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4th QUARTER – AP US HISTORY – 2nd Period

Day	Date	Topic	Assignment DUE DATE
M 1	Mar 22	NO CLASS
T 2	Mar 23	Post-War Economy: Demobilization / Growth / Consumer Culture**	A P&P: pp. 839-842; 848-851 Amsco: pp. 545-549 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 29 Digital History article: Levittown Audio Lecture: 063 - The Suburban Republic
W 3	Mar 24	The Fifties: Conformity & Alienation What do you think was the most important domestic issue or development of the 1950s? The most significant foreign-policy decision or event of the 1950s? Explain your choices.	A P&P: pp. 842-848 Amsco: pp. 570-572 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 29 Audio Lecture: 065 - Defended To Death
Th 4	Mar 25	Civil Rights I: Warren Court Brown v Board of Education Montgomery Bus Boycott Little Rock What explains the rise of the American civil rights movement in the 1950s?	A P&P: pp. 851-856 Amsco: pp. 579-581 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 29 Digital History article: Little Rock Audio Lecture: 066 - The Back Of The Bus
F	Mar 26	No School Parent Conference Day
		SPRING BREAK
T 5	Apr 6	JFK & the Cold War: Berlin Wall Bay of Pigs Cuban Missile Crisis Do you think President Kennedy handled the Cuban missile crisis as well as he could have? Why or Why not?	A P&P: pp. 859-866 Amsco: pp. 595-597 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 30 Audio Lecture: 071 - Cuba - That Four Letter Word
W 6	Apr 7	*JFK’s New Frontier:* Freedom Riders March on Washington Assassination Kennedy's 1000 days in the White House were called "Camelot" by those who admired him. Why has he become an almost mythical figure for many Americans? Did his death at the hands of an assassin contribute to the Kennedy mythology?	A P&P: pp. 866-871 Amsco: pp. 593-595 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 30 Audio Lecture: 067 - And We Shall Overcome
Th 7	Apr 8	LBJ: Great Society / Civil Rights Evaluate President Johnson’s Great Society program. Do you think its goals were realistic? Admirable? Gulf of Tonkin “The Big Muddy” What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? Why didn’t the escalation of American involvement in the War succeed?	A P&P: pp. 871-881 Amsco: pp. 597-603; 605-609 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 30 Digital History articles: The Great Society and the Drive for Black Equality Why Vietnam? Audio Lectures: 067 - And We Shall Overcome 072 - Vietnam - The Battleground Of Freedom
F 8	Apr 9	The Sixties: A Cultural Revolution? Explain why the civil rights movement became more radical and violent as the 1960s progressed. What changes occurred in the motives, assumptions, and leadership of the movement? Turmoil of 1968 If Lyndon Johnson had not been forced out of the White House by the Vietnam War, would he have been considered one of our great leaders? Were there other factors at work as well? Why was Richard M. Nixon, with his “loser’s image”, able to win the presidential election of 1968? What issues and events worked to his advantage?	A P&P: pp. 881-891 Amsco: pp. 603-605; 609-611 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 30 Digital History article: The Making and Unmaking of a Counterculture Audio Lectures: 068 - Black Power 069 - Women's Liberation 070 - The 'War On Poverty' 073 - 1968 - Paralysis Of A President
M 1	Apr 12	NO CLASS
T 2	Apr 13	Nixon: Protest and Resistance Vietnamization Pentagon Papers Détente China How did the Vietnam War end? Why did it end this way? Watergate What were the actual abuses of power under Nixon? To what extent did the system of checks and balances function during Watergate? What were the immediate and long term effects of Watergate? Was Gerald Ford’s pardon of Nixon justified? Why or why not?**	A P&P: pp. 897-901 Amsco: pp. 619-626 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 31 Digital History articles: The Vietnam War and American Culture The War's Consequences Watergate Audio Lectures: 074 - Vietnam - 'Peace With Honor' 075 - Watergate And The Imperial Presidency
W 3	Apr 14	Ford / Carter: Stagflation Camp David Accords Iranian Hostage Crisis What is OPEC? Explain the significance of the Camp David Accords, Khomeini, “Arabs and Oil”. What were the causes and consequences of the Iranian hostage crisis? Explain why Jimmy Carter began his presidency with such great popularity and why, by the end of his term, he was widely unpopular. To what degree was the loss of popularity his fault, and to what degree was it the result of forces beyond his control?	A P&P: pp. 901-905; 911-914 Amsco: pp. 626-630 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 31 Audio Lectures: 076 - America In Retreat 080 - Keeping Faith
Th 4	Apr 15	Reagan Revolution: Reaganomics “Star Wars” Iran-Contra Perestroika & Glasnost Summarize how the emergence of the New Right paved the way for Reagan’s victory in 1980. What were the issues motivating the New Right and the Religious Right? What were Ronald Reagan’s goals as he entered the presidency in 1981? How successful was he in implementing them? In what ways did he fail to achieve his goals? Why? Compare and contrast Ronald Reagan as leader and agent of political change in the 1980s with that of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s.	Mu Alpha Theta A P&P: pp. 895-896; 914-925 Amsco: pp. 642-650 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 31 Digital History article: The Reagan Revolution in Perspective Audio Lectures: 081 - The Acting President 082 - Reagan And The 'Evil Empire' 083 – ‘Tear Down This Wall’
F 5	Apr 16	The Culture Wars: Divisions on Social and Cultural Issues Do a data dump list of all the protest and activist movements of the 1960s and 1970s. List all the groups of people who were dissatisfied and yearned for change in this period. Why was affirmative action such a racial hot button in the 1970s?	Mu Alpha Theta A P&P: pp. 905-911; 959-963 Amsco: pp. 630-633 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 31 Audio Lectures: 077 - A Constitutional Abortion 078 - The 'Silent Majority' Finds Its Voice 079 - Putting God Back Into Politics
M 6	Apr 19	‘90s-Present: Bush to Clinton to Bush to Obama Did Reagan’s and Bush’s hard-line policies contribute to the collapse of Communism, or did Communism fundamentally fall because of its own internal weaknesses? Were Clinton’s two election victories the result of his own strong ideas and policies or the weaknesses of his opponents? How did the U.S. domestic reaction to the “war on terror” compare with similar responses to World War I, World War II, and the Cold War? In which of these conflicts were there greater threats to America’s tradition of civil liberties, and why?	A P&P: Chapter 32 - To the 21st Century Amsco: pp. 650-668 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 32 Digital History articles: The Bush Presidency The Clinton Presidency September 11, 2001 Audio Lectures: 085 - 'A New World Order' 086 - Sole Superpower, Edgy Americans 087 - Multiculturalism Or Disintegration? 088 - 'America Is Under Attack' 089 - Iraq And The 'Axis Of Evil' 090 - 'To Shape An Uncertain Destiny'
T 7	Apr 20	UNIT VIII TEST
W 8	Apr 21	Preview APUSH Exam Scoring / Strategies	AP EXAM REVIEW / PREP
Th 1	Apr 22	NO CLASS
F 2	Apr 23	Practice Exam #1 DBQ**	AP EXAM REVIEW / PREP
M 3	Apr 26	AP IDENTIFICATIONS - MC	AP EXAM REVIEW / PREP
T 4	Apr 27	Practice Exam #1 FRQ	AP EXAM REVIEW / PREP
W 5	Apr 28	Practice Exam #1 MC	AP EXAM REVIEW / PREP HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR SCORE ON THE AP EXAM
Th 6	Apr 29	Practice Exam #2 MC	AP EXAM REVIEW / PREP
F 7	Apr 30	Practice Exam #2 FRQ	AP EXAM REVIEW / PREP
M 8	May 3	Practice Exam – Individual Option	AP EXAM REVIEW / PREP AP EXAMS: Morning – US Government Afternoon – Comparative Government / French Language
T 1	May 4	NO CLASS	AP EXAMS: Morning – Computer Science / Spanish Language Afternoon – Statistics
W 2	May 5	Practice Exam #2 DBQ**	AP EXAM REVIEW / PREP AP EXAMS: Morning – Calculus Afternoon – Chinese
Th 3	May 6	Practice Exam – Individual Option	AP EXAM REVIEW / PREP AP EXAMS: Morning – English Literature / German Afternoon – Japanese
F 4	May 7	AP US History EXAM – Morning Session	Get a good night’s sleep! AP EXAMS: Morning – US History Afternoon – European History
M 5	May 10	Exam Debriefing Intro to Post-AP Project	AP EXAMS: Morning – Biology / Music Theory Afternoon – Physics
T 6	May 11	Exam Debriefing Intro to Post-AP Project	AP EXAMS: Morning – Chemistry / Environmental Science Afternoon – Psychology
W 7	May 12	NO CLASS - PROJECT WORK DAY	AP EXAMS: Morning – English Language Afternoon – Art History
Th 8	May 13	*Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories in American History*	AP EXAMS: Morning – World History / Macroeconomics Afternoon – Microeconomics
F 1	May 14	NO CLASS	AP EXAMS: Morning – Human Geography / Spanish Literature Afternoon – Latin
M 2	May 17	Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories in American History**	E-Book: Conspiracy Theories and Secret Societies For Dummies
T 3	May 18	*Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories in American History*
W 4	May 19	*Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories in American History*	Awards Night
Th 5	May 20	*Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories in American History*
F 6	May 21	SAT II PREP
M 7	May 24	SAT II PREP
T 8	May 25	PROJECT DUE DATE
W 1	May 26	NO CLASS
Th 2	May 27	** "CAVE-IN"
F	May 28	SELF-EVALUATION DUE DATE EXAM REVIEW DAY	Graduation
M	May 31	Memorial Day HOLIDAY
T	June 1	FINAL EXAMINATIONS PERIODS 1 & 2	"EXAMS?!? WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' EXAMS!"
W	June 2	FINAL EXAMINATIONS PERIODS 3 & 6
Th	June 3	FINAL EXAMINATIONS PERIODS 7 & 8
F	June 4	FINAL EXAMINATIONS PERIODS 5 & 4