To my Period 6 US1AP Class:

It was my pleasure teaching you this year. I hope that you leave my class with an appreciation for studying history and for hard work. I appreciate all of the hard work that you put in. Keep it up for next year, and be sure to stay in touch. Feel free to pop in to the class or my office in 309.

Have a great summer. Enjoy, relax and have fun. All the best.

~Mr. Wingren

This Week:

The Civil War

Make your own Civil War DBQ

Slavery DBQ

Be ready to write this DBQ Essay in-class on Monday. Here is the Question and Documents. You make underline and make short notes, but you may not use an outline or other notes.

Causes of the Civil War - Chapters 18-20

Chapter 18-20 Review

"Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history."

Bully Brooks

John Brown

• Mo. Compromise

• James Monroe

• Monroe Doctrine

• John Quincy Adams

• Andrew Jackson Enters the Fray

• Trail of Tears

Old news...

• Marbury v. Madison

• Louisiana Purchase

• Lewis & Clark

• Aaron Burr

• Embargo Act

• "Madison's War"  

• Causes of the War of 1812

• Impressment

Washington's Farewell Address

Shays' Rebellion

The American Revolution

George Washington's Journey & NJ's Place in the Revolution.

America Burning!

Shot heard 'round the World!

To See a short film of Lexington and Concord, Click Here

Chapter 7 Review

Celebrating America's Capitalist Revolution

Tyranny is Tyranny Reading and Questions

Causes of the American Revolution

“The Power of Gravity”

“Sir Isaac Newton and his work, particularly his theories on gravity, was a cause in creating the revolutionary American society that brought about the American Revolution”. (DUE WEDNESDAY SEPT. 23rd)

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Welcome to United States History 1 Advanced Placement

The Advanced Placement program requires more effort than the usual high school course. The work you are expected to complete is college level work. Your workload will be heavy and the expectations I have for you are high. The first goal of the AP program is to insure that you have a good understanding of the history of the United States. The second goal is to prepare you for the Educational Testing Service's AP exam. This exam is a rigorous 3 hour test taken in May of your junior year. Most colleges and universities grant credit for scores of 3,4, or 5. It is important to note that in order to gain AP credits on your transcripts, you must take the AP Exam.  For these reasons, expect an intense year of US History 1AP.

Through this course we will study American History in an exciting and intensive manner. We will look deeply into history's events and consider them from a variety of perspectives. I look forward to a great year.

Please make good use of this website. I will post syllabi, homework, papers, class notes and announcements. Also you can e-mail me from here. I will not accept any late work so if you are absent, this website can be a lifesaver.

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We will be using a variety of sources, both primary and secondary, considering many different perspectives. Our main texts however will be the following:

1. Bailey, Thomas A., The American Pageant: A History of the Republic (it may be a good idea to purchase the accompanying guidebook for extra help following the text)

2. Tindall & Shi, America: A Narrative History

3. Zinn, Howard, A People's History of the United States, Abridged Teaching Edition

2009-2010 Course Syllabus

Who is this guy?

And why the heck did he get everyone all riled up?

Check out this Map to help explain the Mo. Compromise

The Bill of Rights

The Constitution

• Constitution Center

• Constitution Roadmap

• Constitution Facts

• USConstitution.org

• FoundingFathers.info

• Federalist Papers or here...

 The Bill of Rights

Enter the US1AP  Chat Room!

(Now Senior Free!)

Enter your name, but you don't need to write anything for profile.

The Concord Hymn
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1837)

By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled;
Here once the embattled farmers stood;
And fired the shot heard round the world.

The foe long since in silence slept;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps,
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream that seaward creeps.

On this green bank, by this soft stream,
We place with joy a votive stone,
That memory may their deeds redeem,
When, like our sires, our sons are gone.

O Thou who made those heroes dare
To die, and leave their children free, --
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raised to them and Thee.