September 12

Social 30-1

We didn't finish our film study of "Sicko" today, so we'll finish it on Monday. We'll bump the Unit 1 Final Exam from Monday to Wednesday as a result. You'll be writing your Chapter 1-2 Test tomorrow, please check out the study guide here. You'll also get your Unit 1 WRA II Essay question sheet tomorrow. You're writing your Unit 1 WRA II Essay on Tuesday in Room 104. Here's a link to your Unit 1 Final Exam Study Guide.

Social 20-1

We started watching the History Television documentary on "The French Revolution". We'll finish this film off tomorrow, after you write the World Geography Test. You can find the study guide for the World Geography Test here.

IB 30/35

We continued the US History video called "Slavery and Freedom". You should have taken notes on this video. I gave you some statistics from the book Time on the Cross for analysis. I also started a PowerPoint lecture called "The Antebellum South". We'll continue this tomorrow after the current events quiz.

September 12

Social 10-1

We talked a little bit about the impact of media transnationals on everyday life today by doing a class survey of favorite TV shows, movies and music.We look further at media giants in the days to come. You also had class time to work on your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions. Your "Global Connections Essay" is due tomorrow. You have a World Geography Test on Friday, please see yesterday's post for the complete study guide.

IB 20

You wrote a current events quiz at the beginning of class today. We started watching a film called "The Age of Light" on the Enlightenment period in European history. I started the second part of "The Age of Enlightenment" PowerPoint presentation as well today, which I will be able to finish tomorrow.

IB 30/35

You wrote a current events quiz at the beginning of class. We started examining slavery today. We looked at a PowerPoint presentation on slavery in the United States, which I will put up on the wiki. You can find this presentation on the wiki in the United States Civil War page. We started watching a video from the United States History series called "Slavery and Freedom" which we will continue tomorrow.