Holt, Rinehart & Winston's online World Atlas
Internet Public Library--Presidents
Historywiz--an excellent site for primary sources
This website has many excellent resources: history teacher.net
The Internet Public Library
Stanislaus County Library Site
Holt, Rinehart & Winston's U. S. history maps and charts
For more research, here is a valuable source: the US Army Center for Military History webpage.
The White House presidential history website.
The Smithsonian Institution's Website
A. P. U. S.
History--Pds 3
Back to Mr. Simoncini's home page
"Those who cannot
remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
       G. Santayana
A good site about the results of American presidential elections
The Library of Congress
National AP US
History Test:
Friday, May 7,
2010 in the morning
Students should consult this page periodically during the summer to see if there are important changes.  If you have misplaced your summer work assign-ment, click here to find a copy of the original document.  Term papers are due on July 28th.  The posters and the book reports on Upton Sinclair's The Jungle are due on Wednesday, August 12th.  Email and call me should you have further questions.
Click here to view the presentation shown the day you were assigned your
summer work, including writing standards for the course
Click here to view a presentation that provides websites to assist you with your research for your summer work term papers.
    Click here to view an MS Word document that shows the general day-by-day lesson plan, with homework assignments, by month for the 2008-2009 school year.
Click as appropriate to open the respective questions for the chapters noted:
Ch 1     Ch 2    Ch 3     Ch 4    Ch 5     Ch 6     Ch 7     Ch 8     Ch 9     Ch 10
Ch 11    Ch 12   Ch 13   Ch 14   Ch 15   Ch 16   Ch 17   Ch 18   Ch 19   Ch 20
Ch 21    Ch 22   Ch 23   Ch 24   Ch 25   Ch 26   Ch 27   Ch 28   Ch 29   Ch 30
Ch 31    Ch 32   Ch 33     
Click here for "This Month in History" from the Constitutional Rights Foundation Click here for an example of a Weekly Lesson Reaction.  Click here for guidance regarding class notebooks.  Click here to see the course movie list.
Below are links to various websites that can assist you with your research throughout the year.
Check your knowledge about the Constitution by clicking here.
[History]
Click here for the website of the National Constitution Center
Click here for a PowerPoint  presentation of the CA US history Standards
Click here for access to the online augmentation for your textbook: McGraw-Hill College
The History Channel
"Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or  disrespect of other cultures."       
                                                   Cesar Chavez
Click here to view model term paper 1 and here to view model term paper 2.
Here are some excellent websites, some of which are primary sources, which you can refer to as we cover those topics in class:
         Links to Key Documents in U. S History
      
Click here to view the course syllabus, grading criteria and class rules
Parents: click here to learn more about the AP program from the main source: Collegeboard.org.
National Archives Documents
Historians have attempted to rank our presidents.  Here are four sites where you can see how various historians have ranked them.       CSPAN    
Americanpresidents.org     The Federalist Society           Factmonster.com