US History:
1. Finish your physiographic maps; I'll stamp them on Thursday if you didn't already get a stamp.
2. Due Friday: Cornell notes on "Expansion of the USA."

World History:
1. Due Friday: "Background to the Revolution."

APEH:
1. Test on Thursday? We should have some time in class at block to work on Study Guides.
2. What is Christian humanism? How does (Saint) Thomas More's writing reflect the ideals of Christian humanism? It seems ironic that in Italy, where Church influence was strong, humanism had a more secular nature...what explains this apparent contradiction?

Juniors: if you haven't signed up for the PSAT, please do so right away! The test is inexpensive and gives you solid information about how you can expect to perform on the SAT. This helps you make college decisions.

Sophomores: you are eligible to take the PSAT. Taking the PSAT early may make you eligible for National Merit Scholarships. See me for help in signing up on the CVHS website.

US History:
1. Due at block: "Washington and the Government." There will be an open-note quiz on this assignment.
2. We will have a little more time in class to work on the physiographic map of the USA.

World History:
1. Due at block: "Louis XIV, The Sun King."

APEH:
1. Due at block: Typed answers to the Machiavelli/More questions.
2. You should be just about ready for a test on the Renaissance chapter (13). We'll try some more thesis writing practice.
3. You should have finished your Study Guide questions. Please remember to type, double-spaced, 12pt font, 1 inch margins.

US History:
1. "Washington and the Government" is due at block.

World History:
1. Your unit test on "Rise of Democracy" will be on Monday. Be sure to bring your binder.

APEH:
1. Written responses to the Machiavelli/More questions are due at block.

US History:
1. Test Thursday: Colonies to Constitution.
2. Be sure to bring your binder; I will be collecting work!

World History:
1. Please fill in the pink review sheets -- all three parts. I'll stamp them in class on Thursday.
2. The test on our first unit -- Rise of Democracy -- will take place on Monday, Sep. 29.

APEH:
1. We'll have a little more group time on Thursday to discuss Thomas More. In what ways are Machiavelli and More similar? Different? Both men have been influential...what modern political viewpoints can be traced to each author?

Juniors! Don't forget to sign up for the PSAT. Go to the CVHS website and visit the student webstore. You'll need a credit card. Print your receipt and take it to the Career Center for further information.

US History:
1. Unit test (Colonies to Constitution) will take place on Thursday. This test covers everything in our first unit. Be sure to bring your binder.
2. Our next unit will the "Expansion of the USA." You'll need a new divider for your binder.

World History:
1. Have your review sheets finished for Thursday. We'll go over them to study for the test.
2. We should be ready for the unit test on Monday.

APEH:
1. You should be finished reading Chapter 13 in McKay. Do the Study Guide questions a few at a time.
2. Read the Machiavelli biography and the assigned section in Utopia and The Prince. Be ready for discussion groups at block.

US History:
1. Try to get most of the Constitution worksheet done for block period. We'll work on the Bill of Rights sheet in class.
2. We'll try to get to the Colonies to Constitution test in the last half of the block, but if we're just not ready, we'll wait until Thursday.
3. Be sure to have your binder with you!

World History:
1. You don't have homework.
2. Take a look at the pink review sheet. How many questions can you answer without looking them up? This will help you know how much studying you need to do for the unit test. All the answers should be in your notes!

APEH:
1. Finish Chapter 13 in McKay, and work on your Study Guide a few questions at a time.
2. Read the biographical information on Machiavelli that I gave your and read the sections of The Prince and Utopia listed on the handout. You'll be discussing these two important works in groups.
3. Which man, Machiavelli or More, do you think had the right idea about human nature and the ideal society?

US History:
1. You do not have homework.
2. We'll wrap up this unit (Colonies to Constitution) next week. Be sure to keep your binder in order and have it with you in class each day.

World History:
1. If you didn't finish the timeline on the development of representative government in England, please have it finished by the beginning of class on Monday.

APEH:
1. Keep reading McKay and working on the Study Guide.
2. Your Renaissance Web Project is due at block. Please type all sections neatly. For art works, give the name of the work and the artist.
3. How do the "New Monarchs" represent a further step in the development of the modern nation state?

US History:
1. Due Friday: Questions on Alexander Hamilton's criticism of the Articles of Confederation. You should have highlighted or underlined the answers to the questions in the text; write out the answers on the back of the sheet or on a separate sheet of paper.
2. We should be ready for a test on this unit (Colonies to Constitution) by block period of next week. Be sure your binder is in order so you will be ready to hand in homework.

World History:
1. You do not have homework.
2. Bring your book to class on Friday!

APEH:
1. You should be reading McKay and working on Study Guide questions.
2. Read the handout from Perry Vol. I. There are some good points in the introduction to add to your list of differences between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Be sure to read the little blurbs that come with each primary source (Petrarch and Bruni). What did these men see as the difference between their age and the one that preceded it?
3. I'll collect your Renaissance Web Project next week at block. If you need to share the typing duties, or look at more art, please arrange this with your partner.

US History:
1. Due Thursday: "Winning the War."
2. If you plan to retake the quiz, come in at lunch on Wednesday to study/correct your answers. Then, come at lunch on Thursday for the retake.

World History:
1. At block, we'll finish reviewing the chart on types of government. We'll review the philosophers and types of government and take a quick quiz.
2. Your text assignment entitled "England in the High Middle Ages" is due at block; we'll review it on Thursday.

APEH:
1. Time for some art! We'll be in 306 again.
2. Keep reading McKay and working on your Study Guide. I'll give out new page numbers at block.
3. When you think of differences between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, focus on ideas about the role of the individual in society.

US History:
1. Due Thursday: textbook reading guide "Winning the War."

World History:
1. We'll finish reviewing the chart on philosophers and types of government and take a quiz at block.
2. Textbook assignment "England in the High Middle Ages" is due at block.

APEH:
1. Read McKay and answer any Study Guide questions that go with the assigned section of text. Try to keep up with the reading and SG questions as we go along, so you don't have a huge backlog of work right before the unit test.
2. We'll be in the computer lab to look at Renaissance art at block.
3. You should be making a list of differences between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. In what way are the Renaissance traits truly new; is it better to regard many of these "new" things as developments growing naturally out of ideas and institutions of the Middle Ages? If the latter, is it proper to regard the Renaissance as a radical departure in European culture?

US History:
1. We'll briefly review the Declaration of Independence on Monday, and then take the open-notebook quiz. All our material on the "Colonies to Constitution" unit so far will be covered. Make sure all your notes are in order; review them so you know where everything is.

World History:
1. Due at block: textbook assignment on "England in the High Middle Ages." Be sure to answer all parts of each question, using complete sentences whenever possible. Question #7 requires you to explain how England began to move from autocracy (one person making all the decisions) toward democracy (many people helping to make decisions).

APEH:
1. Essay in class on Monday.
2. Work on McKay readings and your Study Guide.
3. Begin compiling a list of differences between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
4. What are some specific traits of the nation-state that began to appear in the later Middle Ages? What particular challenges (be able to name nations and events) led kings and their peoples to move toward this new political order, and how did the new structures further reinforce the emerging nation-state?

US History:
1. Your letter to Governor Hutchison (the British governor of Massachusetts) is due tomorrow (Friday). Take a strong point of view, either for the colonists or the British soldiers.
2. Monday: Open-notebook quiz on the events leading to the Revolution, including the Declaration of Independence.

World History:
1. Due Friday: Recognizing Point of View: Philosophers of Government. Read each statement and use your chart/notes to decide which philosopher would have said it.

APEH:
1. Multiple choice test on Chapter 12 is Friday; essay on Monday.
2. What did kings need to do to centralize power in their own hands as the Early Modern period began. How might large-scale war, with all its destruction and bloodshed, help with these efforts?

US History:
1. Due Friday: Letter to Governor Hutchison of Massachusetts. Take a strong postion in support of the British soldiers or in favor of the colonists. There's plenty of evidence to support both sides.

World History:
1. Due Thursday: Chart on "Philosophers of Government."

APEH:
1. Friday: Multiple choice test on the later Middle Ages.
2. Monday: Essay (not a DBQ). What are some indications of the transition from a feudal polity to a national one? What are some characteristics of a nation-state, and where/why are these appearing at the end of the medieval period?

US History:
1. Your POV (point of view) letter about the Boston Massacre is due Friday. Take a strong position in your letter, whether you choose to be a colonist or someone loyal to Britain. There are good facts supporting both sides, and I should be able to find these facts in your letter.

World History:
1. Your chart on the "Philosophers of Government" is due on Thursday.

APEH:
1. Precis is due at block.
2. By the end of the Middle Ages, some areas were emerging as "nation-states." What are the characteristics of a nation-state? What developments might push one area in the direction of becoming a nation-state, while other areas remained divided politically? Note that the 100 Years' War occurred just at the boundary of the medieval and the "early modern" periods, and reflects this transition from feudal polity to emergent nation-state.

US History:
1. We'll continue our notes on the founding of the USA at block.
2. You do not have homework.
3. For 5 EC points, be able to name the first 10 presidents of the USA (in order). Be ready to write them down when you arrive in class for block period.

World History:
1. Your chart on "Philosophers of Government" will be due on Thursday. If we have extra time in class at block, you'll be able to work on it then.

APEH:
1. Our multiple-choice test on Chapter 12 will be this Friday. For review, use your summer work and/or go to the textbook website (first entry on your website list).
2. We'll spend some time at block reviewing the summer homework, and looking at some maps and art.
3. We've discussed some of the factors that created "Europe." Your precis assignment asks you to focus on two big factors: the Church and the medieval kingdoms that eventually became nation-states. Take the "big picture" approach here...

US History:
1. Due Monday: your map of the colonies, if you didn't finish it in class on Friday. On the back of the map, you should have three columns identifying the regions, the colonies in each region, and at least 3 facts about each region.

World History:
1. Due Monday: Re-read and highlight/underline the "Autocracy and Democracy" reading. Fill in the chart -- you do not need to use complete sentences when filling in the chart. I'll stamp the chart, but I will also check the reading to see whether you highlighted/underlined important facts.

APEH:
1. We'll try to finish our introductory lecture on Monday.
2. Due at block: precis summarizing the tension between church and temporal (worldly) authorities during the Middle Ages and gradual development of early nation states. By the later Middle Ages (Early Modern period), this tension had come to a head. The competition between the papacy and the kings was bad for both, and terribly confusing for ordinary people.

US History:
1. If you missed the quiz on "Three Worlds Meet," you should make it up on Friday, Sep. 5, after school. I will hand the quiz back on Monday; after that you will not be able to take it.
2 Friday is the last day for binder checks.

World History:
1. Your assertion paragraph on one of the discussion questions is due Friday. Typed, double-spaced, 12 pt font, 1 inch margins.
2. Friday is the last day for binder checks.

APEH:
1. Hub Dates quiz on Friday: one event/idea/person/trend per date.
2. Review in your mind the summer homework material and the opening lectures. See if you can summarize some major social, political and economic developments leading to the rise of the modern nation state. Begin with the fall of Rome and the partnership of the Roman state and the Church. How did this lead to European unity and impede the development of nation-states -- how did it operate to impair sovereignty of the state? What were the contrasting viewpoints of the papacy and reformers such as Marsilio of Padua with respect to the proper role of the Church in government?

US History:
1. You have until Friday to show me your binder for 10 points. Please turn in your permission slip if you haven't already done so.
2. Remember to check the current events schedule -- don't miss your date!
3. You do not have homework.

World History:
1. Due Friday: assertion paragraph on one of the discussion topics covered in class. Choose a topic you have a strong opinion about. Create an opening assertion that forcefully states your position. Explain your position, using facts and examples. Be sure to explain why some people oppose your point of view, and why you believe they are wrong. Don't use first person! Paragraphs should be typed, double-spaced, 12 pt. font, one inch margins, about 250 words.
2. You have until Friday to show me your binder for 10 points. Please turn in your permission slip if you haven't already done so.

APEH:
1. We'll be going over Hub Dates for first semester.
2. If you need to retake the map test, arrange to do so by this Friday.