Ahoy from AP US History!

by: Heesoo Cho, Class of 2027

Ahoy matey! Welcome aboard!

On August 20, 2025, in the small APUSH classroom, a fierce battle took place between two pirate ships: the Frootloop and the Optimus Prime. But instead of ships, we had desks and, instead of pirates, we had 11 friends determined to defeat the other side. 

Like she does every year, Mrs. Hughes, for a fun, exciting day for a stress free environment, sets up a pirate day for all of us to enjoy. Though we didn’t board any actual ships, we experienced as much as the class participated in activities to protect their vessels . 

The Frootloops were victorious.

We pushed our desks together and formed two crews: the Frootloops and the Optimus Primes. There were many quests we had to complete in order to keep our ship afloat, starting with finding our way across the ocean. Using the two provided atlases, each crew was able to navigate across the world, locating destinations from the lists we were provided. We then created our own rules for the crew on board as well as punishments, solved a math problem to split the gold equally, and wrote thesis statements on why people chose to become pirates. 

Though both ships succeeded in completing these tasks, I’m happy to say, as a member of the Frootloops, we were victorious in our battle and were awarded with well-deserved chocolate and candy. What a fun day!