,
Edmund S., The Birth of the Republic, University of Chicago Press (1992)
Shi &
Mayer,
For the
Record: Vol. 1 & 2,
W. W.
Norton, People's Publishing
(2004)
Sinclair, Upton, The Jungle, Bantam (1981)
Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History, (6th edition,
2004), W. W. Norton,
People's Publishing
V Course Outline
First
Semester
Units of Instruction:
Unit 1: Colonial America, 1492-1763
Unit 2: The American Revolution, 1763-1782
Unit 3: Confederation and the Constitution
Unit 4: The New Republic, 1789-1828
Unit 5: Antebellum America, 1828-1861
Unit 6: The Civil War and REconstrucftion, 1861-1877
Unit 7: Industrial America, 1870-1900
Major Assessments:
Research Paper
Book
Review
Documents-Based-Questions
Unit
Exams
U.S.
Constitution Exam
First
Semester Exam
Second
Semester
Unit 8: Progressive America, 1900-1920
Unit 9: American Foreign Policy, 1890-1920
Unit 10: "Normalcy," Depression and the New Deal,
1920-1940
Unit 11: The United States and World War II
Unit 12: The Cold War, 1945-1962
Unit 13: Economic Boom and Civil Rights Movement,
1945-1968
Unit 14: The War in Vietnam
Unit 15: Modern America
Major Assessments:
Progressive Era Essay
Book
Review
Documents-Based-Questions
Unit
Exams
Illinois
Constitution Exam
Second
Semester Exam
(Parents and students: please consult individual teachers for grading policies,
extra credit info, class procedures, etc.)
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