The count down has begun... rail tickets have been purchased, the camera has fresh batteries and after a few more lessons with the MP3 recorder I should be ready for the trip to DC for the Inauguration! Plans are underway at MHS to bring the ceremony into the school at a variety of viewing areas including the café and room 212. Be sure to ask your teachers where you can view the event. TV coverage starts early in the day and will last through the parade.
You are witnessing history! Future textbooks will describe this Inauguration as a turning point in our history, and when your children study US history they will ask you what it was like to be a part of it. So watch, listen, and think about what this all means!
CWI
We are rapidly coming to the end of our one semester course and our study of East Asia. You have one final worksheet on the two Koreas and Taiwan before you take your in-class writing assessment on January 22.
Next week you will receive a study guide for the final exam. You may earn up to 10 extra points on your final exam grade by completing the guide and turning it in at the start of your exam period.
Next week we will also do a final update of your portfolio as I return your current events quiz, your final worksheet and your task. I want to pass on my congratulations to all the task writers from A period. Everyone in that period met the standard!
In order to prepare for the final I would encourage you to take your portfolio home and review all the work you have done. In addition, reading over the weekly entries on the blog will give you a quick overview.
World History
This week we continued studying the Industrial Revolution and looking at both the benefits and drawbacks to this time period from the perspective of the worker and the business owner. You have your packet with the worksheets and a primary source reading. Keep in mind that your portfolio task, which will be given the week after midterms, will require you to read primary source documents and then respond to a prompt.
A study guide for the midterm will be given out on Tuesday. You may earn up to 10 extra points on your midterm grade by completing the study guide and turning it in at the start of the exam period. We will also update your portfolio next week. You are encouraged to use the portfolio to study for your midterm. You also have a blog entry for every week of the semester that you can read over.
AP European
We will finish Chapter 23 next week by focusing on the revolutions of 1848. We will not have a separate exam on the chapter as those questions will be folded into the midterm. The midterm will consist of multiple choice and a DBQ with multiple documents. The DBQ will be scored using the AP rubric so you will be expected to group the documents and provide point of view analysis. To prepare for the midterm I would urge you to go over your study guides and bold-to-bold notes.
You are witnessing history! Future textbooks will describe this Inauguration as a turning point in our history, and when your children study US history they will ask you what it was like to be a part of it. So watch, listen, and think about what this all means!
CWI
We are rapidly coming to the end of our one semester course and our study of East Asia. You have one final worksheet on the two Koreas and Taiwan before you take your in-class writing assessment on January 22.
Next week you will receive a study guide for the final exam. You may earn up to 10 extra points on your final exam grade by completing the guide and turning it in at the start of your exam period.
Next week we will also do a final update of your portfolio as I return your current events quiz, your final worksheet and your task. I want to pass on my congratulations to all the task writers from A period. Everyone in that period met the standard!
In order to prepare for the final I would encourage you to take your portfolio home and review all the work you have done. In addition, reading over the weekly entries on the blog will give you a quick overview.
World History
This week we continued studying the Industrial Revolution and looking at both the benefits and drawbacks to this time period from the perspective of the worker and the business owner. You have your packet with the worksheets and a primary source reading. Keep in mind that your portfolio task, which will be given the week after midterms, will require you to read primary source documents and then respond to a prompt.
A study guide for the midterm will be given out on Tuesday. You may earn up to 10 extra points on your midterm grade by completing the study guide and turning it in at the start of the exam period. We will also update your portfolio next week. You are encouraged to use the portfolio to study for your midterm. You also have a blog entry for every week of the semester that you can read over.
AP European
We will finish Chapter 23 next week by focusing on the revolutions of 1848. We will not have a separate exam on the chapter as those questions will be folded into the midterm. The midterm will consist of multiple choice and a DBQ with multiple documents. The DBQ will be scored using the AP rubric so you will be expected to group the documents and provide point of view analysis. To prepare for the midterm I would urge you to go over your study guides and bold-to-bold notes.
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