AP+US+2009

= AP United States History Unit Guide (2008-2009)=

Click on each Unit (which will become active as we cover the material) to access assignments, handouts, and websites that may prove useful to your study of American History. A full Test Guide for the AP Exam features fast access to //all// of the online quizzes, essays, and the review guides found in each of the units below.

Kennedy = //The American Pageant// (your take home textbook) Bailey = //The American Spirit, Volumes I and II// (your in-class primary source textbook) Davis = //Don't Know Much About History// (your "quick reference review guide" for Spring Break)
 * Mr. Freccia's Textbook Nicknames**

=== [|First Marking Period Plan for AP United States History.xls]===
 * Summer Reading Assignment

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

 * Unit Expectations and Prep Materials (Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 3)
 * Information for this Unit is found in Davis Chapter #1: Brave New World
 * Unit I Assignment Page - 6 total (three PowerPoints, three web readings)

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

 * Unit Expectations and Prep Materials (Segment 1, Segment 2)
 * Information for this Unit is found in Davis Chapter #2: Say You Want a Revolution
 * Unit II Assignment Page - 7 total (one PowerPoint, six handouts)

=== [|Second Marking Period Plan for AP United States History.xls]===
 * Begin [|National History Day Project]

Unit III - The Early Republic (1790 to 1824)

 * Unit Expectation and Prep Materials (Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 3)
 * Information for this Unit is found in Davis Chapter #3: Growth of a Nation (thru the question //What was the Monroe Doctrine?//)
 * Unit III Assignment Page - 7 total (three PowerPoints, one handout, two web readings, one webQuest)

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

 * Unit Expectations and Prep Materials (Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 3)
 * Information for this Unit is found in the second part of Davis Chapter #3: Growth of a Nation
 * Unit IV Assignment Page - 1 total (one WebQuest)

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

 * Unit Expectations and Prep Materials (Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 3)
 * Information for this Unit is found in Davis Chapter #4: Apocalypse Then
 * Unit V Assignment Page - 1 total (one WebQuest)

=== [|Third and Fourth Marking Period Plan for AP United States History.xls]===
 * Continue/conclude [|National History Day Project]
 * Construct your own AP Exam
 * Post Exam: Rewriting the Textbook

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

 * Unit Expectations and Prep Materials (Segment 1, Segment 2)
 * Information for this Unit is found in Davis Chapter #5: When Monopoly Wasn't a Game (thru the question //What happened at Haymarket Square?//)
 * Unit VI Assignment Page - 6 total (three PowerPoints, three handouts)

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)
 * Information for this Unit is found in Davis Chapter #7: Commies, Containment and Cold War and also found in Davis Chapter #8: The Torch is Passed (thru the question //How did OPEC cripple America during the '70s?)//
 * Unit IX Assignment Page - not available currently

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

 * Unit Expectations and Prep Materials (Segment 1, Segment 2)
 * Information for this Unit is found in the second part of Davis Chapter #8: The Torch is Passed and also found in Davis Chapter #9: From the Evil Empire to the Axis of Evil
 * Unit X Assignment Page - not available currently

AP Review Unit

 * Test Guide for the AP Exam
 * Student Created Exams from 2008-2009

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