Mrs. Sandra Eakin - APUSH II

Email: eakins@lcmrschools.com   |   Phone: (609) 884-3475

LCMR School District - 687 Route 9, Cape May, NJ 08204
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APUSH II

An Online textbook, American Yawp, because you never know when you'll need ot look things up!

Dr. Ali Abdaal's Youtube videos, using science to learn and study effectively : How to learn new content; Study Tips - Active Recall

Until we can return to class:

  • Please see your Google Classroom for all cureent work.
  • Use the REVIEW page here to help you study for the Exam.
  • Email me with any questions or concerns - eakins@lcmrschools.com

 

Week of 3.16.2020:

  • For Monday: 1)Terms 8.2 on Eisenhower due 2)Bring any questions on Truman to class 3) Begin your work on Eisenhower, see Google Doc for specifics on Google Classroom
  • Keep watch on the Google Document and here for what is happening
  • Remember: This is not a time to stop doing work!! Study! As of Sunday, the exam is only 54 days away!

Week of 3.9.20:

  • For Current classwork:
    • See Google Doc for work pacing for Unit 8 - this week we are working on Domestic Affairs under Truman
    • Map of NATO and Warsaw Pact is due on Monday 3.9.20
    • Terms for 8.1 are due on T/W 3.10/11.20
  • For APUSH Exam:
    • Move your sutyding into Unit 3 if you havent done so already - create and stick to a study plan
    • Use Khan Academy to help - take the quizzes first to see where you shoul spend your time, and remember Active Recall & Spaced Repition works!
    • Attend any review sessions you can :)

Week of 3.2.20:

  • For classwork:
    • STUDY
    • Review all materials, AMSCO readings, and videos to help you study - see the Khan Academy for additional material to study wil
    • Test on the 1920s, 1930s, & WWII on T/W this week 3.3/4.2020
    • Terms for 8.1 that you will pick up after the test are due T/W next week 310/11.20
    • See Google Classroom for a document with all of the work for Truman and the Cold War, 1945-1952
  • For Studying for the APUSH Exam:
    • Checkout Tom Richey's 8 week program to help you set up a study program. Or use on of the other APUSHers out there and set up your own program
    • Khan Academy - I have opened up and assigned the first few units. I will continue to do so with the back info as we go through March
    • AP Classroom - keep practicing here!!!

Week of 2.24.20:

  • This week focus on getting WWII under your belt - go back over all readings and videos and KNOW YOUR HISTORY
  • WWII items on your timeline packet are due on Th/Fr 2.27/28.20
  • There will be a writing this week on WWII - be prepared!
  • Test on 1920s, 1930s, and WWII will be next week - start to study now!
  • Continue to study for the AP exam - materials for Unit 1 are in my room.

Week of 2.18.20:

  • Terms for WWII are due on W/TH 2.19/20.20
  • Terms Quiz on 1920s & 1930s terms on T/W 2.19/20.20
  • Reading and Scoping for this week include:
    • ● For T (18) pp. 531-535; section “World War II: Homefront”
      ● For W/TH (19/20) pp. 2 sections “World War II: The Battlefronts” and “Wartime
      Conferences”
      ● For F (21) pp. 538-540; 2 sections “The War’s Legacy” and “Historical Perspectives”
  • Please keep up on all videos etc listed on the Google Document in our Google Classroom
  • Next Review Session will be Thursday 2.20.20 after school in our room (D-9) - will only run for 1 hour but if you need to stay for bus I will stay for you

Week of 2.10.20:

  • Timeline Packet - 1930s items due by Thursday 2.13.20
  • Terms for WWII due on W/TH 2.19/20.20
  • Reading and Scoping Schedule for WWII:
    • ● For T/W (11/12) pp. 521-526; 2 sections “Herbert Hoover’s Foreign Policy” and “Franklin
      Roosevelt’s Policies 1933-1938”
      ● For TH (13) pp. 527-531; section “From Neutrality to War, 1939-1941”
      ● For T (18) pp. 531-535; section “World War II: Homefront”
      ● For W/TH (19/20) pp. 2 sections “World War II: The Battlefronts” and “Wartime
      Conferences”
      ● For F (21) pp. 538-540; 2 sections “The War’s Legacy” and “Historical Perspectives”
  • Watch these three videos from the series The Century: America's Time by next Friday 2.20.20

Week of 2.3.20:

  • Read and scope out the remaining parts of Ch.24
    • by Tuesday/Wednesday pp. 508-514; 4 short sections:
      • "Opponents of the New Deal" beginning on p. 508
      • "Rise of Unions" beginning on p. 510
      • "Last Phase of th New Deal" beginning on p. 511
      • "Life During the Depression" beginning on p. 512
      • "Historical Perspectives" on p. 154
  • Watch The Century: America's Time: 1929-1936; Stormy Weather -video covering the Great Depression and New Deal
  • Re-watch the episode prior to this for the 1920s and the Stock Market Crash - Boom to Bust -to review this also

Week of 1.27.20:

  • 1920s items on the Timeline of Major Events for Period 7, Part I due on T/W 1.28/29.20
  • Terms for 7.5, the Great Depression and The New Deal (ch 24) are due on Th/Fr 1.30/31.20
  • Reading breakdown for the week:
    • For Monday - scope out immigration to the US from the Revolutionary War through to 1930
    • For Tues/Wed - read and scope out the material in two sections; pp. 496-499 "Causes and Effects of the Depression, 1929-1933" and pp. 500-502 "Hoover's Policies"
    • For Thur/Fri - read and scope out the material in two sections; pp. 502-506 "Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal" and pp. 506-508 "The Second New Deal"

Week of 1.21.20:

  • For Tuesday, 1.21: Read the 4 point-counter point arguments concerning topics during the 1920s - Be prepared to use them in class!
  • Read ch. 23 - Scope out the subject as you go along (use other resources to help; i.e. videos, texts books, the internet)
    • For Tues 1.21, read and scope the material from pp. 475 -479 "Republican Control" and "Mixed Economic Development" sections
    • For Wed/Thur 1.22/23, read and scope the material from pp. 486 - 488 "Foreign Policy: The Fiction of Isolation"

Week of 1.16.20:

  • LEQ on T/W -Prepare!!
  • Terms for Ch. 23 - the 1920s - due on Th/Fr 1.6/17
  • Read ch. 23 - Scope out the subject as you go along (use other resources to help; i.e. videos, texts books, the internet)
    • For Friday 1.17, read and scope the material from pp.479 - 486 "A New Culture" and "Values in Conflict" sections
    • For Tues 1.21, read and scope the material from pp. 475 -479 "Republican Control" and "Mixed Economic Development" sections
    • For Wed/Thur 1.22/23, read and scope the material from pp. 486 - 488 "Foreign Policy: The Fiction of Isolation"
  • For the 1920s view the episode of The Century: America's Time; 1920-1929, AND Jocz Production The Roaring 20s, (link on the Review page here) I'll post links on Google Classroom

Week of 1.6.20:

  • WWI items on your timeline packet are due on Tue/Wed 1.7/8.20
  • Test for Imperialism, The Progressive Era, and WWI will be on Th/Fr 1.9/10
  • Midterm LEQ will be on Tue/Wed 1.14/15.20

Week of 1.2.20:

  • STUDY! Terms quiz on Friday 1.3.10 - terms from Imperialism, Progressive Era, and WWI
  • Begin to study for test on the above materials next Thursday/Friday 1.9/10.20

Week of 12.16.19:

  • Complete reading Ch 22 in AMSCO
  • Propaganda Campaign should be completed for Monday
  • Terms Quiz on 7.1 / 7.2 / 7.3 (Imperialism, Progressive Era, & WWI) on Friday 1.3.20 Study over break!!

Week of 12.9.19:

  • Terms for WWI, unit 7, section 3; are due on Monday 12.9.10
  • PRogressive Era items on the timeline will be checked on Monday 12.9.19
  • Reading breakdown for ch 22 this week; for TH/FR class have read the following:
    • Pages 454 to 462, they include the following sections;
      • Opening
      • Neutrality
      • The War Debate
      • Decision of War
  • Historical Ornament Assignment; see Google Classroom
  • Here is the link to the video The Century: America's Time - Shell Shock please have this watched before class on Monday 12.16.19

Week of 12.2.19:

  • Read ch 21 this week - find your own pacing and complete it by Friday 12.6.19
  • Terms for WWII, ch 22, - due on Monday 12.9.19
  • Progressive Era section of the "Timeline Of Major Events" due on Monday 12.9.19
  • See Google Classroom for an additional set of notes to help your study

Week of 11.25.19:

  • Progressive Terms are due on Monday
  • Read over all Imperialism materials and writing materials, see videos for brush up - we are doing an LEQ!
  • Have a great Thanksgiving Break!

Week of 11.18.19:

  • Go over your reading for ch 20 and all of your materials - bring any questions you have to class
  • Progressive Speed Dating is on T/W 11.19/20 - come prepared - remember if you miss you will have alot to do on your own - so be inclass!!
  • Progressive Terms are due Monday 11.25.19
  • Watch the Jocz Production video on Expansion and Imperialism before Monday 11.25.19 - take notes if it will help you!

Week of 11.11.19:

  • Terms for 7.1 -Chapter 20- are due on Monday 11.11.19
  • Reading Breakdown for Ch 20
    • For T/W read pages 409-416: Sections entitled "Seward, Alaska & The French in Mexico", " The New Imperialism", and "The Spanish American War"
    • For TH/FR read pages 416-420: Sections entitled "Open Door Policy in China"and "Theodore Roosevelt's Big-Stick Policy"
    • For Monday 11.18 read pages 420-423: Sections entitlted "William Howard Taft & Dollar Diplomacy" and "Woodrow Wilson & Foreign Affairs" and the last section in greay "Historical Perspective"
  • Be prepared to write an LEQ on Monday 11.18 on Imperialism
  • Keep your "Period 7: Timeline of Major Events / Part I" up to date, first check will be next week Th/Fr
  • Progressive Speed Dating will take place on T/W 11.19/20.19 - Be prepared to fix the US ;)

Week of 11.4.19:

  • Terms for 7.1, Ch 20 "Becoming a World Power" are due on Monday 11.11.19 - Extra Credit for them if handed in by Tuesday 11.5.19
  • Hip Hughes video for overview of Imperialism
  • Keep up on your "Period 7: Timeline of Major Events / Part I"

Week of 10.28.19:

  • Terms Quiz on Monday, 10.28.19 - on the terms from 6.3 & 6.4
  • MyAPClassroom - due by class on T/W (10.29/30) - Personal Progress Check on unit 6, MC questions
  • Test on all of Unit 6 on Th/Fr, 10.31 & 11.1
  • Terms for 7.1, given out after the test on Friday, are due by Mon 11.11; extra credit if handed in by Tues 11.5

Week of 10.21.19:

  • Terms for 6.4are due on Monday 10.21
  • Read Ch 19, Politics of the Gilded Age, this week - most should feel like a review after seeing everyone's presentations
  • Writings this week, (be prepared!) SAQ on W/TH and an LEQ on TH/FR
  • Be ready for next week - Terms Quiz on 6.3 & 6.4 on Monday and test on Unit 6 (emphasis on 6.3 & 6.4) on TH/FR

Week of 10.15.19:

Week of 10.7.19:

  • V.O.D. audio essay due Sunday by 1pm!!
  • Reading for the week:
    • by TH/FR complete ch 18, pp. 367 - 372, section "Intellectual and Cultural Movements"
  • As always, read over all notes/work for the unit

Week of 9.30.19:

Week of 9.23.19:

This week we finish up our stuyd of the last two chapters; we will work on writing and reviewing for a test on Monday 9.30.19

Week of 9.16.19:

  • Terms for Unit 6 Section 2 (ch 17) are due on Thur/Fri 9.19/20.19
  • The power point on Rise of Big Business we used in class
  • The power point about The West / The New South / Farming we use in class
  • Notes on the Gilded Age
  • Reading for this chapter:
    • For T/W 9.17/18.19 - The Closing of the West pp. 339-347
    • For Th/Fr 9.19/20 - The New South pp. 347-350
    • For Mon 9.23.19 - Farming Issues pp. 350-353

 

Week of 9.9.19:

  • Bring your College Board information to class on Monday 9.9.19
  • Terms for ch 16 are due on T/W 9.10/11.19
  • Read AMSCO ch 16, pp. 319-328 for T/W 9.10/11.19
  • Read AMSCO ch 16, pp. 329-332 for TH/FR 9.12/13.19
  • Summer work must be turned in by the end of the school day on Friday 9.13.19
  • Check out videos on the Review page!

Week of 9.3.19:

  • Welcome Back!!
  • Complete all summer work, Timeline of Major Events for Period 5 is due by Friday 9.13.19
  • Get your Class Procedure handout signed by you and a 'parental unit' - turn in on Th/Fri 9.5/6.19
  • Terms for 6.1 are due on T/W 9.10/11.19