3rd Quarter has ended. Grades will be finalized on Monday and submitted to the office on Tuesday morning. They should be mailed out to you on Thursday.

US History:
1. We'll finish our review of the beginnings of the Cold War on Monday, and we will also complete our review of vocabulary. We should be ready for a couple of quick quizzes on reading notes and vocab by block period next week.

World Civ:
1. We'll continue our discussion of Marx and Lenin and their theories on Monday.
2. You should be able to explain how Lenin changed Marx's theories.

APEH:
1. Start reading Chapter 30 in McKay, and the associated readings in Perry.
2. Due Monday: comparison of POV for Churchill, Khrushchev and Djilas.
3. What forms of authoritarian governments existed in the years leading to World War II? How did these dictatorships seem to offer European people the answers for the problems that they were facing?

Friday, March 30, is the end of the 3rd Quarter!! See me immediately if you need to hand anything in. I will be available at lunch and after school, for the sake of the desperate among you.

US History:
1. Reading notes on "Cold War Deepens" are due on Monday.
2. You should have finished and gotten stamps on the reading notes entitled "Cold War Begins" and the map of Europe during the Cold War.
3rd Period: What was the name of the policy that the US followed throughout the Cold War period that was designed to limit the spread of communism?
7th Period: What was the name of the Soviet program that attempted to help rebuild Eastern Europe (similar to the Marshall Plan), but failed because the USSR did not have sufficient resources?

World Civ:
1. You should have finished two sets of reading notes: "Background to the Russian Revolution" and "Civil War." We'll go over these and take an open note reading quiz next week.

APEH:
1. Test is tomorrow! Study Guides are due!!
2. Last chance to retake the interwar map quiz is tomorrow at lunch.
3. If you're feeling ambitious, start reading Chapter 30...I'll have a new Study Guide for you soon.

US History:
1. Due Thursday: Text outline "Cold War Begins." The second part of the outline ("Cold War Deepens") is due on Monday of next week.
2. Maps of Cold War Europe are due on Thursday.

World Civ:
1. We'll review the two sets of reading notes assigned so far (441 - 446).
2. I'll stamp the fill-in worksheet on the "Prelude to the Russian Revolution."

APEH:
1. Finish your Study Guides for Chapters 28 and 29.
2. Answer the questions on the reading selections on Churchill and de Gaulle (there are 3 questions on each reading).
3. If you are planning to retake the quiz on the Interwar map, do this on Thursday at lunch.
4. Test on Chapters 28 & 29 is Friday! Study the map.

US History:
1. Due Thursday: Text outline "Cold War Begins." The second part of the outline ("Cold War Deepens") is due on Monday of next week.
2. Maps of Cold War Europe are due on Thursday.

World Civ:
1. We'll review the two sets of reading notes assigned so far (441 - 446).
2. I'll stamp the fill-in worksheet on the "Prelude to the Russian Revolution."

APEH:
1. Finish your Study Guides for Chapters 28 and 29.
2. Answer the questions on the reading selections on Churchill and de Gaulle (there are 3 questions on each reading).
3. If you are planning to retake the quiz on the Interwar map, do this on Thursday at lunch.
4. Test on Chapters 28 & 29 is Friday! Study the map.

I will be absent on Monday and Tuesday, March 26th and 27th. Please help the sub find materials, operate the VCR, etc.

US History:
1. Your writing assignment on the decision to drop the bomb is due on Monday.
2. Please bring your textbook to class on Monday and the block period.
3. On Monday, you will work in class on reading notes ("Cold War Begins" and "Cold War Deepens").
4. At block, you will watch a video on the Cold War, and work on a map of Cold War Europe. If you finish these items, you can continue to work on your reading notes.

World Civ:
1. On Monday, you will receive a sheet of notes to read/highlight.
2. The sub will give you an open-notebook "fill-in" quiz on the period leading up to the Russian Revolution (there is a word bank to help you).
3. At block, you'll watch a video on the last tsar of Russia and his family. If you have time leftover, you should be sure you've finished the fill-in quiz and your reading notes on pages 444 -- 446, which are due on Thursday.

APEH:
1. Work on your Study Guides in class on Monday.
2. Work on the WWII review sheets, and read the handout (the sub will give it to you) on Churchill and de Gaulle. What made these men uniquely suited to lead their nations in watime?

US History:
1. On Thursday, we'll review for the WWII test, and talk more about the decision to drop the bomb...and your writing assignment, which will be due on Monday.
2. Test on WWII is Friday!

World Civ:
1. You reading notes on pages 441 -- 444 are due on Thursday.
2. We'll review the map and notes in class on Thursday.

APEH:
1. Be sure you have read all of Chapters 28 and 29, and the Perry stuff. The AP examiners are really fond of questions about totalitarianism, authoritarianism, etc.
2. Do all of the WWII review sheets and prepare for a quiz on the Interwar map!

US History:
1. Due at block: Answers to the questions on the back of the "History without Hiroshima" reading.
2. If you didn't finish the "Decision to Drop the Bomb" reading/questions in class on Monday, please have that ready for block period.
3. We will watch a video, and then we'll be ready for a discussion of the pros and cons of the decision to drop the bomb.
4. We should be ready for a test on WWII by Friday.

World Civ:
Good Luck on the CAHSEE test! Don't forget that you may not bring backpacks or electronic devices to the test. Bring something to do, but don't bring a book or binder related to the test (so, no English book on Tuesday; no math book on Wednesday).
1. Due Thursday: Reading notes on pages 441 -- 444.
2. If you didn't finish the map of Russia in 1914 in class on Monday, please finish it for Thursday.
4th period: What were the Russian nobles called? Descibe the type of relationship they had with the agricultural workers on their lands.
8th period: Give two reasons why Russia had a distinct culture from that of Western Europe.

APEH:
1. We'll have some DBQ practice...
2. And lots of other stuff.
3. Finish reading Chapter 28 and start on Chapter 29. Read the introductory material for WWII in Perry. What is an "authoritarian" government? What types of authoritarian governments were there? Is "authoritarian" the same as "totalitarian?"

US History:
1. Due at block: Answers to the questions on the back of the "History without Hiroshima" reading.
2. If you didn't finish the "Decision to Drop the Bomb" reading/questions in class on Monday, please have that ready for block period.
3. We will watch a video, and then we'll be ready for a discussion of the pros and cons of the decision to drop the bomb.
4. We should be ready for a test on WWII by Friday.

World Civ:
Good Luck on the CAHSEE test! Don't forget that you may not bring backpacks or electronic devices to the test. Bring something to do, but don't bring a book or binder related to the test (so, no English book on Tuesday; no math book on Wednesday).
1. Due Thursday: Reading notes on pages 441 -- 444.
2. If you didn't finish the map of Russia in 1914 in class on Monday, please finish it for Thursday.
4th period: What were the Russian nobles called? Descibe the type of relationship they had with the agricultural workers on their lands.
8th period: Give two reasons why Russia had a distinct culture from that of Western Europe.

APEH:
1. We'll have some DBQ practice...
2. And lots of other stuff.
3. Finish reading Chapter 28 and start on Chapter 29. Read the introductory material for WWII in Perry. What is an "authoritarian" government? What types of authoritarian governments were there? Is "authoritarian" the same as "totalitarian?"

US History:
1. Due at block: "History without Hiroshima?" Read and answer the questions on the back (always use as separate sheet of paper for your answers).

World Civ:
1. Due at block: First set of reading notes on Russia (Background to the Revolution, pp. 441-444).
2. We'll have a little more time in class to complete the map.

APEH:
1. Thesis statement and topic sentences for one of the art-based questions on the handout I gave you.
2. Work on the Chapter 28 Study Guide.
3. Read the excerpts from Eliot's "Wasteland." If you had to cite it as an example of literature during the interwar years, how would you connect it to the mood and artistic styles of the time?

US History:
No homework.
3: What was the name of the famous Japanese-American unit that fought in Europe and won many honors?
7: What was the name of the court case in which the Supreme Court decided that internment was Consititutional?

World Civ:
1. Due Friday: "Growth of Russia." We'll review this assignment and take an open-note quiz.
2. If there's time, you can continue to work on your map of the Russian Empire.

APEH:
1. Choose one of the art-based questions on the handout I gave you and try to rough out a reponse...what would your thesis and body paragraphs be like? Ask yourself what knowledge the AP examiners want you to demonstrate in response to the question.

US History:
1. You should have finished both the charts (Impact of WWII on Social Groups; US Response to the Holocaust) and the Japanese internment questions.
2. If you haven't had your notebook checked...Friday is the last day.

World Civ:
1. Please bring your books to class on Thursday.

APEH:
1. On to the Age of Uncertainty. What does this phrase mean (multiple meanings)?
2. Read Chapter 28 and work on the Study Guide questions.
3. Read all assigned selections in Perry and read the others, too, if you have time. They're all good. Read the blurbs that go with each selection; they're instrumental in helping you to understand the authors.

US History:
1. Finish the chart on the US response to the Holocaust, if you didn't do so in class. Otherwise, no homework.

World Civ:
1. No homework.

APEH:
1. Start reading the selections for the interwar years and WWII.
2. DBQ in the lab on Wednesday. Review those political terms...what kinds of reformers were there and what did they identify as the problems/solutions for the working poor?

All sophomores and juniors should have turned in their program planning requests for next year!

US History: No homework

World Civ: No homework

APEH:
1. Test on WWI is Monday.
2. SG for Chapter 27 is due Monday.
3. If you didn't hand in your Internet Modern Art project, please give it to me on Monday.
4. DBQ in the computer lab Wednesday. Review types of political reformists from the 19th and early 20th centuries. How did each see the problems of society (what did they identify as the essential nature of the the problems for the lower class) and what sort of solutions did they recommend?

US History:
No homeowork.

World Civ:
1. Due Friday: Writing assignment on "Assessing and Defining Responsibility." Be sure you explain how you decided who should be severely punished and who should be excused from guilt. What punishment should each category of person get?

APEH:
1. Bring review sheets and SG questions to class Friday.
2. WWI test is Monday.
3. DBQ on the Russian Revolution is Wednesday in the computer lab. Review the textbook material in the causes of the revolution and the political terms sheet I gave you.

US History:
1. No homework. You will have a few minutes in class on Thursday to finish the chart on "Impact of WWII on US Social Groups."

World Civ:
1. Due Friday: Paragraph on "Assessing and Defining Responsibility."

APEH:
1. Time for some art! We'll also look at some old AP art questions.
2. Get your Chapter 27 SG finished...we should be ready for the test by Monday by the latest.
3. POV comparison due Wednesday (Wilson, Clemenceau, German delegates). What is the meaning of "Wilsonian" foreign policy?

Third quarter progress report grades are due Tuesday morning (March 6th). Please see me if you have questions about your grade. I will post new printouts on 3-6.

US History:
1. No homework. I really will do a notebook check soon. Really.
2. Period 3: What does NAACP stand for and what does it do?
Period 7: Who were Issei, Nissei and Kibei?

World Civ:
1. Read and think about the examples on the sheet entitled "Assessing and Defining Responsibility." Why did you decide that some people were more responsible than others...what made them more responsible?

APEH:
1. Art at block!
2 Do your Chapter 27 Study Guide...we should be out of this unit by the end of the week.
3. More WWII/Russia review on Thursday.
4. Was the Versailles Treaty really too harsh? What sort of treaty do you think the Germans would have imposed if they had won? Be able to list reasons why it might be said that Germany was responsible for the war, and reasons why it might be said that all the major nations were equally responsible.

Third quarter progress report grading period ends Friday, March 2nd! I will be available at lunch and after school if you need to see me.

US History:
No homework.
Your program request forms for next year are due on Monday, March 5.

World Civ:
No homework.

APEH:
1. Read Chapter 27 and Perry. Do your Study Guide! We won't spend long on this unit.
2. More art coming...and those poor, downtrodden Russian peasants.