Fenster's Creatively-Named Web Site
APUSH
 
 
 
Home
Me!
Family
Writing
APUSH
Gov't
Alumni
World Tour
Links
Forums
 

I, this web site, do hereby proclaim that I am your friend.  You may not like me -- after all, I keep reminding you of all this WORK that you have to do.  But you can count on me.  I will provide reminders about homework and projects that are due, upcoming tests and quizzes, and I offer a plethora of useful links for you.  Get to know me! 


CLASS SCHEDULE

Go to last week's info

 

MAY 29-JUNE 2
Monday
NO SCHOOL - MEMORIAL DAY

None

Tuesday

FILM: Primary Colors

P498-513

Wednesday
FILM: Primary Colors
Decades Dinner in Commons at 7 p.m.
Thursday
Library: Decades Dinner QUIZ

Friday

FILM: Primary Colors

None

 

JUNE 5-9
Monday
Discussion:
The Comeback Kid

None

Tuesday

Discussion:
Scandal and Legacy

None

Wednesday
QUIZ:
Bush 41 + Clinton
None
Thursday
Group Work:
Primary Colors Projects
Primary Colors Projects

Friday

Panel Discussion:
Primary Colors Projects

None


JUNE 12-16
Monday
Review for Finals

None

Tuesday

Review for Finals

None

Wednesday
Review for Finals
None
Thursday
FINAL: Period 1

Friday

FINALS: Periods 2 and 3

 

JUNE 19-23
Monday
FINALS: Periods 4/5 and 7/8

Tuesday

FINALS: Periods 9 and 10

Wednesday
Last Day!
Thursday
NO SCHOOL

Friday

NO SCHOOL


OLD STUFF

SEPTEMBER 5-9
Monday
NO SCHOOL - LABOR DAY

Tuesday

NO SCHOOL - IN-SERVICE

Wednesday
Introductions
Collect Summer Work
Rules & Regulations
P201-209 + Handout
for Friday
Thursday
610-616 Q5

Friday

Discussion: Robber Barons

616-624 Q6


SEPTEMBER 12-16
Monday
Group Work: Immigration Documents

None

Tuesday

Readings: Homestead Strike

636-644 Q6

Wednesday
None
Thursday
How to:
Presidential Essay
Document Based Questions
648-673 Q10 due Monday (20 points)
TR Essay due 9/29

Friday

Immigration DBQ Outline

P192-196

 

SEPTEMBER 19-23
Monday

P196-201

Tuesday

Discussion: Gilded Age Legacy

Internet Journal

Wednesday
Jeopardy Review
None
Thursday
QUIZ
708-728 Q15 (30 points)
due Wednesday

Friday

DVD: Teddy Roosevelt
Vowell Reading

None


 
SEPTEMBER 26-30
Monday
Lecture: Progressive Overview

Sarah Vowell Reading

Tuesday

Readings: 259-282

1908 Simulation Roles

P259-282

Wednesday
Library: Roosevelt Essay + 1908 Simulation
None
Thursday
Library: Roosevelt Essay + 1908 Simulation
TR Essay

Friday

TR Discussion

Bio Papers +
Candidate Speeches


OCTOBER 3-7
Monday
Candidate Speeches + Rankings

Member Speeches

Tuesday

NO SCHOOL - ROSH HASHANAH

None

Wednesday

Member Speeches
None
Thursday
Labor & Economic Platforms
None

Friday

Political & Social Platforms

728-741 Q10 (20 points)
due Tuesday


OCTOBER 10-14
Monday
Convention:
Speeches, Q&A,
Lobbying & Nomination

Papers due Monday

Tuesday

PPT: Succeeding TR

Internet Journal

Wednesday

QUIZ (Progressives)

None
Thursday
NO SCHOOL -YOM KIPPUR
None

Friday

PPT: Expansionism +
3: Spanish-American War

Handout: Chief Danger + White Man's Burden

682-689 Q5



 
OCTOBER 17-21
Monday
IN SCHOOL FIELD TRIP

689-700 Q6

Tuesday

Library: Foreign Policy
- The Philippines, Panama Canal, China

History Lesson Reading

Wednesday
Foreign Policy Forum
Internet Journal
Thursday

QUIZ

None

Friday

World War I Introduction

744-754 Q6

OCTOBER 24-28
Monday
Library: Summer 1914 Group Work

None

Tuesday

Discussion: Causes of War

None

Wednesday
FILM: Paths of Glory
754-759 Q4
Thursday
FILM: Paths of Glory
759-766 Q4

Friday

"Day One"

None


OCTOBER 31- NOVEMBER 4
Monday
"Day Two"

None

Tuesday

PPT: From Neutrality to War

766-771 Q4

Wednesday
"Day Three"
Propaganda Reading
Thursday

Discussion: Propaganda

Dulce Et Decorum Est

None

Friday

"Day Four"

None


NOVEMBER 7-11
Monday
Election Preview +
Summer 1914 Group Work

None

Tuesday

NO SCHOOL - ELECTION DAY

None

Wednesday

IN SCHOOL FIELD TRIP (Periods 2 and 3)

Election Wrap-Up

None
Thursday

NO SCHOOL - TEACHERS' CONVENTION

None

Friday

NO SCHOOL - TEACHERS' CONVENTION

None

NOVEMBER 14-18
Monday

771-775 Q4

Tuesday

Lecture: Versailles & Beyond

Map + Logic Puzzle (EC)

Wednesday

DVD: Wilson +
Review for Test

Internet Journal
Thursday

GROUP TEST

784-793 Q6

Friday

Group Work: Harlem Renaissance & Lost Generation

793-804 Q6

NOVEMBER 21-25
Monday

VIDEO: The 1920s

None

Tuesday

PPT: Roaring 20s!

780-784 Q4

Wednesday

Lecture: Intolerance and Unrest

None
Thursday
NO SCHOOL - THANKSGIVING
None

Friday

NO SCHOOL - THANKSGIVING

None

 

NOVEMBER 28-DECEMBER 2
Monday

Group Work: Palmer Raids and Sacco & Vanzetti

None

Tuesday

Group Work: Ku Klux Klan and Prohibition

804-811 Q5

Wednesday
None
Thursday
FILM: Inherit the Wind
Mr. Bates Handout

Friday

Discussion: Stock Market Crash

None


DECEMBER 5-9
Monday
Jeopardy Review

No Internet Journal

Tuesday

TEST