AP US History - Polk County School District

APUSH 2013-2014
Suggested Materials:
Planner – to write due dates and keep yourself organized (this can be used for every class)
Themes:
The course will emphasize a series of key themes that are designed to give grounding in the
subject matter of U.S. history. These themes include the following:
American diversity
American Identity
Culture
Demographic Changes
Economic Transformations
Environment
Globalization
Politics and Citizenship, and
Reform
Textbooks:
Primary Text:
Divine, R. A., Breen, T. H., Fredrickson, G. M., Williams, R. H., Gross, J. A., & Brands, H. W.
(2011). America Past and Present. Sadle River: Longman.
Supplementary Readings and Materials:
Davidson and Lytle, After the Fact: The Art of Historical Detection (New York:
McGraw-Hill, 2000)
Davis, Allen F., and Harold D. Woodman. Conflict and Consensus in Modern American
History. 6th edition, Massachusetts: D.C. Heath and Company. 1984.
Kennedy, David M., and Thomas Bailey. The American Sprit, Volume I: To 1877. 10th
ed, 2002, New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2002.
Kennedy, David M., and Thomas Bailey. The American Sprit, Volume II: Since 1865.
10th ed, 2002, New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2002.
Newman, John J., and John M. Schmalbach. United States History: Preparing for the
Advanced Placement Examination. 1998, New York: AMSCO School Publications,
Inc., 1998.
Our Documents: 100 Milestone Documents. http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=true
Teaching with Documents. http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/
The Library of Congress: American Memory. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
Many other current news reports and commentary from major newspapers, radio, television and
the Internet are utilized in daily coursework.
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I reserve the right to change the information and/or assignments contained within this syllabus. If
there is ever a question about anything in the syllabus please come and see me.