United States History

Homework due Monday, September 9

AP:   Making America, pp 53-61

Reg:   America: Pathways to the Present, pp 44-48; 62-63 (“Maryland”)

Both:    Read “Gentlemen in the Wilderness”

            Terms to chart

            Complete “Impact of Europeans on Native American” mini assessment

            Study for review quiz (on Tuesday, September 10): Spanish, French, and Dutch Colonization

European History

Homework due Monday, September 9

AP:   Making Europe, pp 323-327 (up to “From Artist to Artisan”) (Be sure to read pp 324-325)

         AP Achiever, pp 60-62, 63 (bottom)-64

Reg:   World History, pp 337 (bottom)-339 (middle)

         CIG, pp 25-28 (“The Isms”)

Both:   Complete “An Introduction to the Renaissance: A Web Quest”

         Terms to Chart 

Economics

Homework due Monday, September 9

Economics in Our Times, Ch. 2 Review: do the following exercises (written or typed)

            p. 52 - Build Your Economic Vocabulary

            p. 53 - Review Questions 1-9

Complete Reteaching Economics 2

Start studying for quiz on Chapter 2, Tuesday, September 10

United States History

Homework due Friday, August 30

AP:       Making America, pp 45-48

Reg:      Read handouts:

                        “Dutch Reformed Church”

                        “Choctaw”

Both:   Terms to Chart

            Complete the Colonizing America chart

European History

Homework due Friday, August 30

Both:  Study for quiz on the Meltdown of the 14^th Century.  Review the following:

                        All summer readings

                        Summer term chart

                        Web Quests

                        Aish handouts

                        Textbook readings

                        Class notes

                        Definition of primary source, secondary source, time and place rule

Economics

Homework due Friday, August 30

Economics in Our Times, pp 51-53

Finish Reffonomics Circular Flow lesson at:

            http://reffonomics.com/TRB/INPROGRESS/index12.html

            STOP when you come to the slide labeled “Financial Institution in Circular Flow”

Read Activity 4: The Circular Flow of Economic Activity and complete Parts II and III

Terms to Know

circular flow of economic activity

household

United States History

Homework due Thursday, August 29

AP:     Making America, pp 40-44

Reg:    America: Pathways to the Present, review pp 40-41

Both:    Read “The Pueblo Revolt” handout; possible reading quiz

            Terms to chart

European History

Homework due Thursday, August 29

AP:      HIS 101 outline (handout), pp 1-2

            AP Achiever, pp 59-60 (up to Renaissance Humanism and Art))

Reg:     World History, pp 336-337 (up to “Humanism”)

            CIG, pp 19-24 (up to “Communes…”)

Both:    Terms to Chart

Economics

Homework due Thursday, August 29

Economics in Our Times, pp 39-51

Terms to Know 

entrepreneur

In free enterprise theory, what are the roles of government in the economy?

contract

public goods

private goods

free riders

United States History

Homework due Wednesday, August 28

AP:      Making America, pp 34-39

Reg:     America: Pathways to the Present, pp 49-50, 59-60

            ABC-CLIO assignment, “The French and the Dutch”

Both:    Start the chart: “Colonizing America: The Chart.”  You must complete at least the Spain column

European History

Homework due Wednesday, August 28

AP:      CIG handout, pp 12-16

Reg:     CIG, pp 12-16

Both:    Review terms from summer term chart, from Avignon Papacy through Jan Hus & Hussites

            Complete “The Great Schism: A Web Quest”

Economics

Homework due Wednesday, August 28

Study for quiz

            Review

                        Chapter 1

                        All handouts

                        Interactive exercises

            Complete Reteaching Economics 1

BRING CALCULATOR TO CLASS (not for quiz) 

United States History

Homework due Tuesday, August 27

Both: Study for quiz on First Americans and Explorers

            Review:

Making America, Ch. 1

1491 handout

America: Pathways to the Present, all assigned pages

First Americans chart

Columbian Exchange handout

Native Americans: Cultural Areas and Tribes…. (both the map and the worksheet)

Explorers of North America chart

European History

Homework due Tuesday, August 27

AP:      AP Achiever, p. 58

            Review Making Europe handout, pp 304-308

Reg:     CIG, pp 17-18

Both:    Review terms from summer term chart, from Jacquerie through English Peasant Revolts

            Write a response to the question:  What demands and features were common to all the peasant revolts?

Economics

Homework due Tuesday,  August 26

Economics in Our Times, pp 32-38, 46

Write answers to the following questions.  Will be collected and graded.

            p. 37, Q’s 1, 2, & 4

            p. 46, Q’s 1 & 2

Terms to Know: 

            Private property

            Public property

            Incentive

            Profit

            Total revenue

            Total cost

United States History

Homework due Monday, August 26

AP:   Making America, pp 29-34

         Read “The European Discovery of America” handout

Reg:   America: Pathways to the Present

            Review pp 36-40 (up to “Forts for Defense”)

            Read pp 42-44 (up to “Jamestown Settlement”)

            Read handouts, “English, French, and Spanish Exploration” and “John Cabot”

Both:   Terms

           Start studying for quiz

European History

Homework due Monday, August 26

AP:    AP Achiever, pp 58-59 (up to “The Setting of the Renaissance”)

Reg:   CIG, pp 7-11

Both:  Complete The Hundred Years War:  A Webquest

Economics

Homework due Monday, August 26

Economics in Our Times, pp 20-23

Terms to Know 

            Economic system

            Free enterprise

            Socialism

            Economic plan

            Income distribution

            Mixed economies

Read the following three handout articles and complete the Study Questions

         “Pride and Power”

         “A Business Martyr in Putin’s Russia”

         “Russia to Sell Assets, But Maintain Control”

United States History

Homework due Friday, August 23

AP:      Read “Columbus Blamed for Syphilis Spread” handout

           

Both:    Read (either in print or online)  America: Pathways to the Present, Chapter 1, Section 2, p. 15 (“Seafaring Technology”)  - 16, 22-28, 36-40 (up to “Forts for Defense”)  (See handout for instructions on accessing the textbook online.)

            Start the Explorers Chart using America: Pathways to the Present, p. 37 map, and two maps that were e-mailed to you.

            REMINDER:  Binder and school supplies check on Friday

European History

Homework due Friday, August 23

Both:   Read the following handouts: 

                        Aish Part 47, “The Black Death”

                        Jewish History Sourcebook: The Black Death and the Jews, 1348-1349 CE,

                                    first 3 paragraphs in Italics and I. The Confession of Agimet. . .

            Write:  Describe two incidents of Jews being blamed for the Black Death and the

                        outcomes

            Know the following chart terms

                        Little Ice Age

                        Black Death

            Be prepared for:

                        Binder check

                        School supplies check

            Study for quiz: definition of history

Economics

Homework due Friday, August 23

Economics in Our Times, pp 17-20

Terms to Know

            Land

            Labor

            Capital

            Entrepreneurship 

Learning Check p. 20, 1-10 (Write the answers.)

United States History

Homework due Thursday, August 22

AP:      Read America: Pathways to the Present, pp 2-9

            Making America, p. 12, study the map

Reg:      Read America: Pathways to the Present, pp 2-9

Both:     Complete the Native American Cultural Areas assignment

European History

Homework due Thursday, August 22

AP:      AP Achiever, pp 53-57

            On a separate sheet of paper, TYPE answers to the AP Study Questions (see over)

Reg:     CIG (Complete Idiot’s Guide to European History), pp 3-6

            On a separate sheet of paper, TYPE answers to the Regular Study Questions (see over)

Both:    Memorize the definition of history (quiz on Friday)

Economics

Homework due Thursday, August 22

Economics in Our Times, pp 9-16

Terms to Know: 

            Wants

            Utility

            Resources

            Scarcity

            Economics

Read: “Is the Dismal Science Really a Science?” & Wall Street Journal letter to the editor, 3/4/10 Answer the following question in writing: In what ways do these readings modify the textbook’s definition of economics?

United States History

Homework due Wednesday, August 21

AP:   Read “Early Americans Arrived in Three Waves” handout

         Write or type answers to Study Questions

Reg:   Cover your textbook (you MUST bring your covered book to class on Wednesday, Aug. 21)

          Complete the Book Damage Report

        

Both:   Read the advice packet

           Complete the handout “A Contract With Myself”

European History

Homework due Wednesday August 21

Reg:    Cover your textbook (you MUST bring your covered book to class on Wednesday, Aug. 28.) Inspect your copy of World History from p. 334 to the end.  Complete the Book Damage Report by listing, by page number, EVERY page that has ANY damage whatsoever. 

Both:   Read the advice packet

            Complete the handout “A Contract With Myself”

Economics

Homework due Wednesday August 21

Economics in Our Times, pp 2-8. 

            COVER BOOK AND BRING TO CLASS

            COMPLETE THE BOOK DAMAGE REPORT.

Terms to Know.  Be prepared to define the terms if you are called on:

            Opportunity cost

            Global economy

            Microeconomics

            Macroeconomics

Learning Check p. 9, #1, 2, 3 (Write the answers.)