APUSH – SECOND SEMESTER
SOME REMINDERS AND RENEWALS….
My webpage: www.petershistoryclass.blogspot.com . Use it to keep current with the pace of the class and
assignments.
GRADES
20% Assignments, home and class
60% Tests, Quizzes and Essays:
20% Final Exam: (taken just before AP Exam in ON MAY 2)
TUTORING: If you are in need of extra time and instruction on any matter, please make an appointment with
Mr. Peters so you can improve.
ATTENDANCE
It will take considerably more effort than normal if you have an attendance problem. The class moves quickly
whether you are here or not. Do not miss class except for in extreme circumstances.
EXAMS:
Exam protocol: Students are responsible for taking care in markings and erasures on “Scantron”/mechanically
scored exams. Poor clarity on answer choices will not be corrected if scanned as incorrect.
Timed Essays: Must be written in blue or black ink. Failure to do so will result in a 1-point deduction from the
score of the essay
Make-ups are required upon the day you return. Failure to adhere to this requirement will result in the grade
being marked “zero.” Makeup exams are different than the original one given.
A truancy on the day of an exam will result in the test being scored as “zero”. School policy is that you must
clear an absence through the attendance office with 48 hours. Failure to meet this deadline will result in NO
MAKEUP of the missed exam.
LATE WORK:
Up to one week but with a 50% of the grade earned deducted. After one week from the due date has elapsed,
the work is no longer accepted. Stay current!
TEST MAKEUPS: If you are absent the day of a test, you will be allowed to do a makeup (different from the
original) during your lunch on the day your return. WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF THE TEST. AFTER 5 DAYS,
YOU FORFEIT THE RIGHT TO DO THE MAKE UP.
Notes on the AP Exam and Assignments:
- Though the AP exam is not required, it is expected that you will take the exam. If a student chooses
to NOT take the test, a makeup project – culminating with the taking of an actual AP test – will be assigned by
Mid-March and will be due on May 13. This project is designed to mimic the number of hours and effort usually
applied to studying for the exam by those who will take the test.
- The cost is around $90 and financial help is available to those who ask and who qualify.
WORK DONE AFTER THE AP EXAM (MAY 14-END OF YEAR)
Assignments given after we have taken the AP exam will be part of the assignment category of the grade.
EXTRA CREDIT:
AP Exam Scores: 5 % increase for a 3; 7% for a 4; 10% for a 5. This will be done the first week of your senior
year.
Those who take the AP exam will be given full credit for a 50 point exam in the grade book. This is not extra
credit, but a 50 point test in which you’ll receive 50 points for taking the National Exam. Those who do not take
the national exam will not receive these points.
TARDIES: School policy will be enforced. Check your student handbook.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
King High School has adopted a stringent and fair policy on cheating. It is highly recommended that you read
it and understand it. It is EXPECTED in this class that you work with integrity at all times. Any assignment in
which cheating has taken place will receive a ZERO grade with no opportunity for make-up. Your parent will be
notified of the infraction.
CLASS RULES:
1. Show respect to Mr. Peters and other students
2. Be on time, ready to work
3. Take the class seriously, giving it high priority
Second semester pacing
January 21-29: Populism and the End of a Century” Chapter 26
“Kicking Butt around the World' Chapter 27
Review Assessment: Popular Movements and Guarding Against the Mob, 1650-1800
DBQ on Imperialism or Agricultural Innovations
January 30- February 7: Progressivism and Reforming America; TR thru Taft. Chapter 28
Review Assessment: Abolition, Women, Temperance and Religion in the 19th Century
February 11-21: Woodrow Wilson’s White House and WW1 Chap 29 -30
Review Assessment: Impact of the Revolution on American Society
February 24- March 3: Doing the cha-cha-cha: Life in the 20's' Chapter 31-32
Review Assessment: Popular Culture in the 19th Century
Test 1-32
March 4-11: 'When life sucks. The Depression' Chapter 33
In class DBQ
Review Assessment: Economic Issues and Panics, 1770-1893
March 12-20 “The Good War' Chapter 34 - 35
Review Assessment: The Bad Wars: Mexico, Spain and the Philippians
March 21-28: ‘You Call this Peace? Cold War Tensions Chapter 36
Review Assessment: Strutting on the World Stage: Monroe to TR
April 7-11: “I Like Ike” and Contradictions of the Happy Days' Chapter 37
Review Assessment: Minority Life in a Racist Land: Blacks and Indians 1865-1900
April 14-21: Groovy Baby – The Sixties; Good or Bad? Chapter 38
Review Assessment: Cultural Reforms – 1730’s – 1840’s
Test 1-38
April 22-25-: Stalemate! 1970's. Chapter 39
Review Assessment: Ugly Decades: 1880’s, 1850’s and the 1830’s
Outside reading: Richard Nixon
April 28-May 2: The Reagan Revolution Chapter 40
May 5-9: Bush Clinton Bush Chapter 41
Final Exam and
Practice AP
Exam on
FRIDAY, MAY 2
after school.
2:45 – 5:15 PM
Parent/Student Contract
We have read and understand the increased expectations and work load of this Advanced Placement course.
We recognize the increased rigor and expectations of the course and will endeavor to keep the lines of
communication open with Mr. Peters.
I, the student, agree to abide by the rules and regulations of this course and to do my best academic effort
Student
Parent
I acknowledge that I’m aware of that the
FINAL EXAM, (weighted at 20% of
semester grade) is scheduled for Friday,
May 2 and that I’m expected to clear my
schedule for the afternoon, 2:30 – 5:15 PM
in order to take the exam with all of
Mr. Peters’ classes.