Agenda 9/4

1. The Growth Mindset: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN34FNbOKXc

2. US History: the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3sxZ-ZYATc

3. Review APUSH 2014-2015 Syllabus

• What is 9+7+9(cubed)?

4. Historical Thinking Skills Posters: Defining and Illustrating the Historical Thinking Skills

• Students will work in groups to create posters with student-friendly definitions for and illustrations of the AP Historical Thinking Skills.

HW:

1. "BAGPIPE" Theme Collages 

• Download the Moldiv photo collage app
• Using the "BAGPIPE Themes" handout, create a collage that captures the meaning of your assigned theme. At least 13 images.
• After creating your college: save as a JPG file, and email to Mr. Parise.

2. Read: "The Strange Death of Silas Deane" and answer the following questions. Hand write answers or print and bring to class. You will need to print AT HOME.

1. Explain why the authors believe that the view that “history is what happened in the past” is, in their words, a “profoundly misleading” view of history. Do you agree with their view?

2. How do the authors define the word history?

3. Identify from the reading at least 6 general tasks the historian must face if he/she is to produce history.

4. “The Strange Death of Silas Deane” is a secondary historical source. What makes it a secondary source? What is a primary source? Did the authors use any primary sources to help them write the story? If so, please identify any primary source they used.