New Deal Study Chart

If you would like a study device to help you organize all the New Deal information as you prepare for the DBQ you can click on this link to find a chart we have used in past years.

Instructions for DBQ prep assignment

Students -

On Thursday, you will have a prep assignment for your DBQ on Friday.  Please make sure you have a documents packet and the DBQ prep packet.  The documents packet is a class set - please don't write on them and make sure to turn them in at the end of class.  The documents you see on Friday will not be identical to this packet, but they will be very, very similar and will cover the same time period and themes.  And, of course, on Friday you will have an actual essay prompt to go with them.

Your assignment for Thursday is to complete the requested information for each of the documents in the packet, to compose a possible essay prompt that fits these documents, and then to compose a thesis that addresses your proposed essay prompt.  You can work together in small groups (2-3 students), and you are allowed to use resources at your disposal, including class notes, terms, outlines and technology.  Your completed packet will be due before you sit your essay on Friday in class.

This assignment requires a little detective work and analytical thought on your part.  Think about how these documents fit together, and how you might group them (like in WHAP or Euro) if you were required to do so.  From there, think about how you would fit those themes together into a coherent essay topic.

I will be available via email at historytime@gmail.com during the day if you have questions about the assignment.  I will try to respond to emails quickly during the school day.

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