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  • Coach Kavanagh's 2023-2024 AP US History Class

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    My email - akavanagh@avhsd.org

  • Period 6 1865-1898

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    • Monday November 27th - 

      1. Period 5 Test Review
      2. Go over Period 5 Practice SAQs
      3. Share and work on Period 6 Homework Slides
      4. Period 6 Part 1 HW due Wednesday 

    • Tuesday November 28th ("flex day") - 

      1. Period 6 Lesson 1 - Republican Vision
      2. Period 6 Part 1 HW due tomorrow
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      Period 6 Lesson 1 - Republican Vision URL

    • Wednesday November 29th - 

      1. Collect Period 6 Part 1 HW
      2. Finish, discuss and collect Period 6 Lesson 1 - The Republican Vision
      3. Period 6 Lesson 2 - The Transformation of the West
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      Period 6 Lesson 2 - Transformation of the West URL
    • Forum icon
      Period 6 Forum

      This forum was created to encourage meaningful dialogue among the students enrolled in my APUSH classes.  If you are struggling with some concepts pertaining to this unit  you may use this forum to ask questions.  Other students are encouraged to respond.  Keep in mind that I will be monitoring all the forum discussions so keep the discussions classroom appropriate and related to current topics please.

  • Period 5 1844-1877

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    • Wednesday October 25th - 

      1. Period 4 Multiple Choice Test Review
      2. Start Period 5 - 1844-1877
      3. School House Rock: Elbow Room
      4. 2nd Quarter Extra Credit - Manifest Destiny Song
      5. Handout Enlarging the National State Map
      6. Share and work on Period 5 HW Slides - Part 1 due Monday
      7. MyAP test corrections due by midnight
      8. Period 4 Practice SAQ rewrite due by Friday
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      2nd Quarter Extra Credit Opportunity URL

    • Thursday October 26th - 

      1. Period 5 Lesson 1 - The Mexican-American War: Was it in the National Interest?
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      Period 5 Lesson 1 - The Mexican-American War - Was it in the National Interest? URL

    • Friday October 27th -

      1. Gadsden Purchase
      2. Period 5 Lesson 2 - Compromise - Delay of a Crisis
      3. Period 5 Part 1 HW due Monday
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      Period 5 Lesson 2 - Compromise: Delay of a Crisis URL

    • Monday October 30th -

      1. Period 5 Part 1 HW due
      2. Period 5 Part 1 Quiz
      3. Finish Period 5 Lesson 2 Part 4
      4. Timeline Towards the Civil War
      5. Work on Mexican American writing prompt
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      Timeline Towards the Civil War URL

    • Tuesday October 31st - ("flex day") 

      1. Cause of the Civil War discussion
      2. Lincoln is an Idiot Article and discussion 
      3. Work on Timeline Towards the Civil War - Due Friday
      4. Work on Mexican-American War writing prompt - Due Friday

    • Wednesday November 1st - 

      1. Period 5 Lesson 3 - Civil War Goals, Advantages and Strategies
      2. HW - Period 5 Part 2 HW due tomorrow 

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      Period 5 Lesson 3 - Fort Sumter and the Strategies, Goals and Advantages of the North and South URL

    • Thursday November 2nd -

      1. Period 5 Part 2 HW due
      2. Period 5 Part 2 Quiz
      3. Period 5 Lesson 4 - Predictions and Reality
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      Period 5 Lesson 4 - Predictions and Reality URL

    • Friday November 3rd - 

      1. Share "Battles of the Civil War Chart" - Due before Period 5 is over (10 points extra credit)
      2. Hand out Civil War Map
      3. Period 5 Lesson 5 - Lincoln's Take on Slavery
      4. HW - Period 5 Part 3 due Monday
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      Period 5 Lesson 5 - Lincoln's Take on Slavery URL

    • Monday November 6th - 

      1. Period 5 Part 3 HW due
      2. Period 5 Part 3 Quiz
      3. Finish Period 5 Lesson 5 Part III
      4. Period 5 Lesson 6 - The Political, Social and Economic Impact of the War
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      Period 5 Lesson 6 - Political, Social and Economic Impacts of the War URL

    • Tuesday November 7th - ("flex day")

      1. Meet the 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments

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      Meet the 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments URL

    • Wednesday November 8th - 

      1. Veterans' Day Extra Credit
      2. Ken Burns: The Civil War - The Better Nature of our Angels: Assassination
      3. Video Notes/Questions
      4. 2nd Quarter Extra Credit due
      5. HW - Period 5 Part 4 HW due tomorrow

    • Thursday November 9th -

      1. Period 5 Part 4 HW due
      2. Period 5 Part 4 Quiz
      3. 2nd Quarter Extra Credit presentations
      4. Jourdan Anderson's Letter to His Former Master
      5. Reconstruction: America after the Civil War - Episode 1
      6. Start - North or South: Who Killed Reconstruction? Mini DBQ
      7. HW - Period 5 Part 5 HW due Monday
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      North or South: Who Killed Reconstruction? Mini-DBQ and Writing Prompt URL

    • Friday November 10th - NO SCHOOL VETERANS DAY

      1. Veterans' Day Extra Credit due Monday

    • Monday November 13th - 

      1. Veterans' Day Extra Credit due
      2. Period 5 Part 5 HW due
      3. Period 5 Part 5 Quiz
      4. Finish - Who Killed Reconstruction - North or South - Mini DBQ
      5. MyAP Practice test open from 8:45am tomorrow to midnight Thursday
      6. Period 5 Practice SAQs Thursday
      7. Period 5 Multiple Choice Test Friday

    • Tuesday November 14th ("flex day") - 

      1. Period 5 Lesson 7 - The Lost Cause
      2. Study for Period 5 tests
      3. MyAP Practice test open from 8:45am today to midnight Thursday
      4. Period 5 Practice SAQs Thursday
      5. Period 5 Multiple Choice Test Friday
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      Period 5 Lesson 7 - The Lost Cause URL

    • Wednesday November 15th - 

      1. Study for Period 5 Tests
      2. MyAP Practice test open until midnight tomorrow
      3. Period 5 Practice SAQs tomorrow
      4. Period 5 Multiple Choice Test Friday

    • Thursday November 16th -

      1. Period 5 Multiple Choice test - 55 questions/55 minutes
      2. Period 5 Practice SAQs tomorrow - 3 options, choose 2

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      Period 5 Multiple Choice Test Quiz

    • Friday November 17th (assembly schedule) -

      1. Period 5 Practice SAQs - 3 options, pick 2
    • Forum icon
      Period 5 Forum

      This forum was created to encourage meaningful dialogue among the students enrolled in my APUSH classes.  If you are struggling with some concepts pertaining to this unit  you may use this forum to ask questions.  Other students are encouraged to respond.  Keep in mind that I will be monitoring all the forum discussions so keep the discussions classroom appropriate and related to current topics please.

  • Period 4 1800-1848

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    • Wednesday September 27th - 

      1. Period 3 Multiple Choice Test Review
      2. Period 4 MyAP Practice Test corrections due tomorrow by midnight
      3. Period 3 Practice SAQ re-write due tonight by the end of the period Friday
      4. Share and work Period 4 HW Google Slides
      5. Hand out Map of the US in 1803 

    • Thursday September 28th -

      1. Period 4 Lesson 1 - The Development of Political Parties into a New American Republic - Day 1
      2. Period 4 Part 1 HW due Monday

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      Period 4 Lesson 1 – The Development of Political Parties in the New American Republic URL

    • Friday September 29th - Homecoming Assembly Schedule

      1. Period 4 Lesson 1 - Day 2
      2. Work on Period 4 Part 1 HW - Due Monday

    • Monday October 2nd -

      1. Period 4 Part 1 HW due
      2. Period 4 Part 1 Quiz
      3. Period 4 Lesson 2 - The Election of 1800 - Day 1
      4. Marshall Court Case Briefing - Due Sunday 10/2 by midnight
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      Period 4 Lesson 2 - The Election of 1800 URL
    • URL icon
      Marshall's Court Case Briefing Rubric URL

    • Tuesday October 3rd ("flex day") - 

      1. Period 4 Lesson 2 - Day 2 (The Marshall Court)
      2. Marshall's Court Case Briefing due Sunday by midnight

    • Wednesday October 4th - 

      1. Period 4 Lesson 3 - The War of 1812
      2. Period 4 Part 2 HW due tomorrow
      3. Marshall's Court Case Briefing due Sunday by midnight
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      Period 4 Lesson 3 - The War of 1812 URL

    • Thursday October 5th - 

      1. Period 4 Part 2 HW due
      2. Period 4 Part 2 HW Quiz
      3. Period 4 Lesson 4 - The End of Homespun
      4. Marshall's Court Case Briefing due Sunday by midnight
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      Period 4 Lesson 4 - The End of Homespun URL

    • Friday October 6th -

      1. Women in the Lowell System
      2. Marshall's Court Case Briefing due Sunday by midnight
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      Women in the Lowell System URL

    • Monday October 9th - 

      1. Period 4 Lesson 5 - Antebellum South/Slavery in the South
      2. Marshall's Court Case Briefing due Sunday by midnight
      3. Period 4 Part 2 HW due Friday

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      Period 4 Lesson 5 - Antebellum South/Slavery in the South URL

    • Tuesday October 10th ("flex day") - 

      1. Period 4 Lesson 6 - The Monroe Doctrine, the Election of 1824 and the Missouri Compromise
      2. Period 4 Part 3 HW due Thursday (PSAT tomrrow)
      3. Take home graded work by Friday - End of the 1st Quarter
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      Period 4 Lesson 6 - The Monroe Doctrine, the Election of 1824, and the Missouri Compromise URL

    • Wednesday October 11th - PSATs

      1. PSAT
      2. HW - Period 4 Part 3 HW due tomorrow

    • Thursday October 12th -

      1. Period 3 Part 4 Quiz
      2. Andrew Jackson Part 1 - Writing prompt due Sunday by midnight
      3. Andrew Jackson Part 2 - How Democratic was Andrew Jackson?
      4. HW - Period 4 Part 4 HW due tomorrow
      5. Take home graded work tomorrow - End of the 1st Quarter

    • Friday October 13th - End of the 1st Quarter

      1. Period 4 Part 4 Quiz
      2. Andrew Jackson Part 3 - Write-up due Sunday by midnight
      3. Take home graded work by the end of the period
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      How Democratic was Andrew Jackson Writing Prompt URL

    • Monday October 16th - 

      1. Period 4 Part 5 HW due tomorrow
      2. Period 4 Lesson 7 - A Nation of Drunkards
      3. Period 4 Part 6 HW due Thursday (no school Wednesday)
      4. Period 4 Practice SAQs Friday
      5. Period 4 Multiple Choice Test Tuesday - 50 questions/50 minutes
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      Period 4 Lesson 7 - A Nation of Drunkards URL

    • Tuesday October 17th (flex day) - 

      1. Period 4 Part 4/5 Reading Quiz
      2. Period 4 Lesson 8 - Abolitionism
      3. HW - Period 4 Part 6 HW due Thursday (no class tomorrow) 
      4. Period 4 Practice SAQs Friday
      5. Period 4 Multiple Choice Test Tuesday - 50 questions/50 minutes
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      Period 4 Lesson 8 - Abolitionism URL

    • Wednesday October 18th - No School - Student Free Day

      1. HW - Period 4 Part 6 HW due tomorrow
      2. Period 4 Practice SAQs Friday
      3. Period 4 Multiple Choice Test Tuesday - 50 questions/50 minutes

    • Thursday October 19th - 

      1. Period 4 Lesson 9 - Antebellum Women's Movement
      2. Period 4 Practice SAQs tomorrow
      3. Period 4 Multiple Choice Test Tuesday - 50 questions/50 minutes
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      Period 4 Lesson 9 - Antebellum Women's Movement URL

    • Friday October 20th - 

      1. Period 4 Practice SAQs (2 SAQs x 4 points)
      2. Period 4 Multiple Choice Test Monday - 50 questions/55 minutes
      3. MyAP Practice test open Saturday at noon until Monday at midnight (5% extra credit for completing)

    • Monday October 23rd - 

      1. Review Period 4 Practice SAQs
      2. Study for Period 4 Tests
      3. Period 4 Multiple Choice Test tomorrow - 50 questions/55 minutes
      4. MyAP Practice test open until midnight tonight (5% extra credit for completing)

    • Tuesday October 24th ("flex day") - 

      1. Period 4 Multiple Choice Test - 50 questions/55 minutes
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      Period 4 Multiple Choice Test Quiz
    • Quiz icon
      Period 4 Multiple Choice Test - Makeup Version Quiz
    • Forum icon
      Period 4 Forum

      This forum was created to encourage meaningful dialogue among the students enrolled in my APUSH classes.  If you are struggling with some concepts pertaining to this unit  you may use this forum to ask questions.  Other students are encouraged to respond.  Keep in mind that I will be monitoring all the forum discussions so keep the discussions classroom appropriate and related to current topics please.

  • Period 3 1754-1800

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    • Monday September 4th - NO SCHOOL LABOR DAY


    • Tuesday September 5th ("flex day") -

      1. Period 1/2 Test Review
      2. MyAP Multiple Choice Grade Bump due tonight by midnight
      3. Share/discuss Period 3 HW Slides
      4. Period 3 Part 1 due Thursday
      5. Mercantilism Review
    • URL icon
      Mercantilism Review URL

    • Wednesday September 6th (Back to School Night - Minimum Day) -

      1. Period 3 Lesson 1 - The Duel for North America
      2. Period 3 Part 1 HW due Thursday
    • URL icon
      Period 3 Lesson 1 - The Duel for America URL
    • URL icon
      Back to School Night Presentation URL

    • Thursday September 7th -

      1. Period 3 Part 1 HW due
      2. Finish Period 3 Lesson 1
      3. Start Period 3 Lesson 2 - The Last Word
    • URL icon
      Period 3 Lesson 2 - The Last Word/How We Got Here URL

    • Friday September 8th - 

      1. 1st Quarter Project
      2. Finish Period 3 Lesson 2 - The Last Word
    • URL icon
      1st Quarter Project URL

    • Monday September 11th -

      1. Period 3 Lesson 3 - Join or Die
      2. Period 3 Part 2 HW due tomorrow
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      Period 3 Lesson 3 - Join or Die URL

    • Tuesday September 12th ("flex day") - 

      1. Period 3 Part 2 HW due
      2. Period 3 Part 2 Reading Quiz
      3. Finish Period 3 Lesson 3 - Join or Die
      4. When Was the Declaration of Independence Signed?
      5. The Declaration Of Independence - Read, listen and discuss
      6. Timeline Towards the American Revolution
      7. HW - Period 3 Part 3 HW due Thursday
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      The Declaration of Independence URL

    • Wednesday September 13th - 

      1. Finish the Declaration of Independence 
      2. Period 3 SAQ/Review
      3. HW - Period 3 Part 3 HW due tomorrow

    • Thursday September 14th -

      1. Period 3 Part 3 HW due
      2. Period 3 Part 3 HW Quiz
      3. Period 3 Lesson 5 - Losers of the American Revolution
      4. HW - Period 3 Part 4 HW due Monday
    • URL icon
      Period 3 Part 3 Quiz URL
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      Period 3 Lesson 5 - The Losers of the American Revolution? URL

    • Friday September 15th -

      1. Finish Period 3 Lesson 5
      2. Period 3 Lesson 6 - The Constitution Day 1
      3. HW - Period 3 Part 4 HW due Monday

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      Period 3 Lesson 6 - The Constitution URL

    • Monday September 18th -

      1. Period 3 Part 4 HW due
      2. Period 3 Part 4 Quiz
      3. Period 3 Lesson 6 - The Constitution Day 2

    • Tuesday September 19th ("flex day") -

      1. Period 3 Lesson 6 - The Constitution Day 3
      2. Federalist #10
      3. Period 3 Lesson 6 Google Slide presentation due tonight by midnight
      4. Start Period 3 Lesson 7 - Hamilton vs. Jefferson

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      Period 3 Lesson 7 - Jefferson vs. Hamilton URL

    • Wednesday September 20th - 

      1. Finish Period 3 Lesson 7 - Hamilton and Jefferson
      2. Period 3 Practice SAQs Friday
      3. Period 3 Part 5 HW Due Monday
      4. Period 3 Multiple Choice Test - Tuesday, 40 questions/49 minutes

    • Thursday September 21st - 

      1. Period 3 Lesson 8 - First Administrations: Adams
      2. Period 3 Practice SAQs tomorrow (2 SAQs)
      3. Period 3 Multiple Choice Test - Tuesday; 40 questions/49 minutes
      4. Period 3 Part 5 HW due Monday
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      Period 3 Lesson 8 - First Administrations: Adams URL

    • Friday September 22nd - 

      1. Period 3 Practice SAQs
      2. Period 3 Multiple Choice Test - Tuesday 9/20, 40 questions/49 minutes
      3. Period 3 Part 5 HW due Monday
      4. MyAP Practice test open from noon Saturday to midnight Monday; 5% extra credit on your Period 3 Multiple Choice Test for completing the MyAP practice test

    • Monday September 25th -

      1. Review Period 3 SAQs - Rewrite due Friday
      2. Study for Period 3 Multiple Choice Test - 40 questions/49 minutes
      3. Work on Period 3 Part 5 HW - Due by the end of the period
      4. MyAP Practice test open until midnight - 5% extra credit for finishing; MyAP test corrections due by Thursday

    • Tuesday September 26th ("flex day") - 

      1. Period 3 Multiple Choice Test
      2. Period 3 Practice SAQs due tomorrow by midnight
      3. MyAP Test Corrections due by Thursday
    • Quiz icon
      Period 3 Multiple Choice Test Quiz
    • Forum icon
      Period 3 Forum

      This forum was created to encourage meaningful dialogue among the students enrolled in my APUSH classes.  If you are struggling with some concepts pertaining to this unit  you may use this forum to ask questions.  Other students are encouraged to respond.  Keep in mind that I will be monitoring all the forum discussions so keep the discussions classroom appropriate and related to current topics please.

  • Period 1 1491-1607 and Period 2 1607-1754

    • Monday August 14th - 

      1. Introductions
      2. Tent Name Cards

    • Tuesday August 15th ("flex day") - 

      1. 2nd Annual Royal Day

      1st Period - Expectations

      2nd Period - Respectful

      3rd Period - Unstoppable

      4th Period - Leaders

      5th Period - Engaged

            2. Syllabus Review - Due Monday

    • URL icon
      Coach Kavanagh's AP US History Syllabus URL

    • Wednesday August 16th - 

      1. Watch MyAP Video
      2. Enroll in MyAP - Join Code is: Y9GPGG
      3. Share and go over as a class the Period 1 Homework Google Slides
      4. Period 1 Homework due Friday

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      MyAP Website URL

    • Thursday August 17th -

      1. Maryland Bone Activity
      2. HW - Period 1 Homework due tomorrow

    • URL icon
      Maryland Bone Activity URL

    • Friday August 18th - 

      1. Period 1 Homework due
      2. Spanish Colonization
      3. HW - Chapter 2 Part 1 HW due Monday

    • URL icon
      Spanish Colonization - Google Slides URL

    • Monday August 21st -

      1. No School - Hurriquake
      2. HW - Period 2 Part 1 and Part 2 HW due Wednesday

    • Tuesday August 22nd -

      1. Returned syllabus due
      2. August 22nd Lesson Plan
      3. HW - Period 2 Part 1 and Part 2 HW due tomorrow

    • URL icon
      August 22nd Lesson Plans URL
    • URL icon
      Period 2 Lesson 1 - The Puritans in New England URL

    • Tuesday August 22nd ("flex day") - 

      1. Period 2 Part 2 HW due
      2. Period 2 Part 2 Reading Quiz
      3. Period 2 Lesson 2 - Comparisons of the Old World/New World

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      Period 2 Lesson 2 - Old World and New World Comparisons URL

    • Wednesday August 23rd - 

      1. Finish Period 2 Lesson 1
      2. Collect Period 2 Part 1 HW
      3. Period 2 Lesson 2 - Indian Relations and Rebellions
      4. Period 2 Part 2 HW due tomorrow

    • URL icon
      Period 2 Lesson 3 - Indian Relations and Rebellions URL

    • Thursday August 24th - 

      1. Finish Period 2 Lesson 3
      2. Start Period 2 Lesson 4 - The Three Colonial Sections, More Similar or Different?
      3. Period 2 Part 3 HW due tomorrow
    • URL icon
      Chapter 2 Lesson 4 - The Three Colonial Sections - More Similar or Different? URL

    • Friday August 25th - 

      1. Collect Period 2 Part 3 HW
      2. Period 2 Part 3 Reading Quiz
      3. Finish Period 2 Lesson 4
      4. Period 2 Lesson 5 - For God and Country
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      Chapter 2 Lesson 5 - For God and Country URL

    • Monday August 28th -

      1. Period 2 Lesson 6 - The Origins of Slavery - Part I
      2. Period 2 Lesson 4 HW due Wednesday
      3. Period 1/2 Test Friday - 30 Questions/40 Minutes
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      Period 2 Lesson 6 - Origins of American Slavery URL

    • Tuesday August 29th ("flex day") - 

      1. The SAQ
      2. Period 2 Lesson 6 Part 2
      3. Period 1/2 Test Friday - 30 Questions/40 Minutes
      4. HW - Period 2 Part 4 HW due tomorrow
    • Quiz icon
      The Multiple Choice Test Moodle Example Quiz
    • URL icon
      The SAQ - Your Guide to ACEing the SAQ URL

    • Wednesday August 30th -

      1. Period 2 Part 4 HW Due
      2. Period 2 Part 4 Reading Quiz
      3. Multiple Choice Question Overview
      4. Khan Academy Video/Tom Richey Guide
      5. MyAP Period 1/2 Practice Test
      6. Open 11am today to midnight tomorrow
      7. Worth 5% extra credit for completing the test before it closes
      8. Period 1/2 Test Friday
      9. 30 Questions/ 40 Minutes

    • File icon
      Tom Richey's Multiple Choice Guide File
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    • URL icon
      Khan Academy - Multiple Choice Example URL

    • Thursday August 31st - 

      1. Collect Period 2 Part 5 Homework - NO Quiz
      2. Period 2 Lesson 7 - The Enlightenment and Great Awakening
      3. MyAP Period 1/2 Practice Test open until midnight - 5% extra credit for completing the test before it closes
      4. Period 1/2 Test tomorrow - 30 Questions/40 Minutes

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      Period 2 Lesson 7 - The Enlightenment and Great Awakening URL

    • Friday September 1st -

      1. Period 1/2 Multiple Choice Test
      2. 30 Questions/40 Minutes
      3. MyAP Multiple Choice Test re-grade due Monday
      4. Worth 5% extra credit for finishing by Monday
    • URL icon
      MyAP Multiple Choice Test Re-Grade URL
    • Quiz icon
      Period 1 and Period 2 Multiple Choice Test Quiz
    • Quiz icon
      Period 1 and Period 2 Multiple Choice Test - Makeup Version Quiz
    • Forum icon
      Period 1 and 2 Forum

      This forum was created to encourage meaningful dialogue among the students enrolled in my APUSH classes.  If you are struggling with some concepts pertaining to this unit  you may use this forum to ask questions.  Other students are encouraged to respond.  Keep in mind that I will be monitoring all the forum discussions so keep the discussions classroom appropriate and related to current topics please.