Ten of Rutland High School's brightest and most talented seniors have chosen to take Advanced Placement United States History this year. This rigorous course meets every day for seventy-five minutes and will culminate in the spring with the nationally administered Advanced Placement Examination on May 12, 2001.
Our main texts this year will be:
   The American People: Nash, Jeffrey, et al
   The American Spirit, vols 1,2: Bailey, Kennedy
   Historical Viewpoints, vols 1,2: Garraty
   A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia: Thomas Harriot
   The Reshaping of Everyday Life, 1790 - 1840: Jack Larkin
   Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas: Frederick Douglass
   My American Century: Studs Terkel

From this site and associated pages you can see examples of some of their work and class activities.

Unit Plans and Assignments for 2000-2001:

     Unit 1, The Colonial Experience
            A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia
   Unit 2, The American Revolution
   Unit 3, The Young Republic
       The Reshaping of Everyday Life, 1790 - 1840
      The Lowell Mill Girls
  Unit4, Rise of a National Identity and Sectionalism
   Unit 5, The Civil War and Reconstruction
           Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
    Unit 6, The Technological Modernization of America
   Unit 7, The Political and Ideological Modernization of America