week of 12/20/10

Happy Holidays to everyone

Am Cult 2 classes - President's quiz 3 on Wednesday. Also the New Deal writing prompt is due Thursday (except periods 6 and 7 which are due Wednesday). Those that wish to get extra credit on the next test may type a copy of their written 5X5 and up load it to wyattwritingprompt page on the NS wikisite.

Monday & Tuesday
Am. Cult 2 - New Deal presentations and after all four groups are finished presenting, they will then get the political cartoon and the reading prompt.

Wednesday
Am. Cult 2 - quiz, then the notes on the Distractions of the 1930s.

week of 12/13/10

Monday
Am. Cultures II - The Burn - HW study for President's Quiz Thursday

U.S. Govt. - Congress

Tuesday
Am. Cultures II - The Burn - HW Study

U.S. Govt. Congress

Wednesday
Am. Cultures II - The Scapegoat - Study

U.S. Govt - Congress

Thursday
Am. Cultures II - The Scapegoat - President's Quiz

U. S. Govt. - Congress

Friday
Am. Cultures II - Review

U.S. Govt. - Congress

Week of 12/06/10

Am. Cultures Classes - Test on the Darkside of the post War Era (1920s) will be Wednesday. The President's quiz is pushed back until NEXT WEEK. The one after that will be after Mid-Terms.

U.S. Govt. Classes - Test Wednesday. I'm checking Notebooks after the test is done and we start Congress Thursday. Read Chapters 10 - 12 on Congress

Monday
Am. Cult II - finish up the 1920s - HW Study for the test

U.S. Govt. Review for the test

Tuesday
Am. Cult II - review

U.S. Govt - Test

Wednesday
Am. Cult II - Test

U.S. Govt. Start Congress HW Read chapters 10 - 12

Thursday
Am. Cult II - The events leading up to the Crash

U.S. Govt - Congress

Friday
Am. Cult II how people and areas coped with the Great Depression

U.S. Govt. - Congress

Week of 11/22/10

Am. Cultures II Classes remember that your first progress report on your project is due the day before Christmas Break. Also your remember that your third Presidents quiz is 1 through 20 and that it won't occur until the 1st full week in December.

Monday
Am. Cult II - Tea Pot Dome Scandal

Tuesday
Am. Cult II - Prohibition, and the Car

Wednesday
Am. Cult II - Scopes trial and America's past times

week of 11/16/10

Am. Cultures II Classes: Remember that your groups and project selections are due Friday 11/19 (Group members if any and what your project is)

Am. Cultures classes you should be reading chapters 20 - 21 and 22

U.S. Govt. you should be reading Ch 13,14,15 as a backup to what you're learning in class.

Tuesday
Am. Cult II - The 1st Red Scare

U.S. Govt - selecting a VP - HW pg 264 Selecting a VP due Thursday and they should be more than 1 word answers

Wednesday
Am. Cult II - The Rise of Nativism

U.s. Govt. - the Convention and their processes

Thursday
Am. Cultures II - Strikes (labor strikes and most of their failures)

U.s. Govt. - Concept Convention cont. - HW due, new assignment, pg 358 Question #5, pg 363 Question #6, and pg 375 Question # 5 due Monday

Friday
Am. Cultures II - Harding's attempts to limit war

U.S. Govt. - discussion of Govt in the news, more about the Presidency

Week of 11/01/10

U.S. Govt Class - test Tuesday 11/2 - Election Day

Am. Cult II - Test Friday 11/5

President's quiz is moved to Tuesday - 11/9

Monday
Am. Cult II - Concept - Life in Am. during WW 1

U.S. Govt. - Review

Tuesday
Am. Cult II - Concept - Wilson's 14 point speech

U.s. Govt. - Test

Wednesday
Am. Cult II - Concept - Versailles Treaty and it's battle in the Senate HW: Political Cartoon "Interrupting the Ceremony"

U.S. Govt - Concept the 6 parts of the Presidency HW. Read Chapters 13 - 15 for next week

Thursday
Am. Cult II - Go over cartoon, review for test

U.S. Govt - Concept The Presidency/jobs

Friday
Am. Cult II - Test

U.s. Govt - Presidency Continued

week of 10/24/10

Monday and Tuesday - no Govt. class due to PSSA makeups

The next President's quiz is on November 5th, 2010 - two weeks after the chapter test.

Monday
Am. Cult II - Dollar Diplomacy, collect the political cartoons

Tuesday
Am. Cult II - Missionary Diplomacy, Poncho Villa

Wednesday
Am. Cult II - America being drawn into WWI

U.S. Govt - Federalism continued

Thursday
Am. Cult II - "Over There" H.W. Maps Europe 1914 & 1918

U.S. Govt. - federalism concluded

Friday
Am. Cult II - In the Trenches

U.S. Govt. - review for the test

Week of 10/18/10

American Cultures II - the test has been moved back to Friday

Monday

Am Cult II - Field Trip to the Pioneer Tunnel

U.S. Govt - State Federalism

Tuesday
Am. Cult II - Big Stick Diplomacy - Big Stick Diplomacy political cartoon

U.S. Govt - State Federalism

Wednesday
Am. Cult - Big Stick Diplomacy concluded

U.S. Govt- State Federalism

Thursday
Am. Cult - Review

U.S. Govt - State Federalism

Friday
Am. Cult - Test

U.S. Govt. - Review

Week of 10/13/10

Am. Cult 2 & U.S Govt classes remember that a test is coming up to be dated no later than the 20th of October so start to study now.

Wednesday
Am. Cult II - Concept Open Door policy and the beginning of Big Stick Diplomacy: HW. Read Ch 18 and study your notes. Front Page Newspaper is due

U.S. Govt. - Federalism cont.

Thursday
Am. Cult II - Concept Big stick Diplomacy: HW Review sheet

U.S. Govt. - Concept Federalism cont HW: Political Cartoon and Book Questions

Friday
Am. Cult II - concept Big stick diplomacy concluded

U.S. Govt. - Concept Federalism concluded

Week of 10/4/10

President's Quiz has been moved to Wednesday 10/5/10 and so that every President's quiz is two weeks after a chapter test.

Homework: Work on the Front Newspaper page project due Monday for periods 4,5,6,7 and Tuesday for period 1

Am. Cultures II classes - Read chapters 18 and 19 by Wednesday of Next Week.

U.S. Govt. Quiz Friday

Tuesday
Am Cult II - concept - Spanish American War, the Peace

U.S. Govt. concept - Federalism

Wednesday
Am. cult II - concept- Big Stick Diplomacy

U.S. Govt. concept - Federalism HW: Political cartoon drawing - due friday

Thursday
Am. Cult II - concept Big stick Diplomacy cont

U.S. Govt. - Federalism
Friday
Am. Cult II - Dollar and Missionary Diplomacy

U.S. Govt - Federalism

Week of 9/27/10

Remember the first President's Quiz is scheduled for Tuesday October 12th

Quiz on the rise of American Power (ends with Big Stick Diplomacy) is on Friday October 1st

There is a Govt quiz on the principles of the Constitution Friday

Monday
Am. Cultures: concept - The Spanish American War and the results

U.S. Govt. - Concept - the 1st three principles of the Constitution

Tuesday
Am. Cultures: Yellow Journalism mini project

U.S. Govt. - Concept the 2nd three principles of the Constitution

Wednesday
Am. Cultures: Yellow Journalism mini project pt 2

U.S. Govt. - Concept Formal Amendment process

Thursday
Am. Cultures: Concept - America Vs. the Filipinos

U.S. Govt. Concept - Informal Amendment Process

Friday
Am. Cultures: Concept - Big Stick Diplomacy

U.S. Govt. Concept - Informal Amendment Process continued.

Week of 9/20/10

Monday
Am. Cult II - Review for test

U.s. Govt. - Federalists vs. Anti Federalists HW - test Wednesday

Tuesday
Am. Cult II - Test - Start studying for the Presidents' quiz in two weeks

U.S. Govt. - Review for the test

Wednesday
Am. Cult II - Alaska, Hawaii and Why

U.S. Govt - Test

Thursday
Am Cult II - Alaska, Hawaii and Why cont.

U.S. Govt - Six Principles behind the Constitution

Friday
Am Cult II - Spanish American War

U.S. Govt - Political cartoon assignments are due today

week of 9/13/10

Monday
American Cultures II - Theodore Rex H.W. Study for the first quiz tomorrow

U.S. Government - Articles of Confederation, Mt. Vernon Conference

Tuesday
American Cultures II - Taft & Wilson, the first test is Monday and TR political Cartoon worksheet Due Wednesday

U.S. Govt. - Constitutional Convention day 1

Wednesday
American Cultures II - Finish up Wilson, begin to review

U.S. Govt. - Constitutional Convention day 2 - Test Monday

Thursday
American Cultures II - Finish Wilson and the altering of the monetary system

U.S. Govenrment - Wrap up

Friday
American Cultures II - Constitution Day

U.S. Government - Constitution Day

week of 9/6/10

Tuesday
Am. Cultures II - Concept - cleaning up government H.W. Read Ch 17

U.S. Govt. - Colonial origins of the Constitution H.W. Quiz Friday

Wednesday
Am Cultures II - Cleaning up Government cont. - Quiz next Tuesday

U.S. Govt. - Colonial origins of the Constitution cont. H.W. Quiz Friday

Thursday
Am. Cultures II - Suffrage - Quiz next Tuesday

U.S. Government - Declaration of Independence, Thomas Payne's Common Sense - H.W. Quiz Friday

Friday
Am. Cultures II - Theodore Rex

U.S. Government - Quiz, Govt in the news, the Constitutional Convention

Week of 08/30/10

Monday - All classes, go over rules and regs etc.

Tuesday
Am. Cult II - Review the gilded age. Hw - working on sheets from in class

U.S. Govt. - Finding out where govt. comes from and the theories behind it. HW. Read Ch 1 for Friday.

Wednesday
Am. Cult II - Review of the Gilded age cont. H.W. make sure that their sheets are finished to go over in class tomorrow

U.S. Govt. Force and Evolutionary theories

Thursday
Am. Cult II - What are Progressives and going over the gilded age review sheets.

U.S. Govt. - Devine right of Kings, through Social Contract

Friday
Am. Cult II - Am. Century video - 1900 - 1914

U.S. Govt - Finish up social contracts as seen by Locke and Hobbs

Week of 5/24/10

Note American Cultures II final exam schedule Tuesday June 1st - final exam for periods 1 & 2, Wednesday June 2nd - period 6 final exam, Thursday June 3rd - final exam for periods 3 & 4, Friday June 4th - period 5

Monday
Am. Cult II Concept George W. Bush's Election, 9/11, Operations Iraqi Freedom & Enduring Freeedom.

U.S. Govt. Final Exam

Tuesday
Am. Cult II Concept Wrap everything up and begin to review for the final exam

Wednesday
Am. Cult II - Review for final

Thursday
Am. Cult II - Review for final

Friday
Am. Cult II - Review for final

Week of 5/17/10

Note: U.S. Govt final is on May 24th. American Cultures II finals are 6/1 - periods 1 & 2, 6/2 - period 6, 6/3 - period 3 & 4, 6/4 period 5. All finals are CUMULATIVE

Monday
Am. Cult II concept Reagan destroys communism HW Watergate/Nixon Worksheet is due

U.S. Govt. - Finish up the media

Tuesday
Am. Cult II concept: Reagan's Domestic issues - Challenger Disaster

U.S. Govt - Review for the final exam & it's format

Wednesday
Am. Cult II concept Bush 41 H.W. study for the final exam

U.S. Govt - review for the final exam

Thursday
Am. Cult II concept Clinton Administration

U.S. Govt. review for the final exam

Friday
Am. Cult II concept Clinton Administration - Lewinsky Scandal/Contract with America

U.S. Govt. review for final

Week of 5/3/10

Note: I will be resuming teaching of all of my classes Thursday May 6th

Monday
Am. Cult II - Film All the President's men

U.S. Govt -

Tuesday
Am. Cult II - Film All the President's men

U.S. Govt -

Wednesday
Am. Cult II - Film All the President's men

U.S. Govt. -

week of 4/27/10

Note : End of the year projects worth 300 pts is due May 3rd, and no later since it was assigned the first day of the school year.

Monday:
Am. Cult II - review

U.S. Govt. - Debate Project

Tuesday
Am. Cult II - Test

U.S. Govt. - Debate Project

Wednesday
Am. Cult II - Introduction of Watergate

U.S. Govt. - Debate Project

Thursday
Am. Cult II - Watergate cont.

U.S. Govt. - Debate Project

Friday
Am. Cult II - Watergate concluded

U.S. Govt. - Debate

Week of 04/19/10

Note: the President's retest is after PSSAs. Only those with a perfect score don't have to take the retest. On that day, you should have something else to do.

Note: Mr. Rauper's Notes on Vietnam are now online. Go to my wiki space and look up the page Notes galore, they are at the very bottom of the page.

Note: American Cultures II test on Tuesday. STUDY and BE READY!!!!

Note: the End of the year project is do MAY 3 the period of your class. This is a Monday and since you had since the first day of school to work on this project, and two reminders throughout the year, there will be no exceptions for being late. If you have it done now, you may bring it in early.

Note: Finals are soon upon us. Seniors are earlier than the rest of the building. You should be preparing now and remember, the finals go from the beginning to the end of the year.

Monday
American Cultures II: the dividing of Americans at home during Nam. HW - Study

U.S. Govt. - the class will be working with primary sources to answer questions about the Constitution. HW study and begin prep for finals.

Tuesday
American Cultures II - TET Offensive HW study

U.S. Govt. - Amendment project continued

Wednesday
American Cultures II - Vietnamization of the war (Nixon's plan)

U.S. Govt. - Amendment project cont.

Thursday
American Cultures II - Gradual Pull out

U.S. Govt. - Capitalist Economy

Friday
American Cultures II - Review for test

U.S. Govt. Socialist Economy

Week of 4/04/10

Note: American Cultures II 1) Mr. Rauper's test is Wednesday 4/7 on the 60s. Also Note the Presidents retest has been rescheduled until early May due to testing.

Note: U.S. Govt. The debate is April 15th All candidates must be prepared.

Monday
Am Cult II. The Great society HW. study
U.S. Govt. 2nd Amendment

Tuesday
Am Cult II - Review for the test
U.S. Govt 3rd Amendment

Wednesday
Am. Cult II Test
U.S. Govt. 4th Amendment

Thursday
Am Cult II - Vietnam: The Beginning
U.S. Govt. 5th Amendment

Friday
Am. Cult II - America split between hawk and dove
U.S. Govt. 6th Amendment

Week of 3/29/10

Note: Mr Raupers, my student teacher has taken over all of my classes

Note: Am Cultures II Presidents test will be retested on April 12th

Note: Am Cultures II Classes - Notebook check for the 3rd nine weeks will be on Thursday, be prepared.

Monday

Amer Cult II - concept - JFK and direct dealings with the Soviets.

U.S. Govt. - Federal court system and checks and balances.

Tuesday

Amer. Cult II - Spending on the Cold War and our indirect relations with the Soviets

U.S. Govt. - analysis of the 1st Amendment.

Wednesday

Amer. Cult. II - Assassination of JFK and LBJ

U.S. Govt, Review of the three branches of govt.

Thursday

Am. Cult II - The Great Society

U.S. Govt. Test on all three branches of govt.

Week of 03/22/10

Note - by the end of this week, my student teacher Mr. Raupers will be taking over the American Cultures II classes and has already taken over the U.S. Government classes.

Monday

Am Cult II - The 2nd red scare - HW study for President's test on friday and the student's bomb shelter projects are due Wednesday.

U.S. Govt. - Legislative branch

Tuesday

Am Cult II - Learning to deal in the nuclear age HW Bomb shelter project is due Wednesday, President's test friday.

U.S. Govt. - Legislative branch

Wed.

Am. Cult II - Elvis, Beatniks, and Corporate America HW. Bomb shelter projects due, President's test friday

U.S. Govt - Legislative branch

Thursday

Am. Cult II - election of 1960 HW President's test friday.

U.S. Govt. - Legislative Branch

Friday

Am. Cult. II - President's test

U.S. Govt. - Legislative Branch

Week of 03/15/10

Monday

Am. Cult 2 - concept Finish the Forgotten War HW. study for the presidents quiz on 3/17 and work on the bomb shelter project.

U.S. Govt. - finished voters and voting HW study for Wednesday's test

Tuesday

Am. Cult 2 - Concept The 2nd Red Scare H.W. study for the presidents quiz on 3/17 and work on bomb shelter project

U.S. Govt - review for test tomorrow

Wednesday

Am. Cult 2 - Concept continue with the 2nd Red Scare H.W. bomb shelter project and the Presidents test that is a week from friday

U.S. Govt. - Test

Thursday

Am. Cult 2 - Concept - life in the 1950s - the birth of suburbia and the Conglomerates - Shelter project is due this coming wednesday, and the Presidents test is a week from tomorrow

U.S. Govt. - legislative branch

Friday

Am. cult 2 - Concept - project work

U.S. Govt. - Legislative Branch of the U.S. govt.

Week of 3/8/10

Note: The final Presidents quiz of the last eight presidents is on March 17th and the Presidents Test is on March 26th which is on all 44 presidents.

Also Note that all classes have the potential of having a quiz at anytime once enough material has been gathered.

Monday
American Cultures - Berlin Airlift & Containment. HW Europe Post WW 2 map is due today and the Pacific Post WW 2 map is due tomorrow.

U.S. Govt. Voting cont. H.W. Drawing from the headlines is due tomorrow

Tuesday
American Cultures - The Forgotten War HW collect the Pacific Post WW 2 map

U.S. Govt. Voting continued and the Alabama literacy test. HW collect the drawing of political cartoons

Wednesday
American Cultures - The Forgotten War continued HW study for the Presidents quiz next week and for the map quiz on Tuesday

U.S. Government Voting continued

Thursday
American Cultures - Support your Local Un-American Activities Committee H.W. study for the Presidents quiz and the map quiz next week

U.S. government Voting concluded HW. begin to review for the test on Wednesday of next week

Friday
American Cultures - Support your Local Un-American Activities Committee cont. HW study for the Presidents quiz and the map quiz next week

U.S. govt. review for the test

Week of 03/01/10

NOTE: on 3/17 is the last Presidents quiz and on 3/26 is the Presidents Test on ALL 44 Presidents

Tuesday
American Cultures II Go over Test - review for test


U.S. Govt. Voters and voting HW political cartoon creation


Wednesday
Am Cult II - Test HW get the last set of presidents, Get three maps Korean War which is due Friday, Europe Post WW 2 which is due 3/8, and Pacific Post WW 2 which is due 3/9


U.S. Govt. - Voter and votings HW - campaign discussion and political


Thursday
Am. Cult II - The 2nd Red Scare - HW writing prompt, maps and study for the Presidents quiz


U.S. Govt - Voters and voting HW translation of a political cartoon


Friday
Am Cult II The 2nd Red Scare


U.S. Govt Voters and voting

week of 02/22/10

Monday,

Am Cultures II Concept - go over tests, homework and maps. HW review sheet due tomorrow, political cartoon due Wednesday and the test is Friday.

U.S. Govt. start working on Primary project

Tuesday

American Cultures Concept - Okinawa & Iwo Jima HW review sheet due today, Political cartoon is due tomorrow, and the test is Friday.

U.S. Govt. Primary Project

Wednesday

Am. Cultures II Wrap up WW2 and establish the United Nations etc. H.W. study for the test friday.

U.S. Govt finish up political parties

Thursday

American Cultures II - review

U.S. Govt. Start Voters and voting H.W. Quiz coming Tuesday on political parties

Friday

American Cultures II - Test H.W. given the last eight Presidents (Nixon - Obama) quiz is two weeks from today, (March 8th)

week of 02/14/10

Tuesday

Am. Cultures II: Concept - Finish up the holocaust HW writing prompt due Thursday and study for the President's quiz Wednesday

U.S. Govt. continue with the presidency and discuss the setting up of their primary election

Wednesday

Am. Cultures II: Concept - Start the war in the Pacific HW. review sheet due Monday

U.S. Govt. the presidency HW political cartoon 4

Thursday

Am. Cultures II: Concept - "Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" HW

U.S. Govt. - Drawing Political Cartoons and the Presidency

Friday

Am. Cultures II Concept - Nuking Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the end of the war HW. begin to prep for test

U.S. Govt - The presidency and how it controls the bureaucracy

Week of 02/08/10

Monday
American Cultures II concept - End of the war in Europe H.W. study
U.S. Govt - Test

Tuesday
American Cultures II concept - The Holocaust
U.S. Govt. - The Presidency also set up the classes Spring Primary Project

Wednesday
American Cultures II Concept - The Holocaust
U.S. Govt. Roles of the Presidency

Thursday
American Cultures II Concept - the Holocaust
U.S. Govt. Requirements to be President

Friday
American Cultures II - The war in the Pacific Begins
U.S. Govt. Perks of being President

Week of 2/1/10

Monday
American Cultures II - Concept: Battle for the Atlantic. HW: finish up the maps on WW2 in Europe and Asia

U.S. govt. concept finish up everything HW. hand in prompt on the State of the Union Address

Tuesday
American Cultures II - Concept: Discussing how Am. troops gained experience by fighting the Afrika Korps and invading Italy (operations torch and husky). HW finish Europe map due tomorrow and Pacific map due friday

U.S. Govt. - review

Wednesday
American Cultures II Concept: finish up the invasion of Southern Europe HW Europe map due, Pacific map due friday

Thursday
American Cultures II Concepts - D- Day HW none

U.S. Govt. Test

Friday
American Cultures II Concept The Battle of the Bulge

U.S. Govt. Go over test - begin the Presidency

Week of 1/25/10

Monday
American Cultures 2: Concept - FDR prepares America for war HW. study for the up coming test
U.S. Govt. - last day for federalism. HW. begin wrapping up business proposal project

Tuesday
American Cultures 2: Concept - Attack by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. HW study for the up coming test.
U.S. Govt. Concept review Constitution and constitutionalism

Wednesday
American Cultures 2: Concept - Finish up the Attack on Pearl Harbor. HW. study for up coming test
U.S. Govt. Concept review Federalism and all its workings

Thursday
American Cultures 2 : Concept Review for test
U.S. Govt. Concept Test

Friday
American Cultures 2: Concept Test from "Radical Problems Require Radical Solutions" to "At Dawn We Slept"
U.S. Govt. Concept - Go over test

Week of 1/18/10

Tuesday
American Cultures II Concept - The Fall of France and the Battle for Britain HW none
U.S. Govt. Go over midterm

Wednesday
American Cultures II Concept - America prepares for war HW. None

U.S. govt. finish Federalism HW - political cartoon 3 thursday

Thursday
Am. Cultures II - Concept Am. prepares cont. and the planning of the attack on Pearl Harbor HW. none
U.S. govt. review - collect cartoon

Friday
Am. Cult II - Concept - The attack on Pearl Harbor that sends us into the war

U.S. govt. - Test