Assignments for September 23rd, 2024
Quick Looks at Great Books
You did a fantastic job today on your reports! Many of you gave us new information about all of these subjects. You will receive a quiz grade for this report.
Next week, we will go over the pages in your purple study guide that you read for today. (pages 2-36) We will also finish the report for the person who was absent and then have a quiz over the material. As we discuss the pages in your study guide, I will make sure to go over all that is on the quiz. Your first assignment in A Tale of Two Cities will be given next week, unless you want to go ahead and start it. Otherwise, just review the pages in your study guide for the quiz next Monday.
Watch the following video to review the French Revolution.
American History
We reviewed in story form all of Chapter 1 and half of Chapter 2. At the end of Chapter 1 (Chapter 1 Review p. 14), I told the students what would be on the test by giving them what to study, When we finish Chapter 2, I will do the same. For next week, read Chapter 3, and we will discuss it after we finish the previous chapter.
Watch this brief video about John Peter Zenger and freedom of the press.
U.S. Government
Next week, we will have our first quiz on the terms in Lessons 1 and 2. Students should study pages 4 and 8 for the terms in these two lessons. (I say pages 4 and 8 because the quiz will be matching, taken directly from the definitions given there.) Actually, those terms were on each page of those two lessons. Also, I gave them exactly what the “fill-in the blanks” questions were. There are 10 of those and they can find all the answers on the three branches of government. They will receive a copy of this sheet to put in the front of their notebooks. I did tell them what each of the questions would be. Also, do the next two lessons in your workbook–The Constitution and the Bill of Rights. (Lessons 3 and 4)
In case you don’t know, and many parents don’t, this Tuesday is a federally recognized holiday–Constitution Day. Our Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787. Watch this brief video about the day and what it means to many.
Lastly, the students were supposed to ask their parents a question: “Who is the most famous founding father that you never heard of?” Maybe you know the answer to this because you have an older student who has taken this class. If not, your student should be able to give you the answer. If they don’t remember today, they will surely know after we study his life next week.
Here are the answers to the crosswords on pages 9 and 13. (Lessons 3 and 4) This will help them to complete the lessons for homework.
Lesson 3
Across Down
1. Bill of Rights 2. Implied
7. Rhode Island 3. Federalists
8. Delaware 4. Supreme Court
10. Madison 5. Amendments
11. Expressed 6. Confederation
12. Concurrent 7. Ratified
– 9. Reserved
– 10. Morris
Lesson 4
Across Down
1. Liquor 2. Income
4. Black 3. Women
5. Congress 4. Bails
9. Criminal 5. Civil
11. Religion 6. Eighteen
12. Soldiers 7. Trial
– 8. Warrants
– 10. Arms
Test Prep
We worked on the practice exercises today for the PSAT Reading Test that we will take in class next week. For next week, complete the final practice exercise on pages 19-22. (Excerpt is from a 2013 history article titled “The Great Seal.” ) Read the article and answer the ten questions that follow. (Just circle A, B, C, or D) We will go over the ten questions with the why of the answers before we take the timed test. This test is a full 60 minutes and the longest of the four PSAT tests.
Adventures in American Literature
We went over the pages of assignments for today. I was surprised that so many of them had personal associations with so many states! We also covered John Smith and William Bradford from the Jamestown and Plymouth colonies. I know this is an older form of English, but this is the earliest record of history we have.
For next week, read the poetry by Edward Taylor and answer the questions on pages 15 and 16. Then read the poetry by Anne Bradstreet on page 17, the sermon of Jonathan Edwards (“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”) on page 19 and answer the questions on page 20, and the letters by Abigail Adams and questions on pages 21-24. Lastly, read Patrick Henry’s famous speech to the Virginia legislature on pages 25 and 26 and answer the questions. (“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”)
Watch the following two short videos that Charles Kuralt did as he traveled.