Homework due Friday, 11/30

Nothing is due.

You will have a work period from 8:30 to 9:15.

The "Growth of the U.S." packet is due Monday, but you shouldn't have to work on it this weekend if you work tonight and in class tomorrow.

There is a quiz on Thursday, 12/6.

Homework due Thursday, 11/29

The CIW/Benitez poster is due tomorrow (Thursday). See directions below.

For Friday, please finish pp. 71-81 in Mastering U.S. History (hereafter known as MUSH) and the packet on the growth of the United States. You will need colored pencils or light-colored markers for the map, and a textbook/atlas for reference. Please do the work in the order it is presented.

You will eventually have a quiz over this material. The goal is for you to learn on your own from texts.

Homework due Thursday, 11/29

CREATE A POSTER FOR OUR HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

THIS POSTER IS DUE THURSDAY, 11/29.

Using the website for the Coalition of Imokalee Workers (http://www.ciw-online.org), do research on any aspect of their work that interests you, including the "Exploitation King" campaign.

Create a poster on paper which is at least double-sized and unlined, but could be bigger.

Make this work neat and special.

Use color and good graphic design. It could be handmade or use computer graphics, or both.

Make a clear headline with the purpose stated (could be about these workers' issues in general, or it could be about one specific campaign).

Mention the Coalition, Lucas Benitez, and the website address.

Give at least five supporting facts.

Mention human rights somewhere in your poster.

Mention at least one Millennium Development Goal.

Provide illustrations that enhance your message.

Put your name somewhere on the front of the poster.

These posters will adorn the Auditorium for Human Rights Day, so they are much more than just "homework." They are a part of our campaign to end modern slavery!

Homework due Tuesday, 11/28

Based on your viewing of the BBC film about all of Afghanistan's wars, the film about its constitutional process, the podcast of the Afghan teenager, and the strange Danish film about the pilot who goes to Kabul, reflect on this question:

How possible is it for countries like Afghanistan to develop successful constitutions and governments? What obstacles do they face compared to the U.S. in 1787?

Write a thoughtful, edited paragraph (that is, at LEAST 5 sentences) and type it.

Homework due Tuesday, 11/20

1. Read over your Freaks and Geeks scripts and be prepared to "act" tomorrow. Bring scripts and the following items to to Auditorium at 8:30 or 9:15 tomorrow.

Bring these items: script, planner, pen or pencil, your homework.

2. Other homework =

Write a letter to your buddy (see previous post).

Bring an envelope and have the letter ready IN the envelope with your name, and your buddy's name.

Get your essay signed. Have it in class next week for editing!

Finally, on two index cards, print neatly or type 1) your thesis statement, and 2) a quote from your essay (and who said it -- could be the Constitution).

Homework for Monday, 11/19, and Tuesday, 11/20

Bring your buddy's CD, and be prepared to share a song excerpt on Monday.

Write a letter to your buddy and bring it to school on TUESDAY. Tell him/her about your essay topic, about the high school process, the Christmas Fair, your Thanksgiving plans, and whatever else you can think of. Make it special, and BRING YOUR OWN ADDRESSED ENVELOPE.

Homework due Friday, 11/16

Please bring two copies of your carefully edited final draft of the Supreme Court essay. You will not have homework this weekend.

Homework due Thursday, 11/15

Your rough draft of the essay is due on Thursday (tomorrow). Be sure to include a title and your name (no SLS heading) and a bibliography. Use signal phrases so you don't have to put sources in parentheses afterwards.

TWO COPIES of the FINAL DRAFT are due FRIDAY. Edit like crazy tomorrow night.

Bring in your folders from parent/teacher conferences.

Great job at the Amnesty meeting today!

Homework due Wednesday, 11/14

1. Finish the audio program about Hyder Akbar.

2. Write the next paragraph of your essay. Work on the quotes and the bibliography. Rough draft is due Thursday; final on Friday.

3. Bring an electronic copy of your essay to work on during Computers tomorrow.

4. Bring $2 for Amnesty if you need to.

5. Bring the folder from parent/teacher conferences if you haven't already.

Homework due Tuesday, 11/13

1. Continue working on your rough draft. Tomorrow, bring the third (second body paragraph) paragraph of your essay. Include the first paragraphs. I will give you feedback on what you wrote so far tomorrow.

2. Optional: Bring $2 for Amnesty.