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Welcome to APUSH 2012-2013. Ms. Manchac’s Summer Assignment. How do I complete the assignment?. Choose a theme. -American Diversity -Reform -American Slavery and its Legacy -War and Diplomacy Select/view your movies and complete your readings. Complete your written assignment.
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Welcome to APUSH 2012-2013 Ms. Manchac’s Summer Assignment
How do I complete the assignment? • Choose a theme. -American Diversity -Reform -American Slavery and its Legacy -War and Diplomacy • Select/view your movies and complete your readings. • Complete your written assignment. • Answer your discussion questions. • Staple everything together, put your name on it and smugly hand it in on the first day of class in August.
What makes a great assignment? • You have a thesis statement for each source/movie that answers the question. • You include several pieces of SPECIFIC evidence from the source on which you are writing along with a brief explanation as to how this evidence supports your point (we scholars call this “analysis” and it’s important!) • Note: This advice applies for both the note taking portion of your assignment as well as the discussion questions over your theme.
Manchac’s Summer Assignment Pro-tips • Are you unfamiliar with a person, place, or thing in your assignment? GOOGLE IT! • Understanding the time, place and background of a source or film is important to understanding the author’s purpose or what it says about that topic. • Remember: A movie is just as representative of the time that it was made as the time that it is depicting. Knowing this will add a new dimension to your analysis. • When all else fails, ASK THE TEACHER! That’s what I’m here for and I promise I won’t charge you too much
I hear your class is difficult, how can I prepare over the summer? • Read! • Watch the news. • Read the newspaper. • Begin reading A People’s History of the United States of America by Howard Zinn. (it’s available for FREE online!) • Manchac.wordpress.com
FACT. • The NUMBER 1 cause of failure in APUSH is a low homework grade because of missing assignments. DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!