Assignments for September 16th, 2024
Quick Looks at Great Books
Today, we reviewed our procedures for the class and discussed the French Revolution, which is the setting for our first book. Each student received a study guide for A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and a Literary Terms workbook. (Please bring a three-ring binder next week, if you did not today, to hold the pages.)
For next week, read pages 2-36 in your (purple) study guide. Also, please be prepared to share orally the report that you were assigned. (Let me know if you have any questions.) Find as much information as you can on your subject. You will only have to do one report, but you will hear lots of others on people and places in the French Revolution! Be prepared for a quiz over the extra information two weeks from today. (After we have finished our reports and discussed the pages.) In the time we had left, we watched a portion of the History Channel documentary of the French Revolution. Start securing a copy of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Let me know if you need me to bring you a copy to borrow next week.
American History
We had a great time going over some of the things we will cover this year in American History. Each student filled out a survey of things we will cover and any person/subject they would like to know more about. No grades—just for my information only. We also answered some questions about our flag and the original 13 colonies. Then we played a game to find out how much they remembered about our states and capitals. We had two students who seemed to know almost all of them!
For next week, read Lessons 1 and 2 in your History text. I will tell you what you will need to know from the Chapter Review at the end of each lesson. (Definitely not all of it—just those things that are most important.)
Watch this brief video to review those 13 original colonies.
U.S. Government
We had a super first day of class! We are living in most important times right now, and I love to be molding our future citizens. We played a game today, and we will play the same game at the end of the semester. I used to be discouraged at how little they know, but by the end of the semester they will know ALL these answers.
For next week, complete Lessons 1 and 2, which are both on Government terms. For each lesson I will give them answers on the first page, so they will have no reason not to know how to do the following pages. Complete pages 2-4 and pages 6-8. They received a text in class today and should just work from these pages in these lessons.
Here are the answers for the first page of Lessons 1 and 2. Just copy these answers into your notebook, and then complete the rest of the lessons.
Lesson 1
Across Down
1. Communism 2. Monarchy
5. Aristocracy 3. Fascism
6. Socialism 4. Common
7. Capitalism 8. Autocracy
9. Democracy 10. Cabinet
12. Civil 11. Right Wing
14. Amendment 13. Law
Lesson 2
Across Down
1. Anarchism 2. Civil
3. Abdication 4. Bureaucracy
6. Dictator 5. Habeus Corpus
9. Impeachment 7. Legislature
11. Conservatism 8. Liberalism
13. Executive 10. Due process
14. Amnesty 12. Autonomy
Adventures in American Literature
We had a great first day today. We got to know each other and played an American History game to see if they could put historical events in chronological order. American Literature was so dependent on what was going on around the writers.
For next week, in the text you were given, complete pages 3 and 4 with the help of your computer. (List all 50 states in alphabetical order.) We will add to that together next week. Then complete page 5, again using your computer if you need help. (List the 48 continental states on the map given.) On pages 6 and 7, read the story of “Godasiyo, The Woman Chief.” This was an oral legend passed down by the Seneca tribe in America. Then answer the questions on page 8 about that story. Also, the students were told ask their parents about the family’s roots. “Do you have a famous American in your family closet?” “Was your family name passed down or altered?” “Have your ancestors moved throughout the country for religious, ethnic, or racial reasons?” “What occupations did your ancestors have?” These were some of the questions we asked. Do you have anything you can tell your son or daughter about any of these, or what country you came from? Thanks for your help!
I look forward to getting to know each of the students as we explore our literature together.
Previous Assignments for School Year 2024:
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