Mrs. Ramo's Online Classroom: June 2014

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Global II: Thematic & DBQ

The test was as expected.

The multiple choice was the same info but worded differently, there were more non-European questions, the documents were much easier than I expected.

That said, if you wrote about Nelson Mandela in the Thematic Essay and said he ended apartheid, you are in for some trouble. I must have said 200 times that F.W. DeKLERK ended apartheid, and kids always get it wrong, so STAY AWAY from Mandela on essays. Same for Hitler. This was a PERFECT essay for Stalin & the Ayatollah, like I kept telling you to study & do!

We might have grades by next Thursday. Do not email me before then or I will ignore all of your emails.

I wish you much luck on your remaining exams! I hope you did well today! Let me know what you wrote about & your outside info for your DBQ as well as what you did for your Thematic!

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Global II: This is it!

This is it.

Go to bed by 9, no electronics.
Get up ON TIME.
Don't miss the bus.
Don't be late.
Remember your penS, ID, & seat #.
Eat breakfast (and I don't mean cookies.)
Study time is over. You did or you did not, it isn't a "cram test" so "it is what it is" (as Mr. Ramo likes to say.)

Remember the plan:
5 min: box out (outline) Thematic
5 min: box out (outline) DBQ (without reading documents)
50 min: Multiple Choice (on BOCES Sheet, not in booklet)
20 min: Do Documents (directly in Regents booklet)
5 min: Finish DBQ outline
45 min: Write DBQ essay
50 min: Write Thematic essay

I will walk up & down reminding you of this as time elapses.

US History: Uh oh...

As a side note to today's exam, my Dad was soooo mad Betty Friedan was part of the essay! :)

If you were in one of the classes that heard my college graduation story, you know why he was so mad! If you remember, I told you "don't write about this on the Regents!" Prophetic, right? ;)

Here's another tip...if you wrote about Brown v. Board of Ed you are in trouble on that Thematic Essay. Big and bolded after the suggested list it stated you could NOT use that case. I guess it was too close to the civil rights stuff they had in the documents. I warned you they did it with Global a few years back...

The test was as expected. The multiple choice was the same info but worded differently, the documents were much easier than I expected, I told you to learn some cases and the background of them (like Plessy & train cars in LA & deliberately violating Jim Crow to get the case heard...and if you wrote Plessy but not that you have another potentially big problem on your hands.) I kept saying Reform Movements & Cases, and that's what you pretty much got.

We talked a lot about the connections between women's rights & the Civil Rights movement, so I hope you remembered stuff that wasn't in the documents & made the connection.

We might have grades by Tuesday. Do not email me before then or I will ignore all of your emails.

I wish you much luck on your remaining exams! I hope you did well today! Let me know what you wrote about & your outside info for your DBQ as well as what you did for your Thematic!

Monday, June 16, 2014

US History: This is it!

This is it.

Go to bed by 9, no electronics.
Get up ON TIME.
Don't miss the bus.
Don't be late.
Remember your penS, ID, & seat #.
Eat breakfast (and I don't mean cookies.)
Study time is over. You did or you did not, it isn't a "cram test" so "it is what it is" (as Mr. Ramo likes to say.)

Good luck tomorrow! I'm routing for you!

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Global II: Review Videos I Suggest You Watch!

US History: Good Review Videos For You To Watch

Here are some videos I recommend for you as you prepare for next week's Regents Exam:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rxvulLx0rg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXdKm3QJy_w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVnnC4efyHY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLO6XxRb2Gk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZUbB8WkhNc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq1TDJ7FUNA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-K19rVDxoM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h4DkpFP_aw

Monday, June 9, 2014

Reminder for ALL

Reminder!!!

Reviews for both courses are on Wednesdays & Thursdays, see the May post regarding times & locations. This is, obviously, the last week.

Otherwise, you are not to be with other teachers unless you have their prior permission to be there. They are busy on their free time getting their own kids ready for the Regents. There are teachers getting paid to help "everyone" and they should be your first choice on those days.

If you want to make sure you have review this week, be sure enough of your classmates sign up so it isn't canceled again.

Sunday, June 8, 2014

All Students: Essay Review

Haven't taken the initiative to prepare Thematic Essays for yourself as I have been suggesting every day for the last 5 weeks? You have a week until your exam, so I'd get moving. My best recommendation at this point is to watch a whole lot of USEFUL YouTube videos.

Start with Hip Hughes, he does both subjects. Scroll until you find a theme, essay, or topic that I have repeatedly told you to know and watch it. Take notes. Create an outline for yourself.

Or don't...but the consequence of that will be sitting right here again next year, hearing the same exact speech...

Final Exam Schedule, All Students

Final Exams are mandatory. You are required to be in class, on time, prepared as if it were any other class day. Failure to do so will lead to a zero as your grade for this meeting.

The Exam Schedule is as follows:

Friday, June 13, 2014: Students in these periods should report to the room your class has met in all year.

Full Year Courses	Time

Period 4	9:13 – 10:38
Period 7	10:50 – 12:15

Monday, June 16, 2014: Students in these periods should report to the room your class has met in all year.

Full Year Courses	Time
Period 2	7:36 – 9:01
Period 3	9:13 – 10:38

Period 6	12:27 – 1:52

This is your last class before your Regents Exam. Be sure you have the information about when your Regents is, where you are to report, what seat you are in (if in the gym), and that you have many identical pens to bring with you.

Friday, June 6, 2014

US History: Review Books Required From Now On

US History:
You need your review books in class every day next week, including the Final Exam (mandatory) period.

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Regents Review Homework Make-Ups - Read This!

This is your one final chance to turn in any Regents Review work that was late, incomplete, or not done in accordance with the directions you were given.

All regents Review homework due through today has been graded & entered into Engrade. If you have anything other than a grade of 100, it is for one of the following reasons:
    - you didn't bother to do it
    - you tried to turn it in late
    - you turned it in incomplete
    - you did not follow the directions

I will allow you to make up this work only as described above - here are the details & conditions (& if you do not follow them I will not count any work you resubmit):
1. All work must be re-written. If you turn in the same work and just "fix it" you will get no credit.
2. I have all the work submitted to me that falls under the last 3 points above. You may pick it up before 1st period tomorrow. I will not deal with the paperwork after 7:30 AM tomorrow.
3. If re-submitted on time & all directions (these & the original ones) have been followed, you will receive half credit for that work. If not, you will get nothing.
4. Please don't ask me "what did I do wrong" after 10 months of requiring you to follow the same homework procedure. I will not answer that question any longer. Ask a friend. Re-read the directions. Look back over your homework sheets since September. Nothing has changed. Nothing.
5. US HISTORY: This applies only to work due Thursday, 6/5 & earlier. There will be no make-ups allowed for anything die tomorrow, 6/6, or later. Don't follow the directions, get no credit. Period.
6. If you cut class on a due date, you cannot make up that work. No exceptions. Claim you didn't cut? it's on YOU to prove it through official attendance records. I'm not looking it up for you.

You will receive half credit for work re-submitted - here are the details:
    - No credit will be given if the directions are ignored
    - No credit will be given for incomplete work
    - Once the bell starting 1st period rings on Monday, the deadline has   expired. No work will be accepted after that bell.
    - All work must be given to me, personally. Work put n my box will not be accepted.
    - If you are absent on Monday you lose this opportunity. I will not take your work from another student.

DEADLINE: Before 1st period on Monday, June 9th. This is a firm deadline. It will not be extended. I don't have to give you this opportunity to begin with, so I'm not flexible on this AT ALL.

Come to 2534 before 1st period tomorrow to pick up your work if you want to. You can only get your own unless I receive an email before 7 AM tomorrow morning at dramo@bufsd.org.

Not sure you want to do this?   Check out your Engrade average so far, with still more work to go tomorrow & next week that you may - or may not - pass.

No Friday Review this Week - based on Your Lack of Sign Ups

This is the worst lack of motivation for Regents Review I have seen in my 15 years at Brentwood. As a result, for the first time ever, I am canceling Friday's review.

I have 150 of you, and 12 are signed up out of the 60 spots I have open.

I'm not having review. If you don't care enough to come, I am happy to join my family & not miss another Friday night with them.

A warning:
I will put up a sign up for next Friday soon. If both Global & US aren't at least 3/4 full, I will cancel all remaining reviews. If they are, those students will be able to sign up for "the night before" review (Monday the 17th.) No first time review attendees will be allowed to sign up for Monday.

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Review may be canceled...

Unless more people sign up for review tomorrow, I am canceling them - both of them. If you intend to sign up, tomorrow is your last chance before I cancel Friday completely. Once that happens, I may decide to cancel all remaining reviews & take back that time to spend with my family.

This applies to both US & Global Reviews. They should be FULL since I have far fewer seats open for each course than I have students.

Carpool together, arrange your rides tonight, and get yourself signed up. Worse than not going to review is failing the Regents, and that's a serious possibility for a lot of you in BOTH courses.

Monday, June 2, 2014

Regents Review: Pick-Up Requirement

Please remember that all remaining Regents Review sessions REQUIRE a parent pick up at 6:45. Students will be removed from the building by 7 PM if not picked up. Should that occur, that student will not be allowed to attend any further reviews with me.

US History: Foreign Policy Review Questions

REMINDER: “NIB” Means “not it review book.” You have flash cards, the internet, your prior knowledge, this year’s notes, last year’s notes…so leaving anything blank or putting an answer that shows zero effort are the same to me…and anything blank = no credit for the assignment.

REVIEW means remember or reminder, it is NOT reteach or relearn!! If you slack off now you have NO SHOT at passing the Regents or the course, so make your decisions carefully.

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Foreign Policy Review Questions

FOREIGN POLICY GROUP 1:

What was the Good Neighbor Policy? (p. 159)
Which President used the Good Neighbor Policy as his foreign policy? (p. 274)
What was the purpose of the Open Door Policy? (p. 152)
What is imperialism? (p. 155)
Why were some people in favor of imperialism? (p. 156)
Which presidents were in favor of imperialism? (p. 155)
Why were some people against imperialism? (p. 156)
Which presidents were anti-imperialist? (p. 155)
Explain the policy of Manifest Destiny. (p. 6)
What was the “divine mission” of Manifest Destiny? (p. 75)
How did Manifest Destiny affect Americans? (p. 75)
How did we “succeed” with manifest Destiny? (p. 150)
Which president first recommended neutrality as a foreign policy? (p. 52)
In which document was neutrality first discussed as a foreign policy? (p. 52)
What was this president trying to avoid by using a policy of neutrality? (p. 219)
What was the purpose of the SALT Agreement? (p. 285)
Between which two nations was the SALT Agreement?
Who was president when the SALT Agreement was reached? (p. 285)
Why was NATO formed? (p. 235)
What is the difference between isolationism & neutrality as foreign policies? (p. 219)
Why were the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s passed? (p. 220)
What did the Neutrality Acts “do?” (p. 220)
Describe the American policy of “cash & carry.” (p. 220)
During which time period was “cash & carry” a policy?

FOREIGN POLICY GROUP 2:

What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine? (p. 56)
Who was president when the Monroe Doctrine was passed? (p. 56)
When was the Monroe Doctrine “used?” (p. 157)
What is the purpose of NAFTA? (p. 298)
Which nations are involved in NAFTA? (p. 298)
Which president created the Roosevelt Corollary? (p.; 157)
What was the purpose of the Roosevelt Corollary? (p. 157)
To which prior American document & foreign policy was the Roosevelt Corollary “added to?” (p. 157)
What is the “other name” of the Roosevelt Corollary? (p. 158)
Which president used Dollar Diplomacy” as his foreign policy? (p. 158)
What was the purpose of Dollar Diplomacy? (p. 158)
During which general time periods (general “event”) in history was containment our foreign policy? (p. 233)
Describe the policy of containment. (p. 233)
What was the US trying to “contain?” (p. 233)
When did containment begin? (p. 233)
What was the purpose of the Eisenhower Doctrine? (p. 254)
What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act? (p. 222)
Who was president when the Lend-Lease Act was passed? (p. 222)
During which conflict was the Lend-Lease Act passed? (p. 222)
Which president “started” détente? (p. 284)
What was the goal of détente? (pp. 284-5)
Why was the Peace Corps formed? (p. 273)
Which president’s program created the Peace Corp? (p. 273)
What was the purpose of Vietnamization? (p. 281)

US History: People in Reform Movements Review Questions

REVIEW means remember or reminder, it is NOT reteach or relearn!! If you slack off now you have NO SHOT at passing the Regents or the course, so make your decisions carefully.

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People in Reform Movements Review Questions

All answers can be found on pages A-13 to A-20

PEOPLE in REFORM MOVEMENTS GROUP 1:

Why is Jane Addams important?
Why is Susan B. Anthony important?
Why is John Brown important?
Why is Rachel Carson important?
Why is Cesar Chavez important?
Why Eugene V. Debs important?
Why is Dorothea Dix important?
Why is Frederick Douglass important?
Why is W.E.B. Du Bois important?
Why is “Duke” Ellington important?
Why is Medgar Evers important?
Why is Henry Ford important?
Why is Betty Friedan important?
Why is William Lloyd Garrison important?
Why is Marcus Garvey important?
Why is Samuel Gompers important?
Why is William Randolph Hearst important?
Why is Langston Hughes important?
Why is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. important?
Why is Robert LaFollette important?

PEOPLE in REFORM MOVEMENTS GROUP 2

Why is Sinclair Lewis important?
Why is Malcolm X important?
Why is Horace Mann important?
Why is John Muir important?
Why is Ralph Nader important?
Why is Frank Norris important?
Why is Rosa Parks important?
Why is Joseph Pulitzer important?
Why is Jacob Riis important?
Why is Margaret Sanger important?
Why is Upton Sinclair important?
Why is Bessie Smith important?
Why is Elizabeth Cady Stanton important?
Why is Lincoln Steffens important?
Why is Harriet Beecher Stowe important?
Why is Ida Tarbell important?
Why is Booker T. Washington important?
Why is Ida Wells-Barnett important?
Why is John Peter Zenger important?