Monday, April 11, 2016

HOA Assignments

Week of April 11 - April 15

Period 5
Tuesday: Read Williamson pp. 378-387 and John Reed's article on Pancho Villa
Thursday: Read Williamson pp. 387-390 and Plan of Ayala by Emiliano Zapata and Braddy pp. 32-39

Period 6
Monday: Read Creelman and Cumberland on Porfirio Díaz
Wednesday: Read Williamson pp. 378-387 and John Reed's article on Pancho Villa
Friday: Read Williamson pp. 387-390 and Plan of Ayala by Emiliano Zapata and Braddy pp. 32-39

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

IB Econ Assignments

Week of April 4 - April 8

Monday: Read Tragakes pp. 436-448 and take notes; In-class exam on Wednesday (bring your notes and book)
Wednesday: Read Tragakes pp. 449-462 and take notes
Friday: Read Tragakes pp. 463-482

HOA Assignments

Week of April 4 - April 8

Period 5
Monday: No Homework
Wednesday: Read pp. 115-122 of Reinventing the Mexican Revolution, Quarter Exam on Friday
Friday: Read Creelman and Cumberland on Porfirio Díaz

Period 6
Tuesday: Read pp. 115-122 of Reinventing the Mexican Revolution
Thursday: Quarter Exam on Monday

Sunday, April 3, 2016

IB Topics Assignments

Week of April 4 - April 8

Monday: Read Gaddis on Gorbachev and a selection from the Pearson Paper 1 book on Gorbachev
Wednesday: No reading assignment, 2 Presentations on Friday
Friday: Read this selection on Eastern Europe, but only the part about Poland

Thursday, March 31, 2016

IB Topics: Internal Assessment Documentation

To submit your History Internal Assessment, you must complete the following two steps:

  1. Submit a copy of your IA (pdf format is fine) to GoogleDrive and share it with the 4 IB History teachers:
    1. Jeffrey McCarthy
    2. Les Albers
    3. Jen Dean
    4. Steven Brown
  2. Download a copy of Form 3CS and complete in Adobe Acrobat.  After completing the form, print it out and turn in to me with your signature.
    1. Session: May 2016
    2. School number: 0882
    3. Subject: History
    4. Level: HL
    5. Candidate session number: see me if you don't know this
    6. Teacher's name: your junior year history teacher

Monday, March 28, 2016

IB Topics Assignments

Week of March 28 - April 1

Tuesday: Read Brezhnev's Domestic Policies and Problems and watch Soldiers of God from CNN's Cold War series.  Also read pp. 205-207 of your Cold War textbook.
Thursday: Read about Gorbachev and Perestroika

HOA Assignments

Week of March 28 - April 1

Period 5
Tuesday: Read this five page selection from America's History
Thursday: Read the changing economy of the South and come to class prepared to answer the questions at the beginning of the packet.

Period 6
Monday: Read this five page selection from America's History
Wednesday: Read the changing economy of the South and come to class prepared to answer the questions at the beginning of the packet.
Friday:

Thursday, March 17, 2016

Topics: Last Project of the Year

UPDATE: Groups have been selected and have been added to the GoogleDoc.  First presentations are on March 31.

Info on this project can be found on GoogleDrive.  Groups will be selected tomorrow in class.  There is also a class schedule for the rest of the year at the end of the document.  Enjoy your Spring Break, the end is in sight!

Here's a sample of a project from past years.

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

IB Economics: Completing your Internal Assessment

Before you leave for Spring Break, you need to complete 3 copies of the IB Econ Cover Sheet (one per commentary), 1 copy of the IB Econ Summary Portfolio Coversheet, and Page 1 of IB Form 3CS.  Each completed form needs to be printed out and turned in to your teacher.  These are due by Friday, March 18th - NO EXCEPTIONS AND NO EXTENSIONS.

Monday, March 14, 2016

HOA Assignments

Week of March 14 - March 18

Period 5
Monday: Read "Boom and Bust: 1896-1914"
Wednesday: In-class essay on Friday
Friday:

Period 6
Tuesday: In-class essay on Thursday
Thursday: