First Quarter ends Friday!

US History:
1. We'll finish the posters in class at block, and prepare for the test on Thursday.

World History:
1. Due Friday: 10 Most Important Facts from the reading given out in class at block. Read both sides carefully, highlighting or underlining as you go. Choose the 5 very most important facts from each side of the reading.

APEH:
1. You should be taking reading notes on the Thirty Years' War.
2. Finish the chapter in McKay and work on your study guide questions.

Reminder: First Quarter ends this Friday! See all your teachers about making up any work you've missed. Check to see what your current grades are! If there is anything you don't understand, ask your teacher for an explanation.

US History:
1. Due Monday: T Chart on Reconstruction, if you didn't finish it in class on Friday. One side should include all the things about the Reconstruction era that helped freed slaves...some things may have been helpful over the long term and others may only have helped for a little while. On the other side, put things that caused Reconstruction to be ineffective in helping freed slaves.
2. Test on this unit will probably take place on Thursday of next week.

World History:
1. Due Monday: your own handmade vehicle! Any materials are fine.

APEH:
1. Get started reading the next chapter in McKay and the handouts.
2. Make as big a list as possible of traits of the modern nation-state.
3. Start memorizing those French kings!!

US History:
1. Recite the G-burg Address by the end of next week for 10 extra credit points.

World History:
1. Due Friday: Reading notes on the Industrial Revolution.
2. Due Monday: a handmade vehicle! Any materials, any kind of vehicle.

APEH:
1. Start reading Chapter 15, and the handouts.
2. We'll do some peer editing and look at some thematic essay topics on Friday and Monday.

US History:
1. Gettysburg Address sheet is due Thursday.

World History:
1. Reading notes on the Industrial Revolution are due Friday.
2. Your vehicle is due Monday! Use any materials. It can be any type of vehicle. It should be individualistic!

APEH:
1. Reformation MC test is Thursday. Your study guide is due, along with the few things I stamped.
2. What do you think accounts for the enormous amount of violence that occurs in the Reformation period? Is it just one factor or a combination of factors? Political, social or religious?

US History:
1. Gettysburg Address worksheet is due on Thursday. If you can recite the Address from memory, I will give you 10 extra credit point. Yes, I can do it. No, I will not do it for you, since you can't give me extra credit points.

World History:
1. We are writing our essay in the computer lab at block period this week. Bring your binder with all your notes and your outline. You may not bring a draft of the essay.
2. You'll need a new divider for the Industrial Revolution.


APEH:
1. We'll write our DBQ in the lab on Tuesday. Bring the question with notes you have written on it, but don't bring a draft. Bring your book to the lab in case you finish your essay and have time to work on your study guide.
2. We'll take the MC test on the Reformation on Thursday.

US History:
1. No homework.

World History:
1. No homework...but if you have time, read over the essay prep materials, since we'll be writing the essay at block period.

APEH:
1. Read the DBQ question carefully. We'll do some in-class prep on Monday.
2. Test on the Reformation will take place by the end of the week.

US History:
1. No homework.

World History:
1. No homework.

APEH:
1. Binder check is Friday.

US History:
1. O-N quiz on Thursday. Do a good job on your "Slavery and Politics" notes.

World History:
1. I will hand out guidelines and organizers for the essay on Thursday, and we'll start preparing. By the time we get to the computer lab next week, you should have an outline completed. Keep your notes in order!

APEH:
1. Work on study guides. You should be working on the identifications. If you want to retake the map test, Thursday at lunch is last call.

US History:
1. Due Thursday: "Slavery and Politics."

World History:
1. No homework.

APEH:
1. Keep working on study guides.
2. Binder check is Friday. If you're not maintaining a binder, bring a 3-ring binder (at least 1" wide) to class, and bring all material you have accumulated. Dig around in your room, backpack, locker, back seat of your car, etc., and gather all the stuff. Let's get organized. Bring some dividers (or you can make them from colored paper).

US History:
1. Text notes entitled Slavery and Politics will be due on Thursday. We'll take an open note quiz.

World History:
1. Keep all your material on Napoleon together and neatly organized. You'll need it for next week's essay!
2. No homework.

APEH:
1. Keep working on your study guide...we should be able to take the scantron portion of the Reformation test next week.
2. You should easily be able to list numerous causes of the Reformation.
3. We'll work on the timeline of the English Reformation in class at block.

US History:
1. Answers to the "Civil War" questions are due on Monday. There was plenty of time in class to finish these, but if you were one of the slackers....Please read the handout carefully, and highlight/underline to help with comprehension. One of the questions asks you to create a chart of differences between regions of the country...please do this carefully, as you will need this information.
2. Also due Monday (assigned last Monday) are the questions on the short oral histories from American Indians, and the paragraph (question #6).

World History:
1. If you didn't finish the Cornell notes on "Napoleon's Rise and Fall" and the map of Napoleon's empire in class, finish these for Monday.
2. Start thinking about Napoleon and his empire. After 10 years of bloody revolution and war, Napoleon came to power. Did the French people get the "liberty, equality, fraternity" that they had demanded at the start of the revolution?

APEH:
1. Work on your study guide.
2. I'll post the scores for the map test on Monday...a few people need to retake it.
3. Keep thinking about the causes of the Reformation -- there are lots of them. Remember to think of social (intellectual, class-related, etc.), political and economic causes.

US History:
1. Unit test is Friday! Study the map and chart of territorial expansion, as well as your other notes. Bring your binder to the test!

World History:
1. We'll finish the text assignment and map of Napoleon's empire in class on Friday.
2. If you missed the test on Thursday, see me immediately to arrange a makeup and/or turn in work from your binder.

APEH:
1. Take the opportunity make sure you've finished all readings assigned so far.

US History:
1. We'll review for the unit test on Thursday and take the test on Friday. Bring your binder to class!!
2. Due on Monday, Oct. 15: Your responses and paragraph for the "Native America Testimony" reading.

World History:
1. The unit test is Thursday (tomorrow!). Bring your book and binder to class.
2. No homework.

APEH:
1. Map quiz Friday -- it's the 1555 map we filled out on the overhead projector.
2. You should be finished reading the material in the copied handout (from volume I of Perry) as well as the other handouts I've given you. Do the assigned Review Questions from the study guide. I'll assign some of the terms/definitions as well.
3. Try to list as many causes of the Reformation as you can -- both short and long term. Remember social/political/economic. Think of big intellectual and social trends as well as more immediate political and economic motivations.

US History:
1. We should be ready for a test on the Expansion unit by Friday. Keep your notebook in order and come to see me if you're missing anything.
2. Quiz yourself on the expansion map.
3. No homework.

World History:
1. You should have completed all three review sheets in block. If not, finish them by Thursday.
2. The test on the French Revolution unit is Thursday. Bring your book and binder to class!
3. Homework: study for the test.

APEH:
1. Let's have a quiz on the 1555 map (the one we filled in on the overhead at block) on Thursday. It will be easy...you'll see.
2. Think about the ideas of Luther and Calvin. Which ones could be worked out with the Catholic Church (in other words, which ones involved corruption, abuse of power, etc.)? Which ones seem to be matters of doctrine -- things that could not be worked out?
3. Read carefully the material in the handout and book on the Council of Trent and other Church initiatives, such as the Tametsi decree and the founding of the Jesuits and Ursulines. How did the Church try to respond to Protestant criticism and the loss of many Catholics to Lutheranism and Calvinism?

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US History:
1. We should be finished with our Expansion unit by Friday; you should be able to identify the territories just as we did on the quiz today in class.
2. No homework.

World History:
1. The unit test on the French Revolution will be on Thursday. Bring your book and binder to class.
2. No homework.

APEH:
1. You should be finished with Chapter 14, and you should have finished the review questions I assigned.
2. Was Luther a conservative or a revolutionary? What's the evidence both ways?
3. What is the relationship between "critical scholarship" and the Lutheran Reformation?

US History:
1. We should be able to wrap up this unit and move on to the Civil War by the end of next week.
2. No homework.

World History:
1. You should have finished (or almost finished) your worksheet "Conflicting Goals Cause Divisions" in class on Friday. We'll review it on Monday.
2. We'll review for the test on Monday and block period, and try to be ready for the test on Thursday.

APEH:
1. Work on your comparison of Catholic, Lutheran, Calvinist and Anabaptist beliefs. In addition, consider matters such as the relation between church and state, the role of the religious hierarchy, attitudes toward women and marriage, attitudes toward work and prosperity/poverty, and other social and political differences.
2. You should be finished with Chapter 14 in McKay.
3. Work on the 1555 map when you can.

US History:
1. Due Friday: Reading Guide entitled: A New Era in Politics (about Andrew Jackson).
2. We'll continue the "Expansion of the US" unit through the middle of next week and then move on to the Civil War. Prepare for a test on the current unit by the end of next week.

World History:
1. We'll finish the worksheet on "Conflicting Goals Cause Divisions" in class on Friday.
2. We will finish the French Revolution unit by the middle of next week, and test either on Thursday or Friday.

APEH:
1. Keep reading McKay and the excerpts from Perry Vol. I. Make your list of Lutheran and Calvinist beliefs. In your opinion, what were the most essential differences between the Lutherans, Calvinists and Catholics?
2. DBQ coming....

First Quarter progress report grades will be filed with the office at 8:00 tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. They should be in your mailboxes by Saturday. If you are disappointed in your grade, please see me right away, so we can talk about the problem and look for a way to get you back in the game!

US History:
1. Your reading notes for pages 130-135 (Cornell style) are due at block. We'll review them and take an open-note quiz.
2. We're continuing our unit on the territorial expansion of the United States.
3. Who were the "Five Civilized Tribes?" In what region of the United States did they originally live? Why were they considered "civilized?" (Five points)

World History:
1. Your reading notes on page 214 (Cornell style) are due at block. We'll review them and take an open-note quiz.
2. We'll begin a chart showing the causes of the French Revolution. Try to remember the meaning of the categories "social," "political" and "economic." Under which category would you place the new ideas of the Enlightenment?
3. Who are the leaders of the governments of Canada and Mexico? Which political party does each man represent? (Five points)

APEH:
1. Unit test on Chapter 13 is at block. Please bring your completed study guide with you to the test. The test includes a multiple choice section and a some IDs and two short paragraphs. We have the full block period to complete the test.
2. I'll hand out the study guide for Chapter 14 and assign readings in McKay.