2/22/12 Geography

The following places will be on the Map Quiz on Friday:
ISRAEL, Taurus Mountains, Zagros Mountains, Persian Gulf, Tigris River, Strait of Gibraltar, Strait of Hormuz, Mediterranean Sea, Mecca, LIBYA, Baghdad, MOROCCO, Red Sea, CYPRUS, IRAN, Atlas Mountains, ALGERIA, Cairo, TURKEY, and Nile River.

2/21 AP World

AP students need to read chapters 9 and 10 in the green document book. They need to create a list of sim and dif between the Ottoman and Mughal Empires and explain why there are sims and difs. Finally they need to write a detailed thesis statement for a comparative essay on Ottoman and Mughal. (DO NOT write an entire essay, just a thesis statement.) This will all be collected Thursday. By Monday Feb. 23rd have all of chapter 20 read and be ready for a RQ.

AP World 2/16/12

Students took a test today on Chapters 16-18. The students need to read all of Chapter 19 by Tuesday and be ready for a possible reading quiz. The chart given out in class will be collected for a grade on Tuesday. I know this seems like a lot of reading but we have got to get moving if we are going to be ready for the AP Exam in May! Its a short chapter and you have 5 days until our next class!

AP World 2/10/12

AP students need to finish reading chapter 18 pages 229 to end of chapter and be ready for a RQ Tuesday. Review session will be Wednesday after school. Test on chapter 16-18 on Thursday.

Geo 2/10/12

Geo students need to finish review sheets and be ready to take the Latin America test on Monday. Review sheets will be collected for a grade Monday.

AP World 2/8/12

In Class: Who was Theodor de Bry?

Use the link to answer the following questions
http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2Fdebry
1. Do you think that the engravings fall into two distinct categories, and if so, what are they?
2. What persepectives do you see represented in this art?
3. What can scholars learn about perception and viewpoint in these pictures, and do you think that they are accurate representations?

For homework students need to read the first half of chapter 18 pages 519-529 and be ready for a reading quiz on Friday.

Geo 2/7/12

1st and 6th period students don't have homework tonight but 4th period students need to complete their Cuba economic activity worksheet. This will be collected for a grade on Thursday.

AP World 2/6/12

AP students finished notes on chapter 17 today. They need to be ready to write a comparative essay on North American colonies and Latin American colonies in class on Wednesday.

Geo 2/3/12

Geo students don't have any homework this weekend but they do need to be studying for Map Quiz that we will have on Tuesday. The following places will be on the Map Quiz:
Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Cuba, United States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Mexico City, Brasilia, Central America, Rio Grande, Amazon River, and Andes Mountains.

AP World 2/2/12

By Monday students need to read all of chapter 17 and be ready for a RQ. The also need to generate a list of sims and difs bewtween North American colonies and South American colonies. This list will be collected as a graded assignment on Monday.

Exam Info Jan. 2012

All students Geo and World History, need to be preparing for their exams. All students have review sheets. Here are the dates.

6th Period Geo- Monday Jan. 23
1st Period Geo- Tuesday Jan. 24
3rd Period World History- Tuesday Jan. 24
4th Period Geo- Wednesday Jan. 25
5th Period World History- Thursday Jan. 26

Geo 1/10/12

All Geo students will have a map quiz on United States and Canada in class on Thursday. The students need to be able to locate the following places on a map: Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Pacific Coastal Range, Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Aleutian Islands, Gulf of Mexico, Hudson Bay, Rio Grande River, Mississippi River, Colorado River, Chicago, Washington DC, New York City, and Montreal.

1/9/12 AP World

Bring your SOL review packets to class Wednesday. Finish reading chapter 16 by Friday and be ready for a possible RQ on Friday.

****There will be an after school SOL review session this Thursday in room 220*****

Galileo
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/galileo-tuscany.asp

Voltaire Chapter 22
http://public.wsu.edu/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/voltaire.html

1/5/12 AP World History

Students took their test today on chapter 12-15. They need to read pages 459-473 for homework and be ready for a RQ on Monday. DBQ on Why Europe is due on Monday as well.

AP World History 1/3/2012

AP Student need to review their Bulliet chapter 12-15 review sheets and be ready for their test this Thursday! There will be no after school study session for this test, because we reviewed in class today.