Welcome to our AP US class blog! We will cover the inception of the United States, the building of this nation by founding fathers and mothers, and the trials, tribulations and triumphs leading Americans up to present day. Our blog will serve to keep us up to date on assignments, as a forum for survey and discussion, and as a launching pad to the rest of the web which will help aid our research as historians. Enjoy!

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Due Thursday Nov. 1

Good to be back in action following the power outage!

1. Shannon will present on Degler 4.1, for real. Read it.
2. Complete your webquests, to be turned in.
3. Get a jump on your assigned Revolution battle (Fri.) & work on flash cards (Sat.).

For Friday, we are creating a timeline of the battles of the American Revolution to be displayed in our classroom! It will be picking up where we left off after the signing of the Declaration and carrying us through the Treaty of Paris.

Your assignment is to create an 8.5" by 11" visual. It should include, prominently displayed, the name of your battle(s) and the date(s). It should have a graphic component, so either something you draw or print out having to do with the battle or its leaders. Finally, it should have a short summary of what happened that is historically significant.

You have creative license to expand upon these guidelines if you would like (eg. Yorktown & Treaty of Paris could do 2 visuals if it's easier to split them), but it should have at least the bare minimum described above. Think about using Google Docs so you can work on it together from 2 different locations! You must use scholarly sources but you do not need to create a bibliography.

Campaigns in NY & NJ, NYC: Lawrence, Feingold
Trenton & Princeton: Alvino, Quarrier
Philadelphia, Brandywine & Germantown: Abbott, Bashey
Saratoga: O'Brien, Gordon
Charleston, Camden, Cowpens: Levenson, Ghiasuddin, Loh
Yorktown & Treaty of Paris: Skinner, Grieve

Notes from today:


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