LEQs

Hello all.  LEQs have been graded and recorded on pupil path.  Overall, they were very good.  As a group, you clearly showed proof of your knowledge and understanding of America Antebellum.  There was a vast improvement in contextualization and the wording of defensible claims.  So "good job"!  Some overall findings for improvement include:

• stay in sequence, especially with a causation claim.  Chronology is key and many of you wrote out of sequence which upsets the fluidity of the response.
• all evidence must be directly analytically linked to your claim.  This is the most important task for a free response.
• context is necessary for some specific facts.  Example: For this response, any discussion focusing on Fugitive Slave Act must be introduced with the Compromise of 1850.
• remember to capitalize ALL proper nouns...this includes names, laws, states, etc.

Rubric is as follows:

6- 105, 5-100, 4-90, 3-80, 2-70.  If there was no defensible claim presented it is recorded temporarily as a 60.  It can be re-written for more credit.

Happy New Year!!!!  I will share with you my main goal for 2020....Do more.  That's what I want for me...I can always "do more".  What do you want for 2020?  See you Thursday!!!!

Happy Holidays!

Thank you for a rewarding first 4 months. 

Happy Holidays!!!

12/18-1/3....

Packet # 10-The Civil War- 1861-1865
Period 5- 1844-1877
Textbook- Chapter 13

Learning Focus: How and why did the Union win the Civil War?

Lessons/Class Discussions:
12/18- LEQ Assessment- Main Theme: Sectionalism and Slavery; Historical Reasoning Skill: Causation
12/19-12/20-  The Start of the War: Goals, Strategies, and Technology- packet 2-8, text 400-405
HW 24- Due 12/20- Answer QUESTION p. 8 packet

Winter/Holiday Break 12/23-1/1- No Classes

Winter Break Assignment: 

Goal is to complete the unit during the break, which includes reading and annotating the packet, pp. 9-23.  Use the guiding questions to aid in your understanding.  Also, complete Chapter 13 in text for additional data.  Keep in mind the overall learning focus when reading and note taking.  Additionally, set up a pacing schedule for yourselves.  Put aside blocks of time during the 10 days so that you do not leave it all for January 1.  This is much to much to handle in a day's work.  If there were classes, we would complete several pages per day.  Break it down into THREE components:

1. Expansion of Lincoln's War powers, including the Emancipation Proclamation, and impact on Union chances- Was Lincoln justified?
2. The Necessity of Total War- case study: Sherman's March- and impact on Union chances
3. The Costs of War- Was it worth it?

Written Assignment Due January 2: Complete the Writing Assignment on p. 24.  I am expecting maximum effort and several pieces of historical evidence to complete both parts of the task.

1/2-1/3- Focus will be on Lincoln's war powers and the impact of Emancipation Proclamation.

Happy Holidays!!!

Happy New Year!!!

 

  

UPDATE...

The LEQ will be pushed until Wednesday December 18.  This will give a little more leeway to complete the unit.  The new packet and new unit will be started on Thursday December 19.  At that time the blog will be updated through January 2.  By weeks end I'll give possible themes and topics to focus on for LEQ.  It will come from Period 4 and/or the first part of Period 5.

Quiz Answers

Version A:

1. B
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. C
7. A
8. B
9. C
10. B
11. D
12. A
13. A
14. C
15. A
16. B
17. D
18. C
19. B
20. B
21. D
22. C
23. C
24. B
25. A

Version B:

1. C
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. C
8. C
9. A
10. C
11. D
12. B
13. A
14. A
15. A
16. C
17. B
18. B
19. B
20. C
21. D
22. C
23. B
24. D
25. C

AP Fair

AP Fair- Friday December 13- Gym 2

I'm looking for volunteers for the following:

• 2 students per period (2-9) to volunteer to work the information table and answer questions about the APUSH course.  ONLY 2 per period so it will be first come first serve for volunteers.  I need to know by Monday.
• A small committee of students to create a Tri-Fold that represents the course.  I have tri-folds.  Again, I need to know by Monday. 

All student volunteers will receive extra credit.

Thank you in advance.
 

12/4-12/17.....

Packet # 9- Sectionalism/Road to the Civil War- 1850s
Period 5- 1844-1877
Textbook- Chapter 8, pp. 248-257, Chapter 10, pp. 320-324, Chapter 12

Learning Focus: What were the main issues, events, and debates that led to the inevitability of secession and war, and the continuity of slavery as the main divisive issue.

Lessons/Class Discussions:
12/4- Manifest Destiny- Contextualization for Civil War
12/5-12/6- Impact of the Expansion of Slavery and "King Cotton", packet 2-7, text 248-257
12/9- Causation- The Abolitionist Movement, packet 8-11, text 320-324
12/10- California and the Compromise of 1850: The First Domino Falls, packet 12-14, text 368-378
12/11-12/12- Road to Secession: Was it Inevitable?, packet 15-22. text 376-389
12/13- The Election of 1860- The Catalyst to Secession, packet 23-24, text 389-391
12/16- The Secession Crisis and the Coming of War, packet 25-28, text 391-396
12/17- LEQ Assessment- (more info to follow)

Written Assignments:
HW 21- Due 12/5- packet read pp. 2-7, answer questions 1-5, p. 7
HW 22- Due 12/9- packet read pp. 8-11, text pp. 32-324, answer TASK on p. 11
HW 23- Due 12/16- Answer the SUMMARY question on p. 28 in packet

On Dec 18, you will receive the Civil War packet and the blog will be updated through January 2.

On a personal note, thank you for being a responsive audience as Eleanor told her story.  She will return sometime next month to talk to the Period 9 class.  Her is the link to her blog:

Eleanor's Blog