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Interview track 1
Interview track 2
Turnitin
You will be
required to register and submit some written assignments to this
site. IDs and passswords were given in class.
Textbook
Sites
America's
History, 6th ed. Henretta, et al
This web page in support of your textbook for the APUSH class
should be your first stop on the web. Check out the chapter summaries
and the practice tests. You can even purchase podcasts of chapter
summaries. Add the url to your "favorites" and utilize
this valuable resource before every test. Free registration is required.
If you are having problems with the site on IE, try Mozilla.
Here is a list of other
textbook sites that have summaries, quizzes, outlines and other
useful info.
The
American Promise
, Roark : This
is the textbook for the other SPS U.S. history classes.
The
American Nation , Garraty
America: A Narrative
History , Tindall
The
American Experiment, Gillon
The
American Pageant , Bailey
American
History, Brinkley
Download
Photo Story 3
Hamilton
Rap New
Singing
Teacher ( I left the CD at school so this will be posted next week)
Talking
History Podcasts. These radio interviews with noted
historians was sponsored by the Organization of American Historians.
It is an easy and informative way to access the latest in historigography.
You will be assigned several of these, but I enourage you to listen
to all of them. Try it while excersising or riding in the car.
College Board
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/about.html
This is the place to find about information about the AP exam.
It is free to register. You can then get access to VERY useful information.
DO NOT NEGLECT TO VISIT THIS SITE!
Here are all the FRQs for exams 2001-2005 along with scoring guides
and commentary.
This is one-stop shopping for FRQ (including DBQ) review.
Review Pages
Dr.
Sanderson's web page is great for review. He now has podcasts
for most units. Download and listen on your ipods.
Link
to Dr. Sanderson podcasts This
is the link to the podcasts without a password.
Quiz Page
http://www.historyteacher.net/USQuizMainPage.htm
This site has more than 110 quizzes with over 1200 questions pertaining
to American history. This is a great place to review for a test
and the APUSH exam. Mrs. Pojer rocks!
The Official United States
History Cram Packet
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Pantheon/9910//
This site has a timeline of major events in U.S. history
APUSH Notecards
http://apstudent.com/ushistory/cards.html
Don't miss this one. 1600 notecards (PETS) arranged in chronological
order.
Presidents
http://www.mury.k12.ut.us/mhs/apus/handouts/presidentslist.pdf
A great list of the presidents with a summary of major events during
their terms.
Great review site. Check
out the lecture notes
http://www.historysage.com/ushistory.phtml
Themes in US history.
http://historybytes.net/themes.html
Here is a good reviews of major themes.
Supreme Court cases
http://www.mury.k12.ut.us/mhs/apus/handouts/supremecourtcases.htm
A good list of important cases with a brief summary.
Famous trials
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm
A wonderful resources on famous trials.
Animated Atlas: Manifest Destiny Alive!
http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html
General History Links
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
This a great place for rated history sites.
Eyewitness
to History
My favorite primary source site for general social studies.. This
site is easy to navigate and extremely interesting. Each primary
source is presented along with an explanation of its historical
context, useful images, and a bibliography. You can either browse
all of the sources in order of date by using the Index, or you can
jump to listings specific to a certain century.
CIA
World Factbook
This is am excellent site for information about specific countries.
The map section is very good. You can print out maps in pdf to jpeg
format.
History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
Excellent source for web research. Wonderful primary sources.
Need a map?
http://geography.about.com/cs/blankoutlinemaps/
Animated Atlas (map of
US land acquistion. Great review)
http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html
Changes in value of money
over time
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html
The National Debt Clock
http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
A must site for the WWI
WWI Trenches on the
Web
Nite
Sheigo
WWII diaries of my father-in-law,
David A. Bramlett. He fought in Africa, Italy and landed on the
beaches of Normandy on D-Day. This live-journal site was established
by my daughter, who is transcribing the orginal diaries. This is
a wonderful primary source for the WWII experiences of the "commmon
soldier." Actually, DB was far from common as you will learn
if you read these entries.
Writing and Citation
Research and Documentation
Online. This is the online edition of the new SPS documentation
book for all classes.
You can find the answers to your citation questions here.
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/
Son of Citation Machine is another good citation resources.
http://citationmachine.net/
The Texas A&M Writing
Center is an excellent site for writing help
http://uwc.tamu.edu/handouts/
Reading, Writing and
Researching History: A Guide for College Students at Bowdoin University
is a wonderful site.
http://academic.bowdoin.edu/WritingGuides/
©
2006 Margaret Bramlett / St.
Paul's School
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