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"It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." |
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Welcome to the official Website which operated for over two decades as a colossal reservoir of learning materials for Advanced Placement United States History classes at Rapid City Stevens High School, located in western South Dakota's beautiful Black Hills. In addition to SHS APUSH, this Website occasionally served collegians enrolled in HIST 151/152 at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (Rapid City) and Black Hills State University (Spearfish). From time to time over the years, APUSH students and teachers across the United States—from Texas to Oregon, from New York to Wyoming, from Florida to Indiana—reported using this Website. APUSH-XL was conceived during the spring of 2000 on a whim by an e-limited history teacher, spurred by his then APUSH corps whose exemplary commitment to responsible interpretation of American history, mixed with a definitively odd sense of humor, were daily blessings for the instructor. After initial launch, minor adjustments were ongoing; a couple major overhauls took place, as well. The most extensive revamp, intended to parallel Website contents with evolving College Board course standards and testing procedures for APUSH, occurred in 2014-15. The Website's curator is now retired (as of spring 2021) after 38½ joyous years as a classroom educator (high school and college). During some recent Junes he functioned as a reader/scorer for APUSH National Exams in Louisville, Kentucky and Tampa, Florida. His current professional activities include spot speaking opportunities, local college adjuncting, APUSH tutoring (small group or individual), and leisurely history research/writing. Rather than completely dismantling this Website, he decided to leave some bare bones as possible academic support and reference for APUSHers presently journeying through United States history and preparing for the College Board National Exam in May. |
"America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense . . . human rights invented America." |
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Sun comin' up over New York City, School bus driver in a traffic jam; Starin' at the faces in her rearview mirror, Lookin' at the promise of the Promised Land. One kid dreams of fame and fortune, One kid helps pay the rent; One could end up goin' to prison, One just might be president. Only in America, Dreamin' in red, white, and blue; Only in America, Where we dream as big as we want to! We all get a chance, Everybody gets to dance, Only in America. |
Sun goin' down on an LA freeway, Newlyweds in the back of a limousine; A welder's son and a banker's daughter, All they want is everything. She came out here to be an actress, He was the singer in a band; They just might go back to South Dakota, And talk about the stars they could have been. Only in America, Dreamin' in red, white, and blue; Only in America, Where we dream as big as we want to! We all get a chance, Everybody gets to dance, Only in America. |
"Double—no triple—our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth." |
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1143028 since the Roswell Incident of 1947! |
"We believe . . . all men are created equal because they are created in the image of God." |
 by Brooks & Dunn |