Welcome to Ms. Wiberg's schoolnotes. Each week, I will post the homework that was assigned in class as well as a brief description of the day's events inside the classroom.
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Important Dates:
5/21 - WOD Quiz #12
5/21 - Righetti Orientation in the afternoon
5/22 - Roots Essay # 2 Due
5/22 - Minimum Day (School Released @ 12:16)
************************************************************************* *Week of 5/18-5/22*
Monday 5/18
WOD #118 - Sherman Antitrust Act
Video Series: Roots
HW: Keep up on your movie notes
Study for WOD Quiz #12 (Thursday)
Tuesday 5/19
WOD #119 - Labor Union
Video Series: Roots
HW: Keep up on your movie notes
Study for WOD Quiz #12 (Thursday)
Wednesday 5/20
WOD #120 - Knights of Labor
Video Series: Roots
HW: Keep up on your movie notes
Study for WOD Quiz #12 (Thursday)
Thursday 5/21 - ERHS Orientation in afternoon
*If you are NOT attending ERHS, please make arrangements to be picked up at 12:16!
NO WOD
WOD QUIZ #12
HW: Write Roots Reaction Essay #2
Friday 5/22 - Minimum Day
Roots Reaction Essay #2 Due
Video Series: Roots
*Week of 5/11-5/15*
Monday 5/11
WOD #114- Andrew Carnegie
Roots: Introduction
Handout: Roots Reaction Essays
Video Series: Roots
HW: Keep up on daily movie notes
Tuesday 5/12
WOD #115- John D. Rockefeller
Video Series: Roots
HW: Keep up on daily movie notes
Block 4/22 & 4/23
WOD #104- Reconstruction
Notes: Big Business
Map: Civil War Battlefields
HW: None
Friday 4/24 - No Current Event
California State Test Review
HW: None
*Week of 4/6-4/9*
Monday 4/6
WOD #100(Celebrate!) - Battle of Gettysburg
Notes: The Way to Victory
HW: Study for WOD Quiz #10 (Tues)
Study for Exam (Wed)
Tuesday 4/7 - Late Start Day
WOD Quiz #10
Unit V-Part 2 Review
HW: Study for Exam
Wednesday 4/8 - Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences 5:30-7:30
WOD #101 - Gettysburg Address
UNIT V - Part 2 Exam
HW: None
Thursday 4/9 - Minimum Day
Career Day
HW: Enjoy your Spring Break!
*Week of 3/30-4/3*
Block Days (3/30 & 3/31)
WOD #96 - Emancipation Proclamation
Notes: Secession & The Two Sides
HW: Read 592-594
Wednesday 4/1 - Minimum Day
WOD #97 - Robert E. Lee
Civil War Battlefields Map (Group Project)
HW: None
Thursday 4/2
WOD #98 - Ulysses S. Grant
Civil War Battlefields Map (Group Project)
HW: None
Friday 4/3
WOD #99 - Fort Sumter
Unit V-Part 2 Exam Study Guide
Notes: The Call for Freedom
HW: Read 605-613
Study for WOD Quiz #11 (Tues)
*Week of 3/23-3/27* Spirit Week 2009
Block 3/23 Crazy Sunglasses & 3/24 Twin Day
WOD #92 - John Brown
WOD #93 - Compromise of 1850
Notes: The Dred Scott Decision
UNIT V Part I Review
HW: Study for Exam - Thursday
Wednesday 3/25 - Neon Day
WOD #94 - Abraham Lincoln
Cornell Note Check
UNIT V Part I Review Game
HW: Study for Exam - Thursday
Thursday 3/26 - Time Warp Day
WOD #95 - Jefferson Davis
UNIT V Part I Exam
HW: Dress in all Black tomorrow! Go Trojans!!!
Friday 3/27 - Black Out Day
8th Grade Basketball Day Game: LJHS vs OJHS
No Academic Classes
HW: None
* Week of 3/16-3/20*
Monday 3/16
WOD #89 - Mason Dixon Line
Notes: Search for Compromise
HW: Read 543-547
Tuesday 3/17
WOD #90 - Kansas-Nebraska Act
Notes: Bleeding Kansas
HW: Study for WOD Quiz #9
News Article due on Block
Block Day 3/18 & 3/19
NO WOD
WOD Quiz #9
North Star Project
HW: Read 548-553
Friday 3/20
WOD #91 - Dred Scott
Current Event
HW: Read 548-553
Block (3/11 & 3/12)
WOD #87 - Missouri Compromise
Abolitionist Newspaper - The North Star
- Introduction/Group Set Up
- Research
HW: Complete Rough Draft for The North Star
Friday 3/13 - No Current Event
WOD #88 - Uncle Tom's Cabin
North Star Workday
HW: Study for WOD Quiz #9 (Next Block Day)
* Week of 3/2-3/6*
Monday 3/2
WOD #81 - Abolitionism
UNIT IV Review
HW: Study for UNIT IV Exam
Tuesday 3/3
NO WOD
UNIT IV EXAM
HW: Read 409-413
Block 3/4 & 3/5
WOD #82 - William Lloyd Garrison
WOD #83 - Frederick Douglass
Notes: Women's Movement
How to Write a News Story?!
HW: Prepare Current Event
Friday 3/6 - Mad Bad Plaid and Stripes Day
WOD #84- Wilmont Proviso
Current Events
HW: None
* Week of 2/23-2/27*
Monday 2/23
WOD #77 Telegraph
Letter to President Jackson due
Notes: Independence for Texas
Progress Reports handed out-due Block
HW: Read 495-497
Get Progress Report signed
Tuesday 2/24
WOD #78 James Fenimore Cooper
Notes: War with Mexico
HW: Read 500-506
Wednesday 2/25 (Minimum Day)
WOD #79 Declaration of Sentiments
UNIT IV Study Guide Handed Out
HW: Study for WOD Quiz #8 (Friday)
Study for UNIT Exam (Tuesday 3/3)
Thursday 2/26
WOD #80 Common School Movement
Notes: California and Utah
HW: Study for WOD Quiz #8 (Friday)
Study for UNIT IV Exam (Tuesday 3/3)
Friday 2/27
NO WOD
WOD QUIZ #8
UNIT IV Review
HW: Study for UNIT IV Exam (Tuesday 3/3)
*Week of 2/16-2/20*
Monday 2/16- No School
Tuesday 2/17
WOD #74 - Spoils System
Notes: Early American Foreign Policy
Video: Dances with Wolves
HW: Read 446-451
Dances with Wolves Reflection due Block
Block Day 2/18 & 2/19
WOD #75 - Irish Immigration
Notes: Andrew Jackson as President
Map: A Changing Nation/Indian Removal
HW: Read 483-487
Finish Map: A Changing Nation/Indian Removal
Friday 2/20
WOD #76 - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Andrew Jackson Letter Activity
HW: Read 483-487
Block 2/11 & 2/12
WOD #72 - Indian Removal Act
Movie: Dances with Wolves
HW: Read 326-327
Finish Bingo Card
Friday 2/13
WOD #73 - Trail of Tears
President's Day Bingo
Reading Assignment
HW: Read 363-367
* Week of 2/2-2/6*
Monday 2/2
WOD #67 - Monroe Doctrine
UNIT III B Review
HW: Study for Exam
Tuesday 2/3 Late Start Day
WOD #68 - American System
UNIT III B Exam
HW: Finish Journal Cover Deisgn
Wednesday 2/4
Parent/Student/Teacher Conferences in Gym 1:30-3:30 & 5:30-7:30
WOD #69 - Capitalism
Turn in Westward Expansion Journal
Movie: Dances with Wolves
HW: None
Thursday 2/5 Minimum Day
WOD #70- Lowell System
Movie: Dances with Wolves
HW: Study for WOD Quiz #7
Friday 2/6
NO WOD
WOD Quiz #7
Movie: Dances with Wolves
HW: None
*Week of 1/26-1/30*
Monday 1/26
WOD #63- War Hawks
Notes: Conflicts on the Frontier
HW: Read 354-355
Journal Entry #2-Due Block
Tuesday 1/27
WOD #64- Andrew Jackson
Notes: War of 1812 (Part I)
HW: Read 356-359
Block 1/28 & 1/29
WOD #65- Battle of New Orleans
Notes: War of 1812 (Part II)
Handout: UNIT III B Study Guide
Journal #3- New Places & Faces... New Troubles
HW: Complete Journal #3
Study for UNIT III B Exam- next Tuesday (2/3)
Friday 1/30
WOD #66- Treaty of Ghent
Journal #4
Journal Cover- Instructions
HW: Finish Journal and make the cover colorful!
*Week of 1/19-1/23
Monday 1/19- No School - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Tuesday 1/20-Inauguration Day
WOD #61- James Madison
Notes: Westward Expansion
HW: Read 339-341A
Block Day 1/21
No WOD
WOD QUIZ #6
Notes: War Fever
Inauguration Recap
HW: Read 341B-345
Friday 1/23 - Minimum Day - 12:16 Release
WOD #62 James Madison
Journal Entry #2
HW: Complete Journal Entry #2
* Week of 1/12-1/16*
Monday 1/12
WOD #57 Neutrality Proclamation
Notes: Description of Early America
HW: Read 326-327
Tuesday 1/13
Guest Speaker: Steve Lavagnino
HW: None
Block 1/14 & 1/15
WOD #58 Impressment
WOD #59 Incitement
Notes: North and South in Early America
Westward Expansion Journal
- Set Up
- Journal Entry #1 - Why go west? Who are you? What are you bringing? What do you hope to find?
HW: Read 328-329
Complete Journal #1
Prepare Current Event
Friday 1/16
WOD #60 Embargo Act
Current Events
HW: Study for WOD Quiz - next block day
* Week of 12/15-12/19 *
Monday 12/15
WOD #53 National Bank
Congressional Simulation
HW: None
Wednesday 10/22 Minimum Day
WOD #27 Legislative Branch
Preamble Project due at the end of the period
HW: None
Thursday 10/23
WOD #28 Executive Branch
School House Rocks! Bill
Notes: How a Bill Comes A Law
HW: Prepare Current Event
Friday 10/24- End of 1st Quarter (Minimum Day)
WOD #29 Judicial Branch
Current Events
HW: Study for WOD QUIZ #3- Next Tuesday
* Week of 10/13-10/17 * NO CURRENT EVENT THIS WEEK
Monday 10/13
WOD #22 Federalism
School House Rocks! 3 Ring Government
Notes: Legislative Branch
HW: Read pages 229-233
Tuesday 10/14
WOD #23 Virginia Plan
Notes: Executive and Judicial Branch
HW: Read pages 221A-223
Block Day 10/15 & 10/16
WOD #24 New Jersey Plans
School House Rocks! The Preamble
Notes: Principles of Government
Preamble Project: Overview and Group Work
HW: Bring Supplies to work on Friday
Friday 10/17
WOD #25 Great Compromise
Preamble Project- Group Work Time
HW: None
* Week of 10/6-10/10 *
Monday 10/6
WOD #19 Thomas Paine
Notes: Shays's Rebellion
HW: Read pages 197-201
Study for WOD Quiz #2- Block Day
Tuesday 10/7
WOD #20 Benjamin Franklin
Worksheet: Call for Change
HW: Study for WOD Quiz #2
Block Day 10/8 & 10/9
WOD QUIZ #2
Simulation: Separation of Powers & Checks and Balances
Worksheet: Steps to the Constitution
HW: Finish Worksheet
Friday 10/10
WOD # 21 Natural Rights
Correct Steps to the Constitution Worksheet
Current Events
HW: Read pages 226-228
* Week of 9/29-10/3 *
Monday 9/29
WOD #15 Olive Branch Petition
Handout: UNIT II Assignment Sheet
Notes: Articles of Confederation
HW: Read pages 181B-185
Block 10/1 & 10/2
WOD #17 Treaty of Paris
Simulation: Land Ordinances
HW: By Monday read 193-196
Prepare Current Event
Friday 10/3
WOD #18 Thomas Jefferson
Current Events
HW: Read 193-196
*Week of 9/22-9/26* - NO CURRENT EVENT THIS WEEK
Monday 9/22
WOD #11 Scientific Enlightenment
Notes: War of Independence (The Aftermath)
Handout: UNIT I Study Guide for Exam
HW: Study for UNIT I Exam (Friday)
Block Day 9/23 or 9/25
WOD #12- Proclamation of 1763
WOD #13- 1st Continental Congress
UNIT I Exam Review
HW: Study for UNIT I Exam (Friday)
Friday 9/26
WOD #14- 2nd Continental Congress
UNIT I EXAM
HW: Read 178-181A
*Week of 9/15-9/19* - NO CURRENT EVENT THIS WEEK
Monday 9/15
WOD #8 Mercantilism
Notes: The War of Independence (The Build Up)
Video: Declaration of Independence
HW: Read 153-157
Tuesday 9/16
WOD #9 Navigation Acts
Notes: The War of Independence (The Events)
HW: Read 158-159
Study for WOD Quiz #1- Friday
Block 9/17 & 9/18
WOD #10 Great Awakening
Patriot/Loyalist Essay: Directions and Planning
HW: Study for WOD Quiz #1- Friday
Essay due Monday
Friday 9/19
NO WOD
WOD QUIZ #1
Patriot/Loyalist Essay- Work Time
HW: Essay Due Monday
*Week of 9/8-9/12*
Monday 9/8
WOD #4 Mayflower Compact
Notes: French and Indian War
Handout: Life in the Colonies
HW: By Block Day read 131-141
Tuesday 9/9 Minimum Day
WOD #5 "Great Migration"
Notes: Trouble in the Colonies
HW: Read 131-141
Block Day 9/10 & 9/11
WOD #6 Privy Council
Reading Assignments Turned In
Notes: Trouble in the Colonies
Trade Simulations
HW: By Monday read 149-152
Prepare Current Event
Friday 9/12
WOD #7 Parliament
Current Events
HW: Read 149-152
*Week of 9/1-9/5*
Monday 9/1- NO SCHOOL! Labor Day
Tuesday 9/2- LATE START DAY
WOD #1- Jamestown
Notes: Age of Exploration
Rotten Meat: Anyone want to take a bite?
HW: Read pages 116-124
Block 9/3 or 9/4
WOD #2- House of Burgesses
Notes: Founding the Colonies
Licorice in a Trash Can
HW: By Monday read 126-131
Prepare Current Events
Wednesday 8/20- 1st Day of School
Introduction to Course
Handouts: Class Syllabus, Movie Permission Slip, Student Info Sheet, Textbook Agreement and Assignment Sheet
HW: 1. Obtain Parent signature on forms and return
2.. Get classroom supplies
Thursday 8/21
Classroom Rules
Time Line Poster Project
HW: 1. Complete Time Line- Due Monday
Friday 8/22
Textboook Pick-Up
Binder Organization
Time Line Project
HW: Finish Time Line Project- Due Monday
*Week of 8/25-8/29*
Monday 8/25
How to take notes- Overview of Cornell Notes
HW: Read pages 38-45
Tuesday 8/26
Notes: Longitude and Latitude
Balloon Globe Activity
HW: None
Block 8/27 & 8/28
Costa's Level of Questioning
4 Corners Activity- How to Grade Cornell Notes
How to do an EC Reading Outline
HW: By Tuesday read 80-89 (Take Notes)
Friday 8/29
Introduction to Current Events
Group Current Event Practice
HW: By Tuesday read 80-89 (Take Notes)
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