10-23-12 Homework

Presidential Debate 3 Questions:  After watching the third and last debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, please click on the link and answer the questions before 11:59pm tomorrow night.

United States History / Civics 1: You will have time in class today to make final preparations for the debate.  They begin tomorrow.

United States History / Civics 2: Debates begin on Thursday October 25.

AP / ECE United States History: Notes on the rest of Chapter 3 are due on Friday October 26.  You will have your debate next week.

10-17-12 Homework (Debate Links)

US History / Civics 1 & 2:  Use the following links for the debate assignments.

The Vice Presidential Debate: These questions are worth up to 10 points extra credit.

The Second Presidential Debate: These questions must be answered by 11:59pm Friday October 19.

United States History / Civics 1

Watch Presidential Debate tonight at 9:00 pm on the major networks or online.  Come back here for a link to questions tomorrow morning.  Those questions will be due by Friday October 19

United States History / Civics 2 Updated Due Dates

Notes on Chapter 20-4 - Wednesday October 17
Ch 21-1 Sheet - Wednesday October 17

Students taking the PSATs please come and see me so I can check off the homework


Watch Presidential Debate tonight at 9:00 pm on the major networks or online.  Come back here for a link to questions tomorrow morning.  Those questions will be due by Friday October 19

AP / ECE Updated List of Due Dates

To avoid confusion, here are updated due dates for the corresponding assignments.

Chapter 3: p.88-110: Take Notes - Friday October 19
Open Notes Quiz - Chapter 2 - Period 6: Wednesday October 17; Period 3: Friday October 19
Puritan Paper Rewrite - Monday October 22
In-Class Debate (Democrat v. Republican) Wednesday October 24
Chapter 3: p.111-128: Take Notes - Friday October 26
Term Paper: Bibliography - Wednesday October 31 (All other due dates stay the same)

Boston Trip

AP / ECE United States History:

I wanted to let you know that the trip to Boston is on.  Remember the following:

1. The bus leaves at 7:30am so please be on time to school.

2. Bring your own lunch.  We will eat around 11:45 and you can leave it in the bus.

Here is the itinerary for the trip:

7:30 - Leave SHS for Boston

9:15 - Arrive in Boston and start the Freedom Trail (2 hours and 15 minutes)

11:30 - End at Old North Church

12:15 - USS Constitution Museum Program

1:45 - Leave for SHS

3:15 - Back at SHS

Chaperones: I really appreciate you coming on this trip.  You should try to be at the school around 7:10 so we can chat before the kids get there.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  You can park in the visitors spot at the school and you should be fine for the day.

Let me know if you have any questions.  I am looking forward to this trip.  We will be broken up by classes, but we are all on the same bus together.  There is no bathroom on the bus so make sure you use it before we leave.  I will be taking attendance on the bus and sending it to the main office.

10-12-12 Homework

AP / ECE United States History: Students doing the rewrite of the Puritan Paper, click below for the sources.  The rewrite is due on Monday October 22 for all classes.  I will post due dates for the Chapter 3 notes and the quiz after the weekend.

Puritan Sources


United States History / Civics 1 & 2: Students should work on the debate prep.  The debate is scheduled for Wednesday October 24.  Students should watch the rest of the presidential debates on Tuesday October 16 and Monday October 22.

Message to students

All Classes:  There are no assignments due tomorrow.  That means no quizzes and no homework I assigned today. We will talk in class tomorrow. If you need to talk before I see you in class, come by my room anytime.

United States History 2: The 1920s magazine project is not due tomorrow.

AP / ECE United States History: No quiz tomorrow.

10-10-12

AP/ECE United States History: Today we are looking at primary source material from the New England colonies.  Click on the appropriate source to answer the questions about your source:

Mayflower Compact
Thomas Hooker
John Winthrop

10-6-12 Homework

AP / ECE United States History: Click here to submit your thesis statement for your term paper.  Please have it done by the end of the weekend (Sunday night).

10-3-12 Homework

United States History  / Civics 1 & 2: Both classes must watch the Presidential Debate, which will be broadcast on the major networks at 9:00pm tonight.  Check your local listings for which channel to watch.  If you cannot watch them, you can also download the debate from any news website or iTunes.  See me if you have questions.

Presidential Debate 1 response (US 1 & 2: Periods 2,7,8) Click here to answer questions on the 10/3/12 Presidential Debate.  These need to be answered by Thursday 10-4-12 by 11:59pm.

10-2-12 Homework

Debate Project:  In an effort to discuss the election and the upcoming debates students in all classes will be participating in a debate project.  While we will still continue with the curriculum, this is something that will enhance those in-class discussions of history and civics.  Click Here for a description of the project.

Students will have some time to work on this in class, but will also be required to watch the debates and reflect to prepare for the class project.

Classwork 10-1-12: If you did not complete in class, please do the following tonight and hand in tomorrow.

United States History / Civics 2: Read Pages 671-678 and do questions on pg. 678 # 1, 3, 4, 5, 6.

United States History / Civics 1: Read Pages 38-42.  Students will create a flow chart as modeled on page 28 on the left hand side.  They should put the following topics in the six boxes that they will explore: The Albany Plan, The Stamp Act, New Restrictive Laws, First Continental Congress, Second Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence.  They will use that flow chart to outline those major events.  After they complete that flow chart they should do questions #1-7 on page 32.

AP / ECE United States History: Read Pages 88-96 Do Review Question #1 and Freedom Question #1 on page 128.