unit by unit link

http://www.christian.kyschools.us/webpages/tsmithhart/resources.cfm?subpage=1076056

See the above link for unit by unit template

Flappers, sex objects and birth control

Chapter is on this link.  http://www.christian.kyschools.us/webpages/tsmithhart/resources.cfm?subpage=1076056

chapter 27 and 28 summary

For anyone who wants a thorough summary of ch27 and ch28. Here is the link.
http://www.christian.kyschools.us/webpages/tsmithhart/resources.cfm?subpage=1076056

Bread and Roses Chapter

Here is a link to Monday's reading assignment.  Its on my teacher webpage.
http://www.christian.kyschools.us/webpages/tsmithhart/resources.cfm?subpage=1076056

Decade by Decade Review and Link

Due March 4th.

Make sure you're SFI are evidence of your change over time!

Its best to start with decades that are fresh in your mind.

Here is the link to the entire worksheet if you want to print it yourself.

http://www.christian.kyschools.us/webpages/tsmithhart/resources.cfm?subpage=1076056

Unit 6 Essay Questions

Unit 6-Gilded Age Free Response Essay Topics 2011




Directions: You will be given two of the following four essay prompts on the Unit 6 exam. On the AP Exam in may you will be advised to spend 5 minutes planning and 30 minutes writing your answer. By receiving the prompts now, there should be no guess work. I expect planning to be done in the days leading up to the exam. Cite relevant historical evidence in support of your generalizations and present your arguments clearly and logically.



1. Analyze the ways in which farmers and industrial workers responded to industrialization in the Gilded Age (1865-1900).



2. Explain why and how the role of the federal government changes as a result of the Civil War with respect to TWO of the following during the period 1861-1877.



Race relations

Economic development

Westward expansion



3. Explain how TWO of the following individuals responded to the economic and social problems created by industrialization during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.



Jane Addams

Andrew Carnegie

Samuel Gompers



4. For whom and to what extent was the American West a land of opportunity from 1865 to 1890.

Populists Powerpoint and Platform

http://www.christian.kyschools.us/webpages/tsmithhart/resources.cfm?subpage=1076056

The Above link will take you to my AP website and the populist Powerpoint at the bottom of the Related Files.  The link below will take you to the 1896 Populist Party Platform.

Files.http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/peoplesplatform.html

Zinn Chapter 11

Here is the link to Zinn Chapter 11
http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/zinnbaron11.html

Increasing sectional tension

http://www.sparknotes.com/testprep/books/sat2/history/chapter10section3.rhtml

Above is a link to an excellent summary of rising sectional tension that goes well with chapters18 and 19

Chapter 18 Outline

Chapter 18 Outline


I. How was territorial expansion and the slavery question intertwined?

A. Popular sovereignty

—–1. abolitionists

—–2. fire-eaters

B. California

C. Nicaragua and Cuba—the Golden Circle

D. Gadsden Purchase

E. Kansas- Nebraska Act

II. What were the political effects of the struggle?

A. Election of 1848

B. The “Immortal Trio”

——-1. speeches

C. Other Senate Notables

D. Young Guard versus Old Guard

E. Southern Response at Nashville

III. Compromises and Endings- What are the effects of this increased tension?

A. Compromise of 1850

B. The Whigs

my teacher page

Here is the link to my teacher web page.  Go to http://www.christian.kyschools.us/webpages/tsmithhart/
AP Students: once there, go resources, AP US History and click on the documents and links you need.

practice tests

You can go to this site and take practice tests that go along with our book.

http://college.cengage.com/history/us/bailey/american_pageant/11e/students/ace/

Week of 10/22

Wednesday: Bill of Rights Quiz.  Also be ready to present your expertise on the Marshall Court case assigned to you. 

Thursday: 7:15 a.m. review session and In-Class practice test

Friday: AP Unit III Exam

Tomorrow's test postponed

Study session for 5 and 7th periods in the morning has been cancelled due to Monday morning teachers meetings. The study session will be held Tuesday morning at 720.

Also tomorrow's test has been moves to Tuesday.

Workbook

For additional practice,complete chapter 7-9 section b in the workbook. Answers will be posted on wednesday. Please see below posts for Beard and reading schedules

Charles Beard Reading

You can find Beard's Economic Interpretation of the Constitution at the following web address.

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?documentprint=2324

Unit II Reading Schedule Update

Because of this week's schoolwide testing, there have been some changes made to the reading schedule.  Please scrap your previous Unit II schedule and use this one. 

Updated Reading Schedule Unit II


• Tuesday, Sept 14: Chapter 8 Due

• Monday, Sept 20th: Chapter 9 Due and Quiz,

• Monday, Sept 20th: “An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States” by Beard Due

• Monday, Sept 20th: Generalizations Exercise Due

• Wednesday , Sept 22: American Spirit Chapter 9 Due with Thought Provokers Due

• Wednesday, Sept 22: “Remember the Ladies” by Hymowitz (AHOWIA chapter 3)

• Friday, Sept 25: Unit 2 Test

First Test and New Reading Schedule

Great job on the first test in APUSH.  There is certainly room for improvement, but overall I was pleased.  Here is an updated reading schedule for Unit II (Revolutionary Period).  1st and 3rd Hour will have a test correction session next Thursday at 7:30 a.m. while 5th and 7th Hr will have their Friday at 7:30 a.m. 

• Wednesday, Sept 8: Chapter 7 Due


• Friday, Sept 10: “Tyranny is Tyranny” by Zinn (A People’s History Ch 4) Due

• Tuesday, Sept 14: Chapter 8 Due

• Thursday, Sept 16: Chapter 9 Due

• Thursday, Sept 16: “An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States” by Beard Due

• Tuesday , Sept 21: American Spirit Chapter 9 Due with Thought Provokers

• Wednesday, Sept 22: “Remember the Ladies” by Hymowitz (AHOWIA chapter 3)

• Friday, Sept 25: Unit 2 Test

Schedule Change

Students, please take note the schedule change for this week.  Thought Provoker Questions from the American Spirit Ch 5 are due on Friday of 8/27.  Remember that these are to be typed unless you have had a conversation with me before Friday. Also, don't forget that I expect you to take Ch 5 reading notes and that you will have a Ch5 reading quiz on Thursday. 

Learning Targets for DLT

Copy of Copy of Learning Targets on Prezi