AP U.S.

History – Term 3, 2010-2011 Wed, 2/9* Postwar Isolationism

Instructors: Storm Clouds Gather – Video 1074-1084
Dan Goodrich (763) 745-6895 (e-mail: dan.goodrich@wayzata.k12.mn.us) Thur, 2/10 From Isolation to War– Vocab 29-31
Elyssa McIntyre (763) 745-6893 (e-mail: elyssa.mcIntyre@wayzata.k12.mn.us) In class: read 1084-1090 1091-1102
Grading: Fri, 2/11* War begins for the US
Tests 60% Quizzes 25% Classwork 15% Pep Rally Create DBQ Day 2 – Outline work 1102-1113

A- = 90.0 to 92.99% A = 93.0 to 100% Mon, 2/14 War in North Africa & Europe
B- = 80.0 to 82.99% B = 83.0 to 86.99% B+ = 87.0 to 89.99% Propaganda Analysis 1113-1124
C- = 70.0 to 72.99% C = 73.0 to 76.99% C+ = 77.0 to 79.99%
D- = 60.0 to 62.99% D = 63.0 to 66.99% D+ = 67.0 to 69.99%
Tues, 2/15* War Grinds on
F = 0 to 59.99% Create DBQ Day 3 – Doc Work 1125-1136
Wed, 2/16 War in Europe/ /Discussion 1137-1148
Textbook Reminder:
Adv. Day Student Presentation #2: Should the
Your book is America: A Narrative History, 7th Edition by George Brown Tindall and
David Shi. The textbook costs $80. If you lose or destroy it, you will be required to U.S. have used the Atomic Bomb?
replace it. Broken books require a $10 rebinding fee; other damages will be
assessed accordingly. Most students return their texts after the AP exam. Thur, 2/17 End of One War and beginning of Another
Post War Hopes Cold War Fears - Video 1148-1159
DAILY SCHEDULE Fri, 2/18 Korea / McCarthyism/ 1160-1170
DATE TOPIC(S) / ACTIVITIES HOMEWORK Student Presentation #3: Whose fault
Mon, 1/31 Final Make-Up / The New Era (991-999) was the Cold War?
Intro DBQ Project & Step 1
In class: read 1000-1010 1010-1021
Tues, 2/22* Civil Rights + Map Date Test
David Halberstam’s The Fifties: Civil Rights Study for Test
Tues, 2/1 Hoover and the Depression
Vocab Quiz Ch 27-28
Wed, 2/23 Unit 13 Test – Ch. 29-31
Lecture: Causes of the Great Depression 1022-1032
with FRQ 1171-1184
Wed, 2/2 Election of 1932 / New Deal
Thur, 2/24 Korea / McCarthyism
Adv. Day Hoover-FDR DBQ Practice 1032-1043
Student Presentation #4:
Thur, 2/3 New Deal / Life in the 30s From Rosie to Lucy 1184-1194
African Americans and the CCC 1043-1052
Fri, 2/25 Criticism of the 1950s – Vocab 32-33
Fri, 2/4* Second New Deal
Halberstam’s The Fifties: Conformity & Gender 1195-1204
Create DBQ Day 1 – ? & Outside Info 1052-1062
Mon, 2/7 Legacy of the New Deal Mon, 2/28 “I Like Ike”
Student Presentation #1: Student Presentation #5:
Did the New Deal Prolong the Did Rock and Roll dismantle America’s
Great Depression? Study for Test traditional family, sexual, and racial
customs in the 50s and 60s? 1204-1214
Tue, 2/8 Unit 12 Test - Ch 27 & 28
with FRQ 1063-1074 Tue, 3/1 Eisenhower’s Presidency/ 1215-1225
 Lecture: Foreign Policy of the 50s and 60s Tue, 3/15 Unit 15 Test – Ch 34 & 35
In class: read 1313-1318 1319-1331

Wed, 3/2 Eisenhower’s Second Term Wed, 3/16 Reagan Years

Adv. Day DBQ Day 4: Inferences Study for Test Adv. Day DBQ Test 1331-1341
Thur, 3/3 Unit 14 Test – Ch 32 & 33 Thurs, 3/17 Pres. of George HW Bush –
In class: read 1226-1232 1232-1243 Student Presentation #8:
Did Reagan Win the Cold War 1342-1353
Fri, 3/4* Early Civil Rights Movement
Minorities challenge Status Quo - documents 1244-1254 Fri, 3/18 Bush to Clinton – Vocab Ch 36-37
Mon, 3/7 LBJ & the Great Society + President’s Test DBQ Presentations – Day 1 1353-1365
In class: read 1254-1265 1266-1276 Mon, 3/21 Clinton & Domestic Policy
Tue, 3/8 Rebellion in the 1960s – Vocab Ch 34-35 DBQ Presentations – Day 2 1365-1376
Day 5: Create your own DBQ Revisions 1276-1282 Tue, 3/22 Changes Wiki Due
Wed, 3/9 Turmoil in the 1960s DBQ Presentations – Day 3 Study for Test
Student Presentation #6: Did JFK
demonstrate a strong commitment Wed, 3/23 Unit 16 Test – Ch 36 & 37
to Civil Rights? 1283-1295 Adv. Day Colonial & Revolutionary Period Study for Final
Thur, 3/24 Early Nationalist Period Study for Final
Thur, 3/10 Vietnam
Dear America- video 1295-1303 Fri, 3/25 Antebellum Period Wiki Corrections Due
Mon, 3/28 Sectionalism through Reconstruction Study for Final
Fri, 3/11 Nixon’s Triumph & Fall
Student Presentation #7: Did the antiwar Tue, 3/29 FINAL EXAM Celebrate!
movement prolong the war in Vietnam? 1303-1312 Wed 3/30 Review Final Exam Study for AP Test
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Mon, 3/14* Ford & Carter DBQ project DUE AP US History Exam – Friday, May 6th 8 am;
Watergate Lesson & Intro wiki Project Study for Test Return books week of May 9th

* = Element of the DBQ project is due this date

?s – Note changes in the DBQ Project (now due 3/15 previously due 3/17) Wiki (Now assigned 3/14, due 3/22, corrections due 3/25)
Things to change:
 Thurs 2/22 – new lesson plan African Americans and the CCC; evaluating the impact of the New Deal on Race relations
http://edsitement.neh.gov/lesson-plan/african-americans-and-new-deals-civilian-conservation-corps#sect-activities
 Tues 2/22 Moving up the DBQ project so Wiki project can be assigned on 3/14, due 3/22, Comments & revisions by 3/25
 3/9 Replace teaching project reading with either 1) After the Fact “Sit Ins” (were sit spontaneous or part of larger trends, what causes a social
movement? Why Greensboro, why then?) or Interpretations “New Directions” (What are the larger patterns in the civil rights movement, then a
biography of King and a speech by Carmichael…) ; Perhaps Sit ins article w/New Directions historiography; replaces the previous civil rights one on
whether it hurt race relations
 3/14; In class discussion of After the Fact Watergate article (How did the Nixon tapes bring historians into the “modern age” and turn a burglary into
an impeachable offense?), or Lecture based on it; I have a cartoon analysis activity on Watergate too
 3/17