American History Honors – Era of Good Feelings to the Age of Jackson

Textbook, Chapters 7 & 8 Documents 3.4, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8

Due to various schedule interruptions, our class schedule will be somewhat off-set. Please follow this timeline closely.

Unit Schedule

A mod	F mod	Topic / Event	Readings / Assignments
Wed. 10/7	Fri. 10/9	Regional Economies Era of Good Feelings	Danzer, 7.1 Danzer, 7.2
Thu. 10/8	Tue. 10/13	Finish discussion to Election of 1824 Pres DVD: Monroe & J.Q. Adams Document Activity	Danzer, 7.2
Tue. 10/13	Thu. 10/15	Discuss Election of 1828 and the Jackson Presidency Discuss paper assignment	Danzer, 7.3 Document 3.4
Thu. 10/15	Fri. 10/16	Finish Jacksonian politics to 1840 Pres DVD: Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison Discuss group activity and assignments	Danzer, 7.4
Tue. 10/20 (note change in order)	Tue. 10/20	Class Location TBA Group Activity: Antebellum Reforms	Danzer, 8.1, 8.2, 8.4 Documents 3.6 & 3.7
Mon. 10/19 (note change in order)	Wed. 10/21	Seminar on Antebellum Slavery	Danzer, 8.2; Document 3.8 READ Seminar Packet
Wed. 10/21	Tue. 10/27	Quiz on Antebellum Reform Movements (study list will be posted online) Review for test
Mon. 10/26	Wed. 10/28	Unit Test and Discussion Board Posts due
Paper Assignment # 3 (short free-response) due by 7:50 AM on Tuesday, October 27^th. Plan ahead! You may submit this early!

Unit Assignment

The assignment for this unit is to participate on the discussion board on the class wiki. Discussion threads will be posted at the bottom of the unit study guide. You can also easily access these threads by clicking on “Discussions” at the top of the page, then “Honors Discussions.” You must post at least two substantial contributions to receive credit.