Assignments for November 2nd, 2026
American History
We passed back the quizzes from last week, and I gave the students time to study them. We did a complete competitive review of chapters 4-6 and then took the test. I assigned extra credit reports on six Presidents to volunteers, due on November 9. If you didn’t write down the name, you can email me for it. () Then we began talking about Chapter 7.
For next week, read Chapter 8. We will discuss both Chapters 7 and 8 and go over the Chapter Reviews.
Watch this video about the making of our Constitution.
U.S. Government
We discussed our two political parties and what they believed and how they started. Then we covered pages 34-36 and pages 38-40. We started The President and Vice-President (the assignments for today) and will finish them next week.
For next week, study for the quiz with two matching sections on the Senate and the House of Representatives and two short answer sections as we have had on previous quizzes. Also, complete pages 50-52 on Immigration and pages 54-56 on Citizenship. We will go through these lessons next week. Here are the crossword answers for Lesson 13 Immigration and Lesson 14 Citizenship.
Watch this short video about Naturalization.
Quick Looks at Great Books
We answered all the questions on page 47 on Chapters 20-24 and then took Quiz #4. We watched parts of the book on the DVD and answered questions 59-67. We will finish through Chapter 10 next week.
For next week, finish the entire book. (Chapters 11-15 of Book 3) We will take Quizzes #5 and #6 watch Darnay’s second trial on the DVD. We will do a competitive review and take our final test on November 9. Be sure to catch up on your reading before we discuss the ending!
Adventures in American Literature
We reviewed for next week’s test on what we have done so far. The entire test will be matching, so you have no excuse to leave an answer blank! We reviewed the quizzes from last week, so you have those to study. (matching) You were given a literary terms sheet to add to your notebook. For this test, you will be responsible for numbers 1-6, 9, 11, and you adde broadside and ballad to the list. We also reviewed the tall tale heroes of each state or area of the country, which will be a matching section as well. We also went over today’s homework on James Fenimore Cooper and his frontier hero. We finished by watching the story of Paul Bunyan on a video and will finish by watching Casey Jones at the beginning of our next class.
For next week, review for our first literature test on people we have studied, literary terms, and tall tale characters. Also, read the Summary of The Custom House from The Scarlet Letter and be prepared for a quiz on it.