Monday, September 30, 2013

United States History

Homework due Tuesday, October 1

Both:   Study for Unit Test.  BRING AT LEAST TWO PENS WITH BLUE OR BLACK INK TO THE EXAM.

European History

Homework due Tuesday, October 1

Both:   Study for Unit Test.

Economics

Homework due Tuesday, October 1


Economics in Our Times, pp 97 (bottom)-101, 104, 107 (bottom)-108
            Learning Check p. 108, # 2 & 3

Term to Know
rationing device

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

United States History

Homework due Monday, September 30

AP:   Making America, pp 90-94

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

Both:   Terms to Chart
         Start studying for Unit Test

European History

Homework due Monday, September 30

AP:   Making Europe, pp 357-361 (up to “Consolidation in England”)
         AP Achiever, pp 67-69

Reg:   “Resurgent Monarchies” handout - read entire
        
Both:   Start New Monarchs chart
         Terms to Chart 

Economics

Homework due Monday, September 30

Economics in Our Times, pp 92-97
            Learning Check p. 97, # 3 & 4.  Draw graph with D & S curves to illustrate each problem.

Terms to Know
surplus
shortage
equilibrium
inventory

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

United States History

Homework due Monday, September 23

AP:   Making America, pp 85-89

Reg:  America: Pathways to the Present, pp 77-82
         Read handouts:
            “Paxton Boys uprising”
            “Regulators of North Carolina”

Both:    Read the “Scots-Irish” handout
            Read “The Middle Passage” handout
            Terms to chart

European History

Homework due Monday, September 23

Both:   Read both Desiderius Erasmus handouts
            Complete the worksheet

Economics

Homework due Monday, September 23

Complete Reteaching Chapter 3

Economics in Our Times,
            Write answers to Build Your Economic Vocabulary, p. 87
            Know answers to Review Questions, pp 87-88: 1, 2, 4-8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 18-20, 22-24

Monday, September 16, 2013

United States History

Homework due Tuesday, September 17

AP:   Making America, pp 79-85

Reg:   America: Pathways to the Present, pp 70-75, 83-88

Both:   Terms to Chart

European History

Homework due Tuesday, September 17

Both:   Study for Review Quiz on: the Coming of the Renaissance, Renaissance Humanism, and Renaissance Art (short answer questions, no multiple choice)
            Review:
                        Textbook readings and terms due August 29 - September 10
                        Renaissance Art PowerPoint
                        Class notes           
            You should know:
                        What “Renaissance” means
                        Why it started in Italy
                        The characteristics of humanism, and the subjects recommended for study
                        The Italian city states
                        Art terms            

Economics

Homework due Tuesday, September 17

Economics in Our Times, pp 75-82

Terms to Know
supply
law of supply
direct relationship
quantity supplied
supply schedule
supply curve
per unit cost
quotas
elasticity of supply
elastic supply
inelastic supply
unit elastic supply

Thursday, September 12, 2013

United States History

Homework due Monday, September 16

AP:     Making America, pp 71-74

Reg:    America: Pathways to the Present, pp 62-63

Both:   Watch “We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower” and answer analysis questions (see handout)

European History

Homework due Monday, September 16

AP:      Making Europe, pp 331-337
            AP Achiever, pp 63-64 (“Education and the Printing Press”); AND pp 69-70
            Mercado outline, “The Renaissance”, pp 11-15

Reg:     World History, pp 342-345
            CIG, pp 31-35

Both:    Terms to Chart 

Economics

Homework due Monday, September 16

Economics in Our Times, pp 69-75
            Learning Check p. 75, # 1-6

Complete Beef Products Market worksheet

Terms to Know 
elasticity of demand
elastic demand
inelastic demand
unit-elastic demand
four determinants of elasticity
impact of elasticity on total revenue

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

United States History

Homework due Thursday, September 12

AP:      Making America, pp 68-71 (up to “Colonies of the Lower South”)

Reg:     America: Pathways to the Present, pp 59-62

Both:    Study “The Colonies in America, 1607-1776” table
                        AP:  handout
                        Reg: America: Pathways to the Present, p. 61
            Terms to chart

European History

Homework due Thursday, September 12

AP:   Making Europe, pp 338-342 (“The Cities of Renaissance Italy”)
         AP Achiever, pp 65-67
         “The Papal States” handout

Reg:   World History, pp 336-337 (middle)
         CIG, pp 24-25

Both:   Read the Machiavelli handout and complete the worksheet

Economics

Homework due Thursday, September 12

Economics in Our Times, pp 63-69 (skip pp 65-67)
            Learning Check p. 69, # 1-5

Terms to Know 
normal good
inferior good
neutral good
substitutes
complements

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

United States History

Homework due Wednesday, September 11

AP:   Making America, pp 62-68

Reg:   America: Pathways to the Present, pp 50-57

Both:   Read the “Mayflower Compact” handout
            Terms to chart

European History

Homework due Wednesday, September 11

AP:   Making Europe, pp 327-331 (up to “The Northern European Renaissance”)
         AP Achiever, pp 62-63 (“Works in Oil, Marble, and Stone”)
         Read the handouts: “The Humanists’ Educational Program” and “The New Education” and complete the worksheet

Reg:   World History, pp 338 (middle)-340
         CIG, pp 28-31

Both:   Terms to Chart 

Economics


Homework due Wednesday, September 11
Economics in Our Times, pp 60-62

            Finish term definitions
            Learning Check, pp 62-63, write or type answers to #s 1, 2, 3, & 4

Monday, September 9, 2013

United States History

Homework due Tuesday, September 10

Both:   Study for quiz on Spanish, French, and Dutch Colonization
            Review:
Textbook assignments
Colonizing America:  The Chart
Terms
Class notes

European History

Homework due Tuesday, September 10

AP:     Read “Pico della Mirandola and The Dignity of Man” handout and answer questions

Both:   Read the handouts listed below, and complete the worksheet, “Renaissance Humanist Education”
                        “The Humanist Educational Program”
                        Petrus Paulus Vergerius, “The New Education”
            

Economics

Homework due Tuesday, September 10

Study for quiz on Chapter 2 - calculator required!!
            Review chapter and terms
            Review Reteaching Chapter 2
            Review Reffonomics lessons
            Review all handouts including Russia articles
            Know how to calculate percentages

BRING CALCULATOR AND TEXTBOOK TO CLASS ON TUESDAY.