Ms. Niles APUSH Blog: 2014

Write an essay explaining three reasons the Southern states seceded from the Union which lead to the American Civil War.

Using your completed outline. Write a rough draft for your essay. Skip lines.

Homework

Civil War Online Lecture (26:03)
American Pageant - pages 429-438
AMSCO - pages 271

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Lesson Plan 12.2.14

Document Based Question

Copies can be found inside your Classroom

Write an essay explaining three reasons the Southern states seceded from the Union which lead to the American Civil War.

Discuss

Class discussion on annotations of documents and answers to questions

Plan

Write a bulleted outline for your essay

Introduction

Background (outside) information
Thesis/Claim

3 Body Paragraphs

Which documents (evidence) will you use?
What outside information (historical evidence) will you use?
Does it prove your claim?
Are you offering analysis (POV, purpose, intended audience, historical context)?

Conclusion

Rephrase your claim

Homework

Read

American Pageant - pages 424-429
AMSCO - pages 268-270

Monday, December 1, 2014

Lesson Plan 12.1.14

Document Based Question

Copies can be found inside your Classroom

Write an essay explaining three reasons the Southern states seceded from the Union which lead to the American Civil War.

Steps

Brainstorm any outside information that may be relevant to this prompt
Read the prompt again - Annotate Document 1
Read the prompt again - Annotate Document 2
Read the prompt again - Annotate Document 3
Read the prompt again - Annotate Document 4
Read the prompt again - Annotate Document 5
Answer the guiding questions for each document

Homework

Read

American Pageant - pages 418-424

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Lesson Plan 11.25.14

Group Essay

Was John Brown a "misguided fanatic"?

Homework
Read

American Pageant - pages 394-398
AMSCO - pages 248-254

Monday, November 24, 2014

Lesson Plan 11.24.14

John Brown and the Rising National Tensions

Discussion

Terms/Events

Documents

John Brown's Speech/Frederick Douglass/Lydia Marie Child

Guiding Questions

Homework

Read

Impending Crisis Lecture (23:53)
American Pageant - pages 390-393
AMSCO - pages 247-248

Friday, November 21, 2014

Lesson Plan 11.21.14

Unit 5 Expansion Quiz

Homework
Read

American Pageant - pages 348-368
AMSCO - pages 247-261

Terms for Unit 5 Union in Peril/Civil War - due December 5

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Lesson Plan 11.20.14 Substitute Teacher

Watch the following videos and take Cornell Notes - due Friday before the quiz

"Old Immigration" and Nativism (5:39)
The Compromise of 1850 (9:45)
Dred Scott v. Sanford (4:23)
"Bleeding Kansas" and the Kansas-Nebraska Act (7:07)

Study for Quiz tomorrow.

Homework

American Pageant - Review Chapter 15
AMSCO - Review Chapter 12

Terms are due tomorrow

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Lesson Plan 11.19.14 Early Release

Group Presentations -
All electronic presentations will be posted in the Google Classroom.

Homework
Read

American Pageant - pages 383-388

Online Lecture: Westward Expansion

*I will have a substitute tomorrow so bring your ear buds

Election of 1844 Elf Yourself Video

Calhoun, Van Buren, Polk and Clay
by Rachel, Taylor, Thomas, Jasmine, Karina, and Zahra

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Lesson Plans 11.18.14

Lecture
Mexican War 1846-1848

Review Unit 4 Test

Finalize Presentations for Tomorrow

Homework
Read

American Pageant - pages 377-383
AMSCO - pages 236-239

Monday, November 17, 2014

Lesson Plan 11.17.14

Group Presentations on Wednesday
Required

Visual Aid
7 minutes or less
Total group participation
Leader is the speaker

Jimmy Fallon

Friday, November 14, 2014

Lesson Plan 11.14.14

Unit 4 Test

Homework
Read

American Pageant - pages 287-297
AMSCO - pages 229-239

Terms - Unit 5 Expansion

Thursday, November 13, 2014

Lesson Plan 11.13.14

Continued from previous lesson

Document Based Question
Era of Good Feelings

Source/Annotate Documents
Create an outline for a 5 paragraph essay (found in your Classroom)
Write essay
Peer edit essay in class
Create final draft

Homework
Read

November 13 - Thursday

American Pageant - pages 276-285
AMSCO - Review Period 4

Study! Unit 4 Test tomorrow!

Monday, November 10, 2014

Lesson Plans 11.10.14

Substitute

Document Based Question
Era of Good Feelings

Source/Annotate Documents
Create an outline for a 5 paragraph essay (found in your Classroom)

Homework
Read

American Pageant - pages 262-265
AMSCO - pages 192-197

November 11 - Tuesday

American Pageant - pages 265-271
AMSCO - pages 197-199

Online Lecture: American Society & Economy Transformed

take notes

Friday, November 7, 2014

Lesson Plans 11.7.14

Lecture
Andrew Jackson

Homework
Read

American Pageant - pages 256-262
AMSCO - pages 191-199

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Lesson Plans 11.6.14

Lecture:
Monroe's Presidency

Era of Good Feelings

American System
Westward Expansion

Rush-Bagot Agreement
Adams-Onis Treaty

Panic of 1819

Monroe Doctrine

Self-Defense Doctrine

Sectional Differences

Missouri Compromise

Homework
Read
American Pageant, pages 247-253
AMSCO, pages 153-155

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Lesson Plans 11.5.14 Early Release

Missouri Compromise of 1820

Homework

Complete Map Analysis by tomorrow
Read

American Pageant - pages 253-255
AMSCO - pages 158-164

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Organizing Your Time and Study Tips Workshop

Study Tips

Organizing Your Time

Lesson Plans 11.4.14

Lecture:
"The Era of Good Feelings" & "The American System" slides 1-11

"The Electoral College"

Homework
Read

American Pageant - pages 244-247
AMSCO - pages 155-157

Monday, November 3, 2014

Lesson Plans 11.3.14

Essential Question

Should the United States have gone to war in 1812?

Vocabulary

Maritime
Interposition
Impressment
Commerce
Embargo
Agrarian

Primary Source Analysis

Closure

Discussion

Strongest/weakest arguments for war

Opinion

What was the true motivation for war?
What would the Federalists say about the result of the war?
Knowing what you know now, would you still be in favor or against going to war in 1812?
Imagine we never went to war. What would the United States be like today?

Monday, October 27, 2014

Lesson Plans for Conference Week 10.27-10.31.14

Day 1
In class;
Access your Google Classroom

Complete the reading on the Judicial Branch (under the 'About' tab)
Study the Marbury v. Madison Diagram
PBS - Explanation of Marbury v. Madison

Day 2

Review

Judicial Review
Worksheet and Quiz

Homework

Read

Finish Chapter 12 of the American Pageant by Friday

Continue to work on you Unit 4 Terms

Friday, October 24, 2014

Lesson Plans 10.24.14

Unit 3 Test

Homework
Unit 4 Terms - there are 124 so DO NOT procrastinate - Due November 10, 2014
Read
American Pageant, Chapter 11
AMSCO (new), Chapter 7

Lesson Plans 10.23.14

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)
Pilot future standardized test

Homework
Study for Unit 3 Test
~ Terms (due tomorrow)
~ Review Chapters 9 & 10

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Lesson Plans 10.22.14

Why did the Federalists oppose the Louisiana Purchase?

Introduction
1. Louisiana Purchase Timeline

What was the Louisiana Purchase?
How do you think Americans felt about it?

2. Louisiana Purchase Original Documents

3. Louisiana Purchase Graphic Organizer

Did the Federalists oppose the Louisiana Purchase for practical or political reasons? (In other words, did the Federalists have real concerns, or did they just hate Jefferson?)

Homework
Read
American Pageant, pages 204-209
AMSCO (new), pages 114-118

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Lesson Plans 10.21.14

Alexander Hamilton vs. Thomas Jefferson

Introduction:
1. Read American Pageant
Hamilton Battles Jefferson for a Bank - pages 195-196
The Emergence of Political Parties - pages 196-198 (note the chart at the top of page 197)

2. In your opinion, what would you say is the BIGGEST difference between Jefferson and Hamilton?

Documents
1. Letters from Hamilton & Jefferson to Washington

White House Poetry Jam - Alexander Hamilton

Guiding Questions

Homework
Read
American Pageant, pages 197-204
AMSCO (new) pages 110-114

Monday, October 20, 2014

Lesson Plans 10.20.14 - Substitute Teacher

Ms. Niles is out of the building today. Here are the lesson plans;

What types of government did Federalists and Anti-Federalists prefer?

Introduction - mini lecture on the Constitution

Documents

Discussion

What was Hamilton's position on representation?
What was Smith's position?
What arguments did they make in support of their claims?
Based on these arguments, what type of people would you guess tended to be Federalists? Anti-Federalists?
If you could have chosen, what side would you have supported?
Do you see versions of these issues being debated today?

Summarize - the differences between the two groups

What actually happened?

New York ratified the Constitution by a vote of 30-27
The Anti-Federalists lost the battle but won the war. The first 10 amendments to the Constitution - the Bill of Rights - were ratified in 1791. These addressed many of the issues that the Anti-Federalists raised in the conventions

Homework

Read
American Pageant; Chapter 11 pages 190-197
AMSCO (new ) pages 108-110

Friday, October 17, 2014

Lesson Plans 10.17.14 - Substitute Teacher

Ms. Niles is out of the building today. Here are the lesson plans;

Bring up the following link

http://www.apushreview.com/textbook-chapter-review-videos-2/american-pageant-13th-edition-chapter-review-videos/additional-videos-by-chapter/chapters-9-10/

Watch and take Cornell notes on the following videos

The Articles of Confederation (7:37)
The Constitution (6:43)
Alexander Hamilton’s Financial Plan (9:14)
Federalists and Democratic-Republicans (6:56)
The Alien and Sedition Acts (6:37)

All videos combined are a little over 37 minutes. If you need more time, then you will have this as homework. I suggest you do as much as you can during class time. Your Cornell notes will be due on Monday. You can do them on paper or electronically through Google Classroom. Your choice.

Homework

Read

American Pageant, Chapter 10 pages 182-187 (continued)

AMSCO (New) Chapter 6

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Lesson Plans 10.16.14

Essential Questions

What were the political, economic, and social results of the American Revolution?
What were the major compromises of the Constitutional Convention and the major arguments for and against the ratification of the Constitution?

Introduction

Articles of Confederation ppt

Pre-Read

Discussion

What happened in Shay's rebellion?
How is it connected to the Articles of Confederation?
How did Americans respond?
Did all Americans think the Articles of Confederation were too weak?
How did Americans react to Shays' Rebellion?

Documents

Thomas Jefferson on Shays' Rebellion

Guiding Questions

Homework
Online Lecture: New Republic
Read
American Pageant pages 182-187
AMSCO (New) pages 106-109

***Bring your ear buds tomorrow!

Stanford History Education Group

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Lesson Plans 10.15.14

Early Release
PSAT - most students testing

Homework
Review
American Pageant pages 176-181

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Lesson Plans 10.14.14

Unit 3 Quiz

Homework

Online Lecture: Origins of the Constitution - take notes

Review

American Pageant pages 166-174

Read (New) AMSCO pages 91-93

Monday, October 13, 2014

Lesson Plans 10.13.14

Peer Edit

Students will comment with constructive criticism on the essays written last Thursday
Students will comment on content and conventions

Prompt

Support, refute, or modify the following statement: “The American Revolution was fundamentally a conservative revolution.”

Homework

Study terms & notes and review readings for Unit Test tomorrow

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Lesson Plans 10.9.14

Essential Questions

What were the strengths and weaknesses of the colonists and the British on the eve of the American Revolution?
How did the Declaration of Independence reflect the colonists’ belief in the superiority of republican self-government based on the natural rights of the people?
What were the political, economic, and social results of the American Revolution?

Assessment

In class short essay

Support, refute or modify the following statement: "The American Revolution was fundamentally a conservative revolution."

Homework

Read

American Pageant - Chapter 9 pages 164-189 (pay close attention to the chart at the bottom of 181)

New AMSCO pages 91-94

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Lesson Plans 10.8.14

Essential Questions

What were the strengths and weaknesses of the colonists and the British on the eve of the American Revolution?
How did the Declaration of Independence reflect the colonists’ belief in the superiority of republican self-government based on the natural rights of the people?
What were the political, economic, and social results of the American Revolution?

Units 1 & 2 Test Review

Homework

Read

American Pageant - Chapter 8 pages 156-163
New AMSCO page 95

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Lesson Plans 10.7.14

Essential Questions

What were the strengths and weaknesses of the colonists and the British on the eve of the American Revolution?
How did the Declaration of Independence reflect the colonists’ belief in the superiority of republican self-government based on the natural rights of the people?
What were the political, economic, and social results of the American Revolution?

Lecture

American Revolution

Discuss

Describe the Battles of Lexington and Concord. How are they significant to U.S. history?
How did the alliance with France help the colonies win the American Revolution?

Homework
Read
American Pageant - Chapter 8 pages 148-156 (including 150-151)
New AMSCO page 90