APUSH BOOTCAMP TOMORROW!

We will be meeting 8am-1pm in my classroom (we have access to Mr. Spear's classroom if necessary).

I will provide breakfast, conversations about exam strategy and cover the material of other themes in American history.

Hope to see you all there!

APUSH Bootcamp

Saturday May 10th is the APUSH Bootcamp. We will be meeting 8am-1pm to go through the materials for the exam, review the content, as well as nurture camaraderie with a complimentary breakfast!

I still have to secure a location, but I will let you know as soon as possible!

Homework reminder

Hi all:

Monday May 5th the 1-2 page reflection on the spring break movies are due.

Also - please email me the areas of review you would like to have covered during the review classes!

Movies and readings over break

OK - so here is the assignments to work on over break:

1) Finish the notes and note cards for Unit 11 - I will check them first class after we get back

2) Catch up on notes and readings from other chapters (if necessary)

3) Read the chapter on Vietnam by Godfrey Hodgson linked on the right

4) Watch two of the following three movies:

             Mississippi Burning (available for rent on VUDU)

             Platoon (Available for rent on Amazon.com)

             Easy Rider (available on Netflix)

(Please realize that these are all R-rated movies, covering very intense and shocking material, with a number of violent scenes).

After watching two of these movies please write a one-two page, single spaced response to the following question:

The 1960s was a time of transition for the United States - an occasion championed by the youth of America. How did these movies capture the role of the youth (approx 17-25 yo) in the social, political and cultural change that occurred in the US during the 1960s.

This paper will not be due until May 5th in class.

Note cards and notes due after break

Due to popular request, note cards and the checking of notebooks will not be due tomorrow, but after break. This should give people a chance to study for the exam exclusively and take time to take good notes over the break!

Good luck!

No Seminar Tuesday 4/15 and Unit Exam on 4/17

Hi all:

There will be no seminar Tuesday and the Unit 11 exam will be on Thursday. Be warned you will be answering TWO FRQs in class!

In lieu of the seminar, I am going to assign some movies to watch over break, covering the 1960s period. I will inform you which movies to watch in class.

Please keep up on your reading over the weekend!

We're almost there!

Unit Exam on Tuesday April 1

As mentioned in class, the unit exam will be FRQ and Multiple Choice.....

Be prepared!

FRIDAY PIE DAY!

Don't forget! Organize the masses and bring pie!

Seminar - the Origins of the New Deal - Friday March 28

Hi all:

You have been divided into teams for the debate on Friday, and be sure to have read the handout - at the very minimum the position you are taking:

Either:
FDR was the only architect of the New Deal

OR

Hoover was an unfairly maligned President who contributed to the development of the New Deal

If you have not got a packet, please pick one up from me today!

Readings for Monday March 24

Please read the poems by Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Claude McKay for next class - also be sure to have read pages 696-700 from the text book.

We will be finishing off the discussion of the women's suffrage movement and then move onto the cultural influences of the "Roaring 20s".

Reading for March 19 - History of Women's Suffrage

Hi guys,

Please find in the links on the right a pdf of a chapter on the history of Feminism for 3/19. Read only pages 1-7. We will finish the rest of the chapter when we look at the Women's Liberation Movement. 

Re-organization of Unit 9

Due to snow days, Winter Carnival, etc., the following changes have been made to the Unit 9 Calendar:

March 4 - Progressive Review and Election of 1812
March 6 - Woodrow Wilson and WWI
March 11 - Seminar - WWI as a Progressive War
March 13 - Unit Exam - DBQ on Progressivism

Please be sure to read the packet for seminar - it is long but very good chapter from Kennedy's Over There, an excellent read on the role of the US in WWI. It is long, but I have given you extra time to get through it.

For those who want a digital version, check the links to the right for a PDF version.

Homework reading that is missing from the Unit 9 outline

Hi guys:

As a reminder from class, reading that was missing from the February 11 slot on the Unit 9 outline is pages 575-587.

And also a reminder for APUSH work over February break - please use this as an opportunity to catch up on your readings and notes!

When we get back we will be in the last quarter of content before review begins!

Rescheduling dates for seminar and exam

Dear APUSH friends:

Due to the snow day interruption, we will be having the seminar on Friday, and that means the exam is pushed back to Tuesday. Be sure to read the handout and consider the following question:

Was the 1890s and early 1900s an "imperial moment"for the United States?

Due to the need to move more rapidly through the material due to losing yet *another* class, the exam on Tuesday will only be an FRQ and will be 35 minutes long (the time allowed in the actual AP exam). No multiple choice. This will allow us to get straight into the material for the next unit.

Hope you worked hard during the snow day :)

Reconstruction Documentary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwaqInsa5sQ

Please watch the rest of this documentary for class on Friday. Thanks!

Reading pages as some are having trouble with the Outline....

Sorry - not sure why it isn't working for some. I hope I have fixed it.

For those who are having trouble, the reading is 434-439 and 443-452.