Averages

2nd Quarter averages for GLOBAL have been entered & saved in ESchool.  Want to know what it is?  Check Engrade.  Your average reflects the work you turned in, or maybe didn't bother to turn in.  There are no surprises.  You did passing work, as shown in the gradebook, you passed.  If you didn't, then you didn't!

With half the year gone, it's literally now or never.  Some of you are now doomed to repeat this course next year.  Some of you are one failing marking period away from that fate.
Make a decision.  Are you going to pass, or are you going to be a 10th grader AGAIN next year?

See you Friday.

PS - While US History grades have not yet been entered, the same applies to you.  Your midterms & Ch 12 test still need to be input, but everything else is in there.

Global II Students: A good background video

I would watch this video before class on Friday, it will help you.  You do not have to take notes on the video, but it might be a good idea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_ThJEBURQQ&feature=youtube_gdata&imagePerPage=18

US History: Ch 15 HW Questions & due dates

Ch 15 Sec 1: Due Friday, 1/31
Ch 15 Sec 2: Due Monday, 2/3
Ch 15 Sec 3: Due Mon, 2/3

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Chapter 15 Section 1: The New Immigrants

1. What was the “change” in European immigration?
2. Why did people immigrate to America?
3. What jobs did Chinese immigrants perform?
4. Why did some Japanese immigrate to Hawaii?
5. What drew Mexican workers to the US?
6. Describe the journey of an immigrants to the US.
7. How are Ellis & Angel Islands similar?
8. How are Ellis & Angel Islands different?
9. What challenges did immigrants face?
10. How did nativism affect immigrant groups?
11. What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act?
12. What was the purpose of the Gentleman’s Agreement?

                                                                

Chapter 15 Section 2: The Challenges of Urbanization

1. Why did most immigrants settle in cities?
2. Identify the goals of the Americanization movement.
3. How did northern migration affect African-Americans?
4. Describe urban housing during the industrialized age.
5. How did mass transit change society?
6. How did cities face the problem of supplying safe drinking water to people?
7. Describe urban sanitation.
8. Why was fire such a danger in American cities?
9. What was the goal of the Social Gospel Movement?
10. Why were settlement houses established?
11. Why is Jane Addams important?

 

Chapter 15 Section 3: Politics in the Gilded Age

1. How did the political machine entice voters?
2. Describe how the political machine worked.
3. Why was the political boss important?
4. How did political bosses try to gain support among immigrants groups?
5. Explain “graft.”
6. For what was graft used?
7. Who was “Boss Tweed?”
8. Why s Boss Tweed important?
9. How did Thomas Nast create outrage against Boss Tweed?
10. What was the purpose of the Pendleton Civil Service Act (1883)?
11. Explain the McKinley Tariff Act.
12. Why did President Cleveland refuse to sign the McKinley Tariff Act?

 

US History: Also due Friday, 1/31

These questions are also due Friday, 1/31.  The remaining sections & due dates will follow shortly.

 

 

Chapter 15 Section 1: The New Immigrants

1. What was the “change” in European immigration?
2. Why did people immigrate to America?
3. What jobs did Chinese immigrants perform?
4. Why did some Japanese immigrate to Hawaii?
5. What drew Mexican workers to the US?
6. Describe the journey of an immigrants to the US.
7. How are Ellis & Angel Islands similar?
8. How are Ellis & Angel Islands different?
9. What challenges did immigrants face?
10. How did nativism affect immigrant groups?
11. What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act?
12. What was the purpose of the Gentleman’s Agreement?

Global II: Notes due 1/31 posted

Notes have been posted to the Engrade calendar on the due date, 1/31.  Hand copy all into your notes.  Printed copies will be confiscated.  Expect a notebook quiz on this assignment.  Due in class Friday. 1/31.  More work to follow today or tomorrow that will also be due on Friday.

Global II Homework

Section 1 due Friday, 1/31
Section 2 due Monday, 2/3
Section 3 due Monday, 2/3
Section 4 due Tuesday, 2/4
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Chapter 30 Section 1:

Revolutions in Russia (pp. 768-74)

1. Why was Alexander II assassinated?
2. How did Alexander III deal with revolutionaries?
3. How did Nicholas II affect economic growth?
4. Why did rapid industrialization make people unhappy?
5. How did industrialization help lead to the rise of the Bolsheviks?
6. Why did the 1905 revolution occur?
7. How was Rasputin able to affect Russian politics?
8. How did WWI affect the Russian people?
9. Why did the March 1917 Revolution begin?
10. How did the Bolsheviks gain power?
11. Why did Russia experience a civil war?
12. How did Lenin attempt to improve the Russian economy?
13. How did Lenin politically reform Russia?

 

Chapter 30 Section 2:

Totalitarianism: Case Study: Stalinist Russia (pp. 775-80)

1. How did Stalin gain control of the Soviet government?
2. How are totalitarianism and democracy different?
3. How did Stalin attempt to improve the Soviet economy?
4. How did the Five-Year Plans affect the Soviet people?
5. Why did the peasants revolt against the collective farms?
6. How was police terror used to control the Soviet people?
7. Why is the Great Purge a human rights violation?
8. Why is indoctrination important in a totalitarian state?
9. Why is propaganda important in a totalitarian state?
10. Why is censorship important in a totalitarian state?
11. Why is there no room for religion in a totalitarian state?
12. How did Stalin’s rule affect women?
13. How did Stalin’s rule affect education?

 

Chapter 30 Section 3:

Collapse of Chinese Imperial Rule (pp. 781-4)

1. Why did Sun Yixian believe nationalism was vital?
2. How did Chinese peasants suffer during periods of unrest?
3. Why is the May Fourth Movement important?
4. Why did the Soviet Union send military advisors and equipment to the Kuomintang?
5. How did Jiang Jieshi become president of the Nationalist Republic of China?
6. Why did the peasants support Mao Zedong?
7. Why did the Long March occur?
8. How did Japan help unite the Nationalists and Communists in China?

 

Chapter 30 Section 4:

Nationalism in India and Southwest Asia (pp. 785-9)

1. How did the Hindus and Muslims find a “common ground”?
2. How did the Rowlatt Act go against Enlightenment ideals?
3. Why is Amritsar a human rights violation?
4. Why did Gandhi believe that civil disobedience was the best way to fight the British?
5. Why did the Salt March occur?
6. How did Mustafa Kemal (Attaturk) affect Turkey?
7. How did Reza Shah Pahlavi affect Persia?
8. How did Ibn Saud affect Saudi Arabia?
9. How did oil change Southwest Asia’s economy?

 

US History Students

2 sections of notes have been posted to the Engrade calendar on the due date, 1/31.  Hand copy all into your notes.  Printed copies will be confiscated.  Expect a notebook quiz on this assignment.  Due in class Friday. 1/31.  More work to follow today or tomorrow that will also be due on Friday.
Good luck on your exams!

Study your Quizlet Sets!

Everything you need for your current chapters has been in Quizlet since last Friday.  Study ALL sets since, like your other exams, the Midterm is cumulative.  Just a reminder, there is no extra credit tomorrow.  It counts as 55% of the Midterm grade.  No time for make ups since next week is Regents.

No extra credit or help tomorrow

No extra credit or extra help tomorrow.  I'm just too sick to stay after.

PENCIL AND PEN TOMORROW!!!!

...or you can't take the test until you get one, and a late pass.

I am checking pens & pencils AT THE DOOR, so have them out & ready.  Unprepared gets a zero as its own grade.

Midterm Updates

ALL STUDENTS:

• The ESSAY portion of your midterm is Thursday, 1/23.  You should have several identical PENS with you.
• The MULTIPLE CHOICE portion of your midterm in Friday, 1/24.  You need a pen AND A PENCIL to complete the scantron.

Quizlet was updated on Friday through your current Chapters.  Be sure to study them as your multiple choice - and some of your essay - depend heavily on that content.

 

Enjoy your snow day.  Go help an elderly neighbor by shoveling them out.  Then study!

Just in case...

As stated in class today, should we have a snow day tomorrow (and I tend to think we won't), your midterm is as scheduled.

However, should we get a snow day, as explained in class, your Essay (pen required) will be given on Thursday & the Multiple Choice (pen & pencil required) will be given on Friday.  Again, this is ONLY if we're off tomorrow.

Stay turned to News12, the Brentwood website, and local radio stations for updates on closings.

I hope you got home safely!

A quick but interesting article for you!

A very interesting article.  This was not uncommon among the Japanese because of the "island hopping" campaigns of WWII.  More on that in a few weeks...

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/17/22336496-japanese-wwii-soldier-who-refused-to-surrender-for-29-years-dies

Extra Credit Tuesday, 1/21...might be the last one for the Marking Period!

Extra credit opportunity this TUESDAY, 1/21, from 2:05-2:45 PM.

Three spots open for filing.


Requirements to earn the credit: show up on time, must stay until 2:45, must have all HW due Tuesday completed, including all notes copied.  If you don't do the HW but stay anyway, you will not receive any extra credit.  If you signed up for last week's extra credit but never showed up, you are not eligible for it this week.


Email me via Engrade to claim a spot.  You can sign up a friend without Engrade access, with their permission...but if they fail to show you won't get the credit either.  Be sure you have spoken with the person if you sign them up!!


There may be extra credit on Thursday, I'll know by Tuesday night.  Stay tuned.

Sneak Peak...

I thought you might want a sneak peak at the directions for your binder check (note quiz) on Tuesday...in case you need some extra incentive to do it, and do it correctly. :)

•You do NOT have to copy the questions, only write the answers.  Copy exactly what is in your notes, since that’s how I’m grading this quiz.

•Yes, they are in order.

•No, there is no partial credit.  Your answer is fully correct or it is not.  All you had to do was COPY the notes, and all you have to do now is COPY them again.

•You have 6 minutes to answer the 5 questions.

Global II: Updates

Your exam review for Chapter 29 is now up & "live" on Quizlet. Use them, along with Chapters 22-28 reviews, to study for next week's Midterm.  A message was also sent out via Engrade about this.

US History: Updates

Your exam review for Chapters 13 & 14 are now up & "live" on Quizlet.  Use them, along with Chapters 1-12 reviews, to study for next week's Midterm.

Notes posted, emails sent

US History & Global II students - your notes were put on Engrade, I the calendar under Tuesday, Jan. 21st since that's the date they are due in class.  Remember, hand-copied only. Print-outs will be confiscated.  You will have a binder quiz based on the notes in class (you can use the notes.)  Emails were sent via Engrade a little while ago.


Global II - there seems to be an issue with your PowerPoint.  An email was sent out & a separate post on the blog gives you instructions & deadlines should you run into the problem.  The deadlines are FIRM.  That means at 3:01 PM on Monday you are out of luck...and the time goes by my clock. 


Be proactive & do your work NOW so you have the rest of the weekend to enjoy some time off and study for your midterm!

Global II Students...

The Chapter 29 notes have been posted on the Engrade calendar under Jan. 21st, the date the notes are due.  You will have a binder quiz on the notes that day.


Engrade gave me some trouble loading your Powerpoint.  On my screen it says it's loaded, but I'm not convinced.  If you cannot open it, EMAIL ME at dramo@bufsd.org & I will forward the powerpoint to your email address.  You MUST put your 1st & last name in the subject field or your email WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT BEING READ.


I will not have my computer on after 3 PM Monday, so be sure to email me before that time (or you will not hear back from me!!)  I will check my email periodically over the weekend...so the sooner you email, the more time you have to copy (IF you have trouble opening the powerpoint!  If you don't, you don't have to email!!)

Homework, all Courses

Be advised that you will be responsible for copying notes from Engrade (Powerpoint.)  You will not have the opportunity to copy them in class  We will go through them together & you will be given open notebook quizzes on them to make sure you have copied them, but there will be no time to copy them.

If you do not have internet access at home (that allows you to view powerpoints) you will need to make a friend that DOES have access to it so you can get the notes.  If you know of a friend that falls into this category, please be a good friend to them and inform them!!

As of today, thee are no plans to reinstate Engrade on school computers.  This decision was made by the District, not the High School.  The teachers have tried to get it reinstated but it doesn't look good.

I will post here & send an Engrade message once the notes are posted.  It will not be tonight!! 

Midterm Exam Info for all Classes

Midterm information for all courses is as follows:

ESSAY:

• Wednesday, 1/22
• Standard blue or black pen is required, as always.  As on any other day, you should have multiple identical pens.  There will be no sharing nor will I be giving out supplies.
• Thematic Essay for both courses.
• Global: study your Turning Points (Change.)  It is your theme.
• US History: stud your amendments (by number, what they do, changes they caused, cause & effect.)

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

• Thursday, 1/23
• Standard blue or black pen is required, as always.  As on any other day, you should have multiple identical pens.  There will be no sharing nor will I be giving out supplies.
• PENCIL IS ALSO REQUIRED for the scantron.  There will be no sharing nor will I be giving out supplies.
• 50 questions, no extra credit

There is no time to make up either part of the Midterm so don't be absent, late, or unprepared!

Global II:

Your vocabulary quiz scheduled for tomorrow is canceled.  I did not get the quiz back today fro the Copy Center.  It will be rescheduled for sometime next week.

Updates for all Courses, work due tomorrow!!

Please read what follows below to make yourself aware of the following information:

1.  All Vocabulary from Chapter 28 (Global), Chapter 11 (US), Chapter 12 (US), Chapter 13 (US) are due tomorrow.  You will not have a quiz on them tomorrow.  I need this work to finalize the HW averages for these chapters.  Since they were previously due but you were told to hang on to them, there is no actual work you need to do except put it in your school bag and turn it in at the beginning of class tomorrow.

2.  Global: Chapter 29 Vocab quiz will be Thursday, 1/16.  Your Vocab is due on that date.  Quiz dates for all other chapters & courses will be determined once the work is put back in your folders.

3.  Extra Credit for this week has changed.  Dates are as follows:
        - Wednesday, Jan. 15th, 2-2:45 PM
        - Thursday, Jan. 16th, 2-2:45 PM
        - Friday, Jan. 17th, 2-2:45 PM IF NECESSARY (I will know Thursday afternoon)
Don't bother signing up if you fail to turn in your vocabulary tomorrow, completed, as directed.  You will not receive credit if that happens.  You can only sign up for 1 of the days - please be specific about which one in your email or post or your request will be denied.

Post in a comment below or email me for a spot.  First come, first served.

Extra Credit Thursday, Jan. 16th

Extra Credit this Thursday, Jan. 16th

There are 3 spots for people to file.  You must qualify as stated below before requesting a spot.,  If you are granted a spot & it turns out you did not qualify, no extra credit will be given.

1.  In class, on time, prepared (binder, paper, pens, highlighter) all week
2.  You did not miss the test given on Jan. 10th, since make ups for legal absences from that day are the same time as the extra credit.
3.  Did not get approved for extra credit and failed to show up

You may post here or email me through Engrade or school email.  First three I receive get the spots.  Be sure you meet the criteria above, because you will not get any credit if you don't!

Global II Homework due Monday

1.  Put a regular homework heading on a sheet of paper.  Your assignment title is "Causes of WWI Videos."
2.  Make a chart with 2 columns, just like in your notebook.  The first column should be just 10% of your paper, the rest should be the 2nd column. 
3.  Label your first column "Cause" & your second "Description."
4.  Watch both of the videos below.  During the videos, take notes on examples of the causes of WWI - M.A.N.I.A.  When you have finished both videos, fill in your chart with the notes you took. 


Videos (you may have to copy & paste the links.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7kp3vf1uKA
AND
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjlGoe1mnw0


This is MANDATORY for 2nd period and due Monday.  This is EXTRA CREDIT for 4th period and due Monday.

US History: Chapter 14 Homework Questions

We continue to experience issues with the copiers at school, so here is your next homework packet.

Ch 14 Sec 1: Due Tuesday, 1/14

Ch 14 Sec 2: Thursday, 1/16

Ch 14 Sec 3: Friday, 1/17

Ch 14 Sec 4: Tuesday, 1/21

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Chapter 14 Questions

Chapter 14 Section 1: The Expansion of Industry

1. Why was kerosene important?

1. Why was iron ore necessary during the Industrial Age?
2. For what was steel used?
3. How did steel “change the face of the country?”
4. Why is Edison important?
5. How did electricity change the nature of business?
6. Identify the three main developments in inventions during the 1870s & 1880s.
7. Identify four ways new inventions & products changed the lifestyles of people during this time period.
8. How did industrialized improve the standard of living?

 

Chapter 14 Section 2: The Age of the Railroads

1. What was the “iron horse?”
2. Why were railroads important?
3. Why was creating a national network of railroads important?
4. Which two immigrant groups are mainly responsible for building the railroad system across the nation?
5. How did railroads create “a united nation?”
6. How did railroads affect industrialization & business?
7. Describe Pullman’s idea of a “company town.”
8. Explain the Credit Mobilier scandal.
9. How were railroads abusive towards farmers?
10. How did the Granger Laws intend to solve these abuses?
11. What was the outcome of Munn v. Illinois?
12. What was the Interstate Commerce Act?
13. Why was the Interstate Commerce Act passed?
14. How did the Supreme Court affect the Interstate Commerce Commission?
15. Describe conditions during the Depression of 1893.

Chapter 14 Section 3: Big Business Emerges

1. How did Andrew Carnegie start out?
2. In what type of business was Carnegie involved?
3. Explain why Carnegie’s management style made him successful.
4. Identify & describe both of Carnegie’s business strategies.
5. Explain the ideas of Social Darwinism.
6. What were the main ideas in Horatio Alger’s novels?
7. Explain the difference between an oligarchy & a monopoly.
8. What company did John D. Rockefeller establish?
9. Describe the purpose of a trust.
10. Describe Rockefeller’s treatment of his employees.
11. Where did the term “robber baron” come from?
12. What was the goal of the Sherman Antitrust act?
13. Why was enforcing the Sherman Antitrust Act difficult?
14. What were the economic reasons the South did not experience an economic boom?
15. What were the social causes that prevented the business boom from reaching the South?
     

Chapter 14 Section 4: Workers of the Nation Unite

1. Describe working in the average factory.
2. Describe Explain how woman & children were exploited in factories.
3. Why did labor unions emerge?
4. What were the goals of the Knights of Labor?
5. Who was allowed to join the Knights of Labor?
6. Why is Samuel Gompers important?
7. What were the goals of the American Federation of Labor (AFL)?
8. Why is Eugene Debs important?
9. What were the differences between the AFL & the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)?
10. Why did B&O Railroad workers strike in 1877?
11. How did this strike end?
12. Describe the Haymarket Affair.
13. Explain the Homestead Strike.
14. Describe the causes of the Pullman Strike.
15. How did the Pullman Strike end?
16. Describe the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory tragedy.
17. What changed after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
18. How did businesses try to weaken union influence?
19. Why did organizing people & unions become more difficult?

 

US History:

Only ONE person has bothered to look at Quizlet for Friday's test as of this post. 

If this turns out to be the test we count as your midterm grade, AND if the school decides to count all midterms as 20% of your average...you could be screwed.  

"No I won't, I do good on tests." 

My response:  "How about when the multiple choice only counts for 55% of the Midterm grade because the THEMATIC ESSAY with TWO to THREE REQUIRED TOPICS counts for 45%?"  

Still think not studying is a great option?  It might be...just not for passing.

Period 2

If you do not sit in the area where the phone went off (or it wasn't yours in that area) you can email me before 7 PM this evening & I will email you the slides you missed today.  You must send the email to me at dramo@bufsd.org.  Be sure to include your first & last name n the subject field or it will be automatically deleted.

I cannot reply with attachments through Engrade, so school email is your only option.

I will send the slides to anyone who emails me to that address by the deadline - and was not involved -  after 7 PM. 

Everyone puts all electronics on my desk everyday as of tomorrow.  Period.

Extra Credit Thursday, Jan. 5th

Extra Credit this Thursday, Jan. 5th

There are 3 spots for people to file.  You must qualify as stated below before requesting a spot.,  If you are granted a spot & it turns out you did not qualify, no extra credit will be given.

1.  In class, on time, prepared (binder, paper, pens, highlighter) all week
2.  All HW issued for & due on Jan. 6th done (all of it, as assigned, in the proper format, nothing incomplete)
3.  You did not miss the test given on Dec. 20th, since make ups for legal absences from that day are the same time as the extra credit.

You may post here or email me through Engrade or school email.  First three I receive get the spots.  Be sure you meet the criteria above, because you will not get any credit if you don't!

US History Students: A Reminder about your Chapter 12 Worksheets

Good Morning Everyone ~

I hope you have all had a relaxing & enjoyable vacation!

I have posted the 3 Chapter 12 worksheets on today's date in the Engrade calendar (they are Word documents.)  These worksheets were handed out prior to the break.  You were responsible for completing them and having them with you in class tomorrow, Jan, 6th.  You will need them - completed - at the start of class.  If you failed to do them before the break as assigned, you'd better get them done today.  All extras were given out before the break, everyone absent had one placed in their folders or handed to them by me personally.  No excuse will be accepted or tolerated, especially since they are posted & available for downloading.  Having these completed will count as a test grade.  Any sheet half done/clearly had little effort = failing test grade.  Anyone arriving after I check the sheets is out of luck.  Be prepared, be on time, have all homework assigned, and be ready to go.  Your Chapter 12 test is this coming Friday.

See you tomorrow!
~ Mrs. Ramo