Here are various PowerPoint presentations: Ch 2    Ch 3-4    Ch 5    Ch 6
Ch 7-8    Ch 9-10   Ch 11-12    Ch 13    Ch 14   Ch 15    Ch 16-17    Ch 18-19
Ch 20 Ch 21    Ch 22     Ch 23     Ch 24    Ch 25    Ch 26    Ch 27    Ch 28
Ch 29-30     Ch 31-32
Click here for access to the online augmentation for your textbook: McGraw-Hill College
Check your knowledge about the Constitution by clicking here.
Click here for a PowerPoint  presentation of the CA US history Standards
Holt, Rinehart & Winston's online World Atlas
Internet Public Library--Presidents
Historywiz--an excellent site for primary sources
The Library of Congress
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
A good site about the results of American presidential elections
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--Period 3
Back to Mr. Simoncini's home page
"Those who cannot
remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
      
G. Santayana
National AP US
History Test:
Friday, May 11,
2012 in the morning
To next year's class, remember that your term papers are due on Friday, July 27th.  Read the summer work paper below to get more information.  I have linked examples of model term papers below, for your perusal.
Click here for "This Month in History" from the Constitutional Rights Foundation Click here for an example of a Weekly Lesson ReactionClick here for guidance regarding class notebooksClick here to see the course movie list.
[History]
Click here for the website of the National Constitution Center
The History Channel
"Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or  disrespect of other cultures."       
                                                  
Cesar Chavez
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
From Revolution to Reconstruction: Key Documents in U. S. History
Parents: click here to learn more about the AP program from the main source: Collegeboard.org.
National Archives Documents
Click here to view the 2012 Summer Work
Click here to view the PowerPoint from the 2012-2013 Class Meeting
Click here to view model term paper 1 and here to view model term paper 2.
Click here to view the course syllabus, grading criteria and class rules
    Click here to view an MS Word document that shows the general day-by-day lesson plan, with homework assignments, by month for the 2011-2012 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 32-33