Homework for next class...
To be completed by:
Seminar Dates 5/28
For seminar on Tuesday, please reflect upon what you have learned this year in APUSH. It could be anything: some specific event/concept/idea you've learned, something that has intrigued, shocked or surprised you, or a way of thinking about the United States that is a departure from the perspective you entered class with. During the seminar, you are each going to share this reflection, as well as a contemporary news article from the last 12 months that speaks to, addresses or connects with this particular reflection.
We will be eating at Alto's, so please bring a completed permission slip! Texts will not suffice!
For seminar on Tuesday, please reflect upon what you have learned this year in APUSH. It could be anything: some specific event/concept/idea you've learned, something that has intrigued, shocked or surprised you, or a way of thinking about the United States that is a departure from the perspective you entered class with. During the seminar, you are each going to share this reflection, as well as a contemporary news article from the last 12 months that speaks to, addresses or connects with this particular reflection.
We will be eating at Alto's, so please bring a completed permission slip! Texts will not suffice!
Music Video Assignment - due 5/31
For your post-AP exam project, you will be required to create a music video that addresses an event or issue in American history that occurred in your lifetime. To accompany the video, you must choose a song from that same year, and the video should be as long as the song. We will watch all of the videos in the penultimate class of the year. Please consider the following rubric when completing your project:
For your post-AP exam project, you will be required to create a music video that addresses an event or issue in American history that occurred in your lifetime. To accompany the video, you must choose a song from that same year, and the video should be as long as the song. We will watch all of the videos in the penultimate class of the year. Please consider the following rubric when completing your project:
- The event must be during your lifetime.
- Your event/issue must have had an arguable impact on American political, social, economic, cultural history.
- You must provide a two-minute introduction to the music video, explaining why you chose it and what impact it had on American history.
- The song MUST be from the year the event happened.
- It can be a foreign event so long as the US was involved in some way, or the event had a significant impact on the lives of Americans.
- Your video may include just still pictures, or incorporate video also - depends on your degree of experience with multi-media.
- However, you will be largely assessed on the choice of event and your argument for why it had an impact on American history.
Movie Assignment
Watch two of the following three movies:
Mississippi Burning (available for rent on iTunes)
Platoon (Available to rent on Amazon.com)
Easy Rider (available to rent on Amazon)
(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 1-2 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.
The paper will be due May 31th in lieu of the Unit 10 exam.
Watch two of the following three movies:
Mississippi Burning (available for rent on iTunes)
Platoon (Available to rent on Amazon.com)
Easy Rider (available to rent on Amazon)
(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 1-2 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.
The paper will be due May 31th in lieu of the Unit 10 exam.
March 28
World War II and the Origins of the Cold War
Recommended textbook reading: Kennedy pp. 769-787, 794-799, 810-816 (skim all - do not worry about the military details)
Hodgson pp. 2-64 - for notes
April 1
Cold War Home and Abroad Part I - The New Atomic World, the Korean War and U.S. Soviet Relations under
Truman and Eisenhower; 1950s and Cold War Conformist Culture
Recommended text book reading: Kennedy pp. 820-847
Hodgson pp. 99-110, 153-178 - for notes
Primary Source: Truman Doctrine
April 3
Cold War Home and Abroad Part II - Kennedy, Johnson and the Vietnam Quagmire;
Recommended textbook reading: Kennedy pp. 850-866, 891-893
Hodgson pp. 225-243, 353-364, 384-398 - for notes
Primary Source: Gulf of Tonkin Agreement
Video: Kennedy Speeches, Johnson Speeches, News casts
April 5
The 1960s Counterculture and the Protest Movements
Recommended textbook reading: Kennedy pp. 866-881
Hodgson pp. 326-352, 401-411 - for notes
April 9
Seminar - Civil Rights Movement
Readings: Hodgson pp. 179-224, 306-325
Primary sources: TBD
April 11
LBJ’s The Great Society
Recommended textbook reading: Kennedy pp. 884-891, 893-899
Hodgson pp. 244-262, 263-273 - for notes
April 22
Unit 9 Exam: FRQ & Short Answer
World War II and the Origins of the Cold War
Recommended textbook reading: Kennedy pp. 769-787, 794-799, 810-816 (skim all - do not worry about the military details)
Hodgson pp. 2-64 - for notes
April 1
Cold War Home and Abroad Part I - The New Atomic World, the Korean War and U.S. Soviet Relations under
Truman and Eisenhower; 1950s and Cold War Conformist Culture
Recommended text book reading: Kennedy pp. 820-847
Hodgson pp. 99-110, 153-178 - for notes
Primary Source: Truman Doctrine
April 3
Cold War Home and Abroad Part II - Kennedy, Johnson and the Vietnam Quagmire;
Recommended textbook reading: Kennedy pp. 850-866, 891-893
Hodgson pp. 225-243, 353-364, 384-398 - for notes
Primary Source: Gulf of Tonkin Agreement
Video: Kennedy Speeches, Johnson Speeches, News casts
April 5
The 1960s Counterculture and the Protest Movements
Recommended textbook reading: Kennedy pp. 866-881
Hodgson pp. 326-352, 401-411 - for notes
April 9
Seminar - Civil Rights Movement
Readings: Hodgson pp. 179-224, 306-325
Primary sources: TBD
April 11
LBJ’s The Great Society
Recommended textbook reading: Kennedy pp. 884-891, 893-899
Hodgson pp. 244-262, 263-273 - for notes
April 22
Unit 9 Exam: FRQ & Short Answer
Seminar Debate Teams: 4/21
Herbert Hoover was the true architect of the New Deal...
Liv
Andrew
Gavin
Duh - FDR was obviously the true architect of the New Deal
Peri
Nathan
Everyone MUST READ ALL THE READINGS (found on the documents page - one on Hoover, one on FDR and one on the New Deal as a whole) but then construct their argument based on the above position. You will have 20-25 mins at the beginning of the class to strategize with their team. Opening and closing statements will be required. Your knowledge of the New Deal will be the most important aspect in this seminar.
Herbert Hoover was the true architect of the New Deal...
Liv
Andrew
Gavin
Duh - FDR was obviously the true architect of the New Deal
Peri
Nathan
Everyone MUST READ ALL THE READINGS (found on the documents page - one on Hoover, one on FDR and one on the New Deal as a whole) but then construct their argument based on the above position. You will have 20-25 mins at the beginning of the class to strategize with their team. Opening and closing statements will be required. Your knowledge of the New Deal will be the most important aspect in this seminar.
March 6
“Return to Normalcy” - Rejection of Progressivism Domestic and Foreign
Isolationism in the 1920s
The “Business of America is Business” & the Perils of Prosperity: Economics in the 1920s
Kennedy, pp. 692-705, 720-730
1920 Political Cartoons
March 13
Fighting for Suffrage - Women’s Long Fight for Recognition in America
Krolokke Chapter: “Three Waves of Feminism” - first two “Waves”
Women’s Rights Timeline
March 15
The Harlem Renaissance and Cultural Developments of the 1920s
Kennedy pp. 706-717
Extra Readings - Poems by Hughes, Cullen and McKay
March 19
The Great Crash, The Great Depression, The New Deal and the Beginnings of the Imperial Presidency
Kennedy pp. 730-740, 742-752
March 21
Seminar: Debate - Did Hoover do Enough, and Who was the true architect of the New Deal?
Horowitz - Herbert Hoover: Father of the New Deal
Kennedy pp. 753-767
March 26
Unit 8 Exam: M/C and DBQ
“Return to Normalcy” - Rejection of Progressivism Domestic and Foreign
Isolationism in the 1920s
The “Business of America is Business” & the Perils of Prosperity: Economics in the 1920s
Kennedy, pp. 692-705, 720-730
1920 Political Cartoons
March 13
Fighting for Suffrage - Women’s Long Fight for Recognition in America
Krolokke Chapter: “Three Waves of Feminism” - first two “Waves”
Women’s Rights Timeline
March 15
The Harlem Renaissance and Cultural Developments of the 1920s
Kennedy pp. 706-717
Extra Readings - Poems by Hughes, Cullen and McKay
March 19
The Great Crash, The Great Depression, The New Deal and the Beginnings of the Imperial Presidency
Kennedy pp. 730-740, 742-752
March 21
Seminar: Debate - Did Hoover do Enough, and Who was the true architect of the New Deal?
Horowitz - Herbert Hoover: Father of the New Deal
Kennedy pp. 753-767
March 26
Unit 8 Exam: M/C and DBQ
February 11
Progressives - Who, What, When, Where, Why?
Progressive Era Packet - found in Documents and Readings (print out, annotate and put in folder)
February 13
Busting Trusts and Making Names: Progressivism as a Political Moment
Kennedy pp. 646-659
Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Clayton Anti-Trust Act
February 15
1912 - The Progressive Election and the Positives and Negatives of Progressivism
Kennedy pp. 659-661, 663-665
Extra Readings New Nationalism & New Freedom
February 26
Woodrow Wilson and World War I - Progressivism as Foreign Policy
Kennedy pp. 666-690
Wilson’s Speeches - Four Freedoms/Speech to Congress on WWI/On Progressivism
February 28
Seminar: Selling World War I
Kennedy pp. 675-676
Kennedy - Over There
WWI Poster Packet
March 4
Unit VIII Exam: FRQ & M/C
February 11
Progressives - Who, What, When, Where, Why?
Progressive Era Packet - found in Documents and Readings (print out, annotate and put in folder)
February 13
Busting Trusts and Making Names: Progressivism as a Political Moment
Kennedy pp. 646-659
Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Clayton Anti-Trust Act
February 15
1912 - The Progressive Election and the Positives and Negatives of Progressivism
Kennedy pp. 659-661, 663-665
Extra Readings New Nationalism & New Freedom
February 26
Woodrow Wilson and World War I - Progressivism as Foreign Policy
Kennedy pp. 666-690
Wilson’s Speeches - Four Freedoms/Speech to Congress on WWI/On Progressivism
February 28
Seminar: Selling World War I
Kennedy pp. 675-676
Kennedy - Over There
WWI Poster Packet
March 4
Unit VIII Exam: FRQ & M/C
January 17
Go West Young Man: Manifest Destiny, Migration West and the End of the Frontier?
Industrialization - The American Industrial Juggernaut Rises...
Kennedy pp. 512-529, 574-595
January 22
Urbanization and Immigration - The Changing Shape of American Cities
Kennedy pp. 539-571
January 24
American Imperialism: 1865-1914
Kennedy pp. 607-633
January 28
Gilded Age Politics amidst American Modernism
Kennedy pp. 638-645
January 30
Seminar - Rise of the U.S. as a World Power: Micro-teaching
February 1
Populism and Agrarian Discontent - The Rise of American Labor
The Strange Career of Jim Crow: Segregation and the “New South”
Kennedy pp. 530-536, 595-604
February 5
Unit VIII Exam: Short Answer Question
Unit VIII Exam: FRQ
Go West Young Man: Manifest Destiny, Migration West and the End of the Frontier?
Industrialization - The American Industrial Juggernaut Rises...
Kennedy pp. 512-529, 574-595
January 22
Urbanization and Immigration - The Changing Shape of American Cities
Kennedy pp. 539-571
January 24
American Imperialism: 1865-1914
Kennedy pp. 607-633
January 28
Gilded Age Politics amidst American Modernism
Kennedy pp. 638-645
January 30
Seminar - Rise of the U.S. as a World Power: Micro-teaching
February 1
Populism and Agrarian Discontent - The Rise of American Labor
The Strange Career of Jim Crow: Segregation and the “New South”
Kennedy pp. 530-536, 595-604
February 5
Unit VIII Exam: Short Answer Question
Unit VIII Exam: FRQ
December 10
Political Quagmire, or “Kicking the Can Down the Road”: The Political, Economic, and Social Causes of the Civil War: Part I
Kennedy pp. 340-362
December 12
Political Quagmire, or “Kicking the Can Down the Road”: The Political, Economic, and Social Causes of the Civil War: Part II
Kennedy, pp. 381-398
December 14
A Power Vacuum: The Presidency, 1840-1860 and the Polk Exception
Kennedy, pp. 363-380
December 18
Conditions of Secession: Lincoln, Douglass and the Precipice of War
Kennedy pp. 399-420
Extra Readings - Lincoln/Douglas Debates
J. W. Shenk, “Lincoln’s Great Depression” (handout)
January 3
The Civil War Brief & With Malice Toward None: The Reconstruction Plans of Lincoln, Johnson, and Congress
Kennedy pp. 465-485, (pp. 438-464 optional)
January 7
Seminar - Antebellum South & Slavery: The Peculiar Institution
Readings TBD
January 9
The Strange Career of Jim Crow: Segregation and the “New South”
Kennedy, pp. 421-25, 431-437, 494-496
January 11
Unit V Take Home DBQ
Political Quagmire, or “Kicking the Can Down the Road”: The Political, Economic, and Social Causes of the Civil War: Part I
Kennedy pp. 340-362
December 12
Political Quagmire, or “Kicking the Can Down the Road”: The Political, Economic, and Social Causes of the Civil War: Part II
Kennedy, pp. 381-398
December 14
A Power Vacuum: The Presidency, 1840-1860 and the Polk Exception
Kennedy, pp. 363-380
December 18
Conditions of Secession: Lincoln, Douglass and the Precipice of War
Kennedy pp. 399-420
Extra Readings - Lincoln/Douglas Debates
J. W. Shenk, “Lincoln’s Great Depression” (handout)
January 3
The Civil War Brief & With Malice Toward None: The Reconstruction Plans of Lincoln, Johnson, and Congress
Kennedy pp. 465-485, (pp. 438-464 optional)
January 7
Seminar - Antebellum South & Slavery: The Peculiar Institution
Readings TBD
January 9
The Strange Career of Jim Crow: Segregation and the “New South”
Kennedy, pp. 421-25, 431-437, 494-496
January 11
Unit V Take Home DBQ
September 7
Exceptionalism, Identity, Myths and Patriotism: The Challenges of Studying U.S. History
Introduction - Discussion of Dahl and McCain’s Speech
September 12
Colonial Beginnings and Experiences of “Contact”
Kennedy pp. 4-24
Documents: Richter - The Ordeal of the Longhouse, pp. 8-49 (read only)
How to Take Notes in an AP Class
September 14
The English Empire in America - Colonial Development of Virginia and Massachusetts
Kennedy pp. 25-41
Documents: Taylor - American Colonies, “Virginia, 1570-1650”, pp. 117-137 (read only)
How to Read in an AP Class
September 18
The Puritans - Foundations of American Exceptionalism?
Kennedy pp. 42-61
Handout: The Puritan Experience
John Winthrop’s City on A Hill Speech
September 21
Transatlantic Interdependency - American Colonial Economic, Political and Cultural Interconnections
Kennedy 62-77
How to write an APUSH FRQ
September 25
Seminar: The Origins of American Slavery
Handout: Primary Sources on Early Atlantic Slavery,
Chapter from Winthrop Jordan’s White Over Black
Contextual Reading: Kennedy pp. 66-69
September 27
Colonial American Society: Revivalism and Enlightenment
Kennedy, pp. 78-100
Edwards, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
October 1
Unit 1 Exam: Multiple Choice
Unit 1 Exam: Free Response Essay (TAKE HOME)
Exceptionalism, Identity, Myths and Patriotism: The Challenges of Studying U.S. History
Introduction - Discussion of Dahl and McCain’s Speech
September 12
Colonial Beginnings and Experiences of “Contact”
Kennedy pp. 4-24
Documents: Richter - The Ordeal of the Longhouse, pp. 8-49 (read only)
How to Take Notes in an AP Class
September 14
The English Empire in America - Colonial Development of Virginia and Massachusetts
Kennedy pp. 25-41
Documents: Taylor - American Colonies, “Virginia, 1570-1650”, pp. 117-137 (read only)
How to Read in an AP Class
September 18
The Puritans - Foundations of American Exceptionalism?
Kennedy pp. 42-61
Handout: The Puritan Experience
John Winthrop’s City on A Hill Speech
September 21
Transatlantic Interdependency - American Colonial Economic, Political and Cultural Interconnections
Kennedy 62-77
How to write an APUSH FRQ
September 25
Seminar: The Origins of American Slavery
Handout: Primary Sources on Early Atlantic Slavery,
Chapter from Winthrop Jordan’s White Over Black
Contextual Reading: Kennedy pp. 66-69
September 27
Colonial American Society: Revivalism and Enlightenment
Kennedy, pp. 78-100
Edwards, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
October 1
Unit 1 Exam: Multiple Choice
Unit 1 Exam: Free Response Essay (TAKE HOME)