Wednesday, September 30, 2015 General Reminders  Unit 2 Exam is tomorrow. Review today at 4:00  The last day of term 1 grading period is FRIDAY.  Play it Safe presentation is FRIDAY.  Your Vocabulary test over chapters 1 – 4 will be next MONDAY. Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential questions:  What are the most effective strategies in performing well on a stimulus based multiple choice exam Today’s Activities  Review of Unit 1 exam Homework:  Study the Guide to Critical Thinking – Reasoning by Comparison and Generalization (pp. 7 – 11)  Review for test

Tuesday, September 29, 2015 General Reminders  Unit 2 Test (chapters 3 & 4) will be this THURSDAY.  The last day of term 1 grading period is FRIDAY.  Your Vocabulary test over chapters 1 – 4 will be next MONDAY. Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential question:  To what extent did the First Great Awakening impact the future course of America’s history?  To what extent did the Enlightenment impact the future course of America’s history? Today’s Activities  Argument presentation Homework:  Study the Guide to Critical Thinking – Reasoning by Comparison and Generalization (pp. 7 – 11)  Review for test

Monday, September 28, 2015 General Reminders  Unit 2 Test (chapters 3 & 4) will be this THURSDAY.  The last day of term 1 grading period is FRIDAY.  Your Vocabulary test over chapters 1 – 4 will be next MONDAY. Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential question:  To what extent did the First Great Awakening impact the future course of America’s history?  To what extent did the Enlightenment impact the future course of America’s history? Today’s Activities  Argument preparation Homework:  Study the Guide to Critical Thinking – Reasoning by Comparison and Generalization (pp. 7 – 11)  Review for test

Friday, September 25, 2015 General Reminders  We will have our first class debate next MONDAY:  Did the Great Awakening or the Enlightenment have a more profound and lasting impact on social and political developments in America?  Be sure to look at documents I have posted on the web page!!!!! Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential question:  To what extent did the First Great Awakening impact the future course of America’s history?  To what extent did the Enlightenment impact the future course of America’s history? Today’s Activities  Individual work day. Too many students away on AVID field trip Homework:  Study the Guide to Critical Thinking – Reasoning: Cause and Effect (pp. 4 – 7)  Begin Guide to Critical Thinking Unit 2, Lessons 1 – 6 (complete by FRIDAY)  Complete independent research on the Enlightenment and the First Great Awakening

Thursday, September 24, 2015 General Reminders  We will have our first class debate next MONDAY:  Did the Great Awakening or the Enlightenment have a more profound and lasting impact on social and political developments in America?  Be sure to look at documents I have posted on the web page!!!!! Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential question:  To what extent did the First Great Awakening impact the future course of America’s history?  To what extent did the Enlightenment impact the future course of America’s history? Today’s Activities  The Great Awakening: Jonathan Edwards “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”  Video: God in America – George Whitefield and the Great Awakening Homework:  Study the Guide to Critical Thinking – Reasoning: Cause and Effect (pp. 4 – 7)  Begin Guide to Critical Thinking Unit 2, Lessons 1 – 6 (complete by FRIDAY)  Complete independent research on the Enlightenment and the First Great Awakening

Wednesday, September 23, 2015 General Reminders  We will have our first class debate next MONDAY:  Did the Great Awakening or the Enlightenment have a more profound and lasting impact on social and political developments in America? Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential question:  To what extent did the First Great Awakening impact the future course of America’s history?  To what extent did the Enlightenment impact the future course of America’s history? Today’s Activities  Independent work day. Homework:  Study the Guide to Critical Thinking – Reasoning: Cause and Effect (pp. 4 – 7)  Begin Guide to Critical Thinking Unit 2, Lessons 1 – 6 (complete by FRIDAY)  Begin independent research on the Enlightenment and the First Great Awakening

Tuesday, September 22, 2015 General Reminders  We will have our first class debate next MONDAY:  Did the Great Awakening or the Enlightenment have a more profound and lasting impact on social and political developments in America?  Play It Safe Program will be in this class on Friday, October 2.  A parent preview night is scheduled for TODAY, Sept. 22 at the FAAC for parents who would like to see the presentation in advance. Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential question:  What can we learn from the slave codes passed in Virginia from 1662 to 1752? Today’s Activities  Continue Virginia Slave Code document analysis discussion Homework:  Study the Guide to Critical Thinking – Reasoning: Cause and Effect (pp. 4 – 7)  Begin Guide to Critical Thinking Unit 2, Lessons 1 – 6 (complete by FRIDAY)  Begin independent research on the Enlightenment and the First Great Awakening

Monday, September 21, 2015 General Reminders  You should have read and taken notes on chapter 4 by now.  Play It Safe Program will be in this class on Friday, October 2.  A parent preview night is scheduled for TOMORROW, Sept. 22 at the FAAC for parents who would like to see the presentation in advance. Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential question:  What can we learn from the slave codes passed in Virginia from 1662 to 1752? Today’s Activities  Oral questioning over the Critical Thinking assigned pages.  Virginia Slave Code document analysis discussion Homework:  Study the Guide to Critical Thinking – Reasoning: Cause and Effect (pp. 4 – 7)

Friday, September 18, 2015 General Reminders  Because of the pep rally schedule, we are postponing the planned lesson until Monday  Play It Safe Program will be in this class on Friday, October 2.  A parent preview night is scheduled for next Tuesday, Sept. 22 at the FAAC for parents who would like to see the presentation in advance. Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential question:  Why did the Middle Colonies develop such a diverse economy and society by the mid 1700s? Today’s Activities  Video and notes: Shaping America Lesson # 5 – “Diversifying British America” Homework:  Read and take notes for Chapter 4. They should be complete by Monday.

Thursday, September 17, 2015 General Reminders  If you did not give me your notes for chapters 1 -3 to check, yesterday, you better do that NOW.  Oral quiz over the critical thinking reading assignment TOMORROW. Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential question:  What can we learn from the slave codes passed in Virginia from 1662 to 1752? Today’s Activities  Virginia Slave Code document analysis Homework:  Read “Guide to Critical Thinking” pages 1 - 4

APUSH Binder Organization  Cover Page - Using a pen or marker, center this information prominently on the page: Your Name AP U.S. History (APUSH) Ms. Ayala Period ___ 2015 – 2016 Immediately after your cover page, place miscellaneous items, such as Course Information, Reading Schedules, etc.  Then 5 dividers for the fall semester - Clearly label the dividers  Period 1 – ( ) – Chapters 1 & 2  Period 2 – ( ) – Chapters 3 & 4  Period 3 – ( ) – Chapters  Period 4 – ( ) – Chapters 9 – 12  Period 5 – ( ) – Chapters

Wednesday, September 16, 2015 General Reminders  You MUST have your binder ready to organize by NOW. Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential question:  Why is organization a valuable skill?  What is the difference in argumentation and contradiction? Today’s Activities  Note check – chapters 1 – 3  Binder organization  Discussion of critical thinking and argumentation Homework:  Read “Guide to Critical Thinking” pages 1 - 4

Tuesday, September 15, 2015 General Reminders  You MUST have your binder ready to organize by tomorrow.  I will be checking for notes for chapters 1 – 3 this week. Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential question:  Why did African slavery replace white indentured servitude in the colonies?  How did indentured servitude and slavery differ in the colonial period? Today’s Activities  Shaping America Video Lesson #3 – Settling the Southern Colonies  Notes as pertain to the essential questions above Homework:  Finish Venn diagram and reading chapter 3

Monday, September 14, 2015 General Reminders  Open House tonight!  You MUST have your binder ready to organize.  I will be checking for notes for chapters 1 – 3 this week. Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential question:  Why did African slavery replace white indentured servitude in the colonies?  How did indentured servitude and slavery differ in the colonial period? Today’s Activities  Venn diagram – Comparison of Indentured Servitude and African Slavery Homework:  Finish Venn diagram.

Friday, September 11, 2015 General Reminders  TEST TODAY!!!!  Get a scan tron sheet and fill in information. For Subject – Unit 1  Be sure you have a binder for this class by next Monday. Bring it! Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential question:  Although both were settled by the English, why did the New England and Chesapeake regions develop such different societies?  How did contact with the Spanish, French, and English affect Native American societies? Today’s Activities  Multiple choice and short answer exam Homework:  Read and take notes over Chapter 3 in the textbook. All notes will be checked next week (probably Monday)

Thursday, September 10, 2015 General Reminders  Our first test will be FRIDAY over textbook chapters 1 and 2. Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential question:  Although both were settled by the English, why did the New England and Chesapeake regions develop such different societies? Today’s Activities  Collaborative Learning – Mystery Document Challenge  Discussion of investigation Homework:  Complete Venn diagram comparing New England and the Chesapeake  Study for exam

Wednesday, September 9, 2015 General Reminders  Your Columbus and Pueblo Revolt interpretation papers are due NOW.  Our first test will be FRIDAY over textbook chapters 1 and 2. Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential questions:  Was Bacon’s Rebellion a turning point in early colonial America?  Although both were settled by the English, why did the New England and Chesapeake regions develop such different societies? Today’s Activities  Bacon’s Rebellion – group analysis of evidence  Brief teacher explanation of colonial regions  Collaborative Learning – Mystery Document Challenge Homework:  Complete Venn diagram comparing New England and the Chesapeake

Tuesday, September 8, 2015 General Reminders  Our first test will be this FRIDAY over textbook chapters 1 and 2. Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential questions:  Why was Puritan society intolerant of non-conformity? Today’s Activities  Teacher lecture and notes: Puritan Theology  Video and notes: “God in America – Anne Hutchinson” Homework:  Complete Interpretation activities: “Assessment of Columbus” & “Pueblo Revolt”  Complete additional interpretive activities on Puritans in the New England colonies

Friday, September 4, 2015 General Reminders  Our first test will be next Friday over textbook chapters 1 and 2. Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential questions:  Why is evaluating sources of information an important skill in historiography? Today’s Activities  Collaborative historiography activity:  Evaluating historical sources– John Smith and Pocahontas  Group presentations of evaluation of evidence in the John Smith/Pocahontas rescue story Homework:  Read Chapter 2 of the textbook and take notes. Read a section each night and you will be finished by Friday.  Complete Interpretation activities: “Assessment of Columbus” & “Pueblo Revolt”  Complete additional interpretive activities on Puritans in the New England colonies

Thursday, September 3, 2015 General Reminders  Our first test MIGHT be Tuesday September 8 th (the day after Labor Day) over textbook chapters 1 and 2. Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential questions:  Are John Smith’s accounts of events at the Jamestown, Virginia settlement reliable? Was he really rescued by Pocahontas? Today’s Activities  Collaborative historiography activity:  Interpreting historical evidence – John Smith and Pocahontas Homework:  Read Chapter 2 of the textbook and take notes. Read a section each night and you will be finished by Friday.  Complete Interpretation activities: “Assessment of Columbus” & “Pueblo Revolt”

Wednesday, September 2, 2015 General Reminders  Our first test will be Tuesday September 8 th (the day after Labor Day) over textbook chapters 1 and 2. Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential questions:  Are John Smith’s accounts of events at the Jamestown, Virginia settlement reliable? What really happened during the “starving time” at Jamestown? Today’s Activities  Historical evidence of the “starving time” in Jamestown.  Discussion Homework:  Read Chapter 2 of the textbook and take notes. Read a section each night and you will be finished by Friday.  Complete Interpretation activities: “Assessment of Columbus” & “Pueblo Revolt”

Tuesday, September 1, 2015 General Reminders  Sign the list at my desk if you never received an AP contract.  Return signed AP contract ASAP  Our first test will be Tuesday September 8 th (the day after Labor Day) over textbook chapters 1 and 2. Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential questions:  How did the arrival of Europeans on the American continent affect native populations?  How did the native populations in the Southwest respond to the Spanish Catholic priests’ efforts to Christianize them? Was the response appropriate? Today’s Activities  Video: God in America: Pope’s Rebellion Homework:  Read Chapter 2 of the textbook and take notes. Read a section each night and you will be finished by Friday.

Monday, August 31, 2015 General Reminders  Turn in your essays to the black bin. No late work will be accepted.  Return signed AP contract ASAP  Our first test will be Tuesday September 8 th (the day after Labor Day) over textbook chapters 1 and 2. Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential questions:  How did the arrival of Europeans on the American continent affect native populations?  Whose account (Dinesh D’Souza or Howard Zinn) of the first European encounter with the native people of America do you find to be more reliable? Today’s Activities  Class discussion of D’Souza and Zinn Homework:  Read Chapter 2 of the textbook and take notes. Read a section each night and you will be finished by Friday.

Friday, August 28, 2015 General Reminders  Please bring assigned supplies and check your name off the orange list at my desk.  Return signed AP contract ASAP Today’s Objective  Consider the following essential questions:  To what extent does Dinesh D’Souza present a valid argument concerning America in his documentary film, America, Imagine the World be Without Her? Today’s Activities  Consider D’Souza’s responses to the 5 indictments against America, and analyze the validity and effectiveness of one or two of his arguments in a short paper of no more than 2 typed pages Homework:  Read Chapter 1 of Howard Zinn’s, A People’s History of the United States

Thursday, August 27, 2015 General Reminders  Please bring assigned supplies and check your name off the orange list at my desk. Today’s Objective  Respond to the following essential questions:  Are you proud to be an American? If so, why?  Are you ever ashamed of America? If so, why? Today’s Activities  Video: America, Imagine the World be Without Her  Take notes, recording D’Souza’s list of 5 indictments against America and his response to each Homework:  Read Chapter 1 in textbook and take notes in a spiral or composition book

Wednesday, August 26, 2015 General Reminders  Please bring assigned supplies and check your name off the orange list at my desk. Today’s Objective  Respond to the following essential questions:  Are you proud to be an American? If so, why?  Are you ever ashamed of America? If so, why? Today’s Activities  Video: America, Imagine the World Without Her  Take notes, recording D’Souza’s list of 5 indictments against America and his response to each Homework:  Read Chapter 1 in textbook and take notes in a spiral or composition book

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 General Reminders  Please bring assigned supplies and check your name off orange list at my desk. Today’s Objective  Respond to the following essential questions:  Are you proud to be an American? If so, why?  Are you ever ashamed of America? If so, why? Today’s Activities  Receive textbooks  Enroll in Remind 101  Discussion of the above essential questions in small groups and whole group. Homework:  Read Chapter 1 in textbook and take notes in a spiral or composition book

Monday, August 24, 2015 Today’s Activities  Issue textbooks  Homework:  Read pages  Discuss introductory topics as time permits:  Course overview – Academic Honesty  AP Contracts  Supplies  Remind 101  G mail address  General course expectations  Binder for APUSH (exclusively)  Reading quizzes  Make up work  Late work  Test retakes  Extra credit

E Mail Communication Use the following e mail address to communicate with me about APUSH. If you have a question about an assignment or would like to turn in a written assignment electronically, this is the best account to use. Send a message to this address with your name and period number in the subject line, and I will add you to contacts for this account.

Remind 101 Directions  Enter this number into your cell phone:  Then enter the following message for your class:  1 st period  2 nd period  3 rd period  5 th period  6 th period  I will be able to text you important reminders for class. Our cell numbers will remain hidden to each other for privacy.

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