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2018-2019 Class Index (Archived)

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Ballston Spa High School - A.P. United States History

Daily Class Index Archive 2018-2019

 

 

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2018-2019 APUSH National Exam Results

Exams taken: 37  (NYS 41,754)

Class Average: 3.70 (NYS 2.81)

Students with a 3 or higher: 87% (NYS 57%)

 

 

Class #129

6/14/2019

Days of Fire: The Presidency of George W Bush The Historic election of Barack Obama 

Class #128

6/12/2019

Flip this HouseThe Clinton Impeachment;  Regents Govt Review The Perfect Tie: Battle to Decide the 2000 Election

HW: Online Review Quiz Due 6/17 at 11:59

Class #127

6/11/2019

The Election of 1992 The Comeback Kid: William Jefferson Clinton 
 

Class #126 

 

6/7/2019

The Crusade: Operation Desert Storm 1990-1991
HW:
  Legacy Chapters #6 and #7  pages 44-61

Class #125 

6/6/2019

Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George H.W. Bush 

HW: Legacy Chapter #5 34 to 40

Class #124 

6/5/2019

Ronald Reagan’s War against the Evil Empire   Winds of Change The Final Chapter of the Cold War

HW: Legacy Chapter #4  pages 30-34 

Class #123 

5/31/2019

Election of 1984 Reagan’s Proxy War in Central America;   The Great Communicator 

Class #122 

5/29/2019

A Conservative in the White House 

HW: Read Legacy Chapters #2-#3 pages 8-30

Class #121

5/28/2019

TEST: Module 8bc (1930-1945) Ronald Reagan and Rise of the Conservative Movement 

HWFinal Projects (5/31/2019) and Read Legacy Chapter #1 The Starrs pages 4-7

Module 9A
1980 to 2008
The Reagan Revolution to The Election of Barack Obama

Class #120

5/24/2019

The 1980 Olympic Hockey Team: USA vs USSR

Class #119

5/23/2019

Seeds of the Iranian RevolutionTransition into the Age of Reagan 

HW:  Time Period #8 Module BC Quiz (25 online questions); closes at 5/27 at 11:59)

Class #118

5/21/2019

Focused Inquiry:The Seventies
Class #117
5/20/2019 
The Modern Environmental Movement 
Class #116
5/13/2019 
LAB: APUSH  Final Projects
Class #115
5/15/2019
REEL HISTORY: All the Way - The Story of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
Class #114
5/14/2019
REEL HISTORY: All the Way - The Story of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 
Class #113
5/13/2019 
LAB: APUSH Course Evaluations and Final Project 
Class #112
5/10/2019 
APUSH National Exam [8:00 to 1:00 pm]
Class #111
5/9/2019  
Making America Great Again (Version 1.0)
Class #110
5/8/2019 
 
The Calm before the StormWatergate
Class #109
5/7/2019  

Peace with Honor - Richard Nixon and Vietnamization [1969-1973]

HW: Watergate: The Scandal That Brought Down Richard Nixon

Class #108
5/3/2019 
The Redemptive March Towards Freedom and Equality (1963 -1965); The Election of 1964 ;
HWReview 
Bridge to the Ballot pages #13 and #14; Preview pages #13-19 Vietnam to 1968 in Module B
Class #107
5/2/2019
 

JFK and The New FrontierAt Canaan's Edge  A Nation to Confronts Sanctioned Segregation (1960-1963) 

HW: Complete Notes on pages #8-9 in Module B

Module 8B
1960 to 1968
JFK, The Civil Rights Movement and the Election of 1968
Class #106
5/1/2019
The Cold War Heats Up - Eisenhower and the Global Cold WarDien Bien Phu, Dominoes and the Origins of the Vietnam War 
HW: Complete notes on pages #2-3 in Module B; Continue MC Thematic Review
 

Class #105

 

4/29/2019

Crabgrass Frontier (Surburbanization); Far From HeavenThe Road to Little Rock 

HW:  Review Notes pages #6-12

Class #105
4/28/2019

[Spring Break] The Hunting for Subversives Cold  War Comes HomeConsensus, Conformity and Contradiction in the decade of Prosperity 
Module 8A 
1945 to 1969
Cold War Origins through the start of the Election of 1960

Class #104

4/18/2019

TEST: Module 7d (1930-1945);Origins of the Cold War 1945 to 1952;

  HW: Complete notes on pages #6-8; Begin MC Thematic Review

Class #103

4/17/2019

Brave New World: The Quest for Global Peace and Domestic Prosperity
HW: Prepare for Module 7d Test (1930-1945)

Class #102

 4/15/2019 

Endgame 1945: The Final Chapter of World War II

HW: Time Period #7 Module D Quiz (Online 40 questions); closes at 4/17/19 at 11:59)

Class #101
4/12/2019 
Justice at War: Executive Order #9066;
HW: 
Prepare for Module D SAQ Monday April 15th  
Class #100
4/10/2019 
Homefront Mobilization, 1941-1945
HW: Reading  "Soldiers without Guns" ; Omit Podcast: Girls of Atomic City [Optional]
Class #99
4/9/2019
And War Came, Pearl Harbor 1941  
HW: Complete Notes on World War II Homefront 
[page #5] 

Class #98

4/8/2019

American Foreign Policy Between the Wars; 1931 to 1941 

HW: Complete notes on Storm Cellar Neutrality page #4; Categorize events as Isolationists or Interventionists

Module 7D
1939 - 1945
American Foreign Policy 1929 - 1941 to America Mobilization for World War II

Class #97

4/4/2019

Spring Quarterly Exam[DBQ Essay]

Class #96

4/3/2019

Spring Quarterly Exam [55 SBMC ] 

Class #95

4/2/2019

SAQ The New Deal Programs; Quarterly Review slides

HW: Prepare for Quarterly Exam 

Class #94

4/1/2019

Bold Experimentation – FDR and the First 100 DaysFDR vs The ConstitutionVoices of Protest

HW: 100 Days and Beyond - What did the New Deal Accomplish? Module 7c SAQ Tuesday 4/2

Class #93

3/28/2019

American Exodus: The Dust Bowl MigrationElecting FDR: The New Deal Campaign of 1932
HW: Reading: Biography of Franklin Roosevelt

Class #92

3/27/2019

Conservative Presidents and Economic OptimismEconomic Boom and Bust of the 1920s

HW: Reading- The Stock Market Crash of 1929

Class #91

3/26/2019

Summer for the Gods - The Scopes TrialConservative Presidents and Economic Optimism 

HW: Omit Podcast: Remembering the Scopes Monkey Trial (Optional)

Class #90

3/20/2019

 Warmth of Other Suns  and Intolerance and Nativism
HW: Read over notes on pages 8 to 12 Resistance to Change 

Class #89

3/21/2019

Anything Goes: America in the Roaring Twenties 

HW: Time Period #7 Module B Quiz  closes at 3/21/19 at 11:59

Module 7C
1919-1939
The Roaring Twenties through the Great Depression

Class #88

3/20/2019

The Post War Dream and Betrayal of Grand Expectations
HWTime Period #7 Module B Quizcloses at 3/21/19 at 11:59

Class #87

3/18/2019

The Great War; The Post War Dream
HW: Complete Notes The Post War Dream (pages 10-11) 

Class #86

3/15/2019

A Call to Arms:Mobilizing America for World War IJustice at War Homefront Civil Liberties
HW: Reading: World War I Homefront 
Class #85
3/13/2019

Thunder Across the Sea (1914) ;Making the World Safe for Democracy

HW: Complete Notes: A Call to Arms:Mobilizing America for World War I

Module  7B
1914-1919

America in World War I

Class #84

3/12/2019

TEST: Module 7a (1890-1914); New Directions in Foreign Policy

HW: Text Reading - Us Diplomacy 1913-1917,  687-695

Class #83

3/11/2019

Focused Inquiry: The Progressive Movement 
HW:Time Period #7 Module A Quiz; closes Monday 3/11/19 at 11:59

Class #82

3/8/2019

Transformation of American Democracy - Election of 1912President Woodrow Wilson 1913-1921

HWComplete Notes: Blood at the Root on Washington vs. DuBois

Class #81

3/7/2019

Call of Duty (1899–1921) - Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson

Class #80

3/6/2019

SAQ: Imperialism Origins of the Progressive Movement  ; Progressives in Government 

HW: Complete Notes on Teddy Roosevelt's Square DealPresident William Howard Taft    

 

 

Class #79

3/4/2019

Spanish American War (1898) ;Spanish American War as a Turning Point

HW: Focused Inquiry - American Imperialism; SAQ on American Imperialism Monday 3/5/2019

Class #78

2/28/2019

Spanish American War (1898) ;Spanish American War as a Turning Point

HW: Reading America's First IraqTime Period #6 Module C Quizcloses at 3/1/19 at 11:59 

Class #77

2/27/2019

An Empire for LibertySpanish American War (1898)
HW: Reading 
America's First IraqTime Period #6 Module C Quiz; closes at 2/28/19 at 11:59

Module  7A
1890-1914

Age of Imperialism and the Progressive Era 

Class #76

2/25/2019

Raise Less Corn and More Hell  - The Rise of Populism [1892 to 1900]; The Election of 1896
HW:  
Text Reading - The Farmer becomes a Factory,  612-623

Class #75

2/15/2019

TEST: Modules 6a and 6b; SAQ on Urbanization and Immigration; Politics in the Gilded Age [1876 to 1896]

HW: Complete Notes on Module 6c and posted summary questions. Click Here for Details

Module 6C
 1863-1890 

Gilded Age Politics and the Rise of Populism  

Class #74

2/13/2019

Immigration and Cultural Conflict in Gilded Age America [1870 to 1900]

HW: Time Period #6 Module B Quizcloses at 2/14/19 at 11:59

Class #73

2/12/2019

Huddled Masses Yearning To Breathe Free [1880 to 1920]
HW: Text Reading - The New Immigration, 561-573

Class #72

2/11/2019

Progress and Poverty in Urban America
HW: Text Reading - Impact of Industrial Revolution, 547-557

Class #71

2/7/2019

Focused Inquiry: Impact of Industry on the American Worker 
HW:  Social Thought in the Gilded Age

Class #70

2/7/2019

American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism [1865 to 1900]; The Impact of Industrialization on American Society

HW: Reading: An Overview of the Industrial Revolution

Class #68

2/5/2019

Ingredients of IndustrializationAmerican Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism [1865 to 1900]
HW: Text Reading -  Industry Comes of Age pages 530-543

MODULE 6B

1863-1890 

Election of 1876 to the Battle of Wounded Kne

Class #67

2/4/2019

Bloody Footprints - Migration and Settlement
HW: Text Reading - Clash of Cultures pp.594-60; Module 6a SAQ Tuesday 2/5
 

Class #66

2/1/2019

The Legacy of Conquest
HW: 
Text Reading - Clash of Cultures pp.594-603   Module 6a Quiz closes 2/1/19 11:59

Class #65

1/30/2019

The Final Promise and Bloody Footprints - Migration and Settlement
HW: 
Text Reading - Clash of Cultures pp.594-603
 Module 6a Quiz closes 2/1/19 11:59

Class #64

1/28/2019

Rival Rails: The Race to Build the Transcontinental RailroadThe Conquest of  the West  
HW: Text reading - The Iron Horse  pp. 530-534

MODULE 6A

1863-1890 

Election of 1876 to the Battle of Wounded Knee 

Class #63

1/28/2019

Mid-Term Evaluation and Process

Class #62

1/18/2019

Let Us Have Peace - The Grant PresidencyCentennial Crisis: The Disputed Election of 1876

Class #61

1/16/2019

Impeached: The Trial Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy
HW: Text reading - Impeachment and Legacy pp 496-501

Class #60

1/15/2019

Capitol Men: The First Black CongressmenOn the Ground in 1865 - Realities of Reconstruction

HW: Text reading - The Ordeal of Reconstruction pp 487-498

Class #59

1/14/2019

Tailor Made Reconstruction ; Radical Republicans and the Politics of ReconstructionHW: Text reading - The Ordeal of Reconstruction- pp 487-498

 

1/10/2019

 

HW: Text reading - The Aftermath- pp 476-487

MODULE 5C
1863 to 1877
End of the Civil War to the Compromise of 1877

Class #57

1/9/2019 

TEST: Module 5b (1860-1864) ;Reelecting Lincoln: Lost Cause: The End of the Civil War, 1864-65

HW: Text reading - The War Concludes pp 469-475

Class #56

1/8/2019

Tried by War - Lincoln as Commander in Chief
HW: Module 5b Modular Quiz (25 Points) closes 11:59 Tuesday; Prepare for TEST on Module 5b 

Class #55 

1/4/2019

Lincoln as Commander in Chief ;  The Summer of '63 - Gettysburg and Vicksburg ; Winter of '64 Sherman's March to the Sea  HW: Text reading -The Furnace of War  pp 4353 to 465; Prepare for Module 5b SAQ Tuesday 1/8/2019

Class #54  

1/3/2019

Crossroads of Freedom- Antietam and Emancipation (1863)

HW: Text reading - North vs South pp 435-445

Class #53  

1/2/2019

This Mighty Scourge - The Battle of First Bull Run (1862)

HW: Text reading - North vs South pp 435-445

Class #52  

12/19/2018

Abraham Lincoln Ascendant: The Election of 1860And War Came - 1861

HW: Text reading - the start of the Civil War pp. 435 -445

Class #51 

12/18/2018

TEST: Module 5a (1848-1859); Abraham Lincoln Ascendant: The Election of 1860
HW: Text reading - the Election of Lincoln pp. 424-433
MODULE 5B
1859-1865
 The Election of 1860 and the American Civil War

Class #50

12/17/2018

A House Divided 1854-1859Patriotic Treason: John Brown and the Soul of America
HW: Module 5a Modular Quiz (25 Points)Prepare for Module 5a TEST (20 multiple choice) 12/18 

Class #49

12/13/2018

A House Divided 1854-1859
HW: Text reading - the Situation in Kansas pp. 400-406
Prepare for Module 5a SAQ Monday 12/17/2018  

Class #48

12/12/2018

A Hell of a Storm 1850 to 1854 ; A House Divided 1854-1859
HW: Text reading -  Historical Context of Compromise of 1850 pp. 391-400 

Class #47

12/10/2018

The Legacy of 1848 - What did the Mexican War Unleash?  
HW: 
Mexican War as a Turning Point (Prompt); Text reading -  Historical Context of the War with Mexico pp. 378- 389

Class #46

12/7/2018

A Country of Vast Designs - The Presidency of James K. Polk To The Halls of Montezuma

HW: Text reading -  Historical Context of the War with Mexico pp. 378- 389

Class #45 

12/6/2018

Manifest Destiny - An Expression of Our National SpiritThe Revolutionary Birth of the Texas Republic

HW: Text reading -  Historical Context of Manifest Destiny pp. 371-378

MODULE 5A
1848-1859

Manifest Destiny, Section Tensions and the Brink of Civil War  

Class #44 

12/5/2018

SAQ American Slavery - Dialectical Journal: The Grimke Sisters; Antebellum Non Conformists

Class #43 

12/3/2018

LAB: Quarterly Evaluation Holy Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery

HW: Module 4c Modular Quiz (30 Points); Prepare for Module 4c SAQ , Wednesday 12/5

Class #42 

11/29/2018

The Second Great Awakening; Holy Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery

HW: 

Class #41 

11/28/2018 

The Invisible War;  In Defense of Slavery HW: Review notes on the Defense of Slavery (POV) 

Class #40 

11/27/2018

Slavery in Antebellum America: All Night Forever

HW: Module 4b Modular Quiz (30 Points) closes 11:59 Wednesday  11/28

MODULE 4C
1824-1848
Antebellum Reform movements and Utopian Communities

Class #39

 11/26/2018 
Immigration and Cultural ConflictSouth and the Growth of King Cotton 
HW: Text reading - The March of Millions pages 291 to 302

Class #38

 11/19/2018 
Fall Quarterly Exam - Day #2 (DBQ Essay) 

Class #37

11/15/2018

Fall Quarterly Exam Day #1 (55 SBMC )

Class #36

11/14/2018
The North and the Market Revolution
HW: Prepare for Mid-Term Exam , Thursday 11/15

Class #35

11/13/2018 
Liberty and Power in the Age of Jackson
HWPrepare for Quarterly Exam #1 - Thursday 11/15

Class #34

11/8/2018 

John Quincy Adams and the Corrupt Bargain Vindicating Jackson - The Election of 1828

HW: Time Period #4a Modular Quiz (30 Points) Closes Sunday at 11:59

MODULE 4B

1828-1824

The Age of Jackson through the Northern and Southern World View

Class #33

11/7/2018

John Marshall and National SupremacyJames Monroe and the Era of Good Feelings
HW: DBQ Analysis - The Era of Good Feelings; Module 4a SAQ Quiz Thursday 11/8

Class #32

11/6/2018

Nascent Nationalism and Post War Expansion 

HW: Text reading - Nascent Nationalism  pages 240 to 246

Class #31

11/2/2018

Quarterly Exam AnnouncementWhat So Proudly We Hailed 1812

HW: Text reading - The War of 1812 pages 228 to 239

Class #30

11/1/2018

RESET Jefferson's First Term John Marshall and Judicial Activism;  The Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic

HW: Review notes on Marbury vs. Madison and watch video review of case

MODULE 4A

1800 -1824

The Jeffersonain Republic to the Era of Good Feelings 

Class #29

10/30/2018

TEST: Module 3b (1783 to 1800)American Sphinx: Thomas Jefferson’s First Term as President [1800-1804]

Class #28

10/29/2018

A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800

HW: Time Period #3b Modular Quiz (30 Points)

Class #27

10/26/2018

The Presidency of John Adams 

HW: Omit options for Test on Module 3bOptional Reading - A Summary of the Adams Presidency

Class #26

10/24/2018

Laying the Cornerstone of Foreign Policy 1793-1796 and The Presidency of John Adams

HW: Omit options for Test on Module 3b

Class #25

10/23/2018

Launching the New Ship of StateMutinous Moonshiners in Western Pennsylvania  

HW: Omit options for Test on Module 3b

Class #24

10/22/2018

Ratification of Constitution 

HW: Summary Activities for Module B; prepare for Module B SAQ  Confederation through Ratification 10/23

Class #23

10/19/2018

Crafting a Thesis; ;1787A Brilliant Solution - Compromises at the Constitutional Convention [1787]

HW: Share Thesis on Compromises on Google Drive

Class #22

10/17/2018

Plain, Honest Men - Philadelphia 1787  

HW: Summary Activities for Module B

Class #21

10/16/2018

Test Top Five ; America's First ConstitutionThe Horrid Specter of Anarchy - Shays Rebellion 

HW: Task #1 Context reading the Constitution that Failed 

Class #20

10/15/2018

TEST: Module 3a (154 to 1783); Intro to 3b Aftermath of the Revolution - The Critical Period
Module 3B
1783 to 1800
The Critical Period to the Controversial Election of 1800 

Class #19

10/11/2018 

The World Turned Upside Down

HW: Summary Activities for Module A due 10/12/2018; Time Period #3a Modular Quiz (35 Points) 

Class #18

10/10/2018

Tyranny, Like Hell, Is Not Easily ConqueredFighting the Revolution 

HW: Summary Activities for Module A due 10/12/2018

Class #17

10/9/2018

We Hold These Truths to Be Self Evident;

HW: Summary Activities for Module A due 10/15/2018

Class #16

10/4/2018

The Logic of Resistance, 1770 to 1776We Hold These Truths to Be Self Evident

HW: Prepapre for Module A SAQ; Text reading Chapter #7 pages 122-133

Class #15

10/3/2018 

Scratch of a Pen 1763 and the Transformation of North AmericaRejection of Empire 1766-1770 

HW:  Reading:Notes PreRev Imperial policy pages 10-11; Text reading Chapter #6 pages 115-120 

Class #14

10/1/2018

The Great War for Empire 1754-1763

HW: Reading: Notes Our Savage Neighbors; pages 7-8; Text reading Chapter #6 pages 106-115 

Module 3A 
1754-1783  
French and Indian War (1754-763) to The Treaty of Paris (1783)

Class #13

9/28/2018

TEST: Time Periods #1 and #2 (1491 to 1754)
40 Multiple Choice  covering 1491 to 1754  Omit Opportunities

Class #12

9/27/2018

The First Great AwakeningColonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

Review Time Period #2 Notes; Time Period #2 Modular Quiz

Class #11

9/25/2018

SAQ on Settlement of the Northern Colonies (12 minutes); Resistance and Rebellion in the English Colonies

HWComplete Notes on Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution

Class #10
9/24/2018

Process Puritan DBQ exercise ;Traders in the Wilderness (Middle Colonies)

HW: Prepare for Time Period #2 SAQ  

Class #9

9/20/2018

Blood and Betrayal: New England vs. Native Americans [1621 to 1676]

HW: Document Analysis - Puritan New England on pages #7-8.

Class #8

9/20/2018

Radicals in the Wilderness

HW: Puritan Intolerance - Reading and exercise on page #6 

Class #7

9/19/2018

Skill Workshop: Crafting a ThesisRadicals in the Wilderness (The New England Colonies) 

HW: Cover page biographies and Thesis Statement on Origins of Slavery

Class #6 

9/17/2018

An Economy of Slaves - Sugar and Slaves—The Caribbean 

Class #5 

9/13/2018

English Settlement in the ChesapeakeAn Economy of Slaves - Sugar and Slaves—The Caribbean 
HW: Read over Time Period #2 narrative
  Time Period #2 1607 to 1754

Class #4

9/12/2018

Gentlemen in the Wilderness - The Planting of English America, 1588 - 1607 
HW: Complete Class Survey in Google Forms by Wednesday 9/12 at 11:59 pm  

Class #3

9/11/2018

SAQ European Exploration and Discovery; A review of Time Period #1 1491-1607 [Summer Assignment]

HW: Complete Class Survey in Google Forms by Wednesday 9/12 at 11:59pm;  

Class #2
9/10/2018

A review of Time Period #1 1491-1607 [Summer Assignment]

HW:  Review Time Period #1 Notes; Time Period # Modular Quiz; Prepare for an SAQ on Spanish Exploration and Conquest.

Class #1
9/6/2017

 Introductions and course expectations ; The Encounter              
 HW: Time Period # Modular Quiz Due Friday at 11:59                                                                                                     
  Time Period #1 1491 to 1607

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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