Saturday, March 23, 2013

Veronica - Here is the Spring Break Assignment


APUSH at Lake Placid -2013
Mr. Clark’s Spring Break Assignment

We have ONLY FIVE WEEKS upon return from Spring Break to get ready for the AP Exam.  I have tried to make this assignment as manageable as possible in the context of time remaining before the exam and all of you enjoying yourselves over break.

THE ASSIGNMENT:

1. Read Chapter 36 in Pageant “The Cold War Begins” and  complete Hippocampus activities as follows:
·      pages 852-862 HC “The Allied Victory” “The Aftermath of WWII”
·      pages 862-868 HC “The Yalta Conference” “The Potsdam Conference”
·      pages 868-875 HC “Truman’s Domestic Policy” “Election of 1848”
·      pages 875-879 HC “US-Soviet Relations” “Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan” “Berlin Airlift” “NATO” “Revolution in China”
Read Segments of Chapter 37 in Pageant “The Eisenhower Era” and complete Hippocampus activities.
·      pages 887-890 “The Advent of Eisenhower” & “The Rise and Fall of Joseph McCarthy” HC “Korean War Buildup” “Korean War”
·      pages 897-902 HC “Korean War Aftermath” “Un-American Activities” “The Hunt for Subversaries” “McCarthyism” “Space Race” “Eisenhower and Krushchev” “CIA vs. Anti-US Government”  “Vietnam”

2. You need to complete WWII Test and WWII Key Terms Quiz.

3. Notes for both chapters 36 and 37 are on my teacher page, you should review these notes with thoroughness.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Tuesday 3/19 - APUSH HW:


Read Ch. 35, pages 837-849, Hippocampus:
1.     The Yalta Conference
2.     The Allied Victory
3.     The Aftermath of WWII

Thursday, March 14, 2013

APUSH Weekend Assignment


HW            Read Ch. 34, pages 818-820 & Ch. 35 “America in      WW II” pages 821-826, Hippocampus:
1.     The US Enters WWII
2.     Military & Economic Mobilization
3.     Women & Minorities

                                                            HW            Read Ch. 35, pages 827-837 Hippocampus:
1.     Wartime Propaganda
2.     Japanese Internment
3.     The Grand Alliance

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

APUSH - Wednesday 3/13 Homework



                          Read Ch. 34, pages 810-818, Hippocampus:
                                             1.     The Diplomatic Response
                                             2.     Outbreak of WWII

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

APUSH Homework - WWII Video Links

APUSH students,

Below are the links to the WWII videos that you need to watch for homework tonight.  It is just under 1 hour of WWII coverage.  The first video finishes what we were watching in class today, America's Homefront effort during the war.  The other videos focus on the lead-up to WWII and American involvement.  Please pay attention to what segments of the videos you should watch.  Enjoy!

Mr. Clark

VIDEO #1a - Finishing the Homefront
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj4rDmYOZjc&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223&safe=active
(Watch from 6:00-end)

VIDEO #1b - Rise of Hitler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOZitneQ1TA&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223&safe=active
(Watch from 5:05-9:52)

VIDEO #2 - Nazi Germany on the Rise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJa4NSMjsek&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223&safe=active
(Watch 11:27-13:42)

VIDEO #3 - 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYbu0CdJ87k&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223&safe=active
(Watch :40-4:54)

VIDEO #4 - Nazi Propaganda/Hitler's Charisma/Attack on the Jews
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYbu0CdJ87k&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223&safe=active
(Watch 9:05-14:59)

VIDEO #5 (goes with #4) German Aggression/Appeasement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG2ZkiRw-jw&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223&safe=active
Watch Entire 15 Minutes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBWQUG9S-g4&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223&safe=active
Watch :00-1:55

VIDEO #6 - St. Louis/American Isolationism - Start of WWII
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBWQUG9S-g4&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223&safe=active
Watch 3:40-14:02




Monday, March 11, 2013

Monday APUSH Homework


IC                                             Test - 1920’s / GD / New Deal
HW            Read Ch. 34 “Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War” pgs. 800-810.
                                                                      Hippocampus:
                                                                                                1.     Attempts at Collective Security
2.     Diplomacy of 1930
3.     The Rise of Fascism & Militarism
4.     American Isolationism
5.     The Military Harbingers

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Thursday, March 7th

APUSH - We are working through the Great Depression and the New Deal.  Key Terms Quiz Tomorrow.  Test on Monday.

SS8- Started the 1920's today.

HW - due Monday (Ch. 25 Section 1&2)

Gabby I have cut and pasted the assignment below.  Feel free to complete it on loose leaf paper.

SECTION I:


Guiding Question:

Describe the presidencies of Warren G Harding & Calvin Coolidge.

Topics that should be covered:
1.     Andrew Mellon
2.     Teapot Dome Scandal
3.     Buying on credit
4.     Stock Market
5.     Kellogg-Briand Pact

SECTION II:
Guiding Question:
Deescribe how the new ideas and new products of the 1920’s changed the values and customs of Americans.

Topics that should be covered:
1.     Prohibition
2.     Women
3.     Automobile
4.     Mass culture