9/9 -- welcome aboard! Gave out some homework: A) email, and B) rules.

9/13 -- did papers/grades/complaints. Collected homework (rules). Financial Terms puzzle #1 for Friday quiz. Did web questions in class. Started spice trading exercise using this map. No homework.

9/16 -- Financial Terms puzzle #1 quiz was given. Finished spice trading exercise. Gave spice trading quiz (use same map). Started Tudor lecture. No homework.

9/20 -- finished Tudor lecture. No homework.

9/23 -- did Tudor cause/effect, some Jamestown lecturing and some Mayflower lecturing. 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.

9/27 -- worked on skits (due when you walk through the door on Thursday). Some doing alternative (story) assignment.

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.

11/18 -- worked on papers. Collected organization sheet including facts, paragraph list, and thesis statement. No homework.

11/29 -- worked on papers. First draft will be due end of the day on Friday, 2 Dec.

11/30 -- worked on papers. First draft will be due end of the day on Friday, 2 Dec.

12/02 -- finished first draft of paper. No homework.

12/06 -- gave Captured by Indians for homework (due Wednesday).

12/07 -- went over Ben Franklin's life and gave Poor Richard sayings assignment (finish for homework).

1209 -- collected homework. Distributed Bailyn packet. Lectured on issues of representation. No homework. Got through Declaration of Independence (first time).

12/13 -- did chronology quiz. Started The Patriot. No homework. Ageed to make colonial family paper due Friday, 23 Dec. before Mr. Moriarty leaves the building.

12/16 -- more of The Patriot.

12/20 -- finished The Patriot.

12/21 -- final day on papers. Due Friday.

1/03 -- handed out Vermont Open Meeting law, Open Meeting law notes, and Open Meeting law quiz. Did quiz in class.

1/06 -- 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 -- finished budget. Started on Constitution. Expect quiz next class. (Got to "The Vice President...")

1/20 -- did quiz. More Constitution. Expect quiz next class. (Got to "No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which...") Expect quiz next class.

1/27 -- More Constitution. Expect quiz next class.

1/31 -- quiz and more Constitution. Got to Article III. Expect quiz.

2/3 -- Windham Regional Career Center presentation: no class.

2/7 -- finished Constitution.

2/10 -- 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.

2/17 -- started on Bill of Rights. Did not get through the 2nd Amendment. No homework.

2/27 -- 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 (completed, generally poorly, in class -- rush, rush, rush).

3/2 -- did Bill of Rights vocabulary puzzle and started on Tinker v. DesMoines and New Jersey v. TLO. No homework.

3/9 -- discussed Tinker v. DesMoines and New Jersey v. TLO.

3/13 -- did Barber v Dearborn.

3/16 -- lengthy discussion on school bond vote. Did Hazelwood.

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. Started on 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 decison.

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 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 past the 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).

5/11 -- -- started on Killer Angels. Handed out schedule and study questions #1. Due next class.

5/15 -- went over study questions #1. Watched a bit of Gettysburg to same place where reading ended. Gave study questions #2 for homework. Read to start of "Day One".