8/29-9/2

Text: The American Journey, Prentice Hall1998
Summer Assignment due dates:
8/30: Formal Course Introduction
9/1:   Unit Exam – chapters 1-6 & chapter outlines 1-6

Unit homework assignment: answer chapter question handouts for each chapter. Be able to identify political, social, economic, religious, native American and foreign relations themes.  Unit homework assignments are due to the teacher on the day of exams. No late work is accepted.  Make-up exams and homework, due to absence, must to be completed within the week of your return. 

Useful Web sites:  Internet Modern History Sourcebook at www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html , and www.historyteacher.net

www.womhist.binghampton.edu

Journal assignment: Zinn, A People’s History – 3 of the first 11 chapters.  See this Syllabus for relevant chapters and due dates.  A copy is due to the teacher and to Turnitin.com on the due dates. One page for each chapter entry – synopsis and critique. Look for Zinn’s thesis and how he uses historical evidence to support it.  Journal assignments will be submitted to Turnitin.com.

Reports:  See Report Packet. 

9/5-9/9

Discuss chapter 7: The First Republic 1776 –1789
DBQ preparation
Sign-up for required semester reports
Read chapter 8

9/12-9/16

Discuss chapter 8: A New Republic & Rise of Parties 1789 -1800
Unit 1 Exam 9/16, includes DBQ essay exam
Read chapter 9 

Unit 2: Political Change and Challenges 1800-1845 (chapters 9-10)

9/19-9/23

Discuss chapter 9: The Triumph & Collapse of Jeffersonian Republicanism 1800 –1824
Quiz (opt): 9
Theme-line projects and presentations
Press Conference(s): 9/20
Zinn Oral Report(s):  9/22
Read chapter 10

9/26-9/30

Discuss chapter 10: The Jackson Era 1824 –1845
Supplementary reading recommended: Zinn, chapter 7
Press Conference(s): 9/26
Unit 2 Exam 9/30, includes DBQ essay exam
Read chapter 11

Unit 3: Sectional Differences 1820-1860 (chapters 11-14)

10/3-10/7

Discuss chapter 11: Industrial Change & Urbanization 1820 -1850
Trial Journal due 10/6 to teacher and to Tunitin.com (1 entry)
Press Conference(s): 10/4
Read chapter 12

10/10-10/14

Discuss chapter 12: The Way West
Supplementary reading: Zinn, chapter 8
Press Conference(s): 10/10
Zinn Oral Reports(s):  10/12
Debate: 10/14 The Mex. War: Was It In Our National Interest?  Debate: 10/18 Western Expansion: Force for Unity or Division?
Read chapter 13

10/17-10/21

Discuss chapter 13: Slavery & The Old South 1800-1860
Press Conference(s): 10/18
Group Report(s): 10/20 North vs. South - Free & Slave labor, Household & Family, Trade and Politics
Quiz - Chapters 11-12:  10/24
Read chapter 14

10/24-10/28

Discuss chapter 14: Reforming Antebellum Society 1815-1850
Press Conference(s): 10/24
Group Report(s):  10/26 Purifying the Nation – Reform and Reformers: Art, Literature, Changing Lifestyles & Problems of Equality
Unit 3 Exam 10/28, includes Free Response Essay
Read chapter 15

Unit 4: Sectional Conflicts – Civil War – Reconstruction 1846- 1877 (chapters 15-18)

10/31-11/4

Discuss chapter 15: The Politics of Sectionalism 1846 –1861
Press Conference(s):  11/1
Group Reports(s):  11/3 Compromise & Conflict – The Road to War: Law, Literature, Elections and Attitude
Read chapter 16

11/7-11/11

Discuss chapter 16: Battle Cries & Freedom Songs: The Civil War 1861-1863
Supplementary reading: Zinn, chapter 9
Press Conference(s): 11/7
Zinn Oral Reports:  11/9
Read chapter 17

11/14-11/18

Discuss chapter 17: The Union Preserved: The Civil War 1863 –1865
Supplementary reading: Zinn, chapter 10
Press Conference(s): 11/16
Quiz - Chapters 16-17: 11/18
Read chapter 18

Thanksgiving  Break 11/21-25

11/28-12/5

Discuss chapter 18: Reconstruction 1885 –1877
Group Report(s): 11/29 Plans of Reconstruction – Pres. Vs. Cong.
Debate: 12/1 Reconstruction: Success or Failure?
Press Conference(s): 12/1

Unit 4 Exam 12/5, includes Free Response essay
Read chapter 20
 

Unit 5: Response to Industrialism I: 1877-1900 (chapters 19-20)

12/5-12/9

Discuss chapter 19: A New South 1877-1900
Press Conference(s):  12/7
Debate: 12/9 Divergent Paths to Equality for African Americans: Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. Dubois
Read chapter 20

12/12/05 -1/6/06

Discuss Chapter 20: Industry, Immigrants, & Cities 1870-1900
Quiz (opt): 20
Supplementary reading: Zinn, chapter 11, 12
Press Conference(s): 12/13
“Is The News New?” project: 12/13
Zinn Oral Reports:  12/15
Group Report(s): 1/5 Industrializing America:  Industry, Immigrants, Cities and Labor Organizations
Unit 5 Exam 1/9
Read chapter 21 over Winter Break

 Winter Break
 

12/19/04 - 1/2/06
 

Unit 6: Response to Industrialism II: 1877-1900 (chapters 21-22)
 

1/9-1/13

Discuss chapter 21: Transforming the West 1865-1890
Final Journals due 1/11 to teacher and to Turnitin.com (3 entries total)
Group Report(s): 1/11 East Meets Far West – 1865-1890: Indians, Miners, Cows and Farmers
Press Conference(s):  1/13
Read chapter 22

1/16-1/20

Discuss chapter 22: Politics & Government 1877-1900
Press Conferences(s)  1/18
Unit 6 Quiz 1/20, includes DBQ essay exam – Populism (opt)

Review for mid-term exam (chapters 7-22)

1/23-1/25

Mid-term exam
Read chapter 23

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1/30-2/3

Discuss chapter 23: The Progressive Era 1900-1917 – Unit7