Introduction to the APUSH SUMMER ASSIGNMENT

INTRODUCTION TO THE APUSH SUMMER ASSIGNMENT:

This is a THREEPART SUMMER ASSIGNMENT

Part I:Read and annotate the Princeton Review Packet and answerReading Organization Questions

Part II:Watch the film, Africans in America: The Terrible Transformation, take notes, and post to the Moodle discussion forum

Part III: Take the Diagnostic AP Exam on the Moodle website.

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. All offline and online components of the summer assignment are due on the first day of school.
  1. You MUST type answers to the Princeton Review Reading Organization Questions.
  1. Copies of the summer assignment and the links for the online components are on the Moodle page. Instructions for accessing the Moodle are on the reverse of this sheet.
  1. I recommend taking the AP Diagnostic AFTER you’ve completed the Reading Organization Packet

ASSIGNMENT VALUES:

Part 1:Princeton Review Packet and Reading Organization Questions – will be factored into your grade as WRITTEN WORK and written work represents 20% of your total term grade. Because I anticipate we will have 3 written work grades for term 1, thisone assignment will be worth 6.67%of your total term grade.

Part 2: Watching the film, Africans in America, taking notes, and posting to the Moodle Discussion forum – taking notes and posting will be worth four homework grades. Homework grades represent 15% of the total term grade and we will have approximately 30 homework assignments term 1. Thus, thisone assignment will be worth as much as 2% of your total term grade.

Part 3: Diagnostic AP Exam on Moodle:-Your grade for this assessment WILL be factored in as a HOMEWORK GRADE. Homework grades represent 15% of the total term grade and we will have approximately 30 homework assignments term 1. Thus, this one assessment will be less than 1% of your overall term grade. However, it is in your best interest to take this seriously and try your very best.

BEFORE YOU LEAVE SCHOOL THIS YEAR YOU NEED TO ENROLL IN THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT UNITED STATES HISTORY CLASS ON THE MOODLE

  1. Go to
  2. Log into moodle using any previously created user name and password. If you have never logged into Moodle than use the following:

Log in: your Student ID #

Password: your UPPERCASE student password with *1a added to it (that’s asterisk, number 1, lowercase a)

  1. Scroll down until you find the “Advanced Placement United States History” under the “history” section.
  2. Click on it and when it asks you “Would you like to enroll in class now?” click yes.
  3. IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS LOGGING IN….email me nd we will try to work through them.