Wednesday, October 31, 2012

United States History

Homework due Thursday, November 1

Both:   Study for Midterm

European History

Homework due Thursday, November 1

Both:   Study for Midterm

Economics

Homework due Thursday, November 1

Study for midterm

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

United States History

Homework due Wednesday, October 31

Both:    Complete the American Revolution: Summary Chart, using your textbook:
                        AP: Making America, Ch. 6
                        Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, Ch. 4

European History

Homework due Wednesday, October 31

Both:   Read handouts:  Lecture Twenty-Two, and Lecture Twenty-Four (outlines)

            Use the information in the handouts to fill in Protestant Reformation chart

Economics

Homework due Wednesday, October 31


Study for midterm

Monday, October 29, 2012

United States History

Homework due Tuesday, October 30

AP:    Making America, pp 149-154

Reg:   America: Pathways to the Present, pp. 136-137, 140-141

Both:  Terms to Chart 

European History

Homework due Tuesday, October 30

Both:   Read handouts:  Lecture Seventeen, Lecture Eighteen, Lecture Twenty-One (outlines)

            Use the information in the handouts to fill in Protestant Reformation chart

Economics

Homework due Tuesday, October 30

Reffonomics
            Microeconomics
                        Perfect Competition
                                    Multiple Choice Questions # 1, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13
                        Monopoly
                                    Multiple Choice Questions #1 only

Friday, October 26, 2012

United States History

Homework due Monday, October 29

 AP:   Making America, pp 143-149
         Read “Abigail and John Adams” handout, pp 172-178. 
         Answer Review Questions, p 178, #s 2, 3, and 4.  Your answers MUST be typed, double spaced, with pages stapled together if there is more than one page.

Reg:   America: Pathways to the Present, pp. 118-122
         Read “Letters Between Abigail and John Adams” handout, pp 1-2
         On a separate sheet of paper, answer Questions # 1, 2, & 3.  Your answers MUST be typed, double spaced, with pages stapled together if there is more than one page.

Both:   Complete the American Revolution chart

European History

Homework due Monday, October 29

AP:   Making Europe, pp 392-396 (up to “Reform in England”)
         AP Achiever, pp 73 (bottom) - 75 (up to “Magisterial Reform in England”)

Reg:   World History, pp 348-350
          CIG, pp 55-64 (top)

Both:   Complete the Reformation chart
           Terms to Chart 

Economics

Homework due Monday, October 29

Complete the Economics in Our Times Reteaching Chapter 6 handout

Economics in Our Times, Ch. 6 Review, p. 167.  Write your answer to Sharpen Your Critical Thinking Skills

Thursday, October 25, 2012

United States History

Homework due Friday, October 26

AP:   Making America, pp 138-143

Reg:   America: Pathways to the Present, pp. 131-132

Both:   Continue the American Revolution chart

European History

Homework due Friday, October 26

Both:   Study for Bingo Quiz.  See separate handout for list of terms.

Economics

Homework due Friday, October 26

Economics in Our Times, Ch. 6 Review, pp. 166-167.  Write your answers to:
            Build Your Vocabulary
            Review Questions 1-11


Wednesday, October 24, 2012

United States History

Homework due Thursday, October 25

AP:   Making America, pp 138-143

Reg:   America: Pathways to the Present, pp. 131-132

Both:   Continue the American Revolution chart

European History

Homework due Thursday, October 25

Both:   Read “The German Peasants’ Revolt” handout, pp 314-316
            Complete the worksheet

Economics

Homework due Thursday, October 25

Economics in Our Times, pp 162-164

Know the chart on p. 163

Write answers to Learning Check, p. 164, # 1-3

Read:  “Diamond Miners Band Together”.  Be ready to answer: is this monopoly or oligopoly?
           “ Comcast - AT&T Broadband Deal Cements Rise of Cable Oligopoly”

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

United States History

Homework due Wednesday, October 24

AP:   Making America, pp 132-138 (up to “Burgoyne’s New York Campaign”)

Reg:   America: Pathways to the Present, pp. 127-131

Both:   Start the American Revolution chart

European History

Homework due Wednesday, October 24

AP:   Making Europe, pp 387-392 (top)
         AP Achiever, pp 71-73

Reg:   World History, pp 346 (bottom) - 348 (up to “John Calvin”)
         CIG, pp 45-54

Both:   Start Reformation chart; fill in as much as possible in Luther column
         Terms to Chart

Economics

Homework due Wednesday, October 24

Economics in Our Times, pp 157-161 (including the green pages)

Write answers to the following questions:
            1.  What are the three defining conditions that characterize monopolistic competition?
            2.  Explain, in your own words, how gas stations migrate to corners

Monday, October 22, 2012

United States History

Homework due Tuesday, October 23

Both:  Declaration of Independence: Analysis and Understanding assignment  (see handout)

Extra Credit opportunity!!!  (worth 20 points; points deducted for errors)

            Memorize the first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence, starting with “When in the course of human events….” And ending with the sentence that ends
“. . . . submitted to a candid world.” (For 10 points, memorize just the first paragraph.)

            Make an appointment with Mrs. Real to recite it.

European History

Homework due Tuesday, October 23

AP:   Making Europe, pp 382-387 (INCLUDING “Choice” and “Introduction”)
         AP Achiever. pp 69-71

Reg:   World History, p. 346
         CIG, pp 37-44

Both:   Terms to Chart 

Economics

Homework due Tuesday, October 23

Read handouts:
            The Danger of Corporate Monopolies
            The Making of Microsoft
            When Microsoft Met the FTC
            Fears of Monopolistic Power
            Microsoft and the Winsock Controversy
            Natural Monopolies

Complete the worksheet

Friday, October 19, 2012

United States History

Homework due Monday, October 22

AP:   Making America, pp 124-130

Reg:   America: Pathways to the Present, pp. 118-122

Both:   Complete the “From Lexington and Concord to the Declaration of Independence” chart

European History


Homework due Monday, October 22
Both:  ABC-CLIO Holy Roman Empire Assignment

Economics

Homework due Monday, October 22

Complete the Left Foot Pattern Production Table worksheet

Thursday, October 18, 2012

United States History

Homework due Friday, October 19

Both:  The Battle of Lexington:  A Mystery of History - see handouts 

European History

Homework due Friday, October 19

Both:   Study for New Monarchs quiz
            Review:
                        New Monarchs chart                       
                        Making Europe (textbook or handout), pp 357-365
                        Spielvogel handout

Economics

Homework due Friday, October 19

Economics in Our Times, pp 151-157 (including the green pages)

Write answers to Learning Check, p. 157, #1-4

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

United States History

Homework due Thursday, October 18

AP:   Making America, pp 122-12 (top)

Reg:   America: Pathways to the Present, pp. 115-116

Both:   Complete the  Road to Revolution chart

European History

Homework due Thursday, October 18

AP:      AP Achiever, pp 88-92 (up to “Religious Wars”)
            Review Making Europe, pp 417-418 (“Hunt for Witches”)

Reg:     CIG, pp 118-122 (“How to Find Witches”)

Both:    Terms to Chart

Economics

Homework due Thursday, October 18

Study for quiz - Chapter 5.  Review:
            Chapter 5
            Reffonomics:  Micro:  Costs of Production: 
                        Sole Proprietorship. . .
                        Cost Curves

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

United States History

Homework due Wednesday,October 17

AP:   Making America, pp 114-122 (top)

Reg:   America: Pathways to the Present, pp. 113-115 (up to “Fighting at Lexington and Concord”)

Both:   Continue the Road to Revolution chart

European History

Homework due Wednesday, October 17

AP:      Making Europe, pp 414-418
            AP Achiever, pp 86-88

Reg:     “The Meeting of Two Worlds” handout, pp 86-88

Both:    Read the handouts:
                        The Commercial Revolution
                        The Price Revolution
            Complete the Commercial Revolution chart

Economics

Homework due Wednesday October 17

Economics in Our Times, pp 148-151

Write answers to Learning Check, p. 151, # 1-5

Monday, October 15, 2012

United States History

Homework due Tuesday, October 16

AP:   Making America, pp 108-114  
         Read “Stamp Act Congress” and be prepared to answer Questions 1-4 on last page

Reg:   America: Pathways to the Present, pp. 110-112

Both:   Read “Glorious News” handout
         Answer this question in writing:  What was the reaction of British merchants to the repeal of the Stamp Act?  Cite at least one line from “Glorious News” that supports your answer.
        
         Start the Road to Revolution chart

European History

Homework due Tuesday, October 16

AP:    Making Europe, pp 350-356

Reg:   “Economic and Social Change” handout, pp 352-356

Both:   Start the Commercial Revolution chart

Economics

Homework due Tuesday, October 16

Economics in Our Times, p. 144, Chapter 5 Review
            Build Your Economic Vocabulary
            Review Questions 3, 7, 8, 10, 13

Complete Reteaching Economics 5

Complete Fact and Idea Review 5

Friday, October 12, 2012

United States History

Homework due Monday, October 15

Study for quiz:  Colonial Life in the 18th Century
        Review:
            AP: Making America, Chapter 4, pp 78-94
            Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, Chapter 3, pp 70-93
            Both:      Term charts
                Scots-Irish handout
                Equino Middle Passage handout
                Paxton Boys handout
                Regulators handout
                Curriculum of the Boston Latin School

European History

Homework due Monday, October 15

Both:   Complete your Explorer Hall of Fame presentation and report

Economics

Homework due Monday, October 15

Economics in Our Times, pp 135-140

Terms to Know
            Marginal cost
            Marginal revenue
            Law of diminishing returns

Do the following Reffonomics lesson at www.reffonomics.com
            Microeconomics
                        Costs of Production - 2nd Edition, 2006-2011
                                    Cost Curves

Thursday, October 11, 2012

United States History

Homework due Friday, October 12

AP:   Making America, pp 104-108 (up to “Demanding More From the Colonists”)

Reg:   America: Pathways to the Present, pp. 109-110 (up to “Britain’s Financial Problems”)

Both:   Read “Pontiac’s Rebellion” handout
         Complete the worksheet

European History

Homework due Friday, October 12

AP:      Making Europe, pp 373-377
            Complete the “Exploration, Expansion, and European Identity” worksheet

Reg:     World History, p. 368 (Primary Source sidebar); pp 373-376
            Complete the European Exploration and Trade worksheet

Economics

Homework due Friday, October 12

Economics in Our Times, pp 131-135

Terms to Know
            Fixed costs
            Variable costs
            Total costs
            Average fixed costs
            Average variable costs
            Average total costs

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

United States History

Homework due Thursday, October 11

AP:   Making America, pp 95-100 (know the chart on p. 99)

Reg:   America: Pathways to the Present, pp. 104-108

Both:   Complete the chart: The French and Indian War

European History

Homework due Thursday, October 11

AP:     Review Making Europe, pp 357-363

Reg:    Review “Resurgent Monarchies” handout

Both:   Read the Spielvogel handout and complete the worksheet
            Complete your New Monarchies chart

Economics

Homework due Thursday, October 11

Economics in Our Times, pp 121-123, 127-128, 131

Write answers to Learning Check p. 131, # 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7

Terms to Know
            by-laws
            bond
            face (par) value
            coupon rate
            cooperative
            franchise

Friday, October 5, 2012

United States History

Homework due Wednesday, October 10

AP:   Making America, pp 90-94

Reg:   America: Pathways to the Present, pp. 91-93 (“Religious Tensions”); 77-82

         Read “The Curriculum of the Boston Latin Grammar School”.  Be prepared to compare/contrast it with the curriculum of the Lisa Kampner Hebrew Academy.
         Terms to Chart