Jan. 28, 2011

Humanities 9

Read Chapter 1 of Animal Farm, cover the book, and fill in the quote organizer

AP Government

Re-read the account of Senate life by Senator Dirksen. Answer these three questions:
1. Has your opinion of Congress changed?
2. How has Congress changed since Dirksen wrote his account in the 1960s?
3. Would you feel qualified to be a Senator or member of the House of Reps? Why or why not?

January 26, 2011

Humanities 9

Tomorrow you will be asked to write a Three Chunk Paragraph. There are three possibilities--you won't know which one you are responsible to write until you arrive in class.  Please be ready to write a three chunk paragraph about any of the three following Topic Sentences (TS):

Prompt #1:

Topic Sentence (TS): The French revolution took place because ___________, ___________,

and ___________. (Please fill in three causes of the French Revolution)

Prompt #2:

___________________ (Fill in the name of a French Leader) is to blame for the chaos of the 1790s because ___________________, ___________________, and ___________________. (Fill in three reasons this leader is to blame for the chaos)

Prompt #3:

The French Revolution ended with a dictator because ____________,

___________, and _____________. (Fill in three reasons the French Revolution ended with a dictator)

Jan. 25, 2011

Humanities 9

-Work on fishbowl packet for French Revolution
-Complete timeline information
-Finish two (2) illustrations

Jan. 24, 2011

Humanities 9

Work on Fishbowl discussion packet. This is due on WED. Don't wait till the last minute to get started!!!

Jan. 19, 2011

Humanities 9

Please review the charges made against King Louis XVI. Write a one paragraph response: Did the King get a fair trial? Did the punishment fit his crimes?

Jan. 14, 2011

Humanitites 9

Complete the French Revolution newspaper project and turn it in on Tuesday, Jan. 18th.

Jan. 13, 2011

Humanities 9

Look up information about your topic for the French Revolution newspaper article. Please make notes about the event. --Due Jan 14th

French Revolution Newspaper due Tuesday, Jan. 18th. 150 points

Jan. 6, 2011

Humanities 9

Finish the rough draft of the Narrative/Personal Essay
(please follow the structure in the Personal Essay Outline)

Jan. 5, 2011

Humanities 9

Finish part two of organizer. Write a thesis statement.

Jan. 4, 2011

Humanities 9

Complete the organizer about details of events/experience
--Be as detailed as possible!!!!

Jan. 3, 2011

Humanities 9

Homework: Create a list of 5 life changing moments/events--then write specifically about 2 of these moments/events--in as much detail as possible (1/2 to 3/4 of a page for each description)




AP Gov

Third Party Essay due Friday

Homework:

Although America is often known as a two-party system, voters have a variety of political parties to select qualified candidates. Complete the following:

Research three issues from the Democratic and Republican party platforms and three issues from TWO (2) Third party platforms. Links to official party web-pages can be found here:  http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm

So the paper should be structured in 5 parts: 

1. Democratic Party stance on three issues (what do these parties believe about these issues?) ex: 1) abortion ….. 2) education….. 3) crime… or pick an issue that you are interested in.  Then identify where this party generally is on the political spectrum and why.
2. THEN, repeat the process for the Republican Party. (issues, where they are on the political spectrum)
3. Third Party #1 (issues, where they are on the political spectrum)
4. Third Party #2 (issues, where they are on the political spectrum)
5. If there was an election tomorrow, which party would you vote for and why? Explain three reasons.

This is due on Friday!!!! The paper should be 2 pages and written in your own words—don’t quote entire sections in this paper. Please include a link to the websites where you got your information from…100 points