History Day at PMS Monday, Feb 2.

Period 2 and 6 will be presenting their projects to teachers/teachers/judges today.
Students have a copy of the questions that judges may ask them regarding how they did their research, what they learned, etc.

Periods 1,3,4: Vocabulary word definitions are due Monday, Feb. 2--I'll just check them, not collect them.
Vocabulary quiz will be the week of Feb 9-13-date to be determined this upcoming week.
Study a little each night!
Period 2/6: Your vocabulary is due Wednesday, Feb., 4. Same rules-quiz week of Feb. 9-13, date TBA.

Update

"Happy New Year (of the Ox) 4707


"Have An Ice Day"

Due to the closings and delays of this past week the Central Office has provided teachers with a few more days to get grades on report cards, soooo...Report cards will now be going home on Monday, February 9.


Period 2 and 6--History Day boards are due this week, and several have been streaming in and filling up the back of my classroom--and they look great!
Reminder: tomorrow we are taking the boards to the media center and placing them so we will be ready for the judges on Monday, Feb 2.

Inauguration 2009

A few pictures from my field trip on Tuesday, January 20, 2009...

*Reminders*

Much of the work we have been doing recently in class has involved using almanacs (Middle East economy packet, computers (creating iMovies) and group work (the aforementioned as well as other assignments).

Pd 2 & 6: if you are doing revisions for your 1000 word paper they are due to me by Friday, 1/16. Please attach the grading rubric with your earlier grade to your revisions.

*End of quarter assessment is on Wednesday, 1/21. Students will receive a study guide on Thursday. This is for the student's benefit--it is not a homework/graded activity, per se. But the end of quarter assessment IS graded, and completion of the study guide will definitely help with that score. The guide covers more info than the assessment--the assessment may look easy by comparison.
I will be able to provide answers/clarification in class or via email until about 10pm on Tuesday, 1/20.

History Day Chat~ Periods 2 & 6

I received this email(click to enlarge) this afternoon and thought it would be helpful for parents and students that are working on History Day projects. It looks to be an online chat TONIGHT--Tuesday, January 13 ! I'm pretty sure that the transcript of the chat will be saved on the nhd.org website, so if you're reading this too late to participate, you can scroll through the Q & A later!

Happy New Year! Assessment info

The 2nd quarter assessment will be on Wednesday, January 21. Students are encouraged to review their drills--especially the *starred* drills--for an overview of the topics covered on the assessment. Additionally, students should review and be familiar withtheir 2nd quarter (MENA) vocabulary.

I will provide a study guide the week prior to the assessment.