Notes+and+Assignments

**Fourth Quarter Assignments:**
Thursday, June 16th- Last day of class; exemptions will be announced;

Wednesday - NO CLASS DUE TO SCHEDULE CHANGE

Tuesday, June 14th - Persian Gulf War [|Part I] ; recap unit using key vocabulary words; in pairs you need to come up with 20 review questions for the game on Thursday

Friday, June 10th - Shortened classes due to Class Day Assembly; Guest speaker: Persian Gulf War veteran, Sargent Campbell

Wednesday, June 8th - History overview of Iraq and the state setup after World War I [|The Complications of Iraq] Tuesday, June 7th - History of Afghanistan and Osama Bin Laden [|Osama Bin Laden Biography] Discuss if September 11th was preventable? Can the US stop future terrorist attacks? Why is America a target? Read about the war in [|Afghanistan] and answer the wiki discussion question on the War in Afghanistan
 * HW: Read this article on the situation in Iraq and answer the __ten questions__ in complete sentences at the end. Email me your answers __//before//__ class on Friday! As long as I have your homework before class, you do not need your netbooks for class on Friday as we will be having a guest speaker.**
 * HW: War in Afghanistan discussion question**

Friday, June 3rd - Choose Your Own Adventure Projects DUE! (worth 25 percent of your quarter grade); September 11th discussion [|Forgotten Video]; [|Toby Keith Video]; [|11 lyrics.doc] [|I Believe 9/11 tribute video]


 * HW: None unless you still owe me your project!**

Wednesday, June 1st - WHITE DAY! Last day to work on projects in class.
 * HW: Finish up your project so that it is ready to hand in by class on Friday!**

Tuesday, May 31st - BLUE DAY! Work on projects in class.
 * HW: Work on projects as needed**!

Friday, May 27th- Work on your two page response papers and get them edited in the ASC or by a peer. Email me your assessment ideas!
 * HW: Find your song and get started on your final product if approved by me!**

Wednesday, May 25th- Work on your projects (vocabulary should be done by the end of today so Friday you are working on your primary source reading response paper)
 * HW: Work on your project!**

Tuesday, May 24th- Tests are corrected and in Infinite Campus; Introduce your fourth quarter project (Choose Your Own History Adventure) and get started on identifying the vocabulary by reading the online textbook sections assigned to your topic. Please refer to your project tab for more details.
 * HW: Work on your project textbook notes by identifying the vocabulary assigned to your topic as you read!**

=Equality Unit= Friday, May 20th - Equality Exam

Wednesday, May 18th - Go over Review worksheet for exam/Questions
 * HW: STUDY!**

Tuesday, May 17th - Share time lines; Top Ten Issues facing the world brainstorm activity and sign Birmingham pledge; Review game
 * HW: Equality Review worksheet (due tomorrow)**

Friday, May 13th - Watch //A Shadow of Hate;// discuss other current events and video as a class
 * HW: Finish Time lines of Intolerance for Tuesday ( organized by dates in order with the event and a 1-2 sentence description of the event) - email it to me before class!**

Wednesday, May 11th - Discuss article and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal

Tuesday, May 10th - WHS discussion question; Brainstorm a list of groups in this country who have been discriminated against in the past; in pairs create a timeline of discrimination and hate using 15 events total using 2-3 events per group brainstormed
 * HW: Read "A Rose for Charlie" in order to discuss in class tomorrow**


 * SATURDAY- GOOD LUCK ON YOUR SATS! Remember to bring number two pencils and your calculator!**

Friday, May 6th- Collect HW and go over Civil Rights Museum web quest; discuss Affirmative Action and the current racial situation in America based on the article that you read for homework (discussion grade). Look at Tupac's //[|"Changes"]// from 1992 Wednesday, May 4th - Early Release/ No class for period 4 Go over writing portion of SAT with period 6
 * HW: Rock your the SAT!**

Tuesday, May 2nd- Civil Rights Museum web quest (Should be completed in class)
 * HW for Friday: Read the article [|"Have We Overcome?"] Write down the definitions of** //percolating, onus, Affirmative Action, disfranchisement//**, and** //catalyst// **in the context they are used in this article. After reading answer the following questions in sentence form using textual support from the article:**
 * 1. What is the argument/reasons why some in the article say that blacks are now equal in American society?**
 * 2. What is the argument/reasons why some in the article say that blacks ARE NOT equal and Affirmative Action must remain?**
 * 3. What do you think? Have we overcome? Support your response with MULTIPLE reasons please if you want full credit!**

Friday, April 29th- Collect HW; //Milestones in Civil Rights History// handout; KWL Martin Luther King Junior on the 40th year anniversary of his death; //Children's March// video (40 minutes) and discussion about tactics/strategies used by both sides during the early 1960s
 * HW: Period 4- Make sure to answer the topics discussion question on the wiki before Tuesday!**

Wednesday, April 27th - Period 6 only- Martin Luther King SAT prep critical reading

Tuesday, April 26th - Review racism and lead up to Emmett Till murder; Emmett Till video with questions; discussion to follow
 * HW: Read article about Martin Luther King Junior's legacy [|here]. Write a half page response to what you read and bring it when we discuss on Friday.**
 * Vocab words to know: retaliation,cauldron, martyr, commemorate, legacy, rhetoric, quell, avert, spate**

VACATION:)

Friday, April 15th -Discuss Gloria Naylor's article and racism experiences; read and discuss //Hate, Rape, and Rap// by Tipper Gore; lyrics to [|"One in a Million"]; timeline notes

Wednesday, April 13th - SAT prep on writing effectiveness #1

=Great Depression Unit= Tuesday, April 12th- Groups present New Deal acronym information to class (group must be ready to present, no excuses), movie clip from //Maxed Out// (clips include information on college student credit card debt and the creation of credit history), read articles on student loans and credit card debt with class discussion on both. Student Loans Article link ( []) Credit Card Debt Article link ([])
 * HW: Read //The Meaning of a Word// by Gloria Naylor. Make sure to write down the definitions of the underlined words(transcendent, dynamics, intermittent, reprieve, innocuous, nymphomaniac, necrophiliac, gravitated, mecca, quarrel, clamor, anecdote, inflection, disembodied, trifling, equivalent, stratum, racism, degradation, impotent) and answer questions two and three for class on Friday!**

Third Quarter Assignments:
Friday, April 8th - Discussion on conclusions on what life was like during the Great Depression using what you found by doing your journals, transition notes from President Hoover (the Republicans) to President Roosevelt (the Democrats), and the beginning of New Deal group research.
 * HW: Finish New Deal Acronym Agencies research for Tuesday; Be ready to present to the class!**

Wednesday, April 6th- Period 4:Great Depression journal entries due today (counts an an exam), Student SAT presentation; Period 6: SAT prep sentence completion #4

Tuesday, April 5th- Looking at the people of the Great Depression: video clips of //Cinderella Man// (a Hollywood look at the Great Depression based off the real life story of boxer James J Braddock), give the Great Depression Journal Assignment (counts as an exam), which students will work on in class
 * HW: Finish Great Drepession Journal Assignment due Wednesday, April 6th (counts as an exam). Can be e-mailed to Mr. Magano at pmagano@sjcme.edu**

Friday, April 1st- No class/Snow day Wednesday, March 30th - FDR inaugural address critical reading. Timed 15 minutes for 13 questions.

Tuesday, March 29th- No class/Science review for the Science SAT on Wednesday

Friday, March 25th - No school/teacher day

Wednesday, March 23rd- Go over Pollution SAT reading from last week; period 4 passed back tests and explained grading; period 6 did SAT prep //sentence completion number 3// (went over and graded). You can find the SAT prep here!
 * HW: NONE**

Tuesday, March 22nd- Introduction to the Great Depression, video and web links on the Wiki (under weblinks for class), brainstorm the causes of the Great Depression, and labor worksheet.
 * HW: Period 4: Great Depression Causes Discussion Question on the Wiki due Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 23rd**
 * Period 6: Labor worksheet (given in class) and Great Depression Causes Discussion Question on the Wiki due Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 23**

=Progressive Unit= Friday, March 18th- SAT prep Progressive Era Exam

Wednesday, March 16th- Went over review sheet due so that you can use it to study for the exam! I will be here after school today if you want to review!
 * HW: Study for Exam**

Tuesday, March 15th - Progressive Issue discussion question due; interviews due and shared, Labor worksheet, Prohibition film clip, work on Review worksheet
 * HW: Do the review worksheet for tomorrow! Exam on Friday!**

Friday, March 11th - Review articles from Tuesday and give rankings; Progressive Reformers Convention interview, students will be partnered up and interview one another posing as their Progressive Reformer; answer Progressive Discussion question on the wiki
 * HW: Period 4: finish interview and email it to Mrs. C**
 * Period 6: Progressive Discussion question on the wiki and Reformer interview script (emailed to Mr. Magano at pmagano@sjcme.edu)**

Wednesday, March 9th - Jane Addams reformer critical reading (SAT PREP)
 * HW: Research your reformer for class on Friday! Email your APARTY group work to Mrs. Curtis**

Tuesday, March 8th - Ryan's group presentation; recap problems created by IR; capitalism lecture; Five group jigsaw on Progressive Issues: Prohibition, Labor Unions, Working and sanitary(food) conditions, Woman's suffrage using APARTY analysis; come to a group consensus on a ranking of the issues HW: Discussion question on the wiki called Progressive Issue (due Friday). Research Progressive Reformer from your slip of paper

Friday, March 4th- Project presentation by Ryan's and Julie's groups, Discussion question over the TP article and check chart

Wednesday, March 2nd- SAT prep on critical reading using Health care issue
 * HW: Read and chart "The Year Without Toilet Paper" (see below for article link)**

Tuesday, March 1st - Period 4 Industrial Revolution Web Quest Period 6 Finish Issues project presentations (Clare's group) and start Web Quest
 * HW: Finish Web Quest for tomorrow if you have not already. Read "The Year Without Toilet Paper" and do the chart for Friday.**

=Current Issues in America Unit= Tuesday and Wednesday, February 15th and 16th - presented Current Issues projects in class
 * HW: NONE! Enjoy your vacation and be ready to work when you get back!**

Friday, February 11th - Do your newscast
 * HW: Finish project and be ready to present on Tuesday! Don't forget to check the rubric here!**

Wednesday, Feb. 9th - Period 4 work in the library on your projects

Tuesday, February 8th - Finish research and put together the bibliography (min of 5 sources)
 * HW: Planned script for your Newscast needs to be done for Friday (graded HW)**
 * Period 4 - all research questions should be answered for tomorrow (graded HW)**

February 4th- Mr. Asselin shows you how to create a newscast on your Netbook; Research in your group a current issue facing America See Projects tab for details.
 * HW: Research your topic!**

February 2nd - Snow day #3

Tuesday, February 1st - If America were100 people activity and brainstorm issues facing America; come up with your top 5 you want to research in your group
 * HW: Get class outline signed by a parent or guardian**