APUSH 2024 SYLLABUS 

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THE FINAL PUSH FOR APUSH ... THE AP EXAM IS UPON US!

1. Use videos including the two below

2. Flashcards

3. Videos

4. APUSH Review Sheet

 

US Review in 18 Minutes! Brace yourself.

 

TIMELINE OF MAJOR DATES!!!

 

THE AP EXAM IS UPON US!!! I added some new vids on my Youtube lately.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ESSAYS
1. Why did the US and USSR not get along? How was the Cold War an international conflict?

2. Why did the US and USSR not get along? What effect did the Cold War have on US citizens?

3. Why did the US and USSR not get along? How did they indirectly challenge one another during the Cold War

 

GROOVY SOCIAL STUDS 1960s TUNE!

 

This multiple choice packet is due the day after the WWII Test ... DON'T TAKE LONGER THAN 55 MINUTES.

APUSH Review Sheet

 

 

WWII On Location Videos ...

Pearl Harbor

Ghettos

Battle of Britain

Sudetenland

Appeasement

D-Day / Normandy

The Anne Frank House

Manchuria

Uncle Sid

The Good Neighbor Policy.

Winston Churchill's Underground War Room

The Amalfi Coast in Italy

WWII Memorial

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APUSH FINAL PAPER INFORMATION

 

The essay for the New Deal test will be open-packet, based on the Hundred Days.

Great Depression and FDR Song

 

 

 

For the next test ... Compare and Contrast Essays:

1. How did imperialism c1900 conflict with the Enlightenment ideas the US was founded on?

2. How did foreign policy from 1898-1919 conflict with Washington’s Farewell Address?

3. Why were the Roaring 20s the epitome of "Boom and Bust"?

 

20s Paper Topic:

Explain continuities and changes concerning women’s identity and societal views on morality when considering 1850-1920.

3 Pages

 

CUMULATIVE ASSESSMENT REVIEW:

1. Use videos below (first half).

2. Flashcards up to Gilded Age

3. Videos up to Gilded Age

4. APUSH Review Sheet (Relevant parts)

 

US Review in 18 Minutes! Brace yourself.

 

New DBQ Rubric Video -- Test will be on Populism, Progressivism, and Age of Reform flaschards (near Jackson).

 

Gilded Age Review Sheet

 

 

 

1. Evaluate the extent to which the year 1877 ushered in change for the United States. (CONTINUITY AND CHANGE ESSAY)

2. Evaluate the extent to which the Gilded Age can be considered a golden era. (COMPARE AND CONTRAST ESSAY)

3. Evaluate the extent to which the West can be considered the "story of America" when considering the nineteenth century. (TURNING POINTS ESSAY)

Immigration Paper is 4pgs, but you can go up to 6 if you have extensive family history you want to share. The first 2.5 pages should answer the following question using all three parts of the packet: Evaluate why immigrants were either uprooted or transplanted. The other 1.5 pages should be your family history, and whether you believe your relatives were uprooted or transplanted. NOTE: You might argue uprooted on one part of the paper, and transplanted on the other part.

 

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TURNER PAPER INFO: Read the Turner Thesis, and in 1.5-2 pages ...

1. What is his thesis?

2. Do you agree with his thesis?

No intro or conclusion needed, just your thoughts please. YOUR thoughts ... not what you searched on the internet or what Chat GPT said. Don't circumvent reading the packet. Please cite from the packet.

 

 

Civil War and Reconstruction Review Sheet

 

AbraJam Lincoln of the Social Studs Reads the Gettysburg Address ...

 

 

 

Ghost or Person...you judge.

 

 

Antietam

Gettysburg

 

CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR!!! 

 

 

Random history "on locations" ...

"Seward's Folly" (Alaska)

Ordinance of Nullification

Compromise of 1850

John Brown

Lecompton Constitution

John C. Calhoun

The Alamo

Trail of Tears

 

October 20 - Next Paper Topic: Evaluate continuities and changes regarding how slavery caused conflict throughout the nineteenth century. 4 pages.

October 14 - Washington-Monroe test will have multiple choice and short answers (instead of an essay).

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September 16 - Random videos and test essay questions:

Battle of Saratoga

Valley Forge

Take a walk on the Freedom Trail.

Mayflower Barn.

Test Essays: eFlash cards and video reviews can be found on the navbar to the right. 

We will choose 1 of the following 3 essays for the test:

1. Explain how the Constitution reflected continuity and change when considering the Articles of Confederation.
2. Explain short-term and long-term causes of the American Revolution, as well as the short-term and long-term effects.
3. Compare and contrast similarities and differences regarding the colonial period to that of the new United States.

 

9/1 - You found the web page! Below is the syllabus for the next few weeks. This page gets updated frequently, and will give you a syllabus, some links, my thoughts, advice, pictures, and occasional review material. You can check out flashcards and youtube videos to help you review:

 

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ALL papers will be handed in to turnitin.com. I will post grades there as well. Please enroll now!

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Paper 1: George Washington ... 3 pages (all papers this year should be double spaced and 12 pt Times New Roman). The packet contains both the story of Washington at the French and Indian War, and his later Revolutionary War endeavors. Feel free to draw upon other information from the texbook, but MOST of your argument should reflect the packet. When using packets throughout the year, cite the page where applicable.

Question: Compare and contrast similarities and differences concerning George Washington’s leadership in the time period of 1754-1781.

Paper 2: 4 pages. Use two packets (Ben Franklin and the Documents on Federalist/Anti-Federalists)

Question: Evaluate how the colonial period influenced what was compromised at the Constitutional Convention.

 

Here's a link to most of the on-location videos in the PowerPoints...

 

 

 

Syllabus (Reading is due on the days below)

March 15/18 - THE AP IS UPON US!!!! MULTIPLE CHOICE IS DUE

April 4/5 - Civil Rights I; 898-899, 884-885

April 8 - Civil Rights II and Court Cases – No Reading

April 9/10 - Presidential Wrap Up I; 887, 904-907, 911-915

April 11 - Presidential Wrap Up II; 918-919, 924-926, 935-936, 941-942, 959, 967

Apri 15/16 - FINISHING THE COURSE

April 17-19 - Multiple Choice and Part II

May 1 - GRIDS ARE DUE

May 2/3 - Part II and Essays

May 6 - TIMELINE OF EVERYTHING

May 7/8 - THE FINAL

May 9 - LAST DAY TO REVIEW

May 10 - APUSH EXAM

Early June - Final Paper is Due