- Monday: Commodore Matthew C. Perry arranged the Open Door Treaty with Japan on March 31, 1854.
- Tuesday: Beware! Today is April Fool's Day. This practice is thought to have originated in France before the use of the Gregorian calendar.
- Wednesday: The U.S. Mint was established in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on this date in 1792. George Washington provided his own household silver for the coins.
- Thursday: Ride 'em pony! The Pony Express began on April 3, 1860.
- Friday: Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.
- Saturday: Booker Taliaferro Washington was born a slave on a Virginia plantation on April 5, 1856. He organized and served as the first president of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
- Sunday: Woodrow Wilson, our twenty-eighth president, declared war on Germany on this date in 1917. Germany had sunk several United States ships. The U.S. was now involved in World War I.
Important Upcoming Events:
- April 30: A.P. Government final exam (multiple-choice section only).
- May 2: US History TAKS test.
- May 5: A.P. Government exam, 8 am.
- May 6: A.P. US History final exam (multiple-choice section only).
May 9: A.P. US History exam, 8 am.
AP U.S. History:
Essential questions includes: Can you explain the impact of the Cold War on American society?
Other key issues: the affluent society and "the other America," consensus and conformity, social critics, nonconformists, and cultural rebels, and impact of changes in science, technology, and medicine.
- Monday: Students will discuss pages 831-841, "Korean War to McCarthyism." Homework includes completing Cornell Notes over pages 841-849.
Tuesday: Students will discuss pages 841-849, "Eisenhower and the Cold War" and have an opportunity to take a pre-test over Chapter 29. Homework includes completing Cornell Notes over pages 851-863. - Wednesday: Students will discuss pages 851-863, "The Postwar Boom." Homework includes completing Cornell Notes over pages 863-869.
- Thursday: Students will discuss pages 863-869, "Civil Rights" and have an opportunity to complete a pre-test over Chapter 30. Homework includes reviewing Chapter 28 Cornell Notes and studying for the test.
- Friday: Students will take a test over Chapter 29. The test will consist of 10 AP-style multiple-choice and one free-response essay. Homework includes completing Cornell Notes over pages 871-878.
AP Government:
Essential questions include: Is it justifiable to have a changing definition of American civil rights and liberties in times of war and times of peace?
- Monday: Students will complete in-class essays over Chapters 11-13. Homework includes completing Cornell Notes over pages 495-501.
- Tuesday: Students will discuss pages 495-501, "Civil Liberties." Homework includes completing Cornell Notes over pages 507-518.
- Wednesday: Students will discuss pages 507-518, "Who is a Person" and "Due Process." Homework includes completing Cornell Notes over pages 521-537.
- Thursday: Students will discuss pages 521-537, "Civil Rights." Homework includes completing Cornell Notes over pages 537-550.
- Friday: Students will discuss pages 537-550, "Women, Equal Rights, and Affirmative Action." Homework includes completing Cornell Notes over pages 435-446.
