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This week conferences are being held Tuesday night from 4:30-8:00pm at the CC gymnasium, Wednesday 4-8 and Thursday 9am-1pm. I will not be available for conferences on Tuesday due to a death in the family. I apologize for any inconvenience.

Industrialization and Western impact in Japan vs. Russia
Fall of Qing dynasty-social, economic and political impacts
Latin America’s independence movements
Centralist vs. liberalist Latin American government movements
Causes of industrialization
Effects of industrialization
Haitian Revolution and its leaders
French Revolution-causes, important events and outcomes
Dependent vs. independent nations
Revolutionary period of 1820-1870 in Europe—who rebelled? Why? Outcomes?
Alliance formations in Europe
Fall of Ottoman-sequence of events [...]

-How does the author explain the immigration trends?
-What sources does he use? Why does he choose those sources? What additional source would have been helpful?
-does he adequately (acceptably) use chronology? or is he comparing apples to oranges?
-is he saying ” you can never go home?” explain.
-What message does this author want to say to other [...]

Answer the following questions concerning the document African Americans and Reconstruction:
1. How does this article increase your understanding of the effects of Reconstruction?
2. In what ways did Reconstruction fail African-Americans? Give specific examples from text.
3. In what ways did America socially progress from 1860-1876?

Finally, this Wednesday, we will begin semester 2! There will be several major deadlines this semester in regards to National History Day contest. Please review your student’s syllabus for these. Also, we have missed many days first semester and will have to move VERY quickly to make it through the material before the AP US [...]

Below is a list of terms/concepts to help you prepare for the test. It is 60 questions-all multiple choice. Don’t forget your CCOT essay is due on Tuesday and will be part of your final grade. The test is worth 5% of your total grade.
Paleo vs Neolithic Ages, Rome vs. Han, Roman Republic vs. Roman Empire, [...]

Hello everyone! I hope you enjoyed your snow days last week. You have probably heard semester finals have moved back a week. We will now cover chapter 16-the civil war-this week in class and you WILL be tested over the information on the semester final next week! But, you do have an extra week to study for [...]

hello APUSH students! I keep receiving many emails of your quotes–keep them coming!
In lieu of the several days we have missed this week, we will NOT complete a roundtable discussion of your reformers. This is one of my favorite projects but it takes much time when we are on a normal schedule  without all the [...]

We will hopefully research tomorrow  (Thursday) and then have our roundtable discussions beginning on Friday.

*Don’t forget your thematic charts over your two areas are due on Monday too!
Unit 2 Review Topics:
Bedouin society, caliph, impact of Islam in India and Africa, Abbasid vs. Umayyad caliphates, Muhammed and the Umayyads, Hinduism and Islam, shi’a vs. sunni, Saladin
First Crusade results, impact of Crusades on western world
Byzantium and Orthodox Christianity, Byzantium and Russia, [...]