APWH Flashcard Guidelines- due the day before a Unit Test
All flashcards must be turned in on 3X5 index cards that are lined on one side only. The blank
side will have the word, phrase, or date written on it in the middle of the card. The lined side will have
the pertinent information written on it.
Side 1 Example - Unlined
Adolf Hitler
Side Two Example - Lined
1880s - 1945
fought WW1. Leader of Nazi party. Solved German
economic problems 1930s. Used extremist political views to
gain support. Expansionist policies direct cause of WW2.
Conquered most of Europe 1939 - 40. Defeated 1945.
Suicide.
Holocaust.
All entries must be in your handwriting and written in black/blue ink. Please make it legible.
Each unit of flashcards must have a card with your name and unit printed on it as the first card.
Please rubber band the cards together. I will not provide rubber bands.
It is not necessary to use complete sentences when completing flashcards. Please use the following
guidelines:
Person: Significant years, significant contribution(s). e.g. Robespierre
- 1720s - 1790s
- Lawyer. Sans culottes
- a leader of early French Revolution. Fanatic
- came to real power during reign of terror. If you don't support the revolution you are opposed
- Executed 1000s of 3rd estate
- executed by his own group
Event: Year, place (if applicable), significance. e.g. Battle of Waterloo
- Grand Alliance (monarchies of Europe) fights Napoleon.
- Wellington defeats Napoleon 1815
- After Napoleon’s defeat Europe in turmoil. War and French Revolution scared monarchs.
Wanted return to stability. Solved by Congress of Vienna
Miscellaneous: Writings, Art, and Music. Summary, date; other pertinent information,
significance.
e.g. Common Sense
- January 1776
- Thomas Paine; author and patriot.
- Writes a pamphlet questioning the right and "common sense" of a
small island (England) to govern a large country. Appeals to the mass
of people.
- "The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind." (Common Sense, 1776)