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Week 6

Last week of the first grading period.

World History:

Read chapter 6 Rome, make sure you have written down all terms and names.

Due Thursday for B schedule and Friday for A schedule:

A two page (one page typed) paper answering the following questions:

What do you believe (any kind of belief, not just religious), and why do you believe it.

Would you be willing to die for your belief?

Law:

If the position paper on Marijuana has not been turned in, do so before Friday. I will accept it two pages hand written instead of typed.

Page 94 in text book problem 7.12 question A, this needs to be answered and turned in as soon as possible for those who were absent.

U. S. History:

Monday we read and discussed the ammendments to the Constitution.

Wednesday we answered general questions in class over the Constitution and I gave a practice test. Students need to take this practice test home and use it to study for the real test on Friday.

Week 5

World History: Covering chapter 5 with test over the chapter on Tuesday for B schedule and Wednesday for A schedule

Tuesday and Wednesday we are also learning how to write our names in Egyptian hieroglyphs and in the Greek alphabet.

Law: Monday your incident reports from Friday were due, Wednesday we will continue with Criminal Law.

Homework for Monday of next week: One page typed (double spaced no larger than 12 font) position paper on Marijuana. Your choices are to maintain status quo (keep things the way they are), decriminalize (move all offenses from felony to misdemeanor), or legalize (allow open sale). The paper should have a minimum of three arguments to support your position.

U.S. History: Monday we took the test on Chapter 2 The American Revolution and forming the constitution. Wednesday we start the sub chapter on the Constitution.

Homework for Monday of next week: Read in textbook pages 84 through 104.

Week 4

World History:

China is now finished. We are leaving a project and starting a regular unit of study on Greece and Rome.

In class: Tuesday -- using the Reading Study Guide (from now on rsg) we covered pages 29 & 30 of Chapter 3 section 4 the Origins of Judaism. This is needed to understand Christianity when we get to it in Chapter 6. The routine of rsg is to in your notebook: 1. write down the terms and names found in the box in the upper right hand corner of the first page per section. 

2. Write down the question that comes before each reading section, these I refer to as the "Before" questions" we will discuss the questions that are numbered and come after the reading section, but those don't need to be written down or answered.

3. Read the sections.

4. Answer the "Before" questions.

After studying the origins of Judaism we will then proceed to Chapter 5 found starting at page 43 in the rsg. Continue with the routine of writing down the terms and names, before questions, reading the passage and answering the before questions.

Homework:

Read chapter 4 in your textbook. If you have not finished answering the "before" questions finish answering them from the information in the textbook.

Law:

I'm not going to be quite as detailed in what we're covering and when. This is a discussion class first and foremost. You will need to write down the vocabulary as we proceed, but we get as far each class period as the discussion permits. We are starting Criminal Law.

Homework: Students are to watch and read the local and national news every day. If there is something concerning the law as it relates to what we are learning, they should note it down and bring it to class for discussion.

U.S. History:

Chapter 2 The American Revolution.

Tuesday -- Sections 1 & 2 in reading study guide (rsg) do the routine (write down names and terms, before questions, read, answer questions, be prepared for discussion)

Thursday -- sections 3 & 4.