I Skipped President Taft and I Liked It

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<p>First, special thanks to Jennieblue22 for suggesting an online store where we could buy the 2001 edition of Amsco for just $4.00 plus shipping. </p>

<p>Mal77 - You make interesting points about the APUSH free response essays. Luck is important but so is skill. I'll have more to say about that in a future thread. For now, as you will see in a moment you did inspire me to step up my free response practice program. </p>

<p>Today's class focused on TR as a Progressive president. Guided by the Crash Course book I focused on the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902, the Northern Securities Case, the Hepburn Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act. Totally skipped Taft and I liked it. Tomorrow we will focus on Women and African Americans during the Progressive Era.</p>

<p>Decided to upgrade my free response practice program. Gave students the following question from the 2007 Exam: To what extent did the role of the federal government change under President Theodore Roosevelt in regard to TWO of the following:
Labor
Trusts
Conservation
Essays are due on Thursday. I'll post (with the student's permission) the best one.</p>

<p>As always I appreciate your suggestions. So far so good - Yes we can!</p>

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<p>FRQ should be done in class, if at all possible. Give them the (recommended) 40 minutes so it feels like an actual FRQ for the test.</p>

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<p>I agree with Locke19 - if time allows, it is a good idea to do a timed FRQ/DBQ in class.</p>

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<p>Also, if you decide to do the timed writes, as the test gets closer, give them multiple essays (each with 40 min.) So 1 = 40 min, 2 = 80 min, etc. My biggest problem with the test was that I had only ever practiced writing one essay at a time, so when it came time to write three in one sitting, I only did so-so on the second and third.</p>

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<p>^^ agree with Locke19. the closest thing our class has done to that is an mc/essay hybrid test that took 60 min total (we could divide it up however we wanted, although 30/30 was suggested by our teacher) and I’m afraid it will hurt us when test time comes.</p>