ATTENTION!!! Important School Supplies!

My classroom will have a class set of Google Chromebooks.  You will be assigned a Chromebook to keep in class.  You will need earbuds (it would be kinda' gross to share), and you may want to invest in a cheap mouse if you are not comfortable with the finger pad.

Save the Date!

Monday, September 8 from 6-7 pm there will be a very important parent meeting in the Performing Arts Center.  I will be going over expectations of this school year. It's pretty important for parents to be there. Let them know! More information will come when school starts. 

It's Coming Up!!!

The first day of school is only 2 short weeks away!!!  This summer has flown by!  I will be in-and-out of my classroom until school starts.  If you are not receiving my texts, please send me an email and I will keep you informed as to when I will be in the building.  GO RAMS!!

Please remember that school will be starting in approximately one month.  I am on vacation/working/out of town (off-and-on)/and have personal commitments.  For those of you who have not been invited or your invite expired to the Summer APUSH Group, I'm sorry, your time is up.  You will not be missing out on anything when school starts but you may experience a bit more stress than those who have already been working diligently.  I hope the rest of your summer is a great, keep your chins up!  GO RAMS!

9 Things You May Not Know About the Declaration of Independence

http://www.history.com/news/9-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-declaration-of-independence

Check Out this Infographic!

http://www.thinglink.com/scene/538506927034859521

SUMMER READING SCHEDULE

July

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	1	2	3 -Reading Chapter 1 pages 2-3 & 21-24	4 UNITED STATES HOLIDAY!
7 -Reading Text pages 25-30	8 -Reading AMSCO pages 4-8 & 9-10	9 -Reading Text pages 30-42	10 -Reading AMSCO pages 11-13	11 -Reading Text pages 43-49
14 -Reading AMSCO pages 23-28	15 -Reading Text pages 50-54	16 -Reading AMSCO pages 29-31	17 -Reading Text pages 54-65	18 -Reading   Skim American Pageant Chapters 1-2
21 -Reading Text pages 66-76	22 -Reading AMSCO pages 32-35	23 -Reading Text pages 76-87	24 -Reading AMSCO pages 42-43	25 -Reading Text pages 88-98
28 -Reading AMSCO pages 44-46	29 -Reading Text pages 99-102	30 -Reading AMSCO pages 46-48	31 -Reading Text pages 103-105

August

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
				1
4 -Reading Text pages 106-111	5 -Reading AMSCO pages 48-50	6 -Reading Text pages 112-117	7 -Reading AMSCO pages 50-51	8 -Reading Text pages 118-121
11 -Reading AMSCO pages 51-53	12 -Reading Skim Chapter 1 American Pageant	13 *THINK: Based on what you have read, seen, and heard, why do you believe that European society was more likely to explore the Americas than the other way around?	14 -Reading Skim Chapter 2 American Pageant	15 -Reading Skim Chapter 3 American Pageant
18 -Reading Skim Chapter 4 American Pageant	19 *THINK: What were some of the key factors that determined the relationship between Native Americans and European explorers?	20 -Reading Skim Chapter 5 American Pageant	21 *THINK: In what ways did ideas and values held by Puritans influence the political, economic, and social development of the New England colonies?	22 Skim Chapter 6 American Pageant
25 Take this last week	26 to relax and get	27 ready for a great	28 school year!!!	29 GO RAMS!

Matching Up the American Pageant with the AMSCO by Unit

Units and Amsco/American Pageant Chapters

Unit -	AMSCO Chapters	American Pageant Chapters
Unit 1 - Colonial America	1-3	1-6
Unit 2 - Revolutionary Era	4-5	7-8
Unit 3 - The New Nation	6-7	9-11
Unit 4 - Nationalism, Sectionalism, & Reform	8-11	12, 13 & 15
Unit 5 - Era of Expansion	12	14 & 17
Unit 6 - Crisis, Civil War, & Reconstruction	13-15	16 & 18-22
Unit 7 - Great West, New South & the Rise of the Debtor	16	26
Unit 8 - The Gilded Age	17-19	23-25
Unit 9 - The Progressive Movement	20 & 21	27-30
Unit 10 - The Emergence of the United States in World Affairs	22	28 & 31
Unit 11 - The Roaring Twenties	23	32-33
Unit 12 - The Great Depression & New Deal	24	34
Unit 13 - World War II	25	35-36
Unit 14 - Beginnings of the Cold War & the 1950’s	26-27	37-38
Unit 15 - 1960’s & 1970’s	28-29	39-40
Unit 16 - America Since 1980	30	41-42

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Summer Assignment

.Advanced Placement United States History (APUSH)

Summer Assignment Information

Welcome to APUSH!! I’m happy to be working with motivated, hard-working, goal oriented students!  Your level of effort will determine your level of success in the classroom and your success may lead to college credit.

You are being given a summer assignment that will be due on the first day of school (Wednesday, September 3, 2014).  The purpose of this assignment is to give you a head start and background knowledge before school starts.  There is a great deal of material to cover in order to be prepared for the College Board exam in May.

Since you will not be purchasing your copy of Amsco’s “United States History, Preparing for the Advanced Placement Exam” (2010) until the first week of school, (the front office one will order one for you.) I will share a copy with you through Google Apps. Please check your school gmail account often.

Assignment:

1.  You have been given a map of the original 13 colonies.  Please print and label these.

2.  You have been given a map of the United States.  Please print and label these with accurate state initials (i.e., Washington = WA, Florida = FL and so on...)

Read Chapters 1-6 of the American Pageant 12th edition. I will share these first six chapters with you through Google Apps.

Read Chapters 1-5 of the AMSCO book which I have shared with you through Google Apps..

Also...have a fantastic summer!!!

Ms. Niles

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