Thanks to everyone who came to Back to School Night! It was wonderful to meet everyone. Parents/guardians, please be sure to email me with any questions or comments.

First quarter progress report period has closed. Grades will be posted Monday and filed on Tuesday; they should arrive in your mailboxes by Friday or Saturday of next week.

US History:
1. We'll review the map of the US on Monday.
2. On Thursday, 9-27, students took an open-note quiz on the assignment "Washington and the Government." If you missed this quiz, see me right away to arrange a make-up.
3. Your split-page notes ("Cornell" notes) on pages 130-135 are due at block period next week. There will be an open-note quiz on these notes.

World History:
1. On Thursday, we reviewed the assignment "Background to the Revolution" and took notes on a video about Versailles and Louis XIV.
2. Due at block: split-page notes ("Cornell" notes) on page 214. There will be an open-note quiz on these notes and the "Background to the Revolution" assignment next week.

APEH:
1. I collected your comparisons of Machiavelli and More on Thursday.
2. We tried to compose practice thesis statements on Renaissance questions. We'll review these on Monday.
3. We're approaching a test on the Renaissance. Have your study guide complete by block period. The test will include some multiple choice questions and some short answer questions.

Reminder!! Back to School Night is this Thursday. Please encourage your parents/guardians to attend.

US History:
1. Text assignment: "Washington and the Government" is due on Thursday.

World History:
1. Text assignment: "Background to the Revolution" is due on Thursday.
2. The back of the handout with the "three estates" review is extra credit (5 points). Please do a neat and thorough job if you want the points.

APEH:
1. I should receive your typed answers to the Machiavelli/More comparison on Thursday.
2. Keep working on the study guide. We should be able to take the Renaissance test by block next week.

All students: Please remind your parents/guardians that Back to School Night is Thursday, September 27. I'll hand out an information/schedule form for you to fill out next week.

US History:
1. The test on unit 1 (Colonies to Constitution) will be on Monday. Bring your book and your binder to class.
2. You need a new divider in your notebook for our next unit: Expansion of the USA.

World History:
1. Due Monday: the reading/questions on "The Sun King." Remember to write full, explanatory sentences. You should not have to look back at the questions later to figure out what you were writing about.
2. Due Thursday: Textbook assignment "Background to the Revolution."
3. What was the name of the royal family of France in the years before the French Revolution?
(5 extra credit points)

APEH:
1. Please hand in your Renaissance art project on Monday, if you have not already done so.
2. You should be ready to discuss Machiavelli and More by block period next week.
3. On Monday, I'll ask you to name a painting, a sculpture, a building and a work of literature from the Italian Renaissance, and explain how each reflects the values and ideas of the Renaissance.

US History:
1. Finish up your worksheet on the Constitution for Friday.
2. We'll review the Bill of Rights...please bring your book to class.
3. The test will be on Monday.

World History:
1. Your review sheets are due on Friday.
2. The unit test will take place on Friday. Bring your textbook and binder to class.

APEH:
1. Renaissance art projects are due by Monday.
2. Read the handout on Machiavelli for Friday.
3. Finish the excerpts from Machiavelli and More for discussion groups next week.
4. Keep working on your study guide!

US History:
1. At block, we finished the video on the end of the Revolutionary War.
2. We also went over the homework assignment entitled "Winning the War."
3. I gave some lecture notes on the Articles of Confederation and the debates surrounding the creating of the Constitution of the USA.
4. We tried reading a primary source document -- a criticism of the Articles of Confederation written by Alexander Hamilton. It's difficult to read this writing from long ago, but this is what historians have to do! Read the questions at the bottom of the page. Try to find and mark the answers in the text. You can write your answers on the back of the article.
5. We'll review on Thursday, and I hope you'll be ready for the unit test on Friday!
6. For two extra credit points, who was the first postmaster general of the USA?

World History:
1. Due on Thursday: Textbook assignment "England in the High Middle Ages."
2. Also due, but you probably finished it in class: the timeline of democratic developments in England.
3. If you need to retake or make up the philosophers/types of government quiz, see me right away.
4. We'll review on Thursday, and probably take the unit test on Friday...Monday at the latest!

APEH:
1. You should hand me your Renaissance art project by Monday of next week.
2. Keep working on your study guide for Chapter 13.

US History:
1. Your "point of view" writing assignment (letter to the governor of Massachusetts complaining about the Boston Massacre) is due at block. Pretend to be either a British soldier (or supporter) or a Patriot, and write an outraged letter about the incident in which 5 colonists were killed in a street riot with British soldiers.
2. Textbook assignment "Winning the War" is due at block.
3. We'll wrap this unit up and be ready for a test by the end of this week or early next week.

World History:
1. At block, you'll take an open-note quiz on the Greeks/Romans and the Middle Ages. Review your notes, so you'll know where to find everything you need.
2. Due on Thursday: Textbook assignment "England in the High Middle Ages."

APEH:
1. Keep working on the Renaissance web project. Focus on what, if anything, made the Renaissance a distinct period in history. In what ways was the Renaissance a continuation of developments that had been going on throughout the Middle Ages? In what ways can we say that the Renaissance was something new?
2. Your precis on the historical context of the church/state conflict, as exemplified by the two quotes from Marsilio of Padua and Pope Boniface, is due at block. One page, typed, double spaced. Please don't go smaller than 10 pt font.

US History:
1. Your "point of view" paragraph (letter to the governor of Massachusetts complaining about the Boston Massacre), is due at block.

World History:
1. Read and carefully highlight (active reading!) the handout on "Autocracy and Democracy," taking care to highlight only the most important words and phrases. Then, fill out the chart on the back of the sheet. I'll stamp this on Monday!

APEH:
1. Keep up with your readings in McKay and Perry. Work on the study guide as you go along. We're doing all the IDs this time, rather than the review questions. Always do the fill-ins.
2. We'll go back to the computer lab on Monday for Renaissance art!! Yayyyy!!!

US History:
1. Our quiz on the period leading up to the Revolution takes place on Friday.
2. Your POV writing assignment on the Boston Massacre is due at block next week. If you are uncertain about this assignment, see me right away...don't wait until it's due!

World History:
1. Quiz on types of government and philosophers of government takes place on Friday.
2. We'll continue with the foundations of democracy next week, and finish this unit by the end of next week.

APEH:
1. Essay on our first unit (Chapter 12) will be in the computer lab on Friday. Keep thinking nation-state...nation-state...nation-state...100 Years' War...oops!...nation-state...nation-state....
2. Start your Chapter 13 readings in McKay. Start working on the Study Guide...you should be able to answer all the Review Questions.

US History:
1. You should have finished the chart on events leading to the Revolution, and you should have taken some lecture notes to go along with your reading notes.
2. On Thursday, we'll review the Declaration of Independence.
3. On Friday, there will be an open-notebook quiz on the period leadin to the Revolution. The quiz covers everything from the beginning of the quarter through the Declaration of Indepedence.
4. Your short "Point of View" wrting assignment on the Boston Massacre is due at block next week. This is one where you don't try to be fair...be strongly opinionated for one side or another.

World History:
1. You should have finished the "Philosophers of Government" chart in class. Were you able to match the statements on the half-sheet using your notes alone?
2. We'll work on a chart showing different types of government in class tomorrow.
3. On Friday, you'll take a quiz on philosophers and types of government.
4. Plato believed that each person was born into his/her proper class; he believed people should remain in the class into which they were born throughout their lives. This made sure that all the work necessary in society got done, and the whole society remained orderly and peaceful. Everyone was supposed to follow the rules for his/her class, rather than try to change classes. Can you name another society (not medieval Europe) that has used this type of system in the past? What was this system called? (five points extra credit)

APEH:
1. We'll take a multiple choice test on Thursday.
2. Essay on Friday.
3. Your precis is due at block next week.
4. We'll be in the computer lab analyzing Renaissance art next week. If you're feeling brave, start reading the Renaissance chapter (13) over the weekend.

US History:
1. We'll continue working on the chart of events leading to the American Revolution.
2. After reviewing the events leading up to the Revolution and the Declaration of Independence, we will be ready for a quiz.

World History:
1. You should have completed the Philosophers chart, and answered the questions on the half-sheet. We'll review this on Thursday.
2. We will also review the "Types of Government" chart.
3. By Friday, we'll be ready for a quiz on philosophers and types of government.

APEH:
1. Time for a test on Chapter 12. We'll write the essay on Friday.
2. Your precis on the trends associated with the early development of the nation state/church-state relationship is due at block next week.
3. We'll have some kind of objective test on Thursday....

US History:
1. Due at block: Chart entitled "Events Leading to the American Revolution."
2. Keep your notebook in good order, just in case we have an open-note quiz!
3. Check the current events schedule to make sure you don't miss your date!

World History:
1. We'll finish the timeline reviewing periods of Western Civilization at block.
2. We'll start a chart listing some key philosophers of government and their ideas about how a society should be governed.
3. Please remember to check the schedule of current events presentations...don't miss your date!
4. No homework.

APEH:
1. We'll finish our review of the summer homework at block.
2. You will be writing a one-page precis summarizing the very early development of the nation state, with specific reference to relations between church and state. Consider how and why church authority was called into question by the end of the later Middle Ages. What were the results of this shift for both church, state and society?

US History:
1. I'll hand back your quizzes on Monday.
2. We're working our way toward a test on the period leading to the American Revolution. Keep your binder in order! It will come in handy.
3. No homework.

World History:
1. You should have finished the "Ten Worst Governments" in class on Friday. We'll discuss your results on Monday.
2. No homework.

APEH:
1. If you are unhappy with your map quiz, I will be available next week to arrange retakes. First period, lunch and after school are possibilities (you can also come in during 8th period if you don't have a class).
2. We should be ready to review the summer homework by Monday or Tuesday. This means we're moving toward an essay(s) and multiple choice test for our first unit!
3. There were no nations (as we understand the term) in the Middle Ages. Nationalism didn't exist. Political and social identities were local and personal. Religion was the dominant force in people's lives. Nevertheless, it is often said that the origins of the modern European state lie in the Middle Ages. Why is this so? What medieval trends, events or institutions formed the basic background against which modern nations eventually arose?

US History:
1. We took our first open-note quiz on Thursday! Results were generally not good. Don't worry...the point here is for you to learn how to take good reading notes. If you couldn't answer the questions on the quiz, your notes were not good. Either you did not take your reading notes carefully, or you did not add to your notes when we went over them together on the overhead.
2. We'll review the map of the colonies on Friday.
3. Five points if you can name the five tribes of the Iroquois Confederation.

World History:
1. We will finish de-briefing the "Survivors" activity in class on Friday.
2. We well also start a small group discussion entitled "The Ten Worst Governments."
3. Five points: What is a republic? Give an example of a republic.

APEH:
1. Hub dates quiz on Friday!
2. More super-rapid review lecture...we need to get through this background material before we can begin to review the summer homework and move forward into the Renaissance!

US History:
1. Your assertion paragraph is due at block.

World History:
1. Your assertion paragraph is due on Thursday.
2. We complete a T-chart in class (comparing the pre-modern and modern worlds).
3. We'll start a group activity (Survivors) at block and finish it on Thursday.

APEH:
1. Still reviewing the post-Roman situation.
2. Hub date quiz on Friday, Sept 7th.
3. If you still plan to give me an extra credit book review, I would like it by the end of this week.