The Seven Years' War 💥The French and Indian War 💥

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of the Seven Years' War (the French and Indian War)

⏰ What We Did

• Identified the French and Indian War within the historical context of European conflicts
• Summarized the causes and effects of the French and Indian War

⚙️ Resources

• The Seven Years' War (The French and Indian War) Slides
• The Seven Years' War (The French and Indian War) Guided Notes

📖 Corresponding Reading

• Chapter 3, The American Yawp

💻 Homework

•  Read and take notes on Chapter 3 in The American Yawp before M 22 Sep 2025

Periods 1 and 2 Assessment Debrief 💯

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review the results of the Periods 1 and 2 Assessment

⏰ What We Did

• Discussed the answers to the MCQ and SAQ/FRQ portions of the Periods 1 and 2 Assessment

⚙️ Resources

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📖 Corresponding Reading

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💻 Homework

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Periods 1 and 2 Assessment 💯

🎯 Learning Targets

• Assess comprehension of content from Periods 1 and 2

⏰ What We Did

• Completed a 2 partial-question SAQ and 1 partial-question FRQ assessment from Periods 1 and 2

⚙️ Resources

📖 Corresponding Reading

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💻 Homework

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Periods 1 and 2 Assessment 💯

🎯 Learning Targets

• Assess comprehension of content from Periods 1 and 2

⏰ What We Did

• Turned in Periods 1 and 2 Reviews
• Completed an 18-question MCQ-based assessment from Periods 1 and 2

⚙️ Resources

📖 Corresponding Reading

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💻 Homework

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Periods 1 and 2 Review 1491-1754 🔁

Today is Columbus Day (Observed) 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review the key concepts of APUSH Periods 1 and 2: 1491 - 1754

⏰ What We Did

• Handed back and reviewed guided notes for the Periods 1 and 2 Assessment tomorrow (MCQ) and Wednesday (FRQ)

⚙️ Resources

📖 Corresponding Reading

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💻 Homework

• Finish Period 1 Review and Period 2 Review by T 14 Oct, if necessary

Periods 1 and 2 Kahoot! Review 1491-1754 🥇

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review the key concepts of APUSH Periods 1 and 2: 1491 - 1754

⏰ What We Did

• Played a Kahoot! review for Monday's MCQ portion of the AP United States History Periods 1 and 2 Assessment

⚙️ Resources

📖 Corresponding Reading

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💻 Homework

• Finish Periods 1 and 2 Reviews by M 13 Oct, if necessary

Periods 1 and 2 Review 1491-1754 🔁

Today is a Half Day 🏫

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review the key concepts of APUSH Period 2: 1607 - 1754

⏰ What We Did

• Finished completing the Period 2: 1607 - 1754 review, since it was not unlocked on Tuesday

⚙️ Resources

📖 Corresponding Reading

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💻 Homework

• Finish Period 2 Review by F 10 Oct, if necessary

Periods 1 and 2 Review 1491-1754 🔁

Today is a Late Arrival day 🏫

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review the key concepts of APUSH Period 2: 1607 - 1754

⏰ What We Did

• Continued working on a review of Period 2: 1607 - 1754

⚙️ Resources

📖 Corresponding Reading

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💻 Homework

• Finish Period 2 Review by R 9 Oct, if necessary

Periods 1 and 2 Review 1491-1754 🔁

Today's class was led by a guest teacher.

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review the key concepts of APUSH Period 2: 1607 - 1754

⏰ What We Did

• Began working on a review of Period 2: 1607 - 1754

⚙️ Resources

• Period 2 Review
• Period 2 Review Slides

📖 Corresponding Reading

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💻 Homework

• Finish Period 2 Review by R 9 Oct, if necessary

Periods 1 and 2 Review 1491-1754 🔁

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review the key concepts of APUSH Period 1: 1491 - 1607

⏰ What We Did

• Continued working on a review of Period 1: 1491 - 1607

⚙️ Resources

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📖 Corresponding Reading

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💻 Homework

• Finish Period 1 Review by R 9 Oct, if necessary

Periods 1 and 2 Review 1491-1754 🔁

HOMECOMING 2025: TODAY IS BLUE AND GOLD DAY 🐲

Today is on an Assembly Schedule ⏰

🎯 Learning Targets

• Review the key concepts of APUSH Period 1: 1491 - 1607

⏰ What We Did

• Began working on a review of Period 1: 1491 - 1607

⚙️ Resources

• Period 1 Review
• Period 1 Review Slides

📖 Corresponding Reading

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💻 Homework

• Finish Period 1 Review by R 9 Oct, if necessary

Colonial Society and Culture 🇬🇧

Today's class was led by a guest teacher.

HOMECOMING 2025: TODAY IS PAJAMA DAY 💤

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why the movement of a variety of people and ideas across the Atlantic contributed to the development of American culture over time
• Explain how and why the different goals and interests of European leaders and colonists affected how they viewed themselves and their relationship with Britain

⏰ What We Did

• Identify the main ideas that developed due to the presence of different religious and ethnic groups, the development of Anglicization, and the experience of self-government derived from the ideals of the Enlightenment in Europe

⚙️ Resources

• Colonial Society and Culture Video
• Colonial Society and Culture Guided Notes

📖 Corresponding Reading

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💻 Homework

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Slavery in the British Colonies ⛓

HOMECOMING 2025: TODAY IS DECADE DAY 😃

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how enslaved people responded to slavery

⏰ What We Did

• Examined the overt and covert means Africans developed to resist the dehumanizing nature of slavery while maintaining their family and gender systems, culture, and religion

⚙️ Resources

• Resistance and Institutionalization Slides
• Resistance and Institutionalization Guided Notes

📖 Corresponding Reading

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💻 Homework

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Slavery in the British Colonies ⛓

HOMECOMING 2025: TODAY IS CRAZY HAT DAY 👒

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of slavery in the various British colonial regions

⏰ What We Did

• Identified the differences between slavery within each of the four British colonial regions in North America

⚙️ Resources

• Establishment and Development Video
• Establishment and Development Guided Notes

📖 Corresponding Reading

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💻 Homework

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Slavery in the British Colonies ⛓

HOMECOMING 2025: TODAY IS TOMATO DAY 🍅

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of slavery in the various British colonial regions

⏰ What We Did

• Weighed the role Bacon's Rebellion had in the shift from indentured servitude to slavery

⚙️ Resources

• Shift From Indentured Servitude Video
• Shift From Indentured Servitude Guided Notes

📖 Corresponding Reading

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💻 Homework

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Interactions Between American Indians and Europeans 🌎

Today's class was led by a guest teacher.

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why interactions between various European nations and American Indians changed over time

⏰ What We Did

• Compared the interactions with Native Americans by both the British and Spanish settlers in their respective colonies

⚙️ Resources

• Interactions Between American Indians and Europeans Video
• Interactions Between American Indians and Europeans Guided Notes

📖 Corresponding Reading

• Chapter 4, The American Yawp

💻 Homework

• Read and take notes on Chapter 3 in The American Yawp
• Read and take notes on Chapter 4 in The American Yawp before T 30 Sep 2025

Transatlantic Trade 💷

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain causes and effects of transatlantic trade over time

⏰ What We Did

• Examined British economic policy and the role mercantilism played in the transatlantic trade between Britain and its North American colonies

⚙️ Resources

• Transatlantic Trade Slides
• Transatlantic Trade Guided Notes

📖 Corresponding Reading

• Chapter 4, The American Yawp

💻 Homework

• Read and take notes on Chapter 3 in The American Yawp
• Read and take notes on Chapter 4 in The American Yawp before T 30 Sep 2025

The Regions of British Colonies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Today is a Late Arrival day 🏫

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why environmental and other factors shaped the development and expansion of various British colonies that developed and expanded from 1607 to 1754

⏰ What We Did

• Conducted a gallery walk on the characteristics of the four regions of British colonies in North America

⚙️ Resources

• The Regions of British Colonies

📖 Corresponding Reading

• Chapter 4, The American Yawp

💻 Homework

•  Read and take notes on Chapter 4 in The American Yawp before T 30 Sep 2025

The Regions of British Colonies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why environmental and other factors shaped the development and expansion of various British colonies that developed and expanded from 1607 to 1754

⏰ What We Did

• Continued the investigation into the settings of the four regions of British colonies in North America

⚙️ Resources

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📖 Corresponding Reading

• Chapter 4, The American Yawp

💻 Homework

•  Read and take notes on Chapter 4 in The American Yawp before T 30 Sep 2025

The Regions of British Colonies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why environmental and other factors shaped the development and expansion of various British colonies that developed and expanded from 1607 to 1754

⏰ What We Did

• Continued the investigation into the settings of the four regions of British colonies in North America

⚙️ Resources

• The Regions of British Colonies Poster (directions and scoring rubric)
• The Regions of British Colonies: New England Slides
• The Regions of British Colonies: Middle Slides
• The Regions of British Colonies: Southern Slides

📖 Corresponding Reading

• Chapter 4, The American Yawp

💻 Homework

•  Read and take notes on Chapter 4 in The American Yawp before T 30 Sep 2025

The Regions of British Colonies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why environmental and other factors shaped the development and expansion of various British colonies that developed and expanded from 1607 to 1754

⏰ What We Did

• Began an investigation into the settings of the four regions of British colonies in North America

⚙️ Resources

• The Regions of British Colonies: Chesapeake Slides
• The Regions of British Colonies Guided Notes

📖 Corresponding Reading

• Chapter 3, The American Yawp

💻 Homework

•  Read and take notes on Chapter 3 in The American Yawp before M 22 Sep 2025

European Colonization 🌎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why various European colonies developed and expanded from 1607 to 1753

⏰ What We Did

• Examined the similarities and differences between the Spanish, French, Dutch, and English settlements

⚙️ Resources

• European Colonization Slides
• European Colonization Guided Notes

📖 Corresponding Reading

• Chapter 3, The American Yawp

💻 Homework

•  Read and take notes on Chapter 3 in The American Yawp before M 22 Sep 2025

Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans 🌎

Today's class was led by a guest teacher.

Today is Constitution Day 📜

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why European and Native American perspectives of others developed and changed in this period

⏰ What We Did

• Compared the cultures of the Native Americans and the Europeans
• Examined the use of religion to subjugate the Native Americans, as well as the methods used by the Native Americans to resist subjugation
• Debated differing primary-source perspectives on the treatment of Native Americans by the Spanish
• Explored the asiento system employed by the Spanish in the Americas

⚙️ Resources

• Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans Slides
• Cultural Interactions Between Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans Guided Notes

📖 Corresponding Reading

• Chapter 3, The American Yawp

💻 Homework

•  Read and take notes on Chapter 3 in The American Yawp before M 22 Sep 2025

Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonies 🇪🇸

Today's class was led by a guest teacher.

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how the growth of the Spanish Empire in North America shaped the development of social and economic structures over time

⏰ What We Did

• Explored the encomienda system implemented in the Spanish-held territories of the New World
• Analyzed the development of the trans-Atlantic slave trade by the Spanish
• Inspected the hierarchy of the caste system employed by the Spanish in the Americas

⚙️ Resources

• Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonies Video
• Labor, Slavery, and Caste in the Spanish Colonies Guided Notes

📖 Corresponding Reading

• Chapter 3, The American Yawp

💻 Homework

•  Read and take notes on Chapter 3 in The American Yawp before M 22 Sep 2025

Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest 🌎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain causes of the Columbian Exchange and its effect on Europe and the Americas during the period after 1493

⏰ What We Did

• Identified the interactions of European expeditions with the Native Americans
• Summarized the Europeans' justification of conquest

⚙️ Resources

• Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, & Conquest Video
• Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, & Conquest Guided Notes

📖 Corresponding Reading

• Chapter 3, The American Yawp

💻 Homework

•  Read and take notes on Chapter 3 in The American Yawp before M 22 Sep 2025

9/11: An American Tragedy 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Students will interpret primary and secondary sources regarding the basic facts, perpetrators, victims, the history, timeline of events, and effects of the events of September 11, 2001

⏰ What We Did

• Reflected upon yesterday's 9/11 activity by writing answers to wrap-up prompts

⚙️ Resources

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📖 Corresponding Reading

• Chapter 2, The American Yawp

💻 Homework

•  Read and take notes on Chapter 2 in The American Yawp before M 15 Sep 2025

9/11: An American Tragedy 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Students will interpret primary and secondary sources regarding the basic facts, perpetrators, victims, the history, timeline of events, and effects of the events of September 11, 2001

⏰ What We Did

• Walked through six stations, reading and viewing primary sources pertaining to one specific focus of 9/11
• Responded to reflection prompts at each station

⚙️ Resources

• 9:11: An American Tragedy ✮ Center Responses
• 9/11: An American Tragedy slides

📖 Corresponding Reading

• Chapter 2, The American Yawp

💻 Homework

•  Read and take notes on Chapter 2 in The American Yawp before M 15 Sep 2025

Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest 🇪🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes of the Columbian Exchange and its effect on Europe and the America during the period after 1492

⏰ What We Did

• Signed up with Remind (@carp5th on the Remind app)
• Examined the first encounters of Europeans with Native Americans
• Explored the Columbian Exchange and its impact on both Europe and the Americas

⚙️ Resources

• Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, & Conquest Slides
• Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, & Conquest Guided Notes

📖 Corresponding Reading

• Chapter 2, The American Yawp

💻 Homework

•  Read and take notes on Chapter 2 in The American Yawp before M 15 Sep 2025

European Exploration in the Americas 🇪🇸

Today's class was led by a guest teacher.

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes of exploration and conquest of the New World by various European nations

⏰ What We Did

• Explored the historical context of Europe prior to exploration
• Examined the motivations for European exploration

⚙️ Resources

• European Exploration in the Americas Video
• European Exploration in the Americas Guided Notes

📖 Corresponding Reading

• Chapter 2, The American Yawp

💻 Homework

•  Read and take notes on Chapter 2 in The American Yawp before M 15 Sep 2025

Native American Societies Before European Contact 🏜️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why various native populatinos in the period before European contact interacted with the natural environment in North America

⏰ What We Did

• Collected The American Yawp Chapter 1 notes
• Identified the location of major indigenous groups and cultural areas in North America
• Compared the human geographic regions
• Defined animism

⚙️ Resources

• Native American Societies Before European Contact Slides
• Native American Societies Before European Contact Guided Notes

📖 Corresponding Reading

• Read and take notes on Chapter 2 in The American Yawp before M 15 Sep 2025

💻 Homework

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Views of Columbus 🧭

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the context for European encounters in the Americas from 1491 to 1607

⏰ What We Did

• Debriefed and discussed the views of William Bennett and Howard Zinn about Christopher Columbus

⚙️ Resources

📖 Corresponding Reading

• Read and take notes on Chapter 1 in American Yawp before M 8 Sep 2025

💻 Homework

• Read one of the two provided articles on Columbus (Bennett or Zinn) and answer the article response prompts on a separate sheet of paper before class on F 5 Sep 2025
• Obtain a 3" three-ring binder and 10 tabs before class on M 8 Sep 2025

Intro to Short Answer Questions ✏️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Acquire an understanding of the structure of — and strategies on — Short Answer Questions (SAQs)

⏰ What We Did

• Signed in/up with AP Classroom and registered with AP Microeconomics
• Introduced to Microeconomics SAQs
• Examined and completed a sample SAQ

⚙️ Resources

• SAQ Writing Strategies

📖 Corresponding Reading

• Read and take notes on Chapter 1 in American Yawp before M 8 Sep 2025

💻 Homework

• Read one of the two provided articles on Columbus (Bennett or Zinn) and answer the article response prompts on a separate sheet of paper before class on F 5 Sep 2025
• Obtain a 3" three-ring binder and 10 tabs before class on M 8 Sep 2025

Course Overview: AP U.S. History 🗽

🎯 Learning Targets

• Summarize the classroom expectations and the course

⏰ What We Did

• Provided an overview of the class website and the course syllabus
• Distributed the "Your Course at a Glance" and discussed an overview of AP U.S. History Test

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Syllabus 2025
• APUSH Addendum 2025
• Views of Columbus Articles Response

📖 Corresponding Reading

• Read and take notes on Chapter 1 in American Yawp before M 8 Sep 2025

💻 Homework

• Read one of the two provided articles on Columbus (Bennett or Zinn) and answer the article response prompts on a separate sheet of paper
• Purchase a 3" three-ring binder and 10 tabs before class on M 8 Sep 2025

Welcome Back! 🏫

🎯 Learning Targets

• Establish classroom rapport and expectations

⏰ What We Did

• We shared our names and introduced ourselves
• Created name cards to help learn student names
• Discussed and clarified classroom expectations
• Demonstrated how to navigate the textbook and identify key information using its features

⚙️ Resources

📖 Corresponding Reading

• Read and take notes on Chapter 1 in American Yawp before M 8 Sep 2025

💻 Homework

• Purchase a 3" three-ring binder and 10 tabs before class on M 8 Sep 2025