Mr. Tesler's Regents US History Blog: 02/01/2008

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Today's Lesson - Propaganda

If you missed anything.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

US Entry into WWI

Monday, February 25, 2008

New Unit - World War I

Hello, Everyone:

The next unit of study that we will be covering is World War I. Listed below are the homework assignments for this topic, which is found in CHAPTER 19 of the TB

HW'S:

Tonight: Read pp. 578-586. Complete "Terms and Names," and questions 2, and 4 on p. 586

Tuesday: pp. 587-593. "Terms and Names" and "Critical Thinking" #3.

Wednesday: pp. 594-601: Complete Questions 1 and 3 on p. 601

Thursday: pp. 604-608: Complete "Critical Thinking" 3 and 4 on p. 608

Friday: WWI Poster Mini Project: Due Tuesday March 4 NO EXCUSES

TEST: Tentatively Scheduled for March 10 and 11 (two day exam)! Click Here for Details

World War I

In case you missed today's notes, here they are!

Friday, February 15, 2008

February Recess Assignments

Hello, Everyone:

Listed below are your assignments for the February Recess.

1. Please to the QHST Class Blog and read the post. After reading the post, what you are going to to is the following:

Develop a PLAN of ACTION - something that we as a school community can DO to HELP the victims of Hurricane Katrina. There are so many different things that need to be done. Follow the links on the QHST site and I'm certain that you will be able to find a cause, or something that will inspire you to help.

2. COMPLETE any missing assignments that are outstanding at this time. The major assignments I am looking for are the:

Thematic Essay on the Supreme Court Cases
Federalism Mini-Project

Check previous posts on this blog and teacherease for more information.

3. Extra Credit Assignment: You can do this for extra credit, or in place of one of the major assignments listed in #2 (in case you're missing one of them).

Go to Digital History
READ the Documents
ANSWER QUESTION #2 at the bottom of the web page
Complete a DBQ ESSAY which answers the following question

"Was imperialism a proper and legitimate policy for the US to follow at the turn of the nineteenth century?"
In other words, should the United States have practiced imperialism?
Use information in the forms of quotes from documents to back up your opinion
CLICK HERE FOR HELP WITH THIS ASSIGNMENT scroll down and find the links under "Writing for the Humanities..." Follow the links under "The Writing Process."
This assignment is worth the equivalent of a one-hundred (100) point test.