| 19 May: STUDY FOR YOUR TEST TOMORROW! SG & PODCAST ONLINE!
16 May: Complete pp. 32 & 33 in your packet. STUDY FOR YOUR TEST ON
TUESDAY! SG & PODCAST ONLINE!Have a great weekend!
15 May: Complete pp. 22 & 23 in the packet. STUDY FOR YOUR TEST ON TUESDAY!
SG & PODCAST ONLINE!
14 May: Complete pp. 8 & 9 in the packet. START STUDYING FOR YOUR TEST ON
TUESDAY! SG & PODCAST ONLINE!
13 May: Add another paragraph to what you already wrote and submit this
wednesday as a take-home quiz. Use the storyboard on p. 7A & the summary
under the NOTES section on here to help. Next test on Civil War Causes on 20
May.
12 May: Write a one paragraph summary on what you've seen in the movie so far.
9 May: Go under my NOTES section on here and read the summary of Uncle Tom's
Cabin. It will be very helpful for class next week (Mon, Tue, Wed),
especially if you're going to Buhler any of those days. Have a great weekend!
8 May: A-2 due; Read pages 21, 22, and 26 in your packet and write three
sentences about each President in your notes section.
7 May: Read Sojourner Truth's "Aint I A Woman?" speech on pages 18 & 19 in
your packet and answer questions 1 & 2 on p. 19. Also complete p. 16 in your
packet (use your textbook).
6 May: Read pages 322 - 328 and answer questions 1, 2, 3 (all) on p. 328.
EXTRA CREDIT: READ P. 336 AND ANSWER QUESTIONS 1 AND 2.
5 May: Happy Cinco De Mayo! Finish your chart on page 5; read pp. 332 - 338
and answer questions 1, 2, 3 (ALL).
28, 29, 30 April & 1 May: NO HOMEWORK OR ARTICLES THIS WEEK. GO TO BED AT A
DECENT HOUR AND EAT BREAKFAST BEFORE YOU GET HERE! TRY YOUR BEST ON THE NJ
ASK!!!
18 Apr: ENJOY YOUR SPRING BREAK!!!
17 Apr: A-1 due. CHURCHILL LIVE: 7:00 - 9:00 CAFETORIUM - - $5.00 in
advance / $7.00 at the door; proceeds go to Rutgers University Dance
Marathon. Hope my band and I see you there :-)
16 Apr: Study for your test!
15 Apr: MAKE SURE MOM AND DAD GO OUT AND VOTE!!! Complete p. 18 in the
packet.
14 Apr: Study for your test (SG online); read pages 312-313; complete pp. 23
& 24 in your packet. SEE MY MUSIC VIDEO FOR CHURCHILL LIVE
AT ://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_kOxzMtGKc
11 Apr: I hope you had fun today :) Page 30 in the pakcet if you didn't
finish it in class after digging. TEST on THURSDAY; SG online; NO PODCAST
FOR THIS TEST!!!!!!!!!
10: Apr: Read pp. 308 - 311. NO ARTICLES TOMORROW. GO RIGHT TO 303 TO DROP
OFF CLOTHES AND YOUR OLD TOWELS (unless you're periods 1 or 2 - come in your
digging clothes).
9 Apr: Complete pp. 19 & 20 in the packet using the textbook. Read pp. 302 -
307.
8 Apr: Study the first ten Presidents ;)
7 Apr: Did you find a change fo clothes yet to put on the side? No? FIND
SOME!!! Read & color pp. 13-14; read p. 15, complete the questions on p. 16.
4 Apr: Have a great weekend!
3 Apr: A-6 due; complete p. 10 in the packet.
2 Apr: Complete pages 37 & 38 (Orgeon Trail) in your packet; room 303
tomorrow for the Oregon Trail!!!
1 Apr: Complete pages 7 & 8 in the packet; you need a green, yellow, red,
black, and blue crayon to do so.
31 Mar: STUDY FOR YOUR TEST!!! SG & PODCAST UNDER NOTES SECTION. Start
thinking about 'the DiG' - April 11th - find thiose crummy clothes, socks,
and sneakers (boots) and put them aside...
26 - 28 Mar: ORAL ASSESSMENT - PRACTICE YOUR SPEECHES!!!!!!!!! TEST ON
APRIL
1ST (and that's not an April Fools' joke - SG under notes). THE FINAL PAPER
IS DUE ON FRIDAY (3-28); ABSOLUTELY NO LATE PAPERS ACCEPTED!!!
25 Mar: PRACTICE YOUR SPEECHES!!!!!!!!! TEST ON APRIL 1ST (and that's not
an
April Fools' joke - SG under notes).
21 - 24 Mar: NO SCHOOL - SPRING RECESS I - Practice your speech!
20 Mar: Complete pp 32 & 32-A in the green packet; practice your speech, and
study your stuff on AJ & the Industrial Rev... hint hint....wink wink...
19 Mar: Complete pp. 28 & 29 in the packet. Practice your speech!
18 Mar: By the end of today, you should have all of your 'loose ends up';
refer to the checklist we went over in class today. In the JACKSON packet -
complete pp. 15 & 16 (using your textbook). Practice your speech!
17 Mar: HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY (to those that celebrate the day)! Continue
to practice that speech. Remember to Email your PowerPoint back if you
needed to work on it. JAKCSON packet - pp. 9 & 10. Practice your speech!
14 Mar: Complete p. 22 in the RESEARCH packet. If you are comfortable with
your speech, place it on the index card I gave you today. Start practicing
your speech! Room 303 Mon & Tue. Enjoy the weekend.... go to a parade!!!
13 Mar: P. 19 - packet. A-5 due. Room 303 tomorrow. Either E-mail all of
your research materials to yourself or save them to a jumpdrive disk.
12 Mar: Complete pp. 11 & 12 in the packet. Most of you already done it :)
If not....DO IT!
EXTRA CREDIT (Answer BOTH ?'s for 1 HW Pass):
1. What can be said about the boutique widgets? Who will buy them? What
kind of quality would you be getting? Why?
2. What can be said about the factory widgets? Who will buy them? What kind
of quality would you be getting? Why?
11 Mar: Finish your 'widget' questions. If you didn't get them off of the
board...
1.What group made the most? Who was the best and worst worker in the group?
2.Was there a difference in quality (good, poorly made)?
3.Were the bad pieces produced a result of bad material or poor management?
4.If you were a customer wanting to buy widgets, which group would you go to
and why?
10 Mar: Finish pages 11, 12, 22, & 23 in the packet.
7 Mar: Complete pages 7 & 8 in the packet; use the textbook starting with
page 238. TEST MONDAY; STUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!
5 & 6 March: A-4 due. SENTENCE OUTLINES DUE FOR A TEST GRADE! Finish
reading page 2 in the packet and answer the questions on page 3.
3 & 4 March: Continue to work on your outlines. Room 303 on Wednesday.
29 Feb: Work on your outlines over the weekend. I'll see periods 1, 2, & 4
on Monday and periods 7/8 & 12 on Tuesday. Have a great weekend! IF YOU
FORGOT HOW TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCE OUTLINE, SEE THE NOTES SECTION AND
DOWNLOAD THE TEMPLATE.
28 Feb: A-3 due; ROOM 303 TOMORROW. Finish the hadnout on Mrs. Madison
(last page in your packet). MAKE SURE ALL OF YOUR BIB AND NOTECARDS ARE
UPLOADED ON NOODLETOOLS!
27 Feb: Your Francis Scott Key questions were handed in along with the
bullets on the USS Constitution. Complete th webquest questions in your
packet on the War of 1812 (three websites are to be used).
26 Feb: Read pp. 224 - 227; answer questions 1-4 (all); 5 & 15 by Friday.
25 Feb: Read pp. 221 - 223; answer questions 1 & 2 along with pages Z & AB
in the packet. Remember- 5 & 15 by FRIDAY.
22 Feb: Hi to all on this snow day. I've come to a conclusion... our
research days ahve been rather crummy due to snow, delayed openings,
lockdowns, and other sorts of tom foolery. But because all of you are such
rockstars, we're gonna keep on going. Which means on Monday, we're back in
307 (not the media center) and you should have all 5 bib cards & 8 notecards
done. How? Use the green & yellow sheets that were passed out in the media
center. Get it done. 15 notecards & 5 bib cards by Friday (2-29).
21 Feb: A-2 due; Complete pages V & W in the packet. MEDIA CENTER TOMORROW!
20 Feb: Complete pages X & Y in your packet.
19 Feb: DAY 3 RESEARCH - 4 bib cards / 4 notecards on noodletools.com by
2morrow! Back in our classroom 2omorrow.
14 Feb: DAY 2 RESEARCH - First and foremost, NO, I won't be your
valentine. Remember, you can DO YOUR BIB AND NOTECARDS AT HOME!!! YOU NEED
4 SOURCES AND AT LEAST 4 NOTECARDS BY TUESDAY! Enjoy Presidents
Weekend....hopefully most of you won't be grounded since your report cards
came out today ;-)
13 Feb: DELAYED OPENING - DAY 1 RESEARCH - Make sure you have registered
with noodletools.com and that you have at least one bib card. Media Center
Tomorrow.
12 Feb: GUIDANCE DEPARTMENT COURSE PRESENTATIONS. Make sure your parents /
guardians check out the course guide and go to that meeting on the 21st at
7PM in the cafetorium. YOUR SCHEDULES ARE DUE 29 FEBRUARY 2K8 IN THE
GUIDANCE OFFICE!!!
11 Feb: Finish your focus questions. Media Center Wednesday & Thursday!
8: Research packets have been distributed! Make you you get a signature
and you choose wisely on the topic you want to do!
7 Feb: A-1 tomorrow. Make sure the worksheets assigned to you in class are
completed for tomorrow.
6 Feb: Complete pages 19 & 20 in the packet.
5 Feb: 1/2 Day - No Late Bus - No Lunch - MAKE SURE YOU BUG MOM, DAD, AND
ANYBODY ELSE OVER 18 TO GO OUT AND VOTE!!!!!!! Read pp. 215-217 (stop at
the
reading check and answer it) and finish page O in your packet. 303
tomorrow.
Congrats all; in the words of Bon Jovi, "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, we're half way
there...."
4 Feb: Read pp. 212 - 213 in your text and finish the chart (p. N) if you
didn't in class.
1 FEBRUARY: MIDTERMS: PERIODS 4 & 5/6 OR 6/7 - 1/2 DAY -- NO LATE BUS --
NO LUNCH
31 Jan: MIDTERMS: PERIODS 3 & 7/8 OR 9/9 - 1/2 DAY -- NO LATE BUS -- NO
LUNCH
30 Jan: MIDTERMS: PERIODS 2 & 9/10 OR 10/11 - 1/2 DAY -- NO LATE BUS -- NO
LUNCH
29 Jan: MIDTERMS: PERIODS 1 & 12 - 1/2 DAY -- NO LATE BUS -- NO LUNCH
28 Jan: STUDY!!!!!!!!!
25 Jan: Study for your midterms! Room 303 on Monday.
24 jan: For Part VIII of the study guide, choose ONE essay topic and create
an outline. For the midterm, your essay will be five paragraphs; take that
into consideration as you create your outline. Complete page H in your
packet. NO ARTICLES DUE.
23 Jan: Complete part VII of the study guide. Complete pages B & C in your
packet.
22 Jan: Read & complete pages 39, 40; read pages 41 & 42 in your packet.
18 Jan: Complete parts IV, V, and VI of the study guide. Read & complete
pages 37, 38 and 43 in your packet. Enjoy your three day weekend!
17 Jan: A-7 due; complete part III of the midterm study guide.
16 Jan: Your midterm review sheets were distributed. You may also download
a copy under the notes section. Complete parts I & II of this sheet tonight.
15 Jan: STUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! go to my blog and let me know what
you thought of jeopardy.
14 Jan: Read pp. 204 - 207; stop at reading Check and answer it. STUDY FOR
YOUR TEST! Room 303 tomorrow.
11 Jan: Study for your test over the weekend; SG & podcast will be up!
10 Jan: A-6 due. Period 4 - Media Center tomorrow. Make sure your
timeliens are glued on p. 35.
9 Jan: Hopefully you saw the board today - each class had something
different to do!
8 Jan: Period 1 - Media Center tomorrow.
7 Jan: Complete p. 29 in your packet & read pp. 162 - 163. Period 2 & 12 -
Meida center tomorrow.
4 Jan: Have a great weekend!
3 Jan: A-5 due, YOUR FEDERAL STYLE HOUSE PROJECT IS ALSO DUE! Also, FOR A
HOMEWORK PASS, write down who wins the Republican & Democratic nominations
from the Iowa Caucuses.
2 Jan 2K8: Get those finishing touches done on your project! Complete p. 23
in your packet.
21 Dec: FOR EXTRA CREDIT: READ PAGES 31 & 32 AND ANSWER PAGE 33 FOR 5
POINJTS EXTRA CREDIT ON A TEST GRADE. Have a wonderful winter recess. Make
sure you get your project
done. See you in 2K8!
20 Dec: A-4 due.
19 Dec: Complete p. 17 in the packet.
18 Dec: Study Amendments 6- 10 on your index cards.
17 Dec: Remember the Bill of Rights Disclaimer we went over :) Study
Amendments 1-5 on your index cards.
14 Dec: You had the entire period; you should now have a bulk of your
research done. Get drawing or building! Enjoy the weekend... one more
week... :)
13 Dec: A-3 due; Media Center tomorrow.
12 Dec: Read pp. 157 - 159; stop at the reading check and answer it.
11 Dec: Have you googled 'federal style house' yet? No? DO IT!
10 Dec: STUDY! SG & Podcast under notes section! If you were absent
today, tough nuggies - - you're taking the test tomorrow! We reviewed
today!
7 Dec: Study for your test! SG & Podcast online!
6 Dec: A-2 due. You have a test on Tuesday basics of the Constitution. Re-
read the pink handout on the judicial branch; read pp 164 - 165 -- documents
1, 2, and 3 -- answer questions 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, & 3b.
5 Dec: Read the yellow handout on the legislative branch; fill in
the 'legislative' circle on p. 7 in your packet.
4 Dec: Start memorizing the PreAmble;complete p. 8 in the packet.
3 Dec: Start memorizing the PreAmble; complete p. 4 in the packet.
30 Nov: Make sure you have all the questions answered from the film we
watched today (packet p. 77. Enjoy the weekend!
29 Nov: A-1 due (remember, it's Quarter 2). Complete pp. &9 & 80 in your
packet.
28 Nov: Finish your delegate research as well as the bullets on the VA & NJ
Plans that we started in class today. We're in the lab again tomorrow.
27 Nov: Complete pp. 75 & 76 in your packet. COMPUTER LAB (303) WEDNESDAY &
THURSDAY
26 Nov: Read pp. 150 - 153; stop at the 'reading check' and answer that
question.
22 & 23 Nov - NO SCHOOL - HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
21 Nov: 1/2 DAY - NO LUNCH - NO LATE BUS - Your project guidelines fornthis
quarter have been given. Start googling 'federal style houses' and see what
you come up with! Have a great recess!
20 Nov: Make sure the worksheet after the quiz was completed in your packet.
19 Nov:STUDY FOR YOUR QUIZ!! ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, SHAYS REBELLION, &
NORTHWEST ORDINANCE.
16 Nov: Start studying for your quiz on Tuesday! Have a great weekend!
15 Nov: A-6 due. Last article for the quarter!
14 Nov: Read pages 148 - 149. Answer questions 4a, 4b, 4c, and 5 in your
notebooks (FULL SENTENCE ANSWERS).
13 Nov: Read the comic strip on pp 55-56 and answer the three questions on
p. 56 in your packet.
12 Nov: Thank a veteran :)
8 & 9 Nov: NO SCHOOL - NJEA Convention
6 Nov: NO SCHOOL - MAKE SURE MOM AND DAD GO VOTE!!!
5 & 7 Nov: You were given plenty of work today. Make sure you have all of
it for next Monday. The Packet (read pp. 47 - 50; complete pp. 51 & 52),
The Legal Eagle (read and compelte the questions on the worksheet), The
textbook Questions (read pp. 144 - 149; complete questions 1-5 (all) and
complete the reading checks on all pages; p. 167 - questions 15a, 15b, 15c,
21a, 21b, 21c, 21d, 22a, 22b, 22c, 22d. Enjoy your days off!
1 & 2 Nov: Complete your candidate matrix and make sure your candidate essay
is complete.
31 Oct: HaPpY HaLlOwEeN! Read pages 130 - 995 and provide a 465 page
summary....ha ha ha...
30 Oct: Make sure your Natural Helpers survery is complete. You do NOT
need to print it. Read p. 144 - 147; answer 2a & 2b.
29 Oct: STUDY FOR YOUR TEST! PODCAST & STUDY GUIDE ONLINE!
26 Oct: Great Job on the cooking projects!!! Complete the 'bullets'
outline you got yesterday in class for Monday. Have a great weekend!! TEST
TUESDAY - STUDY GUIDE & PODCAST ONLINE
25 Oct: NO CURRENT EVENTS DUE!!! If you did it already, save it for next
week! COOK YOUR FOOD! On Friday morning, you may stop by my room and drop
off your food so you don't have to lug it around for the day.
24 Oct: Read pp. 128 - 130; answer questions 1-4. Study Guide under 'notes'
for Wednesday's test.
23 oct: You should have at least seven bullets on the PBS documentary you
watched today. The worksheet also needs to be completed using 4
highlighters or 4 pens. Study for your quiz!
22 Oct: Complete p. 40 in your packet. Quiz Wednesday. Cooking Friday!
19 Oct: Study for your quiz Wednesday! Complete your Declaration of
Independance cartoon for Monday. Have a great weekend!
18 Oct: A-5 due. Read pp. 125 - 127 and copy the 'quick facts' chart on p.
126 into your notebooks.
17 Oct: NO SCHOOL - Quiz next Wednesday - start looking over your note snad
packet info on what we've done one the Rev War thus far...
16 Oct: Read p. 131; answer questions 1 & 2.
15 Oct: Read pp. 117 - 120 and answer questions (all of em!) 1-5. Start
thinking 'cooking project' too!!!
12 Oct: Enjoy your weekend!
11 Oct: Article # 4 due tomorrow. Make sure you read & highlighted the hand-
out on the Continental Congress. Read pp. 114 - 116; complete the reading
check on p. 115 and copy the 'quick facts' into your notebooks.
10 Oct: In your textbook, read 'counterpoints' on p. 119; read & complete H-
28 & H-29 (the 'h' pages are in the very beginning of the textbook).
9 Oct: Read pp. 110 - 113; answer questions 1, 2, and 3. Reemmber, you can
use your CD and read from that instead of the book if you wish.
8 Oct: Compose a two paragraph 'public response' based on the video you
wateched in class today. Emphasize what smallpox is and why is was so
rampant during the colonial time period. See you tomorrow :)
5 OCT: Enjoy your weekend! The Art-O-Da-Month is now on our class blog
(eitner.blogspot.com); respond there and recieve 5 points on a quiz or a
homework pass!
4 Oct: Article # 3 due tomorrow; comp;ete your artwork anaylsis on pp. 24 -
25 in your packet if you didn't finish in class. The Study Guide is up as
well as the podcast; Test is TOMORROW!!! STUDY!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 Oct: REad pp. 109 - 100; stop at "Quebec Act". Complete the Reading Check
on p. 110. The Study Guide is up as well as the podcast; Test is on
Friday!
Computer Room 303 tomorrow!
2 Oct: The Study Guide is up as well as the podcast; Test is on Friday!
Write a one paragraph response as if you were a colonist listening to
Patrick Henry give his 'Liberty or Death' speech.
1 Oct: The Study Guide is up as well as the podcast; Test is on Friday!
Read pp. 106 - 108; answer the 'reading check' question on p. 108.
28 Sep: Enjoy your weekend!
27 Sep: Article # 2 tomorrow (make sure you reference your packet and your
first article for proper format).
26 Sep: Media Center Tomorrow!! Complete p. 21 in the packet/
25 Sep: Complete p. 15 in your packet.
24 Sep: Start searching on the internet for a colonial recipe and the
history of that food!
21 Sep: Study for your quiz! Read pp. 90 - 93; answer the GEOGRAPHY
questions on p. 93. Enjoy your weekend!
20 Sep: You have your first current events article due tomorrow. Read pp.
72 - 76; after reading, go to the website go.hrw.com. From there type in
SD7 HP3 in the key box and write down your answers. YOu have a quiz Monday
on the 5 themes of geography, the 13 colonies, and the F & I War.
19 Sep: p. 9 in the packet - you're writing a letter home to a loved one
telling them why they should move to the colony of your choice. Make sure
you have eight sentences and it is double-spaced. This is your first Quiz
grade!
18 Sep: Read pp. 51 - 56 & 60 - 65. Copy the English colonies chart on p.
65 into your notebooks.
17 Sep: Happy Constitution Day! Color in your map according to colony
region (New England, Middle, Southern). Read pp; 77 - 83; answer questions
1a,1b,1c,2a,2b, and 2c.
12 Sep: Complete pp. 3 - 4 in your packet. Enjoy the four day weekend!
11 Sep: Complete p. 2 in the blue packet. Room 303 tomorrow (it's two
rooms down from my room).
10 Sep 2K7: Again, weclome to American History with Mr. E. Like I said,
this will be like no other history class, I promise :) Tonight, you have a
couple ofthings to do. You already did one - you went to my website.
BOOKMARK THIS! Now, find my podcast on this website and write down the
secret word I said in it! Make sure you get your rules sheet signed. Cover
your NEW textbook. Relax. You got through your first day :)
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