September 9, 2011

Humanities 10

Organize your binders! There might be a binder check on Monday or Tuesday

September 8, 2011

Humanities 10

Read the packet, Talk to the text and answer questions 1-8
Write 1/2 page about how MAIN led to WWI
Study for the quiz: Map of Europe, MAIN, 8 stages of genocide


AP Gov

Prioritize the Bill of Rights. Provide a rationale for the top 2 and the bottom 2. Study for the test on Wed.

September 7, 2011

Humanities 10

Review the notes you took in class today. Make sure you explain how M.A.I.N. links up to these ideas. We will talk about them tomorrow.

September 6, 2011

Humanities 10

Homework: Think about the “Eye of the Storm”—write a one page
response that includes the following:
1. What did you learn?
2. What scene or scenes do you think you'll still remember a month
from now and why those scenes?
3. Did any part of the film surprise you? Do you think someone of a
different race, ethnicity, or religion would also find it surprising?

Talk to the text--MAIN reading

AP Gov

-Vocabulary is due on Thursday
-Read The Federalist 10 (Lanahan Reader Pgs. 49-55) and answer 10 questions

August 29

Humanities 10

2 chunk paragraph—Cash should/should not have been expelled
because ______________. TS, CD, CM, CM, CD, CM, CM, CS (30 pts)
Bring a copy of Forgotten Fire to class on Tuesday



AP Gov

Here is a on-line copy of my vocab list for Unit One:

Unit One Vocabulary

1. Articles of Confederation
2. Shays’ Rebellion
3. New Jersey Plan
4. Virginia Plan
5. Great Compromise
6. Three-Fifths Compromise
7. Federalism
8. Dual federalism
9. Federalists
10. Anti-Federalists
11. Federalist Papers
12. Faction
13. Bill of Rights
14. Judicial Review
15. Representative democracy
16. Delegated powers
17. Reserved powers
18. Concurrent powers
19. Full faith and credit clause
20. Privileges and immunities clause
21. Extradition
22. Supremacy clause
23. Categorical grants
24. Block grants
25. Separation of powers
26. Checks and balances
27. Veto
28. Override
29. Amendment
30. Ratify
31. Establishment clause
32. Selective incorporation
33. Cabinet
34. Governor
35. Line-item veto
36. Pardons and reprieves
37. Bicameral legislature
38. Revenue sharing
39. Northwest Ordinance
40. Confederation
41. Power             
42. Authority
43. legitimacy        
44. democracy                  
45. direct or participatory democracy
46. representative democracy
47. elite                
48. Marxist           
49. bureaucrats                 
50. pluralist
51. Devolution                 
52. police power   
53. municipal corporation or municipality                       
54. initiative
55. Referendum   
56. sovereignty                 
57. special-act charter      
58. recall
59. Unitary system           
60. confederation or confederal system               
61. general act charter
62. Grants-in-aid
63. home-rule charter       
64. categorical grants       
65. Federal regime           
66. ordinances                  
67. counties          
68. “necessary and proper” clause
69. mandates        
70. nullification    
71. Special-district governments or authorities                
72. second-order devolution
73. Third-order devolution

August 26th

Humanities 10

Re-think your Universe of Obligation. Has it changed? Create an artistic version of your Universe of Obligation



AP Gov

Ch 1 (Wilson reading) Questions--due Tuesday
Unit 1 vocab--due week after next (week of Sept. 5th)

August 25th

Humanities 10

Universe of Obligation scenarios

Study for Lit Terms Quiz