due next week

notes on 54-63 for Tuesday (C block) or Wednesday (A block)

Due 9/26-9/30 and link to Jamestown activity to be done in class

A block:
Watch about 20 minutes (or more!) of the presidential debate Monday night
Due Wednesday 9/28:  notes on pages 40-49
Due Friday 9/30:  notes on p. 49-54

C block:
Due Monday 9/26:  notes on pages 40-45 (note the change - this is shorter than originally assigned)
Watch about 20 minutes (or more!) of the presidential debate Monday night
Due Wednesday 9/28:  notes on pages 45-49
Due Friday 9/30:  notes on p. 49-54

When directed, open this link in class.

You may also find this article about the White map of Roanoke interesting, and this article about confirmed cannibalism is Jamestown is also pretty captivating (though not for the faint at heart!).

due 9/20-9/23

Due Tuesday 9/20 for both classes:  response (U.S. IS or U.S. ARE?) - see previous post for the link.

Due Wednesday 9/21 for A block, Thursday 9/22 for C block:  notes on p. 32-40.

due 9/12-9/20

Due Tuesday 9/13 for all classes:  reading/notes on pages 9-14.

Due Thursday 9/15:  reading/notes on pages 14-21

Due Friday 9/16:  reading/notes on pages 23-30 (you can skip p. 22, as it's one of those colored sections you're not required to read).

Due Tuesday 9/20:  typed one paragraph response to the following question:
In America today, which notion prevails most strongly:  the United States IS, or the United States ARE?  (Consider the implications that changing that one word has on the meaning of the statement. The first step to responding to this question is to determine that difference).

Requirements for the response:
- This is an opinion-based question, but needs to be substantiated with fact.  Cite from one reputable source in your response.  Remember to include both internal and source citations.
- Follow the rules for formal writing on this (and as a general default).
- Properly format in MLA throughout the response, as with all formal written work.  Please look up the requirements (on the Purdue OWL site, or another MLA resource site) if you're not sure what they are.
-Due in hard copy (printed) at the start of class on Tuesday.  (Worth 10 points, or 2 homework grades).

due this week (9/6-9/9) for all classes

Please return the completed half sheet of paper (with signatures, parent and technology information) by Friday 9/9.

Due Thursday 9/8:  what does it mean to be an American?  visual assignment (on the back of the fact or myth sheet given out in class Tuesday)

Due Friday 9/9:  Read and take notes on pages 2-9 of the Brinkley textbook (note the correction).  Stop at the first new section heading on page 9 ("Europe Looks Westward").  You may skip the special colored sections (e.g. the blue "where historians disagree section " in this assignment) and can do so on all future reading assignments.  1.5 pages of handwritten, original notes required for full credit on this assignment.

Class activity:  open this file when directed in class.

First post of the 2016-17 school year

Here is the course syllabus.