Assignments for November 9th, 2026
American History
We passed back the tests from Chapters 4-6 and took questions. Be sure to keep this test to study for the review test and the final exam. You might see some of the questions again! Then we talked through Chapters 7 and 8, along with the Chapter Reviews.
For next week, study for Quiz #3 on Chapter 7 and read Chapter 9. If you study Chapter 7 for the quiz you have already studied one chapter for the test!
Watch this brief video about the Louisiana Purchase.
Watch this video about our first President.
U.S. Government
We defined all the different parties and gave the students a sheet on that for their notebooks. We took Quiz #4 on the Senate and House as well as the short answer questions we have had over and over. We also went over pages 42-48 on the President and the Vice-President.
For next week, study for Test One on several lessons: Voting, Electoral College, Political Parties, The President, and The Vice-President. (Pages 29-32, the test and questions on the Electoral College, pages 33-40, and pages 41-48) We will have a competitive game before we take the test. We will also go through Immigration and Citizenship next week.
Watch this video about the President and the Vice-President.
Quick Looks at Great Books
We answered the study guide questions and watched the BBC video. Next week, we will take the last two quizzes after a game review to go over the details of the book. We will finish discussing the book and going over questions in our study guide. In addition to reading and reviewing the book, do the following terms in your Literary Terms notebook: Metaphor and Simile (pages 10-12), Personification (pages 16-18), Symbol (pages 119-21), Allusion (pages 49-51), and Irony (pages 69-71). I will check these, and we will go over them in two weeks.
Watch this video to review the details of A Tale of Two Cities in two minutes.
Adventures in American Literature
We reviewed for the American Literature Test One, people, terms, and tall tales and then took the test in class. We reviewed the summary of The Custom House and then took the quiz on it and the life of Hawthorne.
You will now read Chapters 1-6 in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Answer questions 1-14 in the study guide I gave you in class.
Watch this video about the life of Nathaniel Hawthorne.