Wednesday, February 29, 2012

United States History

Homework due Thursday, March 1

AP: Making America, pp 595-599

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 587-588, 595 (“The Annexation of Hawaii”)

Both: Read “The Overthrow of the Monarchy” and fill in the chronology

Terms

European History

Homework due Thursday, March 1

AP: Making Europe, pp 644-651

AP Achiever, pp 236-238 (up to “Modern Ideas”)

Reg: World History, pp 597-600, 555-558

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Thursday, March 1

Read “Why Turnout in the United States is So Low. . .” and be prepared to answer the Questions for Discussion

Extra Credit: Research which religious groups forbid voting and why, and write up your findings. Follow standard formatting. Be sure to list your source(s).

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

United States History

Homework due Wednesday, February 29

AP: Making America, pp 591-595

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, review pp 512, 526

Both: Go to www.hippocampus.org. Click on History & Government. Click on U.S. History. Scroll down to the “Reform” heading. Watch and/or read the lesson:

The Election of 1896

Read the Cross of Gold speech excerpt (handout)

Answer study questions (see handout)

European History

Homework due Wednesday, February 29

AP: Making Europe, pp 635 (last paragraph) - 636 (up to “Nations Seeking States”)

AP Achiever, pp 234-236 (top)

Spielvogel handout, pp 725-727

Reg: World History, pp 574-576

CIG, pp 316 (bottom) - 318 (top)

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Wednesday,, February 29

Magruder’s American Government, pp 170-179

Complete Voter Behavior reading comprehension worksheet (it will be collected and graded)

Complete the Voting Rights Act of 1965 assignment

Monday, February 27, 2012

United States History

Homework due Tuesday, February 28

Both: Populism and Racism: an ABC-CLIO Assignment (see handout)

European History

Homework due Tuesday, February 28

AP: Making Europe, pp 640-644

AP Achiever, pp 232-234 (up to “Germany’s Growing Pains”)

Spielvogel handout, pp 682-683

Reg: World History, pp 595-596, 599-600, 605-607

CIG, pp 320-322

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Tuesday, February 28

Magruder’s American Government, pp 164-168

Complete “Suffrage and Civil Rights” worksheet

Start the Voting Rights Act of 1965 assignment (due Wednesday)

Friday, February 24, 2012

United States History

Homework due Monday, February 27

Both: Study for quiz: Gilded Age. You should review:

AP: Making America, chs. 16-18

Reg: Pathways to the Present, chs 13-15

Both: Terms associated with those chapters

All handouts

All PowerPoints

Class notes

European History

Homework due Monday, February 27

Both: Study for quiz on the following topics

Revolutions of 1848

Unifications of Italy and Germany

Augsleich

Crimean War

France under Napoleon III

Russia: Modernization and Reaction

Review: all homework assignments from HW due Feb. 9 through HW due Feb. 22

all handouts, PowerPoints, and class notes on the above topics

United States Government

Homework due Monday, February 27

Magruder’s American Government, pp 156-163

Terms and concepts to know:

aliens

3 factors in qualifying for voting

reasons to be denied the right to vote

Ex-Convicts and Voting Rights assignment (see handout)


Political cartoon due Monday

Thursday, February 23, 2012

United States History

Homework due Friday, February 24

AP: Making America, pp 584-591

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 524-526

Go to www.hippocampus.org. Click on History & Government. Click on U.S. History. Scroll down to the “Reform” heading. Watch and/or read the following lessons:

The People’s Party (also click on Grangers and view the image, reading the captions)

The Election of 1892

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Friday, February 24

AP: Making Europe, pp 674-681

AP Achiever, 238 (Modern Ideas) - 242 (top)

Reg: World History, pp 559-561

Both: Terms to Chart

Complete Realism chart (it will be collected and graded)

United States Government

Homework due Friday, February 24

Magruder’s American Government, pp 152-155

Terms and concepts to know:

5 restrictions the federal government places on states regarding voting rights

Voter registration assignment (see handout) (due Monday)

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

United States History

Homework due Thursday, February 23

AP: Making America, pp 576-584 (top)

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 507-512, 555 (bottom)-557, 564-568

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Thursday, February 23

Both: ABC-CLIO assignment (see handout)

Start Realism chart (due Monday)

United States Government

Homework due Thursday, February 23

Magruder’s American Government, pp 142-147

Terms and concepts to know:

national convention

National Committee

state central committee

ward

Precinct

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

United States History

Homework due Wednesday, February 22

Both: American Indians and Buffalo Soldiers: A Webquest (see handout)

European History

Homework due Wednesday, February 22

AP: Making Europe, pp 647-650 (top)

“Russia: Emancipation and Revolutionary Stirrings” handout, pp 750-753

AP Achiever, pp 216-217 (Alexander II’s Modernization)

Reg: World History, pp 584-586 (up to “Crackdown”

CIG, pp 303-306

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Wednesday February 22

Magruder’s American Government, pp 137-140

Read “The Right to Vote” handout

Complete your third party presentation (due Wednesday)

Friday, February 17, 2012

United States History

Homework due Tuesday, February 21

AP: Making America, pp 563-565 (top), 567-571

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 527-533 (some is review)

Both: Immigration in the Gilded Age: Ethnic and Racial Tensions: follow handout instructions

European History

Homework due Tuesday, February 21

AP: Making Europe, pp 665-674

AP Achiever, pp 230-232 (middle), 242-243 (up to Expressionism)

Reg: World History, pp 563-565 “The Call to Realism”

CIG, pp 267-269

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Tuesday, February 21

Study for quiz, Chapter 4.

Review the chapter

Review all handouts

Review classnotes

Review questions 1-9 on p. 116

Take online self-test

Political cartoon due on Tuesday

Thursday, February 16, 2012

United States History

Homework due Friday, February 17

AP: Making America, pp 553-563 (top)

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 498-506

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Friday, February 17

AP: Making Europe, pp 656-665

AP Achiever, pp 217-219 (up to Imperialism)

Reg: World History, pp 551-554

CIG, reread pp 267-269

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Friday, February 17

Magruder’s American Government, pp 122-129

Terms and concepts to know:

Political party and its 3 elements

5 functions of political parties

4 factors accounting for the two party system in the U.S.

explain how our electoral system leads to two parties

coalition

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

United States History

Homework due Wednesday, February 15

AP: Making America, pp 496-499, 540

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 443 “Focus on World Events”, 584-587

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Wednesday, February 15

AP: Ch. 22 (Spielvogel) handout, pp 665-669

AP Achiever, pp 211-212, 216 (France)

Reg: World History, pp 603-605

CIG, pp 296-298, 303 (paragraphs on the Crimean War)

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Wednesday, February 15

Magruder’s American Government, pp 111-115

Terms and concepts to know:

interstate compact

public acts

judicial proceedings

Full Faith & Credit Clause

extradition

Privileges & Immunities Clause

Come prepared to describe an example, relevant to you as 12th graders, of an exception to the Privileges & Immunities Clause

Monday, February 13, 2012

United States History

Homework due Tuesday, February 14

AP: Making America, pp 532-540 (top), 542

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 522-526

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Tuesday, February 14

Both: German Unification webquest (an ABC-CLIO assignment)

United States Government

Homework due Tuesday, February 14

Magruder’s American Government, pp 103-109

Terms and concepts to know:

list the 3 obligations on the National Government for the benefit of the states

cooperative federalism

categorical grants

block grants

project grants

PILTs

Read MAG, p. 110 and the NYT handout. Be prepared to compare and contrast this information with that in the NYT article.

Friday, February 10, 2012

United States History

Homework due Monday, February 13

AP: Making America, pp 521-531 (up to “Emergence. . . .”)

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 534-539, 544-545

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Monday, February 13

AP: Making Europe, pp 632-638 (up to “National Identity in the U.S.”)

AP Achiever, pp 214-216 (up to “Russia”)

Reg: World History, pp 570-576

CIG, pp 300-303 (top)

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Monday, February 13

Magruder’s American Government, pp 94-102

Terms and concepts to know:

delegated powers reserved powers

expressed powers exclusive powers

implied powers concurrent powers

inherent powers Supremacy Clause: what is it? where is it?

Read the WSJ handout and be prepared to discuss how the article illustrates federalism

Political cartoon due on Monday

Thursday, February 9, 2012

United States History

Homework due Friday, February 10

AP: Making America, pp 516-521 (top)

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 527-534, 544 (Nativism)

Both: Terms

Complete the two parts of The Great Strikes of the Late 19th Century assignment

European History

Homework due Friday, February 10

AP: Making Europe, pp 631-632 (top)

AP Achiever, pp 212-214 (top)

Reg: World History, pp 577-580

CIG, pp 298-300

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Friday, February 10

Study for quiz, Chapter 3

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

United States History

Homework due Thursday, February 9

AP: Making America, pp 514-516, 589-590

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 478-483

Both: The Great Strikes of the Late 19th Century: Hippocampus webquest (due Friday)

Complete the chart (due Friday)

European History

Homework due Thursday, February 9

AP: Making Europe, pp 624-630

AP Achiever, pp 198-203

Reg: World History, pp 522-526

CIG, pp 291-298

Both: Terms to Chart

Complete Revolutions 1820-1848 chart #s 8-13

United States Government

Homework due Thursday, February 9

Magruder’s American Government, p. 91

Complete the Document Based Assessment

Answer Qs 1-3

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

United States History

Homework due Wednesday, February 8

Study for quiz: Gilded Age Industrialization.

AP: Making America, pp 466-496

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 454-479

Both: Terms associated with the above pages

European History

Homework due Wednesday, February 8

Study for quiz: Early 19th century Europe. Review the following topics:

Congress of Vienna and Concert of Europe

The “isms”

Revolutions of 1820s & 1830s

Reform in Great Britain

United States Government

Homework due Wednesday, February 8

Magruder’s American Government, pp 85-89

Complete the two worksheets:

Reading Comprehension

Core Worksheet

Monday, February 6, 2012

United States History

Homework due Tuesday, February 7

AP: Making America, pp 504-514 (up to Organized Labor)

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 469-472

Both: Read “The New South” handout and complete the worksheet

European History

Homework due Tuesday, February 7

AP: Making Europe, pp 615-621

AP Achiever, pp 194-195 (Socialism), 210-211 (Marxism)

Reg: World History, pp 511 (bottom) - 513

CIG, pp 176-284

Both: Terms to Chart (due Wednesday, February 8)

United States Government

Homework due Tuesday, February 7

Magruder’s American Government, pp 78-83

Complete the Formal Amendment worksheet

Complete the Equal Rights Amendment worksheet

Friday, February 3, 2012

United States History

Homework due Monday, February 6

AP: Making America, pp 487-496

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 480-481 (top), 520-522, 507-511

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Monday, February 6

AP: Making Europe, pp 611-615

AP Achiever, pp 188 (Working & Living Conditions)

Reg: World History, pp 511-512

CIG, pp 264-266 (top)

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Monday, February 6

Magruder’s American Government, pp 68-77

Complete: Constitution Scavenger Hunt handout

Marbury v Madison handout

Political cartoon due on Monday

Thursday, February 2, 2012

United States History

Homework due Friday, February 3

AP: Making America, pp 483-487

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 473-479

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Friday, February 3

AP: Making Europe, pp 606-611

AP Achiever, pp 188-189 (New Industrial Classes)

Reg: World History, pp 508-509 (The New Middle Class), 555-559

CIG, pp 284-288

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Friday, February 3

Read Federalist #10 and complete the worksheet

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

United States History

Homework due Thursday, February 2

AP: Making America, pp 474-483

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 460-465, 467-470 (top)

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Thursday, February 2

AP: Making Europe, pp 596-606

AP Achiever, pp 183-187

Reg: World History, pp 544-550, 510-511 (Laissez-Faire Economics)

CIG, pp 258-263

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Thursday, February 2

Magruder’s American Government, pp 30-32, 59-62

Terms and concepts:

3 concepts the colonists brought with them from England

Magna Carta

Petition of Right

English Bill of Rights

Federalists: who were the leaders? what were their arguments?

Anti-Federalists: who were the leaders? what were their arguments?