Week of May 14
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This week we will be focusing on research papers and making up any missing work.  Remember, your research papers are due on May 23rd and are worth 200 points.  Please make sure that you get these papers turned in to me on the due date.  You can also turn them in before that date if you wish.  We do not have the grades for the EOC yet, but we are waiting patiently.  You may view your grade on IC right now, but know that the research paper will not be included until May 23rd.  Then, your EOC will be averaged in with the rest of your nine weeks’ grades and your semester grade. 

Hang in there and keep working hard!

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50 tips for the APUSH exam
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Important Items for the APUSH exam

This is a list of items that you may neglect to study, but should really pay attention to when you are reviewing for your test because you can be sure that the writers of the exam will.  The best thing to do would be to study this list, see how many you know and look up any that you do not know, concentrating on those.  Do NOT substitute this as a study guide and only study this.  You will still need to know basic concepts and study your notes.

1.  consequences of the First Great Awakening (it has appeared on 5 of 6 APUSH exams)

2.  consequences of Saratoga

3.  Alexander Hamilton—almost all exams include at least 1 question about his financial policies.

4.  John Marshall—Marbury v. Madison, strong central government, opponent of states’ rights

5.  Compromise of 1820

6.  Clay’s American System

7.  Andrew Jackson—nullification crisis, bank war, and Trail of Tears

8.  cult of domesticity

9.  Republican motherhood

10.  Seneca Falls—what reforms did it/did it NOT call for?

11.  William Lloyd Garrison

12.  Frederick Douglass

13.  Wilmot Proviso—never passed

14.  Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott

15.  Antietam—convinced England to stay out of Civil War

16.  Emancipation Proclamation—effects

17.  Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka

18.  Helen Hunt Jackson Turner’s A Century of Dishonor

19.  Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier thesis

20.  similarities/differences between Knights of Labor, AFL, and IWW

21.  Progressives—goals

22.  Jacob Riis, Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell

23.  Teddy Roosevelt

24.  Open Door Policy

25.  “Lost Generation”—F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis

26.  KKK in 1920s/nativism

27.  New Deal programs and accomplishments

28.  New Deal critics—Charles Coughlin, Francis Townsend, Huey Long, Gerald Smith

29.  Pearl Harbor

30.  developments on the home front during WWI, WWII

31.  George Kennan, containment, Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, NATO

32.  Truman—desegregated the military

33.  McCarthy—rise and fall

34.  MLK, Jr.—leader of SCLC

35.  Beatniks

36.  New Deal compared to the Great Society

37.  Betty Friedan

38.  George Wallace/1968 election

39.  Reaganomics

40.  economic events from Clinton’s admin

41.  2008 election of Obama

42.  Bacon’s Rebellion

43.  Nat Turner/Stono Rebellion

44.  Abigail Adams’ letter

45.  19th amendment

46.  Rachel Carson—Silent Spring

47.  Eugene V. Debs

48.  Wagner Act/Taft-Hartley Act

49.  Navigation Acts/mercantilism

50.  Proclamation of 1763

51.  Monroe Doctrine and Roosevelt Corollary

52.  FDRs Good Neighbor Policy

53.  JFKs Alliance for Progress

54.  Tonkin Gulf Resolution

55.  Kent State/invasions of Cambodia/Vietnamization

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Week of April 23, 2012
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EOC testing is happening this week and that includes US History.  Remember that this is not like the KCCTS testing where there are open responses.  With this test, writing is required–that means in complete sentences and correct grammar.  Study your notes in your notebook and make sure to get plenty of sleep for all of your tests this week.

Good Luck!

 

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Week of April 16th
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Welcome back and I hope you had a restful spring break!  With EOCs right around the corner, we will be hitting the  ground running.  Therefore, this is not the week to shut down but rather the week where your attention will be vital to your grade.

USH:

Monday-Tuesday:  Civil Rights Movement

Wednesday-Thursday: Review for the EOC

Friday: Practice test (final)

STUDY! STUDY! STUDY!

 

APUSH:

You are essentially following the same schedule as above.  However, on Friday you will be given a practice APUSH exam (multiple choice portion only).  This will consist of 80 questions and count as a grade.  So Study Up and Be Ready!

 

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Week of April 2, 2012
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GO BIG BLUE!!!!!!!!

APUSH:

Monday:  LBJ’s Great Society

Tuesday:  test over chapters 36-38 (Cold War, JFK, LBJ, 1950s culture)

Wednesday:  exam; Vietnam War

Thursday: DBQ (I will be in Morehead taking my graduate exam–wish me luck)

Friday: Vietnam War

 

USH:

Monday: protests over Vietnam

Tuesday: protests over Vietnam/the war escalates

quiz over 1950s Cold War origins to LBJ’s Great Society

Wednesday:  Vietnam War comes to an end.

Thursday: Review

Friday:  Civil Rights Movement

 

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Week of March 26, 2012
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The countdown has begun.  Spring break will soon be upon us.  However, that does not mean that it is time to start catching that spring fever and giving up on work.  The EOC for US History is just around the corner and we are furiously preparing.

This week in APUSH:

Be sure you have read chapters 34-37.  These chapters discuss WWII, the Cold War origins and 1950s culture.  We will be addressing the Cold War and 1950s culture in class this week.  Next week, we should be ready to move on to the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights Movement.

 

In USH:

We are finishing up our discussion of Kennedy and LBJ’s Great Society. We will be moving into the Vietnam War this week and the Civil Rights Movement next week.  This should allow us time to review the week after spring break for the EOC on April 24th.

 

 

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Week of March 20, 2012
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APUSH

Monday–Chapter 31-32 exam; finish 1920s

Tuesday–New Deal programs

Wednesday–Criticism of the New Deal/FDR

Thursday–WWII

Friday–WWII

 

USH

Monday–1950s Culture–TIME TO DO THE TWIST!!

Tuesday–1950s culture review

Wednesday–1960s

Thursday–1960s/Cuban Missile Crisis activity

Friday–1960s/JFK assassination

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Week of March 12-15
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APUSH:

Monday–Great Depression (causes)

Tuesday–Great Depression (effects)

Wednesday– 95% of you will be gone on a trip with Ms. Stein.  Have fun researching at the UK Library!

Thursday–1920s projects due; set them up prior to class for the gallery walk. Quiz over 1920s and Great Depression Monday.

 

USH:

Monday–Chapter 18, section 4 (guided notes)

Tuesday–Chapter 18, section/Youth Day (voting in SS classes)

Wednesday/Thursday–1950s culture stations activity

 

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Great Depression and New Deal Powerpoints
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Below are the powerpoint presentations for the Great Depression and the New Deal.  These correspond with chapters 30-32 in your book.

 

A-C-14-US-CHAPTER-14

 

A-C-15-US-CHAPTER-15

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Week of March 5, 2012
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Monday–SNOW DAY

Tuesday–ACT TODAY

Bring a calculator!

Wednesday–USH: Cold War origins

APUSH: Rewrite of editorial due

1920s conflict

Thursday–CLUB DAY

USH: Cold War Heats Up

APUSH: Stock Market Crash

Great Depression

Friday–USH: McCarthyism

APUSH: Great Depression

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