Monday, April 30, 2012

United States History

Homework due Tuesday, May 1
 
AP:     Making America, pp 830-845
           
Reg:    America: Pathways to the Present, pp 900-911
            Go to
            http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=mte&wcsuffix=1027 and click on Chapter Self-Test.  Take test and repeat until you can answer all the questions correctly.
                           
Both:     Terms to Know

European History

Homework due Tuesday, May 1
 
AP:    Making Europe, pp 848-856

Reg:   CIG European History, pp 376--377, 381-386

Both:  Terms to Chart

United States Government

Homework due Tuesday, May 1
 
Magruder’s American Government, pp 370-376

Terms and concepts to know            

Friday, April 27, 2012

United States History

Homework due Monday, April 30


Both:    Study for quiz: World War II and the Beginning of the Cold War

European History

Homework due Monday, April 30


AP:     Making Europe, pp 838-848
            AP Achiever, pp 324-329

Reg:     World History, review pp 834-838
            CIG European History, pp 379-381

Both:     Terms

United States Government

Homework due Monday, April 30
 
Study for quiz on Chapters 11 & 12

Political cartoon due Monday

Thursday, April 26, 2012

United States History

Homework due Friday, April 27
 
AP:     Making America, pp 816-830 (top)

Reg:    America: Pathways to the Present, pp 890-893, 912-918
            Go to http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=mte&wcsuffix=1026 and click on Chapter Self-Test.  Take test and repeat until you get all the answers correct.

European History

Homework due Friday, April 27


AP:      Making Europe, pp 829-834
            AP Achiever, pp 321-324

Reg:      World History, pp 832-833

            Read “Paris Protests of 1968”
            From menu at left, click on Individuals, then click on “Daniel Cohn-Bendit”
            Read the Daniel Cohn-Bendit article
            Terms

United States Government

Homework due Friday, April 27


Magruder’s American Government, pp 364-368

Complete the worksheets:
         Reading Comprehension:  The President’s Job Description
         Core Worksheet: The President’s Daily Schedule

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

United States History

Homework due Thursday, April 26
 
AP:    Making America, pp 799-815

Reg:   America: Pathways to the Present, pp 881-883, 884-890
                           
Both:  Terms

European History

Homework due Thursday, April 26
 
AP:      Making Europe, pp 823-829
            AP Achiever, pp 311-312 (“Decolonization”)

Reg:     World History, pp 882-886, 908-913
            CIG European History, 377 (bottom) - 379

Both:     Terms

United States Government

Homework due Thursday, April 26
 

      From the menu at the right margin, select “logrolling” and “pork-barrel legislation”. 
      Write (and learn) the definitions of each term.

Go to: http://www.cagw.org/reports/pig-book/2012,  The 2012 Pig Book Summary

      Read the Introduction

      Select a category that corresponds to one of your Congressional committees (from the Standing Committee Chest activity).  Peruse the “pork-barrel” (aka “earmarks”) in your category and choose TWO that to you best illustrate pork-barreling in action.  Make notes on the following points:
            Dollar amount
            Description of project
            Name, state, and Congressional district of Congressional sponsor
            How the earmark benefited the Congressman’s district (if not obvious from the above)

      Be prepared to make an oral report on your findings

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

United States History

Homework due Wednesday, April 25

AP: Making America, pp 786-799 (up to “Postwar Politics”)

Read Kennan, “Sources of Soviet Conduct” handout

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 855-861, 868-874, 876-881 (top)

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Wednesday, April 25

AP: Making Europe, pp 816-823

AP Achiever, pp 303-304 (up to “Nuclear Parity”), 306-307 (up to “The Fall of Communism”)

Reg: World History, pp 843-844

CIG European History, 373-375

Both: Terms

United States Government

Homework due Wednesday, April 25

Magruder’s American Government, pp 350-357

Go to www.hippocampus.org, click on History & Government, then American Government, then scroll down to Legislative Branch, click on Power, Committees, and Debates, click on Start Topic, (do not watch the video), click on Explore: Civil Rights Legislation and the Filibuster, click on View Gallery, read the essay, and answer the multiple choice question

From the menu on the left, click on Route of a Bill through Congress, click on Start Topic (don’t watch the video), click on Historic Filibusters under the Explore heading, click on View Gallery and read the essay.

Monday, April 23, 2012

United States History

Homework due Tuesday, April 24

AP: Making America, pp 771-785

Complete the Mobilizing for War: FDR’s Alphabet Soup chart

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 832-840, 846-853

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Tuesday, April 24

Study for bingo quiz

AP: Making Europe, Ch. 27

AP Achiever 275-290

Reg: World History, 757-765, 770-790

CIG European History, pp 346-363

Both: Chart terms for those pages

United States Government

Homework due Tuesday, April 24

Magruder’s American Government, pp 343-349

Copy and paste the link below into your browser. DO NOT click on the link! Study the graphic. Optional: print it out (landscape mode).

http://mikewirthart.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/howlawsmadeWIRTH2.jpg

Terms and concepts to know

Friday, April 20, 2012

United States History

Homework due Monday, April 23

AP: Making America, pp 760-771

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 826-831

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Monday, April 23

AP: Making Europe, pp 806-813 (top)

AP Achiever, pp 296-300 (middle)

Reg: World History, pp 791-795

CIG European History, pp 366-370

Both: Terms

United States Government

Homework due Monday, April 23

Magruder’s American Government, pp 338-341

Terms and concepts to know

Read “Organizing Congressional Committees” handout

Start Standing Committee Chest project (due Tuesday)

Thursday, April 19, 2012

United States History

Homework due Friday, April 20

Both: Study for quiz: The Great Depression and the New Deal

European History

Homework due Friday, April 20

AP: Making Europe, pp 806-813 (top)

AP Achiever, pp 296-300 (middle)

Reg: World History, pp 791-795

CIG European History, pp 366-370

Both: Terms

United States Government

Homework due Friday, April 18

Magruder’s American Government, pp 330-337

Terms and concepts to know

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

United States History

Homework due Thursday, April 19

AP: Making America, pp 755-760

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 820-821

Both: Terms

European History

Homework due Thursday, April 19

Both: Study for quiz: 1920s, 1930s, and the Rise of Fascism. Review the following:

AP: Making Europe, Ch. 26, Ch. 27 up to p. 791

AP Achiever, pp 263-265, 270-284

Reg: World History, Ch. 30 and pp 770-774

CIG European History, pp 339-343, 345-355

Both: All relevant handouts, PowerPoints, terms, class notes, etc

United States Government

Homework due Thursday, April 19

Magruder’s American Government, pp 318-324

Terms and concepts to know

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

United States History

Homework due Wednesday, April 18

AP: Making America, pp 748-755

Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, pp 803 (Focus on Culture), 814 (American Biography),

817-820

Both: Begin World War II: Highlights and Turning Points chart (due Tuesday, April 24)

Terms

European History

Homework due Wednesday, April 18

AP: Making Europe, pp 796-802

AP Achiever, pp 288 (middle) - 290

Reg: World History, pp 781-784

CIG European History, 360-363

Both: Complete “World War II: Highlights and Turning Points” chart

Read Aish Part 60: “The Holocaust” and Part 61: “The Final Solution”

United States Government

Homework due Wednesday, April 18

Study for quiz: Ch. 10 and the two “Ten Most Important Things to Know About. . . ” online documents (see Homework due April 16 assignment)

Monday, April 16, 2012

United States History

Homework due Tuesday, April 17

Both: Dorothea Lange: Visual History assignment - see handout (due Thursday, April 19)

European History

Homework due Tuesday, April 17

AP: Making Europe, pp 791-796

AP Achiever, pp 284 (bottom) - 288 (up to “Mobilization . . .”)

Reg: World History, pp 775-780, 784 (bottom) - 790

CIG, pp 355-360

Both: Begin chart “World War II: Highlights and Turning Points” (due Wednesday)

United States Government

Homework due Tuesday, April 17

Magruder’s American Government, pp 310-317

Read “Court View of the Commerce Clause” handout

Terms and concepts to know