Week of 9/2....

Monday 9/2- Labor Day- No classes
Tuesday 9/3-Wed. 9/4- Staff Only- No classes
Thursday 9/5- Opening Day- Class expectations- Brief overview of studying history
Friday 9/6- Using sources- identifying bias, p.o.v, and purpose

Written Assignments:
Summer Assignment- Due Friday 9/6

AP Periods

Begin your journey through US history with the videos, timelines, and primary sources below.

Period 1: 1491-1607

On a North American continent controlled by American Indians, contact among the peoples of Europe, the Americas, and West Africa created a new world. Click here to learn more.

Period 2: 1607-1754

Europeans and American Indians maneuvered and fought for dominance, control, and security in North America, and distinctive colonial and native societies emerged. Click here to learn more.

Period 3: 1754-1800

British imperial attempts to reassert control over its colonies and the colonial reaction to these attempts produced a new American republic, along with struggles over the new nation's social, political, and economic identity. Click here to learn more.

Period 4: 1800-1848

The new republic struggled to define and extend democratic ideals in the face of rapid economic, territorial, and demographic changes.

Period 5: 1844-1877

As the nation expanded and its population grew, regional tensions, especially over slavery, led to a civil war—the course and aftermath of which transformed American society.

Period 6: 1865-1898

The transformation of the United States from an agricultural to an increasingly industrialized and urbanized society brought about significant economic, political, diplomatic, social, environmental, and cultural changes.

Period 7: 1890-1945

An increasingly pluralistic United States faced profound domestic and global challenges, debated the proper degree of government activism, and sought to define its international role.

Period 8: 1945-1980

After World War II, the United States grappled with prosperity and unfamiliar international responsibilities while struggling to live up to its ideals.

Period 9: 1980-Present

As the United States transitioned to a new century filled with challenges and possibilities, it experienced renewed ideological and cultural debates, sought to redefine its foreign policy, and adapted to economic globalization and revolutionary changes in science and technology.

Review Book Link

HW Rubric

Grade	Number Equivalent	How grade is achieved?
4	100	-        The entire task is completed with a great deal of effort. -        Answers are clear with analysis and Synthesis. -        No spelling or grammar errors are made. -        Writing includes appropriate AP vocabulary.
3	80	-        The entire task is completed with a great deal of effort. -        Answers are clear, but lack complete explanation, analysis and synthesis -        Some spelling or grammar errors are made. -        Does not include appropriate AP vocabulary.
2	65	-        Most of the task is completed -        Answers do not meet required analysis and synthesis. -        Answers are somewhat vague, little effort is shown. -        Some spelling or grammar errors are made. -        No effort made to include appropriate AP vocabulary.
1	50	-        Work is completed with minimal effort -        Work is incomplete, answers are vague.  -        Many spelling or grammar errors are made.
0	0	-        No work is handed in. -        No effort was put into the completion of the work. -        Work is plagiarized.

NOTE – ALL LATE HOMEWORK WILL BE REDUCED BY ONE FULL RUBRIC GRADE

Link to DBQ Review

Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States

Good link for American History resources...both primary and secondary

Digital History