Course Description

 

Grades 11-12

 

A. P. American History

 

Philosophy Statement:  From creation to the present day, God has been involved in the governing of man.  By studying the past, we see how God works His will in the lives of those who follow Him and how He has spoken and intervened in history.  The study of history should yield an appreciation and realization of the things God has accomplished through people and nations since the creation of the world and His love and concern as He controls the events of world history.

        

Course Objective:  Students will learn to assess historical material, its relevance to a given interpretive problem, its reliability, and importance.  They will learn skills necessary to make written conclusions to questions relating to United States History in both essay and document based forms.  

    

Textbooks:      The Enduring Vision

                        D.C. Heath and Company

                        Copyright 1990

 

Materials:

• Three ring notebook

 

Time Allotment:  44 minutes per day, 5 days per week

 

Course Content:

• Discovery Through the Birth of the United States
• Nationalism, Expansionism, and Sectionalism
• Civil War Through Westward Expansion
• The Gilded Age Through The Progressive Period
• The Roaring Twenties Through the 1950’s
• The 1960’s To the Present

 

Areas to be evaluated:

·        Satisfactory and Timely completion of assignments

·        Homework assignments

·        Written assignments

·        Exams

·        Additional readings

·        Media presentations

·        Guest speakers

·         Discussion

 

Additional activities:  None