APUSH Review Unit
(2010-11)
After all the hard work we’ve done this year, it’s time to start tying it all together to make sure the year ends with the greatest
possible success. The following contains your required tasks and calendar through Friday, May 6th –APUSH test day. Several of
these assignments allow you to choose your own topics, but rather than looking for the easiest ones, select eras/categories of
weakness. By doing so, you’ll make greater strides in your preparation and lead yourself to a better performance on the big exam.
Everyone is required to complete these assignments, regardless of test participation on 5/6. All due dates are listed on the calendar.
Practice Tests: These will be credit/no credit assignments. The intent is for you to diagnosis your strengths/weaknesses at the start
of April, and then compare these results to a separate test a few weeks later. Hopefully, you’ll not only see improvement during that
time, but know where to focus your work the last week before the real exam.
Practice Tests
1. the 1988 APUSH exam
• a copy of this will be provided
• do as homework (55-min. limit)
• results due on 4/8
2. find one in any test prep book
• to be done on your own sometime near
the end of April (minimum 80 items)
• do your own analysis of the results
• KRL’s internet site has a free AP US
History exam (from the REA test
book)
Results and Analysis
• Score the tests and analyze the ones you got wrong by identifying the
era and category as follows.
Eras
Categories
Colonial/Amer. Rev. (to 1789)
Political/Diplomatic
1789 to 1865
Social
1865 to 1914
Cultural
1914-present
Economic
• You will be given a form to do this for the 1988 exam.
• On your second (choice) test, make a similar chart to indicate the
questions that you missed, which categories and eras those were from,
and a narrative (1/2 to 1 page) comparing these results to the 1988
exam. You do not need to submit the actual test questions.
Vocabulary: You will have five scheduled, matching vocabulary quizzes. This last Vocab. List has been condensed to the most relevant
and test-proven topics. You must earn at least 90% on these or you’ll have to write identifications (who/what/where/when/why and
significance) for each term you missed. Students earning less than 90% on any vocabulary quiz must turn in that quiz with the
identifications attached no later than May 5th (the quiz will be recorded as a zero until these identifications are submitted). There are
no retakes –just writing identifications (hopefully you won’t have to do them!).
Chronology Quizzes: You will have 5 scheduled chronology quizzes. While memorizing specific years won’t be absolutely
necessary, it will certainly help! They’ll be some sort of matching, fill in the blank, etc. Use the timeline handout to guide your
preparation.
One-pagers: A one-pager is a single-page, visual manner of showing your understanding of a topic. It is also a way to be brief and
compressed while showing quality and completeness. It may end up looking like an elaborate webbing …or not. This is NOT a
fifteen-minute exercise, but should take you closer to an hour to gather your thoughts and organize your information. Feel free to
use color, pattern, etc. to facilitate and demonstrate your understanding.
Topics
1. must be on a key Supreme
Court case of your choice
sorry, but no Marbury,
Plessy, or Brown !!!
2. a specific topic that you consider
a significant turning point in
US history (Watergate, Chinese
Excl. Act, Homestead Act,
Treaty of Paris 1763, cotton gin)
Directions for each
1. use unlined white paper (I can provide printer paper if needed) – use the entire
space – no borders!
2. select a symbol around which your ideas will be clustered/focused
3. include written text, quotations, and additional visuals (drawn, cut out or pasted)
to show what the topic is and why it is significant
4. include your independent analysis about the topic (a personal statement, opinion,
and/or impression)
don’t waste your time with “Brown v. Board was really important.”
don’t even consider “If X didn’t happen then our life would be different today!”
Thesis Statements: You will receive two sets of sample prompts (10 on each set) – one set will focus on colonialism through the
start of the Civil War, and the second on Civil War through the 20th century. Prepare five strong thesis statements for the prompts
within each set. Then prepare ONE outline for any of those five questions. Repeat this process with the second set.
Daily Quizzes: You will be given a set of ALL of the daily quizzes from the year. You will receive a set with your name on it.
You may not share, reproduce, digitize, or adapt these in any form!! You will not be allowed to submit anything other than
the copy given to you, with your name pre-written on it. You are welcome to review your old quizzes and/or consult the
textbook/reference materials, though you may NOT share your work with fellow students. In short, you have the opportunity to
earn 100% on this, so make the honest choice and complete it independently.
Acorn “Topic Outline” Assignment: You need to produce a minimum 5-page typed outline/bulleted response to any of the
listed/example items on the acorn (provided throughout the year) which you need to work on. You must attach your Diagnostic
Guide from the 1988 APUSH Exam, which identifies the areas of greatest strengths/weaknesses. Then concentrate your outline on
those eras/categories of greatest weakness. Your acorn outline must be your student-composed notes and ideas, not copied from
PowerPoint presentations, handouts, the textbook, online sources, previous student-work, etc. (no cut/paste; no plagiarism). Your
outline must be single-spaced, use 12-point (or smaller) font, with 1” margins (or less). You may not use indented bulleting/listing
to drag out the pages). Lastly, no whining is allowed. Just get it done.
(NOTE: Don’t procrastinate on this! The greatest value is to do this BEFORE the final MC Exam, which is May 4th. If you wait
until the night before the due-date, which is May 5th, you’ll be up all night long, and it will not have aided you on the MC.
Hopefully, you won’t have to write any ID’s for missed vocabulary terms, because they’re due the same day. Oh, yeah, and the
actual APUSH Exam is on May 6th, and you can’t be worn out from pulling all-nighters!)
APRIL-MAY
Sun.
Mon.
4
DUE: Unit 6
Essay
------------------Chron. Quiz
(Unit 6)
Tues.
5
Unit 6 MC
Exam
Wed.
6
Review
Colonial Era
Thurs.
7
DUE: 1988
exam (answers)
-----------------Diagnostic for
1988 Exam
Fri.
8
Vocab. Quiz #1
------------------Unit 6 (MC)
Exam return
10
11
Chron. Quiz #1
(up to 1783)
-------------------Review
Antebellum
Period
12
DUE: Thesis
statements (up
to 1860)
------------------Discuss thesis
statements
13
Vocab. Quiz #2
------------------Political Parties
over Time
14
DUE: 1st one
pagers (Sup. Ct.
cases)
------------------Discuss Sup.
Ct. cases
15
Chron. Quiz #2
(1787-1860)
------------------Review Civil
War &
Reconstruction
16
17
18
Vocab. Quiz #3
------------------Historical Pairs
19
Chron. Quiz #3
(1861-1920)
-------------------Read sample
DBQ’s
20
DUE: 2nd one
pagers (turning
points)
------------------Discuss turning
points
21
Vocab. Quiz #4
-------------------
22
Wars,
Rebellions,
Crises
23
24
25
Chron. Quiz #4
(1730s-1960s)
-------------------Foreign Policies
Over Time
27
Presidents Quiz
------------------Top 10
Elections
28
DUE: Daily
quizzes packet
------------------Review Late
20th century
29
Semester Final
(Essay) Exam
DBQ
30
1
2
DUE: 2nd
practice test
results with
analysis
------------------Vocab. Quiz #5
------------------Old Tests, etc.
26
DUE: Thesis
statements
(1860-present)
------------------Discuss thesis
statements
3
Dates Quiz #5
(1492-2000)
-------------------Presidential
Final Four
4
Semester Final
(MC) Exam
(see me to
arrange separate
day/time if
you’re taking
AP Calc)
5
DUE: 5-page
Acorn “Topic
Outline”
DUE: ID’s for
Vocab. Quizzes
(<90%)
------------------Final Exam
(MC) results
6
7
3
APUSH
EXAM
(8:00 am)
Students not
taking the AP
test will have a
required 80item MC test.
Sat
9
Review
Session #1:
1787-1840
(2-4 p.m.)
Review
Session #3:
1914-1954
(2-4 p.m.)