Global I: Homework 1/31-2/13/13

Global H & G I                                        1/31 – 2/13/13

Homework Assignments

All assignments are due by the date listed in the “date due” column. 

Please see me in advance if you have any problems with any assignment.   The following heading must be used on all assignments to gain credit for your work:

YOUR NAME                                                                SUBJECT

ASSIGNMENT TITLE (on each assignment)             CLASS PERIOD

You must write out all questions AND answer in complete sentences for work to be accepted!

All work must be on loose-leaf or notebook paper in standard blue or black pen unless otherwise stated. 

Typed work will not be accepted.

OBJECTIVE	ASSIGNMENT TITLE	DATE DUE
Content Skills	Chapter 12 Section 2 Questions	Thursday, 1/31
Content Review	Chapter 12 Section 3 Questions	Friday, 2/1
Content Review Document Skills	HANDOUTS: (all questions must be completed on a separate sheet.  Be sure to label EACH assignment!) The Secret History of the Mongols (Question 1) Kublai Khan (Questions 1-3) Castle Learning: The Mongols The assignment will “open” on 2/1 and “close” on 2/4.  If you fail to complete the work by 2/4 you will receive a score of zero.  If you do not have a Castle Learning Username &/or password you must see someone in the Computer Lab as instructed for the last several months. Use your notes & textbook to complete the assignment!  Since many of you have stated C.L. is having issues when you use mobile devices to do the work, my suggestion is you do not use those devices to complete this work.	Monday, 2/4
Content Review	Chapter 12 Section 4 Questions	Tuesday, 2/5
Content Review	Chapter 12 Vocabulary VOCABULARY QUIZ TODAY!! Blue or black pen required to take exam.  Make-up for legal absences is Friday, 2/8 in 2534.  Door locked at 2:05 PM.	Wed., 2/6 QUIZ TODAY!!
Content Review Document Skills	HANDOUTS: (all questions must be completed on a separate sheet.  Be sure to label EACH assignment!) A Samurai Instructs His Son (Question 1) The Diary of Lady Murasaki (Questions 1-3) Castle Learning: Tokugawa Japan The assignment will “open” on 2/4 and “close” on 2/7.  If you fail to complete the work by 2/4 you will receive a score of zero.  See the instructions above, same as the Mongol assignment!	Thursday, 2/7
Content Review	Chapter 12 Test Review Sheet Homework quiz today on this work!	Friday, 2/8 QUIZ GRADE TODAY!!
Content Review	Chapter 12 Test Blue or black pen required to take exam.  Make-up for legal absences is Thursday, 2/14 in 2534.  Door locked at 2:05 PM.	Wed., 2/13 TEST TODAY!!

Don’t want to do homework?  Remember the consequences of your choices:
1.    Get a zero on every assignment you fail to complete (not recommended)
2.    Possible failure of the marking period

Global I Extra Credit: Genghis Khan Video 2/5 (PART TWO OF EXTRA CREDIT)

If ALL homework due this week has been turned in completed, in proper format, and on time this wee, you are eligible to submit this extra credit. Cutting and lateness to class without a valid reason makes you ineligible for this extra credit.

Continue to write your 3-5 page paper using both videos (1 & 2.) With the help of video "2/5," explain how Genghis Khan formed his army and what he did with it (people he attacked, places he conquered, etc.)  All papers must be handwritten, in standard blue or black pen, to be accepted. Use a proper homework heading and the title of this blog entry as your assignment title.

Due no later than the beginning of your class period Friday, 2/1. No exceptions.

Global I Extra Credit: Genghis Khan Video 1/5 (PART ONE)

If ALL homework due this week has been turned in completed, in proper format, and on time this wee, you are eligible to submit this extra credit. Cutting and lateness to class without a valid reason makes you ineligible for this extra credit.

Write a 3-5 page paper using both videos (1 & 2.)  With the help of video "1/5," explain the early life of Genghis Khan.  Include how  you think these events may have shaped the person & leader he became.  All papers must be handwritten, in standard blue or black pen, to be accepted. Use a proper homework heading and the title of this blog entry as your assignment title.

Due no later than the beginning of your class period Friday, 2/1. No exceptions.

US History Extra Credit: Upton Sinclair

If ALL homework due this week has been turned in completed, in proper format, and on time this wee, you are eligible to submit this extra credit. Cutting and lateness to class without a valid reason makes you ineligible for this extra credit.

Write a 3-5 page paper highlighting the reason why Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle," what Sinclair discovered in doing research for his book, reactions both in favor of and against the ideas contained in the book, the impact "The Jungle" had on American society, American government, and how Sinclair's work continues to affect us today.  All papers must be handwritten, in standard blue or black pen, to be accepted. Use a proper homework heading and the title of this blog entry as your assignment title.

Due no later than the beginning of your class period Friday, 2/1. No exceptions.

Global II Extra Credit: Versailles Treaty Part 1 ✵ Seeds of WW2

If ALL homework due this week has been turned in completed, in proper format, and on time this wee, you are eligible to submit this extra credit.  Cutting and lateness to class without a valid reason makes you ineligible for this extra credit.

Write a 3-5 page paper highlighting the differences in attitudes towards Germany by France, Great Britain, and the U.S. In addition, address how the Treaty of Versailles was meant to affect Germany, how it actually did affect Germany, and how the European powers at Versailles gained the "spoils of war" from germ,any as a result of the Treaty of Versailles (1919.) All papers must be handwritten, in standard blue or black pen, to be accepted. Use a proper homework heading and the title of this blog entry as your assignment title.

Due no later than the beginning of your class period Friday, 2/1. No exceptions.

This is it - Pass or Fail season has arrived!!

In case you still haven't figured it out, it is very difficult to pass a course once you have failed 2 marking periods in a course in any given school year.  This means that if you have failed the 1st & 2nd marking period you will need an average of 85-90 for the last 2 marking periods as well as that score on your Regents Exam or Final, depending on the class you're in.  Is it possible?  I don't know, to be honest - that all depends on you.  If you do a complete turn-around, do your work, pass your quizzes/tests, come to class prepared, on time, daily...you have a good shot.

If you are "barely passing" (which means 65-75), even just ONE failing average for a marking period can cause you to fail the course for the year. 

If you have passed one and failed one marking period so far, you simply cannot afford another failing - or even low average - marking period.

THIS MEANS:
- Start doing your homework, or you will fail.
- Start studying for tests, or you will fail.
- Start staying for extra help, so you don;t fail.

Remember, I don't give you grades.  I tell the school computer system what grades YOU have given ME via your homework, quizzes, tests, class work,, and participation. 

If you don't expect to fail, don't give me failing grades to record.  It's as simple as that.

HOMEWORK QUIZZES in US HISTORY TOMORROW!

US History students - remember to do your HW!  MANY of you failed the 2nd marking period because of a combination of your lack of effort, class work, homework, and poor quiz/test scores.

You are having a quiz on your homework tomorrow.  In face, you are having TWO quizzes on the homework due tomorrow.  It will be as easy as "copy off yourself" so no actual studying involved - just your work.  Work that is identical to the work of others was clearly copied off someone (or you let someone copy, which is just as bad), so each person will get a zero on the quiz should that happen.

I warned your before regents Week, I'm warning you again...

US History Extra Credit #1

 

http://video.pbs.org/video/2321796209

 

Write a 1-3 page paper on the reasons for and roles of abolitionists.  Identify three abolitionists by name & give specifics as to why they joined this cause & their role in the movement.  Remember, your paper must be handwritten.

 

DUE:  No later than the start of class on Thursday, 1/17.  No exceptions!

 

 

Global II Extra Credit: Imperialism

Write a 3-5 page paper highlighting the roles trade, nationalism, technology, the Industrial Revolution, Indirect Rule, Direct Rule, and geopolitics played in causing and maintaining imperialism as a foreign policy.  All papers must be handwritten, in standard blue or black pen, to be accepted.  Use a proper homework heading and the title of this blog entry as your assignment title.

Due no later than the beginning of your class period Thursday, 1/17.  No exceptions.

Extra Credit Updates

The death of my grandmother last night will likely delay the posting of extra credit in all courses. 

I will post what I can, when I can, this weekend.  Check back through Sunday night for anything I have added.  There may be more than one opportunity per course.

As a reminder, extra credit means "in addition to my other work."  It does NOT mean "work I can do to make up for the zero I got on the work I failed to turn in."  If you do not do your classwork, homework, or come to school, you are not eligible for extra credit.

US History test closes in 5 hours!

No joke - as stated on your homework sheet, this is a DOUBLE TEST GRADE, it opened on 12/20, and will close before midnight TONIGHT.  I have had no trouble logging into Castle Learning today, and since 10 more people have done the exam since school ended, any problems anyone had are clearly resolved.

Half of you have NOT done or completed the test.  If you plan to fail the marking period, this is a good way to accomplish it.  Since your goal should always be to PASS, with GOOD GRADES, I suggest you get working if you haven;t started/completed the test yet.  You had 14 days, notes, a textbook, and any online source you can think of to help you. 

As I said verbally & in writing, there will be no extensions.  Grades from the test go into my grade book tomorrow.  make yours a good one instead of something that looks like a circle.

US History Homework: 1/3-1/8/13

Students will receive this in class on Thursday, 1/3.
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U.S History & Govt                           1/3/13 – 1/8/13

Homework Assignments

All assignments are due by the date listed in the “date due” column. 

Please see me in advance if you have any problems with any assignment.   The following heading must be used on all assignments to gain credit for your work:

YOUR NAME                                                                SUBJECT

ASSIGNMENT TITLE (on each assignment)            CLASS PERIOD

You must write out all questions AND answer in complete sentences for work to be accepted!

All work must be on loose-leaf or notebook paper in standard blue or black pen unless otherwise stated. 

Typed work will not be accepted.

OBJECTIVE	ASSIGNMENT TITLE	DATE DUE
Content Review	Handouts: The States Choose Sides (can do on handout)   *This handout is TWO pages long, look for titles on pages!	Friday, 1/4
Content Review	Handout: Resources of the North & South (can do on handout)   *Hand in only question sheet The Politics of War (can do on handout) The Emancipation Proclamation (do on separate paper) The North Takes Charge (can do on handout)	Monday, 1/4
Content Review	Castle Learning: US History Ch. 10 HW The assignment will “open” on 1/3 and “close” on 1/7.  If you fail to complete the work by 1/7 you will receive a score of zero.  If you do not have a Castle Learning Username &/or password you must see someone in the Computer Lab, as instructed for the last several months. Use your notes & textbook to complete the assignment!   Since many of you have stated C.L. is having issues when you use mobile devices to do the work, my suggestion is you do not use those devices to complete this work.	Tuesday, 1/8

“The Americans” textbook online reminder:

activate.classzone.com
Activation Code:  (is on your actual HW packet, not posted online since the District has to pay for that option!)

Pages listed on handouts may not match your textbook.  Look through Chapter 10 & your class notes if this happens!

Don’t want to do homework?  Remember the consequences of your choices:
1.    Get a zero on every assignment you fail to complete (not recommended)
2.    Possible failure of the marking period