Today in class you annotated the documents and planned your essay. Here are the documents in case you would like to study them further tonight in preparation for tomorrow's in-class essay exam. ![]()
Congratulations to these "golden-eared" students who correctly identified the most musical pieces!
Period 2 Champion: Roxanne Nunez (5 of 7) Runners-up: Tyler Allen, Laura Santiago, Hannah Nahmias (4 of 7) Period 3 Champions: Hannah Branche, Madison Montero, Shade Jimenez, Emily Martin, Anastasia Malakhova (7 of 7) Period 8 Champions: Sarah Caban, Ismael Flores (6 of 7) Runners-Up: Carolyn Salazar, Victor Herrera, Justin Estevez, Gabby Lima, Frieda Hynes, Marvin DeLeon, Albina Rugova (5 of 7) The results are in from our first debate! Winners were chosen by the student audience. And the winning debaters are...
Period 3 Aseel Rafat & Isaac Nahmias Samantha Trombone & Sam Stricks Period 7 Mia Kauffman & Giana Huttinot Mory Diakite & Christian Carlos Congratulations to winners, and special thanks to these debate participants: Al Furman, Anna Dolgopolova, Kimberly Biascochea, Gabriella Gutierrez, Noah Kazansky, Riana Richards, Allen Herrera & Julia Baron. If you are absent on a day when classwork was collected, you are responsible for completing the work that you missed. Work needs to be completed within three days, and will not be accepted after a grade of zero has already been entered into the online gradebook. I'm making an exception this time because it is early in the year. If you haven't completed and submitted the following assignments please submit by this Friday, 10/5. 10th Grade Honors (Periods 3 & 7): ![]()
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Please read the attached PDF and answer the questions in complete sentences. Due Tuesday, 10/2. (Note: Yes, the 10th graders have the same homework- it's not a mistake, so don't get confused!) Read page 1, then answer questions #1-3 1) What is an enduring issue? 2) What makes Zak and Sara's inability to share an enduring issue? 3) What makes the use of war to gain power an enduring issue? Read page 2, then answer question #4-5. 4) Which one of the previous examples enduring issues is historically significant? Explain. 5) Identify one enduring issue in your own life, explain why it is an enduring issue, and explain why it is significant to you. Read page 3, then answer questions #6-7. 6) Look over the list of enduring issues. Choose three enduring issues, and for each of the three, describe an event in history that is related to that enduring issue. 7) Identify and describe one important enduring issue in history that you think should be on the list that is NOT already on the list. ![]()
![]() In class today, I mentioned a homework assignment about Enlightenment views of women. Instead, I decided on an assignment to help you prepare for your for first Enduring Issue Essay (coming soon). Please read the attached PDF and answer the questions in complete sentences. Due Tuesday, 10/2. (Note: Yes, the 9th graders have the same homework- it's not a mistake, so don't get confused!) Read page 1, then answer questions #1-3 1) What is an enduring issue? 2) What makes Zak and Sara's inability to share an enduring issue? 3) What makes the use of war to gain power an enduring issue? Read page 2, then answer question #4-5. 4) Which one of the previous examples enduring issues is historically significant? Explain. 5) Identify one enduring issue in your own life, explain why it is an enduring issue, and explain why it is significant to you. Read page 3, then answer questions #6-7. 6) Look over the list of enduring issues. Choose three enduring issues, and for each of the three, describe an event in history that is related to that enduring issue. 7) Identify and describe one important enduring issue in history that you think should be on the list that is NOT already on the list. ![]()
Read pages 29-34. See attached PDF for textbook sections. Complete all questions in complete sentences. You do not need to write out the questions... just answer them! Due Friday. 1) Vocabulary Builder: Find one word in the reading that you don't know or are unsure of. Look it up. For each word, write out the word, the definition, and an original sentence that uses the word. This means a sentence that you created yourself using the word, NOT the sentence from the textbook or one from a dictionary.) Choose a regular word, not a social studies key term that is boldfaced in the text. Do NOT leave this blank because you think you know every word -- you WILL lose credit! 2) What were the geographical advantages of the Fertile Crescent? What were some problems? How were they solved? 3) What is meant by the term 'city-state'? How is it different than a 'city'? Why do you think Sumer developed into city-states instead of just cities? Who was in charge of the city-states? 4) What is cultural diffusion? According to the reading, why did cultural diffusion occur in the Fertile Crescent? 5) Draw a chart entitled 'Sumerian Culture' with three columns, 'Religion', 'Social Classes', and 'Ideas and Inventions''. Take notes into the chart. 6) What is an empire? How did Sumer go from being independent city-states to being part of an empire? 7) What areas of life did Hammurabi's Code cover? Do you think the Code helped advance civilization? Why/why not? 8) CREATIVE RESPONSE: Analyze the primary source on p. 33. Pretend you are a citizen of the Babylonian Empire. Write a 2-paragraph "email" (5 sentences per paragraph) to Hammurabi about one of the laws. Explain to your king what you like or dislike about the law, and ask him (respectfully) to keep it, change it, or get rid of it entirely. ![]()
Imagine you are the editor of a newspaper in London in the late 1600s. Write an editorial (opinionated article) in which you defend either Thomas Hobbes’s or John Locke’s view about human nature and government. Make sure you thoroughly defend your position by comparing and contrasting the views of the two men. You may use your class notes or the textbook to support your editorial. I've also attached the reading from class. Due Friday, 9/28. ![]()
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