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= AP United States History Unit Guide (2010-2011)=

Click on the Assignment Page link for each Unit to in order to access assignments, handouts, presentations, and websites that may prove useful to your study of American History. The first bullet under each unit gives information about what the College Board expects you to learn content wise during a unit. Make sure you check those tabs out before and after your read a chapter!

Additional information that will help you in this course:
 * AP U.S. History Course Info - Information about the class at Newark High School
 * AP United States History Themes - Themes tested on the exam according to the College Board
 * Primary Source Questions - Questions to ponder when examining Primary Source documents
 * AP US History Exam Page - A unit-by-unit breakdown of review guides that will help you prep for not only unit exams but also the AP Exam
 * AP Podcasting: Kennedy Quick Review's - Extra credit opportunity, if you are interested!
 * AP Podcasting: Concept Quick Review's - Extra credit opportunity, if you are interested!

(updated at the beginning of each marking period)

First Marking Period

 * Summer Reading Project: Headstart Assignment '10

Unit I - Colonial America (pre-1492 to 1770)

 * AP Unit Expectations (Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 3)
 * Unit I Assignment Page

Unit II - The Founding of the Country (1574 to 1779)

 * AP Unit Expectations (Segment 1, Segment 2)
 * Unit II Assignment Page

Unit III - The Early Republic (1790 to 1824)

 * AP Unit Expectations (Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 3)
 * Unit III Assignment Page

Second Marking Period

 * 2nd Marking Period: Midterm Madness X (History of Midterm Madness)

Unit IV - Society during the Antebellum period (1824 to 1844)

 * Unit Expectations and Prep Materials (Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 3)
 * Unit IV Assignment Page

Unit V - Problems with Expansion, the Civil War and Reconstruction (1845 to 1877)

 * Unit Expectations and Prep Materials (Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 3)
 * Unit V Assignment Page

Unit VI - Transformation of American Life during the Gilded Age (1877-1900)

 * Unit Expectations and Prep Materials (Segment 1, Segment 2)
 * Unit VI Assignment Page

Third and Fourth Marking Periods

 * 3rd Marking Period: [|Mini-Pages Decade Project] ([|Mini-pages Blueprint] / [|Mini-page Rubric])
 * 4th Marking Period: Construct your own AP Exam and Construct a Chapter Project

Unit VII - Progressive Thoughts and Imperial Ambitions (1895-1929)

 * Unit Expectations and Prep Materials (Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 3)
 * Information for this Unit is found in the second part of Davis Chapter #5: When Monopoly Wasn't a Game and also in Davis Chapter #6: Boom to Bust to Big Boom (thru the question //What was so lucky about Lucky Lindy?//)
 * Unit VII Assignment Page - 10 total (three PowerPoints, six handouts, one WebQuest)

Unit VIII - New Deal, World War II and its immediate aftermath (1930-1953)

 * Unit Expectations and Prep Materials (Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 3)
 * Information for this Unit is found in the second part of Davis Chapter #6: Boom to Bust to Big Boom
 * Unit VIII Assignment Page - 12 total (one audio file, one PowerPoint, nine handouts, one WebQuest)

Unit IX - American Unrest (1953-1980)

 * Unit Expectations and Prep Materials (Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 3)
 * Unit IX Assignment Page

Unit X - Early Morning in America (1980-present)

 * Unit Expectations and Prep Materials (Segment 1, Segment 2)
 * Unit X Assignment Page

AP Review Unit

 * Test Guide for the AP Exam
 * Student Created Exams from 2009-2010

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