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Date: Monday, August 27 Topic: Introduction to course; class policies; grading policies; Reading: Assessment: College Board search due Thursday, August 30 Other: Print, sign, and return class policy and student/parent information packet Date: Tuesday, August 28 Topic: Overview of AP exam, online quizzes, ABC-CLIO, & turnitin.com Reading: Ch. 1-4 Assessment: Ch. 2-4 online quizzes open Other: Print, sign, and return class policy and student/parent information packet Date: Wednesday, August 29 Topic: Begin Unit 1 (Ch. 1-4); Exploration & colonization: 1450s to 1700 Reading: Ch. 1-4 Assessment: Other: Print, sign, and return class policy and student/parent information packet Date: Thursday, August 30 Topic: Rise of Europe, early exploration, discovery of the New World Reading: Ch. 1-4 Assessment: College Board Search Due Other: Print, sign, and return class policy and student/parent information packet Date: Friday, August 31 Topic: Early English settlements, Chesapeake Bay colonies, southern colonies Reading: Ch. 1-4 Assessment: Other: Print, sign, and return class policy and student/parent information packet Date: Tuesday, September 4 Topic: Early English settlements, Chesapeake Bay colonies, southern colonies Reading: Ch. 1-4 Assessment: Ch. 2 Online Quiz due by 8:30 AM; ABC-CLIO Columbian Exchange essay due by 11:59 PM Other: Date: Wednesday, September 5 Topic: The New England and Middle Colonies Reading: Ch. 1-4 Assessment: Other: Date: Friday, September 7 Topic: The New England and Middle Colonies / Colonial life during the 1600s Reading: Ch. 1-4 Assessment: Ch. 3 Online Quiz due by 8:30 AM Other:

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Date: Monday, September 10 Topic: Colonial life during the 1600s Reading: Ch. 1-4 Assessment: Ch. 4 Online Quiz due by 8:30 AM Other: Date: Tuesday, September 11 Topic: Colonial life during the 1600s Reading: Ch. 1-4 Assessment: Other: ABC-CLIO Early English Colonies essay due on Friday Date: Wednesday, September 12 Topic: Reading: Assessment: Unit 1 Exam (Ch. 1-4); Ch. 5-7 online quizzes open Other: Date: Thursday, September 13 Topic: Begin Unit 2 (Ch. 5-7); The Colonies before Revolution, 1700-1775 Reading: Ch. 5-7 Assessment: Ch. 5 Online Quiz due by 8:30 AM Other: Date: Friday, September 14 Topic: 18th Century Colonial Society Reading: Ch. 5-7 Assessment: ABC-CLIO Early English Colonies essay due by 11:59 PM Other: End of Three Weeks Grading Period Date: Monday, September 17 Topic: The Wars for Control of North America Reading: Ch. 5-7 Assessment: Ch. 6 Online Quiz due by 8:30 AM Other: Date: Tuesday, September 18 Topic: The Wars for Control of North America Reading: Ch. 5-7 Assessment: Other: Date: Friday, September 21 Topic: Causes and Events Leading to Revolution Reading: Ch. 5-7 Assessment: Other:

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Date: Monday, September 24 Topic: Causes and Events Leading to Revolution Reading: Ch. 5-7 Assessment: Other: Date: Tuesday, September 25 Topic: FRQ Essay Practice Reading: Assessment: Ch. 8-10 online quizzes open Other: Date: Wednesday, September 26 Topic: Reading: Assessment: Unit 2 Exam (Ch. 5-7) Other: Date: Thursday, September 27 Topic: Begin Unit 3 (Ch. 8-10); Revolution, New Governments and the Federalist Period, 1775-1800 Reading: Ch. 8-10 Assessment: Ch. 8 Online Quiz due by 8:30 AM Other: Date: Friday, September 28 Topic: The American Revolution Reading: Ch. 8-10 Assessment: Declaration of Independence worksheet due Other: Date: Monday, October 1 Topic: The American Revolution Reading: Ch. 8-10 Assessment: Other: Date: Tuesday, October 2 Topic: Creating new governments; the States, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution Reading: Ch. 8-10 Assessment: Ch. 9 Online Quiz due by 8:30 AM Other: Date: Wednesday, October 3 Topic: Creating new governments; the States, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution Reading: Ch. 8-10 Assessment: Other:

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Date: Thursday, October 4 Topic: Creating new governments; the States, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution Reading: Ch. 8-10 Assessment: Constitution worksheet due Other: Date: Friday, October 5 Topic: The Federalist Period; Washington and Adams and the new federal government Reading: Ch. 8-10 Assessment: Ch. 10 Online Quiz due by 8:30 AM Other: End of Six Weeks Grading Period Date: Tuesday, October 9 Topic: The Federalist Period; Washington and Adams and the new federal government Reading: Ch. 8-10 Assessment: Other: Date: Wednesday, October 10 Topic: The Federalist Period; Washington and Adams and the new federal government Reading: Ch. 8-10 Assessment: Other: Date: Thursday, October 11 Topic: The Federalist Period; Washington and Adams and the new federal government Reading: Ch. 8-10 Assessment: Other: Date: Friday, October 12 Topic: Reading: Assessment: Unit 3 Exam (Ch. 8-10); Ch. 11-13 online quizzes open Other: Date: Monday, October 15 Topic: FRQ Essay Practice Reading: Assessment: Other: Date: Wednesday, October 17 Other: PSAT Testing Date: Thursday, October 18 Topic: The Jeffersonian Revolution Reading: Ch. 11-13 Assessment: Other:

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Date: Friday, October 19 Topic: The Jeffersonian Revolution Reading: Ch. 11-13 Assessment: Other: Date: Monday, October 22 Topic: War of 1812 and the New Nationalism Reading: Ch. 11-13 Assessment: Ch. 12 Online quiz due by 8:30AM Other: Date: Tuesday, October 23 Topic: War of 1812 and the New Nationalism Reading: Ch. 11-13 Assessment: Clays American System map due (questions to be answered in class) Other: Date: Thursday, October 25 Topic: The Age of Jackson and the Common Man Reading: Ch. 11-13 Assessment: Ch. 13 Online quiz due by 8:30AM Other: Date: Friday, October 26 Topic: The Age of Jackson and the Common Man Reading: Ch. 11-13 Assessment: Other: End of First Nine Weeks Date: Monday, October 29 Topic: The Age of Jackson and the Common Man Reading: Ch. 11-13 Assessment: Other: Date: Tuesday, October 30 Topic: The Age of Jackson and the Common Man Reading: Ch. 11-13 Assessment: Other: Date: Wednesday, October 31 Topic: FRQ Essay Practice Reading: Assessment: Ch. 14-16 online quizzes open Other: Distribute Jacksonian Democracy Essay packet and rubric

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Date: Thursday, November 1 Topic: Reading: Assessment: Unit 4 Exam (Ch. 11-13) Other: Date: Friday, November 2 Topic: Begin Unit 5 (Ch. 14-16); Life in Antebellum America, 1790-1860 Reading: Ch. 14-16 Assessment: Ch. 14 Online quiz due by 8:30AM Other: Date: Monday, November 5 Topic: The First Industrial Revolution and the Market Revolution Reading: Ch. 14-16 Assessment: Other: Date: Tuesday, November 6 Topic: The First Industrial Revolution and the Market Revolution Reading: Ch. 14-16 Assessment: Other: Date: Wednesday, November 7 Topic: Antebellum Religious Revivals and Reform Movements Reading: Ch. 15 Assessment: Ch. 15 Online quiz due by 8:30AM & ABC-CLIO: Jacksonian Democracy Essay due by 11:59 PM Other: Date: Thurs, November 8 Topic: Antebellum Religious Revivals and Reform Movements Reading: Ch. 15 Assessment: Jefferson/Jackson packet due in class Other: Date: Friday, November 9 Topic: Antebellum Religious Revivals and Reform Movements Reading: Ch. 15 Assessment: Other: Date: Wednesday, November 14 Topic: Reading: Assessment: In-class timed essay Other:

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Date: Thurs, November 15 Topic: Reading: Assessment: Unit 5 Exam (Ch. 14-16); Ch. 17-19 online quizzes open Other: Date: Friday, November 16 Topic: Begin Unit 5 (Ch. 17-19); Manifest Destiny, Westward Expansion, and Early Imperialism, 1840-1860 Reading: Ch. 17-19 Assessment: Other: Date: Monday, November 26 Topic: Manifest Destiny, Westward Expansion, and Early Imperialism Reading: Ch. 17-19 Assessment: Ch. 17 Online quiz due by 8:30AM Other: Date: Tuesday, November 27 Topic: Renewal of Sectional Struggle Reading: Ch. 17-19 Assessment: Other: Date: Wednesday, November 28 Topic: Renewal of Sectional Struggle Reading: Ch. 17-19 Assessment: Ch. 18 Online quiz due by 8:30AM Other: Date: Thursday, November 29 Topic: Renewal of Sectional Struggle Reading: Ch. 17-19 Assessment: Other: Date: Friday, November 30 Topic: Disunion and Secession Reading: Ch. 17-19 Assessment: Ch. 19 Online quiz due by 8:30AM Other: Date: Monday, December 3 Topic: Disunion and Secession Reading: Ch. 17-19 Assessment: Other:

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Date: Tuesday, December 4 Topic: Disunion and Secession Reading: Ch. 17-19 Assessment: Other: Date: Wednesday, December 5 Topic: Reading: Assessment: In-class timed essay; Ch. 20-22 online quizzes open Other: Date: Thursday, December 6 Topic: Reading: Assessment: Unit 6 Exam (Ch. 17-19) Other: Date: Friday, December 7 Topic: Begin Unit 7 (Ch. 20-22); Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877 Reading: Ch. 20-22 Assessment: Ch. 20 Online quiz due by 8:30AM Other: Date: Monday, December 10 Topic: The Balance Sheet of the Civil War; Economic and Social Impacts Reading: Ch. 20 Assessment: Other: Date: Tuesday, December 11 Topic: The Civil War; Military and Political Aspects Reading: Ch. 21 Assessment: Ch. 21 Online quiz due by 8:30AM Other: Date: Wednesday, December 12 Topic: The Civil War; Military and Political Aspects Reading: Ch. 21 Assessment: Other: Date: Thursday, December 13 Topic: The Civil War; Military and Political Aspects Reading: Ch. 21 Assessment: Other:

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Date: Friday, December 14 Topic: The Civil War; Military and Political Aspects Reading: Ch. 21 Assessment: Other: Date: Monday, December 17 Topic: Reading: Assessment: Other: Date: Tuesday, December 18 Topic: Reading: Assessment: Semester Exams Other: Date: Wednesday, December 19 Topic: Reading: Assessment: Semester Exams Other: Date: Thursday, December 20 Topic: Reading: Assessment: Semester Exams Other: Date: Friday, December 21 Topic: Reading: Assessment: Semester Exams Other: End of the First Semesters