Course Expectations AP

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Advanced PlacementUnited States History IIMs. Jacquelyn OrleckRoom [email protected]

Welcome to your Junior Advanced Placement History course! Many people view historymerely as a set of dates and facts to be memorized, but history is more than that. History isan ever-changing discipline, periodically discovering new evidence and revising old

commonly held beliefs. Its not enough to learn history itself; one must learn history fromthe true essence of human experience. This course is designed for that purpose. Theultimate goal of this course is preparation for the AP Exam in the spring. Throughout thiscourse, students will be provided with content, practical knowledge of U.S. history,practice their critical thinking activities, and experience effective writing techniques. Thiscourse is divided into periods of time and emphasizes themes throughout Americanhistory. This will be a rigorous and challenging course. Hard work, dedication, andacademic independence will be essential to success.

Course text: Liberty, Equality, Power: A History of the American People. This text will beprovided to you can be left at home.

Required materials:y 3 ring binder with plentiful loose leaf paper.y Composition notebook (to be left in Rm 113)

Supplemental text (strongly encouraged)AMSCO: United States HistoryPreparing for the Advanced PlacementExamination, Second Edition

o IBSN: 978-1-56765-660-2o Available at Amazon.com and AMSCO site

Date of AP Exam: Friday, May 11th during the morning sessionFee: $87

ectations of Students & Student Responsibilities:

y Students are expected to arrive to class ON TIME and ready to work with a pen orpencil, assignment notebook, homework, and history binder (3-ring). You must bringthe same history binder, every day! You will not be allowed to go to your locker toretrieve these items once class has started.

y Students are expected to be ACTIVE participants in class discussions and activities. Welearn the most when we ask questions, volunteer our ideas, and consider the ideas of

others. Active participation involves both contributing to discussion and listening toothers.

y Students are expected to be RESPECTFUL at all times- respectful of peers, teachers,ideas, comments, and differences. Each of us has a part in the responsibility of creatinga respectful environment at Duxbury High School.

y Students are expected to be HONEST at all times, adhering to the rules laid out in theDHS Student Handbook.


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Expectations of Academic Work

y The College Board requires nightly homework assignments that are challenging.Because this is upper-level material, you are required to actively read and take noteson each section that I assign.

y No shortcuts will be accepted. Copying information from a friend, internet sources, oreven an online reference is no replacement for reading the assigned text, andorganizing important themes and details into notes.

y Homework will be checked by frequent and unannounced quizzes and by theinstructor evaluating the quality of discussion. You will not receive any credit forsimply taking notesyour credit will be earned from your evaluation and synthesis ofmaterial.

y Homework reading assignments will be posted on the board, given to you on a weeklycalendar, as well as posted to the course website (through the DHS website).

y Assignments are due at the beginning of each class and no late work will be accepted.

Assessment & Grading Policy

y For each unit, you will be given a unit guide at the beginning of the unit that willserve as both a framework and a study guide for the material covered.

y Tests will be given at the end of each unit, two or three times per quarter, dependingon the number of units in a given quarter. Quizzes will also be given and will be bothannounced and unannounced.

y Quarter grades will be comprised of tests, quizzes, homework and otherassignments, current events, and class participation and preparedness. Thebreakdown of the grading policy is subject to change during the year, as it dependson the amount of assignments during each quarter.

y Absence from school is NOT considered an excuse for lack ofpreparation for class. When a student is absent, it is that student's responsibilityto speak to his/her classmates about what he/she missed and check the file for any

handouts. Students are given weekly calendars at the beginning of the week thatinclude the entire week's assignments, and are therefore aware of the exacthomework assignments for each night. Calendars and assignments are updated andposted on the course blog.

y Students are expected to turn in outstanding homework due to an absence on theday they return to school. They will be given a day of make-up time for each dayof absence. If a student is too ill to do the homework, I ask that parents/guardiansinform me of this through a note.

y If a student is absent on the day of a test, that test will be made up the next daythe student is in school, except in the case of a multiple-day absence. In thatcase, appropriate arrangements will be made.

y Any work that a student misses due to an unexcused absence will automaticallybe recorded as a zero. This includes quizzes and tests.y Any appointments made to make up work that are missed will result in a zero for

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8. The Second World War

y the rise of fascism, militarism, in Japan, Italy, and Germanyy Prelude to war: attack of neutralityy The attack on Pearl Harbor and U.S. declaration of Wary Fighting a multi-front wary Diplomacy, war aims, and wartime conferencesy The US as a global power in the Atomic Age

9. The 1950s

yEmergence of the modern civil rights movements

y The affluent society and other Americay Consensus and conformity: suburbia and middle class Americay Social critics, non conformists, and cultural rebelsy Impact of changes in science, technology and medicine

10. The Turbulent1960s

y From the New Frontier to the Great Societyy Expanding movements for civil rightsy Cold war confrontations: Asia, Latin America, and Europey Beginning of Dtentey The antiwar movement and counterculture

11. Politics and Economies at the end of the Twentieth Centuryy The election of 1968 and the Silent Majorityy Nixons challenges: Vietnam, China, Watergatey Changes in the economy: energy crisis, deindustrialization, and the service economyy The New Right and the Reagan revolutiony End of the Cold War

12. Society and Culture at the End of the Twentieth Century

y demographic changes: surge of immigration after 1965, sunbelt migration, and thegraying of America

y revolutions in biotechnology, mass communication, and computersy

Politics in a multicultural society13. The United States in a Post-Cold War World

y Globalization and the American economyy Unilateralism v. multilateralism in foreign policyy Domestic and foreign terrorismy Environmental issues in a global context

Extra Help

y I encourage students to make appointments with me whenever extra help is needed.It is a students responsibility to make appointments with me whenever they havequestions, problems or would like to chat. I am available most days after school.Please talk with me so we can arrange a mutually exclusive time.

I am looking forward to teaching you this year!


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