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    • Review
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  • AP Info.
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“Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.”

Folders will be turned in at the end of the Semester.
Folders missing any assignments or parts of assignments, and that are not in order, will not be counted for 10% on the Final.
SEMESTER ONE
Reading Guide I
Reading Guide II
Reading Guide III
Reading Guide IV
Reading Guide V
SEMESTER TWO
Reading Guide VI
Reading guide VII
reading guide VIII
reading guide ix


Reading Guide I Folder Assignments
​Folders missing any assignments or parts of assignments will not be counted.
​​#1. 8/13. All Periods.  Saving Virginia/Governing Virginia Simulations
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​#2. 8/14. AP Periods 1, 2, and 4 Only. Reading Guide I. 
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​#3. 8/15. All Periods. Unearthing Secret America, Part I. 8/26, Part II.​
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​​#4. 8/16. All Periods.  Colonial Empire Comparison Chart
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#5. 8/19. All Periods. Accounts of Indentured Servitude In The Colonies. Actively Learn. The link to this assignment is found on the Reading Guide and Lesson Links Page. Scroll down to find it by title.
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#6. 8/21. All Periods. Pilgrim and Puritan Chart.
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​​#7. 8/21. All Periods.  AP-Who were the Puritans; CP-Puritan Life. Actively Learn.
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#8. 8/22. All Periods. Formal Lecture Notes.  Expanding Colonial America.
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#9. 8/26. All Periods.  The Colonial Social Pyramid.
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#10. 8/28. All Periods. William Byrd's Secret Diary. Read to describe the daily life of a gentleman. Including the following:
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Diet
Education
Travel
Hobbies/Sports
Relationships/Family
Work/Responsibilities

Problems
Personality/Biases/Opinions
​Purchases

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#11. 8/29. AP Periods Only: The Atlantic Slave Trade Data. Collect Data on 10 voyages in 1700s for:
National Origin of Ship
​Starting Location of Transport
Number of Slaves Transported
Number of Slaves Arriving
Destination of Ship (North America, etc.)
Number of Voyages made by ship
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#12.  All Periods. 8/30-9/2.  Life and Thought in Colonial America, Lecture.
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#13. All Periods. 9/3. Errors in Regional Colonial Development Worksheet
#14. All Periods. 9/5. Special American Colonial Qualities List 
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#15. All Periods. 9/6. The Enlightenment vs The Great Awakening 
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#16. All Periods. AP-Using a Lorenz Curve; Colonial Boston. CP-Worksheet 1.4
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Reading Guide II Folder Assignments 
#17. Reading Guide II.
#18. All Periods. 9/12-9/13. Blood in the Wilderness Simulation.
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#19. 9/13. AP Only. Actively Learn, "Who invented scalping?"
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#20. 9/16-9/17. All Periods.  Lecture Notes: The Road to Revolution.
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#21. 9/17-9/19. All Periods. AP-1777 Simulations; CP-Identifying Revolutionary Personalities Jigsaw.
#22. 9/20. All Periods. AP-"The Radicalism of the American Revolution," By Gordon Wood. CP-1777, Second Battle of Trenton Simulation.
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#23. 9/23. All Periods-The Articles of Confederation Worksheet. CP-9/24
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#24. 9/24. AP Periods Only. Constitutional Convention Simulation
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​#. 25. 9/25. All Periods. The Constitution & Compromise Worksheet
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#26. 9/27. AP Periods Only. "Hamilton and Jefferson" questions and Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the two in Actively Learn.
Period One
Period Two
Period Four
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#27. All Periods. The Federalist Period Lecture Notes
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Reading Guide III Folder Assignments
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#28. 10/4. AP Only. Thomas Jefferson Simulation.
#28. 10/7. CP Only. Actively Learn-Thomas Jefferson.
Periods 5 & 6
Class code: 0tjj0
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#29. 10/7.​ AP Only. Was Thomas Jefferson a Hypocrite Diagram?
#30. AP Only. Reading Guide III. Handout.
#31. 10/8.  All Periods.  Lewis and Clark Journal (All 27 Entries).
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​#32. 10/9-10/11 All Periods. 10/11. War of 1812 Chart, etc.
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​#33. 10/11-10/14 All Periods. The Era of Good Feelings Lecture Notes.
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#34. 10/14-10/15. All Periods. Davy Crockett film notes.
#35. 10/15. All Periods. Actively Learn-The Rise of the Common Man.
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#36. 10/16-10/17. All Periods. AP-Andrew Jackson Simulation. CP-Missouri Compromise Map.
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#37. 10/18 All Periods. Errors in Neutrality and National Security Worksheet.
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#38. 10/21. All Periods. AP-Analyzing Data: Political, Economic, and Social Changes in the 19th Century Worksheet. CP-King Jackson.
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#39. 10/22. All Periods. AP-The Market Revolution and American Lives Simulation. CP-Errors Worksheet.
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#40. 10/23. All Periods.  CP-Book Hunt, 3.4. AP-Sectionalism: Antebellum America Map.
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#41. 10/24, 10/25. All Periods. CP-Market Revolution Simulation/Irish Immigration Packet. AP-The Erie Canal . . . 
#42. (10/28) AP Periods Only. Reading Excerpts of Alexis de Tocqueville's On Democracy in America. 
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​ #43. 10/29. All Periods. 10/18. AP-John Marshall's Court Decisions 
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​#44. 10/31. AP Only. Antiquity and its Influence on the Founding Fathers Formal Lecture Notes. CP-
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"The Lady and the Mill Girl" or "Cult of  . . ."Reading.


Reading Guide IV Folder Assignments 
​#45. 11/5. AP Only. The Age of the Common Man and the Age of Reform Diagrams. Diagram #1-Choose reformers from each column (three of the same color), answer the questions and complete the diagram. Diagram #2-Choose reformers from two columns of different colors, answer the questions and complete the diagram.
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#46. 11/7. AP Only. Common Man Outline.
#47. 11/7. AP Only-"Slavery as a Positive Good" reading. What are the reasons why Calhoun believes slavery to be good? CP-Great Awakening Lecture.
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X La Amistad questions. X
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#48. 11/12-11/13. AP Only. Expansion and Slavery Lecture
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#49. 11/14, 11/18. AP.  Antebellum Simulation Notes.
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#50. AP.  Lecture, Decade of Controversy.
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College Preparatory Classes  Only
#45. Halloween Antiquity Notes.
​#46. Great Awakening Lecture.
​#47. Abolition.
​#48. Seneca Falls Convention.
#49. Hudson River School
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#50. Formal Lecture: Manifest Destiny
​#51. Mexican American War WebQuest
​#52. Slavery After 1850: Resistance
​​#53. Compromises Over Slavery
Reading Guide V Folder Assignments
#51. 12/2. AP Periods. Worksheets 4.1 and 4.2
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#52. 12/3-12/4. AP-Secession Crisis Simulation and Notes.
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​​#. 12/9-12/10. AP. 
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Reconstruction Lecture.
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College Preparatory Classes  Only.
FINAL PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND TEMPLATE
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#54. Worksheets 4.1 and 4.2
#55 Semiformal Lecture: Civil War Secession
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#56 To Arms! Reading Questions

#57 4.2-4.3 Civil War Advantages and Battles

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Semester Two
​Reading Guide VI Assignments
#1. 1/6. All Periods. Being Grover Simulation Vocabulary. 
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#2. 1/7. All Periods. Actively Learn, Politics of the Gilded Age. 
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#3. 1/8-1/9. All Periods. Factors of Industrialization.
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​#4. 1/13. All Periods. Big Business Entrepreneurs.
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#5a. 1/14. All Periods. The Assault on Laissez-Faire. Labor Unions of the Late 1800s Chart. 
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 #5b. 1/14. All Periods. AP-Actively Learn Assignment-The Great Railroad strike of 1877. CP-Worksheet 6.4


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​​#6. 1/17. All Periods. Interactive Tour of Ellis Island. 18 Questions. CP only-Warmup Worksheet 7.1
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​#7. 1/21-1/23. All Periods. Lecture Notes on Urbanization and Its Impact on American Society, 1860-1900.
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​#8a. 1/24. All Periods. African-American Scales of Justice.
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​#8b. 1/24. All Periods. Actively Learn: WEB Dubois & Atlanta Compromise 
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​#9. 1/27-1/28. All Periods. The Last Frontier Lecture.
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#10. 1/29. All Periods.
AP=Inflation/Deflation Chart
CP=Chapter 7 Review Worksheet 
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​​Reading Guide VII Assignments
​​#11. All Periods. 2/4-2/5. The Path to Empire Lecture Notes.
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#12. 2/6. All Periods. The "Bully Pulpit" Simulation.
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​#13. 2/11. All Periods. Progressivism Chart.
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​#14. 2/12. All Periods. "Muckraking" in the Jungle.
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#15. 2/18. All Periods. Graphing US Entry into the Great War.
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#16. 2/20. All Periods. Wilson VS. The World: The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations Chart.
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xOliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Worksheetx
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​Reading Guide VIII Assignments
#17a. 2/25. . . All Periods. The 1920s Stock Market Simulation
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#17b. 2/25-2/26. All Periods. The Roaring Twenties.
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AP Periods-VZ8SMWJ9
Period 5-VSHUMDKJ
period 6-NUD2FCQ9
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Turned in, not part of the folder. All Periods. AP-When the Negro was in Vogue Reading. CP-13.4 Worksheet.
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#18. All Periods. "Era of Normalcy" Lecture.
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#19. 3/5. All Periods. Actively Learn. Domestic and International Politics of the 1920s.
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#20. 3/6-3/11. All Periods. New Deal Lecture.
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#21. 3/10. All Periods. Actively Learn.  Equal Rights and The New Deal.
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#22. 3/11. All Periods. Entertainment During the Depression--Viewing and Worksheet.
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#23. 3/13. All Periods. New Deal Crossword
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#24. 3/14. All Periods. American Neutrality Timeline.
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#25. 3/18. Periods 2-6. Democracy Under Pressure/Japanese Internment Video Notes.
#26. 3/21. All Periods. Okinawa Simulation.

​Reading Guide IX Assignments 
Watch AP Daily Videos
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#27. 3/24. All Periods. AP-Bluebook Exploration. CP-Worksheet 
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#28. 3/25-3/28. All periods. The "American Dream" Lecture.

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#29. 3/28. All Periods. The Other America Reading Excerpt. CP?

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#30. 3/31. All Periods. The New Frontier Highlight Chart.
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#31. 4/1. All Periods. The Power of Television; the Election of 1964 & Johnson's .Great Society 
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#32. 4/2-4/3. All Periods. African-American Civil Rights Movement Time Line, 1954-1965.  Use the "A Time For Justice" Video (Reading Guide IX) to complete the assignment. Items for the timeline are listed below.
Little Rock
MLKJ Jailed
Freedom Summer Disappearances
Selma March
Emmett Till
Freedom Rides
Jimmy Lee Jackson
Montgomery Bus Boycott
"Sit-ins"
16th street Baptist Church
"Bloody Sunday"

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#33. 4/21. All Periods. "The War Against the Americans to Save the Nation" Vietnam Simulation.
#34. All Periods. AP-Completely define 5-7 terms from the syllabus list of review items. If you complete this assignment, take a practice test you have not completed. CP-Worksheet 22.1 make sure to complete the chart at the top!
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#35. 4/22-4/24. All Periods. Nixon Now Simulation Notes
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#36. 4/23-4/24. All Periods. CP=Worksheet 22.2 AP=Significance of 5 Period 5 Vocabulary Items
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#37. 4/28. All Periods. CP=Worksheet 24.3 AP=Significance of 5 Period 6 &  7 Vocabulary Items
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#38. 4/28-4/31. All Periods. A New Day in America--Reagan Simulation Notes
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#39. 4/30. All Periods. AP=Vocabulary Significance, Period 8 & 9; CP=Worksheet 25.1 
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​#40. 5/1. CP Only. Worksheet 25.4
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#41. 5/5. All Periods. AP-Theme Sheet, AP Periods 1-9. CP-Worksheet 26.1
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#42. 5/6. All Periods. A New World Order-Simulation.
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#43. CP Only. Worksheet 26.3
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Reading Guide IX-X Assignments, c. 1994-Today 
#44. 5/13-14. All Periods. Iraq, 2004 Simulation.

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#45. 5/14-15. All Periods. Folder Evaluation. 1. Find one other person in class. 2. Check their folder. 3. For all assignments, mark if they have the number. Then, a second mark if they have the item completed. Write 1-44 on the paper, and use checks or x's to indicate what you find.
Not Included in Folder
Video One
Video Two
#46. 5/16. All Periods. President Obama's Afghanistan Dilemma--Simulation.
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#47. 5/19. All Periods. Obama's War, PBS Frontline video notes for future quiz.
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