AP US History Mountain View High School

United States History to Reconstruction

HIS 121-782, Fall 2017

Instructor: Kelly Evans

Phone/Voice Mall: 970-682-4459
Email address: kelly.evans@thompsonschools.org
Room: D223
Office Hours: 1st hour all year
Class Meets: Monday, Tuesday, Friday 8:22-9:09, Thursday 7:30-8:53 Aug. 21-Dec. 21

FRCC Course Description:

Explores events, trends, peoples, groups, cultures, ideas, and institutions in North America and
United States history, including the multiple perspectives of gender, class, and ethnicity, between
the period when Native American Indians were the sole inhabitants of North America, and the
American Civil War. Focuses on developing, practicing, and strengthening the skills historians
use while constructing knowledge in the discipline.~~This course is one of the Statewide
Guaranteed Transfer courses. GT-HI1

State-wide standards for Social & Behavioral Sciences courses require that they meet the
following objectives:
1. Provide content knowledge in one of the following areas: History, Economic or Political
Systems, Geography, or Human Behavior.
2. Ability to use the social sciences to analyze and interpret issues.
3. Understand diverse perspectives and groups.
4. Competency in critical thinking.
5. Competency in written communication or technology.
In addition to the requirements of the Written Communication Competency, writing in a course in
the social and behavioral sciences must also meet the following requirements:
a) It must be graded work.
b) Short answer questions do not fulfill the requirement. In-class assignments need to be
of a scale at least as large as one has in an essay exam.
c) Writing assignments have to include writing done outside the classroom. In-class
assignments are not enough; a piece of polished writing prepared by students outside of
class has to be included.
d) Twenty to twenty-five percent of the final grade must be based on writing assignments.

Required Textbooks:
Henretta, James A., et al Americas History 8th Edition Bedford/St. Martins
Other readings assigned will be made available on the Schoology class site.

Course Objectives: An emphases will be placed on the development of skills related to the
profession of the historian: primary source analysis, critical reading and writing and critical
analysis of historiographic works. Students will develop a working knowledge of United States
History content from a variety of historiographic perspectives.

Material:
3 or 5 Subject Notebook or 3 Ring Binder with Dividers
4x6 Spiral Notecards
Composition Notebook
Blue or Black Pens AND Pencils
Evaluation/Grading Procedures: Each student is expected to do work independently unless
assigned a group exercise. Letter grades are based on percentage standards of points with 100-
90% being an A, 89-80% being a B, 79-70% being a C, 69-60% being a D, and anything less
than 60% failing.

The grading will be determined by categories that include the following:

30% Writing Assignments Formal papers

20% Writing Assignments - Homework
10% In-class participation
40% Objective Exams

It is extremely important that you are part of the class discussion as this will be the heart of our
class meetings. It is imperative that you attend and participate in class regularly. Failure to do so
will result in a lower grade. If you are a person who has trouble participating, please visit with
me. Im very good at finding ways to help you feel less self-conscious and improve your
participation.

Late Work: All work must be submitted in class the day it is due OR through our Schoology
class page.

Academic Honesty: Plagiarism is a crime. Academic dishonesty will be dealt with at the
instructors discretion. Likely penalties include an F grade for the course and possible
expulsion from the College. You are expected to do your own work, and it is quite obvious to
instructors when you have not.

Diversity: The course content and the course environment are dedicated to an understanding of
and acceptance of all. Inclusive language is mandatory (i.e. instead of all men we use all
people etc.) Disparaging remarks in relation to others ethnic or racial background, sex, sexual
preference, age, disability, socioeconomic background, etc. will not be tolerated.

FRCC Rules and Guidelines:

Refer students to the student code of conduct in the student handbook,
http://www.frontrange.edu/Current-Students/Student-Life/Handbook-and-Planner.aspx

Diversity: The course content and the course environment are dedicated to an understanding of
and acceptance of all. Inclusive language is mandatory (i.e. instead of all men we use all
people etc.) Disparaging remarks in relation to others ethnic or racial background, sex, sexual
preference, age, disability, socioeconomic background, etc. will not be tolerated.

Financial Aid:
The following actions have eligibility implications for financial aid recipients:
non-attendance, dropping courses, repeating courses, academic progress, and the
number of credit hours attempted and completed. You are strongly encouraged
to seek financial aid advising throughout the term if you have any questions
about eligibility implications.
 AP US History MVHS
United States History to Reconstruction
HIS 121-782, Fall 2016
Course Schedule

Instructor reserves the right to modify schedule as needed

**Read all textbook assignments listed before coming to class, additional supplementary
readings will be assigned as well

Week 1:
Course Introduction
Colliding Worlds, 1450-1600
Historical Thinking Skills Interpretation
Reading: Chapter 1
Reading 1491 excerpts and discussion

Week 2:
Historical Thinking Skills
American Experiments, 1521-1700
Reading: Chapter 2
Reading Quiz
Test: Chapters 1/2

Week 3:
The British Atlantic World, 1660-1750
Reading: Chapter 3
Mystery Documents
Colonial Chart

Week 4:
Growth, Diversity, and Conflict, 1720-1763
Reading: Chapter 4
Reading Quiz
SAQ Practice
Colonial Chart

Week 5:
Test: Chapters 3/4
The Problem of Empire, 1763-1776
Reading: Chapter 5
Lexington Triad

Week 6:
Making War and Republican Governments, 1776-1789
Reading: Chapter 6
You Be The Judge (YBTJ) #1 primary source work
Reading Quiz
Week 7:
Hammering Out a Federal Republic, 1787-1820
Reading: Chapter 7
Introduction to writing the DBQ
Primary Source Analysis
Test: Chapters 5/6

Week 8:
Creating a Republican Culture, 1790-1820
Reading: Chapter 8
Breakdown DBQ

Week 9:
Test: Chapters 7/8
Transforming the Economy, 1800-1860
Reading: Chapter 9
Primary Source work
Historical Thinking Skills
Development of Market System

Week 10:
A Democratic Revolution, 1800-1844
Reading: Chapter 10
YBTJ #2
Jacksonian Democracy Who would you vote for?
Reading Quiz

Week 11:
Religion and Reform, 1800-1860
Reading: Chapter 11
1st Great Awakening vs 2nd Great Awakening
Transcendentalism and Utopian Communities
Source Analysis Practice
Test: Chapters 9/10

Week 12:
The South Expands: Slavery and Society, 1800-1860
Reading: Chapter 12
Introduction to LEQ and rubric
Breakdown prompt and outline essay
Week 13:
Expansion, War, and Sectional Crisis, 1844-1860
Reading: Chapter 13
American Expansion
1st Political System vs 2nd Political System
Lincoln Source Analysis
Test: LEQ Chapters 11/12

Week 14:
Thanksgiving Break
Week 15:
Two Societies at War, 1861-1865 Continued
Reading: Chapter 14
Upper South Development
Anaconda and other strategies
1864 Lincoln and Sherman
Road to Civil War Project and Essay introduction (Due December 15)
Library Research

Week 16:
Test: Chapters 13/14
Reconstruction, 1865-1877
Reading: Chapter 15
Suffrage
Sharecropping
Project Work time

Week 17:
Projects and Essay due
Review

Week 18:
FINALS WEEK