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Assignments for 04/20/2026

Assignments for April 20th, 2026

Field of tulips

Explorations in British Literature

We listened to “The Selfish Giant”, a short story for his children by Oscar Wilde. We also reviewed the Romantic works and authors for our quiz next week. We went over the homework pages by Kipling, H.G. Wells, and T.S. Eliot.

For next week, turn in your limerick, study for the Romantic quiz, answer the four questions about Eliot’s “Hollow Men”, and record your response to George Orwell’s essay “Shooting an Elephant”. (Remember to secure a copy of Animal Farm by Gorge Orwell by next week.)

Watch this biography of George Orwell.

American History

We took our quiz on Chapter 2 on World War II, and then we had our Presidents’ reports and reviewed our States and Capitals for the upcoming test.

For next week, study for the states and capitals test. (page 539 in your text) We will do a game review before the test. Also, read Chapter 27 in your text.

Watch the one minute videos of the Presidents we studied today.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Harry S. Truman

Dwight D. Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

Lyndon B. Johnson

Richard M. Nixon

No-Spin Economics

We had a game review of Crash Course Economics 1-6 and tiger took the test.

For next week, study for the quiz on Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Chapters 7-9 and Crash Course Economics #7. Also, watch Crash Course Economics #9 and #10.

Crash Course Economics #9 — Deficits and Debt

Crash Course Economics #10 — Monetary Policy

Quick Looks at Great Books

We discussed the questions for Chapter 1, reviewed the characters, and other main points in the book. Then we took questions and took the quiz.

For next week, finish To Kill a Mockingbird and review the questions for Chapters 15-31. Make sure you know all the answers and have no questions. We will then review the whole book.

Watch the following movie clips when Harper Lee picked the cast for this classic move.

Watch To Kill a Mockingbird Miss Dubose scene on YouTube.

Debate

Winner of today’s debate—All U.S. states should NOT be required to accept Michigan’s bottle/can deposit system to encourage recycling and reduce trash and litter.

Two teams for April 27 debate

  • Negative: Will, Braden, Kate, Belle, Grant, Zach
  • Positive: Jonah, Ana Leah, Avalyn, Noah, Daniel

Every U.S. person between the ages of 18-25 SHOULD/SHOULD NOT be required serve one year in the armed forces of the U.S. or a government approved service or charity organization.

Please set up a Google Chat or some way to make contact with your team and decide who will do each speaking part and do research. All of you should do research.

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Assignments for 04/13/2026

Assignments for April 13, 2026

Field of tulips

Explorations in British Literature

We watched the last parts of Oliver Twist and saw how ingeniously Dickens revealed the fate of all the characters we were familiar with. We also saw Simon Callow portray Charles Dickens as he read his books to audiences, using a different voice for every character. Dickens the actor shone through. We then went over what the students had done before Spring Break—Pardon My Pun on page 148 in your notebooks. We talked about the works of Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, and W.S. Gilbert. We went through pages 140 and 150 and learned the meaning of jaberwocky and the portmanteau. We learned about Edward Lear’s limericks and how they are constructed.

For next week, read about Oscar Wilde on page 149, Kipling on pages 153-55. Answer the questions on page 155. Read ET.”s Ancestors? on pages 157-59 and answer the final questions about this portrayal of The War if the Worlds by H.G. Wells. Also, read The Naming of Cats by T.S, Eliot which led to the famous production on stage.

If you dod not watch the Muppet’s version of Jaberwocky on the website, watch it now.

Watch this excerpt of The Pirates of Penance by Gilbert.

American History

We reviewed Chapter 25 and the Chapter Review. We discussed the issues of World War II and prepared for next week’s quiz. Then we reviewed for the test on states and capitals on April 20.

Next week, we will take our quiz on Chapter 25—World War II. Then we will do our reports on the Presidents that were assigned before Spring Break. (Jack, Natalie, Cohen, Annie G., Claire, Annie B., Soffia, and Urijah have reports.) Also, read Chapter 26 in your textbook.

Watch the video of the assassination of JFK.

No-Spin Economics

We passed back and reviewed the graded last quiz we took on Crash Course Economics #3 and #5. We also reviewed CC #6 and had a game review on all six Crash Course Economics videos. We will have a review next week and then take our test.

Also, for next week, read Chapters 10-12 in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? and watch the video of Crash Course Economics #7 and complete the sheet you were given in class.

Inflation and Bubbles and Tulips

Quick Looks at Great Books

Today, we went over our Literary Terms book, covering Lessons 1-22. We have already done some 0f the lessons after 22 and will finish all of them before the final exam.

In our new book, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, bread Chapters 1-14 and answer questions 1-34 in your new study guide. If you have any questions at all, bring them to class before we take the quiz.

Debate

Winner of today’s game—the Super Power of the Serum. Remember, that in the Crossfire, one person must talk at a time with no interruptions at all!

Next week, we will have our first debate with a full audience. The students will be debating on whether or not states should be required to adopt Michigan’s bottle deposit system to encourage recycling and reduce trash. You should be as persuasive as possible and talk directly to your audience. The debate will run from 2:55-3:55 for all parents and judges. We will be set up and ready for you then! Please get with your team this week to make final arrangements and changes.

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Assignments for 04/06/2026

Assignments for April 6, 2026

Happy spring break!

We won’t meet next week since that is our Spring Break. I will see you all back on Monday, April 6. British Literature students should not forget to bring your British Literature notebooks to class. For American History, you have no homework, but remember, you have a quiz on Chapter 25—World War II on April 13, which we will go over on the Monday we come back. In Economics, we will have a game review and test on April 13 on Crash Course Economics 1-6.

For Quick Looks at Great Books, secure a copy of our next book, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and bring your Literary Terms notebook to class with you. Lastly, we will have time to prepare for your next debate on April 13 in Debate class. Grant won the game we played today for being the most entertaining and quickest thinker on his feet!!

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Assignments for 03/23/2026

Assignments for March 23rd, 2026

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Explorations in British Literature

We watched more of our BBC DVD today and saw the Bumbles 3 months into their marriage. Not a pretty sight at all!! Who is Fagin newest employee? We’ll watch more next week or when we come back from Spring Break. We’ll also watch as Simon Callow portrays Dickens as he is on the road with excerpts from his books. We’ll watch Nancy’s murder and what follows. Hopefully, you’ll see a side of Dickens you haven’t yet seen!

Next week, we’ll play a game of Jeopardy to review Oliver Twist along with a Final Jeopardy question. Review the book and listen to all the questions. It will be a great review of characters and events. Also, read and complete pages 148-150 (Pardon My Pun) In your British Literature notebook on Lewis Carroll and a portion of “Jabberwocky,” a poem. We’ll begin right after Spring Break with the nonsense writing of the 1800s, so be sure to bring your British Literature notebook to class then.

Watch this brief reading of “Jabberwocky.”

American History

We listened to and talked about the lives of our next set of Presidents. Next week, we will assign the next eight for extra credit this semester. They will be due on April 20. We will also start reviewing for our States and Capitals test when we return from Spring Break.

Next week, we will have a game review and our final test on Chapters 21-24. We reviewed each of the Chapter Reviews today.

Watch this brief video about the Great Depression.

No-Spin Economics

We took our Coins and Currency Quiz today. There were two matching sections. and the rest was True/False. Then we reviewed for next week’s quiz on Crash Course Economics #3 and #5. We reviewed also for the Crash Course Economics Test on April 13 on Crash Courses 1-6. Next week, we will have our quiz on CC #3 and #5.

Also, read Chapters 7-9 in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? I will give you handouts next week.

Quick Looks at Great Books

We made up quizzes and took all that we have. Then we reviewed all of the book with a competitive game. We will have one more review Jeopardy game next week before we take the final test. We will finish all of the questions in your study guide. When we return from Spring Break on April 6, we will begin our next book, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Be sure to secure a copy by April 6. Also, complete more terms in your notebook—Denotation and Connotation (pages 1-3), Hyperbole (pages 4-5), Idiom (pages 6-7), Imagery (pages 8-9), Oxymoron and Paradox (pages 13-15), and Assonance and Consonance (pages 25-27). Bring your notebook of Literary Terms to class on April 6.

Debate

Winner of the debate—Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of JFK. We’ll go over comments and suggestions next week. We will also divide into two new teams and have time to start working on our next debate. We will invite all of the parents to the next three debates. No problem if they can’t make it. We’ll play a game before we start work on our next debate.

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Assignments for 03/16/2026

Assignments for March 16th, 2026

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Explorations in British Literature

We watched the BBC movie for some of the characters we had already read about. We saw Mr. Fang, the cruel magistrate, and watched the romance of Mr. Bumble and Mrs. Corney, the widow, blossom. Each was after what would benefit him/her specifically. Marriage was such an economic relationship, not a love relationship. Then we went over the study guide questions for today’s reading and took Quiz #4.

Next week, read the following:

  • Oliver Twist — Chapters 41–53
  • Study Guide Questions — Pages 16-19

We will finish the book this week and be ready for the Jeopardy review and final test on March 23. It may be a surprise ending for you! Dickens does manage to bring all of the characters together and end all loose ends.

American History

We went over Chapter 24 and what you needed to know from the Chapter Review. Then we went over your homework, the crossword puzzle on Theodore Roosevelt. We then divided into two teams and reviewed the Presidents and other important characters that we have learned so far.

For next week, read pages 388-400 in Chapter 25—World War II. We will have a quiz on the whole chapter the second Monday after Spring Break. (April 13) Next week, we have our Presidents reports by Amelia, Natalie, Connor, Cohen, Annie B., Nate, and Annie G.

In preparation for the reports, watch the following one-minute videos.

William McKinley

Theodore Roosevelt

William Taft

Woodrow Wilson

Warren Harding

Calvin Coolidge

Herbert Hoover

No-Spin Economics

We checked on who was missing tests and then began our study of U.S. bills. We went over the currency and had fun locating the microprinting and the watermarks. We searched the one, two, five, ten, twenty, fifty, and hundred dollar bills. Next week, we will have a quiz on the Coins and Currency. Study the sheet I gave you which will include 2 matching sections on the obverse and reverse sides of the coins and the bills. Then there will be 15 True/False questions from the information given on the Coins and Currency Sheet, the One Dollar Bill sheet, and the One Hundred dollar bill sheets you were given in class. It’s amazing what the creators of the bills have changed to prevent counterfeiting! Now, you know why the cashiers hold the bill up to the light to check it.

Then, we will review Crash Course Economics #3 and cover Crash Course Economics #5 on Macroeconomics for our quiz on Crash Course #3 and Crash Course #5 on Monday, March 23. Just study the sheets you were given. Keep them in your notebook. Keep all of the Penny Candy sheets together and all of the Crash Course sheets together as well. (Don’t forget to keep all of the quizzes and tests too.)

Quick Looks at Great Books

We played a game of charades to review the many characters in the book. Then we went over the questions for Quiz #4 and took the quiz. Be sure to finish the book by next week. We will go over all the study guide questions through #105. We will have a review of the book with a Family Feud game. We will be ready for our Jeopardy review and final test on March 23. Next week, we will also go over some of my experiences on a Count of Monte Cristo cruise and discuss the video of the Carnival in Venice, Italy now. If you forgot to watch it, check last week’s assignment at the bottom of this page.

Debate

Next week, we will have our JFK debate. Hopefully, you have learned a little bit about one of history’s greatest conflicts. Don’t forget to time your presentation and plan for your time-outs. (2 minutes per team) Remember that you are trying to persuade the judges to vote your way and for your side, Be convincing with your presentation.

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Assignments for 03/09/2026

Assignments for March 9th, 2026

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Explorations in British Literature

We discussed the rest of the chapters for Quiz #1 and almost all of the assignment for Quiz #2. (We will finish that next week as well as the questions for Quiz #3.)

Next week, read the following:

  1. Oliver Twist — Chapters 28-40
  2. Study Guide Questions — Pages 13-16 (through Chapter 40)

Please bring any questions to class or anything you don’t understand. We watched today more of the BBC version of Oliver Twist and will continue that next week. Look for Noah and Charlotte to appear again later in the story. There are lots of characters, so make a list if you need to.

American History

We discussed the key events in Chapters 21-23 as well as went over the Chapter Reviews about what the students should know in each one. We then had extra information about Theodore Roosevelt and did a crossword puzzle in class. For next week, do the second crossword puzzle on the life of Teddy Roosevelt and read Chapter 24. On March 16, we will do our second set of Presidential reports, and on March 23, we will have a game review and a final test over Chapters 21-24. Next week, we will go over the puzzle and the answers as well as Chapter 24 (The Great Depression) and the Chapter Review.

Watch these short videos on Black Tuesday and the Stock Market crash of 1929 and the Teapot Dome Scandal.

The Great Depression Explained in One Minute

The Teapot Dome Scandal

No-Spin Economics

We took a quiz on Crash Course Economics #4 on Supply and Demand, made up tests, and then studied the coins (past and present) of our country. We also did an in-depth study of our one dollar bill. Thanks to Brady, who brought lots of coins for us to examine. Next week, we will examine all of our bills, the microprinting and watermarks, and the great lengths our government has gone to in order to prevent counterfeiting. Don’t forget to bring a magnifying glass to be able to see the microprinting on our bills. I will give you a sheet with information on the new $100 dollar bill as well.

Study for a quiz on the sheet I gave you today. On March 16, we will have a quiz on the information there. It will be matching on the obverse and reverse sides of the coins and bills and True/False on the other information. We will also go over the sheet on Crash Course Economics #5 on Macroeconomics that day. On the last day before spring break, we will have a quiz (25 True/False) on Crash Courses #3 and #5. Next week, we will examine the bills.

Here is Crash Course Economics #6 (Productivity and Growth). We will continue with this after our Spring Break.

Watch the video, and I will give you the questions next week.

Quick Looks at Great Books

We discussed the rest of the questions for Quiz #3 and took it. Then we voted on the way to finish this book. For next week, if you voted for finishing the book in five weeks, read the following:

Chapters 54-71 (Abridged version)
Chapters 82-117 (Unabridged version)

Study guide questions 84-105

If you voted for finishing the book in six weeks, read the following:

Chapters 54-63 (Abridged version)
Chapters 82-103 (Unabridged version)

Study guide questions 84-93

We will play one review game next week and take Quiz #4 before we go over all the questions. Bring any questions you have to class with you and ask them before Quiz #4.

Watch this celebration of Carnival in Venice, Italy where the biggest celebration is today.

Debate

We finished our last Sylvia Snidely advertisement today and checked to see how they illustrated the logical fallacies they were assigned. Then we finished the last three one-on-one debates. You will receive all of these back next week.

You were given a list for your notebook of the email address and phone number of each student for your reference. Then we met in groups to prepare for the debate on the JFK assassination, which will be two weeks from today. (March 16) Next week, you should have a timed written statement of your part in the debate for your group to preview. (Please call or email your team member(s) who were absent today and give them whatever you assigned them to do.) We will have judges there to decide the winner (most persuasive) of this debate. Contact me if you have any questions at all.

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Assignments for 03/02/2026

Assignments for March 2nd, 2026

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Explorations in British Literature

We went over all the introductory pages in the study guide and took the Introductory Quiz. Then we talked about the Victorian Age and watched the BBC version of our book. It helps so much to put faces to what we read about!

Next week, read the following:

Oliver Twist — Chapters 15-27
Study Guide Questions — Pages 10-13 (through Chapter 27)

We will finish discussing the previous chapters and have our Quiz #1 and Quiz #2. If there’s something you don’t understand, bring your questions with you. This is a great book, and I know you’re going to enjoy it.

Watch this scene from the book to get an idea what Mr. Gamfield was like.

American History

We had a game competition to review for the test on Chapters 18-20. Then we took the test.

For next week, read Chapters 22 and 23. (World War I and the Roaring Twenties) We will go over Chapters 21-23 and cover what you need to know from the Chapter
Reviews. Watch the following videos about your reading in these chapters.

Watch about the sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman note.

Watch this short video about aviator Charles Lindbergh.

No-Spin Economics

We received the quizzes back from class last week. (GREAT grades!) We briefly reviewed Penny Candy Chapters 3 and 4 and then took the quiz. Students were also given the answer sheets to study for Penny Candy Chapters 5 and 6 which they had already read.

For next week, we will have a short quiz on Crash Course Economics #4 on Supply and Demand. This is a repetition of Chapter 3 in Penny Candy. We will take a quick quiz on Crash Course #4. (Ten True/False questions) We will then spend the rest of our time examining the coins in America, which the students will find really interesting. (Don’t forget to bring a magnifying glass to class next Monday. Also, watch the following video and complete the sheet you were given.

Crash Course Economics #5 — Macroeconomics

Quick Looks at Great Books

We finished our discussion of last week’s chapters, took questions, and took Quiz #2.

For next week, read the following:
Chapters 12-53 (Abridged version)
Chapters 63-81 (Unabridged version)

Study guide questions 66-83.

We will finish the last question from last week’s reading and take Quiz #3. Then we’ll take questions about this week’s reading and take Quiz #4.

Debate

You all had your own opinions to offer for the one-on-one debates this week! I liked that you chose your own sides for this debate. Next week, we will finish the last Sylvia Snidely commercial, the one-on-one debates, and then work in teams for or next debate on the JFK assassination. Everyone should do research on what your side needs for the debate and which part you would like to do for that debate. (Public Forum Debate style)

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Assignments for 02/23/2026

Assignments for February 23rd, 2026

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Explorations in British Literature

We reviewed the tenets of Romanticism and Neo-classicism and the poets and then took the quiz. Then we went over the assignments for today.

For next week, we will start our new novel, Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Read the following:

  • Introductory pages — 1-7
  • Oliver Twist — Chapters 1-14
  • Study guide questions — pages 8-10 (through Chapter 14)

We will discuss the Introductory pages and have a quiz on them. Then we will start the book itself and go over the study guide questions. We will take Quiz #1 and continue the book for the next week.

American History

We finished our reports and then took the test on the first 24 Presidents. We used the rest of the time to review for next week’s test over Chapters 18-20. We completed extra pages and Crossword puzzles for Homesteading, Immigration, Inventions, and Big Business. Complete the page on Jane Addams for homework. Read the information on the first page and complete the crossword puzzle on the back. It will be a good review for Jane Addams and her Hull House in Chicago. You can learn a lot of details about settlement houses on this one sheet. Review the sheets we did in class, and review the Chapter Reviews as well. You have already read Chapter 21. We will go over it for the next two weeks. We will have a game review for the chapters before we take the test.

No-Spin Economics

We reviewed for our quiz and then took it. We then went over Chapters 3 and 4 in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? We will have a quiz next week on these two chapters. (All True/False and Multiple Choice)

For next week, study your sheets for Penny Candy Chapters 3 and 4 for the quiz and read Chapters 5 & 6. Complete the sheet you were given on CC Economics #4.

Crash Course Economics #4—Supply and Demand

Quick Looks at Great Books

We discussed the entire reading (Questions 19-48) and answered questions.

Here is the assignment for next week:

  • Chapters 28-41 (Abridged version)
  • Chapters 36-62 (Unabridged version)

Study guide questions 49-65.

Debate

We did Sylvia Snidely commercials and played the balloon game to practice debating skills. Next week, do not hesitate to research the subject for your one-on-one debate and prepare to take four minutes to defend your side. A coin toss will let you decide who goes first.

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Assignments for 02/16/2026

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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Assignments for 02/09/2026

Assignments for February 9th, 2026

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Explorations in British Literature

We began studying the Romantic period in British Literature, the first half of the 1800s. We began a comparison of the Neoclassicism and Romantic movements and saw how they developed into crossovers of literature, government, people, places, and things. Then, we discussed the “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” by Thomas Gray and how it was a transition from Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Then, we went over the poetry of Robbie Burns and how he became the national hero of Scotland. We will finish “Tintern Abbey” by Wordsworth next week.

For next week, read and answer the questions on pages 113-119. Read John Keats’s “Ode to a Nightengale” and anger the questions on pages 123 and 124. Lastly, read the excerpts of Jane Austen on pages 123-129, Do Part B on page 129.

Listen to Robert Burns’s poem set to music on YouTube. Recognize it?

Secure a copy of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens in two weeks when we will be ready to start it.

American History

We went over last week’s test. Save it to study for the final exam! We went through Chapters 18 and 19 and went over the Chapter Review for Chapter 18. (We’ll do Chapter 19 next week.) For next week, read Chapter 20 and prepare your report if you were assigned one. I will give you notes of all to study for the Presidents’ test two weeks from today. (George Washington – Grover Cleveland’s second term) We will have the second test later in the semester.

Watch this brief story of Custer’s Last Stand and the Battle of Little Big Horn.

No-Spin Economics

We went over the homework and the Economic IQ test, the sheet on the summary of The Law, and Crash Course #1 as well as the extra credit questions. For next week, watch Crash Course video #2 on Specialization and Trade and complete the sheet you were given. After we go over the answers, we will play a game on free trade so that you can see how it really works!

Crash Course Economics #2 — Specialization and Trade

Quick Looks at Great Books

We played a competitive game to review the entire play, Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. The students did an amazing job and actually tied for the second time this year! They knew the play really well! Then we took the test and are ready to start our next book, The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. The assignment for next week is as follows:

  • Chapters 1-12 (Abridged version)
  • Chapters 1-15 (Unabridged version)
  • Study guide questions 1-18 (Yellow study guide)

We will have Quiz #1 after we have gone over the questions and taken any questions you may have.

Watch this short visitor to look at Chateau d’If today.

Debate

We had an interesting discussion on the death penalty today as well as going over what we covered in class last week. I’m eager to check the homework and see how you did! We also covered the Logical Fallacies in your text and how NOT to use them in your debate.

For homework, read the speech by Susan B. Anthony on page 16 in your text and answer the three questions on page 17, complete the sheet your were given in class, using deductive reasoning to determine the height of the students, and work with your group to make a video or act out in person an ad to elect Sylvia Snidely to the Senate over the incumbent (commercial is due two weeks from today) Communicate with your group on the best way to illustrate the logical fallacies you were given.

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