AP History for Everyone – Non-Members
Price: $5.00 – $45.00
Description
Whether you need to pony up, are wanting to brush up, or are an AP History student, former executive director Shawn Gladden will lead this 16 week class. Each class will be recorded and made available afterwards. NO HOMEWORK / NO PAPERS. The Fall session will cover History 1: Colonization through Civil War. Mondays from September 9th through December 23rd. Schedule for each session below.
Course Description
This “course” is designed to examine United States History from an “AP History” model. The instructor, Shawn Gladden, is an adjunct Professor of History with 13 years’ experience and is also an “AP History Rater”. Mr. Gladden will explain historiography and perspectives in the study of history. After completion of this course, students will be able to describe the major political, diplomatic, economic, and social developments from the fifteenth century through the American Civil War. In particular, students will study the European, African, and Native American cultures of pre-Revolutionary America; the American Revolution and the development of American republicanism; the Transportation Revolution and the emergence of a market economy; territorial expansion and wars; 1783-1860; antebellum reformers; Civil War, 1861-1865.
Each Session is 2 Hours with a 15-minute break.
Monday Nights 6:00 – 8:00 Zoom.
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:
- Compare and contrast the political, economic, religious, social, and/or cultural characteristics of the North American colonies.
- Examine primary sources as evidence to understand one’s own and various worldviews, values, and perspectives within the context of the cultures within the Atlantic World.
- Analyze the interconnectedness of African, Native American, and European cultures within and across the context of the Atlantic World.
- Trace the major events leading up to the American Revolution and the ideological differences during the Confederation period that led to the creation of the
- Describe the political, cultural, social, religious, and/or economic characteristics of the early republic.
- Examine American expansion and its effect on Native American relations, slavery, and American diplomacy and military actions.
- Explain the major events leading to the American Civil and its outcome.
Source Material used for Power Point Material:
Alfers, Kenneth. The American Promise Shaping America Student Course Guide Us History to 1877. N. P: Bedford/ST Martins, 2012. Print.
Foner, Eric. 2013. Give Me Liberty!: An American History. Volume 1, 4th edition. New York: Norton.
Roark, James L. The American Promise Us History to 1877. 5th ed. Vol. 1. N. P: Bedford/ST Martins, 2012. Print.
September 9th: Session 1: A New World: Exploration & Colonization
September 16th: Session 2: Beginnings Of English America: Jamestown and Massachusetts Bay
September 23rd: Session 3: Creating Anglo-America: The Crises of the Late 1600s
September 30th: Session 4: Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire: 1700-1765
October 7th: Session 5: The Road to the American Revolution
October 14th: Session 6: The War for Independence and the Revolution Within
October 21st: Session 7: Founding a Nation: The Constitution and the Federalist Era
October 28th: Session 8: Discussion and AP History writing Session
November 4th: Session 9: Securing the Republic: The Democratic Republicans
November 11th: Session 10: The Market Revolution and the Era of Good Feelings
November 18th: Session 11: Democracy in America: The Jacksonian Era
November 25th: Session 12: The Peculiar Institution: Slavery during the Antebellum Age
December 2nd: Session 13: An Age of Reform: 1820s – 1850s
December 9th: Chapter 14: A House Divided: The Road to the Civil War
December 16th: Session 15: A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War
December 23rd: Session 16: Review and Discussion
Signing up for the class comes with an Individual Membership to CCHS.
