Erie Canal

Some interesting reading on the Erie Canal's history

Erie Canal Video Clip

Powerpoints Unit 4

Link for the American Culture Powerpoint -- corrected - thanks Andre :_))
I believe the videos will show now -- let me know.
Link for the Industrial Growth powerpoint.
Mrs. E

President Jackson Study

Lesson handout with links to the documents and video clips.
Documents may be printed and filed into your binders for this unit of study.

If the above document does not open below are the documents:
Cherokee Alphabet
Cherokee Phoenix Introduction
Cherokee Phoenix on Farming
Cherokee Nation Constitution
Sequoyah Portrait
Chief Ross Portrait 

Jefferson Lecture

Jefferson Lecture - powerpoint 

Federalist Anti-Federalist Debate

Articles of Confederation -- Reading
Debate Instructions
Federalist Papers - Excerpt of #10 and #51 (from S. Pojer)

Primary Source Documents to read in preparation for debate Wed. in class:
American Spirit:
Ch. 9 - Section D, #1 and #2
Ch. 9 - Section E, # 1 and #3

Voices of Freedom:
Ch. 7 - Doc. #40

All need to have PSD analysis sheets completed.  - APPARTS or some other organizer and the questions related to the documents.

Unit 2 Objectives and Schedule

Unit 2 Objectives and Schedule.  Hopefully this helps with time management and pacing.

Today's opening discussion for Unit Two 
Nathan Cole PSD in its entirety

You Tube Link from Today -- just in case the link is broken in the powerpoint:

APUSH For Success

Stay Tuned for some exciting skills, study times, and FUN!

Cheat Books

Assignment Sheet for creating your cheat books Cheat Books

Slavery in Early Colonial America

Slavery - including the podcasts from our textbook.  Foner's Give Me Liberty Lecture Powerpoint

Writing Boot Camp FRQ

Writing Boot Camp #1 - Creating a powerful FRQ response.
Boot Camp 1

Gallery Walk Documents

Hello APUSHers
Today's gallery walk document excerpts are available for those who were absent today.  Friday we will have time to de-brief the analysis of the documents.
Gallery Walk Document Folder with Instructions
Gallery Walk Documents

Chesapeake Colonies

Chesapeake Colonies

New England Colony Lecture

New England Colonies

Textbook Purchases

Books will be provided free of charge -- 
Students wishing to purchase books must do so online the ISBN number is: 0393919552
The following sites might have books available -- USED books may not be turned in for notes! 
Amazon,http://www.amazon.com/Give-Me-Liberty-American-History/dp/0393919552
Chegg,http://www.chegg.com/cheap-textbooks
Campus Books : http://www.campusbooks.com/books/0393919552/index.html

A Strange New World

Powerpoint for chapter one and Exploration Activities Powerpoint 1

Ashland as an APUSH / Art trip

Chance to see good art, visit a cool museum exhibit AND see a play.  Ashland is calling... Can you hear the call? ...
Feedback -- who might be interested in attending a play in Ashland Fall - say mid-October?

textbook issues

http://wwnorton.com/ebooklite/givemelibAP/welcome.asp first three chapters.

Syllabus

2013-2014 Syllabus 
Schedule and Themes

First Day

Welcome to 2013-2014 school year. Our first day opener. AP is For You!

Summer Fun

Finish the following:

This summer has been fun because >>>

Summer Assignments

The AP curriculum is far too broad to be covered effectively in just the class time we have together.  Therefore it's important that you develop a familiarity with the main themes of the course, embrace some of the skills of close reading and analysis that are necessary for the class, familiarize yourself with resouces that will be helpful throughout the course, and begin to cover the required content over the summer.  Hopefully, this summer assignment will help you do these in a meaningful way.  It's basic requirements are the following:

1) Complete hand-written notes while reading Chapter 1 of Howard Zinn . You should also be able to complete the study guide. (this can be done within your reading notes, please just highlight the questions to differentiate them). Notes should be clearly organized and labeled. Be prepared for a quiz on this material on the first day of class.

 

2) Questions regarding the reading will be posted.  Respond to postings use examples from the text or other historical readings. Then repsond to other posting procedures for academic discourse include: 

• support the idea/point just made by a student by presenting a fresh example. 
• ask each other questions
• pose alternative points of view
• disagree directly, but politely with each other
• make an interesting connection to another point made previously, or from something you read in the textbook or heard in a prior class -- connect the "infor/data dot!"
• identify a pattern or bias that you notice in the document(s)
• make a well reasoned prediction or hypothesis a pattern or any bias that you notice in the document
• go beyond the obvious, articulate the complex, the subtle, the nuanced - dig deeper into the document -- what's missing?  waht don't they tell you? etc..

3) Explore the textbook webspace. Read the study strategies that the author suggestions. Watch the podcasts for chapter one, complete the map activities for chapter one.