Wednesday November 13

Psychology students will have a test tomorrow on Module 6. Government students did a bellinger, Guided Reading 7-1 and Vocabulary activity 7, as well as a Supreme Court case study. These assignments can be found on teh absentee bulletin board. Only Vocabulary activity 7 needs to be turned in. You only have two more days of group work before your project is due next Friday. Your unit 2 test will be next Tuesday. I will have a study guide online on the wiki by this Friday. U. S. History students began working on a women's suffrage skit. You will be performing these in class this Friday. Also, your women's suffrage prezi must be emailed to me by Friday at alyxandra.price@mps.k12.al.us

Friday, November 8

U. S. History-- students watched a documentary on the Progressive Era. If you were not in class, you must write and submit a one page report on that topic by next Friday. Government students did bellringer #5 and turned in bellringers. They also did chapter summary 6 and a political cartoon. These are located on the absentee bulletin board. We took notes entitled "The Work of Congress, part 2". These are on teh wiki.

Wednesday, November 6

U. S. History students took notes entitled "The Progressive Era". These notes are located on the class wiki. We also read a biograhical excerpt on Robert M. LaFollette and did a guided reading activity. Both of these are located on the absentee bulletin board. WE did not turn them in. Please remember that your women's suffrage prezi project must be submitted by next Friday. In order to submit you must hit the "share" button, then hit "copy link". Send the link to me in an email. Government students did bellringer #4, and guided reading 16-2. The guided reading is on the bulletin board. We did not turn it in. Psychology students began working on their vision boards. If you did not bring your materials today, please do so tomorrow.

Tuesday, Nov. 5

Psychology students need to bring foam board and magazines to class tomorrow for the vision board project. U. S. History students took chapter 16 test and did chapter 18 vocabulary. The vocabulary can be found on the class wiki. You will need to make up the test Thursday after school. Government students did a bellringer and Vocabulary activity 6. This is located on the absentee bulletin board.

Monday, November 4

Psychology classes took notes entitled "Early Adulthood". These notes located on the class wiki. Students need to bring magazines and a piece of foam board to class on Wednesday for a project. U. S. History classes were given a new project today. This is the women's suffrage prezi project. A description of it is on the class wiki. Just scroll to the bottom of the U. S. History page. They will need to use the website www.prezi.com to complete this project. The project is due November 15 and must be submitted to me through email at alyxandra.price@mps.k12.al.us . Also Chapter 16 test is tomorrow. There is a study guide on the class wiki.

Friday, November 1st

U. S. History classes did guided reading activity 16-3 and turned it in. We read Supreme Court case study Plessey v. Ferguson. Both of these assignments are on the absentee bulletin board. They also took notes entitled "Race Relations in the Gilded Age". These notes are on the class wiki. There will be a quiz on Monday. On Monday you will also receive your next project. We will be using www.prezi.com to create a presentation on a woman suffragist. There is a link to the website to the right of this page. You will recieve your person on Monday. Your chapter 16 test will be Tuesday. Government students watched a video on the legislative branch. If you missed class today, you have until next Friday to write a one page reposrt on Congress. We also did a bellringer and Unit 2 vocabulary. The vocabulary terms are due Monday. They are on the class wiki. The library schedule for group projects for next week is as follows: 2nd period-- Monday and Friday. 3rd and 7th periods-- Monday and Thursday.

Happy Halloween!

Psychology class took a test on Module five and did the module six vocabulary web. You will have to see me for the vocabulary assignment. The test was open book. U. S. History classes completed and turned in 16-2 guided reading and we did a biographical reading on Ida B. Wells-Barnett. These assignments are on the absentee bulletin board. Government classes did Bellringer #1 entitled "The Senate" then took the notes on "Power of Congress." These notes are on the class wiki. We also did a political cartoon and a reading on Hiram Revels. These assignments are located on the absentee bulletin board. Government classes will go to the library next Monday to work on the Create a State project. ALL CLASSES: Remember that I am giving homework passes out to students who participate in the community service activity by bringing donations of personal care items for the VA Hospital. I need these by next Friday.