Week of December 8: Study questions, Chapter 8.1 are due on Tuesday.  Study questions Chapter 8.2 are due on Friday.  Study questions Chapter 8.2 are due on December 12 (Friday).  The test is on Tuesday, December 16.  We will be working on map work this week.  The title of the map work is "Expansion of the U.S.".  You are responsible for memorizinf basic facts about how America aquired the contiguous States and Alaska and Hawaii.

Week of December 1:  Study questions Chapter 7.3 are due on Tuesday and Chapter 7.4 are due on Thursday.  Thursday, December 4, is also the day for the "Star-Spangled Banner" Test.  You have a paper with all of the verses on it, but you have to memorize only the first stanza ("word for word").  Test for Chapter 7 on Friday, December 5.  You will get study questions for Chapter 8 on Friday, the test day.  The first set is due on Tuesday, December 9.

Week of November 24: Monday we will do a "Newfacts" or "Americana".  Tuesday we will do a classroom points video called "Home for the Holidays" in honor of Thanksgiving. We are not in school for Wednesday, Thursday or Friday because of Thanksgiving Holidays.   Study Questions Chapter 7.2 are due on Tuesday.

Week of November 17:  Study questions Chapter 6.4 are due on Monday.  We will go over test materials on Tuesday.  The test is on Wednesday.  It will be multiple choice and vocabulary. You will get study questions for Chapter 7 on Wednesday.  Study questions for Chapter 7.1 are due on Friday and 7.2 is due next week. We will work on vocabulary for Chapter 7 on Thursday and Friday. Don't forget the Thanksgiving food drive. You will be given the "Star-Spangled Banner" this week even though the test is not until December 4.

Week of November 10.  We are not in school on Monday and Tuesday.  Tuesday is Veteran's day.  Study questions Chapter 6.3 are due on Wednesday if your class meets that day.  Because of the trip to Cuesta College, not all classes will meet.  If your class does not meet, the project (see week of October 27) and study questions will be due on the 13 (Thursday). Study questions Chapter 6.4 are due on Monday, November  17.  The test for Chapter 6 is on Wednesday, November 19.  It will be multiple choice and vocabulary.  Get an "A" and you are excused from the study questions for Chapter 7!

Week of November 3: If you have not signed up for your person for our mini-project on the people who signed the Constitution, you need to do so.  Study questions Chapter 6.1 are due on Tuesday, and 6.2 are due on Friday.  We are working on the vocabulary for Chapter 6.  You will get study questions Chapter 6. 3 and 4 on Friday. You got directions for Citations--Internet, book and magazine.  There is a longer version on my website (after "Superstars"). Note that directions for the project are in the week of October 27.

Week of October 27: The second set of Constitution study questions are due on Tuesday. The Constitution test is all memory.We learned how a President is elected (including the electoral college). We will do more on the Bill of Rights than is in  the book, and we will finish the amendments.  The Constitution test will take two days: Wednesday and Thursday.  There is a dance on October 30. There is no school for students on October 31. Wednesday is the vocabulary test and Thursday is the multiple choice part of the test. On Wednesday, after the test, you will get instructions for a project about the people who signed the Constitution. We are collating a "Mugbook" on people who signed the Constitution.  For directions, click here.  You can sign up for a person on Thursday morning or at break--first come, first served per class.  You will also get study questions for Chapter 6.1and 2 on Thursday after the test.

Week of October 20:  If you did not finish the classwork on the Legislative branch, it is due on Monday. Chapter 5.3 homework due on Tuesday.  The test for Chapter 5 is on Wednesday. It is a all-memorized materials test. We will be working towards the whole Constitution test as of Thursday.  You will get a set of study questions on the Constitution on Wednesday that are due on Friday, October 17.  Friday you will get another set of study questions, they are due on Tuesday October 28. Thursday and Friday you will be doing worksheets that guide you through the vocabulary for the Constitution and Article II (the Executive Branch).  The vocabulary worksheet is designed so that you can use it like flashcards.  The test for vocabulary is Wednesday, October 29.  The test for the whole Constitution is on Thursday October 30.

Week of October 13:   Study questions Chapter 5.1 are due on Wednesday October 15.  You will get 5.2 and it will be due on Friday, October 17.  The Preamble to the Constitution test will be on Friday October 17. You will get 5.3 on Friday.  If you did not finish the classwork on the Legislative branch, it is due on Monday.

Week of October 6: The test on Friday will be part memory and part open notes.  You can bring your study questions for Chapter 4 1,2 and --but not sections 3 and 4.  Chapter 4. 3 and 4 are due on Wednesday to be checked.  Friday, after the test you will get Chapter 5.1 and the Preamble to the Constitution to memorize.  This is another "word for word and line for line".  You owe it to this country to know the Declaration of Independence preamble (which we already did) that sets forth our philosohy of government and the preable to the Constitution where we make it clear why we have a Constitution and who runs the county.   Chapter 5. 1 is due next Wednesday.

Week of September 29:  Homework Chapter 3.4 due on Monday.  Test for Chapter 3 on Tuesday, September 30.  Once again, this is open notes.  You must collate the sections yourself because on Monday, we are going to H-1 and hear a presentation by the Counselors. This time the test will have  40 questions instead of 30, but the same amount of time (one class period).  You must finish in the time allotted.  You will get study questions Chapter 4.1 and 4.1 on Tuesday and they are due on Friday.  Fifth period did not get Chapter 3.4 on Friday.  You will get it on Monday and I will check it after the test on Tuesday.  Wednesday we will go over the test and Thursday we will spend time on Washington Irving, a famous American author. You will also get Chapter 4 sections 3 and 4 on Friday (they are due on Wednesday) because they are the sections that have to be memorized.

Week of September 22:  Chapter 3.1 due Monday.  Chapter 3.2 is due on Tuesday (It is short).  You got the paper to memorize our philosophy of government called the preamble to "The Declaration of Independence".  You are memorizing just the part that is on the paper you were given on Friday September 19. The test for the Declaration of Independence will be on Friday, September 26.  You must have it memorized in the 9 pieces that I gave you so that it can be graded easily.  Remember--each line is worth 5 points and anything wrong on that line is 5 points off!  Chapter 3.2 is due on Tuesday, Chapter  3.3 is due on Friday and Chapter 3.4 is due on Monday September 29.  The Test for Chapter 3 will be on September 30 (next Tuesday)

Week of September 15: Monday will be our first "Newsfacts" and, we will start Chapter 2 section 5.  Tuesday the last set of study questions due.  Tuesday is review and video, Wednesday is review and organization for the test.  The test for Chapter 2 will be on September 18 (Thursday).  This is probably the only open notes test!!  This is a change from my original plan to have the test on Friday.  The test is only 30 questions.. Wednesday, you will get Chapter 3 section 1 study questions.  they are due on Monday.

Week of September 8:  Rough draft for "What is America to Me?" project is due on Monday. This is a rough draft and does not have to be word processed the way that the final project does. Final project due on Thursday the 11th.  We will investigate more methods of learning.  Please keep in mind that one method of learning is not enough.  The more you learn to utilize diverse methods of studying, the better off you are.  Ordinarily on weeks that have a Monday, we do "Newsfacts" on Monday, but this week we need Monday to edit rough drafts and give out the paper for your project and start Chapter 2.  We will be doing practice study questions and practice tests in preparation for a test on Chapter 2 next week. We will work on how to do study questions.  We will start them in class and finish them for homework.  Monday's homework is going to page 36 and doing the "Key Terms and People" (write them down and define or identify them on paper).  This is due on Tuesday.  Tuesday we will work on how to deal with study questions and do part of Chapter 2 section 1.  Wednesday is Chapter 2 section 2.  Thursday is Chapter 2 section 3 (also due day for projects).  Friday is Chapter 2 section 4.  Each sections' study questions are due on the next day (we start them together).

Week of September 1: No school on Monday.  The test for the states' review is on Wednesday. As part of our study skills work, we will be listening to the book and working in class on Chapter 1--which is supposed to be a quick review of where you left off last year. For Wednesday night's homework, please read Chapter 1, section 2.  For Thursday night's homework, please read Chapter 1, section 4. There is no test on Chapter 1. We will try "Visualization" techniques. You will be assigned a "What is America to Me?" essay project on Tuesday.  The rough draft is due on Monday, September 8 and the project is due on September 11. For directions click here.

Week of August 25:  Welcome to Negrantiland!  During our first week, students will get textbooks and take them home.  Do not bring your book to school!  It is your resource at home. There will be an orientation and a review of the states.  Your first homework is due on Friday--it is a joke about the state that you were assigned. All you have to do is put into Yahoo! or Google the name of your state and the word "jokes" and you will usually get several listings for jokes about your state.  You are welcome to run the page off, put your name on it and hand it in.  We will have two pretests this week.  One is questions from citizenship tests and the other is to see how many states you already know.  I will be teaching a study skills method of studying for the states' test.  If you already know most of them, the method I am teaching wwill help you get a good grade.  If you are one of the people who have never had to learn your country's states, it will help organize you to learn them. The states' review test will be on Wednesday, September 3.
 

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