Assignments for February 16th, 2026

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Explorations in British Literature

We went over today’s homework as well as reviewed for the quiz next week on the Romantic period. Study the authors and the poetry and and novels that characterized it.

Don’t forget to find a copy of Oliver Twist by next week. You don’t need it in class, but you will need it for next week’s assignment. It’s fine to borrow it or get it from your local library.

For next week, complete pages 130-145, along with the questions. (Victorian Voices of Protest, The Lady of Shallot, Aurora Leigh, and School Daze, School Daze, an excerpt from Dickens’s novel Hard Times.)

Watch this short video on why you should read Charles Dickens.

American History

We had a review of all the Presidents (1-24) today and then did the last of the reports on the Presidents. If you had a report due today, please plan on giving it at the beginning of the hour next week. I reviewed all that you would need to know for the Presidents’ test next week as well as covered the Chapter Review for Chapters 19 and 20. Read Chapter 21 and study for the test! We will have a test on Chapters 18-21 two weeks from today with a game review that day as well.

U.S. Grant

Rutherford B. Hayes

James Garfield

Chester Arthur

Grover Cleveland

Benjamin Harrison

No-Spin Economics

We went over the worksheet on Crash Course Economics #2—Specialization and Trade and then played the game on Free Trade. Free trade benefits everyone involved. The game proved that to us. Then, we went over Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Chapter 1. Next week we will have a quiz on The Law, Penny Candy Chapters 1 and 2, and Crash Course Economics #1.

Just study the sheets you filled out for these. You don’t even have to read the chapters again!

For next week, watch Crash Course Economics #3 and print out Crash Course Economics Episode 3.

Crash Course Economics #3—Economic Systems

Also, read Chapters 3 and 4 in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? and complete the sheet you were given on Chapter 3.

Quick Looks at Great Books

We discussed the entire reading (Questions 1-18) and did Quiz #1. Then we did pages 52-56 and 62-68 in your Literary Terms notebook.

Here is the assignment for next week:

Chapters 13-27 (Abridged version)
Chapters 16-35 (Unabridged version)

Study guide questions 19-29.

Debate

We collected homework and went over Susan B. Anthony’s speech and determined if it debated the subject well. Then we broke into groups and practiced for the Sylvia Snidely commercial next week. Students chose a one-on-one debate, partner, and subject. That debate is due two weeks from today. (February 23)

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