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Table of Contents

Table of Contents
AP Time Period 1: 1491-1607
AP Time Period 2: 1607-1754
AP Time Period 3: 1754-1800
AP Time Period 4: 1800-1848
AP Time Period 5: 1844-1877
AP Time Period 6: 1877-1898
AP Time Period 7: 1890-1945
AP Time Period 8: 1945-1980
AP Time Period 9: 1980-Present
AP Time Period 1 1491-1607
LLPH Chapter(s)
Guiding Question(s)
Essay Question(s)
Number of Days

How did the collision of cultures create a “New World”?

8 Days of Instruction 1 Day of Review & Writing Practice

Chapter 1: 1491-1607

Compare and contrast British and Spanish imperial goals in the New World between 1491 and 1763.

  • explain the development of the systems of exchange of resources, goods, and peoples between Europe, Africa, and the Americas that developed due to European exploration of the Atlantic world
  • evaluate the social, cultural, geographic, economic, and political impact of European contact with Native Americans and the Americas

Chapter Objectives

Period 1 Calendar

Period 1 Overview

AP Time Period 1 1491-1607

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Day 5

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Day 4

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Day 3

How did the Columbian Exchange affect Europe and the Americas? (1.4)

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Day 2

What were the causes of European exploration and conquest in the Americas? (1.3)

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Day 1

What was the context for European encounters in the Americas from 1491-1607? (1.1) What characterized Native American societies before European contact? (1.2)

How did the Columbian Exchange affect Europe and the Americas? (1.4)

How did the Columbian Exchange affect Europe and the Americas? (1.4)

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Day 9

Assessment

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Day 8

Review & Writing Practice: Thesis Statements

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Day 7
Day 6

How did the Spanish Empire in North America shape the development of social and economic structures over time? How did various cultures interact with each other in the Americas? How did they change as a result of this interaction? (1.5, 1.6)

How did the Spanish Empire in North America shape the development of social and economic structures over time? How did various cultures interact with each other in the Americas? How did they change as a result of this interaction? (1.5, 1.6)

Period 1 Calendar

Period 1 Overview

AP Time Period 1 1491-1607
Day 2: 1491-1607
Day 1: 1491-1607
Days 3-5: 1491-1607
What was the context for European encounters in the Americas from 1491-1607? What characterized Native American societies before European contact?
What were the causes of European exploration and conquest in the Americas?
How did the Columbian Exchange affect Europe and the Americas?

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Prep work: Chapter 1 (1491-1607) Introductory Essay and selected assessments

Read ahead: Hakluyt, Principal Voyages Primary Source

Primary Source analysis:

  • Columbus’s Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, 1494
  • Cortés’s Account of Tenochtitlan, 1522
  • Las Casas on Destruction of the Indies, 1552
  • The Florentine Codex, c. 1585

Extend Option A: Montezuma and Cortés Decision Point and selected assessments

Read Ahead: First Contacts Narrative and selected assessments

In Class: Primary Source analysis: Richard Hakluyt and the Case for Undertaking Sea Voyages Lesson

Extend Option B: Hernando de Soto Narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Columbian Exchange Narrative and selected assessments

Prep work: Native People Narrative and selected assessments

In Class: Question Formulation Technique (QFT): Map Analysis, 1491-1754

Extend Option A: Ship Technology Lesson: Sorting and Timeline Activity

In Class: Paideia Seminar: Christopher Columbus

Or

In Class: Primary Source analysis: The Oral Tradition of the Foundation of the Iroquois Confederacy

Extend Option B: Henry Hudson and Exploration Narrative and selected assessments

In Class: Debate: Should We Remember Christopher Columbus as a Conqueror or Explorer? Point-Counterpoint

Period 1 Calendar

Period 1 Overview

AP Time Period 1 1491-1607
Day 9: 1491-1607 Assessment
Days 6-7: 1491-1607
Day 8: 1491-1607
How did the Spanish Empire in North America shape the development of social and economic structures over time? How did various cultures interact with each other in the Americas? How did they change as a result of this interaction?
How did the collision of cultures create a “New World”?

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In Class: Writing Practice: Building Thesis Statements Lesson: How did the collision of cultures create a “New World”?

Read Ahead: Life in the Spanish Colonies Narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Origins of the Slave Trade Narrative and selected assessments

In Class: Annotated illustration: Working individually or in small groups, have students draw and annotate a scene from a day in the life of a typical Spanish settlement. Illustrations should depict the interactions of various people, economic transitions, and relevant aspects of the landscape that influenced the development of the colonies.

Period 1 Calendar

Period 1 Overview

AP Time Period 2 1607-1754
LLPH Chapter(s)
Essay Question(s)
Number of Days
Guiding Question(s)

15 Days of Instruction 1 Day of Review & Writing Practice 1 Day of Assessment 1 Day for make-up or stretch

Chapter 2: 1607-1763

What religious, political, and social movements and events fostered a sense of autonomy from Great Britain among the American colonists between 1607 and 1763?

What religious, political, and social movements and events fostered a sense of autonomy from Great Britain among the American colonists between 1607 and 1763?

  • identify characteristics of and evaluate changes and continuities in colonial life for various groups in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
  • compare colonies in North America to evaluate regional differences
  • analyze the conflicts between colonists and the native populations as well as between European powers on the continent

Chapter Objectives

Period 2 Calendar

Period 2 Overview

AP Time Period 2 1607-1754

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Day 1

What was the context for the colonization of North America from 1607 to 1763? (2.1)

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Day 2

How and why did various European colonies develop and expand? (2.2)

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Day 3

What shaped the development and expansion of various British colonies? How did they compare to each other? (2.3)

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Day 5

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Day 4

What shaped the development and expansion of various British colonies? How did they compare to each other? (2.3)

What shaped the development and expansion of various British colonies? How did they compare to each other? (2.3)

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Day 8

What were the causes and effects of slavery in the various British colonial regions? How did enslaved people respond to slavery? (2.6)

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Day 7
Day 9
Day 10

How and why did interactions between various European nations and American Indians change over time? (2.5)

What were the causes and effects of slavery in the various British colonial regions? How did enslaved people respond to slavery? (2.6)

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Day 6

What were the causes and effects of transatlantic trade in the colonial period? (2.4)

How and why did an “American” culture emerge over time? What events and policies affected how the colonists viewed their relationship with Britain? (2.7)

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Day 14

What were the causes and effects of the Seven Years’ War (the French and Indian War)? (3.2)

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Day 12

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Day 15

Review and Writing Practice: Comparison

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Day 11
Day 13

How and why did an “American” culture emerge over time? What events and policies affected how the colonists viewed their relationship with Britain? (2.7)

How and why did an “American” culture emerge over time? What events and policies affected how the colonists viewed their relationship with Britain? (2.7)

How and why did an “American” culture emerge over time? What events and policies affected how the colonists viewed their relationship with Britain? (2.7)

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Day 17

Assessment/Stretch/Make-Up

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Day 16

Assessment

Period 2 Calendar

Period 2 Overview

AP Time Period 2 1607-1754
Day 1: 1607-1754
Day 2: 1607-1754
Days 3-5: 1607-1754
What was the context for the colonization of North America from 1607 to 1763?
How and why did various European colonies develop and expand?
What shaped the development and expansion of various British colonies? How did they compare to each other?

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Read Ahead: Chapter 2 (1607-1763) Introductory Essay and selected assessments

Read Ahead: The English Come to America Narrative and selected assessments

In Class: Jigsaw readings and comparative chart; comparative outline/essay using chart:

Pilgrims to the New World 1620 Decision Point and selected assessments

In Class: Primary Source analysis: Maps Showing the Evolution of Settlement, 1624–1755

The Founding of Maryland 1632 Narrative and selected assessments

Primary Source analysis: A City Upon a Hill: Winthrop’s “Modell of Christian Charity,” 1630

William Penn and the Founding of Pennsylvania 1681 Narrative and selected assessments

Anne Hutchinson and Religious Dissent 1630s – 40s Narrative and selected assessments

Primary Source analysis: William Penn’s Letter Recruiting Colonists, 1683

Period 2 Calendar

Period 2 Overview

AP Time Period 2 1607-1754
Day 6: 1607-1754
Day 7: 1607-1754
Days 8-9: 1607-1754
Days 10-11: 1607-1754
What were the causes and effects of transatlantic trade in the colonial period?
How and why did interactions between various European nations and American Indians change over time?
What were the causes and effects of slavery in the various British colonial regions? How did enslaved people respond to slavery?
How and why did an “American” culture emerge over time? What events and policies affected how the colonists viewed their relationship with Britain?

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In Class: Mercantilism Primary Source Analysis and Political Cartoons

Read Ahead: The Anglo-Powhatan War of 1622 Narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead: The Stono Rebellion 1739 Narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Colonial Identity: English or American? Point-Counterpoint

Read Ahead: Germantown Friends’ Antislavery Petition, 1688, Primary Source

In Class: Colonial Comparison: Examine and compare colonial charters

Read Ahead: King Philip’s War 1675 – 78 Decision Point and selected assessments

Or

In Class: Annotated Timeline: Slavery to c. 1750 Working individually or in small groups, have students create a timeline of the development of slavery in the New World from the arrival of the Spanish (1492) to c. 1750. Use different colors to indicate events relevant to French, Spanish, and English colonies.

In Class: Comparative outline/essay: conflict with American Indians during the colonial period using the examples of The Anglo-Powhatan War and King Philip’s War

In Class: Unit 1 Civics Connection: Examine primary sources from John Locke, colonial charters, and revolutionary writings for influences on the development of republicanism in the American colonies

Extension: The Fur Trade Narrative and selected assessments

Period 2 Calendar

Period 2 Overview

AP Time Period 2 1607-1754
Days 10-11: 1607-1754 Cont.
Days 12-13 : 1607-1754
Days 14-15: 1607-1754
How and why did an “American” culture emerge over time? What events and policies affected how the colonists viewed their relationship with Britain?
How and why did an “American” culture emerge over time? What events and policies affected how the colonists viewed their relationship with Britain?
What were the causes and effects of the Seven Years’ War (the French and Indian War)?

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Read Ahead: Bacon’s Rebellion 1676 Narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead: A Clash of Empires: The French and Indian War 1754 – 63 Narrative and selected assessments

Extension Options:

Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790) and the American Enlightenment Narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead: The Great Awakening 1730s – 40s Narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Wolfe at Quebec and the Peace of 1763 Narrative and selected assessments

In Class: Primary Source analysis: Bacon vs. Berkeley on Bacon’s Rebellion, 1676

Read Ahead: Pontiac’s Rebellion Narrative

Benjamin Franklin Mini DBQ

In Class: Flow chart of the Seven Years War - Working individually or in small groups, have students create an illustrated flow chart depicting major events of the Seven Years’ War (the French and Indian War) and their effects.

In Class: Read and complete historical reasoning questions in graphic organizer, What was the Great Awakening? Point – Counterpoint

Albany Plan of Union 1754 Narrative and selected assessments

In Class: Class debate/discussion using: What was the Great Awakening? Point – Counterpoint

The Salem Witch Trials 1692-93 Narrative and selected assessments

Extension: Washington’s Journal: Expeditions to Disputed Ohio Territory 1753–1754 Primary Source

Period 2 Calendar

Period 2 Overview

AP Time Period 2 1607-1754
Days 16-18: 1607-1754
Writing Practice: Comparison

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In Class: Unit 2 Essay Activity

Option A: Compare and contrast British and Spanish imperial goals in the New World between 1491 and 1763.

Option B: Compare and contrast the impact of TWO of the following on colonial North American development between 1607 and 1763: Puritanism, the Enlightenment, the first Great Awakening.

Or

Period 2 Calendar

Period 2 Overview

AP Time Period 3 1754-1800
LLPH Chapter(s)
Guiding Question(s)
Number of Days
Essay Question(s)

16 Days of Instruction 1 Day of Review & Writing Practice 1 Day for Assessment

Chapter 3: 1763-1789 Chapter 4: 1789-1800

What is the “American Experiment”? How can a nation stay unified despite divisions?

To what extent did the legacies of the Revolution affect the creation of a new government for the new nation?

  • identify and evaluate the causes of the Declaration of Independence
  • evaluate the causes and effects of key events in the Revolutionary War
  • compare various perspectives on constitutional principles and assess arguments surrounding the structure of the new Union under the Constitution
  • analyze the foreign and domestic policies of the Washington and Adams administrations and evaluate the constitutional basis for those policies and the opposition to them
  • describe and compare the shaping of a unified American identity across various regions, the reasons for continued regional differences, and the effects of unity or differences in responses to national issues

Chapter Objectives

Period 2 Calendar

Period 2 Overview

AP Time Period 3 1754-1800

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Day 1

What was the context in which America gained independence and developed a sense of national identity? (3.1, 3.11)

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Day 2

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Day 3

How did British colonial policies regarding North America lead to the Revolutionary War? (3.3)

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Day 5

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Day 4

How and why did colonial attitudes about government change leading up to the American Revolution? (3.4)

What was the context in which America gained independence and developed a sense of national identity? (3.1, 3.11)

How and why did colonial attitudes about government change leading up to the American Revolution? (3.4)

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Day 8

How did the American Revolution affect society? What was the global impact of the American Revolution? (3.6)

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Day 7
Day 9
Day 10

What were the different ideological positions on the structure and function of the federal government at the Constitutional Convention? To what extent did they compromise? (3.8)

To what extent did the Articles of Confederation meet the needs of the new nation? (3.7)

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Day 6

What contributed to the American victory in the Revolutionary War? (3.5)

What contributed to the American victory in the Revolutionary War? (3.5)

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Day 12

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Day 15
Day 14

How and why did political ideas, institutions, and party systems develop and change in the new republic? (3.10)

How and why did political ideas, institutions, and party systems develop and change in the new republic? How did foreign policy challenges contribute to this? (3.10)

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Day 11

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Day 13

What were the different ideological positions on the structure and function of the federal government at the Constitutional Convention? To what extent did they compromise? (3.8)

What were the continuities and changes in the structure and functions of the government with the ratification of the Constitution? (3.9)

What were the continuities and changes in the structure and functions of the government with the ratification of the Constitution? (3.9)

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Day 17

Review and Writing Practice: Causation

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Day 16

How and why did migration and immigration to and within North America cause competition and conflict? (3.12)

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Day 18

Assessment

Period 2 Calendar

Period 2 Overview

AP Time Period 3 1754-1800
Days 1-2: 1754-1800
Day 3: 1754-1800
Days 4-5: 1754-1800
What was the context in which America gained independence and developed a sense of national identity?
How did British colonial policies regarding North America lead to the Revolutionary War?
How and why did colonial attitudes about government change leading up to the American Revolution?

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Read Ahead: Chapter 3 (1763-1789) Introductory Essay and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Stamp Act Resistance Narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Signing the Declaration of Independence Decision Point and selected assessments

In Class: Acts of Parliament Primary Source Analysis and Gallery Walk

Read Ahead: Boston Tea Party Narrative and selected Assessments

In Class: The Path to Independence Primary Source Analysis: Evaluate calls for resistance against Britain

In Class: Primary Source analysis: John Dickinson, Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, 1767–1768 (Primary Source) Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776 (Primary Source)

Period 3 Calendar

Period 3 Overview

AP Time Period 3 1754-1800
Days 6-7: 1754-1800
Day 8: 1754-1800
Day 9: 1754-1800
Days 10-11: 1754-1800
What contributed to the American victory in the Revolutionary War?
How did the American Revolution affect society? What was the global impact of the American Revolution?
To what extent did the Articles of Confederation meet the needs of the new nation?
What were the different ideological positions on the structure and function of the federal government at the Constitutional Convention? To what extent did they compromise?

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Read Ahead: Read and annotate Loyalist vs. Patriot Decision Point and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Judith Sargent Murray, “On the Equality of the Sexes,” 1790, Primary Source

In Class: Read and annotate The Annapolis Convention Decision Point and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Constitutional Convention narrative

Read Ahead: Read and annotate the Ratification Debate on the Constitution narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Washington Crossing the Delaware narrative, The Battle of Saratoga and the French Alliance narrative, selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Mercy Otis Warren narrative and selected assessments

In Class: Primary Source analysis:The Articles of Confederation, 1781

In Class: Constitutional Convention Lesson: Comparing the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution

In Class: Class debate/discussion: What were the arguments for supporting the Loyalist and Patriot causes?

In Class: DBQ: The Global Impact of the American Revolution

The Northwest Ordinance, 1787

In Class: Primary Source analysis: Joseph Plumb Martin, The Adventures of a Revolutionary Soldier, 1777

Extension: Argumentation: The Process of Compromise Reading and Webquest

Extension: Abigail Adams: “Remember the Ladies” Mini DBQ

Extension: Art Analysis: Washington Crossing the Delaware

Period 3 Calendar

Period 3 Overview

AP Time Period 3 1754-1800
Day 14: 1754-1800
Days 10-11: 1754-1800
Days 12-13: 1754-1800
Day 15: 1754-1800
How and why did political ideas, institutions, and party systems develop and change in the new republic?
How and why did political ideas, institutions, and party systems develop and change in the new republic?
What were the different ideological positions on the structure and function of the federal government at the Constitutional Convention? To what extent did they compromise?
What were the continuities and changes in the structure and functions of the government with the ratification of the Constitution?

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Read Ahead: Chapter 4 Introductory Essay: 1789-1800 and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate The Compromise of 1790 Decision Point

Read and Annotate: The XYZ Affair and the Quasi-War with France

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Constitutional Convention narrative

Read Ahead: Read and complete historical reasoning questions in graphic organizer: Is the Constitution a Proslavery Document? Point-Counterpoint

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Thomas Jefferson on the Compromise of 1790

Read and Annotate: The Alien and Sedition Acts narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate the Ratification Debate on the Constitution narrative and selected assessments

In Class: Discuss/debate using the Is the Constitution a Proslavery Document? Point-Counterpoint

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Writings of Jefferson and Hamilton, 1785-1790

Primary Source Analysis

George Washington's Farewell Address, 1796

In Class: Primary Source analysis: Belinda Sutton, Petition to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1783 Quaker Anti-Slavery Petition, 1783

In Class: Constitutional Convention Lesson: Comparing the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution

Extend: Actions of the First Congress Lesson: Paraphrase and evaluate the constitutional amendments proposed by James Madison in 1789

Cartoon Analysis: Property Protected a la Francoise, 1798

Extension Options:

Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, 1798 and 1799

Benjamin Franklin and the First Abolitionist Petitions narrative

Extension: Argumentation: The Process of Compromise Reading and Webquest

Cartoon Analysis: Congressional Pugilists, 1798

Robert Carter and Manumission Decision Point

Extend: The National Bank Debate Lesson: Examine primary sources to understand the arguments for and against the creation of a national bank

The Failure of the Founders to Address Slavery [from mountvernon.org] Lesson: Primary Source Analysis

Period 3 Calendar

Period 3 Overview

AP Time Period 3 1754-1800
Day 16: 1754-1800 How and why did migration and immigration to and within North America cause competition and conflict? (3.12)
Days 17-18: 1754-1800 Review & Assessment

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Read Ahead: The Battle of Fallen Timbers narrative and selected assessments

Unit 2 Essay Activity: Option A: Analyze the causes of the American Revolution. To what extent did the legacies of the Revolution affect the creation of a new government for the new nation? Option B: Analyze the causes of the political divisions that emerged during the Washington and Adams administrations (1789–1801).

In Class: Primary Source Analysis and Comparison:

  • The Royal Proclamation of 1763
  • The Treaty of New York, 1790

Period 3 Calendar

Period 3 Overview

AP Time Period 4 1800 - 1848
LLPH Chapter(s)
Guiding Question(s)
Essay Question(s)
Number of Days

Chapter 5: 1800-1828 Chapter 6: 1828-1848

Was the early republic truly an Era of Good Feelings? Was the democratization of politics during the Jacksonian era a shift from Founding era political theory?

Was the early republic truly an Era of Good Feelings? Was the democratization of politics during the Jacksonian era a shift from Founding era political theory?

16 Days of Instruction 1 Day of Review & Writing Practice 1 Day for Assessment

  • explain the causes of the expansion of slavery and its influence on national politics and sectionalism.
  • evaluate national politics during the so-called Era of Good Feelings to determine if that title is valid.
  • analyze the effects of the Monroe Doctrine on domestic and international politics during this period.
  • explore the expansion of democracy in the Jacksonian era and its limits.
  • explore the sources of unity and conflict in American politics and society during the Jackson presidency, westward expansion, antebellum reform.
  • compare the democratization of politics during the Jacksonian era with the ideals of the Founding era.

Chapter Objectives

Period 4 Calendar

Period 4 Overview

AP Time Period 4 1800-1848

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Day 1

Setting the scene: What was the context in which the republic developed from 1800 to 1848? (4.1) How did national political parties in the Jeffersonian Era debate issues such as the tariff, government powers, and foreign relations? (4.2)

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Day 2
Day 4

How did national political parties in the Jeffersonian Era debate issues such as the tariff, government powers, and foreign relations? (4.2)

To what extent did regional interests affect debates on slavery and economic policy? (4.3)

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Day 5

How did national political parties in the Jeffersonian Era debate issues such as the tariff, government powers, and foreign relations? (4.2)

To what extent did regional interests affect debates on slavery and economic policy? (4.3)

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Day 7
Day 9
Day 10

Why and how did the United States seek influence and control in the Western Hemisphere? (4.4)

What were the causes and effects of the expansion of participatory democracy from 1800 to 1848? (4.7) How did new political parties continue debates on the role of the federal government? (4.8)

What were the causes and effects of the Market Revolution? (4.5, 4.6)

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Day 6

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Day 8

To what extent did regional interests affect debates on slavery and economic policy? (4.3)

Why and how did the United States seek influence and control in the Western Hemisphere? (4.4)

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Day 12

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Day 15
Day 14

What were the continuities and changes in the experience of African Americans from 1800 to 1848? (4.12)

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Day 11

How and why did a new American culture develop in the first half of the nineteenth century? (4.9) What were the causes of the Second Great Awakening? (4.10)

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Day 13

How and why did reform movements develop and expand from 1800 to 1848? (4.11)

How and why did a new American culture develop in the first half of the nineteenth century? (4.9) What were the causes of the Second Great Awakening? (4.10)

How and why did reform movements develop and expand from 1800 to 1848? (4.11)

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Day 17

Review and Writing Practice: Continuity and Change

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Day 16

What influenced the development of the South from 1800 to 1848? (4.13)

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Day 18

Assessment

Period 4 Calendar

Period 4 Overview

AP Time Period 4 1800-1848
Day 1: 1800-1848
Days 4-6: 1800-1848
Days 2-3: 1800-1848
What was the context in which the republic developed from 1800 to 1848? (4.1) How did national political parties in the Jeffersonian Era debate issues such as the tariff, government powers, and foreign relations? (4.2)
How did national political parties in the Jeffersonian Era debate issues such as the tariff, government powers, and foreign relations? (4.2)
To what extent did regional interests affect debates on slavery and economic policy? (4.3)

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Read Ahead: Chapter 5 Introductory Essay and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate The Lewis and Clark Expedition Narrative 1804 – 1806 and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate the Missouri Compromise 1820 Decision Point and selected assessments

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1805 Primary Source

Read Ahead: Read and annotate The Nullification Crisis narrative and selected assessments

In Class: Read and complete historical reasoning questions in graphic organizer: Was the Election of 1800 a Revolution? Point-Counterpoint

In Class: Annotated Map: Journey of Lewis and Clark

In Class: Read and complete historical reasoning questions in graphic organizer: Did the Missouri Compromise Merely Delay War? Point-Counterpoint

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Marbury v. Madison 1803 Decision Point and selected assessments

In Class: Class debate/discussion using the Did the Missouri Compromise Merely Delay War? Point-Counterpoint

In Class: Class debate/discussion using the Was the Election of 1800 a Revolution? Point-Counterpoint

In Class: John Marshall’s Landmark Cases DBQ

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Henry Clay, Speech on American Industry, 1824

John C. Calhoun, South Carolina Exposition and Protest, 1828

Webster-Hayne Debates 1830 Primary Source

Period 4 Calendar

Period 4 Overview

AP Time Period 4 1800-1848
Day 6 (cont.): 1800-1848
Days 7-8: 1800-1848
Day 9 : 1800-1848
Day 10: 1800-1848
Why and how did the United States seek influence and control in the Western Hemisphere?
What were the causes and effects of the Market Revolution?
To what extent did regional interests affect debates on slavery and economic policy?
What were the causes and effects of the expansion of participatory democracy from 1800 to 1848? How did new political parties continue debates on the role of the federal government?

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Read Ahead: Read and annotate The Trail of Tears Narrative 1831 – 1839 and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Chapter 6 Introductory Essay: 1828-1848 and selected assessments

In Class: Art Analysis: The County Election by George Caleb Bingham, 1854

(See previous week)

Read Ahead: Indian Removal Act, 1830, and Chief John Ross’s Memorial and Protest to Congress, 1836 Primary Source

In Class: Annotated timeline: 1828-1844

In Class: Read and annotate Andrew Jackson’s Veto of the National Bank decision point and selected assessments

In Class: Responses to the Cherokee Removal DBQ

Optional Extension: Native Americans in American Art Analysis Lesson

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Andrew Jackson’s Bank Veto Message, 1832

Period 4 Calendar

Period 4 Overview

AP Time Period 4 1800-1848
Day 11: 1800-1848
Days 12-13: 1800-1848
Day 14: 1800-1848
Day 15: 1800-1848
How did new political parties continue debates on the role of the federal government? How and why did a new American culture develop in the first half of the nineteenth century?
What were the continuities and changes in the experience of African Americans from 1800 to 1848?
What influenced the development of the South from 1800 to 1848?
How and why did reform movements develop and expand from 1800 to 1848?

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Read Ahead: Read and annotate Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Nat Turner’s Rebellion narrative

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin narrative and selected assessments

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835

Frederick Douglass’s Path to Freedom narrative and selected assessments

Sarah M. Grimké, Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women, 1837

In Class: Changing Views of Slavery DBQ

Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The American Scholar,” 1837

In Class: The Women’s Movement and the Seneca Falls Convention Lesson: Primary Source Analysis and Comparison of the Declaration Independence, the Declaration of Sentiments, and writings from men and women involved in the women’s rights movement

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: David Walker, "An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World," 1829

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Jedediah Burchard, Revivalist Sermon, 1835

Optional Extension: Dorothea Dix, Memorial to the Legislature of Massachusetts, 1843

Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, 1845

Period 4 Calendar

Period 4 Overview

AP Time Period 4 1800-1848
Day 16: 1800-1848
Day 17: 1800-1848
Review & Writing Practice
Assessment

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Option A: Evaluate the extent to which the “Era of Good Feelings” was a change from the founding spirit of the United States. In your response, consider the concepts of nationalism and sectionalism. Option B: Evaluate the extent to which the democratization of politics during the Jacksonian Era was a change from founding-era political theory.

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Period 4 Calendar

Period 4 Overview

AP Time Period 5 1844-1877
LLPH Chapter(s)
Number of Days
Guiding Question(s)
Essay Question(s)

Chapter 7: 1848-1860 Chapter 8: 1860-1877

Was the Civil War inevitable? Did the Civil War help create a more perfect Union?

Was the Civil War inevitable? Did the Civil War help create a more perfect Union?

18 Days of Instruction 2 Days of Review & Writing Practice 1 Day for Assessment

  • explain how the acquisition of new territories changed the social, cultural, and economic landscape of the United States
  • analyze the causes of sectional tensions including slavery, westward expansion, economics, and cultural differences.
  • analyze the causes of the Civil War and whether that war could have been avoided.
  • examine the relationship between military events in the Civil War and changes in politics, society, and justice for African Americans.
  • analyze the changing nature of the goals of the Civil War and whether it wrought a “second American Revolution.”
  • evaluate whether justice for African Americans was achieved through Reconstruction.

Chapter Objectives

Period 5 Calendar

Period 5 Overview

AP Time Period 5 1844-1877

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Setting the scene: What was the context in which sectional conflict emerged from 1844 to 1860? (5.1) How did westward expansion contribute to this conflict? (5.2)

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Day 4

What were the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War? (5.3)

How did immigration affect American culture in the mid-nineteenth century? (5.5)

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How did national leaders attempt to resolve the heated issue of slavery in the territories? (5.4)

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How did regional differences related to slavery cause tension in the antebellum years? (5.5)

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Day 9
Day 10

What were the effects of Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860? (5.7)

How did Lincoln’s leadership affect the course of the Civil War? (5.9)

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How did attempts at compromise over the issue of slavery fail? How did sectional parties emerge? (5.6)

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What were the major events of the Civil War? What contributed to a Union victory? (5.8)

What were the major events of the Civil War? What contributed to a Union victory? (5.8)

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Day 14

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Day 11

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What were the goals of Reconstruction and to what extent were those goals accomplished? (5.10)

What were the goals of Reconstruction and to what extent were those goals accomplished? (5.10)

What were the goals of Reconstruction and to what extent were those goals accomplished? (5.10)

What were the goals of Reconstruction and to what extent were those goals accomplished? (5.10)

How did Lincoln’s leadership affect the course of the Civil War? (5.9)

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Review

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Day 16

What were the goals of Reconstruction and to what extent were those goals accomplished? (5.11)

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Day 19
Day 18

Review & Writing Practice: Causation

Assessment

Assessment or Make-Up Day or Stretch

Period 5 Calendar

Period 5 Overview

AP Time Period 5 1844-1877
Day 1: 1844-1877
Day 4: 1844-1877
Day 3: 1844-1877
Day 2: 1844-1877
Day 5: 1844-1877
What was the context in which sectional conflict emerged from 1844 to 1860? (5.1) How did westward expansion contribute to this conflict? (5.2)
What were the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War?
How did national leaders attempt to resolve the heated issue of slavery in the territories?
How did immigration affect American culture in the mid-nineteenth century?
How did regional differences related to slavery cause tension in the antebellum years?

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Read Ahead: Read and annotate Chapter 7 Introductory Essay: 1844–1860, selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate To Go to War with Mexico? Decision Point, selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate The Compromise of 1850 Decision Point, selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Nativist Riots and the Know-Nothing Party narrative, selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Harriett Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin narrative, selected assessments

In Class: Primary Source analysis: William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass’ Views on Abolition, 1845–1852

In Class: Primary Source analysis: Daniel Webster, “7th of March,” 1850

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: American Progress by John Gast, 1872

In Class: Irish and German Immigration DBQ

In Class: Primary Source analysis: John O’Sullivan, “Annexation,” 1845

In Class: Primary Source analysis: Sojourner Truth, “Ain’t I a Woman?” 1851

In Class: Primary Source analysis: Fugitive Slave Act, 1850

In Class: Read and complete historical reasoning questions in graphic organizer, To What Extent Were Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion Justified? Point-counterpoint

In Class: Primary Source analysis: Henry David Thoreau, “Slavery in Massachusetts,” 1854

In Class: Read and discuss: Thomas Sims and the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 narrative

Debating the Mexican-American War, May 1846

In Class: Class debate/discussion using the To What Extent Were Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion Justified? Point-counterpoint

Optional Extension: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad narrative

Period 5 Calendar

Period 5 Overview

AP Time Period 5 1844-1877
Day 6: 1844-1877
Days 8-9: 1844-1877
Day 7: 1844-1877
Days 10-11: 1844-1877
How did attempts at compromise over the issue of slavery fail? How did sectional parties emerge?
What were the effects of Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860?
What were the major events of the Civil War? What contributed to a Union victory?
How did Lincoln’s leadership affect the course of the Civil War?

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In Class: Dred Scott v. Sandford DBQ

In Class: Primary Source analysis: Mathew Brady, The Dead of Antietam Photography, 1862

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation Decision Point, selected assessments

Read Ahead and annotate: Kansas-Nebraska Act and Bleeding Kansas narrative

Read Ahead and annotate: John Brown and Harpers Ferry narrative

In Class: Jigsaw:

  • Fort Sumter and the Coming of the War narrative
  • The Battle of Antietam narrative
  • Gettysburg and Vicksburg: July 4, 1863 narrative
  • William Tecumseh Sherman and Total War narrative
  • Grant and Lee at Appomattox Decision Point
  • Women during the Civil War narrative

In Class: Rhetoric of Abraham Lincoln DBQ

Read Ahead and annotate: The Election of 1860 narrative

In Class: The Election of Lincoln and the Secession of Southern States DBQ

Optional Extension:

Primary Source Analysis: J.B. Elliott, Scott’s Great Snake (Anaconda Plan), 1861

Daniel Emmett’s “Dixie” and Julia Ward Howe’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” 1859 and 1861

Images of Total War: Sherman’s March to the Sea, 1865

Period 5 Calendar

Period 5 Overview

AP Time Period 5 1844-1877
Days 10-11: 1844-1877
Day 14: 1844-1877
Day 13: 1844-1877
Day 12: 1844-1877
Day 15: 1844-1877
What were the goals of Reconstruction and to what extent were those goals accomplished?
What were the goals of Reconstruction and to what extent were those goals accomplished?
What were the goals of Reconstruction and to what extent were those goals accomplished?
What were the goals of Reconstruction and to what extent were those goals accomplished?
How did Lincoln’s leadership affect the course of the Civil War?

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Read Ahead: Read and annotate Chapter 8 Introductory Essay: 1860-1877, selected assessments

In Class: Read and complete historical reasoning questions in graphic organizer, To what extent did American principles become a reality for African Americans during Reconstruction? Point-counterpoint

Read Ahead: Read and annotate The Ku Klux Klan and Violence at the Polls narrative, selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation Decision Point, selected assessments

In Class: Emergence of Black Codes DBQ Lesson

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: The Rail Splitter at Work Repairing the Union, 1865

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Thomas Nast on Reconstruction, 1874

In Class: Rhetoric of Abraham Lincoln DBQ

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Comparing Views of the Freedmen’s Bureau, 1866

In Class: Class debate/ discussion using the To what extent did American principles become a reality for African Americans during Reconstruction? Point-counterpoint

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Andrew Johnson’s Veto of the Civil Rights Act, 1866

In Class: Read and discuss O.O. Howard and the Freedmen’s Bureau narrative

Period 5 Calendar

Period 5 Overview

AP Time Period 5 1844-1877
Day 16: 1844-1877
Day 19: 1844-1877
Day 18: 1844-1877
Day 17: 1844-1877
Day 20: 1844-1877
What were the goals of Reconstruction and to what extent were those goals accomplished?
Review
Review & Writing Practice: Causation
Assessment
Assessment, Stretch, Make-Up Day

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In Class: Civics Connection: Equality, the Civil War, and Reconstruction Timeline and Analysis

Unit 4 Essay Activity: Option A: Explain the major causes of the Civil War Option B: Analyze the effects of the Civil War on U.S. politics and society

Period 5 Calendar

Period 5 Overview

AP Time Period 6 1877-1898
LLPH Chapter(s)
Number of Days
Guiding Question(s)
Essay Question(s)

Explain the extent to which industrialization brought social and economic continuity and change from 1877 to 1898. Explain how various factors contributed to continuity and change in the “New South” from 1877 to 1898.

Chapter 9: 1877-1898

16 Days of Instruction 1 Day of Review & Writing Practice 1 Day for Assessment 2 Days for Make-Up or Stretch

How did a changing view of government’s responsibility during the Gilded Age affect American society?

  • evaluate the consequences of rapid industrialization and the rise of big business on American society and government.
  • trace the rise of reform movements and how they changed American society and culture.
  • evaluate the impact of immigration to and migration within the United States during the late nineteenth century.

Chapter Objectives

Period 6 Calendar

Period 6 Overview

AP Time Period 6 1865-1898

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Setting the scene: What was the context for the rise of industrial capitalism in the United States? (6.1, 6.10)

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Day 4

What were the effects of new transportation and communication systems following the Civil War? (6.2)

How did western settlement affect relations with American Indians? (6.3)

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What were the causes and effects of the settlement of the West from 1877 to 1898? (6.3)

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How did a system of sharecropping and tenant farming emerge in the “New South?” How did this system end any gains for African Americans made during Reconstruction? (6.4)

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Day 7
Day 9
Day 10

To what extent were the natural, civil, and political rights of African Americans protected during the Gilded Age? (6.4)

How did the growth of industrial capitalism affect internal and international migration? What were the responses to immigration in this time period? (6.8, 6.9)

How did the growth of industrial capitalism affect the lives of business leaders and workers? (6.5, 6.6, 6.7)

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How did African Americans fight for political and social equality? (6.4)

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Day 8

To what extent were the natural, civil, and political rights of African Americans protected during the Gilded Age? (6.4)

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Day 14

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How did the growth of industrial capitalism affect internal and international migration? What were the responses to immigration in this time period? (6.8, 6.9)

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What accounted for the rise and fall of political machines in the Gilded Age? (6.13)

What accounted for the rise and fall of political machines in the Gilded Age? (6.13) What accounted for the rise of Populist and Socialist parties during the Gilded Age? (6.13)

How did reform movements respond to the rise of industrial capitalism in the Gilded Age? (6.11)

What accounted for the rise and fall of political machines in the Gilded Age? (6.13) What accounted for the rise of Populist and Socialist parties during the Gilded Age? (6.13)

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Review & Writing Practice: Continuity and Change

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Why and how did policymakers look to the Pacific Rim and Asia for greater influence and control during the Gilded Age? (6.12)

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Day 19
Day 18

Assessment

Assessment or Make-Up Day or Stretch

Assessment or Make-Up Day or Stretch

Period 6 Calendar

Period 6 Overview

AP Time Period 6 1865-1898
Day 1: 1865-1898
Day 3: 1865-1898
Day 2: 1865-1898
Day 4: 1865-1898
Day 5: 1865-1898
What were the effects of new transportation and communication systems following the Civil War?
What were the causes and effects of the settlement of the West from 1877 to 1898?
How did western settlement affect relations with American Indians?
How did a system of sharecropping and tenant farming emerge in the New South? How did this system end any gains for African Americans made during Reconstruction?
What was the context for the rise of industrial capitalism in the United States?

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Read Ahead: Read and annotate The Transcontinental Railroad

Read Ahead: Frederick Jackson Turner, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History,” 1893 primary source

Read Ahead: Read and annotate George Custer, Sitting Bull, and the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Ida B. Wells, “Lynch Law,” 1893 primary source

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Chapter 9 (1877-1898) introductory essay and selected assessments

In Class: Read and discuss gains and losses for African Americans 1860 - 1898 Ida B. Wells and the Campaign against Lynching narrative

In Class: Read and complete historical reasoning questions in graphic organizer, Was Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier Thesis of 1893 Myth or Reality? Point – counterpoint

Read Ahead: The Brooklyn Bridge narrative and selected assessments

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: The Dawes Act, 1887

In Class: Annotated drawings: The Transcontinental Railroad and the Brooklyn Bridge as symbols of the Gilded Age

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Images from the Carlisle Indian School, 1880s

In Class: Class debate/discussion using the Was Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier Thesis of 1893 Myth or Reality?

Plessy v. Ferguson narrative

Optional Extension: Cowboys and Cattle Drives narrative and selected assessments

Period 6 Calendar

Period 6 Overview

AP Time Period 6 1865-1898
Day 6: 1865-1898
Days 7-8: 1865-1898
Day 9: 1865-1898
Days 10-11: 1865-1898
How did African Americans fight for political and social equality?
How did the growth of industrial capitalism affect internal and international migration? What were the responses to immigration in this time period?
To what extent were the natural, civil, and political rights of African Americans protected during the Gilded Age?
How did the growth of industrial capitalism affect the lives of business leaders and workers?

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Read Ahead: Read and annotate The Chinese Exclusion Act decision point

In Class: Unit 5 Civics Connection: Civil Rights and Economic Freedom Lesson: Timeline analyzing the extent to which the natural, civil, and political rights of African Americans were protected during the Gilded Age.

Read Ahead and annotate: Andrew Carnegie and the Creation of U.S. Steel

In Class: Debating Strategies for Change using Structured Academic Controversy: Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. Du Bois

Read Ahead and Annotate: Jane Addams, Hull House, and Immigration

Read Ahead and annotate The Homestead Strike narratives and selected assessments

In Class: Primary Source analysis: Cartoon Analysis Immigration in the Gilded Age, 1882–1896 primary source

In Class: Read and complete historical reasoning questions in graphic organizer, Were the Titans of the Gilded Age “Robber Barons” or Entrepreneurial Industrialists? Point-counterpoint

In Class: Industry and Immigration in the Gilded Age Lesson: Primary source analysis of immigrant letters and immigration laws 1896-1897

In Class: Class debate/discussion using the Were the Titans of the Gilded Age “Robber Barons” or Entrepreneurial Industrialists?

Period 6 Calendar

Period 6 Overview

AP Time Period 6 1865-1898
Days 10-11: 1865-1898
Days 14-15: 1844-1877
Day 13: 1844-1877
Day 12: 1844-1877
What accounted for the rise of Populist and Socialist parties during the Gilded Age?
How did the growth of industrial capitalism affect internal and international migration? What were the responses to immigration in this time period?
How did reform movements respond to the ride of industrial capitalism in the Gilded Age?
What accounted for the rise and fall of political machines in the Gilded Age?

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Read Ahead: Edward Bellamy, Looking Backward, 2000–1887, 1888 primary source

Read Ahead: Read and annotate William “Boss” Tweed and Political Machines narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Ignatius Donnelly and the 1892 Populist Platform narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate The Chinese Exclusion Act decision point

In Class: Primary Source analysis: Cartoon Analysis: Thomas Nast Takes on “Boss” Tweed, 1871

Read Ahead and Annotate: Jane Addams, Hull House, and Immigration

In Class: Debating Industrial Progress using Structured Academic Controversy: Andrew Carnegie vs. Henry George

In Class: Primary Source analysis: William Jennings Bryan, “Cross of Gold” speech, 1896

In Class: Primary Source analysis: Cartoon Analysis Immigration in the Gilded Age, 1882–1896 primary source

In Class: Read and complete historical reasoning questions in graphic organizer, Were Urban Bosses Essential Service Providers or Corrupt Politicians? Point-counterpoint

In Class: Populists and Socialists in the Gilded Age Lesson: Analyzing excerpts from political platforms and comparing philosophies

In Class: Industry and Immigration in the Gilded Age Lesson: Primary source analysis of immigrant letters and immigration laws 1896-1897

In Class: Class debate/discussion using the Were Urban Bosses Essential Service Providers or Corrupt Politicians? Point-counterpoint

Period 6 Calendar

Period 6 Overview

AP Time Period 6 1865-1898
Day 16: 1865-1898
Day 17: 1865-1898
Day 20: 1865-1898
Day 18: 1865-1898
Day 19: 1865-1898
Assessment or Stretch or Make-Up Day
Review & Writing Practice: Continuity and Change
Why and how did the policymakers look to the Pacific Rim and Asia for greater influence and control during the Gilded Age?
Assessment
Assessment or Stretch or Make-Up Day

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Unit 5 Essay Activity Option A: Explain the extent to which industrialization brought social and economic continuity and change from 1877 to 1898. Option B: Explain how various factors contributed to continuity and change in the “New South” from 1877 to 1898.

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Read Ahead: Read and annotate The Annexation of Hawaii narrative and selected assessments

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In Class: The Annexation of Hawaii DBQ

Period 6 Calendar

Period 6 Overview

AP Time Period 7 1890-1945
LLPH Chapter(s)
Guiding & Essay Question(s)
Number of Days

Chapter 10: 1898-1919 Chapter 11: 1920-1932 Chapter 12: 1932-1945

19 Days of Instruction 1 Day of Review & Writing Practice 1 Day for Assessment 2 Days for Make-Up or Stretch

How did the Progressive vision shape American politics, society, and foreign policy from 1898 to 1917? How did the modernization of the American economy and society lead to cultural conflict during the 1920s? How did Franklin Roosevelt respond to the crises of the Great Depression at home and the war against tyrannical states during World War II abroad?

  • understand how Progressive reforms expanded the role of government in the American economy and society.
  • understand how Progressive ideas helped shape America’s expanding presence around the globe.
  • compare and contrast the Progressive understanding of the scale, scope, and purpose of government with that of the Founders.
  • explore whether the role of government changed from the Progressive Era to the 1920s and Great Depression.
  • understand the different examples of cultural conflict that arose from the modernization of the economy and society.
  • explore the different causes of the Great Depression and the debate over the government’s response to the crisis.
  • assess the success of the federal government in solving the economic collapse of the Great Depression.
  • explain the changes and continuities in U.S. foreign policy objectives during the 1930s and 1940s.
  • explore the long-term changes to American society that were caused by World War II.

Chapter Objectives

Period 7 Calendar

Period 7 Overview

AP Time Period 7 1890-1945

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Day 2
Day 4
Day 3

What were the goals and effects of the Progressive reform movement? (7.4)

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What were the major arguments of imperialists and anti-imperialists regarding the U.S.’s role in the world? What were the effects of the Spanish-American War? (7.1 7.2, 7.3)

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Day 5

What were the major arguments of imperialists and anti-imperialists regarding the U.S.’s role in the world? What were the effects of the Spanish-American War? (7.1 7.2, 7.3)

What were the goals and effects of the Progressive reform movement? (7.4)

To what extend did the Progressive reform movement affect the lives of African Americans? (7.4)

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Day 7
Day 9
Day 10

What were the causes and consequences of U.S. involvement in World War I? (7.5)

Day 6

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Day 8

How did U.S. involvement in World War I affect attitudes toward immigration and civil liberties? (7.6)

What were the goals and effects of the Progressive reform movement? (7.4)

How did U.S. involvement in World War I affect attitudes toward immigration and civil liberties? (7.6)

How did U.S. involvement in World War I affect attitudes toward immigration and civil liberties? (7.6)

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Day 12

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Day 15
Day 14

What were the causes of the Great Depression and its effects on the economy? (7.9)

How did the New Deal affect American political, social, and economic life? (7.10)

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Day 11
Day 13

What were the causes and effects of innovations in communication and technology in the United States in the 1920s? (7.7)

How did growing cities offer both opportunity and challenges to African Americans? (7.8)

How did growing cities offer both opportunity and challenges to African Americans? (7.8)

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How did U.S. participation in World War II affect American society? (7.12, 7.13)

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What defined U.S. foreign policy in the years following World War I? (7.11)

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Day 20
Day 19
Day 18

How did U.S. participation in World War II affect American society? (7.12, 7.13)

How did U.S. participation in World War II affect American society? (7.12, 7.13)

Review and Writing Practice: Comparison and Causation

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Day 22

Assessment or Make-Up Day or Stretch

Day 21

Assessment

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Day 23

Assessment or Make-Up Day or Stretch

Period 7 Calendar

Period 7 Overview

AP Time Period 7 1890-1945
Days 1-2: 1890-1945
Days 3-4: 1890-1945
Day 5: 1890-1945
What were the major arguments of imperialists and anti-imperialists regarding the U.S.’s role in the world? What were the effects of the Spanish-American War?
What were the goals and effects of the Progressive reform movement?
What were the goals and effects of the Progressive reform movement?

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Read and annotate Wilsonian Progressivism 1913 – 1920 narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Chapter 10 (1898-1919) introductory essay and selected assessments

Read Ahead and annotate: Ida M. Tarbell’s Crusade against Standard Oil 1904

In Class: Primary Source analysis: -Redfield Proctor vs. Mark Twain on American Imperialism, 1898–1906 -Cartoon Analysis: Victor Gillam, A Lesson for Anti-Expansionists, 1899

Read Ahead and annotate: Westward Expansion and the Quest to Conserve 1890 - 1910 narratives and selected assessments

In Class: Read and complete historical reasoning questions in graphic organizer, Was Prohibition a Success or a Failure? Point-counterpoint

In Class: Jigsaw: -Remember the Maine! Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders Narrative -The Panama Canal Narrative - Philippine-American War Narrative

In Class: Primary Source analysis: Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, 1906

In Class: Primary Source analysis: Lewis Hine, Photographs Documenting Child Labor, 1908

In Class: Class debate/discussion using the Was Prohibition a Success or a Failure? Point-counterpoint

In Class: Debate/discussion/writing prompt: Was U.S. intervention justified in each case?

In Class: The Progressive Movement DBQ

Optional Extension: Did the Progressive Movement Diverge from the Founding? point-counterpoint

Period 7 Calendar

Period 7 Overview

AP Time Period 7 1890-1945
Day 6: 1890-1945
Day 8: 1890-1945
Day 9-10: 1890-1945
Day 7: 1890-1945
How did U.S. involvement in World War I affect attitudes toward immigration and civil liberties?
To what extent did the Progressive reform movement affect the lives of African-Americans?
To what extent did the Progressive reform movement affect the women’s suffrage movement?
What were the causes and consequences of U.S. involvement in World War I?

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Read Ahead: Read and annotate Jim Crow and Progressivism 1890s – 1910

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Carrie Chapman Catt, Open Address to the U.S. Congress, 1917 primary source

Read Ahead: America Enters World War I 1917

Read Ahead: The Espionage Act of 1917 primary source

Read Ahead: Over There: The U.S. Soldier in World War I

In Class: Schenck v. United States (1919) DBQ

Read Ahead: The Great Migration 1916 – 1920s

In Class: Women's Suffrage and the Nineteenth Amendment Lesson: Image analysis and timeline

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: George M. Cohan, “Over There”

In Class: Lesson: Blues and the Great Migration [from teachrock.org]; Using primary source analysis, students will consider how the Great Migration spread Southern culture, helping to give the Blues a central place in American popular music.

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points, 1918

Optional Extension: Alice Paul and the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage 1912 – 1920

In Class: Read and discuss The Treaty of Versailles 1919 decision point

Optional Extension: Elihu Root vs. William Jennings Bryan on Women’s Suffrage, 1894–1914 primary source

Period 7 Calendar

Period 7 Overview

AP Time Period 7 1890-1945
Day 11: 1890-1945
Day 12: 1890-1945
Day 13: 1890-1945
Day 14: 1890-1945
Day 15: 1890-1945
Why and how did nativist campaigns experience a resurgence after World War I?
How did growing cities offer both opportunity and challenges to African Americans?
What were the causes and effects of innovations in communication and technology in the United States in the 1920s?
What were the causes of Great Depression and its effects on the economy?
How did U.S. involvement in World War I affect attitudes toward immigration and civil liberties?

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Read Ahead: Read and annotate Chapter 11 (1920-1932) Introductory Essay and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Postwar Race Riots 1919 narrative and selected assessments

In Class: Reading and comparison prompt The KKK during Reconstruction vs. the KKK in the 1920s

Read Ahead: The Crash of 1929 narrative and selected assessment

Read Ahead: Read and annotate The Red Scare and Civil Liberties narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead: The Dust Bowl 1930 – 1936 narrative and selected assessment

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Langston Hughes, “I, Too” and “The Weary Blues,” 1920 and 1925

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Business and Advertising in the Early Twentieth Century, 1910–1917

Optional Extension: The Scopes Trial 1925 narrative

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Mitchell Palmer, “The Case against the Reds,” primary source 1920

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Photographs: The Dust Bowl and Rural Poverty, 1936–1937

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Marcus Garvey, “Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World,” 1920

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Charlie Chaplin, “The Kid”, 1921

Ellison DuRant Smith, “Shut the Door,” 1924

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Andy Razaf (lyrics), Thomas “Fats” Waller and Harry Brooks (score),“Ain’t Misbehavin’,”Jazz and the Radio, 1929

Immigration Act of 1924

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AP Time Period 7 1890-1945
Day 16: 1890-1945
Day 17: 1890-1945
Day 20: 1890-1945
Day 18: 1890-1945
Day 19: 1890-1945
What were the causes and effects of the Allied victory in World War II?
What defined U.S. foreign policy in the years following World War I?
How did U.S. participation in World War II affect American society?
What were the causes and effects of the Allied victory in World War II?
How did the New Deal affect American political, social, and economic life?

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Read Ahead: Dropping the Atomic Bomb decision point

Read Ahead: Chapter 12 Introductory Essay and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Pearl Harbor 1941 narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead and annotate: D-Day 1944

Read Ahead and annotate: U.S. Foreign Policy between the Wars

Read Ahead and annotate: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima 1945

In Class: Was the Use of the Atomic Bomb Justified? DBQ

Read Ahead and annotate Foreign Policy in the 1930s: From Neutrality to Involvement

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: FDR’s first inaugural, March 4, 1933

In Class: Korematsu v. United States (1944) and Japanese Internment DBQ

Read Ahead and annotate: The Manhattan Project 1942 – 1945

Read Ahead and annotate: Neutrality Acts and America First

In Class: Primary source analysis: Photographs: Women at Work on the Homefront during World War II, 1941–1945

In Class: Read and complete historical reasoning questions in graphic organizer, The New Deal: Successful or Not? Point-counterpoint

In Class: Debate/discussion: U.S. foreign policy between the wars contributed to making the Second World War and U.S. involvement in it more likely.

The Atlantic Charter, 1941

In Class: Class debate/discussion using The New Deal: Successful or Not? Point-counterpoint

Dwight Eisenhower, D-Day Statement, 1944

Phil “Bo” Perabo, Letter Home, 1945

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AP Time Period 7 1890-1945
Day 21: 1890-1945
Day 22: 1890-1945
Day 23: 1890-1945
Day 24: 1890-1945
Assessment
Assessment or Stretch or Make-Up Day
Review and Writing Practice: Comparison and Causation
Assessment or Stretch or Make-Up Day

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Unit 6 Essay Activity Option A: Explore the similarities and differences in the Progressive vision of the government’s scale, scope, and purpose with that of the Founders. Option B: Explain the causes of the Great Depression and its effects on TWO of the following: American political, social, or economic life. Option C: Explore the similarities and differences in attitudes about the United States’ proper role in the world during the period c. 1898 – 1945.

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AP Time Period 8 1945-1980
LLPH Chapter(s)
Number of Days
Guiding & Essay Question(s)

Chapter 13: 1946-1960 Chapter 14: 1960-1968 Chapter 15: 1968-1980

How did anti-communist foreign policy, the liberal welfare state, and American cultural values shape the postwar world from 1945 to 1960? How did internal and external political and cultural tensions shape the years 1960-1968? How did a fracturing of the liberal consensus shape politics and culture between 1968 and 1980?

20 Days of Instruction 1 Day of Review & Writing Practice

  • explore the causes and effects of the Cold War and U.S. internationalist foreign policy.
  • analyze how the civil rights movement gained momentum after World War II.
  • analyze vast economic, demographic, technological, cultural, and social changes in the postwar United States.
  • explain the triumph and decline of the liberal consensus over the welfare state and the rise of the conservative movement.
  • analyze how different groups in American society fought for equality and rights.
  • analyze numerous economic, demographic, technological, cultural, and social changes in the United States during the 1960s
  • explain the triumph and decline of the liberal consensus over the welfare state and the rise of the conservative movement.
  • analyze how different groups in American society fought for equality and rights.

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Day 3

What policies and events defined the early stages of the Cold War? (8.2)

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What were the consequences of U.S. involvement in World War II? (7.14, 8.2)

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What were the causes and effects of the Red Scare following World War II? (8.3)

What policies and events defined the early stages of the Cold War? (8.2)

What policies and events defined the early stages of the Cold War? (8.2)

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Day 7
Day 9
Day 10

How and why did the Civil Rights Movement develop and expand from 1945 to 1960? (8.6)

What were the causes and effects of U.S. involvement in Vietnam? (8.8)

Day 6

How did mass culture become increasingly homogenous in the postwar years? How did artists rebel against this conformity? (8.4, 8.5)

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How did Cold War competition extend beyond the U.S. and Soviet Union? How did this affect the U.S.’s role in the world? (8.7)

What were the causes and effects of U.S. involvement in Vietnam? (8.8)

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How and why did the Civil Rights Movement expand after 1960? (8.11)

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What were the defining events of the Civil Rights Movement? What were the arguments for and against the use of nonviolence in the movement? (8.10)

What were the defining events of the Civil Rights Movement? What were the arguments for and against the use of nonviolence in the movement? (8.10)

What were the defining events of the Civil Rights Movement? What were the arguments for and against the use of nonviolence in the movement? (8.10)

In what context did Lyndon Johnson call for a "Great Society"? Was it successful? (8.9)

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Review & Writing Practice: Causation

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What forms did youth social protest movements take in the 1960s and 1970s? (8.12)

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Day 18

How political scandals and economic challenges in the 1970s affect public confidence and trust in the government? (8.14)

How did an environmental movement emerge? (8.13)

How and why did the Civil Rights Movement expand after 1960? (8.11)

What forms did youth social protest movements take in the 1960s and 1970s? (8.12)

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AP Time Period 8 1945-1980
Day 1: 1945-1980
Days 2-3: 1945-1980
Day 4: 1945-1980
Day 5: 1945-1980
What were the consequences of U.S. involvement in World War II?
What were the causes and effects of the Red Scare following World War II?
What policies and events defined the early stages of the Cold War?
How did mass culture becoming increasingly homogenous in the postwar years? How did artists rebel against this conformity?

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Read Ahead: Read and annotate Dr. Benjamin Spock and the Baby Boom 1946 narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead and annotate: The Postwar Red Scare 1950s narrative

In Class: Annotated Timeline/Jigsaw: The Cold War Heats Up Winston Churchill, “Sinews of Peace,” March 1946 primary source

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Ch. 13 (1945-1960) introductory essay and selected assessments

Read Ahead and annotate: Cold War Spy Cases 1950s narrative

In Class: Primary Source Analysis: Levittown Videos, 1947–1957

Harry S. Truman, “Truman Doctrine” Address, March 1947 primary source

In Class: Read and complete historical reasoning questions in graphic organizer, Who Was Responsible for Starting the Cold War? Point-counterpoint

In Class: McCarthyism DBQ 1950 - 1954

Critics of Postwar Culture: Jack Kerouac, On the Road (Excerpts), 1957

George Kennan (“Mr. X”), “Sources of Soviet Conduct,” July 1947 primary source

The Berlin Airlift narrative

The Korean War and the Battle of Chosin Reservoir narrative

In Class: The Sound of the Suburbs Lesson [from teachrock.org]: Using primary source analysis, students will consider how the music of the Beach Boys reflects the suburbanization of postwar America

In Class: Class debate/discussion using the Who Was Responsible for Starting the Cold War? Point-counterpoint

Truman Fires General Douglas MacArthur decision point

The Nixon–Khrushchev Kitchen Debate narrative

Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 narrative

Nixon Opens China 1972 narrative

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AP Time Period 8 1945-1980
Day 9: 1945-1980
Day 7: 1945-1980
Day 10: 1945-1980
Day 6: 1945-1980
Day 8: 1945-1980
How did Cold War competition extend beyond the U.S. and Soviet Union? How did this affect the U.S.’s role in the world?
What were the causes and effects of U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
In what context did Lyndon Johnson call for a “Great Society” Was it successful?
What were the causes and effects of U.S. involvement in Vietnam?
How and why did the Civil Rights Movement develop and expand from 1945 to 1960?

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In Class: Read and complete historical reasoning questions in graphic organizer, Was the Great Society Successful? Point-counterpoint

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Ch. 14 (1960-1968) introductory essay and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Election of 1968 narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Eisenhower and the Suez Canal Crisis 1956 decision point

In Class: Jigsaw: Jackie Robinson narrative

The Murder of Emmett Till narrative

In Class: Primary Source analysis: The Tonkin Gulf Resolution, 1964

In Class: Primary Source analysis and comparison: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Farewell Address, January 1961

In Class: Read and complete historical reasoning questions in graphic organizer: Was the media coverage of the Tet Offensive fair? Point-counterpoint

In Class: Class debate/discussion using the Was the Great Society Successful? Point-counterpoint

The Little Rock Nine narrative

Lyndon B. Johnson, “Peace without Conquest,” April 7, 1965

Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Montgomery Bus Boycott narrative

George Washington’s Farewell Address, 1796 in Chapter 4

The Vietnam War Experience: An Interview with Veteran William Maxwell Barner III

In Class: Class debate/discussion using the Was the media coverage of the Tet Offensive fair?

Rosa Parks’ Account of the Montgomery Bus Boycott (Radio Interview), April 1956 primary source

Walter Cronkite Speaks Out Against Vietnam, February 27, 1968

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AP Time Period 8 1945-1980
Days 13-15: 1945-1980
Days 11-12: 1945-1980
How and why did the Civil Rights Movement expand after 1960?
What were the defining events of the Civil Rights Movement? What were the arguments for and against the use of nonviolence in the movement?

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In Class Jigsaw: What were the defining events of the Civil Rights Movement?

  • Freedom Riders narrative
  • March on Birmingham narrative
  • Black Power narrative

In Class Jigsaw: How did different groups in American society fight for equality and rights in the 1960s and 1970s?

  • Betty Friedan and the Women's Movement
  • Chavez, Huerta, Migrant Workers, Mexican Americans
  • Native Americans and Pine Ridge (Wounded Knee)
  • Gay Liberation Movement

In Class: Primary Source Analysis and Comparison:

  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail, 1963
  • Malcolm X, The Ballot or the Bullet, 1964

In Class: Primary Source Analysis/Discussion: How did different groups in American society fight for equality and rights in the 1960s and 1970s?

  • Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, 1963
  • National Organization for Women (NOW), Bill of Rights, 1968
  • Indians of All Tribes, Alcatraz Proclamation, 1969
  • Art as Protest: Images from the United Farm Workers of America, 1973–1978

Optional Extension: Civil Disobedience Across Time Lesson: Primary Source analysis

Optional Extension: The Birth Control Pill narrative

Optional Extension: The Music of the Civil Rights Movement lesson [from teachrock.org]; Using primary source analysis, students will consider how popular music reflected the values of the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and helped the movement convey its message.

Optional Extension: Civil Rights DBQ [from teachrock.org]

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Period 8 Overview

AP Time Period 8 1945-1980
Days 16-17: 1945-1980
Day 20: 1945-1980
Day 18: 1945-1980
Day 19: 1945-1980
How political scandals and economic challenges in the 1970s affect public confidence and trust in the government?
How did an environmental movement emerge?
Writing Practice: Causation
What forms did youth social protest movements take in the 1960s and 1970s?

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Read Ahead: Read and annotate Chapters 15 (1968-1980) introductory essay and selected assessments

Unit 7 Essay Activity Option A: Explain the causes and effects of the Red Scare after World War II. Option B: Explain how and why the Civil Rights Movement expanded from 1945 – 1968. Option C: Explain the causes and effects of continuing policy debates about the role of the federal government during the period c. 1965 – 1980

In Class: Primary Source Analysis/Discussion: How did these efforts toward environmentalism help shape modern approaches to the issue with which you are familiar?

  • Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, 1962

Read Ahead: Primary Source Analysis: Students for a Democratic Society, Port Huron Statement, 1962

In Class: Primary Source Analysis/Discussion: How did Nixon’s presidency and Watergate affect U.S. politics and society?

  • Nixon tapes, the "Smoking Gun" tape, 1972
  • Herblock (Herbert Block), Watergate Cartoons, 1973–1974
  • Barbara Jordan, Speech on Impeachment, July 25, 1974

In Class Jigsaw: What forms did youth social protest movements take in the 1960s and 1970s? Option: Compare to analogous protests of the 21st century with which you are familiar.

  • Students and the Antiwar Movement narrative
  • Protests at UC Berkley decision point
  • Tinker and the Vietnam War Protest decision point
  • Kent State narrative

Optional Extension: Read and annotate:

  • The 1973 Oil Crisis and Its Economic Consequences
  • Jimmy Carter “Malaise” primary source

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AP Time Period 9 1980-Present
LLPH Chapter(s)
Number of Days
Guiding Question(s)
Essay Question(s)

Explain the effects of the end of the Cold War on U.S. foreign policy. Explain the effects of the War on Terror on U.S. society.

7 Days of Instruction 1 Day of Review & Writing Practice

Chapter 16: 1980-Present

How does the American experiment play out in the foreign and domestic policy of modern America?

  • examine the ongoing debate about the scale and scope of the role of government by examining the conservative challenge to the New Deal liberal order.
  • explain the causes of the end of the Cold War and ensuing changes and continuities in American foreign policy.
  • explore the significant social and economic changes caused by deindustrialization, globalization, new technology, and the role of government.

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Day 4

Setting the Scene: What was the context in which the U.S. faced international and domestic challenges after 1980? (9.1) What were the defining events and policies of the Reagan administration? (9.2)

What events and policies led to the end of the Cold War? How did this lead to new debates about the use of U.S. power in foreign affairs? (9.3) At home: How did technological innovations transform daily life and lead to new social behaviors and networks? (9.4)

How have U.S. responses to immigration changed over time? (9.5)

How have U.S. responses to immigration changed over time? (9.5)

What events and policies led to the end of the Cold War? How did this lead to new debates about the use of U.S. power in foreign affairs? (9.3)

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How did September 11 and the War on Terror raise questions about the protection of civil liberties and human rights? (9.6)

How did September 11 and the War on Terror raise questions about the protection of civil liberties and human rights? (9.6)

Review & Writing Practice: Causation

Course Review & Exam Prep

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Day 13
Day 11

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AP Period 9 1980-Present
Day 1: 1980-Present
Day 2: 1980-Present
Day 3: 1980-Present
Day 4: 1980-Present
Day 5: 1980-Present
How did technological innovations transform daily life and lead to new social behaviors and networks?
What events and policies led to the end of the Cold War? How did this lead to new debates about the use of U.S. power in foreign affairs?
How have U.S. responses to immigration changed over time?
Has Francis Fukuyama's "End of History" thesis been proven correct?
What was the context in which the U.S. faced international and domestic challenges after 1980? What were the defining events and policies of the Reagan administration?

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In Class: Continuity and Change: Immigration in the United States Lesson: Using primary sources, students identify historical attitudes toward immigration and the relationship between political rhetoric and immigration law

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Ch. 16 (1980-present) introductory essay

Read Ahead: Read and annotate: Francis Fukuyama, The End of History? 1989 primary source

Read Ahead: Read Tech giants: Steve Jobs and Bill Gates narrative and selected assessments

Read Ahead: Read and annotate Ronald Reagan, “Tear Down this Wall”, 1987 primary source

Read Ahead: Ronald Reagan and Supply-Side Economics narrative

In Class: Read and complete historical reasoning questions in graphic organizer, Has Francis Fukuyama’s “End of History” thesis been proven correct? point-counterpoint

In Class: Cold War DBQ (1947–1989) Lesson [from the Reagan Foundation]

In Class or at home: Post a response: What challenges do new technologies pose in the modern world? Consider the internet, AI (artificial intelligence), social media, etc.

In Class: Primary Source Analysis/Discussion:

  • Herblock (Herbert Block),Cartoons of Ronald Reagan, 1984–1987

In Class: Class debate/discussion using the Has Francis Fukuyama’s “End of History” thesis been proven correct? point-counterpoint

In Class: Create your own political cartoon praising or critiquing a major policy of President Reagan

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Period 9 Overview

AP Period 9 1980-Present
Days 6-7: 1980-Present
Day 8: 1980-Present
Days 9-13: 1980-Present
How did September 11 and the War on Terror raise questions about the protection of civil liberties and human rights?
Writing Practice: Causation
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Unit 8 Essay Activity: Option A: Explain the effects of the end of the Cold War on U.S. foreign policy. Option B: Explain the effects of the War on Terror on U.S. society.

Read Ahead: Read and answer questions: New Yorker Covers, 2001–2011 (Reflections on 9/11)

In Class: Liberty and Security- the PATRIOT Act Lesson: Using excerpts from the Constitution and the Federalist Papers, students will identify Founding principles regarding national security and compare those to government policies in the aftermath of 9/11

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