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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. All Classes.  mrginn.com website search worksheet.
mrginn_website_search.pdf
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​#2. CP Only. 6 Terms and Names from Chapter 1, Section 2 defined. ​
​​#3. All Classes.  Colonial Comparison Chart
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#4.  All Classes.  Actively Learn:  "Puritan Life."  Done online.  The assignment is under Reading Guide I.  Click on the button for your class, using the code on the button to enter.
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#5.  All Classes.  Formal Lecture.  "Expanding Colonial America."
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#6.  All Periods.  Colonial Class Status Chart
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#7.  All classes.  William Byrd's Secret Diary
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#7b.  CP Only.  The Colonial Slave Trade
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#8.  All Periods.  Slavery Timeline.
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#9.  All Periods.  "Life and Thought in Colonial America," Lecture.
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#10. All Periods.  Errors in Colonial Development Worksheet
#11.  All Periods.  Special American Colonial Qualities

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Reading Guide II Folder Assignments 
#12. All Classes. Done Online. Actively Learn, "The French and Indian War."
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#13. Period 5 Only. "Imperial War for North America."
#14. All Classes.  Lecture Notes:  The Road to Revolution.
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#15.  AP-The Radicalism of the American Revolution, By Gordon Wood; CP-Worksheet 2.2
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#16.  All Periods.  The Articles of Confederation Worksheet
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​#17.  All Periods.  The Constitution & Compromise Worksheet
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#18.  All Periods.  The Federalist Period Lecture Notes
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#19.  All Periods.  Online.  CommonLit.  "Two Famous Friends."
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Reading Guide III Folder Assignments
#20.  All Periods.  Lewis and Clark Journal (All 27 Entries).
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​#21. All Periods.  Opposing Influences--War of 1812 Chart.
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​#22. All Periods.  The Era of Good Feelings Lecture Notes.
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#23. All Periods.  Davy Crocket Video Notes.
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​#24. AP Periods Only.  John Marshall's Court Decisions Worksheet.
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#25. AP Periods Only. Clay's American System Worksheet
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#26.  All Periods, Errors in Neutrality and National Security Worksheet.
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#27.  All Periods.  Sectionalism Map.
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​#28.  All Periods.  Antiquity and its Influence on the Founding Fathers.
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#29. AP Periods Only. Reading Excerpt of Alexis de Tocqueville's On Democracy in America.
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"The Lady and the Mill Girl" or "Cult of  . . ."Reading.


Reading Guide IV Folder Assignments 
​#30.  All Periods.  The Age of the Common Man and Reform Diagram. Choose a reformer from each column, answer the questions, and complete a Diagram.
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#31.  All Periods.  AP-10 Vocabulary Definitions 
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CP-Worksheet 3.5 on Paper or Definitions from 3.5
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#32.  All Periods.  "Slavery as a Positive Good." What are the Four Reasons Calhoun believes to prove Slavery is Good?
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​#33.  All Periods.  Slavery and Expansion Lecture
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#34.  All Periods.  Antebellum Simulation Notes.
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#35.  All Periods.  Manifest Destiny Map.
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#36.  All Periods.  Lecture, Decade of Controversy.
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#37.  AP Only.  Themes Worksheet.
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#38.  All Periods.  AP=Progress Check, Unit 4.  CP="Union in Peril" word search.
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period three
period four
Reading Guide V Folder Assignments
#39.  All Periods.  Gods and Generals movie notes.

#40.  All Periods. 

AP-Chapter 20: Girding for War, 1861-1865.  Define 10 key terms from the chapter on a piece of paper.
CP-Chapter 3.3 and 3.5.  Define 10 key terms from the either section on a piece of paper. 
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​#41.  All Periods. 
AP-Chapter 22: Reconstruction.  Define 8 key (emboldened) terms from the chapter on a piece of paper. Chapters 20 and 22 should be the focus of your study.  I will specify what you should know for 21, later.
CP-Chapter 4.1:  Define all the emboldened terms on a piece of paper.  Make sure you have all items for your folder complete.
​​#42.  All Periods.  Reconstruction Lecture.
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Semester Two
​Reading Guide VI Assignments
​#1. All Periods. Factors of Industrialization.
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​​#2. Jan. 17. All Periods. Interactive Tour of Ellis Island. 18 Questions. 
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scholastics_ellis_island_web_tour.pdf
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​#3. Started 1/18. All Classes. Lecture Notes on Urbanization and Its Impact on American Society, 1860-1900.
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​#4.  All Periods (1/23/22). African-American Scales of Justice Drawing, 1860s-1910s.
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​#5. 1/23-1/24. All Periods (1/23/22). Actively Learn: Industrialization and African-Americans.  
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#6. 1/24. All Periods. 
AP-Define 14 Out of 28 Terms in the Chapter Review, Chapter 25.
CP-Define 10 Out of 21 Terms and Names from Chapter 8.
​#7. All Periods. The Last Frontier Lecture.
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#8.  All Periods. 1/31. Assault on Laissez-Faire & Inflation/Deflation Charts


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Thursday, January 13.  All Periods.
Assignment #7: 
Make the pdf chart below on a piece of paper.  Use the internet to fill in the chart information, and answer the final question at the bottom of the sheet.











Today's quiz will be combined with the next quiz on the 19th.  I will be back tomorrow for the lecture.


#10.  All Periods (1/21/22): Complete the following Actively Learn Assignment about the Dawes Act by clicking on your class (The Act that attempted to assimilate Native-Americans into American society).  Then, watch the following video to see how the Act affected Native Americans (Use your earphones).  There will be questions on the next test about the video.





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​#12.  Inflation/Deflation Chart, Periods 1, 3, & 4

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​​Reading Guide VII Assignments
#13.  CIA World Fact Book Web Search Worksheet.



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#14.  Map 57.  The Spanish-American War.



​#15.  The Path to Empire, Lecture Notes.

Assignment #16 (1/3/22):
AP Periods 1-5.  Complete Unit 6 Progress Check (links below).  This will be graded.
CP Periods 5 & 6.  Complete the worksheets 10.3 & 10.4 on a piece of paper to be turned in to the sub.(files at right).  This will be graded.



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​#17.  Muckraking in the Jungle/Progressivism Chart.






​#18.  Great War Entry Chart.





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#19.  Online.  
The Treaty of Versailles and The League of Nations Actively Learn Assignment.




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​#20. 2/17/22.  AP:  Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. PDF with Questions.  CP:  Worksheet 11.3.




#21.  AP ONLY.  Video 7.2.


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Period 5.
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​Reading Guide VIII Assignments
#22.  Themes Worksheet, AP Only
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#23.  "When the Negro was en Vogue"  Reading and Questions(AP); Chapter 12, Section Definitions (CP)






​#24.  The Era of Normalcy Lecture Notes



​#25.  The New Deal Lecture Notes 



#26.  CP ONLY.  Complete the Chapter 15.1 worksheet on a piece of paper.
#27.  3/14/22, Actively Learn.  The New Deal and Minorities.

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#27.  1930s Entertainment.
#28.  American Neutrality in the 1930s and 1940s
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​Reading Guide IX Assignments 
AP Daily Videos Required
#29.  The American Dream Lecture.




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#30.  Cold War Lecture.

#31.  Online AP Only Assignment.  Unit 7 Progress Check
#32.  All Students.  The Other America.
#33.  AP students only.  New Frontier/Great Society Chart.
#34. All Students.  Civil Rights Movement Time Line.  Use the "A Time For Justice" Video (Reading Guide IX) to complete the assignment. 
#35.  All Periods.  The Other Movements of the 1960s and 1970s Chart.
#36.  Review Vocabulary.  Students taking an AP test on Tues. May 3 do not have to complete this assignment.

#37.  Two Days in October video notes.  AP students are not responsible for notes on days they are testing.


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1_the_other_america-harrington.pdf
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new_frontier_great_society_chart.pdf
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Reading Guide X Assignments 
#38.  Elvis-Innocence & Rebellion video notes.
AP Daily Videos Required
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