Wednesday January 31 2007

US History B
Ch 14 Quiz/Test ("Quest")

US History A
No New Assignments

AP US Government & Politics
Ch 12 Lecture/Notes

"There are many humorous things in the world, among them the white man's notion that he is less savage than the other savages."
~Mark Twain, American Author and Critic

Tuesday January 30 2007

US History B
No New Assignments
Ch 14 "Quest" Tomorrow

US History A
Read Ch 7 Sec 1 Do #1-6 P. 191
Read Ch 7 Sec 2 Do #1-6 P. 197
Read Ch 7 Sec 3 Do #1-5 P. 201
Read Ch 7 Sec 4 Do #1-5 P. 205
Ch 6 & 7 Test Friday

AP US Government & Politics
Ch 11 Lecture/Notes
Ch 12 Due Tuesday 1/30/07 11:59 PM
Test Monday 2/5/07 (Ch 9-12)

"Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value."
~Albert Einstein

Monday January 29 2007

US History B
Read Ch 14 Sec 4 Do #1-6 P. 433
Read Ch 14 Sec 5 Do #1-6 P. 437

US History A
Video "The War of 1812"
No Assignment

AP US Government & Politics
Lecture/Notes Ch 10
Ch 10 Summary Due Sunday 1/28/07 11:59 PM (or the VERY beginning of class 1/29)
Ch 11 Summary Due Monday 1/29/07 11:59 PM

"If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday."
~Pearl Buck

Friday January 26 2007

US History B
Finish "All Quiet in the Western Front"
Current Events Due
No New Assignments

US History A
Begin "The War of 1812" Video
Current Events Due
Louisiana Purchase Geography Assignment

AP US Government & Politics
School House Rock/Study Hall
Assigned:
Read Ch 10- Summary Due Sunday 1/28/07 11:59 PM (or the VERY beginning of class 1/29)
Read Ch 11- Summary Due Monday 1/29/07 11:59 PM
Read Ch 12- Summary Due Tuesday 1/30/07 11:59 PM

"Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."
~Mao Tse-Tung (or Zedong) Chinese Communist Leader

Thursday January 25 2007

US History B
"All Quiet on the Western Front"
Current Event Friday 1/26

US History A
Current Event Friday 1/26

AP US Government & Politics
Current Events
Assigned:
Read Ch 10- Summary Due Sunday 1/28/07 11:59 PM (or the VERY beginning of class 1/29)
Read Ch 11- Summary Due Monday 1/29/07 11:59 PM
Read Ch 12- Summary Due Tuesday 1/30/07 11:59 PM


"You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror."
~George W. Bush, interview with CBS News' Katie Couric, Sept. 6, 2006

Wednesday January 24 2007

US History B
Video "All Quiet on the Western Front"
No New Assignments

US History A
Read Ch 6 Sec 4 Do #1-5 P.177
Read Ch 6 Sec 5 Do #1-5 P.181

AP US Government & Politics
State of the Union Address
Assigned:
Read Ch 10- Summary Due Sunday 1/28/07 11:59 PM (or the VERY beginning of class 1/29)
Read Ch 11- Summary Due Monday 1/29/07 11:59 PM
Read Ch 12- Summary Due Tuesday 1/30/07 11:59 PM
This class only: Current Event Discussion/DUE (EARLY) Thursday 1/25/07

"Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have."
~Ronald Reagan 40th president of the United States (1911 - 2004)

Tuesday January 23 2007

US History B
Read Ch 14 Sec 3 Do #1-7 P. 429

US History A
Lewis & Clark Video (National Geographic)
20 Facts Notes for Extra Credit

AP US Government & Politcs
Ch 9 Lecture/Notes
Ch 9 Summary Due 11:59 PM 1/23/07

"Study the past if you would define the future."
~Confucius Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC - 479 BC)

Monday January 22 2007

US History B
Video: "1910-1919"
20 Fact Notes for Extra Credit

US History A
Read Ch 6 Sec 2 Do #1-5 P.165
Read Ch 6 Sec 3 Do #1-7 P.171

AP US Government & Politics
Read Ch 9
1/2 Page Summary Due Tuesday 1/23 11:59 PM

"The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them."
~Karl Marx

Friday January 19 2007

US History B
Current Events

US History A
Current Events

AP US Government & Politics
Current Events

"Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition."
~Timothy Leary

Thursday January 18 2007

US History B
Read Ch 14 Sec 1 Do#1-5 P. 419
Read Ch 14 Sec 2 Do#1-5 P. 424

US History A
Read Ch 6 Sec 1 Do#1-6 P. 160
Thomas Jefferson Video: 15 Facts Notes

AP US Government & Politics
Ch 4, 7 & 8 Exam

ALL CLASSES CURRENT EVENT FRIDAY

"...I never vote for anybody, I always vote against." ~W.C. Fields

Wednesday January 17 2007

US History B
Ch 12 & 13 Test
All Ch 12 & 13 Assignments Due

US History A
Ch 5 Test
Al Ch 5 Assignments Due

AP US Government & Politics
Ch 4,7 & 8 Test Review
No Assignments

"Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor."
~James Russell Lowell

Tuesday January 16 2007

US History B
Video: The Spanish Amreican War
No New Assignments

US History A
Video: Founding Brothers
No New Assignments

AP US Governmentt & Politics
Ch 8 Lecture/Notes
Ch 8 Summary Due by Midnight

"The time is always right to do what is right."
~Martin Luther King, Jr.

Friday January 12 2007

US History B
Current Event

US History A
Current Event

AP US Government & Politics
Current Event

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world."
~Mahatma Ghandi

Thursday January 11 2007

US History B
Read Ch 13 Sec 3 Do #1-6 P.403
Read Ch 13 Sec 4 Do #1-6 P.409

US History A
"Founding Brothers"

AP US Government & Politics
Ch 7 Lecture/Notes
Ch 7 Summary Due by Midnight

ALL CLASSES CURRENT EVENT FRIDAY 1/12/2007

"Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship."
~Harry S Truman, 33rd president of US (1884 - 1972)

Wednesday January 10 2007

US History B
Read Ch 13 Sec 1 Do#1-7 P.392
Read Ch 13 Sec 2 Do#1-5 P.397

US History A
No New Assignments

AP US Government & Politics
"The War Room"
Read Ch 7
Summary Due by Midnight Thurs 1/11/07

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
~ Aristotle, Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC - 322 BC)

Tuesday January 9 2007

US History B
History Video: 1900-1909
20 Facts Notes (Exempt if you are absent 1/9/07, no need to make up)

US History A
Read Ch 5 Sec 3 Do#1-5 P.147
Read Ch 5 Sec 4 Do#1-5 P.151

AP US Government & Politcs
"The War Room" Video (Media and Spin Control during the 1992 Clinton Campaign)

"If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you."
~Oscar Wilde, Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 - 1900)

Monday January 8 2007

US History B
No New Assignments

US History A
Ch 5 Section 1 & 2 Quiz (Open Note, Open Book, Open Brain)

AP US Government & Politics
Discuss Current Events from Friday 1/5
"Spin Cycle" Summaries Due

"Genius without education is like silver in the mine."
~Benjamin Franklin, American author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 - 1790)

Friday January 5 2007

US History B
Ch 12 Open Book Quizzes
Primary Source Activity: Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders Letter
Current Events Due

US History A
Video: A More Perfect Union
Current Events Due

AP US Government & Politics
Ch 4 Summary Due
Current Events Due
Read "Spin Cycle" 1/2 Summary for Monday 1/8/07

People don't start wars, governments do.
~Ronald Reagan 40th president of US (1911 - 2004)

Thursday January 4 2007

US History B
Read Ch 12 Sec 3 Do #1-6 P.377
Read Ch 12 Sec 4 Do #1-5 P.383

US History A
Constitution Video
10 Facts Notes (Expempt if you are absent 1/4/07, no need to make up)

AP US Government & Politics
Continue Ch 4 Lecture/Notes
No New Assignment
Ch 4 Summary Due Friday

CURRENT EVENT FRIDAY 1/5/07 ALL CLASSES

Politics Defined: "Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles."
from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Beirce, American author & satirist (1842 - 1914)

Wednesday January 3 2007

US History B
No New Assignment

US History A
Read Ch 5 Sec 2 Do #1-6 P.142

AP US Government & Politics
Begin Ch 4 Lecture/Notes
No New Assignment

"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried."
~Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 - 1965)

Tuesday January 2 2007

US History B
Read Ch 12 Sec 1 Do #1-6 P.365
Read Ch 12 Sec 2 Do#1-5 P.371

US History A
Read Ch 5 Sec 1 Do#1-5 P. 133

AP US Government & Politics
Take Home Exams/Essays Due

"The English language is not always the president's friend." ~George Will on George W. Bush