2014-2015A.P. United States Reading / Lecture Schedule Instructor: Mr. Jason Harding Harrison High School

Reading/Lecture Calendar for Fall Semester 2014-2015 School Year

WeekStudent Reading AssignmentLecture/Discussion Topic

Summer 2014Kennedy, Ch.1-2N/A

Aug. 12-15Kennedy, Ch. 3Course Intro. & Skills

Aug. 18-22Kennedy, Ch. 4Ch. 1- New World Beginnings; Ch. 2- Planting of English America

Aug. 25-29Kennedy, Ch. 5Ch. 3- Settling the Northern Colonies; Ch. 4- American Life in the Seventeenth Century

Sept. 1-5Kennedy, Ch. 6-7Ch. 5- Colonial Society before Rev.

Sept. 8-12Kennedy, Ch. 8Ch. 6- Duel for N. America;Ch. 7- Road to Revolution

Sept. 15-19Kennedy, Ch. 9Ch. 8- America Secedes from the Empire

Sept. 22-26**Unit 1 Exam (Ch. 1-8): Sept. 26Review Notes/ Unit 1 Study GuideCh. 9- Confed. and the Constitution

Sept. 29-Oct. 3Kennedy, Ch. 10Ch. 9- Confed. and the Constitution

Oct. 6-10

Kennedy, Ch. 11Ch. 10- Launching the New Ship of State

Oct. 13-17Kennedy, Ch. 12-13Ch. 11- Jeffersonian RepublicCh. 12- War of 1812 and Nationalism

Oct. 20-24

Kennedy, Ch. 12-13Topical #1 Presentations

Oct. 27-Oct 31Kennedy, Ch. 14Ch. 13- Rise of Mass Democracy

Nov. 3-7Kennedy, Ch. 15Ch. 14- Forging the National Economy

Nov. 10-14**Unit 2 Exam (Ch. 9-14): Nov. 14Kennedy, Ch. 16-17Ch. 15- Reform and Culture

Nov. 17-21Kennedy, Ch. 18Ch. 16- The South and SlaveryCh. 17- Manifest Destiny

Nov. 24-25**Thanksgiving Break: Nov. 26 - 30Kennedy, Ch. 19Topical #2 Presentations

Dec. 1-5Kennedy, Ch. 20Ch. 18- Sectional StruggleCh. 19- Drifting Toward Disunion

Dec. 8-12

Kennedy, Ch. 21Ch. 20- Girding for WarCh. 21- The Furnace of Civil War

Dec. 15-19 **Midterm Exam (Ch. 1-21): DEC 18Review Notes/CBM Study GuideReview for CBM1 and Final Exam Week

Note: While this is a very strict schedule that must be followed as closely as possible to cover all material before the AP Exam in May of 2015, please know that the instructor reserves the right to change the schedule at any time depending course/district changes.

Reading/Lecture Calendar for Spring Semester 2013-2014 School Year

WeekStudent Reading AssignmentLecture/Discussion Topic

Winter Break Kennedy, Ch. 22N/A

Jan. 5-9**Sem. 1 Final Exam (Ch. 1-22): Jan. 9thKennedy, Ch. 23Ch. 21-22: Civil War & Reconstruction

Jan. 12-16Kennedy, Ch. 24Ch. 23- Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

Jan. 19-23**District Closed: Jan. 20thKennedy, Ch. 25-26Ch. 24- Industry Comes of AgeCh. 25- America Moves to the City

Jan. 26-30Kennedy, Ch. 27Ch. 25-American Moves to the CityCh. 26- Great West & the Agricultural Revolution

Feb. 2-6Kennedy, Ch. 28Ch. 27- Empire and Expansion

Feb. 9-13

Kennedy, Ch. 29Ch. 28- Progressivism & the Republican Roosevelt

Feb. 16-20**District Closed: Feb. 16thKennedy, Ch. 30Ch. 28-Progressivism & the Republican RooseveltCh. 29- Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad

Feb. 23-27Review Notes/ Unit 3 Study GuideCh. 30- The War to End War & Review

March 2-6** Unit 3 Exam (Ch. 23-30): March. 5-6Kennedy, Ch. 31Ch. 30- The War to End War

March 9-13Kennedy, Ch. 32-33Ch. 31- American Life in the Roaring Twenties

March 16-20

Kennedy, Ch. 34Ch. 32- The Politics of boom and Bust Ch. 33- The Great Depression & the New Deal

March 23-27**Spring BreakKennedy, Ch. 35-36N/A

March 30-April 3Review Notes/Sem. 2 Midterm Study GuideCh. 34- FDR & the Shadow of WarCh. 35- America in World War II

April 6-10**Sem. 2 Midterm Exam (Ch. 1-35): April 7-8** Parent Conf.- April 9 & 10, No School- April 10Kennedy, Ch. 37Ch. 36- The Cold War Begins

April 13-17

Kennedy, Ch. 38-39Ch. 36- The Cold War BeginsCh. 37- The Eisenhower Era

April 20-24Kennedy, Ch. 40Ch. 38- The Stormy SixtiesCh. 39- The Stalemated Seventies

April 27-May 1Kennedy, Ch. 41-42Ch. 39- The Stalemated SeventiesCh. 40- The Resurgence of Conservatism

May 4-8** Unit 4 Exam (Ch. 1-41): May 8Final Project Presentations/APUSH Exam PrepCh. 41- America Confronts the Post-Cold War EraCh. 42- The American People Face a New Century

May 11-15**AP US History Exam: May 14 - 15Review Notes/APUSH Exam PrepReview for AP US History Exam/CBM2

May 18-21

Review Notes/CBM 2 Study GuideReview for CBM2

Note: While this is a very strict schedule that must be followed as closely as possible to cover all material before the AP Exam in May of 2014, please know that the instructor reserves the right to change the schedule at any time depending course/district changes.