APUSH Early National Period LAP
LAP: Learning Activity Packet
Next week we will be studying the first three Presidents of the United States.
Because you listened to me talk so intently this week, and because it allows you to
personalize your instruction, class next week will be entirely centered on YOU! This
means YOU will be in charge of your own academic destiny. If you choose to sit around
and pick your nose all week, that is your business and you’ll have to face your own music
when grades go out.
So you probably want to know how a LAP works. Fair question. Below, you will
find a list of activities that you must complete with scores of “C” or better in order to get
credit. You will also find a list of activities that you MUST complete to get C’s, B’s, or
A’s respectively, if you do NOT earn a grade of “C” or higher, you will NOT get credit
for doing the activity. You will either have to re-do the assignment, or choose another.
You may NOT re-take a multiple- choice quiz. If you fail it, you have to write an essay.
This LAP is DUE on Friday October 30th at or before 9:40. You will have
THREE class days to work on this project in class. After that you are on your own!
REMEMBER, I DO NOT TAKE LATE WORK. Come to class prepared to accomplish
something! No Ifs, Ands or Buts. If you are not at school the day your project is due, it
must make it to me! Unless I get a doctor’s note that says you are dying, I will take off a
LETTER GRADE for each day it is late. I am NOT joking. If you must be absent, e-mail
it to me, or send it with a friend.
Hint: Don’t wait until the last possible moment to turn in your work. Turn it
in early so I can grade it, and you can make sure you earn a passing grade.
Grading: You must earn a grade of “C” or higher to get credit—
To get a
D complete 4 activities with a score of “C” or better.
C 5 activities with a score of “C” or better.
B 5 activities + DBQ with a score of “C” or better.
A 6 activities + DBQ with a score of “C” or better
Note: You MUST do activities 1, 2, 3 & 4.
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1. Read Ch. 7 in The Enduring Vision. Take and pass the essay quiz and pass it
with a score of “3.5” or better. This must be done in class. Use the essay
questions in your study guide.
2. Read and annotate the TWO documents laying out both Hamilton and
Jefferson’s ideas regarding governmental powers and the National Bank.
Then complete the chart comparing their ideologies.
3. Read about the Louisiana Purchase. Either write an essay or take an oral
quiz in which you answer the following question:
How and why did the Jefferson administration overcome the political
and ideological obstacles to the Louisiana Purchase? How did
Jefferson justify his actions constitutionally?
* In order to take the oral quiz, you must already have credit for activities 1 & 2.
Submit your essay to turnitin.com.
4. Complete the “Independent Document Inquiry” - we will start this in class.
Do not begin it until we do so together.
5. Create 3 political cartoons in which you explain the controversy and varying
viewpoints regarding the XYZ Affair, Alien & Sedition Acts and the VA & KY
Resolutions.
6. Read the article “Cliffhanger: The Election of 1800.” Then create a propaganda
(election) poster for either Jefferson or Burr. Why should this man be chosen
over the other?
7. Read the Article “Republican Motherhood” and then make a poster to convince
women that this idea is in their best interest.
8. Create a chart comparing and contrasting Shays’ and the Whiskey Rebellion.
9. Make a graphic organizer of important Supreme Court cases decided by John
Marshall (Marbury v. Madison, Gibbons v. Ogden, McCullough v, Maryland &
Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge).
10. Create an annotated timeline in which you explain the foreign policy of
Washington, Adams and Jefferson. How did the United States attempt to stay
neutral from European conflict? Were these attempts effective?
11. DBQ— Use the documents to answer the question (this is an essay) to the best of
your ability. Turn in the annotated documents in class. Submit your essay to
turnitin.com.