A block - due tomorrow (Thursday 10/31)

A block only:
Please write a 4-5 bullet point (or sentence) response to the question you received on the index card in class today.  Definitely feel free to use your notes or to look back in the Brinkley book to help you formulate an answer.

assignments for 10/21-11/6

Reminder:  please use the class period on Thursday 10/24 to work on your group projects.  You can find the projection description here.

Here are the due dates for your reading and notes due this week and next:

A block:
p. 125-131 due Monday 10/21
p. 131-137 due Tuesday 10/22
p. 137-146 due Friday 10/25
Questions based on the Declaration of Independence are due Monday 10/28
Your battlefield news report project is due Wednesday 10/30
Your American Revolution test is Wednesday 11/6.  Format is the same as last time - multiple choice and a written section.  Here's a list of study questions to help you prepare.

C block:
p. 125-131 due Tuesday 10/22
p. 131-141 due Wednesday 10/23
p. 141-146 due Friday 10/25
Questions based on the Declaration of Independence are due Monday 10/28
Your battlefield news report project is due Tuesday 10/27
Your American Revolution test is Wednesday 11/6 - see note under A block above.

E block:
p. 125-131 due Monday 10/21
p. 131-141 due Wednesday 10/23
p. 141-146 due Friday 10/25
Questions based on the Declaration of Independence are due Monday 10/28
Your battlefield news report project is due Wednesday 10/30
Your American Revolution test is Wednesday 11/6  - see note under A block above.


Here's the extra credit site visit project description.  It needs to be handed in before 3 p.m. on Monday November 4th to count for first term.  Please sign up for sites in this Google document.

assignments this week and next (through 10/18)

A and C blocks:  please be ready for mock town government tomorrow (see last post).

All classes:  notes on pages 105-111 due Thursday 10/10.

Notes on pages 111-116 (stop at "the tea excitement") are due Tuesday 10/15.

Please finish reading the chapter for Thursday 10/17 for A and C blocks or Friday 10/18 for D block (p. 116-123) - note the change.

Please read this chapter carefully - there's more "need to know" detail in this chapter than there was in the previous three.  I will be looking for the 5:1 ratio of pages read to pages of notes as an absolute minimum and would recommend that you take more for this chapter.

Also, here's an opportunity to earn some extra credit.  It's due by next Friday (10/18).
You can find the Mental Floss History of the United States chapter on the revolutionary period through Jefferson's presidency here.  It's a short (and amusing) review of this period.

town meeting and other assignments

Please remember notes for Friday 10/4 (p. 95-107)

Monday for C block and Tuesday for A and E blocks, we'll be having a mock town meeting.  Please read through this document (also given out in class) and complete the assignment at the end to prepare.

Here are the issues (warrant articles) we'll discuss in our mock town meeting:

A block:

Change the high school start time from 8 to 9 a.m. (and end time from 2:30 to 3:30).

Adding a bike lane on Mass Ave.

Allowing fast food franchises (McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, etc.) to open in town.

A ban on the use of styrofoam products by businesses in the food industry (cups, plates, take-out containers for food, etc.).


C and E blocks:
Allowing town parks to "close" at 11 p.m. instead of 9 p.m.

Adding a bike lane on Mass Ave.

Allowing fast food franchises (McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, etc.) to open in town.

A ban on the use of styrofoam products by businesses in the food industry (cups, plates, take-out containers for food, etc.).

I will give you a better sense of how the meeting will run next class.  Just be prepared to offer a few opinions or comments about the issues above, especially about the one issue you found a source to support your opinion on.

Crevecoeur reading and other homework due this week

The Crevecoeur reading and questions are due next class - Wednesday 10/3 for A block, Tuesday for C and E blocks.  The reading can be found here and the questions are here in case you need them.

Due Friday for all classes:  notes on pages 98-105 (1.5 pages or more if it helps you)