Intro to Historiography
Historiography is the study of historical writing, the writing of history. This year, you will delve into various arguments concerning US History.
Intro to Historiography Course Description (Doc)
Historiography by Liam (Discussion Board) - APUSH students click here
Chicago Manual of Style
Assignment for APUSH students (Doc)
Trimester One Calendar
Entry 1: Pre-Columbian Contact – Due Sept 16; APUSH responses due Sept 22
Entry 2: English Identity in Colonial America – Due Sept 30; APUSH responses due Oct 6
Entry 3: Motivations in writing the Constitution – Due Oct 14; APUSH responses due Oct 20
Entry 4: Impact of Antebellum Reform – Due Oct 28; APUSH responses due Nov 4
Entry 5: Slavery, Economic Necessity? – Due Nov 11; APUSH responses due Nov 18
Trimester Two Calendar
Entry 1: Democratic process during the Civil War - Due December 9; APUSH responses due December 16
Entry 2: - American Labor Movement - Due January 13; APUSH responses due January 20
Entry 3: - Violence in the West - Due February 3; APUSH responses due February 10
Violence (PDF)
How the West Got Wild (PDF)
The Frontier Sheriff's Role in Law & Order (PDF)
Quantifying the Wild West (PDF)
Questions to answer:
According to the authors this week, how violent was the West? What specific evidence do these authors use in their debates about the presence of violence on the American frontier?
According to the authors this week, how has the media incorrectly portrayed the West? Why has it been portrayed this way? Please provide specific examples from the articles in your response.
What arguments do our authors make about law enforcement and its role in frontier law & order? Using examples from the readings, explore the various layers of frontier law enforcement. How does the role of sheriff differ from your prior thoughts about western lawmen?
Were Native Americans treated fairly in the US judicial system? Using examples from this week’s readings, explore the many issues that emerged when western courts put Native Americans on trial for murder.
Entry 4: - Progressive Movement - Due February 10; APUSH responses due February 17
Historical Background of the Progressive Movement (DOC)
An Obituary for the Progressive Movement (PDF)
Capital Punishment in the Progressive Era (PDF)
Questions to answer:
Based on this week’s readings, was the Progressive Era an overall collective movement towards reform, or a collection of causes with little that united them? Please provide specific examples to support your conclusion.
What were some specific successes of the reformers of the Progressive Movement? What were some specific failures?
In the US today, the debate continues about the modernity and humaneness of the death penalty. Most of the world, including almost all industrialized democracies, have fully abolished or do not practice it (click here to see map). Over time, a number of US states have also abolished or are working to abolish the death penalty (click here to see map). Oddly enough, many US states abolished the death penalty in the mid to late 1800s, but later reinstated it. What specific reasons do the authors of “Abolition and Reinstatement of Capital Punishment During the Progressive Era & Early 20th Century” give for the reinstatement of the death penalty in many states in the early 1900s, even though it had previously been abolished?
Entry 5: - Imperialism - Due February 24; APUSH responses due March 2
Trimester Three Calendar
Entry 1 - Cold War Beginnings - Due April 4th; APUSH responses due April 6th
Reading: Cuordileone's "Age of Anxiety"
Intro to Historiography Course Description (Doc)
Historiography by Liam (Discussion Board) - APUSH students click here
Chicago Manual of Style
Assignment for APUSH students (Doc)
Trimester One Calendar
Entry 1: Pre-Columbian Contact – Due Sept 16; APUSH responses due Sept 22
Entry 2: English Identity in Colonial America – Due Sept 30; APUSH responses due Oct 6
Entry 3: Motivations in writing the Constitution – Due Oct 14; APUSH responses due Oct 20
Entry 4: Impact of Antebellum Reform – Due Oct 28; APUSH responses due Nov 4
Entry 5: Slavery, Economic Necessity? – Due Nov 11; APUSH responses due Nov 18
Trimester Two Calendar
Entry 1: Democratic process during the Civil War - Due December 9; APUSH responses due December 16
Entry 2: - American Labor Movement - Due January 13; APUSH responses due January 20
Entry 3: - Violence in the West - Due February 3; APUSH responses due February 10
Violence (PDF)
How the West Got Wild (PDF)
The Frontier Sheriff's Role in Law & Order (PDF)
Quantifying the Wild West (PDF)
Questions to answer:
According to the authors this week, how violent was the West? What specific evidence do these authors use in their debates about the presence of violence on the American frontier?
According to the authors this week, how has the media incorrectly portrayed the West? Why has it been portrayed this way? Please provide specific examples from the articles in your response.
What arguments do our authors make about law enforcement and its role in frontier law & order? Using examples from the readings, explore the various layers of frontier law enforcement. How does the role of sheriff differ from your prior thoughts about western lawmen?
Were Native Americans treated fairly in the US judicial system? Using examples from this week’s readings, explore the many issues that emerged when western courts put Native Americans on trial for murder.
Entry 4: - Progressive Movement - Due February 10; APUSH responses due February 17
Historical Background of the Progressive Movement (DOC)
An Obituary for the Progressive Movement (PDF)
Capital Punishment in the Progressive Era (PDF)
Questions to answer:
Based on this week’s readings, was the Progressive Era an overall collective movement towards reform, or a collection of causes with little that united them? Please provide specific examples to support your conclusion.
What were some specific successes of the reformers of the Progressive Movement? What were some specific failures?
In the US today, the debate continues about the modernity and humaneness of the death penalty. Most of the world, including almost all industrialized democracies, have fully abolished or do not practice it (click here to see map). Over time, a number of US states have also abolished or are working to abolish the death penalty (click here to see map). Oddly enough, many US states abolished the death penalty in the mid to late 1800s, but later reinstated it. What specific reasons do the authors of “Abolition and Reinstatement of Capital Punishment During the Progressive Era & Early 20th Century” give for the reinstatement of the death penalty in many states in the early 1900s, even though it had previously been abolished?
Entry 5: - Imperialism - Due February 24; APUSH responses due March 2
Trimester Three Calendar
Entry 1 - Cold War Beginnings - Due April 4th; APUSH responses due April 6th
Reading: Cuordileone's "Age of Anxiety"