Weekly Syllabus

Week of Monday, November 9 through Friday, November 13

This is our last week of classes for the Fall term. Next week is exam week, and then you will get a much needed vacation. Work hard this week, and plan to conference with me as necessary. Please be aware that I will be in the library Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights, if you can't meet after school.

Don't forget that your Amendments paper is due no later than 11:59pm on Monday (but I will accept it in class on Tuesday if necessary). If my Jury Duty requirements necessitate any change of plans I will alert you here, on this syllabus.

Monday, November 9, 2009 (40 min)

Topic: Mrs. Lewis or Mrs. Miller on how to make footnotes; time to work on your paper.

Homework: Finish your paper--it is due tonight.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 (50 min)

Topic: Discussion of the reading. As of 3PM Monday I am still not on a jury and must report back to the Courthouse on Tuesday. I will NOT be in class today, instead Mr. Granger or Mrs. Kersey will be your teacher. I expect you to be conversant with the homework from the weekend. No matter what happens jury wise I WILL be in class on Wednesday. If you haven't submitted your Constitution paper by 11:59 Monday night it is ABSOLUTELY, UNQUESTIONABLY required that you turn it in at the start of class on Tuesday.

Homework: Read AP&AN pp. 325 (Federalism at Issue)-333.

 

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 (45 min)

Topic: Discussion of the reading.

Homework: Read AP&AN pp. 355-357 (Migration to the Far West); 360 (Gold Rush) -363.

 

Thursday, November 12, 2009 (50 min)

Topic: Mrs. Lewis and/or Mrs. Miller will set you up with a computer (or you can use your own). You need to complete the following assignment during class today. So don't mess around! Use your time effectively. You must submit your assignment on the class Ning. There is no need to make a specially formatted document. You can put your test right in the Ning. But please make sure to list which chapter each of your questions comes from.

Using the study guides available on the download page, put together a 24 question test using the following ingredients:

•10 multiple choice questions--the questions must come from at least 5 different chapters. Include the correct answers.

•10 study guide terms--the terms must come from at least 5 different chapters

•4 essay questions--the questions must come from at least 2 different chapters. You need to pre-outline one question. By "pre-outline", I mean add the stuff I do on essays, such as "in your answer, think about the following", and then list 3 main points.

Homework: Make sure that you are caught up with the reading.

 

Friday, November 13, 2009 (45 min)-Jury Duty is over. I'm Back!!

Topic: Finish discussion of reading as necessary. Review for the exam.

Homework: Study for the exam. Come to class on Monday with questions, and plan to conference Monday afternoon.