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Chapter 28 & 29: The Reagan Revolution 1980- 1989, pp. 864-894 & A New World Order 1989-2000, pp. 895-926 Assigned 5/6/25. Click HERE to download.
-Read the chapters. As you do, you will come across these terms. (33 points)- Due 5/8/25
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5/5/25- DBQ Watergate
Download and read the DBQ Watergate.
You may turn in via email or printed hard copy. 17 points, due on Wednesday, May 7.
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4/28/25- You will need to read (click) Chapter 27, Rights, Reaction, and Limits, 1961-1980. pp.827-858.
Due on Wed, 4/30. 27 points
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4/22/25- DBQ 17 Evaluate the extent to which debates over American ideals shaped U.S. politics and society in the 1960s.
Click HERE to download. Due on Thursday, 4/24/25. 7 points.
Do your best to get all components of your writing into these DBQs. Some of you are leaving out your evidence and context. Otherwise, this is good prep for your final exam, which is less than a month.
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4/21/25- 1960s Timeline
Create a timeline of the 1960s. In this timeline, you will include four significant events. There was a lot going on with Civil Rights, pop culture, Vietnam, politics, etc.
-Include a short summary of each event, explaining why this was significant. 3 pts each
-Create an illustration for each event. 1 pt each
-Be accurate, neat, and have meaningful content.
-Use 11x17 sheets.
Due on Thursday, 4/24/25. 16 points.
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4/17/25- Help for your Free Responce Questions
Here are some attachments to aid in what your FRQs should include:
Task Verbs used in Free Responce Questions
Short Answer Questions:
Long Essay Questions:
Document Based Questions:
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4/16/25- American and National Identity in the 1960s
You will analyze documents and write reflections on the events of the time. One has to do with politics and the other, the Vietnam War.
Click HERE to dowload. You will type this on a Word doc and turn in on Thursday, 4/17/25. 14 points.
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4/14/25- If you are caught up, you will need to read (click) Chapter 26, Lives Changed 1961-1968. pp.797-826 to be ready for next week's work.
Due on Wed, 4/16. 23 points
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4/10/25- DBQ 16 Evaluate the extent to which the American Civil Rights Movement was successful in the period from 1945 to 1968.
Download and read the DBQ 16. Write out your DBQ according to AP format.
Thesis- 1 pt
Context- 1 pt
Evidence- 3 pts
Analysis and reasoning- 2 pts
You may turn in via email or printed hard copy. 7 points, due on Friday, April. 11.
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4/7/25- Chap. 25
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Chapter 25, Complacency and Change, 1952-1965. Read pp.764-796.
Click to download, Chap. 25. Due on Wednesday, 4/9/25. 30 points.
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4/3/25- DBQ Cold War
Download and read the DBQ Cold War.
You may turn in via email or printed hard copy. 20 points, due on Friday, April. 4.
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Chapter 24, The World the War Created, 1945-1952. Read pp.730-763.
Click to download, Chap 24. Due on Thursday, 4/3/25. 28 points.
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3/28/25- Part 7 AP Practice Test WWII
From the textbook Chapters 20-22, pp. 725-728, you will write all your answers on a separate sheet of paper, either typed or written neatly. MCQ: 7.1 -7.15, SAQs 7.16 and 7.17, and for the LEQ: 7.19.
27 points, due on Monday, March 31 at the end of class. Late papers lose 5 points immediately.
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DBQ 14- (taken from p. 68 in workbook)
Download DBQ 14 Assess the relative importance of the following reasons for the Allied victory in WWII: American Production, Turning point victories, Cooperation amongst allies, Technology to answer in DBQ essay format. This format is in your final exam in May. Due on Thursday, March 28. 7 pts.
Email the final product to me. Make sure your heading is correct and you are using paragraphs.
Do not copy the literature for your essay. Its too messy to read that way. I just want a clean essay.
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2/10/25- Chapter 23 Living in a World at War, 1939-1945.
Pp. 693- 728.
Click to download HERE
Due on Wednesday, 3/26/25. 36 points.
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3/20/25- Chapter 22 Outline
This outline of Chapter 22 will help you sum up the main events of the 1930s. Click HERE to download.
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DBQ 13- (taken from p. 64 in wkbk)
Download DBQ 13 Evaluate the extent to which political debates shaped the US's response to the Great Depresssion to answer in DBQ essay format. This format is in your final exam in May. Due on Thursday, March 20. 7 pts.
Email the final product to me. Make sure your heading is correct and you are using paragraphs.
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3/17/25
Chapter 22- Living in Hard Times 1929-1939 and FRQs, pp. 663-692. Due March 19, 2025.
Click HERE to download, 24 points
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3/3/25- 3rd Quarter Final
You have one test in TWO parts.
Click here to download Part 1 and Part 2
You will write all your answer on a sheet of paper, either typed or written neatly. There are twenty-one MCQs, all you need to do it write the number and letter.
Answer the SAQ (3pts) and LEQ (6 pts) accordingly.
30 points, due on Tuesday March 4 at the end of class. No late papers accepted.
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DBQ 12- (taken from p. 60 in wkbk)
Download DBQ 12 to answer in DBQ essay format. Due on Friday, Feb 28. 7 pts.
Email the final product to me.
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2/19/25- Chapter 21
A Unique, Properous, and Discontented Time,1919-1929. Pp. 633- 662.
Click to download Chap 21.
Due on Friday, 2/21/25. 23 points.
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2/18/25- Discussion and WWI DBQ
Discussion on WWI and its affects today in the US and World.
Click here for the DBQ Sedition in WWI
Work on this solo or with a classmate. One paper per team (put your names on the attachment) or you lose a point.
Due Wednesday, 2/19/25. 20 points.
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2/13/25- DBQ Hawaii Annexation
Read about the annexation of Hawaii in your textbook, pp. 604-606. This will give you a little more background into this topic. Download DBQ Hawaii Annexation. There is also a link you will need which is in the download.
10 points, due on Friday, Valentine's Day.
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2/10/25- Chapter 20
Foreign Policy and War, in a Progressive Era: 1890-1919. Pp. 602- 632.
Click to download Chap 20
Due on Wednesday, 2/12/25. 27 points.
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2/6/25- Part 6 Unit test
From your text book use Chapters 17-19 to answer:
-Multiple Choice Questions 6.1 - 6.11 on pp. 598-599 (11 pts_.
-SAQs 6.12 and 6.13 (6 pts), p. 600.
-LEQ 6.14 or 6.15 (6 pts), p. 600.
23 points, due on Friday Feb 7.
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2/3/25- Essay on Related Issue of Today
Chapters 17-19 are all based on the same time periods, their topics are just different, ranging from industry, societal changes, and politics.
Go through these three chapters and find one issue that is pertinent to today's national issue. This would be something of course that strikes your interest. "What event from the Gilded Age relates to an issue today?" You will write this as a Document Based Question and your points will be awarded as such.
7 points, due on Thursday.
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1/28/25- Chapter 19
Progressive Movements, Progressive Politics: 1879-1917. Pp. 567- 597.
Click to download Chap 19
Due on Thursday, 1/30/25. 27 points.
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1/13/25- Chapter 18
Responses to Industrialism, Responses to Change: 1877-1914. Pp. 538- 566.
Click to download Chap 18.
Due on Wednesday, 1/27/25. 32 points.
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1/13/25- Chapter 17
The Gilded Age: Building a Technological and Industrial Giant and a New Social Order, 1876-1913. Pp. 506- 537.
Click to download Chap 17.
Due on Wednesday, 1/15/25. 32 points.
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1/9/25- DBQ Radical Reconstruction
Download and read the DBQ Radical Reconstruction.
You may turn in via email or printed hard copy. 10 points, due on Friday, Jan. 10.
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1/8/25- Chapter 15
Read Chapter 15: Reconstruction 1865-1877, pp. 443-470. Click HERE to download.
Thirteen terms, two SAQs and one LEQ.
Work on these your best as the final APUSH exam is only four short months away. Push harder!!
Due on Thursday, 23 points.
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12/3/24- Chapter 14
And the War Came: The Civil War, 1861-1865, pp. 411-442.
Click here to download Chapter 14
Due on Wednesday, 12/11/24. 32 points.
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12/3/24- Chapter 13
The Politics of Separation, 1850-1861, pp. 381-410.
Click here to download Chapter 13.
Due on Thurs, 12/5/24. 22 points.
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12/2/24- Chapter 12
Living in a Nation of Changing Lands, Changing Faces, Changing Expectations 1831-1853, pp. 352-380.
Click here to download Chap 12. Due on Wed, 12/4/24. 28 points.
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11/19/24- "I" Search Paper
You will research a topic on anything Native in America. This can be historical or contemporary, and on a Navajo subject or any other tribe.
This will be about events, people, laws, etc. You can write this in the first person, meaning you use the words; I, Me and My.
Look at the download for further directions and examples:
Points will be based on the following:
1 pt- The Opening
4 pts- The Research Process
3 pts- Analysis of What I Discovered
2 pts- My Growth as a Researcher
12 pts-The Product: 8 pts for the paper, 4 pts for Presentation (these last four points are optional).
Due on Friday, Nov. 22
18 points total, plus 4 extra points optional for presenting.
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11/12/24- Chapter 16, part 1
Chapter 16.1: Conflict in the West 1865-1912 and FRQs, pp. 474-487, 504. Click HERE to download.
Due on 11/14/24. 34 points.
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11/5/24- Part 4 AP Practice Test
-complete your quiz Part 4, AP Practice Test on pp. 347-349 in textbook. These consist of questions 4.1 thru 4.12. For the LEQ, choose either question 4.13 OR 4.14.
Due 11/5/24 at the end of class. 22 points
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10/29/24- Writing Oral History
Research one of the following historical figures: Sequoyah, Tecumseh, The Prophet, Black Hawk, Little Turtle, Sacajawea, Aaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, Horace Man, Meriweather Lewis & William Clark (together or separate)
You will:
1-introduce the interview and include the setting, date, and place you interviewed. 4pts
2-generate eight questions in an interview for your subject and answer from his/her point of view. Use the following documents to download and use for direction and examples:
16 pts
3- write a paragraph reflecting what you learned from your interviewee. 2 pts
4- be neat, accuarate and creative 2pts
You may work solo or with one partner.
Due on Friday, Nov 1. 24 points.
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Chapter 11: Manifest Destiny-Expanding the Nation 1830-1853 , read pp. 317-346.
Click HERE to download. Due on 10/30/24, 26 points.
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10/24/24- DBQ #5
Use the workbook and DBQ #5 to answer the question, "Evaluate the extent of change in American politics between 1812 and 1840".
There are seven documents for you to utilize, pp. 33-36. It will be written similar to an LEQ and this is the format for your AP Final in May.
Points are based as such
Thesis- 1 pt
Context- 1 pt
Evidence- 3 pts
Analysis and Reasoning- 2 pts
Here is the official rubric for the exam. Click to download DBQ Rubric.
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10/22/24- Chapter 10
Democracy in the Age of Andrew Jackson 1828-1844 pp. 289-316
Click to download, CHAP 10
Due on 10/24/24 26 points
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10/15/24- Annotated Timeline project
You will create an annotated timeline related to the content of Chapters 8 and 9 in your textbook, pp. 228-256, 257-288. Since Chap 9 relates to Expansion, Industry and Politics, your timeline should relate to that time period only. Use the scanned examples below to guide you:
This will have import dates, people and events with short summaries.
Have a minimum of 8 pieces of information (3 pts ea), a title (1 pt), and creativity (5 pts). And of course this will be relevant, neat and of course, legible. Make sure every summary has proper capitalization, punctuation, spelling and grammar.
Use 11x14 sized paper in the back of the room.
30 points, due on Friday Oct 18.
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10/9/24- Chapter 9: New Industries, New Politics: Terms (18) and FRQs (8). Pp. 257-288. Click HERE
Due on 10/11/24- 26 points
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10/7/24- 2nd Semester
Click for your DBQ on Lewis and Clark
We will look at a power point on the L&C Expedition. Then get into groups of four and work the DBQ questions on pages 6-7. Afterward, your group will work on the Structured Academic Controversy (SAC) and answer the questions in an open format.
10 pts for DBQ and 10 pts for the SAC. Turn in one document per group. Make are ALL NAMES of group members on the sheet you email me. Due on Tuesday, Oct 8.
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10/1/24- Chapter 8 in textbook: Creating a New People, Expanding the Country 1801-1823: terms and FRQs (26 points). Pp. 228-256. Due on Thursday, Oct 3. Click HERE to download.
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9/19/24 - Unit 3 Quiz
Part 3 AP Practice Test (Quiz 3). Found in your textbook, pp. 224-226, although this covers chapters 5-7.
MCQ 3.1 thru 3.9 (9 pts)
SAQ 3.10 (3 pts)
LEQ 3.11 or 3.12 (6 pts)
Due Friday, 9/20/24. 18 points
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9/18/24
Click HERE to download: Chap 7, Practicing Democracy, pp. 196-223: Terms and FRQs. Due on 9/20, 22 points.
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9/10/24- DBQ Declaration of Independence
Click HERE to download. This will be done in class today. Use the computer to work on with a partner (but you will still turn this in individually). Due on 9/11. 20 points.
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9/9/24- Chap 6
Click here to download Chapter 6: Creating a New Nation, pp. 160-186: Terms and FRQs. Due on 9/11, 33 points.
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8/4/24- Chap 5 terms and FRQs
Click here for Chapter 5. You will also need to read this chapter. Terms and FRQ are due on Friday, 8/6/24. 25 points.
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8/28/24- DBQ Great Awakening
Download DBQ Great Awakening.
Read the documents and answer the questions on Whitefield. Email to me at: mrhillis145@gmail.com
This is due on Thursday, 8/29/24. 15 points
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8/26/24- Chap 4
Download HERE to access Chapter 4 Creating the Culture of British North American.
Due on Wednesday, 8/28/24. 31 points
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8/23/24- Enroll in online AP course
Go to myap.collegeboard.org
Enroll in my 4th APUSH class. The code is: QNP9NJ
As you enter your information, be precise. This course will have review info and is requires your enrollment to take your Final Exam which is on May 9, 2025.
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8/20/24- Salem Witch Trials
Download the DBQ Salem Witch Trials. You will work on this as a group in class on Tuesday.
15 pts, due on Thursday 8/22
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8/19/24- Chapter 3
Settlements, Alliances, and Resistance, 1607-1718. Pp. 66-98. Click HERE to download.
Due on Wed, August 21. 26 points.
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8/13/24- Thesis and LEQ guide
These shared docs will help you with what is expected. Click on each to view:
How to write a Thesis, 1 of 2
Long Essay Question (LEQ) rubric
Complete Part 1 AP Practice Test, pp. 62-64 in textbook. Read the questions carefully. You will answer questions 1-12, and choose either 13 or 14.
22 points, Due on Thursday, 8/15/24. We will review in class so make sure it is complete.
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Chapters 1 & 2 from textbook, pp. 2-55.
Due Monday, Aug 12. 20 points
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8/5/24- DBQ Lunchroom Fight I and II
Download and answer the questions on both docs. We will go over the questions you answer, and you will do this as a group.
We will go over these items on Monday and you will work on Tuesday.
This is due by Wednesday, 9/7/24
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8/2/24- Click here for APUSH syllabus Do sign and date it with you parents and return to me by Minday, August 5. (2 pts)
