Friday, March 30, 2012

United States History

Homework due Monday, April 16

See separate handout

European History

Homework due April 16

See separate handout

United States Government

Homework due Monday, April 16

See separate handout

Thursday, March 29, 2012

United States History

Homework due Friday, March 30

AP: Making America, pp 692-705 (top)

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 684 (bottom) - 697

Both: Terms (KNOW them; you do not have to write them, in deference to Color War)

European History

Homework due Friday, March 30

AP: Making Europe, pp 774-781

AP Achiever, pp 277-279

Reg: World History, pp 761-762, review 746-751

CIG European History, pp 345-346

Both: Terms to KNOW (you do not have to write them, in deference to Color War)

United States Government

Homework due Friday, March 30

Magruder’s American Government, pp 285-290

Terms and concepts to know (you do not need to write them, in deference to Color War):

delegate

trustee

partisan

politico

bill

franking privilege

oversight function

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

United States History

Homework due Thursday, March 29

AP: Making America, pp 692-705 (top)

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 684 (bottom) - 697

Both: Terms (KNOW them; you do not have to write them, in deference to Color War)

European History

Homework due Thursday, March 29

AP: Making Europe, pp 763-769

AP Achiever, pp 281-282

Reg: World History, pp 752-756

CIG European History, pp 339 (bottom)-343 (top)

Both: Terms to KNOW (you do not have to write them, in deference to Color War)

United States Government

Homework due Thursday, March 29

Magruder’s American Government, pp 281-284

Terms and concepts to know (you do not need to write them, in deference to Color War):

Number of Senators per state

Who does a Senator represent?

17th Amendment

Senatorial term

continuous body

3 qualifications for members of the Senate

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

United States History

Homework due Wednesday, March 28

AP: Making America, pp 672-676

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 712-717 (up to “The Harding Presidency”)

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Wednesday, March 28

AP: Making Europe, pp 757-763

AP Achiever, pp 280-281 (top)

Reg: World History, pp 707-710, 713-717

CIG European History, pp 347-349 (top)

Both: Visual Perspectives on the New Soviet State (see handout) (due Thursday, March 29)

Terms to chart

United States Government

Homework due Wednesday, March 28

Go to http://www.hulu.com/watch/255611/gerrymandering and finish watching Gerrymandering

Monday, March 26, 2012

United States History

Homework due Tuesday, March 27

AP: Making America, pp 667-672, 676-677 and answer questions 1-4

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 669-673

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Tuesday, March 27

AP: Making Europe, pp 751-757

AP Achiever, pp 273-277

Reg: World History, pp 746-751, 757-760

CIG, pp 343, 349-350

Both: Terms to chart

Extra Credit: Perspectives on the Russian Revolution (due Monday, April 16)

United States Government

Homework due Tuesday, March 27

Go to http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/weekinreview/26cooper.html?_r=1

Read the article “How to Tilt an Election Through Redistricting”

Click on Multimedia and study the maps

Complete the Redistricting Game assignment (handout)

Friday, March 23, 2012

United States History

Homework due Monday, March 26

AP: Making America, pp 659-666

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 657-663, 664-668

Both: Complete the “Mobilizing for War” chart

Terms

European History

Homework due Monday, March 26

AP: Making Europe, pp 744-751

AP Achiever, pp 270-272

Reg: World History, pp 746-747 (middle)

CIG, pp 338 (bottom) - 339, 345-346

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Monday, March 26

Magruder’s American Government, pp 273-280

Terms and concepts to know:

apportionment

reapportionment

Reapportionment Act of 1929: What did it hold? Who is legally responsible for implementing it? Who actually does the job?

off-year election

single member district

at large seats

what were the three requirements of redistricting?

Wesberry v Sanders

Gomillion v Lightfoot

four qualifications to become a Representative (three formal, one by custom)

Political cartoon due Monday

Thursday, March 22, 2012

United States History

Homework due Friday, March 23

AP: Making America, pp 653-659

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 646-651, 653-656

Both: Read the Zimmermann Telegram and complete the worksheet

Terms

European History

Homework due Friday, March 23

AP: Making Europe, pp 736-741

AP Achiever, pp 257-259

Reg: World History, pp 692-697

CIG, pp 336 (bottom) - 338 (bottom)

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Friday, March 23

Magruder’s American Government, pp 268-271

Complete “The National Legislature” Reading Comprehension handout

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

United States History

Homework due Thursday, March 22

Both: Study for midterm

European History

Homework due Thursday, March 22

Both: www.Marxists.org/history/ussr/events/revolution/index.htm (see handout).

Read all starred pages.

Terms to Chart

Optional: Interested in the Red Baron and the air war in World War I? Read “What the Red Baron Never Knew” at http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/red_baron.html

United States Government

Homework due Thursday, March 22

Read the entire “Election Day” handout.

Review Discussion Prompts pp 16-18. Choose two prompts. After viewing the movie, write one to two paragraphs in response to those prompts.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

United States History

Homework due Wednesday, March 21

Both: Study for midterm

European History

Homework due Wednesday, March 21

Both: Study for midterm

United States Government

Homework due Wednesday, March 21

Study for Midterm

Monday, March 19, 2012

United States History

Homework due Tuesday, March 20

AP: Making America, pp 650-653 (top)

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 602-603

Both: Complete the “President Wilson and the Mexican Revolution” chart

European History

Homework due Tuesday, March 20

Both: Complete the Russian Revolution of 1905: an ABC-CLIO Webquest

NOTE: Know this material. It is subject to a pop quiz, and will not be covered in class.

United States Government

Homework due Tuesday, March 20

Complete the Lobbying and the Revolving Door Scavenger Hunt

Friday, March 16, 2012

United States History

Homework due Monday, March 19

AP: Read Hammer v. Dagenhart handout and answer the Comprehension and Critical Thinking Questions. (Answers may be handwritten or typed. They will be collected.)

Both: Read “Theodore Roosevelt and the Bully Pulpit” handout and answer the Comprehension and Critical Reading Questions. (Answers may be handwritten or typed. They will be collected.)

European History

Homework due Monday, March 19

AP: Making Europe, pp 707 (the paragraphs on Russia), 731-736

AP Achiever, pp 259-263 (top)

Reg: World History, pp 588-589, 702-705 (up to “Russian Civil War”)

CIG, pp 331-336

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Monday, March 19

Magruder’s American Government, pp 253-260

Complete the Interest Groups at Work Reading Comprehension worksheet

Political cartoon due Monday

Thursday, March 15, 2012

United States History

Homework due Friday, March 16

AP: Making America, pp 636-646

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 602-603, 630-634

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Friday, March 16

AP: Making Europe, pp 728-731

AP Achiever, pp 255-257

Reg: World History, pp 690-693

CIG, pp 330-331 (top)

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Friday, March 16

Complete the Political Action Committees: A Webquest assignment (see handout)

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

United States History

Homework due Thursday, March 15

AP: Making America, pp 630-636

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, review pp 598-602 (up to “Wilson and the Mexican Revolution”); 604-607

Both: Terms

United States History

Homework due Thursday, March 15

AP: Making America, pp 630-636

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, review pp 598-602 (up to “Wilson and the Mexican Revolution”); 604-607

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Thursday, March 15

AP: Making Europe, pp 721-728

AP Achiever, pp 252-255 (up to Exhaustion and Revolution)

Reg: World History, pp 682-689

CIG, pp 325-330 (up to “The Total War Effort”)

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Thursday, March 15

Complete the Citizens United v Federal Elections Commission assignment (see handouts)

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

United States History

Homework due Wednesday, March 14

Both: Complete the two charts:

Muckrakers

Progressive Era Regulatory Legislation and Cases

Use ONLY your textbooks as sources:

Making America, pp 610-630

America: Pathways to the Present, pp 614-630

European History

Homework due Wednesday, March 14

AP: Making Europe, pp 716-721, review 636-638

AP Achiever, pp 249-252

Reg: World History, pp 678-681

CIG, pp 316 (bottom) - 320

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Wednesday, March 14

Magruder’s American Government, pp 201-208

Complete the Money and Elections summary worksheet

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

United States History

Homework due Tuesday, March 13

AP: Making America, pp 620-630

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 621-630 (top)

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Tuesday, March 13

AP: Making Europe, pp 699-712

AP Achiever, pp 222-225

Reg: World History, pp 627-630, 635-639, 644-649

CIG, p 310

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Tuesday, March 13

Magruder’s American Government, pp 193-199

Complete the Elections handout

Political cartoon due Tuesday

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

United States History

Homework due Wednesday, March 7

AP: Making America, pp 610-620

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, review pp 614-619

Both: Terms (will be collected)

European History

Homework due Wednesday, March 7

AP: Making Europe, pp 695-699 (top)

AP Achiever, pp 222 (“The British in India”)

Reg: World History, pp 631-634

Both: Terms to Chart


United States Government

Homework due Tuesday, March 13

Magruder’s American Government, pp 193-199

Complete the Elections handout

Political cartoon due Tuesday

Monday, March 5, 2012

United States History

Homework due Tuesday, March 6

Both: Fill in the Presidents of the United States chart

Memorize the chart; test on Tuesday, March 13

European History

Homework due Tuesday, Match 6

AP: Making Europe, pp 691-695 (up to “The British Raj”)

AP Achiever, pp 220-222 (middle)

Reg: World History, pp 621-626

CIG, pp 314-316

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Tuesday, March 6

Complete the California Primary Elections assignment

Political cartoon due Tuesday

Friday, March 2, 2012

United States History

Homework due Monday, March 5

AP: Making America, pp 604-608

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 593-596

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Monday, March 5

AP: Making Europe, pp 684-691

AP Achiever, pp 219-220

Reg: World History, pp 618-620

CIG, pp 307-314

Both: Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Monday, March 5

Study for quiz: Chapters 5 & 6. Multiple choice and short answer.

In addition to the chapters, review all handouts and class notes

Political cartoon due TUESDAY, March 6

Thursday, March 1, 2012

United States History

Homework due Friday, March 2

AP: Making America, pp 599-604 (up to “Republic or Empire”)

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 589-593 (up to “New Challenges”)

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Friday, March 2

Both: Read Aish Crash Course #s 56, 57, and 59 (handouts)

Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Friday, March 2

Magruder’s American Government, pp 184-192

Complete “The Nominating Process” Reading Comprehension worksheet