Ms. Cox's Classes

Daily log for Ms. Cox's social studies classes.

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Finals Week: December 19-21
Periods 1,2 & 8 finals on Monday
Periods 3 & 4 finals on Tuesday
Periods 5/6 & 7 on Wednesday
Teacher workday is Thursday, and grades will be mailed home on December 26.
Have a happy holiday!!

World Civ. and US History:
You will write your final essay on Friday, December 16, in class. You may bring a sheet of paper with your thesis statement, topic sentences and brief bullet points for your paragraphs.
You will take the objective test during the final exam week. Bring your notebook to the test so you can hand in homework from the Imperialism unit.


APEH:
I'd better get those Study Guides on Friday!
You will take the test on Chapters 18, 19 and 20 in class on Friday, December 16.
You will write the Dutch DBQ in the computer lab on Tuesday of finals week.

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Finals are approaching! See me about any makeup work!
Important Note: The semester ends before the winter break this year. If you will be gone during finals week, you are expected to make up your final before you leave (NOT after you return from the break). This is administration policy. If you are missing during finals week, and you have not made up the final, I will not file an "Incomplete" for you . I will calculate your final grade as a zero, and assign you a semester grade accordingly. When you return, any arrangements to change this will have to be cleared with the administration.

US History:
1. You should have finished your "Foreign Policy Spectrum" in class. If not, you need to finish it at home.
2. We'll review "Reaching for Empire" in class on Thursday, and take the open-note homework quiz.

World Civ.:
1. Due Friday: The questions on the blue sheet entitled "The Karabur Case." Read carefully and try to understand the conflicted feelings of the author about modernization in his home village.
2. We'll begin watching "Gandhi" on Thursday.
3. There will be a quiz on India on Friday, December 9. It will cover motives for imperialism, ancient India, Hindus and Muslims, and the British in India.

APEH:
1. You should be working on the Scientific Revolution timeline and the questions on the blue sheet.
2. I will give a wicked lecture on the later Enlightenment.
3. We'll move on to Candide as soon as possible. I'll hand out the questions on Thursday or Friday.
4. I'll also hand out the Study Guide questions for Chapters 18, 19, & 20.
5. We'll get to the DBQ, I swear it.
6. Your final is on Tuesday the 20th, I think. Check the CVHS website to confirm.

Monday, December 05, 2005

US History:
1. Due at block: Text assignment entitled "Reaching for Empire." There will be an open-note homework quiz on this assignment on Thursday.


World Civ.:
1. Due at block: Map of "India before 1947" and the text assignment entitled "British Imperialism in India."
2. We'll take a short quiz on India on Thursday or Friday.

APEH:
1. Finish reading Chapter 18 and 19. Read the selections in Perry. Read Candide.
2. Read the Dutch DBQ and "cluster" the documents.
3. Finish your outline for question #5 explaining why the Spanish failed to create a prosperous capitalist economy in the 17th and 18th centuries, while the Dutch and English did.
4. Bring your books to class so you can work on the study questions.

Saturday, December 03, 2005

US History:
1. Text assignment: "Reaching for Empire" is due at block.
2. You should have a new divider entitled "US Foreign Policy."
3. If you didn't pass the notebook check, you have one week to bring in your notebook for inspection! You must do this outside of class time -- break, lunch, tutorial, etc.
4. Second Period: don't forget food donations for the food drive. Bring canned goods, instant soups, rice, beans, pasta, baby cereal, baking mixes, items in plastic containers such as peanut butter etc. Nothing in glass containers and nothing that will spoil.

World Civ.:
1. Due Monday: "Heritage of South Asia" and the map of ancient India, if you didn't finish them in class on Friday.
2. If you didn't pass the notebook check, you have one week to bring your notebook in for inspection! You must do this outside of class time -- break, lunch, tutorial, etc.

APEH:
1. Read McKay, Chapters 18, 19 and 20. We are in the 18th century.
2. Read the selections in Perry.
3. Read Candide and try to figure out his message. The book drips with irony and sarcasm, of course, but what, exactly, is he criticizing (lots of things!)? Be ready to discuss the book next week.
4. Read the DBQ on the Dutch Republic and "cluster" the documents in response to the prompt.

Thursday, December 01, 2005

US History:
1. Test on this unit -- Industrialization, Immigration and the Progressives -- is Friday, December 2.
2. Bring your book and notebook to class on Friday.

World Civ.:
1. Maps of the British Empire will be due on Thursday, December 1.
2. An in-class activity entitled "Heritage of South Asia" will be due on Friday, December 2.
3. Bring your book to class on Friday.

APEH:
1. Test on Chapters 16 and 17 takes place Friday, December 2.
2. Your Study Guide (selected questions), PERSIA comparison of England and France, and your revised outline #1 or #3 are due on Friday as well.
3. Essay outline for question #5 is due at block next week, December 6.