United States History - 201
Class Schedule
Fall - 2008

This schedule is tentative! It can only be changed by your instructor. Be sure to attend class to make sure you don't miss any changes.

ATTENTION! Chapters designated in RED require Theme Notes.

ATTENTION!All reading, written and research assignments due on the last date of the Unit.

Discovery and Colonization (1607-1763)

Readings: Chapters 1, 2, 3

TOPICS:    a) establishing and governing empire
                    b) growth of democracy in the Colonies
                    c) economic development in the Colonies
                    d) social development in the Colonies
                    e) introduction of slavery to English Colonies

Theme Notes: Chapter 3

Exercise I:Annotated Bibliography

Sept. 2nd to Sept. 16th Tentative Test Date-Sept. 18th

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Establishment of an Independent Nation (1763-1787)

Readings: Chapters 4, 5

TOPICS:    a) French and Indian War
                    b) Events leading to the American Revolution
                    c) Declaration of Independence
                    d) The American Revolution
                    e) Treaty of Paris (1783)
                    f) Articles of Confederation

Theme Notes: Chapter 4 Chapter 5

Exercise II: Document Analysis

Sept. 16th to Oct. 2nd; Tentative Test Date: Oct. 7th

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The New Republic (1787-1815)

Readings: Chapters 6, 7

TOPICS:    a) The Constitution and the New Republic
                    b) Federalists v. Republicans
                    c) Jeffersonian Era
                    d) Development of Political Parties
                    e) Foreign Affairs

Theme Notes: Chapter 6 Chapter 7

Exercise III:Essay

Oct. 7th to Oct. 23rd Tentative Test Date-Oct. 28th

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Nationalism and Sectionalism (1815-1850)

Readings: Chapters 8, 9, 10

TOPICS:    a) Economic transformation
                    b) Manifest Destiny
                    c) Sectional Disputes
                    d) Marshall Court
                    e) Jacksonian Era
                    f) Foreign Affairs

Theme Notes: Chapter 9 Chapter 10

Exercise IV: Report-Territorial Acquisitions

Oct. 23rd to Nov. 11th Tentative Test Date-Nov. 13th

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Sectionalism, Westward Expansion and Civil War (1840-1865)

Readings: Chapters 11, 12, 13, 14

TOPICS:    a) Mexican War
                    b) The Impending Crisis
                    c) Slavery Issue
                    d) Sectionalism and party conflict
                    e) Secession of the South
                    f) The Civil War

Theme Notes: Chapter 11 Chapter 13 Chapter 14

Exercise V: Precis

Nov. 11th to Dec. 4th; Tentative Test Date: Dec. 9th

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