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    Coach Kavanagh's 2024-2025 AP US History Class

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    My email - akavanagh@avhsd.org

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    Period 5 1844-1877

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    • Wednesday October 23rd - NO CLASS - STUDENT FREE DAY

      1. MyAP test corrections due by tomorrow by midnight
      2. Period 4 Practice SAQ rewrite due

    • Thursday October 24th - 

      1. Period 4 Test Review
      2. Handout Enlarging the National State Map
      3. Share and work on Period 5 HW Slides - Part 1 due Monday
      4. MyAP test corrections due by midnight
      5. Period 4 Practice SAQ rewrite due by 8:45am Thursday

    • Friday October 25th - 

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

    • Monday October 28th - 

      1. Period 5 Lesson 1 HW due
      2. Period 5 Lesson 1 Quiz
      3. 2nd Quarter Extra Credit - Manifest Destiny Song
      4. Finish Period 5 Lesson 1
    • 2nd Quarter Extra Credit Opportunity URL
    • Mexican American War Writing Prompt URL

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

      1. Period 5 Lesson 2 - Compromise - Delay of a Crisis
    • Period 5 Lesson 2 - Compromise: Delay of a Crisis URL

    • Wednesday October 30th -

      1. Finish Period 5 Lesson 2 Part 4
      2. Work on Mexican American writing prompt - Due Friday by the end of your period

    • Thursday October 31st -

      1. Cause of the Civil War discussion
      2. Lincoln is an Idiot Article and discussion
      3. Work on Mexican-American War writing prompt - Due Friday by the end of your period

    • Friday November 1st - 

      1. Period 5 Lesson 3 - Civil War Goals, Advantages and Strategies
      2. Work on Mexican-American War writing prompt - Due Friday by the end of your period
      3. HW - Period 5 Part 2 HW due Monday
    • Period 5 Lesson 3 - Fort Sumter and the Strategies, Goals and Advantages of the North and South URL

    • Monday November 4th -

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

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

      1. Period 5 Lesson 5 - Lincoln's Take on Slavery
      2. HW - Period 5 Part 3 due tomorrow
    • Period 5 Lesson 5 - Lincoln's Take on Slavery URL

    • Wednesday November 6th - 

      1. Period 5 Part 3 HW Quiz
      2. Period 5 Part 2 and 3 HW due
      3. Finish Period 5 Lesson 5
      4. Meet the 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
    • Meet the 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments URL

    • Thursday November 7th - 

      1. Discuss the 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
      2. Period 5 Lesson 6 - The Political, Social and Economic Impact of the War
    • Period 5 Lesson 6 - Political, Social and Economic Impacts of the War URL

    • Friday November 8th - 

      1. Hand out Civil War Map
      2. Veterans' Day Extra Credit
      3. Ken Burns: The Civil War - The Better Nature of our Angels: Assassination
      4. Video Notes
      5. HW - Period 5 Part 4 HW due Tuesday (no school Monday)

    • Monday November 11th - NO SCHOOL VETERANS DAY

      1. HW - Period 5 Part 4 Quiz tomorrow
      2. Period 5 Practice SAQs Friday
      3. Period 5 Multiple Choice Test next Tuesday

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

      1. Veterans' Day Extra Credit due
      2. Period 5 Part 4 Quiz
      3. North or South: Who Killed Reconstruction? Mini DBQ - Day 1
      4. HW - Period 5 Part 4 and Part 5 HW due Thursday
      5. Period 5 Practice SAQs Friday
      6. Period 5 Multiple Choice Test next Tuesday
    • North or South: Who Killed Reconstruction? Mini-DBQ and Writing Prompt URL

    • Wednesday November 13th - 

      1. Who Killed Reconstruction - North or South - Mini DBQ - Day 2
      2. HW - Period 5 Part 4 and 5 HW due tomorrow
      3. Period 5 Practice SAQs Friday
      4. Period 5 Multiple Choice Test Tuesday

    • Thursday November 14th - 

      1. Period 5 Part 4 and 5 HW due
      2. Who Killed Reconstruction - North or South - Mini DBQ - Day 3
      3. Period 5 Practice SAQs tomorrow
      4. Period 5 Multiple Choice Test Wednesday

    • Friday November 15th - ASSEMBLY SCHEDULE 

      1. Period 5 Practice SAQs - 3 options, pick 2
      2. MyAP practice test open until midnight Tuesday
      3. Period 5 Multiple Choice Test Wednesday

    • Monday November 18th - 

      1. Period 5 Lesson 7 - The Lost Cause
      2. Period 5 Multiple Choice Test tomorrow
      3. MyAP practice test open until midnight tomorrow
    • Period 5 Lesson 7 - The Lost Cause URL

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

      1. Tell Me About It - Period 5
      2. MyAP Practice test open until midnight
      3. Period 5 Multiple Choice Test tomorrow

    • Wednesday November 20th -

      1. Period 5 Multiple Choice test - 40 questions/40 minutes
    • Period 5 Multiple Choice Test - Period 1 Quiz
      Not available unless: You belong to Period 1
    • Period 5 Multiple Choice Test - Period 2 Quiz
      Not available unless: You belong to Period 2
    • Period 5 Multiple Choice Test - Period 3 Quiz
      Not available unless: You belong to Period 3
    • 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.

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    Period 4 1800-1848

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    • Wednesday September 25th - 

      1. Period 3 Multiple Choice Test/Practice SAQs Review
      2. Period 4 MyAP Practice Test corrections due Friday
      3. Period 3 Practice SAQ re-write due Monday
      4. Share and work Period 4 HW Google Slides
      5. Hand out Map of the US in 1803
    • Practice SAQs Rewrite How-To URL
    • APUSH Period 4 Homework URL

    • Thursday September 26th -

      1. Period 4 Lesson 1 - The Development of Political Parties into a New American Republic - Day 1
      2. Parts I and II
    • Period 4 Lesson 1 – The Development of Political Parties in the New American Republic URL

    • Friday September 27th - Homecoming Assembly Schedule

      1. Period 4 Lesson 1 - Day 2
      2. Parts III and IV
      3. Work on Period 4 Part 1 HW - Due Monday

    • Monday September 30th -

      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 10/6 by midnight
      5. 1st Quarter Extra Credit due next Friday
    • Period 4 Lesson 2 - The Election of 1800 URL
    • Marshall's Court Case Briefing Rubric URL

    • Tuesday October 1st ("flex day") - 

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

    • Wednesday October 2nd - 

      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
    • Period 4 Lesson 3 - The War of 1812 URL

    • Thursday October 3rd - 

      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
    • Period 4 Lesson 4 - The End of Homespun URL

    • Friday October 4th -

      1. Finish Period 4 Lesson 4
      2. Women in the Lowell System
      3. Marshall's Court Case Briefing due Sunday by midnight
    • Women in the Lowell System URL

    • Monday October 7th - 

      1. Marshall's Court Case Briefing was due Sunday by midnight
      2. Period 4 Lesson 5 - Antebellum South/Slavery in the South
      3. 1st Quarter Extra Credit project due Friday
      4. Take home graded work by Friday - End of the 1st Quarter
    • Period 4 Lesson 5 - Antebellum South/Slavery in the South URL

    • Tuesday October 8th ("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 tomorrow)
      3. 1st Quarter Extra Credit project due Friday
      4. Take home graded work by Friday - End of the 1st Quarter
    • Period 4 Lesson 6 - The Monroe Doctrine, the Election of 1824, and the Missouri Compromise URL

    • Wednesday October 9th - PSATs

      1. PSAT
      2. HW - Period 4 Part 3 HW due tomorrow
      3. 1st Quarter Extra Credit project due Friday

    • Thursday October 10th -

      1. Andrew Jackson - Day 1
      2. HW - Period 4 Part 3 and 4 HW due tomorrow
      3. 1st Quarter Extra Credit project due tomorrow 
      4. Take home graded work tomorrow - End of the 1st Quarter

    • Friday October 11th - End of the 1st Quarter

      1. 1st Quarter Extra Credit project due today
      2. Period 4 Part 3 and 4 HW due
      3. Period 4 Part 3 and 4 HW Quiz
      4. Andrew Jackson - Day 2
      5. Take home graded work by the end of the period - End of the 1st Quarter

    • Monday October 14th - 

      1. Andrew Jackson Part 3 - Write-up due 
      2. Period 4 Part 5 HW due tomorrow
      3. Period 4 Practice SAQs Friday
      4. Period 4 Multiple Choice Test next Tuesday - 50 questions/50 minutes
    • How Democratic was Andrew Jackson Writing Prompt URL

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

      1. Period 4 Part 5 HW Quiz Only
      2. Period 4 Lesson 7 - A Nation of Drunkards
      3. Period 4 Practice SAQs Friday
      4. Period 4 Multiple Choice Test next Tuesday - 50 questions/50 minutes
    • Period 4 Lesson 7 - A Nation of Drunkards URL

    • Wednesday October 16th - 

      1. Period 4 Lesson 8 - Abolitionism
      2. HW - Period 4 Part 6 HW due tomorrow
      3. Period 4 Practice SAQs Friday
      4. Period 4 Multiple Choice Test next Tuesday - 50 questions/50 minutes
    • Period 4 Lesson 8 - Abolitionism URL

    • Thursday October 17th - 

      1. Period 4 Part 6 HW due
      2. Period 4 Lesson 9 - Antebellum Women's Movement
      3. Period 4 Practice SAQs tomorrow
      4. Period 4 Multiple Choice Test Tuesday - 50 questions/50 minutes
    • Period 4 Lesson 9 - Antebellum Women's Movement URL

    • Friday October 18th - 

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

    • Monday October 21st - 

      1. Review Period 4 Practice SAQs
      2. Tell Me About It - Period 4
      3. Study for Period 4 Tests
      4. Period 4 Multiple Choice Test tomorrow - 50 questions/55 minutes0
      5. MyAP Practice test open until midnight tonight (5% extra credit for completing)

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

      1. Period 4 Multiple Choice Test - 50 questions/50 minutes
    • Period 4 Multiple Choice Test - Period 1 Quiz
      Not available unless: You belong to Period 1
    • Period 4 Multiple Choice Test - Period 2 Quiz
      Not available unless: You belong to Period 2
    • Period 4 Multiple Choice Test - Period 3 Quiz
      Not available unless: You belong to Period 3
    • 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.

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    Period 3 1754-1800

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    • Monday September 2nd - NO SCHOOL - LABOR DAY

    • Tuesday September 3rd ("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 HW due Thursday
      5. Mercantilism Review
    • Mercantilism Review URL

    • Wednesday September 4th (Back to School Night - Minimum Day) -

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

    • Thursday September 6th -

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

    • Friday September 7th - 

      1. Finish Period 3 Lesson 2 - The Last Word
      2. Work on Period 3 Part 2 HW

    • Monday September 9th -

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

    • Tuesday September 10th ("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
    • The Declaration of Independence URL

    • Wednesday September 11th - 

      1. 1st Quarter Extra Credit Project
      2. The SAQ
    • 1st Quarter Project URL
    • The SAQ - Your Guide to ACEing the SAQ URL

    • Thursday September 12th -

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

    • Friday September 13th -

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

    • Monday September 16th -

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

    • Tuesday September 17th ("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

    • Wednesday September 19th - 

      1. Finish Period 3 Lesson 7 - Hamilton and Jefferson
      2. Period 3 Practice SAQs Friday
      3. Period 3 Multiple Choice Test - Tuesday, 40 questions/49 minutes
    • Period 3 Lesson 7 - Jefferson vs. Hamilton URL

    • Thursday September 19th - 

      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
    • Period 3 Lesson 8 - First Administrations: Adams URL

    • Friday September 20th - 

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

    • Monday September 23rd -

      1. Tell Me About It - Period 3 Review
      2. Study for Period 3 Multiple Choice Test - 40 questions/50 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 24th ("flex day") - 

      1. Period 3 Multiple Choice Test
      2. Period 3 Practice SAQs due tomorrow by midnight
      3. MyAP Test Corrections due by Thursday
      4. Share Period 4 HW Google Slides
    • Period 3 Multiple Choice Test - Period 1 Quiz
      Not available unless: You belong to Period 1
    • Period 3 Multiple Choice Test - Period 2 Quiz
      Not available unless: You belong to Period 2
    • Period 3 Multiple Choice Test - Period 3 Quiz
      Not available unless: You belong to Period 3
    • 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.

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    Period 1 1491-1607 and Period 2 1607-1754

    • Monday August 12th - 

      1. Introductions
      2. What does a Historian do?
      3. Tent Name Cards

    • Tuesday August 13th ("flex day") - 

      1. 2nd Annual Royal Day

      1st Period - Expectations

      2nd Period - Respectful

      3rd Period - Unstoppable

      4th Period - Leaders

      5th Period - Engaged

    • Wednesday August 14th - 

      1. Go over syllabus
      2. Returned syllabus due Monday
      3. Share and go over as a class the Period 1 Homework Google Slides
      4. Period 1 Homework due Friday
    • Coach Kavanagh's AP US History Syllabus URL
    • MyAP Website URL

    • Thursday August 15th -

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

    • Friday August 16th - 

      1. Discuss reading pages responses
      2. Period 1 HW due Monday

    • Monday August 19th -

      1. Syllabus due tonight by midnight
      2. Settle seating chart
      3. Enroll in Moodle
      4. Enroll in MyAP
      5. Share and work on Period 2 Part 2 HW
    • Enrolling in a Moodle Course URL

    • Tuesday August 20th ("flex day") -

      1. Period 2 Lesson 1 - The Puritans in New England
    • Period 2 Lesson 1 - The Puritans in New England URL

    • Wednesday August 21st - 

      1. Period 2 Lesson 2 - Indian Relations and Rebellions
      2. Period 2 Part 2 HW due tomorrow
    • Period 2 Lesson 2 - Old World and New World Comparisons URL

    • Thursday August 22nd - 

      1. Period 2 Lesson 2 due
      2. Period 2 Lesson 2 reading quiz
      3. Period 2 Lesson 3 - Indian Relations and Rebellions
    • Period 2 Lesson 3 - Indian Relations and Rebellions URL

    • Friday August 23rd - 

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

    • Monday August 26th - 

      1. Collect Period 2 Part 3 HW
      2. Period 2 Part 3 Reading Quiz
      3. Period 2 Lesson 5 - For God and Country
      4. Period 1/2 Test Friday - 30 Questions/40 Minutes
    • Chapter 2 Lesson 5 - For God and Country URL

    • Tuesday August 27th ("flex day") -

      1. Multiple Choice Question Overview
      2. Khan Academy Video/Tom Richey Guide
      3. Tell Me About It Period Lesson 1-5 Review
      4. MyAP Period 1/2 Practice Test
      5. Open 11am today to midnight Thursday
      6. Worth 5% extra credit for completing the test before it closes
      7. Period 1/2 Test Friday
      8. 30 Questions/ 40 Minutes
    • Period 1 and Period 2 Multiple Choice Test - Preview Quiz
    • Khan Academy - Multiple Choice Example URL
    • Tom Richey's Multiple Choice Guide File
      Uploaded 11/09/18, 10:43

    • Wednesday August 28th - 

      1. Period 2 Lesson 6 - Origins of American Slavery
      2. Period 1/2 Test Friday - 30 Questions/40 Minutes
    • Period 2 Lesson 6 - Origins of American Slavery URL

    • Thursday August 29th - 

      1. Period 2 Lesson 7 - The Enlightenment and Great Awakening
      2. HW - Period 2 Lesson 5 HW due tomorrow - NO QUIZ
      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
    • Period 2 Lesson 7 - The Enlightenment and Great Awakening URL

    • Friday August 30th -

      1. Period 2 Part 5 Homework due - NO QUIZ
      2. Period 1/2 Multiple Choice Test
      3. 30 Questions/40 Minutes
      4. MyAP Multiple Choice Test re-grade due Monday
      5. Worth 5% extra credit for finishing by Monday
    • MyAP Multiple Choice Test Re-Grade URL
    • Period 1 and Period 2 Multiple Choice Test - Period 1 Quiz
      Not available unless: You belong to Period 1
    • Period 1 and Period 2 Multiple Choice Test - Period 2 Quiz
      Not available unless: You belong to Period 2
    • Period 1 and Period 2 Multiple Choice Test - Period 3 Quiz
      Not available unless: You belong to Period 3
    • 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.