Weekly Post-September 25th

APUSH
This week, we will continue learning about the American Revolution. We will look at the escalating tensions that lead to war. Vocabulary Quiz Friday
1. Benedict Arnold
2. Charles Townshend
3. Daughters of Liberty
4. Declaration of Independence
5. Declaratory Act
6. Ethan Allen
7. George Rogers Clark
8. Hessians
9. Intolerable Acts
10. John Adams
11. John Hancock
12. John Paul Jones
13. King George III  
14. Mercantilism
15. Pontiac
16. Privateering
17. Quartering Act  
18. Royal Veto
19. Samuel Adams  
20. Sons of Liberty
21. Stamp Act
22. Stamp Act Congress  
23. Sugar Act
24. Townshend Acts
25. William Howe

US History
This week, we will continue learning about the American Revolution. We will look at fighting the war and post-war national development. Unit 1 Common Assessment October 5th Vocabulary Quiz Friday 
Week 7
1. Alexander Hamilton
2. Articles of Confederation
3. Great Compromise
4. James Madison
5. Land Ordinance of 1785
6. Northwest Ordinance of 1787
7. Shays’ Rebellion
8. Treaty of Paris, 1783
9. Valley Forge
10. Yorktown

Recent US History 
This week, we will continue learning about the Vietnam War. We will look at the impact on American society. Vocabulary Quiz Friday
Week 7
1. Détente
2. Executive Privilege
3. Grenada Invasion
4. International Economy
5. Iran Hostage Crisis
6. MIRVs
7. OPEC
8. SALT
9. Strategic Defense Initiative
10. Twenty-Sixth Amendment

Weekly Post for September 18th

APUSH
We will begin Period III (1754-1800) this week. We will look at Anglo-French Imperial competition in North America. This will give way to colonial rebellion. Vocabulary Quiz Friday Read Chs 6-7 in The American Pageant

1. 1st Continental Congress
2. 2nd Continental Congress
3. Albany Congress
4. Association
5. Baron Von Steuben  
6. Boston Tea Party
7. Charles Cornwallis  
8. Edward Braddock
9. French and Indian War
10. George Grenville
11. George Washington  
12. James Wolfe
13. Lord North
14. Marquis de Lafayette
15. Nathanael Greene
16. Navigation Acts
17. No Taxation w/o Representation
18. Patrick Henry  
19. Proclamation of 1763
20. Quebec Act
21. The Boards of Trade
22. Thomas Jefferson
23. Thomas Paine  
24. Tories
25. William Pitt

US History
We will continue studying the American Revolution. We will look at actions and reactions between the British government and the rebellious colonists.Vocabulary Quiz Friday
Week 6 Vocabulary
1. Francis Marion
2. George Washington
3. James Armistead
4. Joseph Warren
5. Marquis de Lafayette
6. Paul Revere
7. Sybil Ludington
8. Thomas Jefferson
9. Thomas Paine
10. Thomas Sumter

Recent US History
We will continue studying the Cold War, focusing on the conflict in Vietnam
Vocabulary Quiz Friday
Week 6 Vocabulary
1. Immigration and Nationality Act
2. Kent State Killings
3. My Lai massacre
4. Nixon Doctrine
5. Operation Rolling Thunder
6. Pentagon Papers
7. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
8. Viet Cong
9. Vietnamization
10. War Powers Act

Weekly Post for September 11

US History

This week, we will examine the American Revolution. We will complete a US History Lab entitled “Was the American Revolution Avoidable?” We will have a Vocabulary and Notebook Quiz Friday September 15

Vocabulary Week 5

1.      1^st Continental Congress

2.      2^nd Continental Congress

3.      Association

4.      Baron Von Steuben

5.      Benedict Arnold

6.      Boycott

7.      External taxation

8.      Hessians

9.      Horatio Gates

10.  Internal taxation

Recent US History

This week, we will continue to examine the Cold War, particularly the domestic impact. We will complete a US History Lab entitled “Is Protest Patriotic?” We will have a Vocabulary Quiz Friday September 15

Vocabulary Week 5

1.      Nikita Khrushchev

2.      North Atlantic Treaty Organization

3.      NSC-68

4.      Nuclear-test Ban Treaty

5.      Peace Corps

6.      Richard M. Nixon

7.      South East Asia Treaty Organization

8.      Suez Crisis

9.      U-2 Incident

10.  United Nations

APUSH

This week, we will finish Unit 1 covering Periods 1 and 2 (1491-1754). We will examine the formation of the Mid-Atlantic Colonies and the origin of thoughts of independence. We will have our first AP-style exam Friday September 15

Periods 1 and 2 (1491-1754). STUDY GUIDE

1. Excerpt: Christopher Columbus upon reaching the West Indies, 1492

2. Painting: Native Indians enslaved by Spaniards, published in 1596

3. Letter from Richard Frethorne, indentured servant, to his parents in England, 1623

4. Spanish colonial government record of judicial proceedings regarding Pueblo Indian Revolt, 1681

5. Map: COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE, 1972

6. “Colonial Virginia Frontier and International Native American Diplomacy”William White, published 2011

7. Maryland Act Concerning Religion, 1644

8. Map: East coast of North America

9. “Commercial Orders from the London House of Customs to Edmund Andros”, Governor of New England, 1687

10. “Second Treatise of Government” John Locke, 1690

11. “Salem Witch-trials:  Misogyny, Ergot, or Envy?”    The Economist, published 1992

12. “A Divine and Supernatural Light” Jonathan Edwards, 1733

13. Painting: George Whitefield Preaching in Boston, June 1750 by Thomas Walley

Weekly post September 4th

HAPPY LABOR DAY!!!

The holiday dedicated to the working-class

US History

This week, we will begin looking at the American Revolution. We will research important events and analyze both side of America’s most significant conflict. A history lab focused on Protesting will increase literacy. Turn in Colonization Major Grade ASAP. Notebook starts over. Vocabulary Quiz Friday

Vocabulary week 4

1. John Adams
2. John Hancock
3. Tories
4.  Patrick Henry
5. Quartering Act
6. Royal Veto
7. Samuel Adams
8. Townshend Acts
9. Virtual representation
10. Whigs

Recent US History

This week, we will begin looking at the Vietnam War. We will research important events and analyze both side of America’s most significant recent conflict. A history lab focused on Protesting will increase literacy. Turn in Containment Major Grade ASAP. Vocabulary and Notebook Quiz Friday

Vocabulary week 4

1. Credibility Gap
2. Dwight D. Eisenhower
3. Flexible Response
4.  Henry Kissinger
5. Ho Chi Minh
6. Lyndon B. Johnson
7. Missile Gap
8. National Defense and Education Act
9. New Frontier
10. Ngo Dinh Diem

APUSH

We will discuss the development of New England this week. We will focus on religious sanctuary versus religious freedom. We will also study relations with American Indians. Reading quiz on Chs. 4-5 Tuesday and Vocabulary Quiz Friday 

Vocabulary week 4

1. Bacon’s Rebellion
2. Corporate Charter
3. Halfway Covenant
4. House of Burgesses
5. Huguenots
6. Indentured Servitude
7. James Oglethorpe
8. John Rolfe
9. Jonathan Edwards
10. Leisler’s Rebellion
11. Lord Baltimore
12. Lord De la Warr
13. Michel-Guillaume de Crevecoeur
14. Navigation Acts
15. New England Confederation
16. Patroonship
17. Powhatan
18. Proprietary Charter
19. Regulator Movement
20. Roger Williams
21. Royal Charter
22. Scots-Irish
23. Slave Codes
24. William Penn
25. Yeoman

PERIOD 1-2 EXAM- September 15^th