Welcome to Advanced Placement US History!

Why should we study History? Because it is

interesting. Where else can

you learn about Atomic Bombs?

Powhatan Uprising of 1622Powhatan Uprising of 1622

Boston Mass.Boston Mass.

The Mexican War 1846 – 1848

Reconstruction:

Curriculum Map:We landed on the moon!

World War 2 Bombers over England

Soldiers of World War 2

London Bridge Burning World War 2

Human Ovens of the Holocaust

Holocaust Victims

Political Cartoon.

William R. FitzsimmonsDean of Admissions Harvard University

“One of the best standard predictors of academic success at Harvard isPerformance on Advanced Placement Examinations.”

Success in Tupper Lake APUS

2008- 4 students 2 scored 4,s 1 scored 3 1 scored 2

75% “Passed” and received college credit

Success in Tupper Lake APUS

2009- 12 students 4 scored 4,s 6 scored 3 2 scored 2

83% passed and received college credit

Success in Tupper Lake APUS

2010- 16 students 1 scored 4,s 8 scored 3 6 scored 2 1 scored 1

56% passed and received college credit

Success in Tupper Lake APUS Totals 7 scored 4 15 scored 3 9 scored 2 1 scored 1

69 % passed and received college credit

National average is 50%

Success in Tupper Lake APUS

It is really up to you.

Course Overview

College Level Class “Columbus to Clinton” Score well enough on the exam in

May, get college credit.

This course is taught at the college level. 

1. There will be a lot of work outside class.

2. There will be a big written component.

3. There isn’t time to waste.

Student Evaluation Homework Assignments/Online quizzes Writing Participation Unit exams Quizzes Document Based Questions Free Response Questions Participation

Online Resources:

www.mrcochran.com

Class resources online….

Course Texts

Brinkley, Alan. American History: A Survey

Howard Zinn, A People’s History of the United States

Handouts

Class Procedures:

How Class This Works…

To maximize our time, I have put in a few procedures to make things run more smoothly.

Cell Phones

Cell Phones

-Cell Phones will be confiscated upon sight in class.

It will be given to the main office where you will pick it up at the end of the day.

Do not use them.

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1. Launch List:

Can be found on the front board. Each day there will be things on the

board you are required to start BEFORE the bell rings.

Launch List:

1. Have a copy of the “AP US History Syllabus” on your desk to go over.

2. In your binder, write down the 2 most interesting events in history.

2. Please Take One:

On your way in, grab any handouts before you sit down.

3. Discussion:

This class is discussion-based lecture. Participation is important. You will get a grade based upon

participation.

4. Respect:

All opinions are valued. It is important that you respect each

other and give one another the courtesy of listening.

**The most important thing to remember**

You can talk at any time. When you want to speak-

1. Raise your hand. 2. Wait to be called on.

Attention Getting Signal: I will simply count 3-2-1 at this point

you must: 1. Freeze 2. Stop Talking 3. Face the front and listen

**The most important thing to remember**

When you want to speak- 1. Raise your hand. 2. Wait to be called on.

Class Supplies –

Bring the following each day 1 three ring binder – Something to write with (Pen) Textbook- you can leave things in

the back

Direct Instruction (notes)

1. Have Binders ready 2. Do not talk unless you raise

your hand AND wait to be called on to speak

3. Look at who is speaking

Homework:

1. It is not optional.

Homework:

2. If you do all of your homework, you will receive 2 extra bonus points on on our next unit test.

Homework-

Students who have done well enough to pass the final exam, typically take their time on assignments.

Do not save work for homeroom, set aside time for your work.

Late Work Procedure

Late work will not be accepted.

All assignments are due at the beginning of class the day they are due.

Late Work Procedure

If you miss class for whatever reason, assignments are due the day after you return.

Leaving the Classroom

The bell does not dismiss the class, Mr. Cochran does.

Extra Handouts

Extra files can be found in 2 places: The bin in the back of the class The Class Webpage

How do we learn?

Essential Questions:

Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain?

Hero or Villain?

“In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue”

Hero or Villain? Anthony 'A.J.' Sopra

no Jr.: It says, in this book, that Christopher Columbus was a slave trader.

Anthony 'Tony' Soprano Sr.: So, you finally read a book and it's bulls(*t!

Hero or Villain? You must either

conquer and rule or serve and lose, suffer or triumph, be the anvil or the hammer.

-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Hero or Villain?

Hero or Villain?

Hero or Villain?

Kurt Vonnegut- Author

Hero or Villain? “1492. As children we were taught to

memorize this year with pride and joy as the year people began living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America. Actually, people had been living full and imaginative lives on the continent of North America for hundreds of years before that. 1492 was simply the year sea pirates began to rob, cheat, and kill them.” Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions

Hero or Villain?