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.
