APUSH HANDOUTS
The following page contains a list of the 'Mini-Syllabi' that are given out every one to two weeks. They contain the reading pacing guide for the text, the notecards list, and the focus questions for each chapter. Also included are the readings and assignments from the Document readings (if applicable).
You will also find various notes handouts, powerpoint presentations and the occasional miscellaneous item that accompanies the topic being covered.
Practice Quizzes site:
Streaming video site:
Second Quarter Calendar (2008-2009)
JANUARY 2009
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5 •Welcome Back!!! •Syllabus adjustments •No Ch 17 Exam •Finished working on ch 17 quadrant activity Texas 24 - Ohio State 21 |
6 - PLC •EV 18 lecture - Rise of Big Business - Advent of the New South - Sharecropping and the Jim Crow South - Labor development |
7 •Whiteboard lecture over EV 18 continued •Document packet questions - divided into groups - assigned questions: - The New South - Labor Violence |
8 •Document packet discussion and questions - continued •EV 19 summary notes
Florida 24 - Oklahoma 14 |
9 •EV 17, 18, 19 MC EXAM •EV 18 and 19 notecards due |
12 •Return and correct ch 17-19 Exam •Video on Post-bellum immigration, industrialization and urbanization |
13 •Video: The Gilded Age (review) •Completed test corrections |
14 - FINALS 1,2,7 •Pd. 2 Final Exam (75 multiple choice) •Robber Barons or Captains of Industry Essay Question |
15 - FINALS 3,4 •NO APUSH |
16 - FINALS 5,6 •NO APUSH |
DECEMBER 2008
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1 •Opening Civil War lecture •Civil War short answer questions handout •Civil War video clips (iCue.com) •Opening DVD segment: Civil War Journal - Fort Sumter |
2 - PLC •Continued Civil War lecture |
3 •460-468 Readings Quiz •Continued Civil War lecture |
4 •EV 15 notecards due •Civil War lecture finish •EV 15 M-C Exam |
5 •Mr. C absent to day - at LPSDO working on CRTs •Civil War Document questions due today •Civil War Video (optional notes for extra credit) |
8 •EV 16 syllabus: Reconstruction •Reconstruction notes (overhead) •Abraham Lincoln discussion - followed by DVD segment of Lincoln - followed by more discussion of Lincoln's legacy and person. |
9 - PLC •Return work - go over quizzes •Correct EV 15 MC Civil War exams •Readings Quiz over 477-488 •Reconstruction Video segment |
10 •Continue Reconstruction Video segment •Reconstruction One-Pager assignment discuss |
11 •EV 16 One-Pager Assignment - worked on in class - due tomorrow •Reconstruction PPT slides |
12 •EV 16 notecards due •EV 16 Short answer questions due. •EV 16 MC Exam |
15 •EV 17 syllabus - Trans Mississippi West after the Civil War •Corrected EV 16 Exams •Long discussion about history and religious symbols - connected to the Western US |
16 •PLC •Native American encounters in the American West - postbellum PPT slides |
17 •Settling the West PPT slides •Begin "Quadrant" activity |
18 •Continue Quadrant Activity •Western Myth and growth PPT slides) •Over the Break syllabus (EV 18 syllabus and EV 19 syllabus) |
19 •SNOW DAY! *****
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22 - BEGIN WINTER BREAK |
23 | 24 - CHRISTMAS EVE | 25 - CHRISTMAS DAY | 26 |
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30 | 31 - NEW YEAR'S EVE | JAN 1. NEW YEAR'S DAY 2009 Huskers 26 - Clemson 21 |
NOVEMBER 2008
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4 - PLC •Went over tests from ch 9-10 today •Video clip on Causes of the Civil War and Antebellum Abolitionism
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5 •Worked in Lab 132 today on •Antebellum Reform ABC-CLIO assignment •Gave handout for 1840s Town Hall Meeting Personas |
6 •Rocket Recognition Rally •Assigned roles for 1840s Town Hall Meeting Personas •Discussion of Antebellum reform •Half -Day in the Media Center |
7 •Lab 130 - working on the antebellum Reform ABC-CLIO assignment |
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10 •Worked in Lab 131 on Antebellum Reform and Slavery Positions •NY band trip |
11 - PLC •Veteran's Day (assembly) - shorter class period •Old South and Slavery video clips from iCue.com •NY band trip |
12 •NY band trip •Worked in Lab 131 on Antebellum Reform and 1840s personas |
13 •NY band trip •No Class today - State Volleyball |
14 •Worked on 1840s personas in lab 131 and will present on Monday the 17th |
17 •Present 1840s Town Hall Meeting personas in class |
18 - PLC •EV 13 Syllabus - Manifest Destiny •Expansionism discussion and notes |
19 •Manifest Destiny PPT slides and lecture |
20 •Mr. C at District meeting •Class worktime on ch 13 notecards, etc. |
21 •1/2 period lecture on Mexican War •EV ch 13 M-C Exam •EV 14 Syllabus - 1850s |
25- PLC •Returned past work •Gave back ch 13 M-C exams to correct with open book •Lectured on 1850s remainder of period |
26 •EV 14 notecards, short answers, ch 13 corrected tests DUE TODAY •iCue.com video clips on the 1850s - first half of period •EV 14 M-C Exam •EV ch 15 syllabus (Civil War) |
27 - THANKSGIVING DAY | 28 - THANKSGIVING BREAK |
First Quarter - 2008 Calendar
OCTOBER 2008
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1 •203-210 Readings Quiz •1790s PPT continued - Neutrality with Europe and George Washington's presidency |
2 •210-216 Readings Quiz •Continue 1790s PPT slides •John Adams DVD clip |
3 •EV 7 notecards due •Finish 1790s PPT slides - Quasi-War with France •Give Take Home Multiple Choice Exam today - Due Monday. |
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6 •1790s take home exam due •Finish 1790s PPT - Revolution of 1800 (Election of 1800) •John Adams DVD clips |
7 - PLC •2002 #3 AP Free Response Essay - assigned •EV ch 8 Syllabus - Jeffersonian America |
8 - GDE Testing Day •Thomas Jefferson |
9 •2002 Q#3 due today - beginning of class •Begin Group project questions as stated in the ch 8 syllabus •Class time given to work in groups |
10 •243-247 Readings Quiz (War of 1812) •War of 1812 PPT slides •Class time given to work in groups |
13 •ch 8 Group Presentations today (finished in class and then presented) |
14 - PLC •James Monroe PPT slides and lecture |
15 •Document assignment due •EV ch 8 notecards due •EV 8 Exam |
16 •Jackson PPT slides begin - Transportation, Industrial, Market Revolutions |
17 •Continued lecture on Antebellum "Revolutions" |
20 •All chapter 9 'stuff' due: notecards and document questions •Andrew Jackson DVD segments: - The Presidents clip - White Man's Democracy (notes) |
21 - PLC •Readings Quiz over 285-294 •Jackson PPT slides lecture •Jacksonian Democracy |
22 •Jackson PPT Slides |
23 •Readings Quiz over 299-303 •Jackson PPT Slides |
24 •EV ch 10 MC Exam •EV 10 notecards due •One-Pager over EV 303-315 due |
FALL BREAK Though there are no formal assignments over the break, it is recommended that you read chapters 11 and 12 from the textbook. We will cover it briefly the first week of November. |
FALL BREAK This would be a great opportunity to get caught up with the first quarter assignments if you are missing any of them. |
FALL BREAK | FALL BREAK | FALL BREAK |
SEPTEMBER 2008
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1 NO SCHOOL - LABOR DAY |
2 - PLC •Colonization discussion |
3 •Henretta 3 MC Exam •Henretta 3 notecards due |
4 •Henretta 3 MC Exam •Henretta 3 notecards due •2001 AP Question #2 in class essay |
5 (Mr. C absent - jury duty) •Slavery and Freedom video •Document book assignment |
8 •Preliminary to chapter 4 on English Colonial society in North America 1720-1765 •Document book pp. 60, 65, 72 #1-3 due tomorrow |
9 - PLC •Handout ch 4 syllabus (Henretta 4) •Assigned ch 4 One-Pager •Lecture |
10 •Readings Quiz over 112-121 •Lecture on |
11 •Henretta 4 MC Exam •Henretta 4 notecards due •Henretta 4 Focus Questions due |
12 •Begin French and Indian War •Change books - Checked out the Enduring Vision •Assigned chapter 5 "Roads to Revolution" "EV 5 syllabus" |
15 •Lecture on 1763-1775 |
16 - PLC •Lecture on 1763-1775 |
17 •Handed out 1999 DBQ and 2004 DBQ •Discussed the DBQ process and essay writing in general •Video segments from iCue.com |
18 •Discussed 1999 and 2004 DBQ questions •Started Video Segment from "Liberty: the American Revolution" - Reluctant Revolutionaries |
19 •Chapter 5 notecards due •Video segment on the 1760s and early 1770s •Wrote Thesis Paragraph on the 1999 DBQ •EV ch 6 syllabus handed out |
22 •Video: The American Revolution •Lecture and Discussion: American Revolution PPT (Revolutionary War PPT) |
23 - PLC •Readings quiz: 178-185 •Continued Lecture on Revolution |
24 •Finish Revolutionary War notes •1777-1789 PPT slides |
25 •Finish 1777-1789 PPT slides •Liberty! American Revolution video Segment "Are We to Be a Nation?" |
26 •EV ch 6 Multiple Choice Exam •EV ch 6 notecards due •EV ch 6 Take home essay due |
29 •EV ch 7 Syllabus - The 1790s •Finish 1777-1789 PPT slides |
30 - PLC •195-203 Readings Quiz •1790s PPT - The Critical Period •Alexander Hamilton article (World-Herald) on the financial situation and government's response |
AUGUST 2008
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20 •Freshman Only |
21 •Class Procedures, Expectations, Overview, AP information, Introductions |
22 •Book Checkout •Syllabus •Dual Credit options •First syllabus (Henretta 2) |
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25 •More discussion of dual credit options, etc. •Video segment on settling the Americas |
26 PLC •Finished video segment |
27 •Chesapeake slides PPT finish •Henretta 2 MC Exam •Henretta 2 notecards due •Henretta 2 document questions due |
28 (Mr. C absent - appt) •Counselor discussed SCC dual credit •Handout ch 3 syllabus (Henretta 3) •Handout Colonial Comparison chart and Colonization reading |
29 •Colonization reading in class •Group work on American Colonization comparison chart |
| Topic | Chapter Syllabus | Pertinent Handouts or Notes | Powerpoint Presentations | Miscellaneous |
| 1877-1900 TOPICS | EV 17-19 |
Gilded Age PPT | ||
| U.S. EXPANSION | Imperialism PPT | |||
| PROGRESSIVISM | ||||
| WORLD WAR 1 | ||||
| THE 1920S | 1920s PPT | |||
| GREAT DEPRESSION & NEW DEAL | Depression PPT | |||
| SPRING BREAK ASSIGNMENTS |
| Topic | Chapter Syllabus | Pertinent Handouts or Notes | Powerpoint Presentations | Miscellaneous |
| WORLD WAR 2 | EV 25 | World War II Packet | ||
| EARLY COLD WAR | Cold War PPT | |||
| EISENHOWER & THE 1950S | ||||
| LIBERALISM ASCENDANT (1960s) | ||||
| RICHARD NIXON |
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| NEW CONSERVATISM (1980s) | Reagan and Conservatism Packet | Right Turn Movie Clip | ||
| OTHER... | ||||
| REVIEW |
(2006 version) ignore any dates!!! (thank you Mr. Wood) |
Who Am I? PPT |