Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Regents Review Assignments Week of 5-18

Hello, Everyone: 

Here are some assignments that will keep us on pace, and will help us to review for the Regents Exam.  

1.  CLICK HERE please complete the MULTIPLE CHOICE section only.  When we return to class on Tuesday, we will go over the questions, and check our scores.  

2.  In the BLUE BOOKS....
  • READ AND OUTLINE chapters 4.  This is probably the MOST IMPORTANT CHAPTER in the book!  
  • Complete the MULTIPLE CHOICE on pp. 32-34 
  • Complete an OUTLINE only of the Thematic Essay on p. 34
It's really not that much to do.  I will be checking in on Tuesday with everyone.  Please feel free to email me with any questions.  Thanks! 

Regents Review Websites

Hello, All.

Listed below are the links that you can use in order to help you study for the exam. In addition to these links, I will be posting multiple choice questions, as well as essays, and tips to help you as we go forward. At any time, please feel free to email me at mtesler@wjps.org, or post questions on this link, or any others.

Anyway, here's your study material.

REGENTS REVIEW INFORMATION:

Listed below are links to files that will be very helpful to review for the Regents Exam. Time is passing. If you study, you will be, too! Click the links, and print out the information below.

Regents Review Sheet A thorough list of the topics, and information most commonly used for questions, and essays on the Regents exam. Know it. Live it. Learn it!

The Big Review A list of almost 100 multiple choice questions, based on Regents Review sheet.

Supreme Court Cases A summary of the Supreme Court cases that show up on almost every Regents Exam. The Regents Review Sheet lists the most common ones, but the other ones do pop up pretty often.

A complete list of the Thematic and DBQ Essays Lists all of the Thematic and DBQ Essays since 2001. Also has links to the essays, DBQ's and Answer Pages. Compare your work to the Level 5's. How do you match up?

Multiple Choice Questions By Topic. Just about every question that has been asked, about every topic since 2001. There's only so many ways they can ask the same question.

Additionally, use the links in the posts below to help you study. The best way to study this information is to commit the ideas on the RRS to memory. This is where the index cards will come in very handy.

Good Luck!
In the meantime...Here's a list of links to help you get ready for your exams. TIME IS PASSING...Will you? You will if you start studying NOW!
http://edusolution.org/regentsquiz/ushistorypackage/index.htm - a link for regents review questions by topic.
http://regentsprep.org - if you haven't been here yet, go there now!
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/ushisgov/ushisgov.cfm - a link to specific topics in US History
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/core/questions/topics.cfm?Course=USHG - interactive multiple choice questions. Check yourself!
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/ushisgov/studymaterials/US11Rchecklist/index.htm - a checklist of things you need to know for the regents. Anyone who knows this stuff deserves a 100!
http://fdmurphy.com - a great website to help with you the essays. click on the links for downloads of documents to help you write your essays.