AP Lang/AP US History 3rd Quarter
Week 19: Vocabulary and Causes of Civil War
Vocabulary: Root Word Dictionary Root Word Derivatives Common Content Area Root Words 11 Classy Insults Continue Argument Writing: Channel One News Causes of Civil War: Lincoln and Abolitionism Article Antietam Battle Video Informed Citizenship Project |
Week 20: Gettysburg and Argument Writing
Speed Dating Argument Writing: Formal Essay --Adversity is Beneficial --Importance of Humor in Society --Singer's Solution to Poverty "Sis! Boom! Bah! Humbug!" Rick Reilly "I Want a Wife" Judy Brady Essay of Choice Scoring Self-Analysis: Google Classroom "The First Modern War" Battle of Vicksburg, Battle of Atlanta Election of 1864 Conan Re-Destroys the Hated General Sherman video |
Week 21: Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
AP English: Analyze Rhetorical Strategies Primary Document Review: Library of Congress Primary Source Analysis Tool PSA/Rolling Knowledge Journal Evening Star, Washington, DC, March 4, 1865 Reconstruction Assignment Reconstruction Article: "The Revolution That Failed" |
"When Ancestry Search Let to Escaped Slave, 'All I Could Do Was Weep'"
Read this NPR article about a 5th grader finding her connection to slavery is much closer than she thought. |
Week 22: Reconstruction/Visual Argument
Reconstruction Poster Presentation Assignment Reconstruction Website Resources Resource Website: Harper's Weekly Poster Presentation: Reconstruction Perspectives If Lincoln' Hadn't Died Write [author's thesis and list evidence] |
Week 23: Period /Visual Argument
Visual Analysis Quiz Thinglink: Photo Analysis Vocab: Root Word Quiz #1 "Least Likes" or "One of these things is not like the other" in History APUSH Pictures/Political Cartoons |
Week 24: DBQ/Synthesis
Industrialization Evaluate Considerations for Museum Artifacts Argument Oral Essay |
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Week 25: Robber Barons or Captains of Industry?
"I Want a Wife" and "American Spirit" Arguments Ch. 23-24 Quiz Monuments Synthesis Essay The Move to the American City "The Good Old Days: They Were Terrible" America: The Story of Us video Synthesis: Exemplar Essay Blackout |
Week 26: Moving to American Cities/Synthesis
Problems in American Cities A Nation of Immigrants: Political Cartoons Synthesis: Locavore Movement "Georgia Legalizes Handgun Vending Machines" Write your own satirical piece |
Practice AP Exams
Get ready for the exams by practicing with sample questions and knowing what to expect on exam day.To help you prepare to do your best on the AP Exam, here are practice questions and tips for labeling your exam materials and completing exam responses. AP Testing Calendar AP US History: Friday, May 6th AP English Language and Composition: Wednesday, May 11 Other Subjects: Click Here |
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Week 27: The American West/Satire/Text Sets
Church Bulletin News Flash MagnaSoles Informed Citizenship Knowledge Acquisition/Text Complexity Practice LEQ Writing "The Importance of Being Earnest" Earnest Quote Sheet |
Week 28: Period 6/Satire
"Wizard of Oz" EXPLAINED "Earnest" continued Satirical Significance of "The Importance of Being Earnest" AP US History Test |
Week 29: Philippine-American War/Satire & Multiple Choice
Introductory Paragraph Frame "Girl Moved to Tears by Of Mice and Men Cliffs Notes" Mark Twain's "Advice to Youth" The Speech of Miss Polly Baker Multiple Choice Test Project "Locomotive" Test Question Practice |