PSAT-10 Testing 💯

The PSAT-10 portion of the MME was administered to 10th Graders this morning

Technological Innovation 💡

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the effects of technological advances in the development of the United States over time

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 6.5, centered on the technological advancements in production, the exploitation of natural resources to advance that technology, the rise of mass production to meet increased consumer demand, and the economic power gained by Big Business in the late 1800s

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 6.5: Technological Innovation (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 6.5: Technological Innovation (Guided Notes)

The "New South" 🚜

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how various factors contributed to continuity and change in the “New South” from 1877 to 1898

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 6.4, defining what was meant by the "New South," the development of the sharecropping and tenant farming systems, the legalization of segregation, and the efforts of African American reformers

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 6.4: The "New South" (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 6.4: The "New South" (Guided Notes)

Westward Expansion: Social and Cultural Development 🏘

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of the settlement of the West from 1877 to 1898

⏰ What We Did

• Take notes on Topic 6.3, highlighting the migration to the West, the competition for land, the treaties made with the Native Americans that were broken by the United States government, and the resistance to assimilation by the American Indians

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 6.3: Westward Expansion: Social and Cultural Development (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 6.3: Westward Expansion: Social and Cultural Development (Guided Notes)

Westward Expansion: Economic Development 🚂

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of the settlement of the West from 1877 to 1898

⏰ What We Did

• Take notes on Topic 6.2, examining the introduction of mechanization in American farming, the development of farmers' cooperatives, government support for transportation to the West, and the broad economic development that arose along those transportation routes

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 6.2: Westward Expansion: Economic Development (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 6.2: Westward Expansion: Economic Development (Guided Notes)

Catch-Up Day 🥫

⏰ What We Did

• With Q3 ending on F 11 April 2025, used today's class to catch up on any previous missing work

Failure of Reconstruction 👎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why Reconstruction resulted in continuity and change in regional and national understandings of what it meant to be American

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.11, highlighting the social, political, and economic changes and continuities during Reconstruction, as well as the events leading to the end of Reconstruction

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.11: Failure of Reconstruction (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.11: Failure of Reconstruction (Guided Notes)

Reconstruction 🏗

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the effects of government policy during Reconstruction on society from 1865 to 1877

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.10, examing the governments established in the Southern states following the Civil War, the Reconstruction Amendments to the Constituton, and the women's movement after the war

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.10: Reconstruction (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.10: Reconstruction (Guided Notes)

Government Policies During the Civil War 🦅

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how Lincoln’s leadership during the Civil War impacted American ideals over the course of the war

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.9, defining "martial law" and the suspension of habeas corpus at the start of the Civil War, and examining the implementation of the Conscription Act and the Emancipation Proclamation, the purpose of the Gettysburg Address, and the issues surrounding the Election of 1864

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.9: Government Policies During the Civil War (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.9: Government Policies During the Civil War (Guided Notes)

Military Conflict in the Civil War: Course and Conclusion 💥

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the various factors that contributed to the Union victory in the Civil War

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.8b, highlighting the course of the war, the reasons why the Union won, and population and economic costs of the Civil War

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.8b: Military Conflict in the Civil War: Course and Conclusion (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.8b: Military Conflict in the Civil War: Course and Conclusion (Guided Notes)

Military Conflict in the Civil War: Mobilization and Opposition 💣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the various factors that contributed to the Union victory in the Civil War

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.8a, examining the attack on Fort Sumter, the mobilization efforts of the combatants, contributions and roles of the populace of both regions, and the opposition to the outbreak of conflict in both the Union and the Confederacy

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.8a: Military Conflict in the Civil War: Mobilization and Opposition (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.8a: Military Conflict in the Civil War: Mobilization and Opposition (Guided Notes)

Spring Break — No School 🏖

Clintondale High School is currently on Spring Break. Classes will resume on Monday, March 31, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

Have a fun and relaxing time away, Dragons!

Spring Break Countdown ⏲

⏰ What We Did

• Due to low student census, played general trivia Kahoot!

Election of 1860 and Secession 🗳

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the effects of Lincoln’s election

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.7, summarizing the Election of 1860 and both the developments and causes of Southern secession

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.7: Election of 1860 and Secession (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.7: Election of 1860 and Secession (Guided Notes)

Failure of Compromise 👎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the political causes of the Civil War

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.6, identifying the importance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott decision, the Second Party System, and the Republican Party

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.6: Failure of Compromise (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.6: Failure of Compromise (Guided Notes)

Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences: Tensions Over Slavery ⛓

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how regional differences related to slavery caused tension in the years leading up to the Civil War

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.5b, highlighting the Free Soil and Abolitionist movements, as well as the views of those who defended slavery

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.5b: Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences (Tensions Over Slavery) (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.5b: Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences (Tensions Over Slavery) (Guided Notes)

Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences: Immigration 🏘

Today is St. Patrick's Day 🍀

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the effects of immigration from various parts of the world on American culture from 1844 to 1877

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.5a, focusing on the experiences of the major groups of immigrants and the rise of nativism

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.5a: Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences (Immigration) (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.5a: Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences (Immigration) (Guided Notes)

The Compromise of 1850 🤝

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the similarities and differences in how regional attitudes affected federal policy in the period after the Mexican-American War

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.4, highlighting the federal policies regarding slavery, the details of the compromise authored by Henry Clay, and the effects of the Fugitive Slave Act

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.4: The Compromise of 1850 (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.4: The Compromise of 1850 (Guided Notes)

Map Activity: Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny 🗺

Half-Day Due to Parent-Teacher Conferences 🐲

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of westward expansion from 1844 to 1877

⏰ What We Did

• Described the process and significance of each acquisition of land on yesterday's Manifest Destiny map

Map Activity: Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny 🗺

Late Start Day 🕣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of westward expansion from 1844 to 1877

⏰ What We Did

• Geographically illustrated the westward territorial expansion of the United States in its goal of achieving Manifest Destiny

⚙️ Resources

• Manifest Destiny, 1783 - 1853 (Reference Maps)

Mexican-American War 💥

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.3, highlighting the conflict with Mexico, as well as the experiences of Mexicans and American Indians in the West

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.3: Mexican-American War (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.3: Mexican-American War (Guided Notes)

Manifest Destiny 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of westward expansion from 1844 to 1877

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.2, highlighting the westward expansion of the United States, the support of the expansion by the federal government, and the diplomatic efforts taken to achieve manifest destiny

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.2: Manifest Destiny (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.2: Manifest Destiny (Guided Notes)

The Society of the South in the Early Republic ⛲️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how geographic and environmental factors shaped the development of the South from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.13, focusing on the importance of cotton on the South's economy and how the regional identity of Southerners differed from those of other regions of the United States

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.13: The Society of the South in the Early Republic (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.13: The Society of the South in the Early Republic (Guided Notes)

African Americans in the Early Republic 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the continuities and changes in the experience of African Americans from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.12, highlighting the numerous rebellions and uprisings by African-American slaves, as well as the two communities of African Americans — enslaved and free

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.12: African Americans in the Early Republic (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.12: African Americans in the Early Republic (Guided Notes)

An Age of Reform 🌟

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why various reform movements developed and expanded from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.11, specifically examining the temprance, abolition, women's rights, and similar social movements in the United States during the 1820s and 1830s

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.11: An Age of Reform (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.11: An Age of Reform (Guided Notes)

The Second Great Awakening ✝️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes of the Second Great Awakening

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.10, highlighting what the Second Great Awakening was, its causes, and its effects on society in the early to mid-1800s

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.10: The Second Great Awakening (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.10: The Second Great Awakening (Guided Notes)

The Development of an American Culture 🖼

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why a new national culture developed from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.9, highlighting the influences of Europe on early American culture, elements of early American culture, and the differences of early American culture in the various regions of the country

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.9: The Development of an American Culture (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.9: The Development of an American Culture (Guided Notes)

The Development of an American Culture 🖼

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why a new national culture developed from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.9, highlighting the influences of Europe on early American culture, elements of early American culture, and the differences of early American culture in the various regions of the country
• Today's class served as a catch-up day due to low attendance in an already small course.

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.9: The Development of an American Culture (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.9: The Development of an American Culture (Guided Notes)

True Black History Museum

🎯 Learning Targets

• Examine contributions of African-Americans in the arts, sciences, sports, entertainment, education, military, and politics

⏰ What We Did

• Attended a tour of the mobile True Black History Museum in the CHS Conference Center

Andrew Jackson Fight Cards 🥊

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of continuing policy debates about the role of the federal government from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Continued creating fight card posters for the many disputes of Andrew Jackson's presidency (Due @ B.O.H. on R 27 Feb 2025)

⚙️ Resources

• History vs. Andrew Jackson (TED-Ed)

Andrew Jackson Fight Cards 🥊

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of continuing policy debates about the role of the federal government from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Began creating fight card posters for the many disputes of Andrew Jackson's presidency (i.e., vs. John Quincy Adams, vs. the Bureaucracy, vs. Native Americans, vs. the National Bank, vs. the Electoral College, vs. Nullification, vs. the National Debt)

⚙️ Resources

• Fight Card Examples

Jackson and Federal Power 💪

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of continuing policy debates about the role of the federal government from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.8, highlighting the view of Andrew Jackson as president, the details of the nullification crisis, the dispute of the Second Bank of the United States, the significance of the Indian Removal Act, and the development of the Whig Party to oppose Jackson's Democratic Party

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.8: Jackson and Federal Power (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.8: Jackson and Federal Power (Guided Notes)

Primary Source: An Address to the People of Rhode-Island... 📜

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of the expansion of participatory democracy from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Examined Thomas Dorr's An Address to the People of Rhode-Island... and its advocacy for universal suffrage, in the lead-up to the Age of Jackson

⚙️ Resources

• Text: An Address to the People of Rhode-Island, from the Convention Assembled at Providence, on the 22nd Day of February, and Again on the 12th Day of March, 1834, to Promote the Establishment of a State Constitution (Digital History)
• Guided Reading: An Address to the People of Rhode-Island

Expanding Democracy 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of the expansion of participatory democracy from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.7, highlighting the election of 1824 and the "Corrupt Bargain," the development of political factions, the election of 1828, and the increase of participatory democracy in the United States

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.7: Expanding Democracy (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.7: Expanding Democracy (Guided Notes)

Market Revolution: Society and Culture 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why innovation in technology, agriculture, and commerce affected various segments of American society over time

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.6, highlighting the growth of industry, foreign and domestic migration, changes in the class system, labor conflicts, and the roles in gender and family withing American society

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.6: America on the World Stage: Market Revolution: Society and Culture (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.6: America on the World Stage: Market Revolution: Society and Culture (Guided Notes)

Mid-Winter Break — No School ❄️

Clintondale High School is out on Mid-Winter Break. Classes will resume on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

Mid-Winter Break — No School ❄️Presidents' Day 🇺🇸

George Washington's Birthday Observed (1732) 🇺🇸

Clintondale High School is out on Mid-Winter Break

Market Revolution: Industrialization 🏭

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of the innovations in technology, agriculture, and commerce over time

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.5, highlighting the transportation revolution, inventions and innovations, industrrial growth, commercial agricutlure, judicial decisions and legislative acts, and the impacts on the American economy

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.5: Market Revolution: Industrialization (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.5: Market Revolution: Industrialization (Guided Notes)

Inclement Weather — No School 🥶

Clintondale High School is closed due to inclement weather. Classes will resume on Friday, February 14, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

Close and Critical Read: The Monroe Doctrine 🔎

Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (1809) 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why American foreign policy developed and expanded over time

⏰ What We Did

• Examined the Monroe Doctrine by highlighting prompted passages from the primary source

⚙️ Resources

• Monroe Doctrine (Primary source)
• Monroe Doctrine (Highlighting prompts)

America on the World Stage: Diplomacy and American Indian Removal 🌎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why American foreign policy developed and expanded over time

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.4b, highlighting the diplomatic efforts made with European nations and the federal government's efforts to remove American Indians from ancestral lands

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.4b: America on the World Stage: Diplomacy and American Indian Removal (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.4b: America on the World Stage: Diplomacy and American Indian Removal (Guided Notes)

War of 1812 Map 🗺

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why American foreign policy developed and expanded over time

⏰ What We Did

• Labeled the bodies of water, both states and territories, and colored the land claims of the United States, Great Britain, and Spain, circa 1812
• Identified the significant battles of the War of 1812 and which were victories for the United States and for Great Britain

⚙️ Resources

• Battles of the War of 1812 (PDF)

Movie Day 📽

⏰ What We Did

• Went to the CHS Auditorium for a school-wide movie viewing

Inclement Weather — No School 🥶

Clintondale High School is closed due to inclement weather. Classes will resume on Friday, February 7, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

Roots of the War of 1812 💥

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why American foreign policy developed and expanded over time

⏰ What We Did

• Read the background of the relationship between Great Britain and the United States and how it led-up to the War of 1812
• Answered a guided reading following reading the provided text

America on the World Stage: Military Action 🎖

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why American foreign policy developed and expanded over time

⏰ What We Did

• Take notes while discussing Topic 4.4a, highlighting the foreign policy goals of Jefferson and Madison in the lead-up to the War of 1812

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.4a: America on the World Stage: Military Action (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.4a: America on the World Stage: Military Action (Guided Notes)

Sourcing the Tallmadge Amendment 👓

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how different regional interests affected debates about the role of the federal government in the early republic

⏰ What We Did

• Discussed the background of James Tallmadge and the role he played in authoring a gradual emancipation bill in New York prior to debates over Missouri
• Identify the main idea of the amendment's text
• Discussion on the factors that influenced the debate over the admission of Missouri
• Explain how one factor influenced the ideas of the Tallmadge Amendment

⚙️ Resources

• The Missouri Compromise (AMSCO text)
• The Tallmadge Amendment (Primary source)

Politics and Regional Interests 🥊

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how different regional interests affected debates about the role of the federal government in the early republic

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.3, highlighting the historical context, American economic policy, and growing tensions over slavery

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.3: Politics and Regional Interests (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.3: Politics and Regional Interests (Guided Notes)

Politics and Regional Interests 🥊

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how different regional interests affected debates about the role of the federal government in the early republic

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.3, highlighting the historical context, American economic policy, and growing tensions over slavery
• Today's class served as a catch-up day due to low attendance from the DFS field trip in an already small course.

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.3: Politics and Regional Interests (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.3: Politics and Regional Interests (Guided Notes)

Analysis of the Embargo Act of 1807 🛢

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of policy debates in the early republic

⏰ What We Did

• Read a provided text on the Embargo Act of 1807
• Examine the text of the Embargo Act of 1807
• Identify what was taking place that may have influenced the decision to impose an embargo

⚙️ Resources

• Jefferson's Foreign Policy (AMSCO text)
• Embargo Act of 1807 (Primary source)
• Embargo Act of 1807 Cartoon Analysis (Primary source)