Assignments

Assignments for December 15th, 2025

Artistic scene of winter village

Explorations in British Literature

We watched parts of Act IV and all of Act V on our video, and the students watched Shakespeare’s characters come to life. We took the final quiz (#3), and next week we will do our final test. We will also discuss Macbeth and how Shakespeare’s tragedies work. Study for our test and our quiz on Macbeth.

Watch this brief summary of Twelfth Night.

Review this summary of Macbeth.

We will also observe some of the traditions of Elizabethan England. (Shakespeare’s time)

American History

We reviewed and then took the quiz on the videos you watched. We discussed Chapters 14 and 15 and went over what to study for the test in these chapters.

For next week, read Chapter 16, and we will go over the Chapter Review at the end. Watch the following one minute videos on the next set of Presidents.

William Henry Harrison

John Tyler

James K. Polk

Zachary Taylor

Millard Fillmore

Franklin Pierce

James Buchanan

U.S. Government

We caught up today with the lessons the students had already done—State Government, City Government, and the Post Office. We will go over the military next week. Complete the military part of our government by doing the Air Force page. Here are the crossword answers for Lesson 24: Air Force (United States).

Watch the following theme songs of the branches of the military. (Air Force included)

Space Force (newest branch of the military)

Quick Looks at Great Books

We watched some of the BBC video and reviewed the entire book with the study guide questions. Next week, we will do a brief Jeopardy game review and Chronolog review before we take our final test on Silas Marner. In the time left, we will celebrate a Victorian Christmas in honor of Charles Dickens and George Eliot!

Complete the following pages in your Literary terms notebook: Conflict, (pages 54-56) and Dialogue (pages 66-67)

Practical Public Speaking

Next week, we will finish our Demonstration speeches with Brian, Landon, Avalyn, Asher, Ana Leah, Grant, Daniel, and Glory.

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