425 AP UNITED STATES HISTORY

Unit 4: Toward a Global Presence, 1870-1920

Duration of Days: 18

1. The Second Industrial Revolution
2. The Transformation of the West
3. Gilded Age Politics
4. Freedom & Liberty in the Gilded Age
5. Labor during the Gilded Age
6. Populist Movement
7. The Segregated South
8. New Immigration & Nativism
9. Imperialism (Spanish-American War, Latin America)
10. Muckrakers
11. The Progressive Movement
12. The Progressive Presidents
13. The Panama Canal
14. World War One
15. WWI- The Home Front
16. Race Relations
17. The Red Scare

Read 4 chapters in their texts
Class discussion of assigned reading
40 pages of notes
4 quizzes on key terms
4 AP based multiple choice exams
3 in class Long Essay Questions
5 Lessons interpreting primary source documents

4 quizzes

4 exams

2 LEQs

Lesson # Lesson Title Duration of Days
1 America's Gilded Age Discussion & Quiz 2
2 Gilded Age Primary Source Lesson 1
3 Gilded Age Test 1
4 The Gilded Age Long Essay Question 1
5 Freedom's Boundaries Discussion & Quiz 2
6 Freedom's Boundaries Primary Source Lesson 1
7 Freedom's Boundaries Test 1
8 The Progressive Era Discussion & Quiz 2
9 Progressive Era Primary Source Lesson 1
10 Progressive Era Test 1
11 Progressive Era Document Based Question Essay 1
12 The US & World War One Discussion & Quiz 2
13 America & World War One Primary Source Lesson 1
14 America & World War One Test 1