Calendar is subject to change.
Richardson, 2015
Name:________________________________ Class:___
APUSH Unit 7
Period 7 Part 2, 1920-1945
Roaring Twenties, Great Depression, and WWII
Before you begin the unit, set an academic goal and state your time
commitment. Then select the strategy(ies) you will use for unit
homework assignments (traditionally… reading the textbook… but
there are other options besides reading).
Goal for unit:________ (A, B, C) Time commitment outside of class:________ minutes/block (recommendation is 60 minutes minimum/ block)
Outside strategy for unit content acquisition: (circle one or two)
Reading textbook
Reading/Studying
Wikinotes
The Century Videos
Reading AMSCO
Completing Reading Guides
Study Group
online notes (website)
Watching/Listening to podcast lectures
Watching/Listening to Hippocampus Reviews
Schmoop
Crash Course Videos
Learnerator  Have you tried it yet?
Other:___________________________________________________________
If you still do not have an AMSCO review guide, please order one ASAP!
Image is depicting
President Warren
Harding, elected in
1920, with the slogan,
“Return to Normalcy.”
This unit continues
our study of Period 7
and includes the
“return to normalcy,”
Roaring Twenties,
Harlem Renaissance,
Great Depression,
New Deal, and WWII.
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
FRIDAY
21A & 22B
23A
Unit 6 Day 6
Unit 6 Test
DBQ ; 55 minutes
25 multiple choice; 25 minutes
Period 7 Part 1 Term Review due BOP
(optional bonus)
The Unit 6 Test Make-Up & Re-Take will be held in Mr.
Anderson’s room (F244) on Thursday, January 29th.
Make-Up Test consists of 25 multiple choice and one
DBQ (80 minutes). Unit 6 Make-Up Test Options for
students absent on the original test date: 7:45-9:05,
2:35-3:55, or 3:40-5:00.
Homework:
Read American Pageant chapters 32 & 33 or
chapter 23 AMSCO. Log onto Skyward and
complete Roaring Twenties Online Reading
Quiz by 8am next block. Optional Roaring
Twenties reading guide worth 10% bonus
on the online quiz. You should not be
logged on longer than 20 minutes for quiz.
Re-Take Test is for multiple choice only. The retake
includes 50 multiple choice questions. (50 minutes)
Unit 6 Re-Take Multiple Choice Options for students
failing the multiple choice test: 8:00-8:50, 2:40-3:30, or
3:45-4:35.
Unit 7 Day 1
Roaring Twenties
Online Reading Quiz closes 8am
Roaring Twenties reading guide due BOP
(optional bonus)
Main Objectives:
-Explain the impact of the revolution in
communications and transportation technology on
mass culture.
-To what extent did migration, world war, and
economic distress impact the nation?
Activities:
Take reading quiz, discuss the 20s, collaborative
analysis of culture conflicts.
Homework:
Read American Pageant chapters 33 & 34 or
chapter 24 of AMSCO. Optional Boom and Bust
Crossroads Essay Analysis and Great
Depression and New Deal reading guide each
worth 10% bonus on next quiz.
10 Minute Review of Conflict in the 1920s
8 minute Review of 1920s politics and the beginning
of the Great Depression
Unit 6 Re-Writes for students failing the DBQ need to be
scheduled with your individual teacher.
"Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt." --Herbert Hoover
National Debt in 1928:
16.1 billion;
National Debt in 2015: 18.1 trillion
Calendar is subject to change.
Richardson, 2015
MONDAY
TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
26B
27A & 28B
Unit 7 Day 1
Roaring Twenties
Online Reading Quiz closes 8am
Roaring Twenties reading guide due BOP
(optional bonus)
Main Objective:
Analyze the ways migration, world war, technology,
and economic distress impacted the nation.
Activities:
Take reading quiz, discuss the 20s, collaborative
analysis of culture conflicts.
Homework:
Read American Pageant chapters 33 & 34 or chapter
24 of AMSCO. Optional Boom and Bust Crossroads
Essay Analysis and Great Depression and New
Deal reading guide each worth 10% bonus on next
quiz.
10 Minute Review of Conflict in the 1920s
8 minute Review of 1920s politics and the
beginning of the Great Depression
THURSDAY & FRIDAY
29A & 30B
Unit 7 Day 2
Great Depression Reading Quiz BOP
Great Depression and New Deal reading guide due BOP
(optional bonus)
Boom and Bust Crossroads Essay Analysis due BOP
(optional bonus)
FDR Online Reading Quiz
Closes 8AM
Unit 7 Day 3
Main Objective:
Explain the continuities and changes in America foreign
policy from 1898-1941.
Activities:
Main Objectives:
Debrief last two quizzes, collaborative analysis analyzing
change over time, discussion on FDR’s policies and U.S.
entry into WWII.
Analyze the causes and effects of the Great Depression.
Explain how and why FDR implemented relief, recovery, and
reform programs.
Homework:
Activities:
Finish unit textbook readings, finish additional readings,
catch up on writing activities.
Reading quiz, collaborative analysis comparing and contrasting
viewpoints on New Deal policies, discussion on historical
significance of the New Deal.
8 Minute Review of Foreign Policy btwn W- Wars
8 Minute Review of WWII
Homework:
Read American Pageant chapters 35-36 and/or chapter 25 of
AMSCO. Optional WWII reading guide due Feb. 2nd/3rd and
worth 10% bonus on both FDR online quiz and WWII in class
quiz.
Work on your Essential TEKS this weekend!
Mini-bio FDR
6 Minute Review of the New Deal
Avoid Roosevelt Confusion!
Despite my
Mount Rushmore envy, I promise a
New Deal and life without fear if you just keep
me straight from that Bull Moose!
1933-1945
Elected to 4 terms: Washington Who?
Don’t confuse us…
or I will Rough Ride to Allen and take
my Big Stick to your test! Throw in a
3rd Party and it sounds like a Square
Deal to me!
1901-1909 almost 2 terms
but Who’s Your Teddy?
MONDAY & TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
February 2A & 3B
4A & 5B
WWII Reading Quiz BOP
6A
Unit 7 Day 4
WWII reading guide due BOP (optional bonus)
The Age of FDR Crossroads Essay Analysis due BOP
(optional bonus)
Main Objectives:
Compare Woodrow Wilson and FDR’s war policies at home and
abroad. Identify and explain ways Americans on the homefront
supported and benefitted from the war effort.
Activities:
FRIDAY
Unit 7 Day 5
Essential TEKS online quiz closes 8am
Period 7 Essential TEKS packet due BOP
Main Objective:
(mandatory)
Review and analyze chronology & major themes for Period 7.
Activities:
Debrief last two quizzes, discuss major themes for Period 7,
collaborative analysis of era… pulling it all together!
Homework:
Study for Unit 7 test!
Reading quiz, discuss WWII, collaborative analysis of major themes
Homework:
Unit 7 Test
Unit 7 Day 6
25 multiple choice (25 Minutes)
1 DBQ (55 Minutes)
Homework:
Read American Pageant chapter 37 and/or
chapter 26 of AMSCO. Complete Truman and
the Cold War reading guide for 10% bonus
on next quiz. Log onto Skyward and complete
Truman online reading quiz by 8am next
block.
8 minute Review of Truman’s Postwar
Strategies
Complete Period 7 Essential TEKS review packet (NOT optional).
Log onto Skyward and complete Essential TEKS review quiz.
8 minute Review of the WWII Homefront
8 Minute Review of end of WWII and postwar Diplomacy
6 Minute Review of the End of WWII
Only 25 More Blocks Until the AP Exam! Make Every Moment Count!
Know your onions, ol’ chap! Fight Fiercely for a FIVE on that jolly ole AP exam.
Now do say… go on and be a jolly ole chap and prepare to
Don’t let it beat you. Victory, I say! Nothing else is acceptable.
No skiving allowed. Bob’s your uncle.
PS- I may be British but I <3 USA