AP+US+2008

= AP United States History Unit Guide (2007-2008)=

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" that was used for Summer Reading)
 * Mr. Freccia's Textbook Nicknames**

[[file:First Marking Period Plan for AP United States History.doc]]

 * Marking Period #1 Project
 * Summer Reading Assignment
 * Summer Reading Rubric
 * Summer Reading Example

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)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit I - 5 Multiple Choice Test Banks and 20 Essay Questions

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)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit II - 4 Multiple Choice Test Banks and 23 Essay Questions

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)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit III - 3 Multiple Choice Test Banks and 9 Essay Questions

[[file:Second Marking Period Plan for AP United States History.xls]]

 * Marking Period #2 Project
 * Midterm Madness VII (January version)
 * History of Mr. Freccia's Midterm Madness (2002 to present)

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)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit IV - 5 Multiple Choice Test Banks and 35 Essay Questions

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)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit V - 5 Multiple Choice Test Banks and 16 Essay Questions

[[file:Third Marking Period Plan for AP United States History (revised).xls]]

 * Marking Period #3 Project
 * [|Mini Pages - Year by Year]
 * [|Mini pages Blueprint]
 * [|Mini page Rubric]

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)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit VI - 4 Multiple Choice Test Banks and 27 Essay Questions

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)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit VII - 6 Multiple Choice Test Banks and Essay Questions

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)
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit VIII - 5 Multiple Choice Test Banks and 24 Essay Questions

[[file:Fourth Marking Period Plan for AP United States History.xls]]

 * Marking Period #4 Projects:
 * Construct your own AP Exam
 * Midterm Madness VII (May version) / History of Mr. Freccia's Midterm Madness (2002 to present)

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
 * AP Exam Guide for Unit IX - 2 Multiple Choice Test Banks and 27 Essay Questions

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 Exam Guide for Unit X - 3 Multiple Choice Test Banks and 6 Essay Questions

AP Review Unit

 * Test Guide for the AP Exam
 * Student Created Exams from 2007-2008

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