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    AP U.S. History 
    2020-2021  
    Click HERE for feedback on the document analysis assignment.
    HERE is a model doc analysis.  The last part is what you will need to do on the DBQ.
                                                 
    As you get your scores back for the SAQ, here is a sample from a past exam (2018) and student response with scorer notes from College Board.              
               
     
    HERE are common problems that many of you had on the DBQ for Ch. 4-7.  
     
    HERE is a sample LEQ from the most recent one.  Please read the comments on the side in addition to comparing it to the rubric.
     
    Click HERE for notes on historical writing. (Posted after DBQ 21-24)
                
                                                  
     

    Spring 2021 AP U.S. History Reading Schedule

    Below is the projected pacing of textbook reading for the upcoming spring semester. You should complete assigned reading by the end of the week indicated to be prepared for class and assessments. Possible adjustments to this schedule will be discussed in class.


    Unit 5 – The Gilded Age

    Week of 1/4 Chapter 15 (Reconstruction:  1865-1877); 3 sections

    Tues/Wed: CH 15 MC

    Week of 1/11 Chapter 16 (Conquering a Continent:  1860-1890); 3 sections

    Week of 1/18 Chapter 17 (The Busy Hive: Industrial America at Work, 1877-1911); 3 sections

    1/26 & 1/27: CH 16-17 MC and SAQ*

    Week of 1/25 Chapter 18 (The Victorians Meet the Modern:  1880-1917); 3 sections

    Week of 2/1 Chapter 19 (The Rise & Reform of Industrial Cities: 1880-1917); 3 sections

    2/4 & 2/5: CH 18-19 MC

    Week of 2/8 Chapter 20 (Politics, Populists & Progressives:  1880-1917); 3 sections

    2/11 & 2/12: CH 20 MC & CH 16-20 LEQ


    -February Break 15th-19th-


    Unit 6 – The Early 20th Century

    Week of 2/22 Chapter 21 (An Emerging World Power: 1877-1918); 4 sections

    Week of 3/1 Chapter 22 (Wrestling with Modernity: 1918-1929); 4 sections

    Week of 3/8 Chapter 23 (The Great Depression & New Deal:  1929-1939); 4 sections

    3/15: CH 21-23 MC

    3/16 & 3/17: Unit 6 - DBQ


    Unit 7 – The Mid 20th Century

    Week of 3/15 Chapter 24 (The World at War:  1937-1945); 4 sections

    Week of 3/22 Chapter 25 (Cold War America:  1945-1963); 3 sections

    3/26 DBQ 21-25

    Week of 3/29 Chapter 26 (Triumph of the Middle Class:  1945-1963); 3 sections

    4/2: CH 24-26 MC and SAQ

    Spring Break 4/5-4/9

    Week of 4/12 Chapter 27 (The Civil Rights Movement:  1841-1973); 3 sections

    4/19: CH 27 MC


    Unit 8 – The Late 20th Century

    Week of 4/19 Chapter 29 (Search for Order in an Era of Limits:  1973-1980); 3 sections

    4/27 & 4/28: CH 28-29 MC and LEQ

    Week of 4/26 Chapter 30 (Conservative America Ascendant:  1973-1991); 3 sections

    Week of 5/3 Chapter 31 (National Dilemmas in a Global Society: 1989-2011); 3 sections

    Week of 5/10 Review


    DATE of EXAM is TBD [by College Board]


    Rest of year Culminating Project, due during finals







    * Short Week due to Holiday or Teacher Training Day 



                                               
                                               
                                                  
     
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