Review Materials

Here are some resources to help you study.

Flashcards:

APUSH Terms (150 terms)
AP Key Terms (533 terms)
Supreme Court Cases flashcards  
Art, Literature and Culture flashcards
Visual Art Flashcards

Don't forget, your book has online flashcards as well!

Other online resources:

1. AP U.S. History Review (29 pages. Great overview of each era)
2. 540 Things to Know (9 pages. Lists important terms and brief description)
3. Era Principles (1 page. Summarizes the main idea of each historical era)
4. Important Supreme Court Cases (2 pages. Lists cases and describes importance)
5. Political Parties (5 pages. Lists the different political parties throughout history and their ideas)
6. Presidential Doctrines (3 pages. Important presidential doctrines and their significance)
7. AP Quizzes (This site has over 50 quizzes you can take over AP-related material)
8. Giant AP Review (This 76 page review was put together by students at Horace Greeley High School in New York. )
9. APUSH Notecards (This site has several notecards that can be printed out to help you study)
10. US History Outline (This page has brief descriptions of each period in US History)

Reading Schedule End of Year 2012

April 9:  Chapter 28 (AMSCO Chapter 25)
April 16:  Chapter 29 (AMSCO Chapters 26-27)
April 23:  Chapter 30 (AMSCO Chapter 28)
April 30:  Chapters 31, 32, 33  (AMSCO  29-30)

Terms Test (100 terms from both semesters--up through Chapter 28):  April 17

First Cumulative Exam:  May 1
Second Cumulative Exam:  May 9

AP Test:  May 11

Schedule April 2-5

Monday, April 2

1.  Return 1920s RG (key is online)
2. Lecture:  The New Deal

Read through the Documents for the Depression DBQ.  You will be writing a DBQ in class tomorrow.

Tuesday, April 3

Great Depression DBQ in class

Wednesday, April 4

Test:  Unit 7  (Imperialism, World War I, 1920s, 1930s)

Make sure you have read the Chapter on World War II (Chapter 28 in American Nation, Chapter 25 in AMSCO) by Monday.

Thursday, April 5

Test corrections.

Read article on American Homefront in World War II for Tuesday.  Terms test next Friday.

Schedule March 19-23

Monday, March 19

Video:  The Century:  Stormy Weather

Make sure you have read Chapter 27 by Thursday.

Tuesday, March 20

Forum:  The Jazz Age.

Today, you will meet in the Theater for a presentation about Jazz.

Wednesday, March 21

No class.  Practice ACT.

Thursday, March 22

Lecture:  Hoover and FDR

Friday, March 23

Video:  The Presidents:  FDR

Over Spring Break, you need to read the chapters on World War II.  Keep up with the reading.  Your Unit Test will be on the Wednesday after break. 

Schedule March 12-16

Monday, March 12

Lecture:  Prohibition and the 1920s

Tuesday, March 13

Quiz:  Chapter 23 and 24

Reading guide on the 1920s due tomorrow.

Wednesday, March 14

Video:  Boom and Bust

You should start reading Chapter 27.  Make sure it is read by Monday.

Thursday, March 15

1.  Finish video.
2. Lecture:  The Stock Market Crash

Friday, March 16

1.  Lecture:  The Great Depression and the New Deal, part 1


Due to a forum next week and the practice ACT, we will not be having the unit test.  That will come the first week in April, after Spring break.  The Terms test will be the second week in April. 

No more reading guides, but you will be expected to keep up with the readings.  We may have quizzes on the day that readings are due.  Over Spring Break you will be expected to read chapter 28.