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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.

Week 3

World History:

We are through with the project on China, grades for each group consisted of decorating the clan envelope, individual name plates, map of china and clan banner. The banners were very good this year. The best banner for each clan has been taken to be laminated and will be placed in the library.

We went over the Chinese Virtues of: Propriety, Benevolence, Wisdom, Righteousness and Tao (unity or harmony) and compared them with Character Counts. Students were then assigned to write a one paragraph essay comparing and contrasting the Virtues and Character Counts. We also read the story of Meng Jiang Nyu. Each clan then wrote a paragraph detailing the examples of Chinese Virtues Meng exhibited in the story.

 To finish up on China there was a map test on the Silk Road and on pages 19-20 of the reading study guide there was a three paragraph essay on how geography shaped China.

Next week we will start Chapters 5 & 6 Greece and Rome.

Law:

We've covered the four great legal systems and have started the introductory chapter in the textbook. So far we've only discussed a few issues and had to deal with a lot of vocabulary, but that will improve shortly. Ready or not next week we start Criminal Law.

U.S. History:

We've finished up Chapter 1 and took the first test today.

Next week will be the American Revolution.

China posters

Class A2

Class B4 one group did not finish, their poster will be added when it is done.

Class B3

Class B1

Week 2

World History:

We are continuing our project on China. 1. All students should have chosen a Chinese name and made a nameplate using the calligraphy for their name. All students should have labeled a map of China and colored it, and lastly all Clans should have decorated their clan envelope with the clan banner as shown on page 3 of the booklet. 

The first day of this week for each class will finish these tasks and help all new students get caught up. On page 5 & 6 of the booklet is each clan's story. The clan leader will read the story to the clan and they will then prepare a presentation to the rest of the class where there will be a narrator telling the story to the class as the other members of the clan act out the story. Your presentations will be the second day of the week.

The next task will be to decorate the actual banner of your clan starting with class A-1 on Friday and Monday, all other classes next Tuesday. The best banner from each clan out of all classes will be placed in the Library to replace the ones there from a few years ago.

Law:

We have discussed the reason to have laws, and started covering the four great legal systems in the world today. Monday we covered Civil Code. Wednesday we will look at Islamic and Mongol law. Friday we will look at Common Law (actually for that day forward as all the law from this point will in Common Law.)

In groups I had you think of a law you either wanted to see enacted or abolished, unfortunately the bell rang before they could be discussed. We will pick up from there on Wednesday.

U.S. History:

We've covered Sections 1 and 2 of Chapter one. Wednesday we will cover sections 3 and get started on section 4. Friday we will finish up the chapter and there will be an extended response quiz.