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SLHS UIL Social Studies Spartans Finish Year - 2nd in State Congratulations to the SLHS UIL SS team as they "finally" finished a great year by finishing up as the 5A State Runner-Up. The Spartans are a young team, with 9th and 10th graders, we look forward to having a successful year for the next several years. Congrats to Jaiwei who scored his second perfect score on the MC part of the exam to finish the year Individually 2nd in state. Candice also cracked the top 8. 5A State Rankings:
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This page is for those teachers who have attended a College Board Conference with John P. Irish, I put these on-line as a courtesy to you. Please do not use any of this material, other than for classroom purposes, without permission from me, thanks for your consideration. Old handouts have been removed and replaced with this new format. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me.
My schedule for Summer 2010:
- June 2 - 8: APUSH Reading @ Louisville, KY
June 14 - 18: SMU
June 21 - 25 UALR
June 28 - July 1: UT
July 12 - 16: TCU
July 19 - 22: Tulsa
July 26 - 29: Rice
Email:
johnirish@katyisd.org 
johnpirish@gmail.com
College Board Conference Handouts
Sessions Under Development for Summer 2009:
Summer - 2008 (SMU, UTA, Rice, TCU, Tulsa):
Summer - 2007 (SMU, UTEP, and TCU):
Federalist v. Antifederalist
The American Conservatism of Ronald Reagan
The Union Dissolved - South Carolina and Secession
H.L. Mencken - Cultural Critic of American Society
It All Starts with the Thesis
Developing Writing Skills in APUSH
The World of Mark Twain
Imperialists v. Anti-Imperialists: Expansionism in the 1890's
Rise of the American Whigs
The Foundations of Modern Liberalism and Conservatism
'Dr. Seuss Goes to War' and Other WWII Satires
The Political Thought of John Adams
Tocqueville's Democracy in America
Jefferson v. Hamilton
The Evolution of American Political Parties
Cornerstones of American Foreign Policy
Idealism of JFK - (Listening Selections, see below)
Critics of the New Deal
MLK v. Malcom X
How Can I Teach History Without Lecturing?
Images from the Past - Birth of a Nation
Images from the Past - Two Views of Democracy
Images from the Past - Urbanization and Industrialization
Is History True? American Historiography - Pt 1
Is History True? American Historiography - Pt 2
Andrew Jackson's Farewell Address
The Judicial Nationalism of John Marshall
The Advent of Progressivism - the Election of 1912
Resources for APUSH
True Americanism - Immigration at the Turn of the 20th Century
American Philosophical and Intellectual Thought - Deism
American Philosophical and Intellectual Thought - Transcendentalism
American Philosophical and Intellectual Thought - Pragmatism
Cornerstones of American Foreign Policy
Edward Bellamy: The Search for Utopia
The Idealism of JFK (Listening Selections: #1 / #2 / #3 / #4 / #5 / #6)
Breaking Down the DBQ - 8 Steps to Success!
How Can I Teach History Without Lecturing?
Images from the Past - Two Views of Democracy
Images from the Past - Urbanization and Industrialization
Is History True? Historiography of American History
Resources for the AP U.S. History Teacher
Challenges to the New Deal
The Federalist Papers 10 and 51
