Sunday, November 28, 2010

HW - Week of 11/29

Hello, APUSHers:

Assignments for the rest of the week will follow shortly.


Here's Monday Night's Assignment:

Movie Night - CLICK HERE to access the movie.. Remember to complete the Movie/Podcast Sheet.

Tuesday Night: LECTURE NIGHT!
Please complete a podcast/lecture sheet for each:

Lecture 23 - A Growing National Economy
Lecture 24 - The Transportation Revolution
Lecture 25 - King Cotton

Wednesday - Blog Post/Discussion
Reply to the following question in a post of at least 50, but no more than 100 words. Please respond to another person's post as well.

How does American expansion in the 1820s contribute to the rising sectional interests? Did it create the foundation for the Civil War or was that foundation already established? How did American nationalism evolve during the same years?

Thursday - Preview Chapter 15 by outlining your wiki notes. CLICK HERE for the Wiki Notes

Friday - Read Chapter 15, Complete GRQ's and Chapter ID's for MONDAY! Here are the resources for Chapter 15:

Chapter 15 Reading

Saturday, November 20, 2010

HW Assignments Week of 11/21/2010

Hello, APUSHers:

Here are your assignments for the week of 11/21. Please note that there will be an IN-CLASS QUIZ on MONDAY 11/28, covering chapters 13 and 14.

Here are your assignments for the week. Please note the due dates for the assignments, and that LATE WORK will no longer be accepted. "Technical Issues," are not an acceptable excuse for not completing your assignments.

Monday 11/22/2010: Due 11/23
1. If you didn't finish already, complete Ch. 13 ID's and GRQ's
Here's Chapter 13
Here's Chapter 13 GRQ's and ID's
Here's Chapter 13 AUDIO

2. Go the Extra Mile. View the video, and complete the video cast sheet.
Tuesday 11/23: Due 11/24
Complete the following lectures below. You should complete one lecture/podcast sheet for each lecture.
1. Outline Chapter Notes for Chapter 14 (click for the link)
2. Read Chapter 14 (click for the link to chapter 14; click here for the audio link)
4. Review Chapters 13 and 14 for the quiz on Monday


Saturday, November 13, 2010

EXAMENITO STUDY GUIDE

CLICK HERE FOR THE STUDY GUIDE!

98 Questions

In Class. Individual. Due at the end of 8th period Friday.

HW Assignments Week of 11/15/2010

Announcements:

1. EXAM this Friday! 98 Questions, covering ch. 10, 11, and 12 (1783-1815). Study guide to follow! Please note that this is an IN-CLASS, INDIVIDUAL EXAM, to be completed by the end of 8th Period.

2. Assessment piece this week - War of 1812 Web Quest. Due date is Thursday NOVEMBER 18th! NO EXCEPTIONS! NO EXCUSES!

Here's the HW for this week.

MONDAY -

1. DOWNLOAD and PRINT a copy of the Web Quest. Please bring it with you to class on TUESDAY! You should also save a copy in your Google Docs file. If you are so inclined, you can start working on it. Here's the slide show that goes along with it!

2. MOVIE NIGHT!!! A DOUBLE FEATURE!!! Pick one or the other! Do BOTH, GO THE EXTRA MILE, and use it towards removing a missed HW. If you haven't created an account, CLICK HERE for the how-to-do-it!

Reconsiders the so-called Era of Good Feelings during the presidencies of James Madison and James Monroe, exploring the growing rift between Northerners and Southerners over the issue of slavery. This program tracks the aftermath of the United States' victory over England in the War of 1812, touching on economic and geographic expansion, improved transportation, and a national bank. Such bold moves would require a more powerful central government than Thomas Jefferson and the Constitution had envisioned, leading these outgoing young Americans to rethink former concepts of nationalism. This program examines expansion into not only western territories, but also into the North with its fur trade and the South with its slave plantations, a radical response to the invention of the cotton gin. Important documents emerging from Monroe’s presidency, notably the Monroe Doctrine and the Missouri Compromise, are also analyzed, as are the first rumblings of civil war.


Feature #2:
Explains how the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the United States had a profound impact on the social structure of the country as well as its economic foundation. The program chronicles the changes in the makeup and behavior of the American family, the role of women, life on the farm, and the widening gap between the poor and wealthy in slave and free communities. Also discussing the distribution of wealth, the transportation revolution, urban centers, the emergence of the middle class, college and church life, and education in farming communities, the engaging presentation analyzes the mechanization of agriculture upon the introduction of the McCormick reaper and Eli Whitney's cotton gin.


TUESDAY: Continue Working on the War of 1812 Quest if you did not do so already. Quest is due on FRIDAY!

WEDNESDAY -
1. Complete the War of 1812 Web Quest for class Thursday.
2. Study for the Test on Friday!

THURSDAY -
Study for the Test on Friday.

FRIDAY - Just when you thought it was safe to go to APUSH. IT'S THE SON OF EXAMENITO MUCHO MAS GRANDE!!! 100 Question Exam! Covering 1783-1815 (Ch. 10, 11, 12).

HW for the Weekend of 11/20:
Chapter 13 GRQ's and ID's are due on TUESDAY November 23rd.

Here's Chapter 13
Here's Chapter 13 GRQ's and ID's
Here's Chapter 13 AUDIO


Sunday, November 7, 2010

HW week of 11/8

Hello, APUSHers:

Here are your assignments for the week.

MONDAY 11/8. Finish the Guided Reading Questions, and Chapter ID's for Tuesday. If you've already finished, please proceed to Tuesday night's assignments.

Tuesday Night 11/9 - Due Wed. 11/10

1. Please view, and listen to the following Lectures:

2. View, and take notes on all parts of the lectures. The notes should not simply be a rewriting of the lecture. To that end, your notes should be NO LONGER than ONE Handwritten Page per Lesson...YES...I said Handwritten!

3. Complete the Interactive Discussion on the Louisiana Purchase. After completing the discussion, write a thoughtful response to the question below. Your response should be a minimum of 100 words.

Was Jefferson authorized in making the Louisiana Purchase?


Wednesday Night: THE RETURN OF MOVIE NIGHT!!! Get your friends, get some popcorn!

Tonight's Feature...What happens when you and your BFF don't agree? What happens when those decisions affect a nation? See it all tonight on


Turn in your Podcast/Video Form on Friday!

Thursday 11/11 - Due Friday 12th, along with Wednesday's HW

PODCAST NIGHT!

Choose one (1) of the following. GO THE EXTRA MILE, and d0 both. You can use this GEM to take the place of a missing HW assignment (except Chapter readings).

The Louisiana Purchase Talking History's host, Bryan Le Beau, discusses how the reality of the Louisiana Purchase compares to Thomas Jefferson's vision of the United States as a land of cultivators of the earth and of slavery with Roger Kennedy, author of Mr. Jefferson's Lost Cause: Land, Farmers, Slavery and the Louisiana Purchase. Airdate: December 1, 2003.

Lewis and Clark William Clark called his expedition a "vast . . . enterprise." Two hundred years later, the scholarly investigation of Lewis and Clark is itself a vast undertaking. Talking History's Fred Nielsen is joined by James Ronda, the Barnard Chair professor in western history at the University of Tulsa. Ronda's books include Lewis and Clark among the Indians and Voyages of Discovery: Essays on the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Airdate: May 17, 2004.

Friday Night - Due MONDAY 11/15
1. PREVIEW Chapter 12 by reading the Chapter Notes.


2. REVIEW the War of 1812, by listening to the lecture.

Resource: CLICK HERE for the lecture.

3. Read Chapter 12, and complete the Chapter 12 GRQ's and ID's

Resources:
CLICK HERE for the audio version of the textbook

POWER MEDIA!!!
1. Click HERE to set up your account with POWER MEDIA PLUS. You will need this account, as sometimes you will be asked to watch videos for this class at home. DON'T WORRY! IT'S FREE! Enter the following passcode (copy and paste works best) Xqy2BeX79m. Answer only the starred (*) questions. Use our school's address (3465 192nd Street Flushing, NY 11358)

Saturday, November 6, 2010

GEM POST

Should the right to vote be limited only to people who are citizens of this country?

This is an issue that many of us, particularly those of us who have recently come to this country, feel quite strongly about. There are many different sides to the issue. One side, those who say "no," will state if you're not a citizen, you don't get to vote; kind of like if you go to the game without a ticket, you don't get in. The other side states that if these people are here working, and doing their best to start a new life, then the right to vote should be given to them.

Talk to people. Friends, relatives, the guy who owns the deli down the street. Your next-door neighbor. Get their ideas. Also, think about where they are coming from. What's their "perspective," or point of view.

There's no easy answer to this. Feel free to post to this as much as you like. Please maintain a sense of respect. It's OK to disagree, but not to disrespect. Good luck!