Grading
     The quarterly grade in AP United States History will be calculated by a cumulative point system.  All assignments will be assigned a numerical point value, and students will accumulate points during the term, based on the quality of their work. Notebooks and 3-ring binders are required, and will be checked periodically. A student’s participation in all class activities will also factor into his/her grade. Students should maintain at least a B- average in the course.

Instructional Methods
       There will be a variety of methods utilized in this course, including lecture and note taking, role playing and debate, cooperative group work and historical simulations. Powerpoint and video presentations will also be assigned. This year, you will also be required to work on-line frequently. The web page for the course at http://home.comcast.net/~kmj53/ev.html  will contain your syllabus, assignments, historical readings and important links.  Students are encouraged to check the site daily, and email me at esj4176@aol.com whenever you have a question.  Finally, students are encouraged to actively participate in all class activities, especially class discussion.

Materials
        The primary text for the course is The Enduring Vision, by Boyer, Clark, Kett, Salisbury, Sitkoff and Woloch from D.C. Heath and Company. Students will also use an Amsco Publication, United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination by Newman and Schmalbach. Both texts can be purchased through the Social Studies Department. There will also be numerous primary and secondary source readings and some videotapes.

AP Test

 The 2010 AP U.S. History test is scheduled for Friday, May 7th. 
                                                                                                                      Mrs. Eveline Johnson
Updated November 22nd, 2009

 
 
 

Advanced Placement U.S. History
Syllabus for 2009-2010
Mrs. Johnson

Week of  September 1st

• Wednesday, September 2nd- - Welcome !!!! Introduction to the course.  Information on textbooks, policies, web page. 
• Student questionnaires. Textbooks distributed. 
• First Summer reading exam on Friday, Sept. 4th
  

Week of September 7th        "Chapter 16 ~ The Crises of Reconstruction"   

• Monday- Labor Day
  
• Review of causes of Civil War and Challenges of Reconstruction
• Tuesday, Sept. 8th -Chapter 16 in Enduring Vision due
• Wednesday- Second Summer Reading Exam.
  
• Thursday, September 10th - Summer Papers on "The American Dream" due
  
• Chapter 17 due Tuesday-September 22nd . Consult study guide

Week of September 14th           "Chapter 16 ~ The Crises of Reconstruction"

• Classes to library on Monday- Primary sources - Reconstruction
  
• Tuesday- Share findings of research. 
  
• Grrece Trip Meeting on Thursday at 2 pm
  
• Weds and Thurs.- PBS - Reconstruction
  
• Friday- Quest  on Reconstruction and Chapter
  
• Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on Friday, 9/18.
  

 Week of September 21st              "Chapter 17 ~The Trans-Mississippi West"

• Tuesday- Amsco Chapter 16, "The Last West and the New South"
• Ch 17 Quiz on Friday, September25th.  Also questions from Amsco chapter on the West
• Wednesday- Common Planning
• Buffalo Bill - Thursday- Back to School Night  7-9
  
• Quiz on Chapter 17
  

Week of September 28th               "Chapter 17 ~The Trans-Mississippi West"

• Monday: Yom Kippur- No School
• Tuesday- Film on Nez Perce  "I Will Fight No More Forever"
• Readings on Manifest Destiny and the Turner Thesis:  Analyze and discuss both documents
• Continue settlement of the West
  
• Friday- Prepare for Debate
  

Week of October 5th                 "Chapter 18 ~The Rise of Industrial America"

• Monday - Library research 
• Tuesday - Debate on America's Indian policies in settling the West
• Reflections on policies to be done at conclusion.
• Chapter 18 in Enduring Vision notes and readings  due on Wednesday, October 15th. Consult study guide
• Amsco, Chapter 17 "The Rise of Industrial America, 1865-1900" 
  

Week of October 12th               "Chapter 18 ~The Rise of Industrial America"

• Monday, the 12th - Columbus Day observed – No School
  
• Ch 18 due in Enduring Vision on Wednesday
  
• Early release on Thursday..Classes run 1-4
  
• Consolidation and changes in business organization
• Discuss  how immigration affected industrialization
• Saturday 17th- PSAT test day at OAHS

Week of October 19th               "Chapter 18 ~The Rise of Industrial America"

•  Jacob Riis and web quest assignment. Artwork and class presentations
  
• Political Cartoons in the late 1800s
• Packets on Big Business and Growing Economic Crises - Thursday and Friday
  
• Labor Unions and workers' grievances - weekend hw
  

 Week of October 26th         "Chapter 19 ~The Transformation of Urban America"

• DBQ on Labor Unions on Tuesday
• Ch 16,17,18 Test on Wednesday, October 28th
  
• Amsco, Chapter 18 "The Growth of Cities and American Culture, 1865-1900"
• PBS  New York Video "Shadow and Sunshine" by Ric Burns -- View Thursday and Friday
• Friday - Chapter 19 in Enduring Vision due. Consult study guide

Week of November 2nd          "Chapter 19 ~The Transformation of Urban America" 

• Richardson, Olmstead and the art and architecture of the ;ate 1800s
• Chapter 20 in Enduring Vision due by November 12th
• Friday - End of Term 1  -  Assign projects on Daily Life
• DBQ and Quest on Chapter 19
• Bay State Show Choir Festival
  

Week of November 9th     "Chapter 20 ~Daily Life, Popular Culture and the Arts, 1860-1900"

• Wednesday, the 11th -Veteran’s Day observed – No School; Band  & Color Guard at Veterans Day Parade
• Library Research Wednesday and Thursday
  
• Projects on Daily Life, Culture and the Arts due on Monday next week. Use documents and outside research. 
• Immigration Assignment given - Due  December 15th
  

Week of November 16th   "Presentations: Art, Music, Sports and American Culture, 1865-1900"

• Parent Conferences on Wednesday, November 18th
  
•  Wednesday -Presentations on Life in America begin - Test grade for Chapter 20
• Chapter 21 in Enduring Vision  and Amsco Chapters 19 and 20 due by November 30th
• Heritage Interview Questions given...

Week of November 23rd   -   "Presentations: Art, Music, Sports and American Culture, 1865-1900"

• Finish presentations on Life at the Turn of the 20th Century
  
• Wednesday 25th- Early Release Day for Thanksgiving ..periods 1-4
• Thursday 26th  - Thanksgiving;  football game vs. Sharon 10:00 a.m.
  

Week of November 30th     "Chapter 21 ~ Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age"

• Begin series on Theodore Roosevelt
• Chapter 22 in the Enduring Vision, Consult study guide
• Amsco, Chapter 21 "The Progressive Era, 1901-1918"
• Saturday and Sunday - Winter Festival at Rockery
• December 4th- First part of the Heritage Projects due- One page overview.
  

 Week of December 7th            "Chapter 22 ~ The Progressive Era"

• Guest Speaker on Jury System- Mr. Michael Ryan
• The Progressive Presidents - Domestic policy
• Early release day - Wednesday, Dec 9th - periods run 4-7
  
• Women's Suffrage Movement
• Presidents in Order and 50 States Quizzes!

VACATION ASSIGNMENT GIVEN!!!! 

   1.    Read and take notes on Ch  23 and 24   
   2. "America's traditional  values were greatl  jeopardized by the excesses(i.e. sexuality of women, music, dance, drinking,
         the teaching of evolution) of the  1920s" 
        Analyze  the quote from the perspective of  any 5 of the individuals assigned.
  3.   Do the Top Ten List for the 1920s.  See separate assignment sheet!

 Week of December 14th              "Heritage  Presentations" 

• Term II  Progress Reports
  
• December 16th- Common Planning Period
  
• Heritage Presentations
  
• Hannukah begins Dec 22nd ....Christmas - December 25th

Week of January 4th,  2010       "Chapter 22 ~ The Progressive Era  and Chapter  23 ~ World War I "

• Amsco, Chapter 22 "World War I, 1914-1918" and Ch 23 in Enduring Vision.
  
• Vacation from December 24th  to January 4th
  
• World War I: Effects of the war and the Treaty of Versailles
• Amsco, Chapter 23 "A New Era, the 1920s" due the Tuesday after vacation with other vacation assignment given Dec. 10th
  

Week of January 11th, 2010                     "Chapter 24 ~ The 1920s"

• DBQ on the 1920s
• Chapter 24 of the Enduring Vision on the 1920s  Consult Study Guide
• Video on "The Roaring Twenties"
• Common Planning Time on Wednesday
  

Week of January 18th              Mid Year Review  Mid Year Exams

• Monday, the  18th Martin Luther King day – No school
• Tuesday - Mid-year exams for Periods 1 & 2
  
• Wednesday - Exams for Periods 3 & 4
• Thursday -  Exams for Periods 5 & 6
• Friday - Exams for Period 7 and make-ups
  

Week of January 25th              "Chapter 24 ~ The 1920s" 

•  Monday-  End of Term Two
  
• Tuesday - End of Term 2- Hand back exams-
  
• Politics of the 1920s up until the Crash
  
• February Vacation assignment give on Tuesday, January 27th
  
• Wednesday. the 28th- Early release day - periods run 1-4
  

Week of February 1st                   "Chapter 25 ~ Crash, Depression and the New Deal"  " 

• Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Election of 1932
• Amsco, Chapter 24 "The Great Depression and the New Deal"
• Chapter 25, Crash,  Depression and New Deal
• Quiz on Friday on the Depression and the New Deal
  
• Chapter 26 in the Enduring Vision due Feb 9th
• Watch Schindler's List by February 24th
• Read and do notes on World War II

 Week of February 8th                  "Chapter 26 ~ American Life in a Decade of Crisis at Home and Abroad"

• Tuesday - New Deal DBQ  on Hoover and FDR
• Quiz on Chapter 26
  
• Chapter 27 Quiz on  February 23rd
• February Vacation from February 12th-22nd

 Week of February 22nd                      "Chapter 27 ~Waging Global War 1939-1945"

• Rise of Fascism and background to World War II
  
• Chapter 6 in review texts due March 2:  The Constitution
• World War II - use timelines and Holocaust film
  
• Presidents' Quiz
  
• Chapter 28 notes due by Friday, March 5th
  

 Week of March 1st                         "Chapter 27 ~Waging Global War 1939-1945"

•  Pearl Harbor and The Home Front
• Chapter 7, the Age of Jefferson - due on Monday, March 9th
  
•  Debate on the Decision to Drop the Bomb- Friday, March 6th
  
• Musical Friday and Saturday
  

 Week of March 8th                        "Chapter 28 ~ Cold War America 1945-1952" 

•  Chapter 8, Nationalism and Development, 1817-1850...due Monday March 16th
•  Gordon Kahn "The Day the Cold War Came Home"
  
• Test on Chapters 25, 26, 27- March 10th
  
• Truman and the Politics of Containment
• Chapter 29 due on Friday

Week of March 15th                         "Chapter 29 ~ America at Midcentury~ The Eisenhower Years" 

• Review Chapter 9 due on Monday, Sectionalism, 1820-1850
• Eisenhower and the struggle against Communism
• Civil Rights and the Warren Court
• "Eyes on the Prize"
• Chapter 30 due on Thursday, The Turbulent 60s

Week of March 23rd                        "Amsco ~The New Frontier and the Great Society"

• Review Chapters 10 and 11 due on Monday, March 29th
• The Century series on the 1950s
• DBQ on the Cold War
• Portfolio Week - History Day on Wednesday
• Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
• March 23rd - Trip Meeting for Parents and Students in OA Cafeteria at 6:30
• Chapter 31 due on Friday, April 4th
  
• Term 3 ends on Friday

Week of March 30th                                         "Amsco ~ Vietnam"

• The Century Series on the 1960s
  
• Review Chapters 12-15 due by Monday, April 7th
• Tuesday 5th MCAS Grade 10 ELA Composition, sessions 1 & 2
• Thursday 8th - Report Cards
• Good Friday - April 2nd.  Easter on Sunday

Week of April 6th                            "Amsco ~ The Nixon Years: 1968-1974"

• Monday, April 7 Review Chapters 12-15
• The Century Series on the 1960s
• The Election of 1968 and Richard M. Nixon
• The Meaning of Watergate
• Wednesday, April 15th - TRIP  TO VENICE, SALZBURG, VIENNA AND PRAGUE
  
• VACATION ASSIGNMENT:  Notes on Chapters 32 and 33!!  Our textbook is finished and we now concentrate on a chronological review for the Advanced Placement exam
 

Week of April 27th                    "The Modern Era and AP Test Review"

•  Monday 28th - School reopens from April vacation
• AP Test Review

           

Week of May 5th                          "AP Test Review"        

• Teacher Appreciation Week
• AP Test Review - evening sessions
  
• Sunday, May 10th - Mother's Day
• U.S. History AP exam - Friday, May 8th

Week of May 11th

•  Monday -21 MCAS Grade 10 High School Retests
• Tuesday  MCAS ELA Language & Literature, sessions 1 & 2 (retest); Chemistry AP exam
•  Wednesday MCAS ELA Language & Literature, session 3 (retest); Last day for seniors and first day of final exams, English & Foreign Language
•  Thursday  MCAS Mathematics, session 1 of 2 (retest); Senior final exams, English & Foreign Language;
•  Friday  MCAS math session 2 of 2 (retest); Senior final exams, Social Studies & Science;  Term 4 progress reports
• Early Release Day - Prom at the Copley Plaza 

Week of May 18th

•  Monday -  MCAS makeup; 
• Senior final exams begin
•  Student Council officer elections;  TEMPO Awards Night.

Week of May 25th

• Monday 25th - Memorial Day; OAHS Band & Color Guard march in Memorial Day Parade
•  Friday- Early Release day
  
• Prom at Lombardo's
  

Week of June 1st

• MCAS Biology
• Sunday the 7th - Graduation 2:00 p.m.;  Safe Grad Night 11:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. OAHS gym and A-wing.

 Week of June 8th

• Honor Society Field Trip
  

Week of June 15th

•  Monday, Final Exam period 7
  
• Tuesday -Final exams - Periods 1 & 2
  
• Wednesday- Final Exam- Periods 3 & 4
• Thursday- Final Exams- Periods 5 & 6  
• Thursday- Last day for Students
  
• Friday - Last day for teachers * Pending snow/emergency days