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AP U.S. HISTORY: CALENDAR OF ASSIGNMENTS

Fall Semester 2007-2008



Unit 1: Colonial America

  • Week 1:
    • 8/28 – Kennedy Ch. 1 -- Contact
    • 8/29 – Kennedy Ch. 2; discuss Zinn & précis
    • 8/30 – Zinn pp. 1- 11
    • 8/31 – Kennedy Ch. 3
  •  Week 2:
    • 9/3 – Labor Day (no school)
    • 9/4 – Zinn pp. 11-22; precis for Zinn Ch.1
    • 9/5 – Kennedy Ch. 4
    • 9/6 – Zinn Ch. 2
    • 9/7 – MC Exam: Kennedy 1-4; Zinn 1
  • Week 3:
    • 9/10 – Review  exam; essay tips
    • 9/11 -- Kennedy Ch. 5
    • 9/12 – Map Activity 3 (complete handout)
    • 9/13 – Kennedy Ch. 6
    • 9/14 – MC Exam: Kennedy 1-6; Zinn Ch. 2

Unit 2: The American Revolution

  • Week 4:
    • 9/17 – Unit 1 FRQ Exam
    • 9/18 – Kennedy Ch.7; Review exam
    • 9/19 – Kennedy Ch. 8
    • 9/20 -- Notebook Check 

Unit 3: Critical Period and Federalist Era

  • Week 5:
    • 9/25 – Kennedy Ch. 9
    • 9/28 – Kennedy Ch. 10
  • Week 6:
    • 10/2 – Quiz #1: Unit 1
    • 10/3 – Quiz #2: Unit 1
    • 10/5 – Units 2 & 3 MC and Essay Exam
  • Week 7:
    • 10/8 – Review Exam; DBQ Tips
    • 10/9 – Kennedy Ch. 11; DBQ Tips
    • 10/10 – Quiz #3: Unit 2
    • 10/11 – Practice DBQ: American Rev (1999)
    • 10/12 – Kennedy Ch. 12                         (ä)



 Unit 4: Jeffersonian Democracy

  • Week 8:
    • 10/15 – Quiz #4: Unit 3
    • 10/16 – Practice DBQ: Rev War & Soc (2005)
    • 10/18 – Colonial Era MC Practice Test
    • 10/19 – Practice DBQ: “Era of Good Feelings”
  • Week 9:
    • 10/22 – 1763-1825 Practice Test
    • 10/23 – Jeopardy! (Units 1-4) (in class)
    • 10/24 -- Unit 4 DBQ: 1790-1820
    • 10/25 – MIDTERM EXAM: Chapters 1-12
    • 10/26 – Review Exam           

Unit 5: Rise of Mass Democracy

  • Week 10:
    • 10/29 – Kennedy Ch. 13
    • 10/30 – Kennedy Ch. 14  
                                                          

Units 6 &7: Antebellum Society & Manifest Destiny

    • 10/31 – Zinn Ch. 7 
    • 11/1 -- Notebook Check
    • 11/2 -- Quiz #5: Periods
  • Week 11:
    • 11/5 – Kennedy Ch. 15
    • 11/6 – Zinn Ch. 6 (Replacement credit)
    • 11/7 -- Quiz #6: Periods & Key Dates
    • 11/8 – Kennedy Ch. 17
    • 11/9—Veteran’s Day – No School
  • Week 12:
    • 11/12 – Practice DBQ: Antebellum Reform (2002)
    • 11/13 – Practice DBQ: Antebellum Women (2006)
    • 11/14 -- Unit  5, 6 & 7 Exam: MC
    • 11/15 – Units 5, 6 & 7 DBQ Exam
    • 11/16 –  Review Exam

Thanksgiving Holiday: 11/19-11/23