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POST-AP EXAM PROJECT:
OPTION #1 - US HISTORY TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS
TOURNAMENT BRACKET
DIRECTIONS
OPTION #2 - PRESIDENTIAL BRACKETOLOGY
TOURNAMENT BRACKET
DIRECTIONS
OPTION #3 - CONSPIRACY PROJECT
OPTION #4 - "CRAM SESSION"
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1st Quarter Assignments
2nd Quarter Assignments
3rd Quarter Assignments
th Period
2nd Quarter Assignments
3rd Quarter Assignments
th Period
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Day |
Date |
Topic |
Assignment
DUE DATE |
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M 1 |
Mar
22 |
Post-War Economy: Demobilization / Growth / Consumer Culture |
A
P&P: pp. 839-842; 848-851 Amsco: pp. 545-549 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 29 Digital History article: Levittown Audio Lecture: 063 - The Suburban Republic |
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T 2 |
Mar
23 |
& Alienation What
do you think was the most important domestic issue or
development of the 1950s? The most significant foreign-policy decision
or event
of the 1950s? Explain your choices.
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A P&P: pp. 842-848 Amsco: pp. 570-572 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 29 Audio Lecture: 065 - Defended To Death |
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W 3 |
Mar
24 |
Civil Rights I: Brown v Board of Education Montgomery Bus Boycott Little Rock What
explains the rise of
the American civil rights movement in the 1950s?
|
A
P&P: pp. 851-856 Amsco: pp. 579-581 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 29 Digital History article: Little Rock Audio Lecture: 066 - The Back Of The Bus |
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Th 4 |
Mar
25 |
JFK
& the Cold War: Bay of Pigs Cuban Missile Crisis Do
you think President
Kennedy handled the Cuban missile crisis as well as he could have? Why
or Why
not?
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A P&P: pp. 859-866 Amsco: pp. 595-597 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 30 Audio Lecture: 071 - Cuba - That Four Letter Word |
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F |
Mar
26 |
No
School Parent Conference Day |
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SPRING
BREAK |
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T 5 |
Apr
6 |
NO CLASS |
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W 6 |
Apr
7 |
March on Washington Assassination Kennedy's
1000 days in the White House were
called "Camelot" by those who admired him. Why has he become an almost
mythical
figure for many Americans? Did his death at the hands of an assassin
contribute
to the Kennedy mythology?
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A P&P: pp. 866-871 Amsco: pp. 593-595 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 30 Audio Lecture: 067 - And We Shall Overcome |
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Th 7 |
Apr
8 |
LBJ: Evaluate
President Johnson’s Great Society program. Do you think
its goals were realistic? Admirable?
Gulf of Tonkin “The Big Muddy” What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution? Why didn’t the escalation of American involvement in the War succeed? |
A
P&P: pp. 871-881 Amsco: pp. 597-603; 605-609 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 30 Digital History articles: The Great Society and the Drive for Black Equality Why Vietnam? Audio Lectures: 067 - And We Shall Overcome 072 - Vietnam - The Battleground Of Freedom |
|
F 8 |
Apr
9 |
** Turmoil of 1968 If
Lyndon Johnson had not been forced out of the
White House by the Vietnam War, would he have been considered one of
our great
leaders? Were there other factors at work as well?
Why was Richard M. Nixon, with his “loser’s image”, able to win the presidential election of 1968? What issues and events worked to his advantage? |
A P&P: pp. 881-891 Amsco: pp. 603-605; 609-611 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 30 Digital History article: The Making and Unmaking of a Counterculture Audio Lectures: 068 - Black Power 069 - Women's Liberation 070 - The 'War On Poverty' 073 - 1968 - Paralysis Of A President |
|
M 1 |
Apr
12 |
Nixon: Protest and Resistance Vietnamization Pentagon Papers Détente China How
did the Vietnam War
end? Why did it end this way?
WatergateWhat
were the actual abuses of power under Nixon?
To what extent did the system of checks and balances function during Watergate? What were the immediate and long term effects of Watergate? Was Gerald Ford’s pardon of Nixon justified? Why or why not? |
A P&P: pp. 897-901 Amsco: pp. 619-626 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 31 Digital History articles: The Vietnam War and American Culture The War's Consequences Watergate Audio Lectures: 074 - Vietnam - 'Peace With Honor' 075 - Watergate And The Imperial Presidency |
|
T 2 |
Apr
13 |
Ford
/ Carter: Stagflation Camp David Accords Iranian Hostage Crisis What
is OPEC? Explain
the significance of the Camp David Accords, Khomeini,
“Arabs and Oil”.
What were the causes and consequences of the Iranian hostage crisis? Explain why Jimmy Carter began his presidency with such great popularity and why, by the end of his term, he was widely unpopular. To what degree was the loss of popularity his fault, and to what degree was it the result of forces beyond his control? |
A P&P: pp. 901-905; 911-914 Amsco: pp. 626-630 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 31 Audio Lectures: 076 - America In Retreat 080 - Keeping Faith |
|
W 3 |
Apr
14 |
Reagan
Revolution: Reaganomics “Star Wars” Iran-Contra Perestroika & Glasnost Summarize
how the emergence of
the New Right paved the way for Reagan’s victory in 1980.
What were the issues
motivating the New Right and the Religious Right?
What were Ronald Reagan’s goals as he entered the presidency in 1981? How successful was he in implementing them? In what ways did he fail to achieve his goals? Why? Compare and contrast Ronald Reagan as leader and agent of political change in the 1980s with that of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s. |
A P&P: pp. 895-896; 914-925 Amsco: pp. 642-650 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 31 Digital History article: The Reagan Revolution in Perspective Audio Lectures: 081 - The Acting President 082 - Reagan And The 'Evil Empire' 083 – ‘Tear Down This Wall’ |
|
Th 4 |
Apr
15 |
Divisions on Social and Cultural Issues Do
a data dump list of all the
protest and activist movements of the 1960s and 1970s.
List all the groups of people who were
dissatisfied and yearned for change in this period.
Why was affirmative action such a racial hot button in the 1970s? |
Mu
Alpha Theta A P&P: pp. 905-911; 959-963 Amsco: pp. 630-633 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 31 Audio Lectures: 077 - A Constitutional Abortion 078 - The 'Silent Majority' Finds Its Voice 079 - Putting God Back Into Politics |
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F 5 |
Apr
16 |
NO CLASS |
Mu
Alpha Theta |
|
M 6 |
Apr
19 |
Bush to Clinton to Bush to Obama Did
Reagan’s and Bush’s hard-line
policies contribute to the collapse of Communism, or did Communism
fundamentally fall because of its own internal weaknesses?
Were Clinton’s two election victories the result of his own strong ideas and policies or the weaknesses of his opponents? How did the U.S. domestic reaction to the “war on terror” compare with similar responses to World War I, World War II, and the Cold War? In which of these conflicts were there greater threats to America’s tradition of civil liberties, and why? |
A P&P: Chapter 32 - To the 21st Century Amsco: pp. 650-668 HippoCampus Bookmarks: Chapter 32 Digital History articles: The Bush Presidency The Clinton Presidency September 11, 2001 Audio Lectures: 085 - 'A New World Order' 086 - Sole Superpower, Edgy Americans 087 - Multiculturalism Or Disintegration? 088 - 'America Is Under Attack' 089 - Iraq And The 'Axis Of Evil' 090 - 'To Shape An Uncertain Destiny' |
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T 7 |
Apr
20 |
UNIT VIII TEST |
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W 8 |
Apr
21 |
** Practice Exam #1 DBQ |
AP
EXAM REVIEW / PREP |
|
Th 1 |
Apr
22 |
Preview
APUSH Exam Scoring / Strategies |
AP
EXAM REVIEW / PREP |
|
F 2 |
Apr
23 |
AP
IDENTIFICATIONS - MC |
AP
EXAM REVIEW / PREP |
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M 3 |
Apr
26 |
Practice
Exam #1 FRQ |
AP
EXAM REVIEW / PREP |
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T 4 |
Apr
27 |
Practice
Exam #1 MC |
AP
EXAM REVIEW / PREP HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR SCORE ON THE AP EXAM |
|
W 5 |
Apr
28 |
NO CLASS |
|
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Th 6 |
Apr
29 |
Practice
Exam #2 MC |
AP
EXAM REVIEW / PREP |
|
F 7 |
Apr
30 |
Practice
Exam #2 FRQ |
AP
EXAM REVIEW / PREP |
|
M 8 |
May
3 |
** Practice Exam #2 DBQ |
AP
EXAM REVIEW / PREP AP EXAMS: Morning – US Government Afternoon – Comparative Government / French Language |
|
T 1 |
May
4 |
Practice Exam – Individual Option |
AP
EXAM REVIEW / PREP AP EXAMS: Morning – Computer Science / Spanish Language Afternoon – Statistics |
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W 2 |
May
5 |
Practice Exam – Individual Option |
AP
EXAM REVIEW / PREP AP EXAMS: Morning – Calculus Afternoon – Chinese |
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Th 3 |
May
6 |
Practice Exam – Individual Option |
AP
EXAM REVIEW / PREP AP EXAMS: Morning – English Literature / German Afternoon – Japanese |
|
F 4 |
May
7 |
AP US History EXAM – Morning Session |
Get
a good night’s sleep! AP EXAMS: Morning – US History Afternoon – European History |
|
M 5 |
May
10 |
NO CLASS |
AP
EXAMS: Morning – Biology / Music Theory Afternoon – Physics |
|
T 6 |
May
11 |
Intro to Post-AP Project |
AP
EXAMS: Morning – Chemistry / Environmental Science Afternoon – Psychology |
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W 7 |
May
12 |
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AP
EXAMS: Morning – English Language Afternoon – Art History |
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Th 8 |
May
13 |
** Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories in American History |
AP
EXAMS: Morning – World History / Macroeconomics Afternoon – Microeconomics |
|
F 1 |
May
14 |
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AP
EXAMS: Morning – Human Geography / Spanish Literature Afternoon – Latin |
|
M 2 |
May
17 |
Conspiracies & Conspiracy Theories in American History |
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T 3 |
May
18 |
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W 4 |
May
19 |
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Awards Night |
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Th 5 |
May
20 |
NO CLASS |
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F 6 |
May
21 |
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M 7 |
May
24 |
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T 8 |
May
25 |
** PROJECT DUE DATE |
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W 1 |
May
26 |
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Th 2 |
May
27 |
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F |
May
28 |
SELF-EVALUATION DUE DATE EXAM REVIEW DAY |
Graduation |
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M |
May
31 |
Memorial
Day HOLIDAY |
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T |
June
1 |
FINAL
EXAMINATIONS PERIODS 1 & 2 |
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W |
June
2 |
FINAL
EXAMINATIONS PERIODS 3 & 6 |
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Th |
June
3 |
FINAL
EXAMINATIONS PERIODS 7 & 8 |
"EXAMS?!? WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' EXAMS!" |
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F |
June
4 |
PERIODS 5 & 4 |
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