APUSH Assignments
- Instructor
- Ms. Kimberly Young
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- Fall 2017
- Spring 2018
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- Social Studies
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Read over Reagan's domestic policy. Annotate the front page as directed in the instructions. Select 2 political cartoons to analyze on the second and third page.
--Read through the Reaganomics sheet and determine if each bullet point is a positive or negative consequence of Reagan’s economic policies.
--Rank the top 3 for each side.
Quiz on Monday - Ch 31 (You need to have your study guide ready to go at the start of the period.)
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- Are there any concepts I forgot?
- Is there material I never knew to begin with?
- Which areas do I know well?
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- Ch 30 quiz on Friday (MC and SAQ)
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Due on Friday: Compare and Contrast Nixon and Trump and Nixon's Campaign strategy in 1968 and 1972 with Trump's in 2016. (use all the resources below) - you may use a detailed VENN diagram (attached) or write 2 detailed paragraphs for similarities (compare) and differences (contrast)
- LEQ on Monday
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The Century America's Time: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223
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- Instructions: Read the accounts of the Watts Riots. Select one voice and analyze the reading while answering the prompts below on a separate sheet of paper.
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- HISTORICAL SITUATION = What is the context? What trends or events are happening at the time? How does it fit into the larger trends or events of the era?
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Thursday's Unit Exam (Ch. 27-29) on 1945-1960s. The sections from Ch. 30 that includes rights movements and activism will be included as well (up through p. 823).
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- What individual actions/choices are described in the accounts?
- How are these actions a form of resistance?
- What are you left thinking about after reading these accounts?
Brinkmanship Definition: The art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, typically in politics.
- Draw a diagonal line from one corner of your paper to the other. Write BRINKMANSHIP along the line.
- On the left-hand side, draw a picture that represents what brinkmanship looked like in the United States.
- On the right-hand side, draw a picture that represents what brinkmanship looked like in the Soviet Union.
- Be creative! Use color, symbols, words/phrase to convey your message in an ORIGINAL way--meaning don’t look it up on the internet.
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- What happened in the case of Mendez v. Westminster? What year was the case?
- On what basis did the court decide that the Mendez children had been treated unfairly?
- Why do you think that this case is not as well known as Brown v. Board of Education?
- How do you think this case helped make Brown v. Board of Education successful?
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Read pages 775-779
Ch 28 study guide due on Monday
Ch 28 quiz on Monday
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Read pages 754-758
Start ch 28 study guide due Monday, March 5
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- How are the Guatemalan people portrayed in the clip?
- How is the United Fruit Company depicted?
- Based on the knowledge gained from your background reading, why do you think the United Fruit Company engaged in this type of propaganda?
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Finish the Japanese American Internment Activity
Finish any reading that you missed ch 25 and 26 - Unit 7 LEQ on Thursday; Multiple choice questions on Tuesday, February 20.
Review the attached document to ensure that you have an understanding of how Internment ended.
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Finish Zoot Suit graphic organizer
Read pages P 723-730
Continue working on Ch 25/26 study guide
Unit 7 exam on Thursday
For more information about the battles fought in WWII watch Crash Course:
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Minorities in the Great Depression due tomorrow
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Finish reflection questions: The Poetry of Langston Hughes
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"America and the Great War"
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The Philippines Debate from Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States
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Timeline for in-class work is attached
Read p. 498-508
Prep for tomorrow's mock trial
Tammany Hall Questions
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Tammany_Hall
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Read p. 487-497
Ch 18 & 19 Study Guide Due next Tuesday, Dec 5
Make sure that Gilded Age graphic organizer is ready to turn in - both sides need to be completed
Begin to prep for Mock Trial on Thursday (you will have about 20 minutes in class tomorrow to work in groups)Due:
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Recently, President Trump’s Chief of Staff, John Kelly, said that the Civil War happened because of the lack of an ability to compromise. He faced immediate backlash because of this statement. What did he get wrong? How does this and President Trump’s statements on the Civil War reinforce the importance of remembering our past?
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Declaration of Causes which Induced the Secession of South Carolina (1860) Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18U1iUi29cQwAiEgrUBtofhxjiQ4asH57wTb_Lohn41A/edit?usp=sharing
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Finish questions from Market Revolution SAC.
Study for the Chapters 9&10 quiz on Monday
Read p. 294-303
Study Guide Ch 11&12
Native American Removal Group Project Due on Monday by 6 pm
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- Read, annotate and answer the questions at the bottom of the Missouri Compromise document.
- Remember Ch. 7/8 Quiz on Monday
- Read pages 230-235
- Begin chapters 9/10 study guide
- Chapters 9 /10 study guide is due on Friday
- Chapters 9/10 quiz on Friday
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- Read p. 222-227
- Complete chapters 7 and 8 study guide - it is due tomorrow.
- Quiz tomorrow on chapters 7 and 8
- Star Spangled Banner Assignment due tomorrow
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- Read p. 215-222
- Continue working on chapters 7/8 study guide
- The study guide is due Friday
- There is also a quiz Friday on chapters 7 and 8
- Star Spangled Banner Assignment due Friday
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- Read p. 202-211
- Continue working on chapters 7/8 study guide
- The study guide is due on Friday
- There is also a quiz on Friday on chapters 7 and 8
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Begin chapter 7/8 study guide
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-Syllabus/Goals/Reflections
-APUSH Guides (Chapter Study Guides, Notes, Test Taking Guides)
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Study for unit exam 3 (chapters 4-6) tomorrow
Study Guide Ch 6 due tomorrowDue:
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Prep for tomorrow’s 1800 Debate
Reading 174-178
Continue working on Ch 6 Study Guide
Unit exam 3 on Friday
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Prep for 1800 Debate on Thursday (See attached docs for more information)
Reading 169-174
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Unit exam 3 on Friday
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Read 150-157
Continue working on Ch 5 Study GuideDue:
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Read p. 139-149
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Read p. 129-138
Begin working on Ch 5 Study Guide
Declaration of Independence Reading and Questions
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- Study for Chapter 4 Quiz on Monday
- Neutral write-ups are due (1 full page minimum - pen or typed double-spaced)
- “Action-Reaction” Graphic Organizer due
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P 107- 112 and Chapter 4 study guide
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- Ch 3: 89-96
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Complete Puritans vs. Great Awakening vs. The Enlightenment Speech
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Chapter 3 Study Guide due Monday
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Study for Unit 2 (Chs 2 and 3) Exam Monday!
- In case you were not in class on Wednesday because of Link Crew, the explanation of The City Upon A Hill" might help your understanding of the sermon. https://thehistoricpresent.com/2010/06/28/the-city-upon-a-hill-and-puritan-hubris/
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1. Watch Crash Course US History #4 about The Middle and Southern Colonies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p47tZLJbdag)
2. Work on Puritans vs. Great Awakening vs. The Enlightenment Speech
3. Read Ch. 3 p. 71-74, 77-85
4. Complete reading Ch. 3 by Friday
5. Chapter 3 Study Guide by next Monday
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2.Quiz Ch 2 on Tuesday
3. Completed Ch 2 Study Guide Due on Tuesday
4. LEQ Due Wednesday (handwritten in blue or black ink)