HW Week of 9/26/16

Monday Night 9/26: 

WATCH:
  
If you'd like to take notes as you're watching the video, here is a Slideshow to help you take notes. 

Please take notes on slides 3-24 of the presentation below.




For Extra Credit...Watch "America The Story of Us: Revolution (CLICK HERE for the link)," and complete the worksheet (CLICK HERE).  You must do the HW, in order to get credit for the extra credit.  

TUESDAY:  Due 9/28 (Wednesday): 
Using the readings below to  complete the attached worksheet.  
Readings:
The Colonial Period 
American Revolution

Wednesday: Due 9/29/16:
Review Chapter 4 Section 1 in your textbook. 
Complete the Reading Study Guide 

THURSDAY: Due 9/30/16 
Review Chapter 4 Section 2 in your textbook. 
Complete the Reading Study Guide 

Friday: 
DUE 10/5 (Wednesday) 
Begin working on the "Road to Revolution" Video Quest.   This assignment will count as a test. It will be used in place of your LOWEST test grade for the semester.  

1. Start HERE, by carefully reading the directions.  

2. CLICK HERE for the worksheet.  You will click on the links for each video, and answer the questions, THOROUGHLY!!! 

Here is a link to the files you will need to complete the video quest. 

Here is a link to the rubric.  You must print the rubric, and attach it to your project.  

Here is a link to a tutorial video, to help you with the assignment.

HW Assignments week of 9/19/16

Here are your HW assignments for the week of 9/19/2016. Please note that your HW assignments will generally be given at the start of the week, on Sunday night, or Monday morning. Some of the assignments will be due by the next class period. Other assignments may take a little longer. You are responsible for printing any worksheets for the assignments.

MONDAY NIGHT 9/19: Due 9/20 
1.  Watch the video, "European Rivalries, and the French and Indian War." 


Take notes on the presentation below.


Here is a link to the lecture on the above slideshow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBhG4QLqJR8&feature=youtu.be

TUESDAY NIGHT: DUE FRIDAY 9/23/16 

Complete the "French and Indian War Webquest."    You are responsible for printing out the file, and handing it in, on FRIDAY.  

FRIDAY NIGHT: DUE MONDAY 9/26.  

1. Read Chapter 7 of the textbook, We The People.  

2. Define the "Terms to Understand" on p. 61 of the chapter. 

3. Complete the "Lesson Review" Questions on p. 68.  

Summer Assignment Take Home Exam

 CLICK HERE  for the exam.

CLICK HERE for the answer sheet.

You are only responsible for turning in the answer sheet.  The exam is due on Monday, Sept. 19th.

HW Assignments Week of 9/8/16

Hello, Class of 2020!

Thank you for choosing WJPS as your high school.  This is your official class blog, for US History and Government classes.  This is where you will find all of the resources you need for this class, including but not limited to, HW assignments, test prep, videos, and other important material.

Your homework for this week is to complete the summer assignment.  Please pay careful attention to the components of the assignment.  A link below has been provided for you.

http://teslersapush.blogspot.com/2016/06/apush-summer-assignment-2016.html

In addition to the assignment, please print out the student contract.  Review it with your parents, and have them sign it as well.  Please return the contract with your summer assignment.  You will also be responsible for bringing in the classroom supplies.

The due date for the assignment, contract, and classroom supplies is Sept. 13th, 2016.

HW Assignments Week of 9/12/16

Hello, All:

Here are your HW assignments for the week of 9/12/2016.   Please note that your HW assignments will generally be given at the start of the week, on Sunday night, or Monday morning.  Some of the assignments will be due by the next class period.   Other assignments may take a little longer.  You are responsible for printing any worksheets for the assignments.

TUESDAY NIGHT:  DUE WEDNESDAY 9/14/16.  
1.  Watch the video below.  If you'd like to see a slideshow of the information contained, CLICK HERE.    You can also use Chapter 1 of the AMSCO book to help you with the material.


2.  Please take notes on slides 3-7 of the slideshow shown below:

3.  Based on the information in the video above, as well as your notes, please complete page 1 of the review worksheet.

WEDNESDAY:  DUE FRIDAY 9/16 
1. Watch the THREE  videos below.  Each video is about 10-12 minutes.  The slideshows that correspond to each video are listed below as well.  
CLICK HERE FOR A SLIDESHOW OF THE SOUTHERN COLONIES VIDEO
CLICK HERE FOR THE SLIDESHOW OF THE NEW ENGLAND/MIDDLE COLONIES VIDEO
CLICK HERE FOR THE SLIDESHOW OF THE ENGLISH COLONIAL SOCIETY VIDEO


2.  Please take notes on slides 9-24 of the review slideshow, from Monday night's HW.  

Complete the questions on pages 2-4 of the worksheet. 

FRIDAY:  DUE MONDAY 9/19/16

COMPLETE YOUR TAKE-HOME TEST on the SUMMER ASSIGNMENT.  YOU ARE ONLY TURNING IN THE ANSWER SHEET.  YOUR WORK WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED IF IT IS COMPLETED ON THE ANSWER SHEET.  

USH Final Review Packet

Hello, All:

CLICK HERE for a link to your Regents Review Packet.    You may choose to print a copy of it.

You will have until FRIDAY to complete the packet.  You will be working on it in class, and at home.

Use all of the resources on this blog, your textbook, the internet, etc., to complete it.  It's your responsibility to do so.  If you complete this entire packet, there is a very good chance that you will be able to pass the Regents!

Here's a final review packet! 

For those of you who'd like to a little musical help while studying, check out the links below.  These are great!

HW 5/25/16-5/30/16

Wednesday
1. Please obtain a set of index cards. Preferably, one that is spiral bound
2. CLICK on the List of Important terms and concepts for the Regents Exam. By FRIDAY, you are expected to have completed the first TEN terms and concepts by tomorrow; from the "Affirmative Action," to "Cold War" If you have the small, blue Regents review book, the numbers in parentheses indicate where you can find that information. For EACH term, you should

• Identify its meaning
• Time and Place it took place
• Why it's important 

There will be quizzes each day, based on the previous night's terms.  

Thursday:  

Complete on index cards, "Cuban Missile Crisis," to "Grange Movement"

Friday: DUE TUESDAY 5/31/16 

On index cards, complete "Great Compromise," to "Third Parties" 

Wednesday 6/1/16: 

Complete the remainder of the terms, "Truman Doctrine" to "World War II" 

Regents Review Materials

Review Slideshows Foundations of Gov't The Constitution Tested 1789-1865 (Civil War) Reconstruction Industrialization Progressivism WWI 1920's Great Depression to WWII Cold War Vietnam Civil Rights

HW Week of 5/23/16

Hello, All:

Here is your HW for the week of 5/23/16
1.  WATCH

2.  READ "The Vietnam War." 

3.  TAKE NOTES 

4.  COMPLETE - "The Vietnam War Years" 

Notes and the worksheet will be collected.  No Notes = Incomplete assignment 

TUESDAY: 

1.  Watch 

2. Complete CIVIL RIGHTS TAKE HOME QUIZ 

Classwork 5/20/16

Here is your assignment

DBQ
August 2014 - Please complete documents 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, and document 3 

August 2006 - Please complete documents 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, and 7

HW Week of 5/16

Hello, All:

Here are your HW assignments for the week of 5/16

MONDAY NIGHT: 
1.  Watch 

2.  Complete the attached worksheet 

Wednesday Night 

Watch the following Hip Hughes Videos 

The Cold War 1/1

The Cold War 2/2

The Cold War 3/3

The Cold War 4/4

Complete the worksheets in the folder

FRIDAY NIGHT: 
Complete a TAKE HOME TEST on the Cold War 
CLICK HERE for the answer sheet.  You must complete the answers on the answer sheet.  Points will be deducted for your failure to do so! 

HW Week of 5/9/16

Hello, All:

Here are your HW assignments for the remainder of the week, of 5/9/16.

Review the video "WWII"

Complete the attached question sheet.  

FRIDAY: 

DUE MONDAY 

Complete the TAKE-HOME TEST on WWII.  If you do not hand in the exam on Monday, you will receive a ZERO! 

Answer the questions on the attached answer sheet.  

Wednesday Night: 

Watch: 

    

COMPLETE:

The Cold War at Home

The Cold War Heats Up

Origins of the Cold War 

Thursday 5/19: 

Watch: 

Review "The Cold War Heats Up" 

Complete pp. 2-4 of the attached worksheet 

HW 5/5/16 and 5/6/16

Hello, All:

Here is your HW for May 5, 2016.

1.  Review your notes from today's lecture.


2.  Watch the following HipHughes Video

3.  Complete the following worksheets: 

The Roaring Twenties 

Life During the 1920's 

The Jazz Age 

DUE FRIDAY 5/6.  Please note that late work will not be accepted. 

FRIDAY 5/6:

1. Finish taking notes on slides 17-32 of the slideshow above.
2. Please complete the 1920's/1930's DBQ 

DBQ Assignment

CLICK HERE

Your team MUST complete BEOP!!! No Exceptions!

HW 4/21/16

Hello, All:

Here is your HW for tonight, 4/21/16.

1.  Take notes on the following slideshow.  Your notes must be HANDWRITTEN.  Printing out the slideshow, DOES NOT COUNT!


2.  Complete the following worksheets:
1.  World War I Begins
2.  The Home Front 

Friday:
Begin working on the Spring Break Assignment.

Classwork 4/19/16 - Imperialism Station Assignment

Station 1 - The Open Door Policy:  
1. According to the Open Door Policy, what does the United States ask of the Chinese government?

2. How would the U.S. government probably feel about nations, which expected China to grant special trading rights and legal privileges to their citizens?

3. What factors might have influenced the U.S. government to take this position while most European governments did NOT believe that all nations should receive equal access to China?

Station 2 - The Roosevelt Corollary
1. Under what circumstances would Roosevelt feel that the U.S. should intervene in Latin American affairs?

2. How did Roosevelt justify this intervention?

3. What do you think Roosevelt meant when he said that the U.S. should "carry a big stick?"

4. How does the cartoonist suggest that Roosevelt would gain the cooperation of Latin American countries?

5. Why is Roosevelt throwing dirt on Bogotá (the capital of Colombia)?

Station 3: Taft's "Dollar Diplomacy" 
1. What did Taft believe the U.S. government's main priority should be in its dealings with Latin American nations?

 2. How did Taft's approach to relations with Latin America differ from Teddy Roosevelt's?

3. What role do you think the author believed the U.S. could play in Latin America?

4. What attitude do you think most Latin Americans had toward U.S. actions in their nations?

Station 4: Wilson's "Moral Diplomacy"
1. How did Wilson want to change U.S. policy toward Latin America?

2. What message do you think the photographer was trying to send about American involvement in Latin America when he took this picture?

3. What does this picture reveal about the overall success of Wilson's "Moral Diplomacy" in Latin America?

Station 5: Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Good Neighbor Policy"
1. How does FDR believe the United States government should behave toward Latin America?

2. What probably caused the "resentment and fear" that FDR speaks of?

3. What assumptions does this advertisement make about the relations between the U.S. and Panamanians such the ones depicted here?

4. What American beliefs or stereotypes about Latin America does this ad use to help sell Coca Cola?

HW 4/18/16

Hello, All:
HW:
1.  Complete HANDWRITTEN NOTES on Slides 26-39 of the slideshow from Friday's HW. 
2.  REVIEW the Video "America Becomes a World Power" 
3.  Complete the Imperialism Study Guide

Classwork 4/15/16

CLICK HERE for the document, "Views of Imperialism" 

Carefully read the document.   Then, answer the questions on the LEFT side of the following worksheet.  

DUE BEOP!!!

HW Tonight 4/15/16

Hello, All:

Here's your HW for 4/15/16.

Take notes on slides 2-26 of the presentation (there's lots of pictures).


Watch the video below.
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America in the 20th Century America Becomes a World Power from Mike Tesler on Vimeo.

Complete the attached worksheet. 

If you don't finish your assignment in class, please finish it for HW.

We will review the assignment on MONDAY! 

Classwork/HW 4/14/16

Hello, All:

In the event that you were unable to finish the assignment for class, today, I've enclosed a link to the chapter, below.

The assignment is on page 544 of the chapter.

You're responsible for:
1. Copying the visual summary
2. Completing the "Terms and Names"
3. Answering the "Main Idea" Questions 1-7

CLICK HERE for the link to the Chapter.    Please also use your notes from class, the videos, and all of the previous assignments to help you!