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Homework for the week of
January 25
Homework for the week of
February 1
Homework for the week of
February 8
Homework for the week of
February 15
Homework for the week of
February 22
Homework for the week of
March 1
January 25 -
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War
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APUSH
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Monday
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Test
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Test
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OUTLINE
Due
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| Tuesday |
1.
Read p. 333 – 345 (to “The Office of the President”) Skip the green box on pp. 340-341
2. Answer
questions 1 – 7
3. Make
sure that you bring your little Constitutions to class
every day for this unit.
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Battle Plan Due
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1.
Dpwm;pad and read the Progressive Party’s 1912 platform
and mark P for items that were part of the Populist agenda,
W for items achieved in Wilson’s presidency, and X for
those that weren’t achieved during the Progressive Era.
2.Fill
out the chart on Progressive Reforms with as many examples
as you can
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| Wednesday |
1.
Read p. 345 – 354 in the textbook.
Think about the generalizations that the book makes
about the leadership styles of the different presidents.
2.
Answer questions 8 - 10
2.
Start learning the list of presidents and the handout
on the Executive Office.
There are flashcard quizzes on my website that
you can use to study.
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1. You will read either
A. p. 282 – 293 (to “Kentuckians…) and answer questions
1 – 4 OR
B. 293 – 307 and answer questions 5 - 7 OR
C. p. 308 – 321 and answer questions 8 – 10
Please write out detailed answers so that you can
share them with others.
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1.
Read p. 583 - 587
2.
Read p. 144- 149 in the Documents book
2.
Answer questions 9 - 12
3.
Read the Packet on the Women’s Suffrage Movement and make
a list of arguments for and against women’s suffrage
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| Thursday |
You
should have watched news coverage of the State of the
Union and answered the questions
on the handout
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1.
Read p. 339 – 350 and the handout on the Battle of First
Bull Run
2. Fill out the worksheet on First Bull Run
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1.
Read p. 608 - 615
2.
Answer questions 1 – 6 for Chapter 21
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| Friday |
1.
Read p. 354 – 360 (to “Executive Privilege”)
2.
Check out these websites and play around with looking
at the individual presidents at the WSJ site and with
comparing presidents at the USA Today site.
Scroll down for the Rasmussen site to see the graph
and you can click where it says “See trends” for more
detailed information.
WSJ:
Presidential Approval Ratings
USA
Today: Presidential Approval Tracker
Rasmussen
Reports: Presidential Approval Index
Gallup:
Polarization of presidents
3.
Answer questions 11 - 14
4.
Read your assigned article and make summary or outline
of the main points as you prepare to explain the main
points to your partner. a) Richard Neustadt
p. 199 OR b) Arthur Schlesinger p. 205 OR c) Kenneth Mayer
p. 231
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1. Read p. 321 – 338
2. Answer questions 11 – 15
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1.
Read p. 616 - 624
2.
Answer questions 7 - 8
3.
Download and read the documents on annexing the Philippines and make a list of arguments
for and against annexing the Philippines. Be prepared for a mini-debate
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February 1 - 5
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War
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APUSH
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Monday
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SNOW DAY
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SNOW DAY
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SNOW DAY
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| Tuesday |
SNOW
DAY
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SNOW
DAY
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SNOW
DAY
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| Wednesday |
1.
Read p. 360 – 372
2.
Go to my website on the Lesson Units page and download
the handout on the “Imperial Presidency”
3.
Answer questions 15 – 22
4.
Keep studying for the quiz
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1. Read p. 350 – 368.
2. Answer questions 16 - 20
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1.
Read p. 624 – 634
2.
Answer questions 9 – 12
3.
Finish filling in the Foreign Policy chart
4.
Presidential Charts Due
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| Thursday |
1.
Quiz on presidents, elections, and cabinet offices
2. Read
the green box on page 340-41 and make sure you understand
how it works and the arguments for and against it.
3. Go
to my weblinks page to the
links to arguments for and against the Electoral College.
http://tinyurl.com/86yb6o
Pick
at least five articles for your assigned side of the debate. Come up with at least seven arguments for
your side. Be prepared
for the debate
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1.
Geography Quiz
2.
Read p. 423 – 427 and p. 461-477
3.
Fill in the worksheet on the Peninsular Campaign and the
Seven Days Battles
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| Friday |
1.
Quiz on presidents, elections, and cabinet offices
2. Read
the green box on page 340-41 and make sure you understand
how it works and the arguments for and against it.
3. Go
to my weblinks page to the
links to arguments for and against the Electoral College.
http://tinyurl.com/86yb6o
Pick
at least five articles for your assigned side of the debate. Come up with at least seven arguments for
your side. Be prepared
for the debate
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College
Admissions Activity
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February 8 - 12
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War
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APUSH
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Monday
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1.
Read p. 375 - 389 on The Bureaucracy
2.
Answer Questions 1 - 6 on The Bureaucracy
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1.
Read p. 378 – 391.
2.
Answer questions 21 - 23
1.
Read p. 428 - 437
2.
Answer questions 1- 2
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DBQ
Due
Test
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| Tuesday |
1. Read p. 389
– 401
2.
Answer questions 7– 11
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1.
Read p. 437 - 453
2.
Answer questions 4-5
3.
Start reviewing for the test
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1.
Read p. 640 - 645
2.
Answer questions 1 - 2
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| Wednesday |
1.
Read Hugh Helco on p. 249 in
the Readings Book
2.
Make a list of all the ways that the bureaucracy can sabotage
the political appointees and ways that the appointee can
deal with such sabotage.
3.
Go to my website and download the article, “Bureaucracy:
What Government Agencies Do and Why They Do It” by James
Q. Wilson. Then read the article
4.
Make a list of the reasons why the federal bureaucracy
works the way it does according to Wilson
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Test on the First Year of
the War
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1.
Read p. 645 -655
2.
Answer questions 3 - 5
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| Thursday |
Test
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Presentation
on Shiloh
Work
on your homework for Friday
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1.
Read p. 655 – 663
2.
Read Wilson’s Fourteen Points in the Docs book p. 203-203
3.
Look at Articles 10, 11, 231, and 232 from the Treaty
of Versailles p. 205-206
3.
Answer questions 6 – 10
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| Friday |
Flex Day
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Flex Day
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Flex Day
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February 15 -
19
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War
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APUSH
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Monday
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1.
Read Federalist No. 78 excerpts on p. 283-287 of the Readings book and make summarizing
notes on paper or in the margins
2.
Read the Antifederalist paper, Brutus: No. 15 – the link
is on my Lesson Units page
3.
Read p. 414 – 417 in the textbook.
4.
Answer questions 1 – 4.
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1.
Read p. 490-510
2.
Answer questions 1 – 9
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1.
Read p. 663 – 667 and 670 - 679
2.
Answer questions 11 - 12 (from chapter 22) and questions
1 – 3 (from chapter 23)
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| Tuesday |
1.
Read p. 403 – 414 and
417 - 422
2.
Read the handout on the Warren through Rehnquist courts
3.
Answer questions 5 - 12
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1.
Read p. 546 – 567
2.
Answer questions 10 – 17
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1.
Read p. 679 – 691
2.
Answer questions 4 - 10
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| Wednesday |
1.
In the Readings book, read p. 302-308 from David Yalof’s article, Pursuit of Justice.
2.
Read the handout on judicial nominations.
You should particularly be familiar with what happened
with the nominations of these candidates to the Supreme
Court.
3.
Go to Wikipedia and read about the Supreme Court nominations
and confirmations of John Roberts, Samuel Alito,
and Sonia Sotomayor.
4.
Answer questions 13 and 14
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Presentation
on Second Manassas
Work
on HW for next week
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1.
In the Documents book, read the documents on
p. 202 Help us to Help
p. 211 Race Riot
p. 213 Returning Soldiers
p. 227 KKK Statement of Principles
2.
In the packet of readings, read the poetry and the Langston
Hughes “When the Negro Was in Vogure”
3.
Make margin notes for all the readings and try to figure
out what you can learn about the era from these passages.
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| Thursday |
2.
Read p. 422 – 431
3.
Answer questions 15 - 18
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Presentation
on Antietam
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1.
Read the rest of the packet of material plus the following
documents in the Docs book from the 20s and try to conclude
what each entry says about the period.
As you read, list the cultural contrasts exemplified
by each reading and highlight the parts of each document
that relate to those conflicts.
2.
In the Documents book, read the documents on
p. 221 The Man Nobody Knows
p. 222 Middletown
p. 229 Scopes Trial
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| Friday |
Flex Day
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Flex Day
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Flex Day
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February 22 -
26
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War
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APUSH
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Monday
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1.
Read the excerpt from William H. Rehnquist, The Supreme
Court
2.
Read the excerpt from William J. Brennan, How the Supreme
Court Arrives at Decisions
3.
Answer questions 19 – 20
4.
Go to here
and here
and take the interactive quiz that determines which judicial
philosophy you have by comparing your philosophy with
that of a Supreme Court Justice
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1.
Read the article on The Emancipation Proclamation by Allen
Guelzo and make margin notes on the arguments he makes to
defend Lincoln’s Proclamation.
2.
Answer questions 18 -19
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1.
List all the cultural conflicts of the period
2.
Presidential Charts Due
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| Tuesday |
1.
Read the article by David O’Brien, Storm
Center, p. 291-296 in the Readings book
2.
Take margin notes on the Supreme Court as an institution
that makes policy
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Presentation
on Perryville
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DBQ
due
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| Wednesday |
Work
on your HW for Thurs..
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Presentation
on Fredericksburg
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Test
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| Thursday |
1.
Read the summary of Antonin
Scalia’s speech
2.
Read the article by Laurence H. Tribe on “The myth of
Strict Constructionism”
3a.
Outline the points in both articles.
3b.
Write a one-two page (double-spaced, typed) response to
the following question: Which approach do you think judges
should use in interpreting the Constitution and why do
you think so? Support
your argument with real life examples, Constitutional
arguments, or history. Which article do you agree with
more and why? Which arguments do you find most persuasive
and why? You will be handing both your outline and response
in for a grade.
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Presentation
on Stones River
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| Friday |
Test
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Presentation
on Chancellorsville
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March 1 - 8
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War
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APUSH
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Monday
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To
prepare for the review game, write down one question for
each of the following battles: Shiloh, Second Manassas, Antietam, Perryville, Fredericksburg, Stones River, and Chancellorsville
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Test
- Go to the Language Lab
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