Monday June 13, 2011: iMovie Project due - Last Day of Class
(Make-up projects are due on the 15th, which is our classes official exam day, but as AP students you are not taking a Final Exam.) Thursday June 9, 2011:Work on iMovie Tuesday June 7, 2011:Work on iMovie Friday June 3, 2011: Work on iMovie Wednesday June 1, 2011: Finish "Good Night, and Good Luck", work on iMovie Friday May 27, 2011: Junior Free Day for the SAT's Wednesday May 25, 2011: Step-Up Day (no class) Monday May 23, 2011: "Good Night, and Good Luck" - Film Thursday May 19, 2011: 10 Places You Want to Go in the US: Map, introduced iMovie project. Tuesday May 17, 2011: Finish All the Presidents Men. ![]()
Friday May 13, 2011: Donuts! All the Presidents Men.
Wednesday May 11, 2011: Only two of you will be here. We will have a "study hall" - Good Luck everyone else on you English Exam! Monday May 9, 2011: Reflect in discussion and letter. Choose film to watch: either Good Night, and Good Luck or All the Presidents Men. I need your books: Pageant Textbook and "His Excellency" and any other study tool you may have borrowed. Check infinite campus to see what assignments you need to turn in. Friday progress reports are due, so get me everything by Wednesday. |
Weeks 4/25 - 5/6/2011 (Test Day)
Friday 5/6 Test Day!
Good Luck Everyone! I know you can all do it! You are in Room 107 and you need to be there by 7:15. Thursday 5/5 (2 days and counting): Finish Nixon Domestic Affairs Seventies Reading and 80s Packet Questions & Review Homework:
Tuesday 5/3 (4 days and counting): Domestic Affairs 1945-1980s Homework:
Domestic Affairs 1945-1980s Homework:
Finish Foreign Affairs 45-80s, discuss article "How the Seventies Changed America" Homework:
Foreign Affairs 1945-1980s (PP posted to the right, I had to put the maps as a separate sideshow!) Homework:
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Click Here to go to the Textbook Chapter Reading Guide for the remainder of the year.
Week 4/04 - 4/15/2011
Thursday 4/14:
US Foreign Affairs 1946-1980s Writing Tips Talk Homework for April Break:
Tuesday 4/12: US Foreign Affairs 1946-1980s Truman Dewey Election of 1948 Friday 4/8: Finish PowerPoint on WWII Homework: Released question Quiz 1901-1946 Wednesday 4/6: WWII PowerPoint Homework: Review #3 Monday 4/4: WWII PowerPoint: (In 3 parts due to size) US Foreign Policy 1920-1941 WWII Abroad and at Home Homework: Comparison Chart of major themes in WWI and WWII |
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Week of 3/14 - 4/01 2011:
Friday 4/1:
SNOW DAY
Wednesday 3/30:
Great Depression
Analyze the DBQ - answer the questions as a class.
Homework:
I NEED the rest of the late work. Your classmates who turned assignments in on time would like me to grade the essays, which I can not do until I have EVERYONE'S! The Quarter ends on April 8th!!! (Next Friday!)
Friday 3/25:
Great Depression and the New Deal
Really Good Link on the Great Depression
Link to the Roaring 20s Dance Craze
Homework: Review and analyze the two DBQ handouts on the Great Depression. Assess, in your opinion, how liberal and how conservative FDR and Hoover were. Who were the opponents of the New Deal and why? Did the New Deal work?
Wednesday 3/23:
Clash of Cultures in the 1920s
Homework: Please complete the AP Review #1. The more detailed you are, the more beneficial it is to you on test day and during April Break!
Monday 3/21:
Treaty of Versailles and the "Return to Normalcy": the 1920s
Homework: Please read the introduction and watch the following video (click on the left "Watch Video"):
American Experience 1929 Stock Market Crash
Exploratory Links:
KKK in Maine
Scopes Trial Textbook excerpt
Consumer Culture
1920s Overview
Great Website that Highlights the Clash of Cultures in the 1920s!
Thursday 3/17:
Wilson and WWI
Click Here for Propaganda Posters from the US in WWI
Homework:
The Treaty of Versailles at Home with Wilson DBQ (due Monday)
Begin reading chapter 36.
Tuesday 3/15:
Wilson and WWI
Homework: Continue reading chapters 34 and 35.
SNOW DAY
Wednesday 3/30:
Great Depression
Analyze the DBQ - answer the questions as a class.
Homework:
- AP Review #2 - due Tuesday 4/5
- FDR - Isolationist or on a path to war? - give a detailed definition of the events and decide if they were for peace or for war. Come prepared to answer the question at the top. - due 4/1
- DBQ: How successful was the New Deal? How did it change the federal government? - due Friday 4/1
I NEED the rest of the late work. Your classmates who turned assignments in on time would like me to grade the essays, which I can not do until I have EVERYONE'S! The Quarter ends on April 8th!!! (Next Friday!)
Friday 3/25:
Great Depression and the New Deal
Really Good Link on the Great Depression
Link to the Roaring 20s Dance Craze
Homework: Review and analyze the two DBQ handouts on the Great Depression. Assess, in your opinion, how liberal and how conservative FDR and Hoover were. Who were the opponents of the New Deal and why? Did the New Deal work?
Wednesday 3/23:
Clash of Cultures in the 1920s
Homework: Please complete the AP Review #1. The more detailed you are, the more beneficial it is to you on test day and during April Break!
Monday 3/21:
Treaty of Versailles and the "Return to Normalcy": the 1920s
Homework: Please read the introduction and watch the following video (click on the left "Watch Video"):
American Experience 1929 Stock Market Crash
Exploratory Links:
KKK in Maine
Scopes Trial Textbook excerpt
Consumer Culture
1920s Overview
Great Website that Highlights the Clash of Cultures in the 1920s!
Thursday 3/17:
Wilson and WWI
Click Here for Propaganda Posters from the US in WWI
Homework:
The Treaty of Versailles at Home with Wilson DBQ (due Monday)
Begin reading chapter 36.
Tuesday 3/15:
Wilson and WWI
Homework: Continue reading chapters 34 and 35.
Week of 2/28-3/11 2011:Friday 3/11:
Inside or Outside the Box? Presidential Reform of the Progressive Presidents. Wednesday 3/9: Progressive Era: Reform Presidential Style Continued PP. Homework: Finish definitions on the Reform Presidential Style sheet Review packet on WWI Monday 3/7: Progressive Era Lecture w/PP Homework: Wilson Readings and questions. Thursday 3/3: Spanish-American War discussion and handouts, President McKinley Tuesday 3/1: Fill-in Gilded Age Presidents and Issues Chart. Final Questions & Review. Quiz over Gilded Age 1877-1901 (30 MC questions) Begin Imperialism |
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Q3: Week of 2/1/11 - Feb. Break (subject to change)
Friday (Feb 18th):
Today we:
Wednesday (Feb 16th): Today we:
Monday (Feb 14th):
Thursday (Feb 10th): Native Americans Dawes Severalty Act Dawes Plan Incorporation of Native Americans Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Chief Joseph & Indian Wars HW: Excuse Note! (Be creative, but historically accurate!) Some of the most creative works in literature have to be of the genre we call the "excuse note". You are already familiar with these and probably have written a few of your own in the day, but now you must write one for history.
Why we took your land and persecuted your people.... Sincerely, The US Government Tuesday (Feb 8th): Introduction to the Gilded Age. - Native Americans - Westward Expansion - Immigration - Political Corruption - Robber Barons and Business Word Cloud Friday (Feb 4th): Reconstruction Lecture. (Keynote to right) HW: Choose one of the four sample FRQ's and write the essay. Please hand write it, in order to practice! Tuesday (Feb 1st): Review and Discuss FRQ homework HW: Reconstruction readings: Terrorism and the KKK |
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Week of 1/18/11 - 1/27/11
Thursday (27):
Final
Homework:
Review FRQ samples. Read, grade, and come prepared to discuss what was good and what needed work.
Tuesday (24) (Friday was a snow day):
Finish Film
"Silent Discussion" - the Political Battle of the Civil War
Homework:
Thursday (20):
Finish discussion on Economics of Slavery "Mud Sill Theory"
Quiz on Civil War chapters
Film - Lead up to War (Ken Burns Series: The Civil War)
Handouts:
- Chart of Major Events in Civil War
- Outline for Civil War
Homework:
Reading for "silent discussion" activity on Monday.
Tuesday (18):
Share Homework Research - discuss their importance
The Economics of Slavery
Homework:
Civil War Packet
Prepare for short quiz on Pre-Civil War and Civil War Chapters
Final
Homework:
Review FRQ samples. Read, grade, and come prepared to discuss what was good and what needed work.
Tuesday (24) (Friday was a snow day):
Finish Film
"Silent Discussion" - the Political Battle of the Civil War
Homework:
- Study for Exam
- Check Reading Schedule link
- Prepare for DBQ on Thursday (I think - depending on finals schedule).
Thursday (20):
Finish discussion on Economics of Slavery "Mud Sill Theory"
Quiz on Civil War chapters
Film - Lead up to War (Ken Burns Series: The Civil War)
Handouts:
- Chart of Major Events in Civil War
- Outline for Civil War
Homework:
Reading for "silent discussion" activity on Monday.
Tuesday (18):
Share Homework Research - discuss their importance
The Economics of Slavery
Homework:
Civil War Packet
Prepare for short quiz on Pre-Civil War and Civil War Chapters
Week of 1/10/11 - 1/15/11
Thursday (13th): (Snow Day Wednesday)
Our own Lincoln-Douglas Debate!
Homework: (Finish Packet from Today)
#1:In the same groups as today's activity, please research the main points and the significance of the following events as they pertain to slavery and the Civil War. Come prepared to share. This could come from the notes you have already taken from the textbook.
Group A: Zach, Caroline, Meg - John Brown's Raid
Group B: Katie, Emma, Ashley - Dred Scott Case
Group C: Morgana, Julia, Kate - Uncle Tom's Cabin
#2: Slavery's Supporters and Opponents - two packets (See below for links)
#3: Begin Reading Chapter 22 - due January 21th, 2011 (Note the CHANGE)
Links:
William Lloyd Garrison - Biography
William Lloyd Garrison -Portrait
Ab Lincoln - Portrait
Ab Lincoln - Biography
Frederick Douglas - Portrait
Frederick Douglas - Biography
John C. Calhoun - Biography
John C. Calhoun - An Introduction
James Henry Hammond - Biography
Monday:
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 Interactive Map
Review Timeline of major events concerning slavery and new territories leading to the Civil War
Introduce the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Lincoln-Douglas debates
Map Activity (see green link above)
Quiz over homework (North-South)
Homework:
#1: Finish 1920-1954 Map Activity
#2: Read the excerpts from the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1954 and answer the questions on page 3 of the packet. Come prepared to discuss.
Our own Lincoln-Douglas Debate!
Homework: (Finish Packet from Today)
#1:In the same groups as today's activity, please research the main points and the significance of the following events as they pertain to slavery and the Civil War. Come prepared to share. This could come from the notes you have already taken from the textbook.
Group A: Zach, Caroline, Meg - John Brown's Raid
Group B: Katie, Emma, Ashley - Dred Scott Case
Group C: Morgana, Julia, Kate - Uncle Tom's Cabin
#2: Slavery's Supporters and Opponents - two packets (See below for links)
#3: Begin Reading Chapter 22 - due January 21th, 2011 (Note the CHANGE)
Links:
William Lloyd Garrison - Biography
William Lloyd Garrison -Portrait
Ab Lincoln - Portrait
Ab Lincoln - Biography
Frederick Douglas - Portrait
Frederick Douglas - Biography
John C. Calhoun - Biography
John C. Calhoun - An Introduction
James Henry Hammond - Biography
Monday:
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 Interactive Map
Review Timeline of major events concerning slavery and new territories leading to the Civil War
Introduce the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Lincoln-Douglas debates
Map Activity (see green link above)
Quiz over homework (North-South)
Homework:
#1: Finish 1920-1954 Map Activity
#2: Read the excerpts from the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1954 and answer the questions on page 3 of the packet. Come prepared to discuss.
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Occupational Distribution Chart
1820 1860 Agriculture 79 percent 53 percent Mining 0.4 1.6 Construction -- 4.7 Manufacturing 3 14 Trade -- 8 Transport 1.6 6.4 Service 4.1 6.4 ![]()
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Week of 12/20 - 12/22
Monday:
Today we did the Monroe Doctrine!
Homework:
#1:
Based off of the Timeline of American Diplomacy before the Monroe Doctrine and the close reading of the Monroe Doctrine and it's central tenets, please respond to the following statement in a PARAGRAPH!
#2:
Who was Andrew Jackson? Activity
Today we did the Monroe Doctrine!
Homework:
#1:
Based off of the Timeline of American Diplomacy before the Monroe Doctrine and the close reading of the Monroe Doctrine and it's central tenets, please respond to the following statement in a PARAGRAPH!
- The history of American foreign relations before 1823 could be characterized as…
#2:
Who was Andrew Jackson? Activity
Wednesday:
Jacksonian Democracy Homework (WINTER BREAK I): #1: Antebellum Reform Activity (see PDF linked to the right) #2: The Antebellum Reform Packet with DBQ. (received in class) #3: Read Chapters 16 and 18-21 (The Civil War Chapters) #4: Study for Quiz over the period of 1800-1850 (released AP questions from this era) - January 4th, 2011. This will be in lieu of the regular chapter quizzes over 16 and 18-21 on that day. I will give shorter quizzes over the Civil War Chapters throughout the unit. Do the reading, take good notes, use the study tools online, and keep reviewing the information daily. This is done to help you retain the information for longer than just the scheduled "test" day - you've got to retain this at least until May 8th! |
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Week of 12/13 - 12/17
Tuesday -
President Madison and the War of 1812
*We spent time reviewing the Jeffersonian Era DBQ - this can be revised and handed in on Thursday.
The War of 1812 Events Chart was due today.
Homework:
Please review the following terms in reference to the War of 1812:
Embargo Act
Non-Intercourse Act
Macon's Bill #2
War Hawks
Read the packets distributed in class for use in class on Thursday.
You can begin reading Chapter 14 and 15. There will be a quiz over these chapters on Wednesday December 22, 2010 (the last day before Winter Break I).
Thursday -
The War of 1812 w/readings from class on Tuesday - "How does President Madison build his case for Congress declaring war on Great Britain (and not France)?"
Homework:
Read Chapters 14, 15 - Quiz December 22, 2010.
Alexis de Tocqueville's Introduction to "Democracy in America" reading w/packet.
President Madison and the War of 1812
*We spent time reviewing the Jeffersonian Era DBQ - this can be revised and handed in on Thursday.
The War of 1812 Events Chart was due today.
Homework:
Please review the following terms in reference to the War of 1812:
Embargo Act
Non-Intercourse Act
Macon's Bill #2
War Hawks
Read the packets distributed in class for use in class on Thursday.
You can begin reading Chapter 14 and 15. There will be a quiz over these chapters on Wednesday December 22, 2010 (the last day before Winter Break I).
Thursday -
The War of 1812 w/readings from class on Tuesday - "How does President Madison build his case for Congress declaring war on Great Britain (and not France)?"
Homework:
Read Chapters 14, 15 - Quiz December 22, 2010.
Alexis de Tocqueville's Introduction to "Democracy in America" reading w/packet.
Week of 12/6 - 12/10
Monday -
Quiz over Chapter 13
Jefferson Quotes: Who was Jefferson the man?
Wednesday:
Jefferson Quotes and discussion
Friday:
Quiz over Chapter 17
Review chapter 11:The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic and come prepared to discuss Jefferson, his presidency, and federalism vs. republicanism.
1998 DBQ over Jefferson (we are going to do all the prep work for writing this exam, but not actually write it..... this time.)
Homework:
Finish the "planning process" for the 1998 DBQ on Jefferson and Madison. This worksheet is due on Tuesday, completed.
Chart of War of 1812 major events and battles.
Quiz over Chapter 13
Jefferson Quotes: Who was Jefferson the man?
Wednesday:
Jefferson Quotes and discussion
Friday:
Quiz over Chapter 17
Review chapter 11:The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic and come prepared to discuss Jefferson, his presidency, and federalism vs. republicanism.
1998 DBQ over Jefferson (we are going to do all the prep work for writing this exam, but not actually write it..... this time.)
Homework:
Finish the "planning process" for the 1998 DBQ on Jefferson and Madison. This worksheet is due on Tuesday, completed.
Chart of War of 1812 major events and battles.

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Homework week of 11/30, 12/2
Homework: Read Chapter 13 & 17 for Monday (12/6)
Chapter 13: The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840.
Chapter 17: Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848.
Chapter 13: The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840.
Chapter 17: Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848.
Homework for Thanksgiving Break:
Read Chapters 11 and 12 from the Pageant Textbook. There will be a quiz over Chapters 10, 11, and 12 upon return to school after Break.
Changes in Representation Essay (Due 11/23/10)
Write a 1-2 page essay answering the following question:
Was it necessary to fundamentally change the scheme of representation as it existed under the Articles of Confederation?
You should use specific examples from the excerpts we have been analyzing in class and from our class discussions and notes. Reference to specific events as detailed in the textbook readings, such as Shays' Rebellion and Revolutionary debts, etc, should be made.
Proper spelling and grammar please.
Strong thesis required. Clear structure and organization - using topic sentences and specific details that are well analyzed.
Was it necessary to fundamentally change the scheme of representation as it existed under the Articles of Confederation?
You should use specific examples from the excerpts we have been analyzing in class and from our class discussions and notes. Reference to specific events as detailed in the textbook readings, such as Shays' Rebellion and Revolutionary debts, etc, should be made.
Proper spelling and grammar please.
Strong thesis required. Clear structure and organization - using topic sentences and specific details that are well analyzed.
The Different Plans for Representation
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Problems within the Articles of Confederation - Representation Activity
You were asked to read either 1 or 2 of the following 7 articles and answer the questions provided on page 6. Please bring page 7 to class. We will work on completing the chart together.

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Declaration of Independence
Common Sense
Biography of Thomas Paine
Timeline of Events from the Revolutionary Era
Washington Timeline of Events
Homework:
Write a minimum five hundred-word essay that responds to the question below:
Why, in your view, do many historians claim that the language and the ideas expressed in Common Sense strongly appealed to the common people in the 13 North American colonies?
Please give specific evidence from the text and the timeline assignment, based on our discussions. Please be sure that your response includes at least two examples of a) the language in Common Sense and b) the ideas in Common Sense.
Timeline of Events from the Revolutionary Era
Washington Timeline of Events
Homework:
Write a minimum five hundred-word essay that responds to the question below:
Why, in your view, do many historians claim that the language and the ideas expressed in Common Sense strongly appealed to the common people in the 13 North American colonies?
Please give specific evidence from the text and the timeline assignment, based on our discussions. Please be sure that your response includes at least two examples of a) the language in Common Sense and b) the ideas in Common Sense.
Puritan Links:
http://edsitement.neh.gov/Launchpad/Launch-ColonyBay-715.html
http://www.winthropsociety.com/doc_reasons.php
http://www.winthropsociety.com/doc_charity.php
http://www.winthropsociety.com/doc_reasons.php
http://www.winthropsociety.com/doc_charity.php
Winthrop Activity
Assigned Course Readings (book/textbook):
Summer: Pageant ch. 1-5
September 20th: "His Excellency" finished
September 30th (Thursday): Pageant ch. 6 & 7
September 20th: "His Excellency" finished
September 30th (Thursday): Pageant ch. 6 & 7
Handout Readings (paper and electronic):
Native American Packet
http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/small_exhibition.cfm?key=1267&exkey=244&pagekey=352
Museum Exhibition on First Colonies
Museum Exhibition on First Colonies
Handouts:
Native American Farside cartoons w/ Political Cartoon Analysis sheet (homework)
Washington Question Packet (due September 20th)
"Why Leave England" Puritan Packet (due Tuesday 9/28/2010)
"City on a Hill" excerpt - John Winthrop
Washington Question Packet (due September 20th)
"Why Leave England" Puritan Packet (due Tuesday 9/28/2010)
"City on a Hill" excerpt - John Winthrop
Papers/Essays
Bacon's Rebellion Paper (due in August)
New England vs. Chesapeake (due first day of school/class)
Rewrite on Colonization Essay (due Monday - 9/20/2010)
Washington Economic Feelings Road Mapping Essay (due Friday - 9/24/2010)
New England vs. Chesapeake (due first day of school/class)
Rewrite on Colonization Essay (due Monday - 9/20/2010)
Washington Economic Feelings Road Mapping Essay (due Friday - 9/24/2010)
Tests/Quizzes/Exams
20 MC question exam over Pageant chapters 1-5 - September 12th