HAPPY 2010 EVERYONE

If you're headed out to party tonight, make sure you shake it like Duane:

For the .000000000000000026783 people who still comment on the blog

I reacted the same way when I received new socks this past Christmas.

Happy New Year!

Uh, what's this in my salad?

Have Fun with Billy Bob Teeth - watch more funny videos

If Nora gets stuck behind our couch I may leave her there.

Are you addicted?

Internal Assessment Update

1. Make sure you upload your IA to turnitin.com. Failure to do so by midnight tonight will result in a ten percent reduction in your overall grade.

2. Turning in a late IA will result in the following:
A. automatic fifteen percent reduction in your overall grade
B. five percent off of your overall grade for each calendar day it's late
C. if the IA is not turned in until Monday, January 4, 2010, the maximum grade a student may earn is 100 points on the IA.

3. Email me your IA as soon as possible over the break in order to avoid major point reductions.

Adv. US History

Focus:
Disunion

CW:
turn in IA
notes: The Crime Against Kansas
John Brown graded discussion

HW:
McPherson pp. 153-69

The Gooch and I wish you all a great holiday break. See you in 2010!

December 17--One more day!!

Adv. US History
Focus:
DISUNION

CW:
notes: Slavery, Rum, and Romanism Part II
groups present information on key players in the pre-Civil War debate
begin and hopefully finish graded discussion question(s) on John Brown

HW:
McPherson pp. 145-53
IA DUE TOMORROW
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Psychology (17-18)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
discuss the basics of abnormal behavior
shades of abnormality
who has a mental disorder?
discuss: assessing mental disorders
video clip: Andrea Yates

HW:
TQ-DSM-IV

I'm so jealous of his sweet moves.

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down
www.colbertnation.com
Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor U.S. Speedskating

TURNITIN.COM INFORMATION AND HAPPY LIFE DAY!

Don't forget to upload your IA to turnitin.com by tomorrow. Here's the information you need to accomplish that:

class ID: 3010739
password: carlisle

Oh, Happy Life Day everyone!! Check out Chewie's family. Hilarious.

IB Students

John Brown:
http://www.civilwarhome.com/johnbrownbio.htm

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASbrown.htm


James Buchanan:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jb15.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAbuchanan.htm


Stephen Douglas:
http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/1999/ihy990227.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAdouglas.htm

http://www.nndb.com/people/221/000050071/

http://www.stephenadouglas.org/douglas-biography.html


William Lloyd Garrison:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASgarrison.htm

http://www.nndb.com/people/966/000049819/


Franklin Pierce:
http://www.nndb.com/people/940/000049793/

http://www.franklinpierce.org/

http://www.franklinpierce.ws/homestead/pierce.html


Charles Sumner:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASsumner.htm

http://www.nndb.com/people/458/000050308/

Adv. US History

Focus:
DISUNION

CW:
notes: Slavery, Rum, and Romanism Part I
examine a sample DBQ
Room 448: major players in the pre-Civil War slavery debate: research activity

HW:
McPherson pp. 130-44
IA DUE IN TWO DAYS!

December 15

Adv. US History
Focus:
DISUNION

CW:
notes: An Empire for Slavery Part II
Roots!!

HW:
McPherson pp. 117-30
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Psychology (15-16)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
return old work
return/discuss Unit 4 exam
What do you know about mental disorders?
activity: Which person has a mental disorder?
preview unit and read intro
notes: abnormal behavior
discuss shades of abnormality

HW:
finish TQ

Turnitin.com

Students, make sure you upload your IAs by this Friday or you will lose points on your overall grade. Everything is in working order with the website now. Upload those papers!!

Adv. US History

Focus:
DISUNION

CW:
turn in political cartoons
notes: An Empire for Slavery Part I
Roots!

HW:
McPherson pp. 103-16

Spider-Man Votes

Who knew Spidey was so civic minded?

IB History Students

Just a few reminders for the final school week of 2009:

1. READ! Lots of reading quizzes this week.

2. Make sure you upload your IA to turnitin.com by Friday or you will lose significant points.

3. Read.

4. Friday will be a late start because we're having a staff breakfast in the library.

5. Baby Nora will make her first THS appearance this Friday around the end of third period. Feel free to come by and see her if you want.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday and see you tomorrow morning.

December 11---Weekend!!

Adv. US History
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
notes: Mexico Will Poison Us Part II
video clip: Fugitive Slave Act from Slavery in America
create a political cartoon based on a state, nat'l, internat'l, and THS issue

HW:
McPherson pp. 78-103
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Psychology (11; 14)
Focus:

CW:
Unit 4 Exam

HW:
Reading: Abnormal Psych: answer questions on last page

Adv. US History

Focus:
Disunion

CW:
return old work
return/discuss Unit 4 exams
preview of Unit 5
political cartoon analysis
video clip: War with Mexico (from History Channel)
notes: Mexico Will Poison Us--Part I

HW:
McPherson pp. 64-77

ATTENTION IB HISTORY STUDENTS!!

I have spent my entire afternoon grading the Unit 4 exam. Wow.

That is all for now.


IF YOU MISSED THE EXAM TODAY, PLAN ON TAKING IT TOMORROW.

December 9

Adv. US History
Focus:

CW:
Unit 4 exam

HW:
McPherson reading from the reader: pp.3-5; 47-64
THE NEXT SEVERAL READINGS WILL COME FROM YOUR READER
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Psychology (9-10)
Focus:
Sleep and Dreams

CW:
group activity: sleep problems
discuss dream theories
thisman.org
share your dreams for analysis

HW:
STUDY!
Unit 4 exam next class

Adv. US History

Focus:
Westward Expansion

CW:
notes: Manifest Destiny
video and notes: Donner Party

HW:
STUDY!!

Holiday Gift Idea

I'm putting this on my Christmas list right now.

December 7---Pearl Harbor Day

Adv. US History
Focus:
North Industrializes

CW:
notes: NE and Midwest Industrializes
test review
O,P,V,L prctice
IA questions and answers

HW:
Text pp. 368-76
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Psychology (7-8)
Focus:
Sleep and Dreams

CW:
discuss questions about sleep
illustrate the seven levels of consciousness

HW:
TQ-World of dreams and sleep problems

FRIDAY!! Adv. US History

Focus:
Slavery in America

CW:
notes: The Holy Warriors
finish Roots!
IA conferences

HW:
NO READING, WORK ON YOUR IA!!

December 3

Adv. US History
Focus:
Slavery in America

CW:
finish bumperstickers
notes: Abolitionsim
Roots!!

HW:
James Brewer reading: Holy Warriors from the reader
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Psychology (3-4)
Focus:
Sleep and Dreams

CW:
Unit 4 study guide
discuss levels of consciousness
notes: the world of sleep
video clip: functions of sleep
illustrate the levels of consciousness (if time)

HW:
TQ-Questions about sleep

Adv. US History

Focus:
Slavery in America

CW:
Unit 4 test prep sheet
notes: The Slave South: An Interpretation
reformist bumpersticker activity

HW:
Text pp. 352-58

More IA Tips

1. Please make sure you write about things in Part B in the past tense. Remember, you are discussing events that happened in the PAST.

2. For Part D, pick three main points to discuss in your analysis. Write this section like an essay question. You won't have a ton of citations in this part of your IA.

3. Make sure you cite ALL of the sources listed in your bibliography at least once. If you cite a particular source 85% of the time, you will lose points in your overall grade. That illustrates to me that you really did not conduct a lot of research from a wide variety of sources.

That is all. Bring any and all questions about the IA to class tomorrow.

Good night and good luck.

December 1

Adv. US History
Focus:
Slavery in America

CW:
turnitin.com information dispensed today:
class id: 3010739
password: carlisle
YOUR IA MUST BE UPLOADED TO THE SITE BY 12-18-2009 OR YOU WILL LOSE 25 POINTS ON YOUR IA
IA example with bullet points will be given out
notes: The Proslavery Argument Revisited
practice O,P,V,L with primary source documents
create a reformist bumpersticker (women's rights, utopian community, or abolitionist issue only)

HW:
E. Genovese reading from the reader
(Marxist perspective on slavery)
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Psychology (1-2)
Focus:
Sleep and dreams

CW:
discuss Unit 3 exams
preview Unit 4
sleep quiz/discussion

HW:
TQ-Levels of consciousness
**UNIT 4 EXAM: (A) FRIDAY, DEC. 11; (B) MONDAY, DEC. 14