Ms. Cox's Classes

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

Friday, January 30, 2009

US History:
1. Due at block: "Dream on Hold." Remember that you will want to have good notes for the open-notebook quiz that you'll be taking later in this unit.

World History:
1. Due at block: "Japan's Path to War."

APEH:
1. Keep reading McKay and Perry, focusing on the continuing phenomenon of the "dual revolutions." Focus on the intersection of political and economic transformation. Look back at your POV assignment -- try to categorize the three authors' perspectives on the impact of the new industrial environment on the citizens of rapidly expanding cities. How did they see the industrial workplace? Working class neighborhoods? Working class people?
2. Your work on the Left --- Right posters and the 1948 revolutions is also intended to emphasize the dual revolutions. People struggled with urban ways of life; traditional authorities struggled to respond intellectually and politically to the new social and political demands of the urban working and middle classes.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

US History:
1. Due at block next week: "Dream on Hold."

World History:
1. Due at block next week: "Japan's Path to War."

APEH:
1. Map quiz -- Congress Europe -- on Friday. How can you tell whether the map is before 1832 or after? Hint: it involves a famous "scrap of paper."

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

US History:
1. Due Thursday: textbook reading notes on "The Crash and its Aftermath."

World History:
1. Due Thursday: reading notes on "German Path to War."

APEH:
1. Due Thursday: POV comparison (Ure, Dickens, Engels)
2. Map quiz Friday?
3. Fill in that Hub Date sheet for 2nd semester....maybe I'll stamp it...

Monday, January 26, 2009

Welcome back to a new semester!

US History:
1. Due Thursday: Reading notes for "Crash and its Aftermath." You can use either outline or Cornell format.

World History:
1. Due Thursday: Cornell notes for "The German Path to War."

APEH:
1. You should be collecting Hub Dates for the second semester.
2. Due Thursday: POV comparison for Dickens, Ure and Engels.
3. We'll have a map quiz on "Congress Europe" soon.
4. For all Study Guides in this unit, do the IDs, the fill-ins and any charts.
5. What were some of the problems that people experienced in the new industrial centers such as Manchester and Leeds? What ideas did reformers have about why these problems existed and how to solve them?

Thursday, January 15, 2009

US History:
1. Work on the review crossword!

World History:
1. Study the "before and after" map of WWI. It's on the final exam.

APEH:
1. Read McKay through 777, and the associated Perry selections. Do the fill-ins for Chapters 21 and 22.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

US History:
1. I'll hand back your crossword puzzles on Thursday so you can finish them.
2. I will also stamp "Postwar Turmoil."

World History:
2. Eighth period should finish the "before/after" map of Europe.

APEH:
1. The final exam covers everything through page 777.
2. We'll have some study time in class. Be sure to finish the "Causes of the French Revolution" chart, including the causes of the Terror (on the back).

Monday, January 12, 2009

I will not be at school on Tuesday, Jan 13, due to illness. Your sub should be Mr. Matossian. Be nice or else.

US History
1. I left a video on the 1920s race riots for the sub to show. There should also be a set of video notes. When you finish the video, there's a crossword that's a review for the semester final.

World History:
1. You should be watching all or part of a video on "The Trenches of Hell" with young Indiana Jones. When you finish the video, you should fill out the map worksheet showing Europe before and after WWI.

APEH:
1. Map quiz on Wednesday.

Friday, January 09, 2009

US History:
1. Due at block: "Postwar Turmoil."

World History:
1. No homework.

APEH:
1. Read Chapter 21 in McKay and pages 98--126 in Perry, and fill in the "Causes of the French Revolution" chart.
2. We'll have a map quiz on Napoleonic Europe next week.

Thursday, January 08, 2009

US History:
1. You should have finished (or almost finished) your WWI map in class.
2. Due Friday: textbook reading guide "WWI There and Here."

World History:
1. If you didn't finish your short paragraph on the political cartoon (Chain of Friendship) in class, finish it for Friday.
2. There will be an open-note quiz Friday, covering the background of WWI through the outbreak of the war.

APEH:
1. McKay Chapter 21 and Perry pages 98 -- 126.
2. Start filling in the "Causes of the French Revolution" chart.
3. The 1810 map is one you should be able to recognize. What are the "keys" to this map?
4. Take a look at the Chapter 21 Study Guide. You won't have time to do most of it, but as usual, you should be able to answer all the questions.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

US History:
1. Due Thursday: Review crossword (Emergence of the US as a World Power).

World History:
1. If you didn't finish the WWI map in class at block, have it ready for my stamp on Thursday.
2. "Major Players of WWI" sheet: under the name of each nation, write the name of the alliance or alliances that nation joined. Use your map and notes to help you remember the alliances. Some nations belonged to two alliances (one before the war and one during the war). Other nations belonged only to one.

APEH:
1. Social history presentations, and then on to Chapter 21 and 22.

Monday, January 05, 2009

Welcome to 2009!
Juniors -- don't forget PSAT Night! This Thursday night at 6:30 in the cafeteria. If you can't make it, get your scores from the Career Center.

US History:
1. Due at block: Arguments in favor of imperialism (from the primary source reading by Albert Beveridge).
2. Also due at block: textbook notes (don't do the part about East Asia).

World History:
1. You do not have homework.

APEH:
1. We'll do the 18th century social history presentations at block, and then it's test time on Thursday!