7 Themes of APUSH - White Plains Middle School...Group Activity •Your group is responsible for one...

7 Themes of APUSH •SWBAT- Describe 7 themes of APUSH and apply those themes to specific topics

Do Now •What does it mean to be American? Discuss with a partner and jot down your thoughts.

American & National Identity •How and why definitions of American and national identity and values have developed, as well as on related topics such as citizenship, constitutionalism, foreign policy, assimilation, and American exceptionalism. Focus on gender, class, race, and ethnicity.

Politics & Power •How different social and political groups have influenced society and government in the United States, as well as how political beliefs and institutions have changed over time.

Work, Exchange, & Technology •Factors behind the development of systems of economic exchange, particularly the role of technology, economic markets, and government.

Culture and Society •The roles that ideas, beliefs, social customs, and creative expression have played in shaping the United States, as well as how various identities, cultures, and values have been preserved or changed in different contexts of U.S. history.

Migration and Settlement •Why and how the various people who moved to and within the United States both adapted to and transformed their new social and physical environments.

Geography and Environment •The role of geography and both the natural and human-made environments on social and political developments in what would become the United States.

America in the World •The interactions between nations that affected North American history in the colonial period, and on the influence of the United States on world affairs.

Let’s Practice! •NAFTA, United Nations, WWII, War on Terrorism America in the World •Demographics, Immigration, Nativism, Indigenous Groups

Migration and Settlement •Slavery, Mercantilism, Assembly Line, 8-Hour Day

Work, Exchange, Technology •Assimilation, Patriotism, Nationalism, 9/11 American and National Identity

Let’s Practice! •Dust Bowl, Mississippi River, Fishing, Appalachian Mountains

Geography and Environment •Evolution v. Creationism, Equal Rights for Women, Segregation, The 1%

Culture and Society •Democracy, Constitution, Electoral College, Representative Government

Politics and Power

MAGPIES! •Considered one of the most inquisitive and intelligent animals in the world!

•Just like you!

Group Activity • Your group is responsible for one of the seven themes you will be uncovering this year. • Your group needs to use terms and images that best represent your theme to design a small poster expressing your theme. •Use textbooks, computers, cellphones to obtain at least 5 terms/ideas/info and 1 image for your poster • It must be colorful, so use colored pencils • You will be sharing these with your classmates tomorrow!

Do Now •After yesterday’s introduction to the APUSH Themes (MAGPIES), place a tally mark in the column for the theme you feel MOST comfortable with, and LEAST comfortable with.

Group Activity •Your group is responsible for one of the seven themes you will be uncovering this year. •Your group needs to use terms and images that best represent your theme to design a small poster expressing your theme. •Use textbooks, computers, cellphones to obtain at least 5 terms/ideas/info and 1 image for your poster • It must be colorful, so use colored pencils •You will be sharing these with your classmates!

Wrap Up •Which concept do you feel most comfortable with?

•Which concept do you feel least comfortable with?