Week of May 22 to May 26

Important Information for All Students: 

Schedule:  Both TTs are open.  Make appointments for Tuesday and Wednesday.  

Trojan Time Calendar 

End-of-year bell schedules are posted on the school website. 

Monday, May 22nd: Farewell Assembly

Wednesday, May 24th: Locker Cleanout

Thursday: May 25th: Senior Awards Night

Monday, May 29th is Memorial Day! No school. 

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, May 30th to June 1st: Final Exams.

Friday, June 2nd: half-day of classes; graduation in the evening. 

Class Expectations: Please come to class on time every day, with your computer, binder, paper and pen/pencil.  Your computer should be charged, or you should have your charger with you. (Most teachers do NOT have "extra" chargers.) Please turn your phone off and put it away at the beginning of the period. 

Many assignments will be posted in Google Classroom, but others will be distributed in class.  If you are absent, email me to see whether I have a GC version of work that you missed.  Check Aeries for your current grade. Aeries is the official gradebook. 

If you have an excused absence, see me to get your work stamped and arrange any needed makeups when you return to school. 

COVID Precautions:  Masks are available in the front office. 

Late Work: By advance arrangement with me. 

CLASSES

EL World History

Last Week:  

ELPAC testing Monday and Tuesday.

Review Quiz on Monday!

Slide Notes: Russian Weakness before the Revolution.

Russia Vocabulary #2. 

Slide Notes: The Revolution of 1917, and the Russian Civil War.

This Week: 

Slide Notes: The Russian Civil War.

Russia Vocabulary #3. 

Stalin and the "Revolution from Above."  

We will try to get to the Cold War. 

Final Exam: Your final exam will take place on Tuesday, May 30th, at 8:30 am.  

You may bring a 4x6 inch card with any notes you think you will need during the exam. 

ring your binder to the exam for a final binder check. 

US History

Last Week:

Civil Rights Groups: You received a packet of readings on various groups of Americans who struggled for equal civil rights in America.  Use the chart to record details about these groups. 

Test Notes: The Watergate Crisis.  

Edpuzzle: History vs. Richard Nixon.

EC Edpuzzle: Pioneers of Rock and Roll. 

This Week:

Notes: The Reagan Years. 

On Wednesday (block period), you will complete a final writing assignment during class.  The topic will be the Civil Rights Movement -- either Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X, or the efforts of other groups (non-African-Americans) to gain equal rights. 

Thursday and Friday -- Movie time?  

Final Exam: Check the CVHS website for final exam schedules. 

You may bring a 3x5 card to the exam (both sides, handwritten). 

You MUST bring your binder to the final exam for a final binder check. 

Note on Edpuzzle videos: As I have mentioned in class, I'm deleting the links for Edpuzzle videos after 2-3 weeks.  The videos are intended as reinforcement of material currently being covered in class. You should plan to complete the videos during the time that we are covering the relevant subject matter in class.  

AP European History

This Week:

Please return your textbooks to the bookroom as soon as possible.  You can leave them in room 122 if you want, but make sure your name is written in the front of the book. 

European History Film Festival continues. 

Check with me before you decide to do late work.  

Week of May 15 to May 19

Important Information for All Students: 

Schedule:  Both TTs are open.  Make appointments for Tuesday and Wednesday.  

You will have a sub on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.  Please help/support the sub. It's a tough job. 

Trojan Time Calendar 

End-of-year bell schedules are posted on the school website. 

Monday, May 22nd: Farewell Assembly

Wednesday, May 24th: Locker Cleanout

Thursday: May 25th: Senior Awards Night

Class Expectations: Please come to class on time every day, with your computer, binder, paper and pen/pencil.  Your computer should be charged, or you should have your charger with you. (Most teachers do NOT have "extra" chargers.) Please turn your phone off and put it away at the beginning of the period. 

Many assignments will be posted in Google Classroom, but others will be distributed in class.  If you are absent, email me to see whether I have a GC version of work that you missed.  Check Aeries for your current grade. Aeries is the official gradebook. 

If you have an excused absence, see me to get your work stamped and arrange any needed makeups when you return to school. 

COVID Precautions:  Masks are available in the front office. 

CLASSES

EL World History

Last Week:  

Notes: Russia in the Nineteenth Century. You created a chart with illustrations of the social classes of pre-revolutionary Russia. 

New Vocabulary. 

Reading: Introduction to the Russian Revolution. 

This Week: 

Review Quiz on Monday!

Slide Notes: Russian Weakness before the Revolution

Textbook Cornell Notes: The Russian Revolution. Use the blue book (not the usual EL book). This is a regular (not EL) book. Just do the best you can. 

Russia Vocabulary #2. 

Slide Notes: The Revolution of 1917, and the Russian Civil War.

US History

Last Week:

You completed a "Walking Timeline" project.  You created a poster that describes and illustrates an important event in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. 

Posters were displayed around the room, and everyone took notes on the posters. 

When you finished your notes, you watched an Edpuzzle video on the 1960s in America.

This Week:

Civil Rights Groups: You'll receive a packet of readings on various groups of Americans who struggled for equal civil rights in America.  Use the chart to record details about these groups. 

Test Notes: The Watergate Crisis.  

Edpuzzle: History vs. Richard Nixon.

EC Edpuzzle: Pioneers of Rock and Roll. 

The Reagan Years (if we have time). 

Note on Edpuzzle videos: As I have mentioned in class, I'm deleting the links for Edpuzzle videos after 2-3 weeks.  The videos are intended as reinforcement of material currently being covered in class. You should plan to complete the videos during the time that we are covering the relevant subject matter in class.  

AP European History

This Week:

Please return your textbooks to the bookroom as soon as possible.  You can leave them in room 122 if you want, but make sure your name is written in the front of the book. 

European History Film Festival continues. 

Check with me before you decide to do late work.  

Week of May 8 to May 12

Important Information for All Students: 

Schedule:  Both TTs are open.  Make appointments for Tuesday and Wednesday.  

Trojan Time Calendar 

End-of-year bell schedules are posted on the school website. 

Class Expectations: Please come to class on time every day, with your computer, binder, paper and pen/pencil.  Your computer should be charged, or you should have your charger with you. (Most teachers do NOT have "extra" chargers.) Please turn your phone off and put it away at the beginning of the period. 

Many assignments will be posted in Google Classroom, but others will be distributed in class.  If you are absent, email me to see whether I have a GC version of work that you missed.  Check Aeries for your current grade. Aeries is the official gradebook. 

If you have an excused absence, see me to get your work stamped and arrange any needed makeups when you return to school. 

COVID Precautions:  Masks are available in the front office. 

CLASSES

EL World History

Last Week:  

There was a Holocaust quiz on Monday.  You took a short Holocaust quiz. 

We started a new unit on the Russian Revolution and the Cold War. 

Diagram: Introduction to Russia.

You completed a map of the Russian Empire in 1914 (before WWI), and learned about life in Old Russia, before the Revolution. 

This Week:

Notes: Russia in the Nineteenth Century; Russian Weakness before the Revolution.

New Vocabulary. 

Reading: Introduction to the Russian Revolution. 

US History

Last Week:

We continued our new unit: The Civil Rights Movement. 

Notes: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.  

Vocabulary Quiz: Basic Civil Rights terms. 

Video: "Eyes on the Prize."

You compared the Civil Rights efforts of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X. 

This Week:

We'll start a "Walking Timeline" project.  You'll create a poster that describes and illustrates an important event in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. 

Posters will be displayed around the room, and everyone will take notes on the posters. 

Note on Edpuzzle videos: As I have mentioned in class, I'm deleting the links for Edpuzzle videos after 2-3 weeks.  The videos are intended as reinforcement of material currently being covered in class. You should plan to complete the videos during the time that we are covering the relevant subject matter in class.  

AP European History

This Week:

Please return your textbooks to the bookroom as soon as possible.  You can leave them in room 122 if you want, but make sure your name is written in the front of the book. 

Check with me before you decide to do late work.  

AP Daily Vids: AP Videos should be watched during the week they are assigned.  If you want to watch old videos (or complete any work that is more than a couple of weeks old) you will need to communicate with me in advance for my approval.

AP MCQs are available only until the due date.

Week of May 1 to May 5

Important Information for All Students: 

Fourth Quarter Progress Report Period ended Friday, April 21. Grades were filed on Tuesday, April 25. 

Schedule:  Both TTs are open. However, I have reserved my TTs this week for AP students (they have exams this week).  If you are not in AP and you need to see me, please drop by at lunch or break.  

Trojan Time Calendar 

Class Expectations: Please come to class on time every day, with your computer, binder, paper and pen/pencil.  Your computer should be charged, or you should have your charger with you. (Most teachers do NOT have "extra" chargers.) Please turn your phone off and put it away at the beginning of the period. 

Many assignments will be posted in Google Classroom, but others will be distributed in class.  If you are absent, email me to see whether I have a GC version of work that you missed.  Check Aeries for your current grade. Aeries is the official gradebook. 

If you have an excused absence, see me to get your work stamped and arrange any needed makeups when you return to school. 

COVID Precautions:  Masks are available in the front office. 

CLASSES

EL World History

Last Week:  

Review for unit test on WWII. 

Unit test on WWII!  Binder check. 

We moved on to a short study of the Holocaust. 

Next unit: Russia and the Cold War. 

This Week:

Holocaust quiz on Monday!

Introduction to Russia.

You'll complete a map of the Russian Empire in 1914 (before WWI), and learn about life in Old Russia, before the Revolution. 

US History

Last Week:

You got into groups to answer a series of Discussion Questions about the course of the Vietnam War. 

You took notes on the "counterculture" that arose during this period, and on the protests against the draft. 

Vocabulary Quiz: Basic Vietnam Vocabulary. 

Edpuzzle overview of the Vietnam Conflict.   EC Edpuzzle on US soldiers' experiences in Vietnam. 

You handed in a binder packet for Vietnam, as well as your answers to the Discussion Questions. 

We started our unit on the Civil Rights Movement. 

You took a "literacy test" to illustrate the discriminatory impact of literacy tests on voting in the Jim Crow South.  

You received a set of basic Civil Rights vocabulary terms. 

This Week: 

New Unit: The Civil Rights Movement. 

Notes: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.  

Vocabulary Quiz: Basic Civil Rights terms. 

Video: "Eyes on the Prize."

You'll compare the Civil Rights efforts of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X. 

Note on Edpuzzle videos: As I have mentioned in class, I'm deleting the links for Edpuzzle videos after 2-3 weeks.  The videos are intended as reinforcement of material currently being covered in class. You should plan to complete the videos during the time that we are covering the relevant subject matter in class.  

AP European History

Last Week: 

Your Chapter 28 SG is due. 

Chapter 29 SG is posted.  It's all IDs. 

AP Vids are posted.   Do the Unit 9 MCQs. 

More lectures on Postwar topics.  

More practice essay topics. 

This Week:

We'll review the Chapter 28 SG. 

Your Chapter 29 SG is due.

Read Chapter 30.  There's no SG, but there IS a test!

Do the Unit 9 MCQs, if you have not already done them. 

AP Vids are posted -- watch them by Thursday night! 

More sample test questions. 

Sign up for some of the video reviews that are being offered online. Check GC for links. 

AP Daily Vids: AP Videos should be watched during the week they are assigned.  If you want to watch old videos (or complete any work that is more than a couple of weeks old) you will need to communicate with me in advance for my approval.

AP MCQs are available only until the due date.