Foreign policy recorded lecture

Here is a link to the lecture on early twentieth century foreign policy.

Foreign Policy lecture

password = apushlasa

Electoral Maps!!

Here they are - the official Flowers and Pettigrew prediction maps.  Good luck to everyone!!

Intro to the DBQ

On Tuesday 11.1 and Wednesday 11.2 we will be introducing the DBQ in all APUSH classes. If you would like to have your own copy of the handout you can print one using the link below otherwise we will have class sets in class.

Intro to the DBQ handout

Travis County Student Poll Workers

If anyone is interested in being a poll worker for Travis County on November 8th you can click on the link below. Travis County pays $10/hr and you will need permission from Ms. Crescenzi since it will be an absence. For B day students you will be missing a lecture and you will need to make sure your electoral map is turned in before you leave.

http://traviscountyclerk.org/eclerk/Content.do?code=E.38#earlyvoting-worker scroll to the middle of the page.

Electoral College map project resources

Over the next few days, Ms. Pettigrew and I will be handing out your Electoral College map project, which is due on election day (Nov. 8).  Please find below some links to helpful resources to complete this assignment.  There are certainly other sites doing predictions, forecasts and polls, but these should provide you decent place to start.  Please let me or Ms. Pettigrew know if you have any questions about these sites, the assignment, or the electoral process in general.

Fivethirtyeight.com

Huffington Post Elections

Politico

Real Clear Politics

The Upshot at the New York Times

270 to Win

Election Betting Odds

First Six Weeks Exam Recap - MOVED to Wednesday FIT

Hi everyone -

Sorry for the confusion and the late notice on this, but we're going to have to move our exam recap session from Tuesday FIT to Wednesday.  Apparently there's a mandatory junior assembly on Tuesday, so you'll all be learning fun stuff about class rings or something.  Anyway, if you want to go over your exam with me or Ms. Pettigrew, please sign up for one of the Wednesday FIT sessions.


- Flowers

Lecture 1 and 2 handouts

Here are the outlines and terms lists for lecture 1 and lecture 2 in case you happen to want electronic copies.  Extra paper copies are available in 274.

Outline 1

Outline 2

Terms List 1

Terms List 2

Intro to LEQ Handout

If you want your own copy of the Intro to LEQ Handout from class just use the link below.

Intro to LEQ Samples

Student instructions for APUSH – Aug. 22 and 23

APUSH students –

Please take ten minutes or so to familiarize yourselves with the course syllabus, web site, calendar, and other handouts.  We will briefly discuss procedures, grading, and other housekeeping items when I get back to school.

Once you’ve looked everything over, please locate your terms list.  You have the balance of the period to begin working on your first ten terms.  Normally, you would complete this during a lecture or once the lecture has concluded, but since I’m not at school I wanted you to get a preview of what’s expected of you for this task.  You should have the first ten terms completed by next class.

Your instructions for each and every terms list are the same – you should identify and explain the historical significance of each term on the list within the space provided.  This should usually take 2-3 sentences, and should be more than just a definition.  Terms lists are a significant part of your grade for each six weeks, so you should always make sure to complete them according to these instructions.

For today, you are welcome to use whatever resources are available to you to complete your work – your outline, textbooks and review books in the classroom, or your phone / tablet / computer.  You may also work with other students, but it is NEVER acceptable for you to copy your work directly from another student.  There is a fine line between working together and cheating – do not cross it.

I will check over your work next class, and this grade will be aggregated with your first terms list grade.  Please let the sub or Ms. Pettigrew know if you have any questions.  

Why I’m not at school

APUSH students –

As I’m sure you will have realized by the time you read this message, I’m not at school for the first day of class.  I’ve never missed the first (or second) day before, so I wanted to let you all know what I’m up to and when I’ll be back.

Last summer, I was chosen to be the head coach of the United States team for the International Geography Olympiad.  Some of you may be familiar with other international academic Olympiad competitions – things like math, biology, physics or linguistics.  Some of you may have taken qualifying exams for these competitions during your time at LASA. 

This year, the iGeo competition is taking place in Beijing, China.  Students at the competition are required to take a written examination and to complete geographical field observations which are then used to solve a set of problems relating to both physical and human geography.  As I’m writing this, Team USA, along with students from 44 other countries, are finishing the last phase of the competition – a multiple choice examination called the multimedia test.

In addition to the competition and testing, there are excursions to famous Beijing landmarks and cultural presentations from all 45 delegations.  By popular demand, Team USA will spend their allotted time tonight explaining to the world the cultural phenomenon that is Donald Trump.  On Sunday, with the competition concluded, we will take a day trip to the Great Wall.  Monday we will have the gold medal ceremony on the grounds of the former (and future) site of the Beijing Olympic games.  I’ll be traveling home on Tuesday and finally in class on Wednesday, ready to start a new year of APUSH.

Hope your first days of the new school year end up going well.  We'll get started with a few procedural items and then Reconstruction on Wednesday in class.

- Flowers

At the Summer Palace

Street food on Wangfujing Street

iGeo excursion to the Forbidden City

Team USA 2015 in front of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow

Pettigrew - Contact Information and Office Hours

Here's my contact information and office hours for the 2016-2017 school year.

Kimberley Pettigrew

Room 272
Conference Periods: 0A, 7
Email: kbpttgrw@gmail.com
Classroom phone: 512-841-3072 [not currently working]

Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday afternoons 4:00 - 4:30 and by appointment

APUSH 2016 - Election Year Madness Edition!!

Welcome to a new year of LASA APUSH!  Ms. Pettigrew and I are happy that all of you will be joining us for this crazy, historic election year.  We'll follow all the ups and downs of this ridiculous political season, and also learn a bunch of US history along the way.

Please refer to this site throughout the year for information about the course, announcements, class handouts and assignments, and the official course calendar.

I'm sorry I won't be with you all on the first (or second) day of school, but I'll be back in the States and ready to get started on Wednesday.  See you all then!

- Flowers

Flowers - Contact Information and Office Hours

Here are my contact information and office hours for the 2016-2017 school year.

Jason Flowers

Room 274
Conference periods - A1 (split); B6
Email - historytime@gmail.com
Classroom phone - 512.841.3070 [not currently working]

Office hours - Tues. - Fri. mornings (7.45-8.05); Mon, Tues, Thurs. afternoons (4.00-4.30); other times by appointment

Electoral College paper - submission instructions

If you're doing the Electoral College paper, you need to submit your essay to turnitin.com by 7pm on Tuesday, May 24.  Here is the registration information for our APUSH class on turnitin.com - 

Class ID - 12735708

Password - lasaapush

Please let me or Ms. Pettigrew know if you have any questions.

- Flowers

ERB/Paper Checkpoint Survey 2

Same as last time please fill out the survey below (yes for paper students too) and the survey is due Monday May 23rd.

Checkpoint Survey 2

ERB/Paper Checkpoint 1

Please complete the survey below by Monday May 16th. Each group has to fill it out just once and yes if you are doing the paper you need to complete the survey as well.

Checkpoint 1

APUSH Final Project Alternate Assignment - the Electoral College paper

If you are choosing NOT to do Epic Rap Battles as your final project in APUSH, you must complete a 1,000-word essay on the Electoral College as described in the attached assignment.  The due date for this assignment is the same as that for ERB - Tuesday, May 24 at 7pm (submission via turnitin.com).

Please let me or Ms. Pettigrew know if you have any questions.

Electoral College paper assignment

APUSH End of the Year Survey

Here is the link to end of the year survey below. Please help Mr. Flowers and myself out in planning for next year by taking the survey. There is a link for each of us so make sure you take the correct survey. Thanks!

Flowers Survey

Pettigrew Survey

Epic Rap Battles - Assignment Sheet and Sign-up Form

One of the two options for your final project is our own APUSH version of Epic Rap Battles of History.  If you are choosing this assignment, please note the following -

1. Read the entire assignment sheet before you pick group members or subjects for your rap.

2. You must form a group of three to five people, all of whom MUST be in your class period of APUSH (with the exception of 0A split and 1A, who are allowed to work together).  No two-person groups OR groups of more than five people will be allowed.

3. As soon as you have determined your group members AND the two subjects who will appear in your ERB, please fill out the Google form linked below.  All groups and subjects must be selected by Monday, May 9 at 4pm.  If you are not part of a group by Monday afternoon, you will be required to complete the alternate (i.e. research paper) assignment.

Please email Mr. Flowers or Ms. Pettigrew if you have any questions about the project, and remember to fill out the form once you've settled on your group and subjects.

ERB Assignment Sheet

ERB Sign-up Form

The Review Packet!

The revisions to the APUSH review packet are complete.  Here is a link to the PDF file.  If you would like a hard copy of the packet, please let Ms. Pettigrew or I know (really, just tell Ms. Pettigrew, because she likes making copies way more than me).

The APUSH exam is right around the corner!  Study, study, study!

APUSH Review Packet

DBQ Thursday/Friday

Just a reminder that both myself and Mr. Flowers will be out of school Thursday and Friday so if you have questions either email us and we will get back to you as fast as possible or you can ask Ms. Aguayo (rubric questions only).

Pettigrew

The Return of the 1920s

A long but fascinating comparison of America in 2016 with America of the 1920s from The Atlantic - just in case you needed something to read this morning (or were in the mood to prep for your upcoming essay).

The Return of the 1920s

- Flowers