9/26 and 9/29 5th and 4th AP World History

Students need to be prepared to give their Greek god presentation next class.

9/29 2nd Period Honors Geography

Students need to complete the Aral Sea reading and answer the following 6 questions:
1. Who wrote the article? When was it created?
2. For whom was the article intended?
3. List three things found in the article you think are important.
4. What is the main idea of the article?
5. What is a question left unanswered in the article?
6. What is your personal reaction to the information in this article?

9/24 and 9/25 AP World 5th and 4th Period

Students took their Chapters 1-3 test today.  They need to read pages 107-124 tonight and be ready for a possible reading quiz next class and the need to answer questions 1-4 on page 115.

9/23 2nd Period Honors Geography

Students need to complete their climate brochure for homework.  It is due for a grade on Thursday.

9/22 and 9/23 AP World History

Students need to prepare for their Test which will be held Wednesday and Thursday.

9/19 2nd Period World Geography

The test on Unit 1 was today.  Students who did not finish their Unit 2 guided reading activity in class need to complete it for home work.  It is due Tuesday.

9/18 and 9/19 5th and 4th AP World History

5th Period Religion Charts are due Monday 9/22 and 4th Period Religion Charts are due Tuesday 9/23.  We will be having an after school study session on Monday in room 220.  5th Period will test on Wednesday 9/24 and 4th Period will test Thursday 9/25.  The test will cover Chapters 1-3 in the textbook.  There will be 45 multiple choice questions and 2 thesis statements on the test.

9/17 AP World 4th Period

We reviewed our River Valley Comparative Essays and looked at the first half of Chapter 3.  Students need to finish reading Chapter 3 before next class.  They will get a review sheet next class and the first test on Chapters 1-3 will be on Thursday 9/25.  Monday 9/22 we will have an after school study session.

Hey 5th Period AP World History

Your test will be postponed until Wednesday 9/24.  That will allow us to have an afterschool study session on Monay 9/22.

9/16 AP World History 5th Period

We reviewed our River Valley Civilization Comparative Essays in class and took notes on the first half of Chapter 3.  Next class we will finish chapter 3 and work on a review sheet for the Chapter 1-3 Test that we will take Monday 9/22.  Students need to finish chapter 3 before next class and be ready for a possible Reading Quiz.

9/12 and 9/15 5th and 4th AP World

Students need to read pages 68-82 before class on Tuesday and Wednesday and be ready for a possible RQ.

9/10 and 9/11 AP WH 5th and 4th Period

Complete the 3 charts on chapters 1 and 2.  They are due Friday for a grade.  Finish reading chapter 2 before class on Friday and be prepared to write a comparative essay in class on Friday.  The comparative essay will be comparing two of the following three river valley civilizations:  Mesopotamia, Egyptian, and Indus.

9/9 AP WH 4th

Read pages 40-54 reading quiz Thursday

9/8 5th Period AP World

Students need to read pages 39-51 tonight for HW.  Be ready for a possible reading quiz on Wednesday.

9/5 AP World 4th period

Students need to read the Jared Diamond article I gave them in class and be ready with a list to participate in a class debate.

9/4 5th Period AP World

Students took a reading quiz on Chapter 1 today.  Presentations were done on creation stories.  Students should be ready for a creation story quiz Monday.  Students read "The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race" by Jared Diamond.  Students should be ready to defend whether or not the agree with Diamond on Monday.  Below is the link to the Jared Diamond article.

www3.gettysburg.edu/~dperry/.../Intro/Diamond.PDF

Well I don't know why that link doesn't work.  If you do a google search for "Jared Diamond The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race" there is a PDF that comes up.  It is the same one we looked at in class.

9/2/14 and 9/3 5th and 4th Period AP World History

4th Period AP students need to write a comparative essay on the Palelithic and Neolithic periods.  Follow the instructions for writing a comparative essay we went over in class.  They can be found on page lii in the textbook.  Students also need to read pages 16-34 in the textbook and be ready for a Reading Quiz (RQ) on Thursday.