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Assignments for 03/24/2025

Assignments for March 24th, 2025

Quick Looks at Great Books

We’re finishing the book this week. Here are the chapters.

  • Chapters 64-71 (abridged version)
  • Chapters 104-117 (unabridged version)

Answer the questions in your study guide 94-105.

American History

The students did really well on the Presidents’ test. All they had to do was study what I gave them! Today, we went over Chapters 22 and 23—World War I and the Roaring Twenties. Then we reviewed the states and capitals for our test on April 14. That same day, we will have our next Presidential reports.

Watch this short video on the Great Depression.

Watch this one-minute review of the Presidency of Herbert Hoover.

For next week, read Chapter 24. When we return from Spring Break, we will be ready for our test on Chapters 21-24 in your text. Remember, you don’t have to know everything in the chapter, just what I give you to circle in the Chapter Review.

No-Spin Economics

The students received their quizzes back from last week. After taking questions from the quiz, we began a competitive review of Crash Course Economics 1-6. Then, we took our test on 1-6. For next week, read Chapters 7-9 in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?
Also, watch Crash Course Economics #7.

Inflation, Bubbles, and Tulips

Practical Public Speaking

We first went over the homework for next week. On page 41 in your text, brainstorm a number of ideas and interests for your Informative speech. Narrow the topics to three, and I will meet with each one of you and help you decide which one is best. You should leave class with a certain topic for your next speech!

After that, we finished with the Manuscript speeches and then the extemporaneous News Articles. Next week will be a make-up week for any speeches you are missing.

Adventures in American Literature

We watched the Huck Finn movie to see the portrayal of the pretended Wilks brothers. It helps so much to see the two con men in action! Then we took any questions of the reading of the book or the study guide questions. The quizzes really are about what happened in the story, It was fun to see Tom Sawyer again, but it was hard not to compare the two!! (T0m Sawyer and Huck Finn)

For next week, study for the final test on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. We will have a game review before we take the test.

Also, read the following two short stories.

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

For this story, answer question #2 (a, b, and c) on page 129. (We will do the rest together.)

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

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