American Pageant & Curriculum


Pacing Alignment Guide

FIRST SEMESTER — Beginnings to Civil War & Reconstruction
Goal: Chapters 1–18 (14th Edition)
Traditional Schedule, CA

Reading Guide I: Pre-Columbian to Colonial American Aug – Sept (4 Weeks)
  • Ch. 1: New World Beginnings (Minor Coverage Warranted)
  • Ch. 2: Colonial (English) Beginnings
  • Ch. 3: Settling the (Northern English Colonies)
  • Ch. 4: American Life (In the 17th Century) 
  • Ch. 5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution (18th Century)
  • Focus: Contact, native societies, colonization patterns -Document analysis -SAQ Practice
Reading Guide 11: Imperial Struggles to New Republic - Sept – Oct (4 Weeks)​
  • Ch. 6: Imperial Wars (Minor Coverage Warranted)
  • Ch. 7: Road to Revolution
  • Ch. 8: War for Independence
  • Ch. 9: Creating the Constitution
  • Ch. 10: Early Republic (The Federalist Period & Hamilton)
  • Focus: The Enlightenment and its impact, Federalism, Jefferson vs. Hamilton - Document analysis - SAQ/LEQ
Reading Guide III: Expansion & Sectional Tension - Oct to Nov (4 Weeks)
  • Ch. 11: Launching the New Ship
  • Ch. 12: Jeffersonian Era
  • Ch. 13: Rise of Mass Democracy
  • Ch. 14: A National Economy
  • Focus: Political Conflict, The Market and Industrial Revolutions - SAQ/LEQ Practice 
Reading Guide IV: Antebellum America Nov to Dec (4 Weeks)
  • Ch. 15: Reform
  • Ch. 16: Slavery
  • Ch. 17: Manifest Destiny
  • Ch. 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle
  • Ch. 19: Drifting to War
  • Focus: Pre-Civil War tensions - SAQ/LEQ Practice
Reading Guide V: Civil War & Reconstruction - Dec (1 Week) 
  • Ch. 20 & 21: Civil War chapters
  • Ch. 22: Reconstruction
Review & Final Exam Days (3–5 days)

SECOND SEMESTER — late Industrial Revolution to Modern Era
Goal: Chapters 23–42 (14th Edition)
Traditional Schedule, CA

Reading Guide VI: Gilded Age & Industrial America - Jan (4 Weeks)
  • Ch. 24: Industrial Growth
  • Ch. 23: Politics of the Gilded Age
  • Ch. 25: Urbanization/Immigration
  • Ch. 26: The West
  • Focus: Industrialization's Effects, The Last West, The New South - SAQ/DBQ Practice
Reading Guide VII: Progressive Era to WWII - Feb (4 Weeks)
  • Ch. 27: Empire & Expansion
  • Ch. 28: Progressive Reform
  • Ch. 29: Progressivism Continued
  • Ch. 30: The Great War
  • Focus: Imperialism, Progressive Reform, WWI - SAQ/DBQ Practice
Reading Guide VIII: Boom, Bust, and Battle - Mar (4 Weeks)
  • Ch. 31: The "Roaring '20s"
  • Ch. 32: Boom and Bust
  • Ch. 33: Great Depression and New Deal
  • Ch. 34: Shadow of War
  • Ch. 35: WWII
  • Focus: Social Change and Urban vs Rural America, Depression & Totalitarian Threats, World War - DBQ Practice
Reading guide IX: Modern America - Apr (4 Weeks)
  • Ch. 36: Cold War
  • Ch. 37: American Zenith
  • Ch. 38: Stormy 1960s
  • Ch. 39: Challenges
  • Ch. 40: Resurgence of Conservatism
  • Focus: The Cold War, Post Cold War, AP Exam. Review

Reading guide X: Today, Post Exam. May-Jun (4 Weeks)
  • Ch. 41. Post Cold War
  • Ch. 42. A New Century 
  • Focus: Engagement, Post Exam

Review & Final Exam Days (If used, 5–8 days)
  • Ch. 41. Post Cold War
  • Ch. 42. A New Century 
  • Focus: Engagement, Post Exam
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