HW 5/16/2011

You will need internet access to complete this assignment. Obviously, if you're reading this, then you have access to the internet. LOL

Anyway. Here's what you have to do.

1. Listen to the song "Goodnight Saigon" by Billy Joel. A link to the song, and a really cool photo presentation can be found HERE. You'll have to copy and paste the links into your browser.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYYKs8o6-ic

2. Click HERE for the lyrics to the song

http://www.lyricsdomain.com/2/billy_joel/goodnight_saigon.html

3. WRITE A REFLECTION on the song. When writing the reflection, use the following questions to guide you:

In your own words, describe what thoughts or feelings the song created for
you?
Why do you think the song was written? What was the composer trying to
communicate?
What can you tell from the song about the culture in which the song was
written?
What questions does the song raise in your mind?

Tonight's HW-Cold War Thematic Essay

Hello, RUSHers:

Tonight's HW:

1. Click on the link to access the Thematic Essay from the August 2005 Regents Exam.

2. Based on your knowledge of the events of the Cold War, complete the Thematic Essay, and turn it in tomorrow. Here are the guidelines for your paper...

• TYPED, or NEATLY HANDWRITTEN IN INK (BLUE/BLACK ONLY ON LOOSELEAF PAPER). Essays that are written in pencil, or on Spiral notebook paper, or paper taken from a composition notebook will not be accepted.
  
• Your essay must have a minimum of five paragraphs
  
• You must turn in an OUTLINE with your essay
  
  

Here are some links to help you write your paper

Regents Prep - The Cold War

Brain Pop - The Cold War (you may need to get a free subscription to get the clip.
Containment

Hippocampus - Click on the link for Cold War!

HW 5/5

Hello, RUSHers:

Tonight's HW

READ Chapter 30 Sections 4 and 5

Complete Guided Reading Worksheets

Section 4
Section 5

CLICK HERE and print out the DBQ on the Vietnam War.
Complete the short answer questions that we didn't finish today. You may print the whole exam if you would like, but you only NEED to print pages 11-21.

COLD WAR DBQ

Here are the important links.

1. The DBQ, from the January 2003 Regents.

2. Exemplars/Answer Key

3. Scoring Rubric

Assignments week of 4/11

Hello, RUSH students:

Here are your assignments for the week of 4/11. Test this FRIDAY on the Cold War! Details to follow!

Since there was much confusion regarding the DBQ, we will extend out the due date till THURSDAY for the essay!

Monday Night: The DBQ:

CLICK HERE for the link.

Complete the rest of the short answers. Write a rough draft of your essay.

Tuesday: After making revisions to your essay, complete a FINAL DRAFT for THURSDAY!

Wednesday: Finish your rough draft. Begin studying for the cold war test on Friday.

Thursday: Study for your test Friday:

Assignments Week of 4/4/2011

Hello, RUSH students:

Here are your HW assignments for the week of 4/4/2011

Tonight's HW
Read Chapter 26 Section 4 in your TB.
Complete the Guided Reading Worksheet.

Assignments for the rest of the week to follow.

Tuesday Night:

1) Go to the NARA (National Archives and Records) Website. Click on the link below, and print out the worksheet.

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/worksheets/movie.html

2) The title of the cartoon you are going to be watching is "Make Mine Freedom." Before you watch the cartoon, complete "Step 1" section "B"

3) Check out this "old school" cartoon, entitled "Make Mine Freedom." Here are the links for the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVh75ylAUXY

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5374008715756508221&q=make+mine+freedom

4) Complete the rest of the worksheet. Due WEDNESDAY!

Wednesday Night: Due Thursday

THE COLD WAR "HOT 24"
Listed below are terms, and concepts related to the Cold War, which I've called the "Hot 24." These terms, concepts, etc. are the most common subject of mult. choice questions, essays, etc. on the Regents exam.

Your mission: For each term,

1. Identify what it is.
2. Its purpose: What/why it was done.
3. Its significance: Why was it important?

Here's the list

1. Truman Doctrine
2. Marshall Plan
3. Berlin Airlift
4. NATO
5. Warsaw Pact
6. Korean War
7. H.U.A.C.
8. Rosenberg Trial
9. McCarthyism
10. Domino Theory
11. CIA
12. Eisenhower Doctrine
13. Sputnik
14. Bay of Pigs
15. Cuban Missile Crisis
16. Tonkin Gulf Resolution
17. Vietnam War
18. War Powers Act of 1973
19. 26th Amendment
20. Iron Curtain
21. NY Times vs. United States
22. Alger Hiss
23. General Douglas MacArthur
24. Joseph McCarthy

Thursday: Review for a Quiz on the Cold War

Assignments Week of 3/28

Hello, RUSH students:

Here are your assignments for the week of 3/28. Please be mindful of the due dates! As always, please note that failure to complete HW assignments will result in parental phone contact, as well as a ZERO for the assignment.

Monday Night 3/28: Due Tuesday 3/29

1. Read Chapter 26 Section 1 in your Textbook.
Here's a link to an AUDIO SUMMARY of the Chapter!

How Awesome! Download it to your iPod, and have US History on the go!
Don't have an iPod? CLICK HERE

2. Complete Guided Reading Worksheet

Tuesday Night: Due Wednesday 3/30

Complete Lecture 66 - Containment
Lecture 67 - Conflict in Asia

After viewing the lecture, fill out the podcast sheet

Wednesday Night: Due Thursday 3/31

Read Chapter 26 Section 2
Complete the Guided Reading Worksheet
Here is a link to the audio version of this section

Thursday Night: Due Friday April 1

IF ALL RUSH STUDENTS COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT, THERE IS NO HW FRIDAY!

Read Chapter 26 Sections 3 and 4
Complete the Guided Reading Worksheets for each chapter
Section 3
Section 4
Audio Summaries

Friday Night?!?

WWII EXAM - TAKE HOME!

Hello, RUSH students:

Your exam on WWII will be a TAKE HOME TEST! You will complete it at home, and bring it to school on MONDAY 3/28.

As a result of the exam, we will move Friday's HW assignment to Monday!

Here's a link to the exam!

Here's a link to the answer sheet.

Please note that you are only required to turn in the answer sheet, and essay. Anyone who fails to bring in the assignment will receive a grade of ZERO, and will be subject to a parental phone call.

HW Week of 3/21

Hello, RUSH Students:

Here are your HW assignments for the week of 3/21.

PLEASE NOTE: ALL STUDENTS WILL BE TAKING A PRACTICE REGENTS EXAM IN US HISTORY, PERIODS 1-3 ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 23, 2011. PLEASE BE ON TIME, AND PREPARED WITH TWO (2) PENS, LOOSELEAF PAPER, AND AN INDEPENDENT READING BOOK. PARENTAL PHONE CALL WILL RESULT IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY OF THESE THREE ITEMS WITH YOU ON WEDNESDAY!

HW ASSIGNMENTS:

Monday 3/21: CLICK HERE to watch the Video "World War II: The World at War." After you watch the video, complete the questions on the following worksheet. CLICK HERE FOR THE WORKSHEET!

Tuesday 3/22: DUE THURSDAY!

1. View Lecture 63 - The Home Front

2. Complete the Lecture/Podcast Review Sheet

3. Write a ONE-PAGE (350 Word) Paper (I will be counting words!) answering the following Question:

• While 15 million Americans were called overseas to fight the Axis aggression, Americans at home faced tremendous changes during wartime as well. How did Americans respond to the call of war domestically?

RUSHers Please Note: THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL COUNT AS A 2 point (weighted) quiz grade (1/2 a test)! No Essay on Thursday = ZERO!

Wednesday 3/23: Finish the Tuesday Night Essay

Thursday: 3/24 Review for the exam Friday!

Friday:

1. Read Chapter 26 Section 1 in your Textbook. Here's a link to an AUDIO SUMMARY of the Chapter! How Awesome! Download it to your iPod, and have US History on the go! Don't have an iPod? CLICK HERE

2. Complete Guided Reading Worksheet

HW Week of 3/14/2011

Hello, RUSHers:

Here's your HW assignments for the week of March 14, 2011. Unless otherwise stated, all HW assignments are due the day after they are assigned. Failure to submit HW assignments timely will result in parental phone calls. Please note that the only acceptable reason for failing to complete assignments timely is an excused absence from school.

Exam on WWII Monday March 21, 2011. Details to follow!

HW
Monday Night: Due March 15, 2011.

1. Finish the questions from the class discussion on Pearl Harbor.

• Here is a link to FDR's speech
• Here is a link to the Presentation from today's class, with the questions

2. Listen to the lecture "The Second World War" . Complete a podcast/lecture sheet. CLICK HERE for the podcast/lecture sheet.

Tuesday Night: Due March 16, 2011

READ Chapter 25 Section 1 in your Textbook.

COMPLETE the Chapter ID's (Vocab Terms) on the following worksheet. Please print the worksheet, and complete the definitions on there.

Wednesday Night: Due March 17, 2011

Review Chapter 25, Section 1 (TB)

Read Chapter 25 Section 2 (TB)

Complete The GRW (Guided Reading Worksheet) for sections 1/2. CLICK HERE AND PRINT!

Thursday Night

Read Chapter 25 Sections 3 and 4

PRINT, and COMPLETE THE GUIDED READING WORKSHEET.

Answer Key June 2005 Regents

Here's a link to the answer key!

Take a good like at the exemplars.

CLICK HERE for the LINK!

Assignments Week of 3/7

Hello RUSHers:

Here's your assignments for the week of March 7th.

Monday Night:
1. Finish any of the short answers from the DBQ that you didn't get to in class. Click here for the link to the DBQ

2. Write your FIRST DRAFT of your DBQ Essay

Tuesday Night:

Complete your SECOND DRAFT of your DBQ Essay

Wednesday:
Prepare a FINAL DRAFT to be turned in on THURSDAY

Thursday:
Read Chapter 24 Section 3

Complete the Guided Reading Worksheet

Friday:
1. Please finish the DBQ Essay for Monday

Read Chapter 24 Section 4

Complete the Guided Reading Worksheet

QUIZ STUDY GUIDE

RUSHers!

We're going to have a very short QUIZ on Friday. The QUIZ will cover Chapter 24, Section 1 and 2. If you watched the video last night, and you've done the HW assignments related to the two sections of the chapter, I'm pretty confident you'll do great!

The quiz will consist of 12 matching questions, and 8 multiple choice questions. All of the MC questions came right off of regentsprep.org.

Excellent Study Lecture!

Here's what you need to know.

Which nation won the Battle of Britain.
Which British prime minister signed the Munich Pact.

After the fall of France, he set up a government in exile in Britain.
What led Hitler to call off the invasion of Britain indefinitely.
What was the German strategy of "lightning war" called? What country was Germany's first target?
What Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to.
Which nation ceased to exist after it was divided between Germany and the Soviet Union.
What country invaded Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
Britain and France's policy toward German aggression.

Who said “Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonor. They chose dishonor. They will have war.”
The terms of surrender forced on this nation included German occu- pation of the northern part of the country and the establishment of a Nazi-controlled puppet government in the southern part.

The Multiple Choice will deal with questions relating to the start of the war, and America's initial reaction to the war.

Homework Assignments Week of 2/28

Hello, RUSH Students:

Here are your assignments for the week of 2/28

Monday Night: DUE TUESDAY!
1. READ CHAPTER 24, SECTION 1 in your RED TEXTBOOK.
2. Print out the Guided Reading Worksheet. Click on the link to access the file.

3. READ, and complete the worksheet

Tuesday Night: Due WEDNESDAY

1. Listen to Lecture 61 - The Failures of Diplomacy

2. Print and complete the lecture/podcast sheet.

Wednesday Night:

1. Watch - "America in the 20th Century - World War II: The Road to War"

2. Print and complete the questions that follow the video

Thursday:
1. READ CHAPTER 24 SECTION 2 in your RED TEXTBOOK

2. Print, and complete the Guided Reading Worksheet.

3. Review your notes, and HW for a brief quiz on Chapter 24, Sections 1 and 2.

Friday:

1. Print out the June 2005 US History Regents DBQ

2. Complete the DBQ Short Answer Questions

PEN DRIVE

Bring PENS...Get HW Passes!

Donate a package of pens to our PEN DRIVE, receive a homework pass!

Our goal is to make sure that we never have to worry, at least in this class, about having a pen to take notes, etc. Let's help each other.

If you bring in a package of pens (1 dozen), you will receive a HOMEWORK PASS. You can bring in as many packs of pens as you like, but there will be a maximum of THREE HW PASSES allowed per student.

Thanks in advance for helping your classroom community.

HW 2/16/2011

Hello, RUSH students:

Here's tonight's HW assignment.

1. Review Ch. 19 Section 4 in your Textbook
2. CLICK HERE, print, and Complete the Guided Reading Exercise.

EXAM Study Guide

WWI EXAM - This Friday

This exam will be a take home exam, that is due on the Monday we return from February break (February 28). With the exception of a legal absence from school, anyone who does not turn in the exam, will receive a grade of zero.

We will beging working on the exam in class on Friday. You will work on it at home and finish over the week that we're off from school, in addition to your February break assignments. Although the exam is a take-home exam, it is expected that you will put the same effort into studying that you would as if it were an in-class exam.

Here's a link to the exam.

Please note that you don't have to print out the exam. You only have to turn in the answer sheet.

Here's what's going to be on the exam. The exam will very closely approximate a Regents exam in term of its length, and depth of coverage of the subject.

1. Vocab:
Selective Service Act
Hello Girls
Big Four
Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles
Schlieffen Plan
Sussex Pledge
Allied Powers
Central Powers
Zimmerman Note
U-Boats
Convoy System
reparations

2. Multiple Choice: 40 Questions

3. Thematic Essay Topic: Supreme Court Cases Concerning Constitutional Civil Liberties Task: Using the case of Schenck vs. United States,
• Discuss the facts of the case (what do you know about it?)
• Identify a specific constitutional civil liberty issue addressed by the Supreme Court (what rights were in question)
• Discuss how the decision of the Supreme Court either expanded or limited a specific constitutional civil liberty in the United States (how did the decision affect how people were able to use that right?)

4. DBQ – Topic: Why did the US enter WWI? Will be VERY similar to the assignment we did in class.

You’ll have about 5 DBQ’s to answer.
Each document will relate to the US’s entry into WWI.
After you finish the DBQ’s, you’ll have an outline to complete
After the outline, you’ll write your essay.
Has to have intro, conclusion, and body paragraphs
Answer MUST make reference to a certain # of document(s) (ex: “in document 1, it shows that the US was exporting nearly 2 billion dollars to Britain by 1916.”

Good Luck!

HW - Thursday Feb. 10th 2011

Hello, RUSHers:

Here's your assignment for tonight.

1. Review Chapter 19 Section 3 in your textbook.

2. CLICK HERE and print out "The War at Home - Guided Reading"

3. Complete the exercises and turn the assignment in Friday!

HW 2/8/2011

Hi, Everyone:

Here's tonight's HW. Because of the late post, you can hand it in on Thursday.

CLICK HERE for the resources you will need to complete the assignment. Thanks!

http://wjpsapush.blogspot.com/2011/02/hello-everyone-here-is-video.html

WWI Visual Summary

A breakdown of WWI. Check it out!