Tuesday, November 30, 2010

APGov: Chapter 18 Vocab Worksheet

The Chapter 18 vocabulary worksheet can be downloaded here.  It is due on the day of the Chapter 18 Exam.

APGov: Ten Trillion and Counting

If you missed the viewing of Frontline: Ten Trillion and Counting in class, you'll need to download the worksheet and watch the video on your own.  Make sure that you watch the entire video and not just part 1.  When you complete the worksheet, turn it in to me for a participation grade.

Monday, November 29, 2010

HoA - Homework

Week of November 29 - December 3

PERIOD 1
Monday: America's History pp. 137-143
Wednesday: America's History pp. 143-151
Friday: America's History pp. 151-167
Next Week: Quiz on Dec. 9th

PERIOD 4
Tuesday: America's History pp. 137-143
Thursday: America's History pp. 143-151
Next Week: Quiz on Dec. 10th

Monday, November 22, 2010

Period 3 - Our Final Count

641 Items for the Food Drive!!!


A great job!  We'll do donuts after the Thanksgiving break.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Period 3 - Canned Food Update

Our current count: 294!!!!!

Period 4 - Current Events Day!

Post your current event in the comments section of this post.

HoA - Homework

Week of Nov. 15 - Nov. 19

PERIOD 1
Tuesday: America's History pp. 93-101; prepare for Thursday's quiz
Thursday: America's History pp. 116-127

PERIOD 4
Monday: America's History pp. 93-101
Wednesday: Prepare for Friday's quiz
Friday: America's History pp. 116-127

APGov Homework

Week of Nov. 15 - Nov. 19

PERIOD 3
Monday: No homework, Sophomore class meeting tomorrow
Tuesday: Sabato pp. 637-642
Wednesday: Study for tomorrow's Ch. 16 exam; Ch. 16 Vocab due
Thursday: Sabato pp. 642-648
Friday: No Homework

PERIOD 5
Tuesday: Sabato pp. 637-642; Ch. 16 Exam Thursday; Ch. 16 Vocab due Thursday
Thursday: Sabato pp. 642-648

PERIOD 6
Monday: Sabato pp. 637-642
Wednesday: Study for Ch. 16 Exam; Ch. 16 Vocab due Friday
Friday: Sabato pp. 642-648

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

APGov - Interest Group Assignments

I'm looking forward to these presentations.  You all picked some really interesting groups!


Go Generals!!!

Dc.HighSchoolSports.net (http://dc.highschoolsports.net),  a website based out of CBS affiliate WUSA TV-9 in Washington, DC has picked our game this Friday as one of 5 of the biggest football match-ups in the District, Maryland and Virginia. They will send a photographer to whichever game gets the most votes, and the winning team will be featured during our broadcast THIS Friday night, Nov. 19, 2010 at 11:15 p.m. Help us be the game of the week by voting at:

http://dc.highschoolsports.net (click on the first story, “Viewers’ Choice Game of the Week.”)  

Voting has already begun and doesn’t close until Thursday at 10:00 p.m.  9 Sports Now will announce the winner on AIR during Thursday night’s 11 o’clock newscast.  We will also post the winner on our site Friday afternoon.

Period 3 - Canned Food Update

188 CANS!!!

Monday, November 15, 2010

Period 3 - Canned Food Drive Update!

As of Monday, November 15th our total amount of non-perishable food items is 98.  Tomorrow we cross into triple digits!

Mexican Independence PPT

From class on 11/15 and 11/16

Friday, November 12, 2010

Period 3 - Canned Food Drive

Our current count is 26 items.

Our goal for Monday is 100+

Period 1 - Current Events Day!

Sorry for the delay! Post a link to your current event in the comments section. Because I was late in making this post, current events can be posted by midnight Sunday to be considered on-time.

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

APGov - Interest Group Project

A description of the second quarter Interest Group Project can be downloaded by clicking here.  The rubric for the project can be downloaded by clicking here.

HoA - Homework

Week of Nov. 8 - Nov. 12

PERIOD 1
Tuesday: Read The Plan of Iguala, Current Event Day is Friday
Friday:

PERIOD 4
Monday: Prepare South American Battle Presentation
Wednesday: Read The Plan of Iguala

Sunday, November 7, 2010

HoA - Period 4 Assignment

APGov - Chapter 16 Vocab

The Chapter 16 Vocabulary Worksheet can be downloaded by clicking here.  The worksheet will be due the day of the Chapter 16 Exam.

HoA - Another Instance of Brazil in the News

Chana Joff-Walt/NPR
NPR's Planet Money podcast recently had a great episode about the international cotton market (it's part of an ongoing mission to manufacture a t-shirt that you can read more about here) and the battle that Brazil has waged for the better part of a decade against the United States in the courts of the World Trade Organization.  It seems like we've discussed many news events related to the growing economic and political power of Brazil and this podcast certainly fits into that theme.  To listen to the podcast or read the accompanying article, click on this link.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

The Easiest 100% You'll Ever Get

Post a link to your GoogleDocs presentation (completed or otherwise) between 1:09pm and 1:19pm to receive a 10/10 Participation grade.  It doesn't get any easier than this.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Monday, November 1, 2010

APGov Period 6: Important Elections

These elections MAY appear on your quiz:

Which party won a majority of the House of Representatives seats?
Which party won a majority of the Senate seats?
VA 8th District: Jim Moran (D) vs. Patrick Murray (R)
NV Senate: Sharon Angle (R) vs. Harry Reid (D)
DE Senate: Chris Coons (D) vs. Christine O'Donnell (R)
AK Senate: Joe Miller (R) vs. Scott McAdams (D) vs. Lisa Murkowski (Write-In)
CT Senate: Linda McMahon (R) vs. Richard Blumenthal (D)
Bonus: Jimmy McMillan (RI2DH) percentage of NY governor vote

Room 3011 Prediction Contest!

Anyone can enter, but you must post your entry before noon on Election Day for your predictive powers to be celebrated on Room3011! Top three entries will be tweeted.