US History:
1. You'll have some time to work on the "Physiographic Map of the USA" in class on Thursday.
2. Be sure you have your binder with you Thursday, so you can hand in homework.

World History:
1. Unit test (Rise of Democracy) on Thursday!! Bring your binder to class.
2. You need a new divider for the French Revolution.

APEH:
1. Your Renaissance web project will be due on Friday.
2. You should be reading the selections in Machiavelli and More, to be ready for discussion groups on Friday.
3. We should be ready for a test on the Renaissance by the end of next week.

Don't forget that progress reports will be mailed out next week. If you need to discuss your grade with me, see me right away!

US History:
1. Sign up for the PSAT!
2. Unit test at block; bring your binder to class.
3. Start working on the "Physiographic Map of the US." You'll get a bit of class time to work on it on Thursday as well.
4. You need a new divider in your binder for our next unit: Expansion of the USA.

World History:
1. Finish all review sheets.
2. Unit test is Thursday; bring your binder to class.
3. You'll need a new divider in your binder for our next unit: French Revolution.

APEH:
1. Read the assigned sections in The Prince and Utopia. Read over the questions so you'll be ready for study groups.
2. Art!!

1st Quarter Progress Report period ends Friday, Oct 2nd!

US History:
1. If you didn't finish the worksheet on the Bill of Rights in class on Monday, please have it finished for block period.
2. Test on our first unit will take place at block period. Bring your binder.

World History:
1. We're starting our review for the unit test.
2. The test will take place on Thursday. Be sure to bring your binder to the test.

APEH:
1. We'll be in the media lab at block, looking at Renaissance art. You'll need a partner. No groups larger than three.
2. You should have finished reading Chapter 13 in McKay. This unit will go quickly, so work your way through the Study Guide questions.
3. We'll begin discussing Machiavelli and More on Friday, so you should be finished reading the assigned sections for each author by then.
4. We should be ready for the unit test on the Renaissance toward the end of next week.

US History:
1. No homework.
2. Come in to retake/make up the quiz (Toward Revolution) on Thursday.

World History:
1. Due Thursday: Reading guide on "England in the High Middle Ages."
2. Come in to retake or make up the quiz on philosophers and types of government on Thursday.

APEH:
1. Keep reading Chapter 13 and the Perry stuff.
2. What's different about the Renaissance? What's the same?

US History:
1. Check your quiz score and decide whether you want to retake the quiz. You may come in at lunch on Wednesday or Thursday.
2. At block, we analyzed a political cartoon entitled "Join or Die."
3. Students took notes on the video "Liberty."
4. Homework was stamped ("Winning the War")

World History:
1. We finished the timeline of Western Civilization.
2. Lecture notes on the political legacy of ancient Greece and Rome.
3. Video notes: Elizabeth I.
4. Due Thursday: "England in the High Middle Ages."

APEH:
1. Essay on the 100 Years' War in class on Wednesday. You may bring a thesis statement and topic sentences.
2. Keep reading Chapter 13 and working on your Study Guide.

US History:
Please remember to sign up for the PSAT. Go to the College Board website or the CVHS student store on the CVHS website.
1. Due at block: "Winning the War." Remember to write complete meaningful answers.
2. Please check your score on the "Toward Revolution" quiz. If you decide to retake the quiz, come in at lunch on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday for the retake.
3. If you missed the quiz, see me immediately to arrange a makeup.

World History:
1. Due Thursday: "England in the High Middle Ages." Please write full, meaningful answers to the questions; make it clear what action took place, who was involved, why they acted as they did, etc.
2. Please check your score on the Philosophers/Types of Government quiz. You have until Thursday to retake the quiz.
3. If you missed the quiz, see me immediately to arrange a makeup.

APEH:
1. You may bring a thesis statement and topic sentences to the computer lab on Wednesday.
2. Keep reading Chapter 13 and the Perry selections. Do a few of the Study Guide questions each night. If you find that you have read the chapter but can't answer the questions, go back and re-read the chapter.
3. How was the Renaissance different from the Middle Ages? In what ways was it simply an extension of trends already underway?

Thanks to all parents/guardians who attended Back to School Night!

US History:
1. Quiz on Monday. Review the colonies (facts about different regions), events leading to the Revolution, types of taxes and the ways colonists reacted to them, and the ideas behind the Declaration of Independence. Make sure your binder is in order and review all your notes and handouts, so that if you need to use your notes, you'll know where to find the correct information.

World History:
1. Quiz on Monday. Philosophers and types of government. Be able to read a statement and identify the philosopher who might have said it (word bank with philosophers' names will be provided). Be able to match types of government with descriptions of how power is exercised.

APEH:
1. Begin reading Chapter 13 (Renaissance) and pages 2-9 in Perry. Do the Study Guide questions a few at a time, so they don't pile up on you.
2. You'll be writing your essay on the Hundred Years' War on Wednesday in the media lab. You must write the essay in class -- in other words, you can't bring in a draft.
3. Consider how you will structure the essay. There is no single "right" way to do it, but there are at least two relatively straightforward structural approaches you could use.

Back to School Night is Thursday, Sept. 17 at 6:30 pm.

US History:
1. Due Friday: Letter to Governor Hutchinson of Massachusetts complaining about the "incident in Boston." Take a strong position on one side or another...you can be a British soldier or a citizen of Boston who opposes the British presence in the colonies. Be sure to use facts from the incident to support your POV.
2. We should be ready for a quiz on the period leading up to the Revolution by early next week.

World History:
1. Due Thursday: Read and highlight "Autocracy and Democracy" and fill in the chart on the back.

APEH:
1. Multiple choice test on Chapter 12 Thursday.
2. Hub Dates Friday.
3. Keep thinking about the Hundred Years' War and the transition from a feudal state to the beginning of a modern nation-state. What characteristics of the modern nation-state began to appear? Why?

Reminder: Back to School Night is this Thursday.

US History:
1. Due Friday: POV letter. Write to Governor Hutchison of Massachusetts Bay Colony to either complain about the behavior of British soldiers or to complain about the actions of the colonists. Use the handout to find facts that support your position. Typed, double spaced, 12 pt font, 1 inch margins.
2. We'll go over the chart on "Events Leading to the Revolution" in class on Thursday.
3. We should be ready for a quiz covering events up through the start of the Revolution by Monday. Be sure to have your binder in order; the quiz will be open-note.

World History:
1. Due Thursday: Highlight the reading "Autocracy and Democracy" and fill in the chart on the back, comparing the two types of government.

APEH:
1. Precis is due at block.
2. Let's have a Hub Dates quiz on Friday!!

Please remind your parents/guardians that Back to School Night is this Thursday, Sept. 17.

US History:
1. No homework.

World History:
2. For Thursday, finish reading/highlighting the reading entitled "Autocracy and Democracy." Fill in the chart comparing autocracy and democracy on the back of the sheet.

APEH:
1. We'll finish our review of the summer homework at block. If we have time, we will move on to the multiple choice test for Chapter 12.
2. Your precis is due at block. It's a difficult piece of writing, so be patient with yourself. Remember that you are not trying to summarize an entire period of history. Rather, you are trying to briefly trace a specific issue, that of church and state. The quotes from Pope Boniface and Marsilius of Padua reflect the tension among educated people over this issue by the later Middle Ages/early Renaissance. As a writer, you may choose to structure your precis by establishing the conflict as of the 13th century, or begin in the later Empire and follow events forward, but some sort of chronological order will help you stay coherent!
3. The modern nation-state has it's origins in feudal Europe, but a feudal state is significantly different from a modern n-s. You should be able to identify the ways in which a feudal political structure differs from that of the emerging nation state, and to identify the factors that pushed polities toward the newer system.

Don't forget! Back to School Night is Thursday, September 17th. I hope to see all your parents/guardians there.

US History:
1. If you missed the homework quiz on "Three Worlds Meet," please arrange to make it up as soon as possible.
2. No homework.
3. If you didn't get points for your binder, you need to come in and see me with the binder before school, during break or lunch, or after school. You still have time to get full points.

World History:
1. No homework.
2. If you didn't get full points for your binder, come in and see me with the binder before school, at break or lunch, or after school, so we can get it set up.

APEH:
1. Precis on the church-state problem is due at block.
2. We'll be ready for a multiple choice test next week, maybe as soon as block.
3. Be sure to bring your summer work to class so you can make notes on it during the review.
4. How did England and France change during the course of the Hundred Years' War? In what ways did they become more like modern nation states, and why did these changes take place?

US History:
Don't forget to sign up for the PSAT, which will be given October 17. See me for information about practice SAT and ACT tests.
1. You will have your first "open-note" homework quiz on Friday. If you have stamped notes for "Three Worlds Meet," you may use them on the quiz.
2. There is not homework due for Friday.

World History:
1. Your assertion paragraph is due on Friday.
2. We'll review the laws you wrote on the back of your Philosophers Chart, and then review the homework (the half-sheet with statements by various philosophers).

APEH:
1. Hub Dates due Friday.
2. Your precis on the church-state problem is due next week at block.

US History:
1. Due Thursday: Map of the Colonies, with three lists on the back, showing which colonies were in which regions, and giving details about each region.
2. Also due Thursday: Reading notes (Cornell style) on pages 30-35.

World History:
1. Due Thursday: Chart on "Philosophers of Government." Choose two philosophers and, on the back of the sheet, write a law that each philosopher would like. Most people finished this in class at block.
2. Also due Thursday: "Recognizing Point of View." Read each statement and decide which philosopher might have made it. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

APEH:
1. Due Friday: Hub Dates for first semester.
2. Due at block next week: Precis on the church-state issue in Western Europe at the dawn of the modern period. You can start with the situation in the 14th century and describe the historical background. Or, start with the later Empire and move forward in time to the 14th century.
3. If you are planning to retake the map test, please come in before the end of the week.
4. We could be ready for a multiple choice test on Chapter 12 by the end of next week.

US History:
1. Due at block: paragraph on one of the discussion questions. Start with a strong assertion and then back it with facts, examples, etc.
2. Due Thursday: Reading notes on pages 30-35.
3. Due Thursday: If you didn't finish the map of the Colonies in class at block, please have it finished for Thursday.

World History:
1. Due Friday: assertion paragraph based on one of the discussion questions. Start with a strong assertion and then back it with facts and examples. See me if you need help!
2. Due Thursday: if you didn't finish the chart/homework assignment on the Philosophers of Goverment in class, they are due on Thursday.

APEH:
1. Due Friday: Hub Dates for first semester.
2. We'll finish our introductory lecture and then review the summer homework.
3. Key questions: How did the Roman Catholic Church become so closely associated with kings and kingly power in the Middle Ages? How did this arrangement benefit both the kings and the Church? In what ways did the kings resists papal power? In what ways did the popes try to gain the upper hand over the kings?

US History:
1. Permission slips are due Friday.
2. I'll check your 3-ring binder at block period next week. Bring all the papers and notes you have from class so far, at least 4 or 5 dividers and some blank binder paper.
3. Due at block: your "assertion paragraph" on one of the issues you discussed in small groups in class. If you are not sure how to write the paragraph, see me on Friday before school, at lunch or after school.

World History:
1. Permission slips are due Friday.
2. Binder check at block next week. Bring your binder, all the papers and notes you have so far, at least 4 or 5 dividers and some blank binder paper.

APEH:
1. Map test Friday!
2. We'll review first semester Hub Dates next Friday.
3. You should have a 3-ring binder for your AP papers. Put your summer homework in the binder and bring it to class, so we can review it together.
4. Remember that you may hand in an extra credit book review during this first unit on the later Middle Ages.

Greetings and welcome back to school. Back to School Night: September 17th -- let your parents/guardians know the date so they can plan to attend!!

World History and US History:
1. Permission slip due Friday, 9/4 (5 points).
2. Binder with dividers and paper due at block period next week.

APEH:
1. Permission slip due Friday, 9/4.
2. Map test Friday, 9/4. Study all your maps...the test will cover traditional regional names as well as modern names for land areas. Bodies of water are included.
3. Due by Friday of next weed (9/11): Hub Dates for first semester. Choose events or trends that you didn't know before -- pick ones that will help you anchor each period of time in your mind. Choose events from various regions; include military/diplomatic items, artistic trends, intellectual trends, important dynasties, etc.