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Hoke Central High School West Campus AP United States History Fall and Spring 2012 - 2013 AP United States History P Fulfills the UC/CSU a requirement Prerequisites: Please see AP expectations on AP Contract Fees: AP examination fee or fee waiver Grade Level: 11-12 Introduction Welcome to AP United States History. In this course, students work individually, in pairs, and in small groups as they gather, compare, and analyze many types of information concerning the complex history of the United States of America (ESLR 2). This course is aligned with the California Standards for History and Social Science. During this class, students will learn how to work and communicate efficiently as they explore the inner working structure of our national government (ESLR 1 and 5). Course Description This AP United States History Course is designed to provide students with analytic skills and the factual knowledge necessary to deal critically with the problems and themes in United States history. The program prepares students for intermediate and advanced college courses by making demands upon them equivalent to those made by full-year introductory college courses. Students will learn to assess historical topics, their relevance to a given interpretive problem, reliability and importance, and to weigh the evidence and interpretations presented in historical scholarship. Students will develop the skills necessary to arrive at conclusions on the basis of an informed judgment and learn to present reasons and evidence clearly and persuasively in essay format thus preparing them for the AP United States History exam in May 2012.This course is offered in a block scheduling format which consists of eighty-five minute classes meeting every other day. Every week, we have a minimum schedule day in which classes are seventy-five minutes in length. Fulfills the UC/CSU a requirement Aligning with the California History/Social Science Standards for grade 11, students study the following topics: life and thought in colonial America, revolutionary ideologies, constitutional development, Jeffersonian versus Hamiltonian interpretation of the Constitution, Jacksonian democracy, nineteenth century reform movements, and Manifest Destiny. Other topics of discussion will include The Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, the Civil War and Reconstruction, immigration, industrialization, Populism, Progressivism, World War I, the Jazz Age, the Great Depression, Roosevelts New Deal, World War II, the Cold War, the post-Cold War world, and the United States during the beginning of the Twenty-first century. In addition to the topics listed above, this course will focus on a series of themes throughout the year. These themes have been determined by the College Board as essential to a comprehensive study of the history of the United States. The themes discussed will include: American diversity, the development of a unique American identity, the evolution of American culture, demographic changes over the course of Americas history, economic trends and transformations, environmental issues, the development of political institutions and the components of citizenship, social reform movements, the role of religion in the making of the United States and its impact in a multicultural society, the history of slavery and its legacies in the Western Hemisphere, war and diplomacy, and finally, the place of the United States in an increasingly global arena.

Mr. Hoke Central High School West Campus AP United States History Fall and Spring 2012 - 2013 Textbooks and Ancillaries Epstein, Mark. Fast Track to a 5: Preparing for the AP United States History Examination. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. Kennedy, David, Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas A. Bailey. The American Pageant, Volumes 1 and 2. Thirteenth Edition. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. Kennedy, David, Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas A. Baily. The American Pageant Guidebook: A Manual for Students Volumes, 1 and 2. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. Curricular Requirements Curriculum per chapter includes multiple choice quizzes in the AP Exam format, free response essay questions, and DBQ essay response questions. There are six unit examinations administered at the conclusion of each unit of study. Each unit of study will contain discussions of and writing about related historiography: how interpretation of events have changed over time, how the issues of one time period have had an impact on the experiences and decisions of subsequent generations, and how such reevaluations of the past continue to shape the world views of current historians. The review period includes practice AP exams including multiple choice, free response, and DBQ essay response components. I. American Pageant Unit One: Founding the New Nation c. 33,000 B.C. A.D. 1783 A) Chapters 1 through 8: Aug. 15 through Sept. 21 (14 blocks: 8 chapters) 1) Chapter 1 New World Beginnings (a) Emphasis on Pre-Columbian cultures, early explorations, introduction of slavery, Spanish and French claims in the Americas, and the rise of Mercantilism 2) Chapter 2 The Planting of English in America (a) Focus on the Chesapeake and southern English colonies, ties with the Caribbean economies, and the development British mercantilism 3) Chapter 3 Settling the Northern Colonies (a) Focus on New England and the Puritans, religious dissent, colonial politics and conflicts with the British authority, and life in the Middle colonies 4) Chapter 4American Life in the Seventeenth Century (a) Emphasis on the tobacco and rice growing colonies, African American cultural development, the life of the colonial family, religious dissent in New England and the Salem Witch trials 5) Chapter 5 Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution (a) Emphasis on immigration to the colonies and the resulting demographic changes, the Atlantic economy, religious fervor and the Great Awakening, colonial education, culture, and politics 6) Chapter 6 The Duel for North America (a) Emphasis on the causes and major turning points of the French and Indian War and how this conflict was a prelude to the tensions between the American colonies and British crown 7) Chapter 7 The Road to Revolution (a) Emphasis on the development of colonial rights and liberty, and the crucial issues in the conflict such as No taxation without representation. 8) Chapter 8 America Secedes from the Empire (a) Emphasis on the Declaration of Independence, contrasting colonial feelings towards the English monarchy, and Washingtons conduct of the Revolutionary War

Mr. Hoke Central High School West Campus AP United States History Fall and Spring 2012 - 2013 9) Unit 1 Examination Sept. 21: Multiple Choice/FRQ/DBQ II. American Pageant Unit Two: Building the New Nation 1776 1860 A) Chapters 9 through 15: Sept. 25 through Oct. 25 (12 blocks: 7 chapters) 1) Chapter 9 The Confederation and the Constitution (a) The Articles of Confederation, the role of the English and French Enlightenment, slavery and religion in the political process, wartime diplomacy, the Constitution of the United States, and analysis of the Federalist No. 10 2) Chapter 10 Launching the New Ship of State (a) Early national politics and economics, American diplomacy during the French Revolution, Washingtons impact on the United States Presidency, and analysis of Washingtons Farewell Address 3) Chapter 11 The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic (a) The Revolution of 1800, decisions of the Marshall Court, Jeffersons and Madisons foreign policy, the Embargo Act, Lewis and Clark and expansion west 4) Chapter 12 The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism (a) The War of 1812, President Monroe and the Era of Good Feelings, The American System, the diplomacy of expansion, and forging a new national identity, analyze the impact of the Marshall Courts opinion in Marbury v. Madison 5) Chapter 13 The Rise of Mass Democracy (a) Jacksonian democracy and the Whigs, Jacksons policy towards the Native Americans, the era of the common man, expansion with the Texas Revolution, slavery and sectionalism 6) Chapter 14 Forging the National Economy (a) The rise of the market economy, immigration and the increase in nativism, women in the workplace, the factory system, the social and economic significance of better transportation, westward expansion 7) Chapter 15 The Ferment of Reform and Culture (a) The Second Great Awakening and the growth of social reform movements, womens roles in the social reform movements, creation of a national culture, advances in education and the sciences 8) Unit 2 Examination Oct. 25: Multiple Choice/FRQ/DBQ III. American Pageant Unit Three: Testing the New Nation 1820 1877 A) Chapters 16 through 22: Oct. 29 through Dec. 6 (12 blocks: 7 chapters) 1) Chapter 16 The South and the Slavery Controversy (a) King Cotton in the south, southern society and the impact of the plantation system, the rise of the abolitionist movement, 2) Chapter 17 Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy (a) Expansion under President Polk, John OSullivan and Manifest Destiny, War with Mexico, and analyzing the painting, The Spirit of the Frontier, by John Gast 3) Chapter 18 Renewing the Sectional Struggle (a) The concept of popular sovereignty, The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave law, the economics of expansion, The Kansas-Nebraska Act, opening the door to Asia

Mr. Hoke Central High School West Campus AP United States History Fall and Spring 2012 - 2013 4) Chapter 19 Drifting Toward Disunion (a) Abolition in the 1850s, the impact of the Dred Scott decision, the financial panic of 1857, PowerPoint Presentations of the Lincoln-Douglas debates 1858, the political crisis and the election of 1860, the coming of the Civil War, analyze the Dred Scott v. Sanford case, 5) Chapter 20 Girding for War: The North and South (a) Wartime diplomacy, economic changes in the North and the South, women and the war, issues of civil liberties in wartime 6) Chapter 21 The Furnace of Civil War (a) The Peninsula Campaign, the Anaconda, the war in the West, Shermans march on Atlanta, Appomattox, examine the Emancipation proclamation, the legacy of the war in the north and the south 7) Chapter 22 The Ordeal of Reconstruction (a) The politics and economics of Reconstruction, experiences of the freedmen, the rise of the Bourbon south and the fate of reconstruction, impeachment of President Johnson, and the shift in the balance of power, analyze Lincolns Second Inaugural Address 8) Unit 3 Examination Dec. 6: Multiple Choice/FRQ/DBQ IV. American Pageant Unit Four: Forging an Industrial Society, 1869 1909 Chapters 23 through 27 Dec. 10 through Jan. 18 (8 blocks: 5 chapters) Winter Break Dec. 24 through Jan. 11 1) Chapter 23 Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age (a) The rise of big business and the role of business in politics, class and ethnic conflict, the rise of Jim Crow, Populism 2) Chapter 24 Industry Comes of Age (a) Era of the Robber Barons, the lives of the working classes and the growth of labor unions, government and politics of regulating the economy, the United States in the world economy, analyzing viewpoints: Industrialization Boon or Blight 3) Chapter 25 America Moves to the City (a) Urbanization, new waves of immigration, renewed instances of nativism, cultural life in urban America, the New Woman, and the African-0American push for expanded civil rights 4) Chapter 26 The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution (a) The end of the frontier and its impact, industrialization of agriculture and political dissent among farmers 5) Chapter 27Empire and Expansion (a) American expansion overseas, a new age of Imperialism, the Spanish-American War, the Open Door Policy, America on the world stage, analyzing the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine 6) Unit 4 Examination Jan. 18: Multiple Choice/FRQ/DBQ V. American Pageant Unit Five: Struggling For Justice at Home and Abroad, 1901 1945 A) Chapters 28 through 35 Jan. 23 through Feb. 28 (13 blocks: 8 chapters) 1) Chapter 28 Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt (a) Progressive reform and the trusts, demographics of urbanization and the resulting political impact, Dollar Diplomacy, environmental issues

Mr. Hoke Central High School West Campus AP United States History Fall and Spring 2012 - 2013 2) Chapter 29 Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad (a) The New Freedom versus the New Nationalism, Progressive economic reform, diplomacy of neutrality, examining who were the Progressives 3) Chapter 30 The War to End War (a) War in Europe and issues on the home front, propaganda and civil liberties, examining Schenck v. United States, the politics behind the creation of the Treaty of Versailles and its rejection by the Senate 4) Chapter 31 American Life in the Roaring Twenties (a) The Red Scare and immigration issues, a mass consumption economy, the jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissance, traditionalism versus modernism 5) Chapter 32 The Politics of Boom and Bust (a) Isolationism in the 1920s, foreign debt and diplomacy, The Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the beginning of the Great Depression, examining the evidence Lampooning Hoover political cartoons 6) Chapter 33 The Great Depression and the New Deal (a) FDR and the Three Rs - recovery, relief, and reform, demographic changes associated with the Depression, cultural changes in the 1930s, the Supreme Court and the balance of political power in government 7) Chapter 34 Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War (a) Attempts at neutrality and isolationism, diplomacy and economics of the pre-war years, the declaration of war after the attack on Pearl Harbor 8) Chapter 35 America in World War II (a) Conducting a two-front war in the European and the Pacific theatres, the home front, changes for women and minorities during the war, the Manhattan Project and Trumans decision to use the first atomic weapons of war, consequences of the atomic weapons, analyzing Roosevelts Quarantine and Four Freedoms speeches, the Atlantic Charter 9) Unit 5 Examination Feb. 28: Multiple Choice/FRQ/DBQ VI. American Pageant Unit Six: Making Modern America, 1945 to the Present A) Chapters 36 through 42 Mar. 4 through April 17 (12 blocks: 7 chapters) 1) Chapter 36 The Cold War Begins (a) Post-war prosperity and the Baby Boom, communism and containment in Asia, diplomacy and the Marshall Plan, the Korean War, the Red Scare, the emergence of the United States as a world power 2) Chapter 37 The Eisenhower Era (a) Consumer culture of the 1950s, the civil rights revolution, McCarthyism, Cold War expansion, the space race, post-war literature and culture, analyzing the impact of Brown v. Board of Education 3) Chapter 38 The Stormy Sixties (a) The Cold War continues, expansion of the war in Vietnam, the civil rights revolution and evolution, Johnson and the Great Society, immigration and demographic changes

Mr. Hoke Central High School West Campus AP United States History Fall and Spring 2012 - 2013 4) Chapter 39 The Stalemated Seventies (a) The end of the Vietnam War, Dtente and the reduction of Cold War tensions, diplomatic and economic troubles with the Middle East, rising conservatism, coping with the domestic economic stagnation, conflict over presidential power, environmental issues, feminism and the womens movement, civil rights and affirmative action, analyzing Kennedys Inaugural Address, Kings I have a Dream Speech, Johnsons Great Society speech 5) Chapter 40 The Resurgence of Conservatism (a) Reagan and the New Right, the end of the Cold War, Reaganomics, politics and the Supreme Court, globalization, war and diplomacy in the Middle East, examining Roe v. Wade 6) Chapter 41 America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era (a) The Clinton Era, post-Cold War politics and foreign policy, the contested presidential election of 2000, the attack on the World Trade Center, America post9/11 7) Chapter 42 The American People Face a New Century (a) Demographic changes, changes in the family, immigration and related issues, a multi-cultural society, the high-tech economy, America in a global context 8) Unit 6 Examination April 17: Multiple Choice/FRQ/DBQ AP United States History Review Period April 19 through April 23: Review Part I and II *complete pages 65 147 in Preparing for the AP United States History Examination Apr. 25 through Apr. 29: Review Part III and IV *complete pages 149 - 243 in Preparing for the AP United States History Examination May 1 through May 3: Review Part V and VI *complete pages 245 - 359 in Preparing for the AP United States History Examination May 7 Practice AP Exam 1 Multiple Choice/DBQ/FRQ *complete pages 363 - 396 in Preparing for the AP United States History Examination May 9 Practice AP Exam 1 Multiple Choice/DBQ/FRQ May 13 Practice AP Exam 2 Multiple Choice/DBQ/FRQ AP United States History Exam The AP United States History exam is scheduled for Wednesday May 15, 2013. The time and location for administering the exam will be announced at a later date. The fee for each AP Exam is $87. All exams must be paid for and ordered separately. The exam is 3 hours and 5 minutes in length and consists of two sections: a 55 minute, 80 question multiple-choice section and a 130 minute free-response section. The free-response section begins with a mandatory 15 minute reading period. Students are advised to spend most of the 15 minutes analyzing the documents and planning their answer to the Document Based question (DBQ) in Part A. Suggested writing time for the DBQ is 45 minutes. Parts B and C include two standard essay questions that, with the DBQ, cover the period from the first European explorations of the Americas to the present. Students are required to answer one essay question in each part in a total of 70 minutes. For each of the essay questions students choose to answer in Parts B and C, it is suggested they spend 5 minutes planning and 30 minutes writing. Both the multiple choice and the free-response sections cover the period from the first European explorations of the Americas to the present, although a majority of questions are on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Mr. Hoke Central High School West Campus AP United States History Fall and Spring 2012 - 2013 Fee Reduction The College Board provides a $22 fee reduction per exam for qualified students with acute financial need. For each eligible student, schools should also forgo their $8 rebate. Thus, eligible students pay $57 per exam. Federal and State AP Exam Fee Assistance Use of Technology The Internet will play a major role in your successful leaning process this semester. Each student will conduct a research project on an assigned topic using the Internet and other written resources (ESLR 4). Media Sources Various videos and other video media are used during this course. These materials are acquired through various sources such as, National Geographic, A&E, The History Channel or the Learning Channel. All materials will meet school board approval. If you have any questions, please call 276-5276 and leave a message on my voicemail #485. You can also contact me via email. I will be happy to discuss your concerns at the earliest convenience. The address is as follows: vhoke@centralusd.k12.ca.us. Classroom Work Materials It is recommended that all students have the following materials every day: The American Pageant textbook and ancillaries 1 three-ring binder with college ruled paper Pens or #2 pencils Colored pens or pencils Flash drive storage device 600 3x5 Index cards Advanced Placement United States History is a college level course. If these items are not brought to class every day, then a diminished opportunity for total success may result. Grading Your grade will be broken down as follows: 50%- Assessments and Quizzes 35%- Homework/Classwork Assignments 5%- Study Groups 10%- Final Exam (fall)/Final Project (spring) The standard 90%= A, 80%= B, 70%= C, 60%=D, <60%= F scoring will be followed. Late work will be accepted as follows: 10% will be deducted per block late for any assigned papers until the end of the unit. At the end of the unit late work will no longer be accepted. Students will receive enhanced credit for the AP course as long as they attempt the AP exam. It is the expectation that all students taking the course will take the AP Exam. Attendance All school rules will be enforced, including tardy and absence policies. Students who have attendance problems will be disciplined as outlined in the Parent/Student handbook. Excessive absences, even if not resulting in formal discipline, can only hurt a students chances for success.

Mr. Hoke Central High School West Campus AP United States History Fall and Spring 2012 - 2013 Homework Assignments - In general one chapter is assigned each night. - Each chapter will require completed notes, index cards and/or study guide. - Maps will be assigned for various chapters. - Supplemental readings from various sources will also be assigned. - All homework assignments will be turned in with your AP United States History binder at the time of the Unit Test. - Homework binders may not be turned in late! - Study Sessions will begin in September (see Preparation for AP Exam) Schedule Assignments will be posted in class daily, and unit calendars will be given at the start of new units. Preparation for the AP Examination Beginning in September students will be required to meet with a study group once a month. A study group will consist of two or more students meeting on their own time. Detailed minutes of what is discussed will be turned in to receive credit for the study sessions, as well as a summary of key ideas discussed. We will discuss in class strategies for successful study sessions. There will be at least two opportunities for students to take and score a practice AP United States History Examination. This will serve the dual purposes of permitting students to practice taking the test, as well as the learning which will result from the scoring process. This will give everyone another chance to use the rubric and be able to recognize what constitutes the various scoring levels.

Mr. Hoke Central High School West Campus AP United States History Fall and Spring 2012 - 2013
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