AP US History Lesson Plans - 1st Semester 2008

UNIT 1 - CHAPTERS 1-3:"The Age of Exploration and the Early Colonial Period"
Day 1 (Mon. Aug. 25)         Distribute books.  Discussion/Notes: Chapter 1, "New World Beginnings".
                                              Homework: Read pages 2-32.

Day 2 (Tues. Aug. 26)        Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 1 & Chapter 2, "The Planting of English America".
                                              Homework: Read pages 33-42.

Day 3 (Wed. Aug. 27)        Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 2, "The Planting of English America".
                                              Homework: Read pages 43-55.

Day 4 (Thurs. Aug. 28)       Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 3, "Settling the Northern Colonies"
                                              Homework: Read pages 55-65.

Day 5 (Fri. Aug. 29)           Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 3, "Settling the Northern Colonies"
                                             Homework: review notes & textbook.
                                             
Day 6 (Tues. Sept. 2)        Review of Unit 1 (Chapters 1-3).  
                                             Homework
: review notes, guidebook & textbook.

Day 7
(Wed. Sept. 3)         Multiple-Choice and Essay Test on Unit 1 (Chapters 1-3) 
                                             Homework
: Read pages 66-83.
                                            
UNIT 2 - CHAPTERS 4-6:"American Colonial Life and the French and Indian War"
Day 8 (Thurs. Sept.  4)      Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 4, "American Life in the Seventeenth Century ".
                                             Homework: Read pages 84-93.

Day 9 (Fri. Sept. 5)            Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 5, "Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution". 
                                             Homework: Read pages 94-105.

Day 10
(Mon. Sept. 8)       Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 5, "Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution".
                                             Homework: Read pages 106-111.

Day 11
(Tues. Sept. 9)      Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 6, "The Duel for North America".
                                             Homework: Read pages 111-121.

Day 12 (Wed. Sept. 10)    Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 6, "The Duel for North America".
                                             Homework: review your notes, guidebook & textbook.

Day 13 (Thurs. Sept. 11)   Review and summary of Unit 2. 
                                             Homework
: review your notes & textbook.

Day 14 (Fri. Sept. 12)        Multiple-Choice & Essay tests on Unit 2 (Chapters 4-6).
                                             Homework: Read pages 122-130.
                                            
UNIT 3 - CHAPTERS 7-9: "War for Independence, the Critical Period & the Constitution"
Day 15
(Mon. Sept. 15)     Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 7, "The Road to Revolution"   
                                             Homework: Read pages 131-139.

Day 16 (Tues. Sept. 16)    Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 7, "The Road to Revolution"
                                            
Homework: Read pages 140-150.

Day 17 (Wed. Sept. 17)    Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 8, "America Secedes From the Empire"
                                             Homework: Read pages 150-163.

Day 18 (Thurs. Sept. 18)   Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 8, "America Secedes From the Empire"
                                             Homework: Read pages 164-177.

Day 19 (Fri. Sept. 19)        Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 9, "The Confederation and the Constitution"
                                             Homework: Read pages 177-189.

Day 20
(Mon. Sept. 22)     Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 9, "The Confederation and the Constitution"
                                              Homework: review your notes& textbook.

Day 21 (Tues. Sept. 23)    Unit 3 Review & summary. 
                                             Homework
: review your notes, guidebook  & textbook.

Day 22 (Wed. Sept. 24)    Multiple-Choice & Essay tests on Unit 3 (Chapters 7-9)
                                             Homework: read pages 190-220.

UNIT 4 - CHAPTERS 10-12:"Federalists, Jeffersonian Democracy & the Era of Good Feeling"
Day 23
(Fri. Sept. 26)        Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 10, "Launching the New Ship of State"
                                              Homework: Read pages 220-233.

Day 24 (Mon. Sept. 29)     Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 11, "The Triumphs and Travails of Jeffersonian Democracy"
                                              Homework: Read pages 233-243.
                                         
Day 25 (Tues. Sept. 30)    Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 12, "The Second War for Independence & the Upsurge of Nationalism"
                                              Homework: Read pages 243-255.

Day 26 (Wed. Oct. 1)         Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 12, "The Second War for Independence & the Upsurge of Nationalism"

Day 27
(Thurs. Oct. 2)        Review and summary of Unit Four. 
                                              Homework
: review your notes, guidebook & textbook.

Day 28 (Fri. Oct. 3)             Multiple-Choice & Essay test on Unit 4 (Chapters 10-12).
                                              Homework: Review notes & test review sheets for Chapters 1-12.

FIRST SIX WEEKS EXAM
Day 29
(Mon. Oct. 6)         Six Weeks Exam on Chapters 1-9. 
                                             Homework
: Read pages 256-270.

UNIT 5 - CHAPTERS 13 & 14:"Jacksonian Democracy"
Day 30
(Tues. Oct. 7)          Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 13, "The Rise of a Mass Democracy"
                                               Homework: Read pages 270-286.

Day 31 (Wed. Oct. 8)          Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 13, "The Rise of a Mass Democracy"
                                               Homework: Read pages 287-303.

Day 32
(Thurs. Oct. 9)         Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 14, "Forging the National Economy"
                                               Homework: Read pages 303-319.

Day 33 (Fri. Oct. 14)            Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 14, "Forging the National Economy"
                                               Homework: Review notes and textbook.

Day 34
(Mon. Oct. 13)         Review and summary of Unit 5.  Homework: review your notes & textbook.

Day 36
(Wed. Oct. 15)        Multiple-Choice & Essay test on Unit Five. (Chapters 13 & 14)
                                              Homework: Read pages 320-334.

Day 37 (Thurs. Oct. 16)      

Day 38
(Fri. Oct. 17)          

UNIT 6 - CHAPTERS 15 &16
:"The Age of Reform and the Slavery Question"
Day 39
(Mon. Oct. 20)         Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 15, "The Ferment of Culture and Reform"
                                               Homework: Read pages 334-347.

Day 40 (Tues. Oct. 21)        Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 15, "The Ferment of Culture and Reform"
                                               Homework
: Read pages 348-359.

Day 41 (Wed. Oct. 22)        Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 16, "The South and the Slave Controversy"
                                               Homework: Read pages 359-370.

Day 42
(Thurs. Oct. 23)       Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 16, "The South and the Slave Controversy"
                                               Homework: Review notes and textbook..

Day 43
(Fri. Oct. 24)            Finish Unit 6 Notes and Review: 
                                                Homework
: review your notes, guidebook & textbook.

Day 44 (Mon. Oct. 27)          Multiple-Choice & Essay test on Unit 6 (Chapters 15 & 16)
                                                Homework: Read pages 371-378.

UNIT 7  - CHAPTERS 17-19
: "Manifest Destiny and Economic Sectionalism"
Day 45 (Tues. Oct. 28)        Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 17, "Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy"
                                               Homework: Read pages 378-389.

Day 46 (Wed. Oct. 29)        Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 17, "Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy"
                                               Homework: Read pages 390-400.

Day 47
(Thurs. Oct. 30)       Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 18, "Renewing the Sectional Struggle"
                                               Homework: Read pages 401-408.

Day 48
(Fri. Oct. 31)            Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 18, "Renewing the Sectional Struggle"
                                               Homework: Read pages 409-420.

Day 49
(Mon. Nov. 3)          Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 19, "Drifting Toward Disunion"
                                               Homework: Read 420-434.

Day 50 (Tues. Nov. 4)         Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 19, "Drifting Toward Disunion"
                                              Homework: Review class notes, guidebook and textbook.                                     

Day 51
(Wed. Nov. 5)          Review for test on Chapters 17-19.
                                               Homework: review  notes & textbook.

Day 52 (Thurs. Nov. 6)         Multiple-Choice test on Unit 7 (Chapters 17-19)
                                               Homework: Review class notes for semester, guidebook and textbook.  
                                              
2nd SIX WEEKS EXAM
Day 53 (Fri. Nov. 7)             Review of First & 2nd Six Weeks.     
                                               Homework
: review notes, guidebook & textbook.

Day 54 (Mon. Nov. 10)        CUMULATIVE Exam for semester (Chapters2-19)
                                               Homework
: Read pages 434-444.

UNIT 8 - CHAPTERS 20-22: "A House Divided, the Civil War and Reconstruction"
Day 55 (Wed. Nov. 12)     Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 20, "Girding For War: The North and the South"
                                             Homework: Read pages 444-452.

Day 56 (Thurs. Nov. 13)    Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 20, "Girding For War: The North and the South"
                                             Homework:  Read pages 453-466. 

Day 57 (Fri. Nov. 14)         Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 21, "The Furnace of Civil War"
                                             Homework:
Read pages 466-477.

Day 58 (Mon. Nov. 17)      Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 21, "The Furnace of Civil War"
                                             Homework: Read pages 478-490.

Day 59
(Tues. Nov. 18)     Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 22, "The Ordeal of Reconstruction"  
                                             Homework:
Read pages 490-501.

Day 60 (Wed. Nov. 19)     Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 22, "The Ordeal of Reconstruction"
                                            
Review for test on Chapters 20-22.

Day 61 (Thurs. Nov. 20)    Review for Unit 8 test on Chapters 20-22.
                                             Homework: review your notes & textbook.
                                            
Day 62 (Fri. Nov. 21)         Multiple-Choice & Essay test on Unit 8 (Chapters 20-22) 
                                             Homework:
Read pages 502-515.

UNIT 9 - CHAPTERS 23-25:   "Greed and Growth in the Gilded Age"
Day 63 (Mon. Nov. 24)     Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 23, "Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age"
                                            Homework: Read pages 516-529.

Day 64 (Tues. Nov. 25)    Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 23, "Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age"
                                            Homework: Read pages 530-545.

Day 65 (Wed. Nov. 26)     Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 24, "Industry Comes of Age"
                                             Homework:
Read pages 545-557

Day 66 (Mon. Dec. 1)        Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 24,  "Industry Comes of Age"
                                             Homework: Read pages 558-576.

Day 67 (Tues. Dec. 2)       Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 26, "America Moves to the City"
                                             Homework: Read pages 576-593.

Day 68
(Wed. Dec. 3)       Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 26, "America Moves to the City"
                                             Homework: Review class notes and textbook.
                                              
Day 69 (Thurs. Dec. 4)      Review of Unit Eight. 
                                             Homework
: review your notes & textbook.

Day 70 (Fri. Dec. 5)           Multiple-Choice & Essay test on Unit 9 (Chapters 23-25) 
                                             Homework:
Read pages 594-612.

UNIT 10 - CHAPTERS 26 & 27:   "The Closing of the Frontier and Outward Expansion"
Day 71 (Mon. Dec. 8)        Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 26, "The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution"
                                             Homework: Read pages 612-625.

Day 72 (Tues. Dec. 9)       Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 26, "The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution"
                                             Homework:
Read pages 626-642.

Day 73 (Wed. Dec. 10)     Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 27, "Empire and Expansion"
                                             Homework:
Read pages 642-653.

Day 74 (Thurs. Dec. 11)    Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 27, "Empire and Expansion"
                                             Homework: Review notes and textbook

Day 75 (Fri. Dec. 12)         Review of Unit 10.
                                             Homework: Review class notes, guidebook and textbook.

Day 76 (Mon. Dec. 15)      Multiple-Choice & Essay Test on Unit 10 (Chapters 26-27)
                                             Homework:
Read pages 654-665.

UNIT 11 - CHAPTERS 28 & 29 "The Progressive Movement"
Day 77
(Tues. Dec. 16)     Discussion/Notes: Chapter 28, "Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt"
                                             Homework:
Read pages 665-678.

Day 78 (Wed. Dec. 17)     Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 28, "Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt"
                                             Homework: Review notes and textbook.

Day 79 (Thurs. Dec. 18)    Review and summary of Unit 11(a).
                                             Homework: Review notes, textbook and guidebook.

Day 80 (Fri. Dec. 19)         Multiple-Choice Test on Unit 11(a).
                                              Homework: NO HOMEWORK - enjoy Christmas break.

Day 81 (Mon. Jan. 5)         Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 29, "Wilsonian Progressivism at Home And Abroad"
                                             Homework: Read pages 679-695.

Day 82 (Tues. Jan. 6)        Discussion/Notes:  Chapter 29, "Wilsonian Progressivism at Home And Abroad"
                                             Homework: Review class notes and textbook.

Day 83 (Wed. Jan. 7)        Review for Unit 11(b).
                                             Homework: Read class notes, textbook and guidebook.
                                            
Day 84 (Thurs. Jan. 8)       Multiple-Choice Test on Unit 11(b).
                                             Homework: Review notes for semester, textbook and guidebook.

Day 85 (Fri. Jan. 9)            Review of 1st Semester
                                             Homework: Review notes for semester, textbook and guidebook.

Day 86 (Mon. Jan. 12)      1st Semester Cumulative Final (Counts as a Test Grade) for ALL students.

Day 87 (Tues. Jan. 13)     SEMESTER EXAM - 1st Period, 8:30-11:30

Day 88 (Wed. Jan. 14)     SEMESTER EXAM - 2nd Period, 8:30-11:30

Day 89 (Thurs. Jan. 15)    SEMESTER EXAM - 3rd Period, 8:30-11:30

Day 90 (Fri. Jan. 16)         SEMESTER EXAM - 4th Period, 8:30-11:30

Mon. Jan.  19 - Martin Luther King Holiday - NO SCHOOL for students

Tues. Jan. 20 - Teacher workday - NO SCHOOL for students

Wed. Jan. 21 - Teacher workday - NO SCHOOL for students

Thurs. Jan. 22 - 2nd Semester begins.