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9/9 -- welcome aboard! Gave out some homework: A) email, and B) rules (modified by negotiations: late work can be as high as an 80 and work not 'checked' is late, otherwise not) signed by parent -- form at bottom of rules page).
9/13 -- did papers/grades/complaints. Collected homework (rules). Handed out Financial Terms puzzle #1 for Friday quiz. Did web questions in class. Started spice trading exercise using this map. No homework.
9/14 -- finished spice trading exercise and started Tudor lecture.
9/15 -- Financial Terms puzzle #1 quiz was given. Finished Tudor lecture. Gave Tudor cause/effect #1 and #2. Handed outFincancial Terms puzzle #2 (will give answers on Tuesday for quiz on Friday). Started Tudor lecture. No homework.
9/20 -- went over Terms puzzle #2 for quiz on Friday. Gave Tudor puzzle quiz. Gave Jamestown reading and cause/effect assignment for homework. Be prepared for a quiz on the reading.
9/23 -- forgot to collect homework. Did quizzes on Jamestown reading and Terms puzzle #2. Did Mayflower Compact in class (make an intelligent observation on the list of people who signed the document). No homework.
9/26 -- Handed out Economics Terms puzzle #3 (for Friday). Started on study of American colonial family, particularly the Plymouth family. Go to the Housing Page. There there are three forms of a reading on the houses of early Plymouth and a quiz. Follow the directions on the page. Finish for homework.
9/30 -- collected homework. Gave Economics Terms puzzle #3. Gave second set of housing questions for class work. Gave Plymouth graphing assignment (not for homework).
10/4 -- gave numbers for quiz tomorrow, went over some issues of sociology, drew conclusions about religious norms and colonial families, and continued graphing.
10/5 -- gave numbers quiz (a smart person might prepare just in case s/he sees these questions on a quiz Friday), worked on Plymouth graphing assignment (finish for homework), and gave out Husband/Wife reading and questions, both for Friday.
10/7 -- collected graphs. For next Friday, do sit outside assignment and be prepared to answer more number questions. Gave Husband/Wife quiz. For next class read Parents/Children and answer questions.
10/11 -- gave quiz on Parents/Children. Handed out Conclusion to be read for next class.
10/14 -- handed out an organizer for the family comparison and started going over Conclusion to fill in organizer. No homework.
10/18 -- finished organizer for the family comparison (just a start), gave a weird puzzle and Plummer assignment (due at the end of class tomorrow). Puzzle and Plummer questions could well be quiz material.
10/19 -- gave Plummer quiz, numbers quiz, and Plummer writing assignment. No homework.
10/25 -- worked on Colonial law exercise (using this form to keep track). Not for homework.
10/28 -- completed Colonial law exercise. Gave modern family reading and questions for homework
11/01 -- took a quiz. Handed out Colonial family paper assignment. Broke up into small groups and began listing facts about colonial American (one sheet on housing, one sheet on parents/children, etc.). No homeowork.
11/04 -- continued on Colonial family paper assignment. Productive class. Don't even think about homework!
11/08 -- worked on Colonial family paper assignment. Made progress on organization sheet. No homework.
11/09 -- collected organization sheet including facts, paragraph list, and thesis statement. No homework.
11/15 -- worked on papers. No homework.
11/18 -- worked on papers. No homework.
11/22 -- worked on papers. First draft will be due end of the day on Tuesday, 29 Nov.
11/29 -- gave Captured by Indians for homework (due Wednesday). Handed out Government -- Money puzzle for Friday. Worked on papers (and accepted first drafts for extra credit).
11/30 -- returned most of first drafts of papers (sorry you two!), went over Ben Franklin's life and gave Poor Richard sayings assignment (finish for homework).
12/02 -- went over and collected homework. Distributed Bailyn packet. Lectured on issues of representation .Got to just past Tea Party on first run through. No homework.
12/06 -- reviewed representation. Completed pre-revolution chronology and handed on things to know. Quiz tomorrow on pre-revolution chronology (you need to know the order in which things happened, not the exact dates).
12/07 -- gave quiz on pre-revolution chronology. Lectured on Saratoga. Started The Patriot. No homework.
12/09 -- more of The Patriot. Got as far as watching Cornwallis' clothes get blown up. No homework.
12/12 -- did chronology quiz. More of The Patriot. Got to gathering villagers into church. Negotiated due date for final draft of colonial family paper: Friday, 23 Dec. by the time Mr. Moriarty walks out the door.
12/15 -- finished The Patriot. No homework. Don't forget final paper due Friday.
12/20 -- worked on papers.
12/21 -- final day on papers. Due Friday.
1/03 -- handed out Vermont Open Meeting law, Open Meeting law notes, and Open Meeting law questions. Answer the questions for homework (due Friday).
1/06 -- went over and collected Open Meeting law questions. Gave Open Meeting law quiz. Gave out copies of TVHS SY 2012 - 13 budget. Asked students to answer budget questions. No homework.
1/10 -- Gave out copies of TVHS SY 2012 - 13 budget. Students were directed to cut $155,435 from the proposed budget. Will work on next class.
1/13 -- completed budget cuts. Tried to reach agreement on cuts without success! No homework.
1/20 -- started on Constitution. Got to page 2, "No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which..." Expect quiz next class.
1/24 -- did quiz. Got to end of Article 1, Section 8. Prepare for quiz.
1/27 -- did quiz. Made small progress on Constitution (through bill of attainder). Prepare for quiz.
1/31 -- gave quiz. More Constitution progress (to Article II, Section 3). Prepare for quiz
2/3 -- Windham Regional Career Center presentation: no class.
2/7 -- did a couple of forms of a quiz using partners and notes (a nod to the fact that there has been a lack of class time). No homework.
2/9 -- made flash cards to review for Constitution test. Test will be worth 30% of the quarter grade. Test will be on Tuesday.
2/14 -- did Constitution test. Gave W. Va. V. Barnette decision and questions for Thursday.
2/15 -- class off to career center. Zeb, I want that picture.
2/17 -- started on Bill of Rights. Did not get through the 1st Amendment.
2/28 -- be prepared to answer current events questions on: Iran, Syria, Mexico, Michigan, and Israel. Finished quick overview of the Bill of Rights. Prepare for quiz.
2/29 -- gave current events quiz and Bill of Rights quiz. Handed out Bill of Rights vocabulary (Friday quiz) and Lander v. Seaver for homework.
3/2 -- did Bill of Rights vocabulary puzzle and started on Tinker v. DesMoines and New Jersey v. TLO. No homework.
3/9 -- had discussion (fun) on
New Jersey v. TLO
3/13 -- started (did not finish) Barber v Dearborn 3/16 -- lengthy discussion on school bond vote. Did student rights samples. 3/19 -- did Texas v. Johnson assignment. Finish for homework (Friday). 3/23 -- collected homework. Started on Roe v. Wade (not for homework). 3/27 -- went over and collected Roe v. Wade. Went over constitutional issues around the Affordable Health Care Act. 3/28 -- did practice cases (Mapp v. Ohio and Engel v. Vitale). Gave Westboro Baptist case for final Bill of Rights activity. Westboro decision. 3/30 -- collected homework. Started on wagon packing assignment. No homework.
4/03 -- worked more on wagon packing assignment. Spend no more than 15 minutes on this and turn in on Friday. Gave Donner Party drawing assignment, also due Friday. Started video on Donner Party. 4/06 -- collected homework, finished The Donner Party . Started on slave graph assignment (not for homework) 4/10 -- worked more on slave graph assignment. Finish for homework. 4/13 -- did some work on slave story assignment (due Wednesday next). Started Amistad. 4/17 -- more work on slave story assignment (due Wednesday). More Amistad. Gave Numbers You Should Know for Friday quiz. 4/18 -- got to just before final speech in Amistad. Gave Amistad cartoon and Amistad paragraph for homework (due Friday: email if not in school). Don't forget Numbers You Should Know for Friday quiz. 4/20 -- collected homework, gave numbers quiz and extra credit quiz (available only to those who attended class on the day before vacation), and worked on slave profit assignment (not for homework: will finish when we come back from vacation). 5/1 -- worked on slave profit assignment (finish for homework if not done). Gave slave escape and slave justifications for homework (due Friday). 5/4 -- collected homework. Watched some of Ken Burns The Civil War. Lectured briefly on Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850. No homework. 5/8 -- gave some Civil War notes, military organization, and graphing assignment (finish for homework). 5/9 -- started on Killer Angels. Handed out schedule and study questions #1. Due next class. 5/11 -- went over study questions #1. Watched a bit of Gettysburg to same place where reading ended. Gave study questions #2 for homework. 5/14 -- did papers/grades/complaints. Went over homework. Watched a bit more of Gettysburg to same place where reading ended. Gave study questions #3 for homework. Read to Chapter 7 (Buford -- p. 147 in edition that has 355 pages -- bit of a stretch but it will work) on 1 July.