APUSH

Remember–primary (1st)–a quote from the Declaration of Independence is a primary source. Your textbooks written paragraph about the Declaration of Independence is a secondary source. You want PRIMARY SOURCES only!

Also, review old DBQs you have taken–your documents (primary sources) should look just like those do. When you give the source information you are giving the author/speaker/creator, book/magazine/newspaper/speech/etc, date. (You are NOT giving any website information–websites did NOT exist in your time periods to be used as primary source material!!!!)

Search words to try: APUSH primary sources; APUSH dbq documents; APUS history primary sources; 1776 independence primary source (this works for any time period/topic).

Here are some websites to help in the search:

 http://www.historyteacher.net/APUSH-Course/APUSH_Weblinks-MainPage.htm

http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/primary.html

http://www.tdhah.com/site_files/Teacher_Resources/teacher_resources.php

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/tblibrary.htm

http://sun.menloschool.org/~chanson/apush/docs_dox/index.html

Several of you have come to me asking if it’s okay to read things on the Internet about what we are studying.

Uh,

YEAH!

One of the many things college students eventually begin to become responsible for (besides their own laundry and housekeeping abilities ) is the need to search out additional material and resources which will help them succeed. If this means finding the cliff notes versions of their textbook, so be it. If this means reading several different sources written at an easier level, so be it. The point is–do you understand it, can you repeat it (in your own words, of course), and can you use it?

So, another resource for you to use:

An online textbook called From Revolution to Reconstruction. Specifically, click this link, Westward Expansion, for the stuff that relates directly to what we are working on this week.

Don’t forget about HippoCampus (the online audio version of our lessons) or the new AMSCO book–I now have a class set, which can be checked out for your use!!!!!

P.S. If you are a student of mine, leave a comment here for 5 extra credit points by October 19, 2007!!!

For reading assignments & IDs, please click on the page Reading Assignments & IDs.

These will be available all year long. Keep up. If you happen to fall behind–catch up!

The following books are recommended books for checking out at the library, borrowing from a friend, or purchasing. These books will help you in your studies for APUSH. Remember–you can NEVER study too much !

First–find a good AP Exam Review book. The good books have study outlines, practice multiple choice exams, and practice DBQs. These will add to your study resources.

More will be posted in the future. You will also want to check the Resources page on this site.