Tuesday, September 30, 2014

All Students


Don't forget - any quiz or test you missed since 9/18 due to a legal absence must be made up after school this Thursday.  This make-up period was extended to include the work that should have been make-up after school last week, but was forced into cancellation by the emergency evacuation drill (and it was too late to call your parents for permission to stay after when we found out that morning that we did not, in fact have to cancel activities.)

Door locked at 2:05.  Come prepared with whatever you missed & your blue/black pen!

All Students: Final Opportunity!

If you still have a grade of 0 for never showing me your supplies (before or since the deadline), not signing up for Quizlet (before or since the deadline),  or never signing into your class account on Engrade (before or since the deadline), THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE!

If you take care of any missing items by this Friday, 10/3, your 0 will be changed to a 65, which will likely change the comments I can make on your progress report.  Once Friday passes, it's been a month since school began and the grades will stand.

If you joined class on or after Sept. 16th, your zero will be changed to 100, since that was the same amount of time everyone else had.

You can show me your supplies after class any day this week, or you can swing by before 7:20 any morning to do the same.  Email me through the school system or Engrade to let me know you have signed into your account there &/or have asked to join the class in Quizlet.

If you did Engrade or Quizlet after the last deadline a few weeks back, please check Engrade to be sure I caught it.  If there is a zero, you must email me so I can check on it for you - I have already checked & didn't "see" you.

Sunday, September 28, 2014

All Students: Green & White Day!

Green & White Day is Back!
 
All students have the opportunity to participate in this fun event.  Green and White day requirements for the first marking period:

1.       A 75 or better average in all courses (not an overall average of 75.) 
2.       24 class absences.  (Notice the "class absences."  If you are absent for one day & have 8 classes on your schedule, that's 8 class absences because you missed 8 different classes that day.)
3.       10 class lates to classes.
4.       No ID’s purchased.

The above requirements are per quarter.  If you meet these requirements for the first marking period you're in!!  It's a great goal for yourself each marking period!

Green and White day is typically celebrated on the second Friday after the end of the first thru third marking periods.

We serve ice cream and give out approximately 60 prizes which include movie tickets, gift certificates to restaurants and stores, I tunes cards, back-packs, pens, cups, shirts, and we usually have several electronic gifts such as I-pods and I-pads.  You need a ticket to get in, and you can only get a ticket if you earn it based on the requirements above.  It's a great event, it's free, and everyone has the same chance at winning any of the prizes.
 
With progress reports coming soon (yes, we've been in school that long already!), it means half of the marking period is already over.  Either get your averages up to where they need to attend OR keep them there if you're already at or above the minimum needed!  It ends in time for the 3 PM bus & everyone gets a bus pass.

All Students: Extra Credit

Details on extra credit opportunities for this week have been sent in an Engrade email.  Be sure to check in & read it!

Thursday, September 25, 2014

All Students: Engrade & Quizlet Test Grades

I noticed this morning how many of you are still not sign into Engrade &/or signed up for Quizlet.  These were test grades that were an easy boost to your average and the "due date" was weeks ago.  While I have said it many times in class, I am making a final notice about it here for you.

If you fall into one (or both) of these categories, please be sure rectify it before Monday.  If you do, I will change your current 0 to a 65 (which is still way better than a zero & at least a passing grade.)

Please let me know that you're competed the task you need to via email (here or school system) so I can update your grade(s.)

Global II: Chapter 23 Vocabulary

Vocabulary Quiz on these - check the Homework & Due Dates post for details..  These words will be due at that time.  You may write them out as a list on paper OR you may write each on a flash card (use a flashcard for the required homework heading), index cards must be rubber-banded.   Required homework heading must be used.  Use your knowledge, notes, online textbook, handouts, or the Internet to find the definitions.

Remember, all previous vocabulary words are "fair game" on the quiz, just like on the Regents!  Review all past words before the quiz, too!

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Global II: Chapter 23 Section 5 Notes

Copy these notes into your binder. 
This continues your Chapter 23 notes -
be sure to copy them ALL, by hand, and IN ORDER.  They are labeled for you.
You will have a quiz using them.
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Global II: Chapter 23 Section 4 Notes

Copy these notes into your binder. 
This continues your Chapter 23 notes -
be sure to copy them ALL, by hand, and IN ORDER.  They are labeled for you.
You will have a quiz using them.
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Global II: Chapter 23 Section 3 Notes

Copy these notes into your binder. 
This continues your Chapter 23 notes -
be sure to copy them ALL, by hand, and IN ORDER.  They are labeled for you.
You will have a quiz using them.
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Global II: Chapter 23 Section 2 Notes

Copy these notes into your binder. 
This continues your Chapter 23 notes -
be sure to copy them ALL, by hand, and IN ORDER.  They are labeled for you.
You will have a quiz using them.
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Global II: Social Pyramid assignment (handouts given out in class)

These are the handouts you need to complete this assignment.  They were handed out in class & only posted here as "extra" in case you misplaced yours.  Remember, you are completing the social pyramid using the reading, drawing in the lines to separate the social classes & adding the details for each class.  You will need to use this on your quiz Monday!
 
Here are the answers to the questions I always receive when handouts are posted on the blog:
1.  No, you do not have to print them out
2.  Yes, you can draw the pyramid on a separate sheet of paper
3.  Yes, the pyramid should be the entire page
 
Anything else, feel free to email me!
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Global II: Chapter 23 Questions & Writing Assignments


Chapter 23 Questions

 

Section 1: Causes of the French Revolution

1.    How did the structure of social classes in France lead to discontent?

2.    How were economic problems a contributing cause of the French Revolution?

3.    How did the economic crises in France lead to the meeting of the Estates-General?

 

Section 2: The French Revolution Begins

1.    Why did the Third Estate declare itself to be the National Assembly?

2.    What were the French peasants reacting to in their rebellions of 1789?

3.    How does the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen reflect Enlightenment thought?

4.    What was the connection between the actions of the representatives of the Third Estate, the Estates-General, and those of the peasants during the Great Fear?

5.    How did the French Revolution enter a new phase after storming the Bastille?

6.    Why did the royal family attempt to leave France?

7.    In what ways did the end of the old order move the revolution toward a more radical phase?

 

Section 3: Chaos in France

1.    Why did the French Revolution become more radical?

2.    What radical steps did the National Convention take?

3.    How did the new French Government deal with crises?

4.    Why might the method of the King’s execution be significant?

5.    Why did the French Government use force against its own people?

6.    How did the constant transitions within the French Government influence its effectiveness?

 

Section 4: Napoleon Rules France

1.    How did the transition from the Committee of Public Safety to the Directory help respond to the people’s needs?

2.    How did instability in the French Government create an opportunity for Napoleon to take power?

3.    How did Napoleon’s military background shape his perspective?

4.    How did Napoleon’s Civil Code address the problems with the French legal system that were present before the Revolution?

 

Section 4: Napoleon’s Effects on Europe

1.    Why would changes in France cause concern in other European nations?

2.    Why might Napoleon have chosen to ally with states instead of taking them over?

3.    What were the consequences for a country conquered by Napoleon’s Grand Army?

4.    How did Napoleon’s disaster in Russia affect both his Grand Army & France as a nation?

5.    How did Napoleon lose his empire?

6.    What happened to revolutionary ideas after the French Revolution was over?

 

Section 5: European Reaction to the French Revolution & Napoleon

1.    Why did the turmoil of the French revolutionary years result in a conservative European reaction?

2.    Why did European leaders think it was important to apply conservatism at the Congress of Vienna?

3.    What happened to revolutionary ideas after the French Revolution was over?

4.    Why did nationalism become popular after the French Revolution?

 

Writing Assignments (Essays):

All essay writing assignments should be 2-4 pages long (“front-back-front” is 3, for example!)  They must be labeled and handwritten.  Proper essay format means an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.

1.    In proper essay format, discuss at least one political, economic, and social cause of the French Revolution & if each was solved by the Revolution.  Describe how each was solved or, if left unsolved, how it continued to affect French society. 

2.    In proper essay format, answer the following:  Discuss how The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen and how it addressed the concerns of the French people at the time it was written, influenced France, other nations.

3.    In proper essay format, discuss Napoleon’s motives for invading Russia, the difficulties he faced regarding this invasion, Russia’s response to Napoleon’s invasion, and the economic, human, and political toll of Napoleon’s retreat.

4.    In proper essay format, answer the following: Did Napoleon preserve the ideals of the French Revolution through his domestic and foreign policies?  Choose two that he did preserve, two he did not, and fully explain your opinions on each.

 

Global II: Chapter 23 Section 1 Notes

Copy these notes into your binder. 
This starts your Chapter 23 notes - mark a new chapter as you have been doing!
Be sure to copy them ALL, by hand, and IN ORDER.  They are labeled for you.
You will have a quiz using them.
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Global II: Homework & Due Dates, 9/29 - 10/10

Global H & G II                                      9/29 – 10/10/14

Homework Assignments


All assignments are due by the date listed in the “date due” column.  Use your time wisely – do not wait until the night before to do all of your homework!  Take advantage of “light homework nights” to do another assignment that is due later in the week. 



Please see me 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 to be handwritten on “loose-leaf” or notebook paper! 

Typed or emailed work will not be accepted!

All homework must be in the required HW format!

OBJECTIVE

ASSIGNMENT TITLE

DATE DUE

Content Review

Document Skills

Chapter 23 Section 1 Notes
Social Pyramid Handout completed using the reading (not the notes – you won’t have the info you need for your copy quiz if you don’t use the reading I gave you!
Monday, 9/29
 
Content Review
Chapter 23 Section 2 Notes
Tuesday, 9/30

Content Review

Chapter 23 Section 3 Notes
Chapter 23 Section 4 Notes
Wed., 10/1

Content Review

Chapter 23 Section 5 Notes

Causes of the French Revolution Questions (use notes, handouts, lass discussions, &/or online textbook to answer!)
Thursday, 10/2

Content Review

The French Revolution Begins Questions

Friday, 10/3

Content Review

Napoleon Rules France Questions

Napoleon’s Effects on Europe Questions
Europe’s Reaction to the French Revolution & Napoleon Questions
(use notes, handouts, class discussions, &/or online textbook to answer!)
Monday, 10/6

Vocabulary Skills

Chapter 23 Vocabulary List/flash cards due (either one!)

VOCABULARY QUIZ TODAY!!!!!
Blue or black pen required to take exam.  Make-up for legal absence is Thursday, 10/16 in 2534, door locked at 2:05 PM sharp!
Tuesday, 10/7
QUIZ TODAY!

Content Review

 
Writing Assignment #1
Writing Assignment #2
Wed., 10/8

Content Review

 

Writing Assignment #3
Writing Assignment #4
Thursday, 10/9

Content Review

CHAPTER 23 TEST TODAY!!!!

Blue or black pen required to take exam.  Review is on Quizlet & labeled Chapter 23 Review.
Blue or black pen required to take exam.  Review is on Quizlet & opened on September 24th. Make-up for legal absence is Thursday, 10/16in 2534, door locked at 2:05 PM sharp!
Friday, 10/10
TEST TODAY!
 


Start your vocabulary right away and study your words every night

Reminders:

Your Vocabulary quiz & test will include all words & information to date


Online textbook:

See the link on the blog or the message sent on September in Engrade.

Remember to check the blog every day for updates, special postings, extra credit, etc.  Not checking will not be accepted as an excuse for not having your work done!

US History Reminder: Quizlet Review went "live" yesterday!

As tated today in class, this is a reminder that your Chapters 1-4 Exam Review was opened on September 23rd.  Please don't wait until the last minute & try to "cram" for the exam!

US History: Advance Notice of Chapter 5 Vocab

This will not be due until the week of 10/5, but I'm posting them now so those of you who would like to can do them in advance.  The questions will be extra credit, the Vocab is not.  It is mandatory, as always.


Vocabulary

1.     Republic

2.    Republicanism

3.    Articles of Confederation

4.    Confederations

5.    Land Ordinance of 1785

6.    Northwest Ordinance of 1787

7.    Shay’s Rebellion

8.    James Madison

9.    Great Compromise

10.  Three-Fifths Compromise

11.  Federalism

12.  Legislative Branch

13.  Executive Branch’

14.  Judicial Branch

15.  Checks & Balances

16.  Electoral College

17.  Ratification

18.  Federalists

19.  Antifederalists

20.  The Federalist

21.  Bill of Rights

 

“Regents Connections” Questions

1.    How did the Declaration of Independence in the U.S. reflect the enlightenment ideas of Europe?

2.    Why is the time of the Articles of Confederation referred to as the “critical Period?”

3.    Why were the powers of national government purposely limited?

4.    How did the authors of the Constitution fix the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

5.    Why were no women, native Americans, or African-Americans included in the Constitution?

6.    How did compromises suggested and made deal with slavery issues?

7.    How was the national government under the Constitution different from the national government established under the Articles of Confederation?

8.    Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

9.    How did the Bill of Rights satisfy Anti-Federalists?