Week of March 24 - 28, 2008

Today in History and Other Points of Interest:

• Monday: One of the greatest man-made disasters ever occur on this day in 1989 when the Exxon Valdez oil tanker spilled over 11,000,000 gallons of its cargo off the coast of Alaska.
• Tuesday: Lord Baltimore's colonists landed in Maryland on March 25, 1634.
• Wednesday: Sandra Day O'Connor was born on March 26, 1930. She was sworn in as an associate judge of the U.S. Supreme Court on September 25, 1981. She is the first woman ever appointed to this high court.
• Thursday: The first coast-to-coast color TV broadcast took place on March 27, 1955.
• Friday: On this date in 1979, a nuclear accident took place at Three Mile Island power plant near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

AP US History.

Objectives for the week include: To what extent was the policy of neutrality a realistic one? What is the role of a civilian population in a wartime society? To what extent is it acceptable for the government to limit civil liberties in time of war? Was the U.S. justified in dropping the Atomic bomb? To what extent was the end of World War II a reaction to the past?

• Monday: Students will complete an in-class activity over pages 798-806. Homework includes reading pages 806-818 and completing cornell notes.
• Tuesday: Students will complete an in-class analysis of a DBQ, "The Home Front." Homework includes preparing for the test.
• Wednesday: Students will take a three-week exam over the 1930's and World War II.
• Thursday: Students will analyze the DBQ they worked on in class on Tuesday. Homework includes reading pages 821-831 and completing cornell notes.
• Friday: Students will complete an in-class activity over pages 821-831. Homework includes reading pages 831-841 and completing cornell notes.

AP Government:

Objectives for the week include: Can students explain the organization and powers, both formal and informal, of the major political institutions in the United States - the Congress, the presidency, the bureaucracy, and the federal courts? Can students describe the ties between the various branches of national government and political parties, interest groups, the media, and state and local governments?

• Monday: Students will complete an in-class activity over pages 403-417. Homework includes reading pages 417-422 and completing cornell notes.
• Tuesday: Students will discuss pages 417-422. Homework includes reading pages 422-431 and completing cornell notes.
• Wednesday: Students will discuss pages 422-431. Homework includes reviewing cornell notes and studying terms.
• Thursday: Students will review multiple-choice questions and in-class essay prompts. Homework includes reviewing cornell notes and studying terms.
• Friday: Students will complete a three-week multiple-choice exam over Congress, the Presidency, and the Bureaucracy.

Week of March 17-21, 2008

Points of Interest:

• Monday: St. Patrick's Day!
• Tuesday: Happy Birthday, Grover Cleveland! You were the only president to serve two terms out of sequence. You were our twenty-second and twenty-fourth president. You were born on March 18, 1837.
• Wednesday: When Congress passed the Standard Time Act on March 19, 1918, it established daylight-saving time.
• Thursday: Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, was published on March 20, 1852.
• Friday: No School Today! Today is the traditional date for the beginning of spring. Cesar Chavez was born on March 21, 1927. He's known for his work for better conditions for Mexican-American farm workers in the Southwest.

AP US History. Objectives for the week include: Why was the Great Depression a disaster waiting to happen? How did the Great Depression affect the lives and dreams of those who lived through it? What was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's plan to end the depression? How did Roosevelt's New Deal go about fixing the problems of the depression? What was the opposition to the New Deal and how did Roosevelt deal with it? To what extent was America in danger of falling into the hands of radicals and communists in the 1930s? To what extent did minorities receive a "New Deal"? To what extent did FDR's New Deal end the Depression?

• Monday: Students will participate in an in class discussion and lecture over pages 761-773. Also, students will have the opportunity to take a pre-test over Chapter 26. Homework: Cornell Notes over pages 773-786.
• Tuesday: Discuss pages 773-786 in class. Homework: None.
• Wednesday: Chapters 25-26 Review and Chapter 27 Pretest. Homework: Cornell Notes over pages 791-797.
• Thursday: Discuss pages 791-797 in class. Homework: None.
• Friday: No School.

AP Government. Objectives for the week include: Can students explain the organization and powers, both formal and informal, of the major political institutions in the United States -- the Congress, the presidency, the bureaucracy, and the federal courts? Can students describe the ties between the various branches of national government and political parties, interest groups, the media, and state and local governments?

• Monday: Students will participate in an in class discussion and lecture over pages 362-372. Homework: Cornell Notes over pages 375-385.
• Tuesday: Students will participate in an in class discussion and lecture over pages 375-385, the bureaucracy. Homework: Cornell Notes over pages 385-395.
• Wednesday:Students will participate in an in class discussion and lecture over pages 385-395, the federal bureaucracy today. Homework: Cornell Notes over pages 395-401.
• Thursday: Students will participate in an in class discussion and lecture over pages 395-401, bureaucratic pathologies. Homework: none.
• Friday: No School.

The Week of March 3-7, 2008

Please Note: AP Registration is due Tuesday, March 4th! Don't forget your envelopes. Spring Break starts this weekend and we spring forward one hour on Sunday, March 9th!

AP US History:

• Monday: We will be registering for next year! Please keep in mind AP Government and AP Economics as options for your senior year.
• Tuesday: We will be taking our social studies benchmark exam. It will be used as a diagnostic tool to determine strengths and areas that will need attention prior to the May 2nd testing date.
• Wednesday: ELA TAKS test. If students attend AP US history on Wednesday, they will have an opportunity to review their tests and DBQs. They may also have time to work on their term packets. Homework includes: Cornell Notes for pages 731-748.
• Thursday: Students will discuss pages 731-748. Objectives include: can students describe the culture of Modernism: science, the arts, and entertainment? Can students discuss the ongoing struggle for equality: African Americans and women? Homework includes: Cornell Notes over pages 748-757.
• Friday: Students will discuss pages 748-757. Objectives include: can students describe the culture of Modernism: science, the arts, and entertainment? Can students discuss the ongoing struggle for equality: African Americans and women? Homework includes: Have a great Spring Break.

AP Government:
Objectives include: Can students explain the organization and powers, both formal and informal, of the major political institutions in the United States -- the Congress, the presidency, the bureaucracy, and the federal courts? Can students describe the ties between the various branches of national government and political parties, interest groups, the media, and state and local governments?

• Monday: Students will discuss pages 284-311. Homework includes: Cornell Notes over pages 311-319.
• Tuesday: Students will discuss pages 311-319. Homework includes: Cornell Notes over pages 319-330.
• Wednesday: Students will discuss pages 319-330. Homework includes: Cornell Notes over pages 333-345.
• Thursday: Students will discuss pages 333-345. Homework includes: Cornell Notes over pages 345-362.
• Friday: Students will discuss pages 345-362. Homework includes: Have a great Spring Break.