IB HL 1 / US History AP Mr. Collins E2 Periods 4 and 5

Textbook The American Pageant : Kennedy, Cohen, Bailey 42 Chapters

Notebook Three Ring Binder Divided by Units….total of 11 units Contains all lecture notes (on web page), handouts, assignments, study guides, graded essays.. Best source for review for Quizzes, Unit Tests and AP Exam

Pace 2 chapter quizzes a week, usually Tuesday and Friday Consists of 10 multiple choice questions on each chapter – 5 minutes Unit Tests about every 3 weeks (usually 4 chapters at a time) Unit Tests consists of 55 multiple choice, and 2 short answer, or a free response essay, or a DBQ

Instruction? Short lectures, pair assignment work on chapter identifications, discussion questions, primary source document analysis

11 Units (1-5 in First Semester ) Unit 1. Chapters 1-5 –Colonization –Political and Economic Developments in Early Colonial America –17 th and 18 th Century Developments: Regionalization –Importance of Religion: Great Awakening

Unit 2. Chapters 6-9 –French and Indian War –American Revolution –Declaration of Independence –Articles of Confederation –Constitution of 1878

Unit 3. Chapters –Political Parties: Hamilton and Jefferson –Jeffersonian Democracy –War of 1912 –Nationalism after 1815 –Marshall and Supreme Court

Unit 4. Chapters 13-15, 17 –Jacksonian Democracy –Ante-Bellum Economy –Expansion: Manifest Destiny –Second Great Awakening –Reform Movements

Unit 5. Chapters 16, –Slavery –Causes of the Civil War –Lincoln –Reconstruction –Grantism

Unit 6. Chapters (2 nd Semester) –Post Bellum Industrialization –Labor –Movement West –Populism

Unit 7. Chapters –Progressivism –Washington and Du Bois –Immigration –Imperialism

Unit 8. Chapters –Entry into WWI –Homefront during WWI –Roaring 20s –Depression –Hoover’s Response

Unit 9. Chapters –New Deal –Entry into WWII –Homefront during WWII

Unit 10. Chapters –Cold War –Civil Rights –50s –60s

Unit 11. Chapters –

Class Grades 80% of grade for Tests and Quizzes 20% of grade for Assignments We can not raise grades based on scores on AP test…..need to study and do well throughout the year

The AP U.S. History Exam is 3 hours and 15 minutes long and includes both a 105-minute multiple-choice/short-answer section and a 90-minute free-response section. Each section is divided into two parts Section I: Part A: Multiple Choice (55 questions; 55 Minutes; 40% of total exam score) Part B: Short-answer questions (4 questions; 50 minutes; 20% of total exam score) Section II: Part A: Document-based question (1 question; 55 minutes; 25% of total exam score) Part B: Long essay question (1 question (chosen from a pair); 35 minutes; 15% of total exam score)

Junior Year is the First Part of IB History HL A two year class US History AP in Junior Year IB History HL in the Senior Year Senior year material includes many US History topics from the Junior Year In addition, Latin American History and topics from European / World History Historiography a big element in 12 th grade There is an IA and possible and EE also