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, 1492-1775. Aug – Sept (4 Weeks~20 Periods)
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  • 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, 1608-1800. Sept – Oct (4 Weeks~20 Periods)​
  • 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: The Growing Republic, 1800-1860. Oct - Nov (4 Weeks~20 Periods)
  • Ch. 11: The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic
  • Ch. 12: The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism
  • Ch. 13: War for Independence
  • Ch. 14: Forging the National Economy
  • Focus: The Manifest Destiny, the Question & Problem of Slaveries Growth. The Industrial Revolution Takes Hold. Document analysis - SAQ/LEQ​
​Reading Guide IV: Antebellum America, 1790-1861. Nov to Dec (4 Weeks~20 Periods)
  • 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, 1861-1877. Dec (1 Week) 
  • Ch. 20 & 21: Civil War chapters
  • Ch. 22: Reconstruction
Review & Final Exam Days (3–5 days~10 Periods)
~90 Instructional Periods
​SECOND SEMESTER — late Industrial Revolution to Modern Era
Goal: Chapters 23–42 (14th Edition)
Traditional Schedule, CA
​Reading Guide VI: Gilded Age & Industrial America, 1869-1896. Jan. (4 Weeks~20 Periods)
  • 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, 1890-1919. Feb. (4 Weeks~20 Periods)
  • 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, 1919-1945. Mar. (4 Weeks~20 Periods)
  • 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, 1945-1992. Apr.
(4 Weeks~10 Periods)
  • 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, 1992-Today. May-Jun
​(4 Weeks~10 periods)
  • Ch. 41. Post Cold War
  • Ch. 42. A New Century 
  • Focus: Engagement, Post Exam
~70 Instructional Periods Before the AP Exam.
Review (5-8 Days) & Post Exam & Final Exam Days 
  • Ch. 41. Post Cold War
  • Ch. 42. A New Century 
  • Focus: Engagement, Post Exam

AP Course Pacing Guide Correlation. 

Unit/Period One, ​1491-1607
Unit/Period Two, 1607-1754
Unit/Period Three, 1754-1800
Unit/Period Four, 1800-1848
Unit/Period Five, 1844-1877
~91 Instructional Periods
Unit/Period Six, 1865-1898 
Unit/Period Seven, 1890-1945
Unit/Period Seven, 1890-1945
Unit/Period Eight, 1945-1980
Unit/Period Nine, 1980-Present
~67 Instructional Periods