Please have your rough draft (aim for 3 pages minimum) printed out for class Monday. You will peer edit and I will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have. Bring your computers so that following the peer edit, you may make the revisions suggested to you.
I felt that as a class, you have picked really interesting topics and have developed some solid thesis statements- nice work! Keep it up!
Friday, May 17, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Due Friday May 17th
Tomorrow, printed out, please bring your thesis statement and introduction to class.
If you are someone who works better independently with headphones, please feel free to bring them. I will have the classroom organized in such a way that your backs are to the front of the room and your computers are facing me. This is to help you stay on task. I will be spending time with each of you, reviewing your introductions/thesis statements and giving you suggestions.
If you are someone who works better independently with headphones, please feel free to bring them. I will have the classroom organized in such a way that your backs are to the front of the room and your computers are facing me. This is to help you stay on task. I will be spending time with each of you, reviewing your introductions/thesis statements and giving you suggestions.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
Due Monday May 13th (or Tuesday)
You have received a take-home test labeled "AP Practice Exam #2". By the time of our review session Tuesday night, at 8 PM in our classroom, you should have shown me that you have completed 2 out of the 3 sections of the exam. This could mean any of the 3 following:
- Multiple Choice & DBQ.
- DBQ & Free Response (2 essays!).
- Multiple Choice & Free Response (2 essays!).
If you have thoroughly completed 2 of 3 sections of the practice exam, then I will award you a 20/20 quiz grade. If you do 1 section, you will earn 10/20. If hypothetically you complete the multiple choice section and only 1 free response essay, then you will earn 15/20. See how it works?
Those of you taking AP Bio, feel free to stop by Monday when you are done if you would like to see your first practice exam or need questions answered. I will be around! Good luck!
Remember:
- Thesis statements are MOST important. One sentence that can stand alone, answers the question and makes an assertion.
- No first person! No vague words like seems, appears, things, stuff, various etc.! Avoid cliches!
- Do NOT refer to documents in the manner of "In Document A...". Instead, introduce the document by author and title. Use parentheses (Doc A) following the quotation if you must clarify.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Due Friday May 10th
Today in class you took 15 minutes to review the DBQ documents, brainstorm outside info, outline and develop a thesis statement.
For homework, set a timer for 45 minutes. Write your DBQ essay. Drop your pens when the timer goes off! I will collect in class. *Under no circumstances should your essay be typed.
For homework, set a timer for 45 minutes. Write your DBQ essay. Drop your pens when the timer goes off! I will collect in class. *Under no circumstances should your essay be typed.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Monday, May 6, 2013
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Due Monday May 6th
Please actively read Reagan's "Speech on Military Power" and jot notes on the two questions on the end. Then, actively read his "Farewell Address".
Next, please take notes in your AMSCO books starting on page 647 where you left off through page 650 stopping before "President George H.W. Bush and the End of the Cold War."
Finally, look over your diagnostic AP exams! I talked to Mr. Sahs and he said his class ranged from 20-45/80 and averaged a 30, so we did fine with 28-43/80 and average of 33. We will take a couple more practice multiple choice sections before the big show!
Here's an example of how studying history can make you culturally literate- you can understand why Lil Wayne got himself in trouble!
Next, please take notes in your AMSCO books starting on page 647 where you left off through page 650 stopping before "President George H.W. Bush and the End of the Cold War."
Finally, look over your diagnostic AP exams! I talked to Mr. Sahs and he said his class ranged from 20-45/80 and averaged a 30, so we did fine with 28-43/80 and average of 33. We will take a couple more practice multiple choice sections before the big show!
Here's an example of how studying history can make you culturally literate- you can understand why Lil Wayne got himself in trouble!
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Due Friday May 3rd
Please read and take brief notes on AMSCO starting on page 626 with "Gerald Ford in the White House" through the bottom of page 630, and then again starting on page 642 through to page 647 stopping before "Foreign Policy During the Reagan Years."
Please actively read (highlighter, pen, notes in margin) the 1985 "Ronald Reagan, Annual Message to Congress on the State of the Union" document handed out to you in class. Prepare notes on the three questions at the end.
The other 2 Reagan documents are for over the weekend.
Please actively read (highlighter, pen, notes in margin) the 1985 "Ronald Reagan, Annual Message to Congress on the State of the Union" document handed out to you in class. Prepare notes on the three questions at the end.
The other 2 Reagan documents are for over the weekend.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Due Thursday May 2nd
Please actively read (highlighter, pen, notes in margin) the US vs. Nixon document handed out to you in class. Prepare notes on the two questions at the end.
In addition, please read and take brief notes on AMSCO starting on page 609 with "Coming Apart at Home" through the bottom of page 610, and then again starting on page 619 through the top of page 626 stopping before "Gerald Ford in the White House."
*Look over Vietnam terms/notes!
In addition, please read and take brief notes on AMSCO starting on page 609 with "Coming Apart at Home" through the bottom of page 610, and then again starting on page 619 through the top of page 626 stopping before "Gerald Ford in the White House."
*Look over Vietnam terms/notes!
Monday, April 29, 2013
Due Wednesday May 1st
Please actively read the Tonkin Gulf Resolution and Walter Conkrite's Commentary on the Tet Offensive, both handed out to you in class. Jot down notes (bullets are fine) to all five questions found at the conclusion of each document. I will check your homework and we will discuss the docs in class!
Also, please be familiar with our class term sheet!
Interesting links:
Nixon's "Silent Majority"
Secret War in Laos
Pentagon Papers
Paris Peace Accords
Also, please be familiar with our class term sheet!
Interesting links:
Nixon's "Silent Majority"
Secret War in Laos
Pentagon Papers
Paris Peace Accords
Friday, April 26, 2013
Due Monday April 29th
To finish up from today, you might look over the article handed out to you in class entitled "Freedom Fighters," and especially browse over the timeline. Here also is a cool history.com interactive webpage on Stokely Carmichael and the Black Power movement- check it out!
Over the weekend, please create a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting FDR's New Deal with L.B. Johnson's Great Society social program. In addition to Chapter 29 pp. 870-874, you may find this American Experience resource useful! You may work individually, or with one partner, and you may employ GoogleDocs or work by hand.
*Remember that we have class at 11:20 on Monday due to the revised prom schedule.
Over the weekend, please create a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting FDR's New Deal with L.B. Johnson's Great Society social program. In addition to Chapter 29 pp. 870-874, you may find this American Experience resource useful! You may work individually, or with one partner, and you may employ GoogleDocs or work by hand.
*Remember that we have class at 11:20 on Monday due to the revised prom schedule.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Due Friday April 26th
Tomorrow in class we will finish Civil Rights and look into JFK and Johnson's presidencies. Feel free to do any background reading on the 1960s, otherwise, please REVIEW! Use those prep books!
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Due Thursday April 25th
Make sure you have notes done on Chapter 27 in AMSCO (I will check tomorrow, forgot today), actively read the article on the Korean War Part 2 that I handed out in class, and enjoy the gorgeous weather!
*Make sure you are prepping on your own! Do some practice multiple choice as long as you are nose deep in the AMSCO book. And make sure you're signed up for the SAT II subject test- check with your parents!
*Make sure you are prepping on your own! Do some practice multiple choice as long as you are nose deep in the AMSCO book. And make sure you're signed up for the SAT II subject test- check with your parents!
Monday, April 22, 2013
Due Wednesday April 24th
Please read and take brief notes on Chapter 27 "The Eisenhower Years, 1952-1960" in your AMSCO prep book.
You are skipping over Truman and the Cold War because we are going to dominate that in class on Wednesday, so this chapter will help you fill in the gap that follows between that and our lesson on the 1960s.
You are skipping over Truman and the Cold War because we are going to dominate that in class on Wednesday, so this chapter will help you fill in the gap that follows between that and our lesson on the 1960s.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Due Monday April 22nd
Study for a quiz on WWI, the New Era & Great Depression, and WWII.
Keep in mind that at this point, you should be reviewing for your upcoming AP exam in general! Hit those review books and old notes!
Keep in mind that at this point, you should be reviewing for your upcoming AP exam in general! Hit those review books and old notes!
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Due Friday April 19th
Complete actively reading Kurt Vonnegut's "Wailing Shall be in All Streets" from Armageddon in Retrospect.
Type, in complete sentences, answers to the questions provided to you by handout earlier in the week. I will collect them for a grade!
Type, in complete sentences, answers to the questions provided to you by handout earlier in the week. I will collect them for a grade!
Holocaust
What the Iranian president said about the Holocaust: Ahmadinejad Says Holocaust is a Lie
Questioned on it point blank by Brian Williams: Williams Interview of Ahmadinejad
Parts I, II & III of the film "Nuit et Brouillard" (Night and Fog).
Parts I, II & III of the film "Nuit et Brouillard" (Night and Fog).
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Timelines
In class today, with your assigned group members, you will employ GoogleDoc or another online timeline or graphing tool to create a graphic and text representation of your assigned year from WWII.
The challenge is to discern what is most important about the events of that year--major battle? New charter? Pact? Alliance? Conference? Emergence of an important leader? Highlights!
Remember to emphasize U.S. involvement. If you are 1940/1941, please look at U.S. policy and attitude towards the war leading up to the bombing at Pearl Harbor.
1940: Skinner, Grieve
1941: Loh, Levenson
1942: Bashey, Quarrier
1943: Abbott, Alvino
1944: Feingold, O'Brien
1945: Lawrence, Gordon, Ghiasuddin
The challenge is to discern what is most important about the events of that year--major battle? New charter? Pact? Alliance? Conference? Emergence of an important leader? Highlights!
Remember to emphasize U.S. involvement. If you are 1940/1941, please look at U.S. policy and attitude towards the war leading up to the bombing at Pearl Harbor.
1940: Skinner, Grieve
1941: Loh, Levenson
1942: Bashey, Quarrier
1943: Abbott, Alvino
1944: Feingold, O'Brien
1945: Lawrence, Gordon, Ghiasuddin
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