425 AP UNITED STATES HISTORY

Unit 3: Slavery, Freedom and the Crisis of the Union

Duration of Days: 22

1. The role of cotton in the south and its influence on the northern economiy
2. Life under slavery, slave culture and resistance to slavery
3. The impulse for reform in reliouns, society, government and gender
4. Abolitionism-both white and black
5. Factors leading to feminism
6. Manifest Destiny and its impact
7. Causes of increasing sectionalism
8. Causes for the rise of Lincoln and the Republican party
9. Dred Scott and the impending crisis
10. Causes of the Civil War
11. Reasons for Northern Victory
12. The post Civil War South
13. Reconstruction: goals and failings
14. The end of Reconstruction and its outcom

Read 5 chapters in their texts
Class discussion of assigned reading
50 pages of notes
5 quizzes on key terms
5 AP based multiple choice exams
3 in class Long Essay Questions
5 Lessons interpreting primary source documents

5 quizzes

5 exams

3 LEQs

Lesson # Lesson Title Duration of Days
1 The Peculiar Institution Discussion and Quiz 2
2 The Peculiar Institution Primary Source Lesson 1
3 The Peculiar Institution Test 1
4 An Age of Reform Discussion and Quiz 2
5 An Age of Reform Primary Source Lesson 1
6 An Age of Reform Test 1
7 An Age of Reform LEQ 1
8 A House Divided Discussion and Quiz 2
9 A House Divided Primary Source Lesson 1
10 A House Divided Test 1
11 A New Birth of Freedom Discussion and Quiz 2
12 A New Birth of Freedom Primary Source Lesson 1
13 A New Birth of Freedom Test 1
14 A New Birth of Freedom LEQ 1
15 "What is Freedom?": Reconstruction Discussion & Quiz 2
16 "What is Freedom?": Reconstruction Primary Source 1
17 "What is Freedom?": Reconstruction Test 1