Ms. Cox's Classes

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

Friday, March 30, 2012

US History:
1. You should prepare outlines for each of the two essay topics. At the essay on Wednesday, you will be able to use your outline and your chart/notes. You may not use any handouts. You will hand in the outline and chart with the essay.

World History:
1. If you didn't finish "Prelude to the Russian Revolution" in class on Friday, have it ready for a stamp on Monday.

EL World History:
1. No homework.

APEH:
1. Keep working on Chapter 29. We might be able to have the test before break.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

US History:
1. If you didn't finish answering the questions on "History without Hiroshima" do this for homework tonight. You should have a very complete chart at this point.

World History:
1. No homework.

EL World History:
1. If you didn't finish your chart on Russian social groups, finish it for homework.

APEH:
1. Chapter 29. If you owe me any work (art outline, etc), get it to me by Friday.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

US History:
1. You should have answered all the questions on the video notes (including the questions at the end), and added lots of things to your chart.

World History:
1. If you didn't finish your map of tsarist Russia in class at block, have it finished by Thursday.

EL World History:
1. No homework.

APEH:
1. Keep working on Chapter 29.
2. We'll go over the review sheet on the approach of WWII on Thursday, then start a group project on Nazism.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

US History:
1. Fill in as much as you can on your chart of arguments for and against US policy with respect to the atomic bombs.

World History:
1. If you didn't finish your map of tsarist Russia, have it finished by Thursday.

EL World History:
1. Quiz on "Growth of Russia" at block.

APEH:
1. Study Guide for Chapter 18 is due at block.
2. You should have turned in your art notes on Monday.
3. Continue reading Chapter 29 and the Perry readings.

Monday, March 26, 2012

US History:
1. If you didn't transfer any information to your chart (arguments for and against US policy with respect to the atomic bomb), you should do this for homework.

World History:
1. Quiz on "Growth of Russia" at block!

EL World History:
1. Quiz on "Growth of Russia" at block!

APEH:
1. We'll continue our review of the Interwar period at block.
2. How did social, political and economic conditions during the Interwar period lead to the outbreak of WWII? Remember, it's not enough to say that there was economic hardship (for example). You have to be able to explain what this hardship caused people to do, or how it caused them to think, etc.

Friday, March 23, 2012

US History:
1. No homework.

World History:
1. Due Monday: "Growth of Russia."

EL World History:
1. Finish answering the questions at the end of your Russia notes. Use the words in the questions to help you write your answers.

APEH:
1. Map quiz Monday. You should know the significance of the dates I gave you, beginning with 1933.
2. Your notes on modern art are due on Monday.
3. You should be working on Chapter 29 and the Study Guide.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

US History:
1. No homework.

World History:
1. Test on the Holocaust and other genocides on Friday. Bring your binder!

EL World History:
1. No homework.

APEH:
1. Let's try to get the art finished on Friday.
2. Map quiz coming...lead-up to World War II.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

US History:
1. No homework.

World History:
1. Test on the Holocaust and modern genocides on Friday.

EL World History:
1. No homework.

APEH:
1. You should have finished Chapter 28.
2. Read "Channel Firing" and the excerpts from "Waste Land."
3. Map quiz on Friday? Map focuses on the start of WWII.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

US History:
1. No homework.

World History:
1. No homework.

EL World History:
1. Finish reading "Russia before the Revolution." Underline important words and ideas. We'll finish the notes together in class.

APEH:
1. Art!
2. Read Chapter 28 and work on the Study Guide. Fill in the review sheets.

Monday, March 19, 2012

US History:
1. No homework.

World History:
1. No homework.

EL World History:
1. Finish the reading on Russia before the Revolution. We'll do the notes in class.

APEH:
1. Read Chapter 28 and work on your Study Guide. We'll be in the media lab for our last art project on Wednesday.
2. There will be a map quiz on Friday or Monday of next week. The focus will be on the map at the start of WWII.

Friday, March 16, 2012

US History:
1. If you didn't finish the chart on "Impact of WWII on American Social Groups," please have it finished on Monday. Don't forget to return the packet of readings.

World History:
1. Read the handout on genocides in the 20th century. Highlight/underline important points; circle words or phrases you would like to have explained in class.

EL World History:
1. No homework.

APEH:
1. Start reading Chapter 28 and the Perry reading (Valery -- he's important).
2. Fill in the review sheet and map.
3. We'll start a review of the interwar period on Monday; then we'll be in the computer lab viewing and discussing modern art.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

US History:
No homework.

World History:
1. If you didn't finish the worksheet on "Assessing and Defining Responsibility" in class on Thursday, have it ready on Friday.

EL World History:
No homework.

APEH:
1. MC test on WWI and the Russian Revolution on Friday. Study Guides due.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

US History:
1. If you didn't finish the WWII timeline in class at block, have it finished on Thursday.

World History:
No homework.

EL World History:
1. If you didn't finish the questions at the bottom of your notes on Monday, have them finished on Thursday.

APEH:
1. Review on Thursday, MC test on Friday.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

US History:
1. No homework.

World History:
1. No homework.

EL World History:
1. If you didn't finish the questions on the Holocaust, have it finished by block period Wednesday.

APEH:
1. DBQ in class on Wednesday.
2. Review on Thursday; MC test on Friday.

Monday, March 12, 2012

US History:
1. No homework.

World History:
2. No homework.

EL World History:
1. If you didn't finish the questions about the Holocaust in class on Monday, have it ready on Thursday.

APEH:
1. DBQ in class on Wednesday!
2. We'll have a review/work day on Thursday, and take the WWI-Russian Revolution test Friday.

Friday, March 09, 2012

US History:
No homework.

World History:
No homework.

EL World History:
No homework.

APEH:
1. Finish the Russian Revolution review sheet for Monday. You'll be writing at block.
2. Plan on a multiple choice test on WWI and the Russian Revolution by the end of next week.

Thursday, March 08, 2012

US History:
1. Quiz Friday -- this is an open-note quiz, covering both "Mobilizing the Home Front" and "The War and Civil Rights."

World History:
1. No homework.

EL World History:
1. Unit test on Friday -- World War II. Be sure to bring your binder to class.

APEH:
1. WWI review sheets are due Friday.
2. Map quiz Friday -- Before and after WWI.
3. We'll be ready for a unit test by Thursday of next week.

Wednesday, March 07, 2012

US History:
1. You should have "War and Civil Rights" ready for a stamp on Thursday.
2. If you didn't finish your map of Europe in class at block, have it ready for Thursday. Just do as much as you can using your textbook; we'll go over the rest in class together.

World History:
1. If you missed the Holocaust quiz, make an arrangement with me to make up by Friday.

EL World History:
1. Due Thursday: Vocabulary Boxes (the yellow sheet).

APEH:
1. Quiz Thursday: Europe before and after WWI. Pay special attention to the Balkans, and to the arrangements made with respect to German borders. You should be able to identify the Rhineland, the Sudetenland and the Polish Corridor (the area of Poland that divides Germany from East Prussia). Note all the new nations that were created from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the area lost by the Russians in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
2. We'll continue our review of WWI on Thursday and move on to the Russian Revolution. We should be ready for a test by block period next week.

Tuesday, March 06, 2012

US History:
1. Quiz at block: WWII vocabulary.
2. Due Thursday: "War and Civil Rights."

World History:
1. If you missed the quiz at block, please see me for a makeup!

EL World History:
No homework.

APEH:
1. Finish reading Chapter 27 and the associated Perry readings.
2. Work on the WWI review sheets.
3. Due Friday: POV comparison for Wilson, Clemenceau and the German delegation at the Paris peace talks.

Monday, March 05, 2012

US History:
1. "War and Civil Rights" outline is due on Thursday.
2. There will be a WWII vocabulary quiz at block.

World History:
1. Quiz on the Holocaust at block.

EL World History:
1. If you didn't finish the blue review sheet in class on Monday, finish it as homework.

APEH:
1. Due Friday: POV comparison -- Wilson, Clemenceau and the German delegation at the Paris Peace conference.
2. Work on the WWI review sheets, and your Chapter 27 Study Guide. Be sure to read the Perry selections.
3. How about a "French Kings" quiz...this time all of them?

Thursday, March 01, 2012

US History:
1. Due Monday: Cornell notes on "Mobilizing the Homefront."

World History:
1. We'll work in class to finish the text notes on the Holocaust.
2. If you haven't handed in your permission slip for "Schindler's List" please do so immediately.

EL World History:
No homework.

APEH:
1. More essay practice on Friday.
2. Start working on the WWI review sheets.