The promo for crying in the club, camilas new single looks absolutely amazing! And the fact that it’s all over the world makes me so proud of my favorite Cuban! I’ve been with you since the beginning and now we’re finally gonna see you rise like the star you are @waakeme-up ! :)
Breathing some life / light into my new apartment ☄️
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My whole family assumes I’m straight and it’s like if I say anything like “wow that girl is so pretty” they’re like “you’re pretty too don’t compare yourself’ like no mom the only thing I’m comparing is the width between her legs and how well I could fit.
Literally best thing I’ve ever heard.
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Deepak Chopra (via purplebuddhaproject)
Progressive Era Review done to Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud.”
Good luck to everyone taking the APUSH exam on Friday. I hear binge watching my vids is a great way to get a 5 (provided that you’ve already put the work in).
This new curriculum has dealt changes in the essay rubrics and expectations, the multiple choice layouts, the new short answer section, and the thematic learning objectives. The Essays: There is now only one long essay and one document-based question. You will have 95 minutes to complete them (a 15 minute reading time for the DBQ and 40 suggested minutes for each essay). DBQ- One of the changes that has shocked teachers and students alike is the requirement of the use of all or all but one of the documents. Furthermore, you must analyze each of the sources used. (For more information on analysis, feel free to send Avery an ask pansexualnotmansexual) One other factor (not sure if new) is pulling in outside information. Next, you must provide context for each of the documents. You also must demonstrate “historical thinking skills.” Roughly, this means to apply one of the following: Continuity and Change Over Time, Comparison, Causation, or Periodization. You may request for a separate post on those. Long Essay- A major change this year is the application of thematic learning to the long essay (and even the DBQ). The themes (which will have their own post) include Identity; Work, Exchange, Technology; Peopling; Politics and Power; America in the World; Environment and Geography; and Ideas, Beliefs, Culture. Like the DBQ, you should also apply your “historical thinking skills.” Lastly, is the “synthesis”– which is just a fancy word for building on your thesis’s argument, analysis, and context.
The Short Answer: This will be 20% of your score and takes up 45 minutes. There are 4 set questions (normally based on a prompt or document) with 3 sub-questions (titled a, b, and c). That is roughly 11 minutes per question, with 3-4 minutes a sub-question. I like to leave my leftover time proofreading my answers. As I have mentioned before, the short answer is roughly one paragraph: 4-6 sentences a sub-question. It should not model after an essay.
The Multiple Choice: This will now be based on a document. By document, I mean a cartoon, speech, diary entry, table, graph, etc. The first question following the document will most likely be to analyze the author/source. The next is probably asking for context. Following that, you can probably expect a question focusing on who would agree/disagree with this standpoint. The question(s) after that will be more narrow questions focused on the situation (somewhat off topic).
-Avery
Hello, everyone! Many of you have requested study guides for AP US History since I opened the offer up - and I have delivered!
Here is the first study guide. It will be part of this page on this blog found under the ‘explore!’ menu. I will update it very frequently! I expect to have most of them done for every era by tomorrow. Maybe even all of them. We just don’t know.
Eventually I’d like to make infographics of all the eras but that’s hard and I am a mere student living life, blogging, exercising, watching shows………..
do you have any advice for good websites for APUSH
yes!! here you go:
+ video resources
i hope this was helpful! a lot of the notes are aligned with the American Pageant textbook, which isn’t the one i’m using actually, but they’re still really great!!
Here’s a collection of US history videos (besides those crash course videos by that John Green guy). Disclaimer: This blog is not responsible for any of the content provided in these videos.
Review Videos
A sampling of songs having to do with US history
This might not be useful for everyone depending on learning styles and all that kind of stuff, but It could be helpful to listen to some songs from the time periods you are studying, especially for the more recent eras (20th century) where there were many folk songs and protest songs about social issues during the time which are accessible today. Such songs, as examples of culture during that time, could theoretically be used for DBQs as outside historical evidence.
guys if you’re cramming for the apush exam tomorrow, here’s a great outline! it’s 14 pages long but that’s about as short as you’re going to get. it’s from hiphughes (an apush teacher who makes youtube videos) and he’s also doing a live 3 hour review of the course starting at 8 pm eastern. i think he’s taking questions too (idk tho) but the link is in the document!!
EDIT: here’s the link to the video, it’s just starting
A great way to make a lasting impression on your DBQ and essay tomorrow is to bring in things that will surprise whoever is grading your essay. How though?Well for starters, if applicable, always bring in women’s rights, african american rights, and native american rights.
With women right’s, you should definitely include the cult of domesticity which basically says that women should be nurturers and be domesticated aka be a housewife. After the revolution this cult will turn into republican motherhood which is basically the cult of domesticity combined with how women should also educated their children on democracy and patriotism and why they should vote and thing though women lacked that right. Bring up people such as Alice Paul, Margaret Sanger (she sets up the birth control league which will later become Planned Parenthood), Susan B. Anthony, the Grimkey Sister’s, Abigail Addams and her request to her husband to remember the ladies when the writing of the Constitution was happening, authors such as Margaret Fuller and Emily Dickinson. Remember Clara Barton and her founding of the Red Cross , Jane Adams and the Hull House. Bring up organizations such as the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union, the National Council of Negro Women, don’t forget to add in organizations such as the NWSA, AWSA (which later come together as NAWSA or the National Women’s Trade Labor Union (NWTLU). Bring in how The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan sparked the feminist movement. Mention Seneca Fallsif it fits, bring in the passage of the 19th amendment and how orgs like NAWSA would campaign for suffrage by going on state by state campaigns.
For African Americans, bring up the Emancipation Proclamation and the Civil War. Bring up the 13th-15th amendments and how republicans were big supporters of it. Talk about the Great Migration during WW1, bring in people such as Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B DuBois, the creation of the NAACP. Talk about Brown v. Board of Education, Swann v. CMS, Plessy v. Ferguson, the integrated fighting units in the Vietnam War. The Freedman’s Bureau and the multiple chances of abolishing slavery in the writing of the articles of confederation, the constitution, and the bill of rights are great to bring up.
Talk about how the economienda system affected the native americans, how the reservation system sucked major ass, talk about the massacre at mystic. The events of Wounded Knee are important to discuss. Don’t forget Tippacanoe or the French and Indian War . The Dawes Severalty Act is important to discuss.
If the topic that’s at hand can in any way have these groups of people incorporated into it, then by all means write all about them. Bring in whatever other knowledge you know and feel free to add more to this post.
throughout the year
review
general
IF ANYONE WANTS SOME VERY (AND I MEAN **VERY**) BRIEF NOTES ABOUT EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN PRESIDENT UP TO THIS POINT FOR THE APUSH EXAM HERE YOU GO!! TUMBLR WOULDN’T LET ME ADD MORE THAN 10 PHOTOS THOUGH SO HERE’S A LINK TO PART 2
