Last Blog Entry of the School Year

This last post marks the (academic) end of the 2006-2007 School Year.
All late work, make up work and extra credit are due by 3 PM on Tuesday May 29

Friday May 25 2007

Honors English 11
TKAM Final - Due Tuesday
TKAM Vocab Due

AP US History
Current Events Are Extra Credit
9/11 Video: No Assignment

AP US Government & Politics
Video/Study Hall

"He who controls the past commands the future. He who commands the future conquers the past."
~George Orwell in 1984

Thursday May 24 2007

Honors English 11
TKAM Work on Vocab & Finish Reading
TKAM Vocab Due Friday 5/25

AP US History
Decade Reports
1970s/1980s/1990s

AP US Government & Politics
Video/Study Hall

"One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork."
~Edward Abbey

Wednesday May 23 2007

Honors English 11
TKAM Quiz Ch 22-24
TKAM Finish Novel for Thursday
TKAM Final (& Vocabulary Due) Friday 5/25

AP US History
Decade Reports
1940s/1950s/1960s

AP US Government & Politics B
Video/Study Hall

"Imagine the Creator as a stand up comedian - and at once the world becomes explicable."
~H. L. Mencken

Tuesday May 22 2007

Honors English 11
TKAM Read Ch 25-27
TKAM Final (& Vocabulary Due) Friday 5/25

AP US History
1990s Video 1 Page Notes

AP US Government & Politics B
Video/Study Hall

"Freedom lies in being bold."
~Robert Frost

Monday May 21 2007

Honors English 11
TKAM Quiz Ch 19-21
TKAM Read Ch 22-24
TKAM Final (& Vocabulary Due) Friday 5/25

AP US History
Decade Reports 1910s,1920s & 1930s

AP US Government & Politics B
Video/Study Hall

"We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home."
~Edward R. Murrow

Friday May 18 2007

Honors English 11
Grammar Do Review B P. 765
TKAM Ch 13-18 Quiz
TKAM Read Ch 19-21
TKAM Final (& Vocabulary Due) Friday 5/25

AP US History
No Daily Geography
Work on decade reports in Libray

AP US Government & Politics B
Study Hall

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
~Socrates

Thursday May 17 2007

Honors English 11
Grammar Do Exercise 3 P. 764-765
TKAM Read Ch 16-18
TKAM Final (& Vocabulary Due) Friday 5/25

AP US History
No Daily Geography
Work on decade reports in Libray

AP US Government & Politics B
Study Hall

"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."
~Ray Bradbury

Wednesday May 16 2007

Honors English 11
Grammar Do Review A P. 760-761
TKAM Ch 11 & 12 Quiz
TKAM Read Ch 13-15
TKAM Final (& Vocabulary Due) Friday 5/25

AP US History
No Daily Geography
Work on decade reports in Libray

AP US Government & Politics
Study Hall

"All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to you and the afterwards it all belongs to you; the good and the bad, the ecstasy, the remorse, and sorrow, the people and places and how the weather was."
~Ernest Hemingway

Tuesday May 15 2007

Honors English 11
Grammar Exercise 2 P. 760
TKAM Ch 7-10 Quiz
TKAM Read Ch 11 & 12

AP US History
Daily Geogrpahy
1. When did the US invade Panama?
2. Where did the US send "military advisers" in 1981?
Finsh 1980s Video
Begin Decade Reports

AP US Government & Politics B
Study Hall

"Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead."
~Scottish Proverb

Monday May 14 2007

Honors English 11
Grammaer Do Excercise 1 P.756
TKAM CH 1-6 Quiz Due
TKAM Work on Vocabulary Assignment
TKAM Read Ch 9&10

AP US History
Daily Geography P. 983
1. When did the US send troops to Haiti?
2. When did the US invade Grenada?
Essays or DBQs due
1980s Video 1-2 Pages of Notes

AP US Government & Politics
Study Hall

"Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word."
~Charles De Gaulle

Friday May 11 2007

Honors English 11
TKAM Ch 1-6 Take Home Quiz
TKAM Vocabulary Assignment
TKAM Reach CH 7&8

AP US History
No Daily Geography
Work on DBQ or Part B Essays

AP US Government & Politics
Study Hall

"America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair."
~Arnold Toynbee

Thursday May 10 2007

Honors English 11
CORE Testing Make Up
TKAM Ch 1-6 Quiz
TKAM Vocab Assignment

AP US History
Daily Geography P. 983
1. Around what body of water is the highest concentration of oil fields located?
2. Name the country on Iraq's eastern border.
AP Practice Test Essays

AP US Government & Politics B
Study Hall

"Americans are overreachers; overreaching is the most admirable of the many American excesses."
~George F. Will

Wednesday May 9 2007

Honors English 11
CORE Testing
Read TKAM CH 5&6

AP US History
Daily Geography P. 983
1. Name the country located directly east of Isreal.
2. Name the sea off Isreal's west coast.
Practice AP Test - Multiple Choice

AP US Government & Politcs B
Study Hall

"Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new."
~Henry David Thoreau

Tuesday May 8 2007

Honors English 11
CORE Testing
Read To Kill A Mockingbird Ch 3 & 4

AP US History
Daily Geography P. 978
1. Who won the election?
2. What was his percent of the popular vote?
Ch 41 Due
Ch 41 Quiz
1970s Video 1-2 Pages of Notes
No Current Event this week

AP US Government & Politics
Study Hall

"I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite."
~G. K. Chesterton

Monday May 7 2007

Honors Enlgish 11
CORE Testing

AP US History
Daily Geography P. 978
1. How many electoral votes did Carter win?
2. What was his percent of the popular vote?
Ch 40 Due/Ch 40 Quiz
Read Ch 41 IDs & Qustions Due Tuesday
Ch 41 Quiz Tuesday

AP US Government B
Study Hall

"Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."
~Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992)

Friday May 4 2007

Honors English 11
Grammar Do "B" P. 601-602
Hiroshima Assignment Due
Read 'To Kill A Mockingbird' Ch 1 & 2

AP US History
Daily Geography P. 955
1. How many electoral votes did Utah have at the time?
2. What slogan appeared on bumper stickers after the Watergate scandals erupted in the Post 1972 election era?
Review/Discuss Ch 39, The 1960s

AP US Government B
Sample Exam #2- Discuss

"A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away."
~Barry Goldwater

Thursday May 3 2007

Honors English 11
Grammar Do A P. 601
Finish Video: Atomic Cafe
Work on Hiroshima assignment (Due Friday)

AP US History
Daily Geography P. 955
1. Name the only state McGovern won in 1972.
2. Who won the election?
Turn in Ch 39 Quiz
Work on Ch 40 Questions & IDs (Due Friday)
Read Ch 40

AP US Government & Politics B
Sample Exam #2: In Class & Finish at home

"Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos."
~Will Durant

Wednesday May 2 2007

Honors English 11
Grammar Do Exercise 6 P.599-600
Atomic Cafe Video: No Assignment

AP US History
Daily Geography P. 940
1. Who was the 3rd party candidate in the 1968 election?
2. How many electoral votes did he win?
Ch 39 Questions & IDs due
Ch 39 Quiz Review
Ch 39 Quiz

AP US Government & Politcs
Analyize Free Response Questions

"Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments."
~John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath (1939)

Tuesday May 1 2007

Honors English 11
Grammar Do Exercise 5 P. 596
Hiroshima Vocabulary Assignment
Hiroshima Final Assignment
Both Assignments Due Friday

AP US History
Daily Geography P. 921
1. What was the capitol of S. Vietnam?
2. What was the capitol of N. Vietnam?
Ch 39 IDs & Questions Due
Ch 39 Quiz
1960s Video 1-2 Pages of Notes
No Current Event Friday

AP US Government & Politics
Sample Exam #1, Discuss Multiple Choice
Sample Exam #1, Free Response 1 In class
Sample Exam #1, Free Response 2, 3 & 4 As Homework
See Review Reading Assignments on the board in class
No Current Event Friday

"Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff."
~Frank Zappa