Freshmen US Government Tuesday: Today is the Test Day! Eat a good breakfast and take it easy! Homework tonight is to complete States Map 3.
Wednesday: MCAS Thursday: Writing Lab for our papers on Snyder v. Phelps! Friday: Unit 5 Intro Sophomore Modern World Tuesday: Hotspots of the Cold War.
Freshmen US Government Monday: Today we will discuss Gideon v. Wainwright and then go on to cover Amendments 11-15. No homework tonight. States Quiz 3 on Friday, on the first 26 States.
Tuesday: Today we will cover Amendments 16-21. Did you NASCAR began from bootleggers who custom-built their cars so they could outrun the Police? Go figure! Homework is to make flashcards for Amendments 11-15. Wednesday: Today we will finish the amendments! Homework is to make Flashcards for Amendments 16-20.
Thursday: Today we will discuss the Snyder v. Phelps Supreme Court case, and dive deeper into the matter at hand, as students will be writing a paper on the case. The assignment will be distributed today in class, and is due on 7 June 2016. Students are required to write two papers - one from the standpoint of the prosecutor and one from the standpoint of the defense. In class we will also do a short project covering the most important Supreme Court cases for teens. Homework is to make flashcards for Amendments 21-27.
Friday: Map Quiz today. First 26 states! Practice website is here. Today we will be discussing Memorial Day, originally known as Decoration Day. Homework is to study for the quiz on Tuesday!
Begin video at 3:20 Sophomore Modern World Monday: Today we will continue the notes on Vietnam, going from 1965 to 1966 and covering the increased American involvement in the conflict. Here are the notes from earlier in the Unit in case you missed them! Part 1 (1945-1954), Part 2 (1956-1965), and Part 3 (1965-1975). Homework is to get the Movie Permission Slip signed!!!
Tuesday: Today we will cover Operation Rolling Thunder and the Tet Offensive, including the Battles of Saigon, Hue, and Khe Sanh. Homework is the 'Going to War' Reading Packets are due Friday. Answers on a separate sheet of paper!
Wednesday: Today we will begin watching the movie We Were Soldiers.
Thursday: Today we will finish the Vietnam War, including Vietnamization and the Costs of War. The 'Going to War' Reading Packets are due MONDAY! Answers on a separate sheet of paper! Study tonight for the Vietnam Vocab Quiz tomorrow!!!
Friday: Quiz Day! We will also discuss Memorial Day.
Junior USII Monday: Today we will begin the Cuban Missile Crisis, taking a look at the incident that most thought would lead to World War III. Can we stop the world from being destroyed? We'll see! You'll be tasked with representing each delegation and coming to a peaceful resolution. Good luck! Unit Quiz on Thursday. Get your permission slips signed!!!
Tuesday: Today we will finish up the Cuban Missile Crisis and discuss the Red Scare in America. How did McCarthyism spread so quickly? Study for the COld War Quiz on Thursday!
Look closely to see if you can find any bias in the film! Wednesday: Today we will go over the Civil Rights movement in 1950s America, discussing Rosa Parks and the Montogomery Bus Boycott. We will then review for the Quiz tomorrow! Study tonight!
Thursday: Quiz Day! Friday: Today we will discuss Memorial Day.
Freshmen US Government Monday: Today students will compile a list of all 27 Amendments on their own. Tuesday: Today we will begin discussing the First Amendment, which is perhaps the most important of them all! But does Freedom of Speech mean we can say anything we want? Let's decide! No homework.
Wednesday: Today we'll cover Amendments 2-6, focusing on Amendment 5, the Rights of the Criminally Accused. What rights do you have if you're accused of a crime? As my father once told me, it's better to just not be accused of any crimes, but hey, better to be safe than sorry! Homework is to make flashcards for Amendments 1-5.
Thursday: Today we'll cover Amendments 7-10, looking especially into the 8th Amendment, which prevents cruel and unusual punishment. How do we define cruel and unusual? What's too far? Homework is to make flashcards for Amendments 6-10.
Friday:Today students will be viewing an episode of Constitution USA on the Bill of Rights. What rights do we really have?
Sophomore Modern World Monday: Today students will finish Regret to Inform. Tuesday: Today we will review the movie and students will interview each other's characters from the movie. No homework.
Wednesday: MCAS! Thursday:Today students will begin their notes on the Vietnam War, starting in 1945 and going to 1954. Homework is to complete an outline of pgs. 488-490.
Friday: Today we'll pick up where we left off and continue the history of the Vietnam War from 1956-1965, focusing on American involvement and the scale of the war on a global level.
Junior US History II Monday: Today students will watch the following documentary on the Space Race:
Tuesday: Today we will recap everything in the Cold War up to this point. Review Day!
Wednesday: Today students will learn about the Berlin Airlift, the Arms Race, and the Space Race!
Thursday: Today we'll discuss the new American policy of Containment, which presents a drastic change from the previous policy of isolationism, and we'll see this policy in action in Korea. Homework is to complete the Cold War Quiz 1.
Friday: Today we will watch the documentary Chosin, about the Americans who fought at the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea.
Freshmen US Government Monday: Today students will be looking at the many different departments of the Executive Branch and what they really do. We'll spend some time making Alphabet Soup, but by the time we're done, you'll know all of them! FBI, DoJ, USDA, FEMA, CIA, DoD, AG, DoEd, DoI, and so many more!!! Homework is Lesson 24 Vocab. Unit Test on Friday! Tuesday: Today students will be learning about the Judicial Branch - what does it do, what kind of power does it have, and how does it all work? Homework is to finish the selected vocab words from your packets.
Wednesday: Today we will finish discussing the Supreme Court and how the federal court system works. Students will play a game of Judicial Bingo to review their vocabulary. Homework is to complete the Supreme Court WS on Landmark Decisions. How have these Supreme Court rulings impacted your life?
Thursday:Today students will have a substitute teacher. While I am gone, students will be completing a study guide in preparation for the test tomorrow. Homework is to study! Friday:Today students will have a substitute teacher. Test day! Sophomore Modern World Monday: Today we will watch the FRONTLINE episode on the Secret State of North Korea. Students will take a look at what North Korea has become since 1953. Homework is the True/False Activity on 'Killing Castro'.
Tuesday: Today we will take a look at Cuba, the next hotspot in the Cold War. Why did the CIA attempt to assassinate Fidel Castro 638 times? What did all this tension lead up to? You might not believe some of it, like how they tried to put chemicals in his shoes to make his beard fall out, or give him a skin disease with an infected wetsuit, or give him a cigar laced with Botox, or even design a plot to kill American citizens and blame it on Cuba! Let's see how things got a little out of hand. Homework tonight is to outline pgs. 491-493 on the Cold War in Latin America.
Wednesday: Today we will reenact the Cuban Missile Crisis by having the Soviet and American delegates negotiate a peace to avoid a nuclear disaster. Will you succeed in saving the world from utter destruction? Or are we all done for? Let's find out! Homework is to study China, Korea, and Cuba for a quiz tomorrow.
Thursday:Today students will have a substitute teacher. Students will have a quiz on China, Korea, and Cuba, and then begin watching Regret to Inform, which is a very moving documentary about the women who were impacted by the Vietnam War. Students will receive one character profile and will learn all about that woman, then watch the video and learn about some others, as well. No homework. Friday:Today students will have a substitute teacher. You will finish the movie from yesterday and proceed to meet the other women from the movie by moving around the class and interviewing each other. No homework. Junior USII Monday:Today students will take a look at the Holocaust, and then proceed to review in preparation for the WWII test tomorrow! Homework is to complete the study guide. Tuesday: Today is test day! Good luck!
Wednesday:Today we are looking at the beginning of the Cold War: the Yalta Conference, the Marshall Plan, the Arms Race, and Berlin. No homework!
Thursday: Today students will have a substitute teacher. You'll be viewing this segment from the Century series on 1946-1952 and answering the corresponding questions. Have fun! Friday: Today students will have a substitute teacher. STUDY HALL.
Freshmen US Government Monday: Today we will look at how a bill becomes a law, and also how Congressmen and women decide on each bill. Notes are here. Homework is to complete Map 2.
Tuesday: Today we will begin exploring the Executive Branch, which is the Office of the President. What are the powers and responsibilities of the POTUS? Homework is Lesson 23 Vocab.
Wednesday: Today students will continue analyzing the responsibilities of the US President, and look as well into George Washington and how he set many precedents for other presidents. Tongue twister!!! Homework is to finish the Nationbuilder in Chief WS.
Thursday: Today we will look at Foreign Policy and the jobs of the President. When should the President go to war, make a treaty, or give aid? We'll find out! Homework is Lesson 23 WS. Friday: Sophomore Modern World Monday: Today we will look at the reading packet students completed over the weekend. Then, we will look at A World Divided, discussing the Iron Curtain, the policy of Containment, and the Berlin Airlift. Notes are here. Starter activity is here. Homework is to complete Part A of the World Map.
Tuesday: Notes are here. Today we're discussing nuclear annhilation and the arms race! Homework is to copmplete the study guide for the quiz!
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Wednesday: Today students will finish discussing the space race and then take a short multiple-choice quiz on the Cold War so far. Homework is to complete the No Tears for Mao WS, front side only!
Thursday: Today we will discuss China's role in the Cold War. Communist, yes, but Soviet allies......? We'll find out! We'll brush up on our history of their revolution and the rise of Chairman Mao Zedong. Homework is to create a timeline of the events of the Chinese Revolution.
Friday: Today we will talk all about the first real "Hotspot" of the Cold War: Korea. It's often referred to as the Forgotten War, and is technically not actually over! Homework is the worksheet on the Korean War.
Junior USII Monday: Today we will complete the war in Europe and discuss the Yalta Conference, and then switch our focus over to the Pacific War to look at the struggle occurring there. Notes are here. No homework tonight.
Tuesday: Today we will go over the strategy of Island Hopping and the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. We will continue to discuss the brutality of the War in the Pacific as compared to the war in Europe.
Wednesday: Today students will view a documentary on the Battle of Okinawa. Thursday:Today students will discuss the strategy of carpet bombing and its morality. We will also look at the creation and use of the atomic bomb against Japan. Homework is to begin studying for test on Monday.
