Tuesday, April 1, 2014

HW Tuesday

History
read "The Peace Treaty that Bred a New War" and "Varying Viewpoints," also read whatever sections of the chapter you need to answer the question "Which of the 14 points made it into the Treaty of Versailles?"

English
work on your debate opening statement


Monday, March 31, 2014

Monday night hw

English
revise your persuasive speech for presentation tomorrow

History
documents and questions for WWI, answer the following question in paragraph form (and have it prepared to turn in): WHY DID THE UNITED STATES, AFTER REMAINING ISOLATIONIST FOR SO LONG, ENTER WWI?

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

WWI websites to explore

http://themetapicture.com/if-wwi-was-a-bar-fight/
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/chapters/ch1_overview.html
http://amhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/exhibition/flash.html

Top 10 Speaking Mistakes

Replace the rookie mistakes:
http://blog.prezi.com/latest/2014/2/7/10-most-common-rookie-mistakes-in-public-speaking.html/?rc=email

Hw: 3 min persuasive speech (remember to run your topic by Mrs. Martin)

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Homework Tuesday March 25

English
No hw

History
find out what a "rough rider" is (chapt 27)
read chapter 28 though section titled "Roosevelt and the Panic of 1907"
come prepared to explain Roosevelt's relationship to the Panama Canal

Monday, March 24, 2014

Homework Monday March 24

English
1) find at least 2 value criteria to evaluate the resolution "American students ought to attend college."
2) select three debate topics from the list below, and rank them in order of preference

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Humanities Homework for tonight

English
remember the 5 parts of effective textual analysis:
1) understand definitions of the words in the resolution
2) understand the type of resolution (comparative, absolute, superlative)
3) understand context, if any, in provided by the resoultion
4) understand the actor and action
5) recognize the evaluative term in the resolution


History
complete your 2 minute presentation for the "imperialism town hall meeting" tomorrow