The first quarter progress report period has closed.  I'll file grades on Tuesday.  

US History:
1. Quiz on Monday: "Washington and the Government."  To study, focus on Hamilton and Jefferson, and their contrasting ideas about government.  Remember that you many only use notes on the quiz if they are stamped.  

World History:
1. If you missed the unit test on Rise of Democracy, email me to arrange a makeup.

EL World History:
No homework.

APEH:
1. Mach/More notes are due on Monday.
2. Unit test at block -- Study Guide selections will be due.  

US History:
1. Due Friday: "Washington and the Government."  Also due: your physiographic map of the USA. 

World History:
1. Unit test Friday.  Be sure to bring your binder. 

EL World History:
1. Unit test Friday.  Be sure to bring your binder.

APEH:
1. Due Friday: Art notes.
2. Due Monday: Machiavelli and More notes.
3. Wednesday (block) next week: Unit test on the Renaissance.  I'll collect the assigned sections of the Study Guide.  Just the assigned sections...not the whole freaking thing!!!

US History:
1. On Thursday, we'll start our new unit,"Expansion of the USA."  You should have a new divider in your binder for this unit.
2. Due Friday: "Washington and the Government" textbook reading guide.

World History:
1. Review day Thursday, unit test Friday.  Be sure to bring your binder to class on Friday.

EL World History:
1. Review day Thursday, unit test on Friday.  Be sure to bring your binder to class on Friday. 

APEH:
1. Machiavelli and More discussion groups on Thursday.
2. Art notes will be due on Friday.  Make a copy for me, and make sure you and your partner each have copies for your binders.
3. Finish the remaining parts of the Study Guide -- bullet points about the New Monarchs and the fill-ins.  A paragraph on one of the questions at the end of the Study Guide is optional for extra credit. 

US History:
1. You should have finished both the Constitution and Bill of Rights worksheets.
2. Unit test at block.  Be sure to bring your binder.

World History:
1. Short answers to the questions on the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment are due Thursday.
2. Review for the unit test Thursday.
3. Unit test Friday.  Be sure to bring your binder.

EL World History:
1. We'll correct the quiz on philosophers on Thursday, and review for the unit test.
2. Unit test on Friday.

APEH:
1. Finish Chapter 13, and complete the remaining parts of the Study Guide (New Monarchs, fill-ins).  Do one of the extra credit questions if you want to -- it should take you a solid paragraph to answer either of the questions well.
2. Read the sections of Machiavelli and More listed on the handout.  Group discussion is Thursday.
3. We have the whole block period to work on art...you should already have finished most of the notes on the Renaissance.
4. Unit test next week.

US History:
1. If you didn't finish the Bill of Rights sheet, have it finished for block period.  We'll review it briefly...and then...
2. Unit test at block!  The test will cover all material from the beginning of the year through the Constitution.

World History:
1. If you didn't finish your timeline of democracy in England, have it ready for block period.
2. We'll finish England, then briefly cover the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment.
3. Unit test!  We should be ready for the unit test on Friday.

EL World History:
1. We'll review your sentences on the Enlightenment at block.

APEH:
1. You should finish reading Chapter 13.  Finish the assigned Study Guide questions and IDs.  Do the New Monarchs -- just bullet points.  Also do the fill-ins.  If you want 5 points extra credit, write a paragraph on either of the last two questions. 
2. Be ready for Mach/More discussion groups -- read the assigned sections for both authors. They personify Italian and Northern Renaissance thinking about society.  What are the similarities and differences between them??

US History:
1. Due Monday: Constitution worksheet. Use the Constitution in your textbook. 
2. The unit test for this unit (Colonies to Constitution) will be at block.  Be sure to bring your binder, so you can hand in work for the unit.

World History:
1. No homework.

EL World History:
1. Due Monday: Questions on the back of the Renaissance sheet.

APEH:
1. Read the rest of Chapter 13 and do the assigned Study Guide questions and IDs, which are due on Monday.  I'll assign SG questions for the latter part of the chapter Monday.
2. Read over the Art Chart for first semester to get an idea of the art styles associated with various periods of history.
3. Read the sections of Machiavelli and More listed on the handout.  You should read over the questions, but you need not answer them now. 

US History:
1. No homework.

World History:
1. Quiz Thursday -- Greeks, Romans, Middle Ages, etc.

EL World History:
1. No homework.

APEH:
1. Hub Dates retake on Thursday.  Event plus significance. 
2. New text section and Study Guide questions due Monday.

US History:
1. Quiz at block!  All material from the beginning of the year to the start of the Revolution and the Declaration of Independence. 

World History:
1. At block, we'll review the history of democracy in the "West," focusing on the Greeks and Romans, and the coming of the Middle Ages. 

EL World History:
1. Vocabulary quiz on Thursday.

APEH:
1. First set of Review Questions and IDs due at block. 
2. You should underline/highlight/annotate the copied excerpt from Perry.  Identify characteristics of the Renaissance, and the ideas of Renaissance scholars like Petrarch and Bruni. 
3. We'll review the Hub Dates quiz, and the fill-in handout on the Renaissance and Reformation.

US History:
1. Due at block: T/F sheet on the Declaration of Independence.  We'll review this, and then take a quiz on all the material so far!

World History:
1. Due at block: Reading guide on the Middle Ages and Renaissance (pages 157-159). 

EL World History:
1. No homework.

APEH:
1. Read the first section of Chapter 13 and do the assigned Review Questions and IDs. 
2. Highlight/underline the introductory readings on the Renaissance.  Make marginal notes, circle important words, etc. 
3. If you plan to retake the Hub Dates quiz, arrange it with me before the end of this week. 

US History:
1. We'll cover the Declaration of Independence on Monday, then take a quiz at block.  The quiz will cover everything from the beginning of the year through the Declaration.

World History:
1. You should have at least one Venn diagram comparing/contrasting two of the philosophers.
2. There will be a quiz on Monday, covering types of government and philosophers. 

EL World History:
1. No homework. 

APEH:
1. Start reading Chapter 13 in your textbook.  In addition, read the short introduction to humanism, and the blurbs on Bruni and Petrarch (handout).  Answer SG questions 1,3 and 4, and do the IDs on the Italian city-states (oligarchy, signori, communes, popolo). 
2. Preview Machiavelli's Prince and More's Utopia.  Do this by reading the introduction/preface to your copy of the book, or by simply leafing through the books and reading a bit here and there.  You can also do a quick online search to get a general idea of the content of the books and the influence they have had.

World History:
1. You'll have a short time on Friday to finish your "Philosopher's High School" poster.
2. You should be ready for a quiz on philosophers and types of government. 

US History:
1. Due Monday: Writing assignment on "Incident in Boston" (the Boston Massacre).  Your letter should clearly show the point of view of either the British or the colonists.  Typed, double-spaced, 12pt font, 1" margins, about 250-300 words.
2. We'll have a quiz soon on everything from the beginning of the year to the outbreak of the American Revolution and the Declaration of Independence. 

EL World History:
1. Quiz on types of government on Friday!

APEH:
1. MC test on Chapter 12 on Friday. 

US History:
1. If you didn't finish your map of the colonies (and the chart on the back), you should have this ready for block period.

World History:
1. If you didn't finish your chart of "Philosophers of Government" (and the 1/2 sheet quiz), have these ready for Thursday.

EL World History:
1. There will be a quiz on types of government on Thursday.

APEH:
1. Get ready to write!  Be sure to have lots of ideas about the 100 Years War and the changes it brought to England and France.  How did this war make these nations more like modern nation-states, and less like feudal states?  

US History:
1. If you haven't finished the map of the American colonies, it's due at block. 

World History:
No homework.

EL World History:
1. Study your Social Studies vocabulary!  There will be a quiz at block. 

APEH:
1. Time for an essay!  Be ready with ideas about the 100 Years' War -- focus on sorting your ideas/facts into clusters that can be turned into body paragraphs. 

World History:
1. We'll finish "Survivors" on Friday.
2. Study the types of government...there's a quiz coming!

US History:
1. Due Friday: Cornell notes on pages 30-35 (Three Worlds Meet).  We'll review them and take a quiz. If your notes are stamped, they can be used on the quiz. 

EL World History:
1. Check your scores on the vocabulary quizzes!  We'll continue with our Social Studies vocabulary list on Friday.

APEH:
1. If you need to retake the map quiz, come in by Friday.
2. Keep thinking about the ways in which the 100 Years' War promoted change in England and France.  The main changes were political and economic.  See if you can come up with a list of changes that could be grouped into paragraphs.
3. I guess we postponed the Hub Dates quiz until next week. 

World History and US History:  your paragraphs are due at block.

EL World History:
No homework, but there will be a vocabulary quiz on Thursday.  

APEH:
1. If you need to retake the map quiz, arrange this with me before the end of this week.
2. You should have Hub Dates by block period.
3. Try to fill in those review sheets; we'll go over them quickly at block. 

World History:
1. Due at block: paragraph that responds to one of the discussion questions.  Begin with a strong assertion (a topic sentence).  Do not use "I" or "in my opinion" or "I feel" etc.  Back up your assertion with examples and arguments.  Typed, double-spaced, 1" margins, 12 pt font, about 250 words.
2. If you didn't hand in your permission slip or get your binder checked, see me right away to take care of these things. 
3. The "World History Preview" worksheet is not homework...we'll finish it together in class at block.

US History:
1. Due at block: paragraph that responds to one of the discussion questions.  Begin with a strong assertion (a topic sentence).  Do not use "I" or "in my opinion" or "I feel" etc.  Back up your assertion with examples and arguments.  Typed, double-spaced, 1" margins, 12 pt font, about 250 words.
2. If you didn't hand in your permission slip or get your binder checked, see me right away to take care of these things. 

EL World History:
1. If you didn't finish writing answers to the discussion questions, do this as homework.  You should write at least two sentences for each question. 

APEH:
1. If you want to retake the map quiz, make an appointment to see me before/after school or at lunch.  You should get this done by Friday, September 7th. 
2. We'll review Hub Dates (first semester dates only; the front side of the sheet) at block. I'll stamp your sheet at the beginning of the period. Remember that there are timelines in the book.  You can also leaf quickly through the chapters in McKay -- the last date is 1815, so skim the material that relates to the Industrial Revolution and the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
3. Remember that I will accept an extra credit book review (they usually result in scores of 20-30 points) up through the end of the quarter.  Possible books are listed in the summer assignment instructions. 
4. The main thing to focus on in this first unit is the transitional character of the later Middle Ages, as it slides into the "early modern."  What types of things are changing and why??   Why does the 100 Years War represent such a good example of these changes?  Think in terms of categories.