If You Missed It... Friday, September 27

Government classes watched a video on the Constitution and took a video quiz. If you missed class you will need to write a one page report on the subject. The report will be due Friday, October 4th. We also did a supreme cpurt case study, Marbury vs. Madison and a worksheet on the Constitution. Both of these sheets are on the absentee bulletin board. Your test on the Constitution is curretly scheduled for Wednesday, but may be changed due to homecoming activities. Please be working on your Revolutionary Rap project, which is worth two test grades and is due On October 7th. Psychology class completed and turned in a self test. We will be starting Module 4 on Monday. If you have not yet received a textbook please see me. U. S. History classes did lecture notes entitled "The Growth of Railroads." These can be found on the class wiki. We also completed and turned in Guided Reading worksheet 14-2. This is on the absentee bulletin board and if you missed class, you need to complete it and submit it by Tuesday.

September 24, 2013

Government classes did a partner activity re-writing the Bill of Rights. If you were absent you will need to get this assignment, complete it on your own, and turn it in to me. We also did worksheets 3 & 5 from "The Living Constitution" workbook. These are located on the absentee bulletin board. U. S. History students watched a video entitled Industrializaztion and Urbanization and took a video quiz. In order to replace this grade, students who missed today will have until next Tuesday to write a one page report on the subject. Psychology classes watched a documentary on Genetics and completed an active review. You must write a one page report on twin studies and turn it in by next Tuesday in order to replace this class if you missed class today.

Access Distance Learning

All Government students must go to Acess Distance Learning (see the link to the right of this page) and register for the online class. You are required to complete 20 hours of online work by the beginning of November. This is a requirement for graduation, per the Montgomery County BOE. If you came to class last week, you should have already registered and joined your class. Those of you who did not attend class last week must follow these very specific directions. 1. Click the access link on the right side of this page. 2. Once the page comes up, click the "login" link 3. Click the "new account" link. 4. Complete all the portions highlighted in red. 5. When it asks for your county, use the drop down menu to choose Montgomery County. 6. When it asks for years of experience put 0. 7. When it asks for role, use the drop down menu to put "other". 8. Submit your information, then check your email to complete your registration. 9. When you return to the access distance learning site, click the "home" link. 10. Choose Montgomery County 11. Choose Carver High School 12. 2nd period students should choose US_Gov_CarverHS_Price1 13. 3rd period students should choose US_Gov_CarverHS_Price2 14. 7th period students should choose US_Gov_CarverHS_Price3 15. Complete any assignments given to your class.

Thursday, September 12

All classes will have a test tomorrow!! U. S. History test is on chapter 13. We also took a quiz today. You will need to see me after school next week in order to make that up. Fourth period only watched a video on westward expansion. If you are in fourth period you must write a one page report on the subject and submit it by next Friday in order to receive credit for this assignment. Psychology classes took notes entitled "Research Strategies, part 3". Check the wiki for these notes. Your test will be on Module 2. Government classes did a political cartoon and a primary source reading on called "Debate on the Proposed Constitution". Both of these assignments are on the absentee bulletin board. Your test will be on chapter 2.

Tuesday, September 10

U. S. History-- students completed yesterday's notes and were given a worksheet, Chapter 13, section 2. There will be a quiz Thursday on Chapter 13, section 3. Your chapter 13 test will be Friday. Government-- students completed yesterday's notes and did a representation simulation. You have a quiz tomorrow on The Constitutional Convention. Your chapter 2 test will be Friday. Psychology-- Students took notes wntitled "Research Strategies, part 2." We will complete these notes tomorrow. These notes are available on the class wiki.

Monday, September 9

Today, both the U. S. History and Government classes took a quiz and took notes. If you missed the quiz, you will need to see me tomorrow or Thursday after school. I will not give the quiz after this Thursday. The History notes are called "Conflicts with Native Americans", and the Government notes are called "Comparing and Contrasting Rival Plans at the Constitutional Convention." All notes can be accessed on the class wiki. Both the U. S. History classes and the Government classes will have a quiz on Wednesday. Psychology students did a Module 2 guided reading and turned it in for a grade. If you missed class today, you must get this paper and turn it in the day after you return to school. You will need to see me to check out a book. Reminder: Open House is tomorrow. Please invite your parents. I look forward to seeing you there.

Alerts for Monday

Both the History and Government classes will have a quiz Monday. And please remember to invite your parents to open house this Tuesday.

Thursday, September 5th

U. S. History students watched a documentary on Westward Expansion. If you missed class today you have until next Friday to write and turn in a one page report on the subject in order to make up the grade. We also did a bar graph on the gold rush and turned it in. You will need to get this assignment off of the absentee bulletin board. Government students turned in their bellringers. They also took notes and did a worksheet on the Articles of Confederation. We also read an exceprt from "Common Sense". There will be a quiz tomorrow on the Articles of Confederation. Psychology students watched a video on correlational studies and read a psychological case study.

Picture Day

Due to being frozen in schedule for most of the day, there are no new class notifications, but I do ask that all of you go to www.wsfa.com and click on "Fever Star Athlete of the Week" and vote for Shaun Hamilton.

Tuesday, Septmenber 3

U.S. History classes-- took notes entitled "Miners and Ranchers". These can be found on the class wiki under the chapter 13 resources. Also, students were assigned guided reading 13-1 as homework. This is due immediately when you come into class tomorrow. If you weren't in class today, you need to get it off the absentee bulletin board and turn it in by Thursday. Government classes-- had a bellringer called "Reading a Chart". You will need to get this from a fellow classmate. We also did a political cartoon and a guided reading activity. We did not turn it in. You can get this off the absentee bulletin board. Psychology-- students took notes entitled "Research Strategies". These can be found on the class wiki. We also completed and turned in chapter 2 vocabulary.