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Assignments for 05/15/2023

Assignments due for the week of May 15th, 2023

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Quick Looks at Great Books

We went over the final questions in your study guide for The Old Man and the Sea and took Quiz #2. Next week, we will go over the Chronolog on page 13, do a game review, and take our final test. We also went over all that will be covered on the final exam on May 22. Start studying for that as soon as you can.

Practical Public Speaking

Great, fun Demonstration speeches today!! Plan to bring a lunch with you next week, and we will continue through the first half of the lunch period so that we can finish all of our Demonstration speeches. I am still missing a topic for your demonstration from the following students: David, Mark, Will, Darrin, and Samuel.

American History

Great job on your reports on the lives of the Presidents! We will conclude with Mallory (Barack Obama) and Benny (Joe Biden) next week. We will have a test on the second half of the Presidents (McKinley through Biden) and the U.S. state locations on a map next week. (Study for the map test on pages 540 and 541 in your text.) Also, you can study the list of Presidents in order on page 538 in your text. The test on the second half of the Presidents will be just like the first one, I went over everything you needed to know for the test. Here are the Presidents we did not get to go over in class after the reports

—Richard Nixon Pushed the 26th Amendment giving 18 year olds the right to vote; President when American landed on the moon; 1st and only President ever to resign;
(Watergate Scandal)

—Gerald Ford Only President from the state of Michigan;
Only President never to be elected to President or VP; (appointed by Nixon to replace Spiro Agnew and then later replaced Nixon when he resigned) Pardoned Nixon when he took office to heal the country and move forward;

—Jimmy Carter Famous for Camp David Accords (Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt) Period of high prices for gas and oil: Lowered speed limit to 55 mph; Could not negotiate release of American hostages in Iran: More popular for what he did AFTER he left office:

—Ronald Reagan Believed in small government and big defense; Made America look strong to the world; Known as “The Great Communicator”; Former actor; Called Russia the “evil empire”; Gave weapons to Iran to free U,S, hostages in Lebanon; Profits sent to Contras who were opponents of Communist regime in Nicaragua; (Iran Contra Affair)

—George H.W. Bush Parachuted out of a plane shot down in World War II and survived; Jumped out of plane to celebrate his 80th, 85th and 90th birthdays; Gulf War (Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait) Unpopular because he broke a promise—“Read my lips—no new taxes!”

—Bill Clinton Saxophonist; Impeached for lying about personal life; 1st Democrat elected to a second term since FDR; Lost Health Care Bill; Very popular and good economic times;

—George W. Bush Only father/son elected to President since John Quincy Adams and his father John Adams; President during 9-11-2001 Attack on Twin Towers and other targets; Declared War on Terror; Sent U.S. troops to Afghanistan to dismantle the terrorist organization al-Qaeda and to Iraq to overthrow the dictator Saddam Hussein;

—Barack Obama First African American President; Tried to reduce global impact of 2008 Financial Crisis; Passed the ACA (Obamacare) to provide federally-funded health care for all; Tried to have better relations with Cuba;

—Donald Trump Close election over Hillary Clinton; Never drank alcohol or smoked; Named 3 Justices to the Supreme Court; Enacted tax cuts; Non-politician who tried to curb immigration; Impeached 2 times; Term characterized by Covid-19 pandemic;

—Joe Biden Former Senator and Vice President; Oldest person ever elected as President (78) Backed Black Lives Matter and Green New Deal; Opened Southern Border;
Promised to unite country but unpopular after two years;
Had 1st female Vice President;

Here are the final videos of the rest of our Presidents.

Bill Clinton

George W. Bush

Barack Obama

There are no 60 second Presidential videos for Trump or Biden yet.

No-Spin Economics

Next week, we will have a test over the first 13 Chapters in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Study the summaries you were given of each of these chapters and any past quizzes or tests on these chapters.

Today, we applied the things we have learned about the Government’s handling of deficits, debt, and default to our personal lives and explained the idea of personal credit scores.

Adventures in American Literature

We discussed some of the second half of The Giver and took the second quiz. Next week we will go over the rest of the study guide questions, play a review game, and take the final test on this book. The students were also given a sheet to study for the final exam. Everything you need to know for the exam is on the study guide!

Watch the analysis of the main characters in The Giver.

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Assignments for 05/08/2023

Assignments due for the week of May 8th, 2023

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Quick Looks at Great Books

We took the first quiz on The Old Man and the Sea and went over the first half of the study guide questions! I showed some pictures to illustrate the action thus far. We will take the second quiz and finish the study guide questions next week. Complete the Chronolog (page 13) to review the book for our final test. It’s amazing to note all the religious imagery in this book! Watch the following brief video on the life of Hemingway.

Practical Public Speaking

More Informative speeches today to entertain and inform us! We will finish any Informative speeches left and begin our Demonstration speeches next week. They look very interesting! Be sure to email me with your subject for the Demonstration speech and don’t forget to bring an outline to hand in to me.

American History

Great job on the reports on our Presidents! We will conclude with our last reports next week.

  • John Kennedy—Niklas
  • Richard Nixon—Renee
  • Gerald Ford—Jordan
  • Jimmy Carter—Paige
  • Ronald Reagan—Eliana
  • George H.W. Bush—Sydney
  • Bill Clinton—Chloe
  • George W. Bush—Samuel
  • Barack Obama—Mallory
  • Donald Trump—Paige
  • Joe Biden—Benny

I will also give you everything you need to know for our test on the U.S. Presidents McKinley through Biden. The test will be in two weeks on May 15. Study pages 540 and 541 in your text and be able to identify our 50 states on a map. Lastly for next week, read Chapters 29 and 30 in your text—The Eve of the New Millennium and America in the New Millennium.

Here are some new one-minute videos on Presidents we are studying.

Nixon

Ford

Carter

Reagan

H.W. Bush

No-Spin Economics

Today we reviewed Chapter 13 in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? We covered Maybury’s six summary points and then went through the handout on Chapter 13. We then went over in detail the worksheet for Crash Course Video #12 on the 2008 Financial Crisis. I also gave you the “numbers” on that sheet that you would need to know for our final exam. We completed in class an additional worksheet for Crash Course #12 to reinforce the points. Next week, we will take a quiz on Crash Course Video #12 and the Penny Candy review chapter 13. We will also begin to review for the test on May 15 on the entire Penny Candy book. (Chapters 1-13)

Adventures in American Literature

We took our first quiz on The Giver today and discussed all the study guide questions through Chapter 11. Complete the book for next week. We will take our second quiz and finish covering our study guide for the last half of the book. Lowry leaves us with an ambiguous ending, and I’m excited to see how your processed it!

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Assignments for 05/01/2023

Assignments due for the week of May 1st, 2023

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Quick Looks at Great Books

We had an exciting Jeopardy review today! Because the score was so close, and we ran out of time, we will get a final winner next week with the Final Jeopardy clue. We did take the test on the book and are ready to start our final book, which thankfully is the shortest of all! It doesn’t even have any chapters, so we will read the whole book for next week. Students were given a study guide for this book in class today. Read the book and look over the questions in the study guide to make sure you didn’t miss anything! Bring any questions to class, and I will answer them before our quizzes.

As a last resort, you can always listen to the book for free at the following link.

Practical Public Speaking

Great and interesting Informative Speeches today in class! What a variety of interests you all have!! If you have not yet given your speech, be prepared to do so next week. Also, each student should turn in your subject for the next speech (Demonstration) in our next class. You can prepare and give me your outline when you give that speech.

American History

We finished our quizzes today on our States and Capitals and also a brief one on World War II from Chapter 25. We went over the rest of Chapter 25 with anything else you needed to know about World War II. Then we started Chapter 26 and the Cold War and the “Red Scare” in our history. For next week, read Chapters 27 and 28 which further covers our study of the Cold War.

We will hear the following reports on our next set of Presidents in our next class.

  • Warren Harding — Colin
  • Calvin Coolidge — Scott
  • Herbert Hoover — Connor M.
  • Franklin Roosevelt — Connor S.
  • Harry Truman — Devon
  • Dwight Eisenhower — Toby
  • John Kennedy — Niklas
  • Lyndon Johnson — Jacob

We will also hear about Teddy Roosevelt from Chloe since she has been absent.

We will finish the lives of the Presidents on May 8 and have the test on May 15. I will review everything you need to know on May 8.

Since we have several chapters in our text on the Cold War, watch this brief video which explains it in its entirety.

No-Spin Economics

Before today’s quiz, we reviewed Crash Course Economic video #10 and the sheet you were given on The Federal Reserve. Then we covered the worksheet from Crash Course Economics #11 on Money and Finance (and Bartering!) We then took our quiz on Crash Courses #10 and #11 as well as the sheet you were given on the Federal Reserve. For next week, watch Crash Course Economics #12 on the famous 2008 Financial Crisis. (Our last for the year!) Complete the worksheet and also read Chapter 13 in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? This chapter is just a summary and review of what the book has covered. Video #12 is at the following link.

Adventures in American Literature

We covered the definition of satire before discussing the excerpt from Sinclair Lewis’s Babbitt (1920’s) and Erma Bombast’s “Convenient Hearing” (1980’s). We compared the two and discussed their satire. We then went over Ernest Hemingway’s short story “In Another Country”. We tried to understand what Hemingway wanted us to get and what the Hemingway “code hero” really is. We went over a few sonnets by poet Edna St.Vincent Millay and mentioned the play “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder.

You were given a study guide for our last book of the year — The Giver. For next week, read the first eleven chapters and go over the study guide questions (1-28) to make sure you understood what was happening. This is a great dystopian novel to discuss together.

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Assignments for 04/24/2023

Assignments due for the week of April 24th, 2023

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Quick Looks at Great Books

We took our final quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird and then continued with all the study questions in the study guide. We will have our final test on the book next week, after a Jeopardy game review. 🙂 Also, complete page 16 in your study guide—the Chronolog. This is a review of all the events in the book in chronological order. Also, check your Literary Terms notebook to make sure you have completed all the terms with the exception of Lessons 11 and 14-18. (pages 28-30 and pages 37-48) Finish any terms that you have not yet filled in. We will review them before our final exam, which is on the last day of class.

Watch the following videos from the ending of the book.

Practical Public Speaking

We finished all our make-up work today and collected the outlines for your Informative Speeches. We covered the Strategy page you did in your workbook and worked on Tongue Twisters and Articulation drills to improve ourselves for these last three speeches. Be ready to present your Informative Speech next week as we will draw names randomly after taking any volunteers.

American History

We took our test today on Chapters 21-24 in your text. We reviewed for a short quiz on Chapter 25 on the basic people, countries, dates, and issues involved. We will have that along with another quiz on the States and Capitals. This probably was the highest grade all year for most of you, so just review by looking over page 539 in your text. It will be the same format as last time. Also, read Chapter 26 in your text, and we will discuss the domestic policies of the Cold War. (1945-1981)

Harry S. Truman

Dwight D. Eisenhower

John F. Kennedy

Lyndon B. Johnson

No-Spin Economics

We started off with the taking of our quiz over Chapters 7-9 in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? and Crash Course Economics #7. Then we went over the summary study sheets of Penny Candy 10-12 and Crash Course Economics #10 on Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve. We also went over the information sheet you were given on the Federal Reserve. For next week, complete the worksheet you were given on Crash Course Economics #11. Next week, we will have a quiz on Crash Courses #10 and #11. (AFTER we go over Crash Course #11.) Watch the following brief video to visualize again how much a trillion really is!

Adventures in American Literature

We took our quiz today on the short story by Jack London, “To Build a Fire”. We discussed the story and also the questions on page 136 in your “textbook”. We then did our reports on the O. Henry stories where we could identify the situational irony he is so famous for. We then discussed Willa Cather’s story “The Sculptor’s Funeral” and the pages in your notebooks. We then went over two of Robert Frost’s famous poems, “Mending Wall” and “The Road Not Taken”. For next week, read the excerpt from Sinclair Lewis’s novel Babbitt on pages 149 and 150 and answer the three questions on page 151. Read the short selection by Erma Bombeck on “Convenient Hearing” on pages 152 and 153 and compare the two with the questions on page 154. Lastly, read Ernest Hemingway’s story “In Another Country” and answer the questions on page 156. We will discuss Hemingway’s philosophy and his heroes specifically.

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Assignments for 04/17/2023

Assignments due for the week of April 17th, 2023

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Quick Looks at Great Books

We went over the historical material in your study guide as well as the life of Harper Lee, the author. Then we took a quiz on that material. We then went over all the literary terms that you did between our last two books.

For next week, finish your reading of the book. (Chapters 15-31) Then, check your reading by answering the study guide questions 35-72. Let me know next week if you have trouble with any of them or have any other questions about your reading. We will take our second quiz, and then go through all the study guide materials for the rest of the book before our review and test the on April 24.

Watch the following scenes from your previous reading.

Practical Public Speaking

If you have any speeches to make up, make sure you have them done by next week. Also, next Monday, turn in your outline for your informative speech. Follow the format on page 48 in your notebook. As you prepare your speech, remember to include at least one of the strategies given on pages 53 and 60 for your introduction and conclusion. The outline will help you as you plan and organize your speech. We then did our impromptu speeches, which were interesting and gave us even more insight into each of you! Nice job on all of them.

American History

Great job on our test on the first half of the U.S. Presidents. We will have reports on the next four on April 17. We reviewed for our test next week on Chapters 21-24 in your text. We again reviewed what you needed to know in the first three chapters and then covered the Great Depression in Chapter 24. We discussed Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, and Franklin Roosevelt in the chapters today. These will be our next four to study in depth! After studying for our test, don’t forget to read Chapter 25 on World War II.

Warren Harding

Calvin Coolidge

Herbert Hoover

Franklin Roosevelt

No-Spin Economics

If you have any work to make up, please do so in the next two weeks. (by April 24) We watched Crash Course Economics video #9 today in class and completed the worksheet on that video. You should now know the definitions of deficit, debt, and default. We also applied much of what we learned to what is going on in our economy today. Next week, we will have a quiz on Penny Candy Chapters 7-9 and Crash Course #7. Also, read Penny Candy Chapters 10-12 and watch and complete the worksheet you were given for Crash Course Economics #10. (Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve)

Here are two videos—#9 that we watched in class today and #10 to watch so that you can fill our the worksheet you were given today. We also discussed economist Henry Hazlitt’s view on the truth about automation.

Crash Course Economics #9

Crash Course Economics #10

Here is the National Debt Clock online. The National Debt is now over $30 trillion.

Adventures in American Literature

We had two reports on stories today on local color in the West in the late 1800’s. Then we read and discussed together the short story “After Twenty Years” by O. Henry.

We saw how he used what he is famous for—situational irony. His stories are for the common people and always have a surprise ending! Next week, we will have four reports on stories by O. Henry—Lydia, Matt, Paige, and Elizabeth. For next week, read the famous short story by Jack London, “To Build a Fire”.

Next, complete pages 145 and 146 with an excerpt from Willa Cather’s “The Sculptor’s Funeral”.

If you think you need the entire story (which is short), you can read “The Sculptor’s Funeral” online.

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Assignments for 04/10/2023

Assignments due for the week of April 10th, 2023

Happy spring break!

Quick Looks at Great Books

No assignment due when we return. Don’t forget to bring your Literary Terms notebook and your To Kill a Mockingbird study guide to class.

Practical Public Speaking

If you have extra time these two weeks we are off, start researching your Infomative speech topic and have some of it done before we return. The less you have to do when classes resume, the better! 🙂

American History

Great review of the Presidents today before our test! When we return, we will review Chapters 21-24 in your text for our test on the following week. (April 17)

No-Spin Economics

We did a game review of Crash Course Economics videos 1-6 and then took our test today. We also went over your worksheet on Crash Course #7. We will have a quiz on Penny Candy Chapters 7-9 and Crash Course #7 on April 17. Make sure you come to our next class with your notebook and also the book we are reading, Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? by Richard Maybury.

Adventures in American Literature

When we return to class on April 10, we will have our two reports on short stories by Bret Harte and Mark Twain. (Chloe and Mark B.) Please have your American Literature text/notebook in class that day.

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Assignments for 03/27/2023

Assignments due for the week of March 27th, 2023

Quick Looks at Great Books

We finished our Jeopardy game and then took our final test on The Count of Monte Cristo. Then we reviewed the historical information and terms in your To Kill a Mockingbird study guide. For next week, begin our new book, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, by reading Chapters 1-14. Answer your study guide questions numbers 1-34. You will meet all the main characters in this first half of the book. You will have also started Part 2, which involves the trial scenes in the Maycomb Courthouse. Make sure you understand where Harper Lee got the title for her book. 🙂

Practical Public Speaking

We continued with our speeches today. Make sure you are completely caught up with all the short speeches we have done so far by next Monday, which will be our last day before spring break. For next week, on page 41 in your notebook, brainstorm a number of topics that you’re interested in. Circle your top three, and I will meet with you next week in class to decide what your topic should be. I want each of you to have decided on a topic before spring break.

American History

Today we reviewed Chapters 21-23 on The Progressive Era, World War I, and The Roaring Twenties. Next week, we will have our test on the first 24 Presidents. Study your notes that I gave you last week on what you need to know about each President. The test will be multiple choice and will cover just the notes I gave you. (Make sure you get the details from a classmate if you were absent last week.) Also, know the order in which the first 24 Presidents served. (See page 538 in your text for a list to study.) Also, read Chapter 24 on The Great Depression. We will have a test on these chapters about two weeks after we return form our break. You should study only the people and terms that I gave you in the Reviews following each chapter.

Watch these brief summaries of the next four Presidents covered in these chapters today. (21-23)

No-Spin Economics

Today, we took our test on Coins and Currency and then went over your worksheet on Crash Course Economics #6. Next week, we will take our test on Crash Course videos 1-6 after playing a team game to review and prepare. We also went over Chapters 7-9 in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Keep your study sheets tor these chapters to review for an upcoming quiz. Also, for next week, watch Crash Course Economics video #7 and complete the worksheet you were given in class today.

Adventures in American Literature

Today we played a review game to go over all of the events and characters in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn before we took the final test. Next week, we will have a quiz on the following two short stories by Brett Harte and Mark Twain. (Twain’s story is listed again in case you want to review or reread it.)

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

After reading The Outcasts of Poker Flat, complete pages 128 and 129 in your American Literature text. You will identify the main characters and answer a few questions about the story. We will have a quiz over both of these stories, so have your questions ready if you did not understand any of the events.

Then we will have two more reports on short stories by these authors.

“The Luck of Roaring Camp” by Brett Harte—Chloe

“Luck” by Mark Twain—Mark B.

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Assignments for 03/20/2023

Assignments due for the week of March 20th, 2023

Quick Looks at Great Books

We reviewed the entire book, The Count of Monte Cristo, by playing three competitive games. We will finish the last Jeopardy game and then take our final test at the beginning of our next class. For next week, read the historical section of your study guide for To Kill a Mockingbird (pages 18-26). We will discuss it together and prepare to start reading the book. Let me know if you need me to bring you a copy next week. Bring your copy of your literary terms to class as well.

Watch this brief summary of the novel to aid your review.

Practical Public Speaking

Prepare a 1-2 minute “Introduction” speech for next week. You will be introducing a speaker who will be coming to address our class. You may introduce a friend, family member, political figure, sports hero, historical character, fictional character, Biblical character, etc. Welcome him/her to our class, give a list of his/her qualifications and experiences, some biographical information, and then introduce the person by name to the class. You may use notes, but do not merely “read the introduction to us. We will plan to finish all our speeches thus far before we leave for spring break. (We will not meet the week of week of April 3. Make sure you are caught up so that we can begin our 3 big speeches after we return.

American History

We went over the first 24 Presidents to review for our test on the U.S. Presidents. I gave notes today on exactly what to study for our test. We will do a game review and have the test on our last day before spring break—March 27. For next week, read Chapter 23 on The Roaring Twenties. On our last day before spring break, I will give you everything you need to know from Chapters 20-24 for our test in April.

Watch this video again to review the first 22 Presidents.

No-Spin Economics

We spent time today examine all our current bills being printed. It is amazing that so much effort and thought goes into preventing the counterfeiting of our bills. Microprinting, watermarks, security ribbons, and other features all attempt to thwart would-be counterfeiters. Great job in locating all the microprinting on each bill over five dollars!! Some are just too small to see with the naked eye! Next week, we will have our test on coins and currency. In addition to what we did in class, study the sheets you were given on Coins and Currency, the One Dollar bill, and the One Hundred dollar bill. The test will be mainly True/False and Matching.

In addition to studying for the test, read Chapters 7-9 in Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? We will go over these after our test.

Watch this video to review the one dollar bill.

Adventures in American Literature

We took questions on today’s reading and had our final quiz. We then finished all our study guide questions as well as questions and analysis of what Twain intended.

Next week, we will have a game review of the entire book before our final test on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Please bring your American literature “text” to class with you so that we can refer to a few pages there. Also read “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” by Mark Twain.

Also, watch this brief video to review the entire novel with this overview.

Watch this brief recap of symbols.

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Assignments for 03/13/2023

Assignments due for the week of March 13th, 2023

Quick Looks at Great Books

We finished the study guide questions today for the rest of the book. We answered questions that students had trouble understanding and went over the list of Allusions in the story, which were on page 13 in your study guides. Next week, we will review the entire book with games and go over some of the other details in the storyline.

In your Literary Terms notebook, complete the following lessons:

  • Dialect pages 57-59
  • Dialogue pages 60-61
  • Local Color pages 72-73
  • Mood and Tone pages 74-76
  • Moral and Theme pages 77-78
  • Narrator/Point of View pages 79-80.

These terms will be illustrated directly in our next book — To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Please secure a copy as soon as possible and let me know if you need to borrow a copy from me. If you already have any of these sections completed, you are ahead of the game!!

Practical Public Speaking

We caught up on our past speeches today and are ready for our next endeavor. We had quite a variety of manuscript speeches, covering a variety of topics and subjects.

For next week, we will do our first extemporaneous speech. In preparation for our major speeches to come, this one will only be three minutes. Find a news article that interests you and share it with the class. Give the title and then give the main points of the story. You may find a human interest story or major news event for the week. Use newspapers, magazines, TV or radio news, or online news. (Fox News, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Kalamazoo Gazette, WWMT, etc.) Use note cards of some kind, but DON’T READ the article to us! You should have the major points in your notes, but you should just tell the story in order to maintain eye contact and a conversational tone with your audience.

  1. What is the subject of your article?
  2. Why did you choose this article?
  3. Is it a local, state, national or international story?
  4. As you practice your extemporaneous speech aloud, why would the speech never be exactly the same each time?

American History

We finished our review game today, and then took our test on Chapters 18-20. Read Chapter 22 for next week on World War I. We will go over both Chapters 21 and 22 and cover the terms you need to know in the Chapter Review. Benny, Mallory, and Connor M. will give us reports on Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, and Benjamin Harrison. We then will review all the first 24 Presidents and what you need to know about each for our test. Study the list on page 538 in your text to familiarize yourself with the order in which they served. (first 24 only)

Watch this video to review the first 22 Presidents. (23rd was Benjamin Harrison and 24th Grover Cleveland again!)

No-Spin Economics

We took our quiz today on Crash Course Economics videos #3 and #5. Then we examined all of our U.S. coins both old and new. The students saw examples of clad coins and reeded coins. Next week, we will finish the study of our money by examining all of our currently printed bills. DON’T FORGET TO BRING A MAGNIFYING GLASS TO CLASS WITH YOU NEXT WEEK. You will definitely need it as you examine the bills for the features I give to you. Also watch Crash Course Economics video #6:

Complete the worksheet you were given in class today so that you can use it to study for our test.

Adventures in American Literature

We took questions on today’s reading and discussed Huck’s and Jim’s adventures with the King and the Duke. We watched a section from the Disney movie, which gives us a good picture of the characters. For next week, complete the book by reading Chapters 30-43 and answering questions 69-87 in your study guides.

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Assignments for 03/06/2023

Assignments due for the week of March 6th, 2023

Quick Looks at Great Books

We’re now ready to finish this novel with this last section. Most of you are doing a great job with the reading and understanding the characters. We will play three different review games over the next two weeks to prepare for our final test on March 13. The stunning conclusion may be full of surprises with lots of lessons for us to process. For this week, read the following chapters:

  • Chapters 64-71 (Abridged version)
  • Chapters 104-117 (Unabridged version)

Complete questions 94-105 in your study guide to finish the events of the novel.

Practical Public Speaking

We have most of the Memorization speeches finished, but we will complete them next week in class. Then we will begin our Manuscript speeches. You signed up for a speech today. Please let me know if you want to change and choose your own. You are to Google a copy of the speech and condense it to 4-5 minutes. PRACTICE reading it aloud so that you can read it with expression and maintain eye contact with your audience. Avoid the common problems with a manuscript speech—monotone reading and no eye contact with your audience! Let me know if you have any questions at all or if you want to change your manuscript speech.

American History

We went over Chapter 21 in your text and covered the things you need to know from the Chapter Review. Next week, we will finish our game review before we take the test on Chapters 18-20. Also for next week, read Chapter 22 as we continue the story of our country with “The Progressive Era”. We will next move on to World War I in our next chapter, Don’t forget—if you have a report on Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield, or Chester Arthur, be prepared to present it to the class next week.

No-Spin Economics

We spent time covering the worksheet on Economics Crash Course video #5 on Macroeconomics and also reviewed the worksheet we already went over on video #3. We also covered Chapters 5 and 6 in Penny Candy. Next week, we will have a quiz on these two videos—#3 and #5. (Study the worksheets to review. It will be 25 True/False questions.) Then we will begin our study of money, Each group will be given specific coins to study as well as the dollar bill. The following week, we will study our bills—$2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100. I know you will have fun with this activity—learning more about the money we use and all that the government thinks about as it prints these bills.

Adventures in American Literature

We took questions on anything the students didn’t understand from today’s reading before we took the quiz. We discussed your study guide questions through today’s reading. Huck is maturing before your eyes and coming to many of the conclusions that Mark Twain himself held. For next week, read Chapters 19-29 and answer questions 48-68 in your study guide. There will be lot of trials and a surprise ending in Chapter 29!

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