Mrs. Ruland's Advanced Placement United States History Class

Unit 1 Syllabus
Orientation and Historiography

9/1	A.P. U.S. History - Orientation and administrative details Course Expectations, Grading Policy, Course Outline, Special Requirements Explore APUS web page HW: Geography list and map (test 9/3) HW: Spelling and Homonyms (test 9/3) HW: Email Mrs. Ruland to get username/password, Log-on to Buffalo Phil's History Corral ; Respond to Welcome Forum (2 pts) HW: Intro to Crossroads Curriculum, Part II, Methodology HW: Summer Picture (due 9/15; 10 pts)
9/3	Due: Forum entry, Grading policy signature sheet TEST: Geography (25 pts); Spelling and Homonyms (15 pts) Forum discussion: What Is History and Why Study It? Discussion: What is History and Historiography? What are the tools and concerns of the historian? How does bias, interest, point of view effect students of history? HW: Plagiarism Tutorial HW: History Writing Guide —This site uses frames, so once at the site use the outline at the left to access How to Read a Secondary Source; How to Read a Primary Source (both are under the heading Reading) and then under the heading Structure Your Paper, access Structuing Your Paper; The Three Parts of a History Paper; and The Thesis HW: Historian's Sources Lesson - sections 1, 2, and 3 HW: Evaluating Web Resources
9/9	Due: Plagiarism paragraph, Honor Code Pledge with signatures Distribute: Unit 2 Readings Review: Europe in 16^th century; European exploration; African empires; American empires and tribes HW: The Meeting of Three Cultures HW: Portrait of America, "For God, Glory, and Gold", p 3 HW: Great Issues, "Adam Smith. . .", p 186

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