Mr. Anderson's AP US history. Recommended Teacher Resources for AP US History | There is no shortage of material for AP US History teachers to rely on as they develop their courses. This page does not attempt to summarize every resource available to teachers. Instead, it focuses on 4 key resources recommended for AP US History teachers. These resources are as follows: 1. Reasoning with Democratic Values, Volumes 1 and 2, by Lockwood and Harris. These books provide short (~10 page) readings on a wide range of historical topics. 2. 3. 4. 4 1/2. Like this: Like Loading... AP US History Lesson Database | Dozens of recommended lessons and resources are listed below.
The lessons are organized chronologically by unit. Some lessons are available to download in full directly on this site, while others require finding the sources provided. Contact us at resources@effective-educator.com if you’re looking for something in particular that isn’t listed below, or if you have questions about how to use these lessons in the classroom. Unit 1: The American Colonies What Happened to Roanoke? (see Kevin O’Reilly’s Critical Thinking in United States History)How Accurate is Disney’s Pocahontas? Pocahontas LessonThe Labor Problem at Jamestown (see edited version of Edmund Morgan’s original article in Graebner and Richard’s American Record) Jamestown Reading QuestionsAmerica’s Most Wanted: Runaway Slaves and Indentured Servants in Colonial America (see Chapter 3 of Brown and Shannon’s Going to the Source) Runaway Advertisements ChartWhat Caused the Salem Witch Trials?
Unit 3: The Early Republic Jefferson v. Clintondale High School - Class Content. Love-Jackson, Angela / AP US History Course of Study - Spring Semester. AP US History Course of Study Spring Semester Unit 6 - Modern Emerges – (approx. 3 weeks) Thematic Questions: In what ways were the average Americans able to obtain a say in business and government.? Main Text: Chapters 17 – 20 & 22 – 23 Readings:Reader (Volume 2) Chapters 2 – 4: Fair Wages (by a Striker); The Recent Strikes (President of the Pennsylvania Railroad); From Strikers, Communists, Tramps & Detectives (Allen Pinkerton); A Declaration of Protest in the Name of American Manhood (Samuel Gompers); The Great Uprising (Mary H.
The Gospel of Wealth (Andrew Carnegie) Theodore Roosevelt on Indians the Cross of Gold speech (William ) Opposing Viewpoints, “Jim Crow and Black Response” (Washington, DuBois) Turner, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History” (excerpt) “The Triangle Fire” (Schneiderman) Essay: Trace the development of Jim Crow Laws from slave laws & black codes and the response of the African American with the creation of the NAACP Discussion Topics: Activities: v. APUSH. Media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/apcentral/ap13_us history_q3. Davidlakin.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/social-movements-of-the-19th-century-journal-project.pdf. A More Perfect Union - Home. APUSHReview | Your total resource for Advanced Placement United States History Review.
Www.scott.k12.ky.us/userfiles/1339/Classes/2659/AP US Hist.pdf. Sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/apushamsco.pdf. Advanced Placement U.S. History Lessons. Introduction | Encounters and Beginnings | Colonial North America | American Revolutionary Era | The Early Republic | Antebellum America: Transformation of Politics | Antebellum America: Transformation of Economy & Society | Crisis of the Union | The Civil War | Reconstruction | Industrial America, Late Nineteenth Century | Emergence of America as World Power | New Era: 1920s | FDR, Great Depression, and New Deal | Second World War | Cold War | Turbulent 1960s | United States in Post-Cold War World EDSITEment, from the National Endowment for the Humanities is a partnership with the National Trust for the Humanities, and the Verizon Foundation, which brings online humanities resources directly to the classroom through exemplary lesson plans and student activities.
EDSITEment develops APUSH level lessons based on primary source documents that cover the most frequently taught topics and themes in American history. Transatlantic Encounters and Colonial Beginnings Colonial North America. A history teacher's brilliant idea. A Minnesota teacher used "March Madness" style brackets to get his kids talking about heroes such as Martin Luther King.Jr. A history teacher started using a "March Madness" style tournament to involve studentsWilliam Bennett says Josh Hoekstra injected excitement into historyStudents were required to pick the person they think best embodies courage in U.S. historyBennett: Hoestra prepares his students for more than a test; he prepares them for life Editor's note: William J. Bennett, a CNN contributor, is the author of "The Book of Man: Readings on the Path to Manhood.
" He was U.S. secretary of education from 1985 to 1988 and director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy under President George H.W. (CNN) -- In a typical, unassuming classroom at Rosemount High School in the suburbs of Minneapolis, U.S. history teacher Josh Hoekstra had a very novel idea about how the subject is taught. The 39-year-old husband and father of three has been teaching U.S. history for 13 years. AP US Main Page. Point Loma High School. Www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/paintbranchhs/departments/ap/APUS_Fall_Syllabus_2011.pdf. Media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/ap/2012advances/12b_5353_AP_US_Hist_CF_WEB_120910.pdf.
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