The 1st semester Home Stretch

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Here's an over view of what will be happening in the classes for the next 4 weeks.


History: This week students will be going over the Progressive Era, Next week (12/5-8) Students will be going over American Foreign policy at the turn of the century. The week after, (12/14-17) students will be going over World War 1. The only homework should be finishing notes and vocab from class. The last week before the semester is over the Students will take a Unit test on Unit 3, 1 day of Jeopardy, and 2 days to complete the final.

Government: This week students will be finishing Unit 4. Next week (12/5-8) Students will start unit 5 with a brief 25 pt test at the end. The following week (12/14-17) Students will be preparing their finals, a presentation before a panel of judges with a question and answer section. The homework they should have is Vocab the next couple of Mondays.

Before Thanksgiving!

History: Student will be finishing Unit 2 before Thanksgiving and completing their Unit test the day before the break.

Government: Student will begin studying the institutions of government with a Quiz on Thursday.

Parent Teacher Conferences

This week I have been meeting with parents. It's been a great experience as always to discuss your children and their development. If you are the parent of a sophomore student and you haven't been able to sign up for a time please email me.

In Government the students are learning about different forms of Due Process and will have a class discussion on fundamental rights.

In History the students are researching different issues from the Gilded Age that are still issues today.