AP+US+History+Essays

=The Charter School of Wilmington =

Ms. Lober - Social Studies
AP Essay Guidelines discussed in class are posted on the ****hand-outs**** page

Students are to email the essay to Ms. Lober at rlober@charterschool.org by the above due date and time.
 * Essay #1: Due Monday, September 6, 2010 by 11:59pm**
 * Question: Why did utopian perfectionism prove to be so elusive for colonial Americans? To what extent is the answer found in human nature or in historical conditions?**

**Essay #2: Due Sunday, October 17, 2010 by 11:59pm**

 * Students are to email the essay to Ms. Lober at rlober@charterschool.org by the above date and time.**
 * The United States Constitution of 1787 represented an economic and ideological victory for the traditional American political elite.**
 * Assess the validity of that statement for the period 1781 to 1789.**

**Essay #3: Due Wednesday, November 24th by 11:59pm**

 * Email your essay to Ms. Lober at rlober@charterschool.org by the above date and time.**
 * With respect to the Federal Constitution, the Jeffersonian Republicans are usually characterized as strict constructionists who were opposed to the broad construction of the Federalists. To what extent was this characterization of the two parties accurate during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison?**

**How to Answer the Document Based Question (DBQ)**

 * @http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/courses/teachers_corner/3497.html**


 * @http://osx.lps.org/manila/tlarson/HowtoWriteaDBQ.pdf**

Essay #5: Due February 3rd - Must be emailed to me by 8pm on February 3rd.**
Since we have missed class time due to the weather I have chosen an essay that is posted online. Here is the link to the essay and the documents you must incorporate into your essay. **http://www.historyteacher.net/USProjects/DBQs2000/APUSHDBQ-24.html** Above are also 2 websites that will give you a bit of guidance on how to write a DBQ.
 * This word document includes the political cartoon image that does not appear on the website.