Congratulations for all of your hard work this week. A record number of students handed in a study guide and therefore were successful on the mid-term. Job well done!
We are at the half way point in the school year. This is a perfect time to pause and reflect on your track record and plan for the second half of the year. For those of you who are meeting standard — keep up the good work. For those of you who have been struggling, let’s put together a corrective action plan: a more serious approach to your studies, doing the homework, staying after for extra help, and making up missed work after being out. It is your choice!
Leo reminder:
If you are interested in participating in community service projects please stop by the Student Activity Center on Wednesday after school to help the Leo Club make blankets for children at Hasbro Hospital. This is a fun group of students who are trying to better their communities. Come on down and join in the fun!
CWI/Comparative Government
Thank you for your patience as MHS crafts a second semester course which will combine key concepts from our old US II class with the new Comparative Government course. You are the transition class so efforts are under way to give you the best from both curriculums.
We started off on Friday with a video about “The Great Depression.” Your video sheet asks you to compare and contrast the economic struggles of the 1930’s with our own current economic problems. This assignment will take on much more meaning if you take the time to talk with family and friends about their recollections of the 1930’s and to ask how today’s economic difficulties are affecting their lives and plans.
On day 1 (Wednesday) your first current event is due and it must be about our current economic situation. You can look for articles on the Economic Stimulus bill which Congress is debating, unemployment figures, home foreclosures, bank updates, or stores going out of business.
Let’s also look for some good news. Last night the local TV station had a new feature listing local businesses that were looking for workers. They featured a bank in Cranston that needs tellers and a truck repair garage in Kingston looking for diesel mechanics. We are all in this difficult situation together and everyone needs to make an effort to help others. Take a moment and think about what you can do to help ease the budget constraints at your home and at school.
AP European History
On Friday you received the list of chapter assignments for second semester. You can see we are more than half way through the curriculum as we work towards the May 8 exam.
Chapter 24, “Life in the Emerging Urban Society,” is divided into four subsections. Each of you will work with a partner or trio to present the information in the form of a power point on February 6. You will have 3 days in the library to work with your group. Please email your final project to me at asullivan@mpsri.net prior to the start of class. We will need the entire class period to get through the presentations so you will be ready for the test on February 10. The project is worth 100 points.
The groups include:
Taming the City: K. F. and A.M.
Rich and Poor: J.L., R.C. and C. O.
Changing Society: S.G., H.W. and A.F.
Science and Technology: C.B. and M.M.
The class decided to drop the study guide requirement for this chapter. The bold to bold notes will be due the day of the exam and will be worth 50 points.
World History
On Monday you will start your on-demand task on the Industrial Revolution. As we have said, the task will require you to analyze two primary source documents and then respond to the prompt. You should be well prepared for this task as you have a great deal of prior knowledge and are familiar with working with documents. It should take us 2-3 days to complete the writing assignment.
We are at the half way point in the school year. This is a perfect time to pause and reflect on your track record and plan for the second half of the year. For those of you who are meeting standard — keep up the good work. For those of you who have been struggling, let’s put together a corrective action plan: a more serious approach to your studies, doing the homework, staying after for extra help, and making up missed work after being out. It is your choice!
Leo reminder:
If you are interested in participating in community service projects please stop by the Student Activity Center on Wednesday after school to help the Leo Club make blankets for children at Hasbro Hospital. This is a fun group of students who are trying to better their communities. Come on down and join in the fun!
CWI/Comparative Government
Thank you for your patience as MHS crafts a second semester course which will combine key concepts from our old US II class with the new Comparative Government course. You are the transition class so efforts are under way to give you the best from both curriculums.
We started off on Friday with a video about “The Great Depression.” Your video sheet asks you to compare and contrast the economic struggles of the 1930’s with our own current economic problems. This assignment will take on much more meaning if you take the time to talk with family and friends about their recollections of the 1930’s and to ask how today’s economic difficulties are affecting their lives and plans.
On day 1 (Wednesday) your first current event is due and it must be about our current economic situation. You can look for articles on the Economic Stimulus bill which Congress is debating, unemployment figures, home foreclosures, bank updates, or stores going out of business.
Let’s also look for some good news. Last night the local TV station had a new feature listing local businesses that were looking for workers. They featured a bank in Cranston that needs tellers and a truck repair garage in Kingston looking for diesel mechanics. We are all in this difficult situation together and everyone needs to make an effort to help others. Take a moment and think about what you can do to help ease the budget constraints at your home and at school.
AP European History
On Friday you received the list of chapter assignments for second semester. You can see we are more than half way through the curriculum as we work towards the May 8 exam.
Chapter 24, “Life in the Emerging Urban Society,” is divided into four subsections. Each of you will work with a partner or trio to present the information in the form of a power point on February 6. You will have 3 days in the library to work with your group. Please email your final project to me at asullivan@mpsri.net prior to the start of class. We will need the entire class period to get through the presentations so you will be ready for the test on February 10. The project is worth 100 points.
The groups include:
Taming the City: K. F. and A.M.
Rich and Poor: J.L., R.C. and C. O.
Changing Society: S.G., H.W. and A.F.
Science and Technology: C.B. and M.M.
The class decided to drop the study guide requirement for this chapter. The bold to bold notes will be due the day of the exam and will be worth 50 points.
World History
On Monday you will start your on-demand task on the Industrial Revolution. As we have said, the task will require you to analyze two primary source documents and then respond to the prompt. You should be well prepared for this task as you have a great deal of prior knowledge and are familiar with working with documents. It should take us 2-3 days to complete the writing assignment.
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