On this website you will find assignments, projects, homework, and materials from class. Begin by reading the most recent post below, or simply select your class from the dropdown menu to the right.
For the next two weeks, I will be out with our friends who are visiting from Rwanda. Never fear though – Mr. Desai will be here with you as your faithful Government teacher!
You have been assigned three tasks to complete during class time and for homework over the next two weeks. I have entrusted in [...]
Over vacation, please take our “February Fun!” Practice Exam. It is modeled after the multiple choice section of the AP Exam (50 questions) and uses only questions from old exams… so this is as close to the real thing as it gets!
The score you receive on the practice exam will be based on the number [...]
Over the next two weeks, we will working on my *favorite* project (yes, I know I always say that, but this time I mean it!) – an entertainment-style report on the Harlem Renaissance. Think: Access Harlem! Extra! TMZ! Each of you will have a vital role in the production of our class movie, and – [...]
Topic: The End of World War I
Objective: Students will be able to describe attempts made by Wilson at the end of World War I to bring about world peace through his Fourteen Points; students will be able to summarize the main points of the Treaty of Versailles
Tech Objective: N/A
Product: Notes on page 60
Today, you will present the PowerPoints you so diligently completed last week. During presentations, the rest of the class will take notes on page 56.
Don’t forget! Upcoming due dates and reminders:
I collected notebooks for the FINAL NOTEBOOK CHECK last Friday… if you were not here, you MUST turn it in today!
Term 2 ends Thursday.
The first [...]
Topic: WWI Technology Mini-Project
Objective: Students will summarize the developments in wartime technology during World War I.
Tech Objective: Students will understand how to insert a slide from one PowerPoint into another.
Product: PowerPoint
Topic: WWI Trench Warfare Simulation
Objective: Students will understand the challenges faced by WWI soldiers who fought in the trenches by responding to excerpts from “All Quiet on the Western Front” and other time-period novels.
Tech Objective: n/a
Product: Journaling Questions on page 55 (left side)
Topic: The Causes of World War I
Objective: Students will understand the causes – both domestic and international – that led America to intervene in World War I.
Tech Objective: N/A
Product: Instigate-O-Meter on page 54
Topic: American Foreign Policy Spectrum
Objective: Students will understand the causes and course of America becoming a world power.
Technology Objective: n/a
Product: Spectrum Worksheet on page 53 in your notebook
Today I’ll be collecting homework (and notebooks in USII) and you’ll be taking a short quiz. If you missed the quiz, you must make up the quiz by Wednesday, January 13!
Please remember that your FINAL notebook collection for Term 2 will be next Friday, January 15. The term ends on Thursday, January 21… so needless [...]
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