BREAKING COOKIE NEWS!!!

Girl Scouts are planning on reducing the types of cookies they sell:


Here's the list of six that they plan to keep:
Samoas (also known as Caramel deLites)
Thin Mints
Do-Si-Dos
Trefoils
Lemon Chalet Cremes
Tagalongs (aka Peanut Butter Patties)

For fans of the other flavors, sorry but here are the flavors that will be disappearing:
Chips Deluxe
Dulce de Leche
Lemonades
Shout Outs!
Thank U Berry Munch
Thanks-A-Lot
You okay with this?

And Girl Scouts are getting professional marketing advice!!

Here's a blatant example of why knowledge of geography is kind of important. First person to notice what's wrong with this graphic from Fox News gets a wonderful prize!!

HISTORY HOOPLEHEADS!!

FIRST SEMESTER EXTRA CREDIT POINTS WERE ADDED TO THE UNIT 6 EXAM. CHECK ESIS TO VIEW YOUR LATEST CLASS AVERAGE. THAT IS ALL.

MAP TEST!!!

Students, use this link to review your states!!

January 31

IB US History
Focus:
Gilded Age

CW:
what concepts have you learned about your country? (hand out mid-term discussion questions)
notes: Industrial Capitalism Triumphant
map quiz (if time)

HW:
Brown reading from the reader pp. 100-17
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Psych (finals week)


BRING BOOK ON FINAL EXAM DAY
A final is Feb. 3
B final is Feb. 2

IB US History students

Posted below are some questions will be discussing tomorrow in class. Please take some time to look over your notes from Units 1-6 so you can play an active role in the class discussion tomorrow. DO NOT POST COMMENTS for participation points. I'm posting the questions today so you can start thinking about your responses. Save your comments for tomorrow when you can help your participation grade in class.


The end point for each question is the year 1877.

1. What impacts did the creation of the Constitution have on the United States?

2. What role have minority groups played in American history?

3. How has war affected the U.S.?

4. How have efforts to reform and remake American society fared? (will want to about specific groups/people)

5. Which presidents have made a major impact on the nation? How have they impacted America?

6. Which event, person, or historical era stands out as the most significant thus far? Why?

25 years ago today the space shuttle Challenger exploded. I vividly remember being in sixth grade art class when the principal announced what happened. The shuttle also had the first civilian on board as well, teacher Christa McAuliffe. Here's video of what happened that day on live TV.

IB US History

Focus:

CW:
return old work
return/discuss Unit 6 exam
mid-term exam
Frontier House

HW:
Text pp. 486-91; 494-98
UNIT 7 BEGINS ON MONDAY

IB US History

Focus:

CW:
Unit 6 exam

HW:
review ALL notes

I think you all should have this for breakfast/lunch/dessert tomorrow morning. IT'S BRAIN FOOD!

IB US History students

REVIEW YOUR CIVIL WAR SLANG FOR THE TEST TOMORROW. THAT IS ALL.

IB US History

Focus:
The West

CW:
Frontier House

HW:
review for unit exam

IB US History

Focus:
The West

CW:
notes: Reluctant Conquerors
graded discussion: I Will Fight No More Forever

HW:
review for unit exam

One more post to keep the blog rockin'

This map illustrates a problem each state is currently known for. At least we're not Washington.

I know that history makes some of you feel the same way.

Frontier House

It's coming. Soon. In the mean time, watch out for "Bazacko" animals.

January 24

IB US History
Focus:
The West

CW:
notes: The Great Plains
video clip: Wounded Knee
graded discussion: I Will Fight No More Forever

HW:
reading: Reluctant Conquerors
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Psych (24-28)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
Unit 5 exam

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

HW:
STUDY FOR FINAL EXAM!!

IB US History

Focus:
The West

CW:
test prep sheet #6
notes: The Frontier and American Character
reading: Pioneer Life

HW:
Text pp. 458-61; pp. 464-74

January 20

IB US History
Focus:
The West

CW:
Native American tribes present (all six)

HW:
Billington article in reader
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Psych (20-21)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
Kip Kinkel

HW:
prepare for unit exam 5

IB US History students

TONIGHT'S READING IS DUE ON FRIDAY. PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD.

IB US History

Focus:
Reconstruction

CW:
notes: Radical Reconstruction
notes: The Undoing of Reconstruction
video clip on KKK from Reconstruction DVD and handout on the Klan
closing thoughts on Reconstruction (handout of quotes)

HW:
Ray Allen Billington article from READER

IB US History students

Remember, if there is a reading quiz tomorrow, it will only cover tonight's reading.

DON'T JUST CUT AND PASTE. I WANT YOU TO COMPREHEND WHAT YOU'RE READING.

Cheyenne Indians:

http://books.google.com/books?id=f6OQmlRxow4C&dq=cheyenne+indians+and+history&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&ei=g_BMS9TSKZDKsQOx28WKAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=12&ved=0CD4Q6AEwCw#v=onepage&q=&f=false

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/cheyenne/cheyennehist.htm

Apache:

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/apache/apachehist.htm

http://www.native-languages.org/apache_culture.htm

Nez Perce:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~idreserv/nphist.html

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/nezperce/nezpercehist.htm

Teton Sioux:

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/siouan/tetonhist.htm

Blackfeet:

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/blackfeet/blackfeetindiantribe.htm

http://www.manataka.org/page255.html

Comanche:

http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/comanche/comanchehist.htm

January 18

IB US History
Focus:
Reconstruction

CW:
library computer lab for Native American tribe research

HW:
Text pp. 444-45; 448-50
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Psych (18-19)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
Unit 5 study guide
diagnosing Mr. Smith
handout: therapies
Which Treatment is Best?
notes: schizophrenia and handout
video clip: from Zimbardo VHS tape

HW:
review notes/essay prep

If you haven't seen this speech in its entirety please do so now. Take some time to reflect why today is a national holiday.

IB US History--THREE DAY WEEKEND!!

Focus:
Reconstruction

CW:
Andersonville info and video clip
the plot to kill Lincoln
discussion: questions facing the country post-Civil War
video clip: Jan. 1, 1865 (from Reconstruction DVD)
notes: Presidential Reconstruction
video clip: Presidential Reconstruction
create groups for Native American presentations

HW:
Text pp. 436-44

IB US History students

Here's an article about a segregated prom in Georgia. Crazy stuff.

January 13

IB US History
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
photographic analysis of Civil War battlefields
letter from Sullivan Ballou
notes: The Union Victorious

HW:
Text pp. 430-33; 435-36
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Psych(13-14)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
finish Tourette's video (1A)
Depression clips (1B)
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discussion: personality disorders
handout: behavior profile of a psychopath
video clips: Into the Mind of a Serial Killer
discussion: school shooters
reading: Columbine: 4-20-1999

HW:
review notes

This is what the doctor ordered to get you through the rest of the school week. Enjoy.

IB US History

Focus:
Civil War

CW:
finish Glory
grade Civil War slang

HW:
Text pp. 417-21; 424-26

History students

Would you like your pizza party this Friday or this Thursday?


Vote now!!

January 11

IB US History
Focus:
Civil War

CW:
"Glory"

HW:
Text pp. 417-21; 424-26
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Psych (11-12)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
discussion: depression
video clips from Depression DVD
notes: ECT and video clip from Youtube
diagnosing Mr. Smith
video: I Have Tourette's

HW:
TQ-Antisocial Personality Disorder

IB US History

Focus:
Civil War

CW:
review notes
reading: A Battlefield Tragedy
Civil War slang
notes:1863--A Turning Point
video clips:
Emancipation Proclamation (Slavery in America) and the impacts of African American soldiers (VHS tape)

HW:
Text pp. 417-21; 424-26
DUE WEDNESDAY

Okay C-Mack, let's see you try this in a game.

January 7

Psych (7; 10)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
discussion: PTSD handout
video clip: "A Soldier's Heart" (part covering history of PTSD and the Andrew Pogony case in Iraq)
video: Wartorn

HW:
TQ-Mood disorders
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IB US History
Focus:
Civil War!

CW:
return/discuss DBQ
notes: Secession and Military Stalemate
notes: Towards Total War
handout/discussion: Civil War health care/sanitation
video clips

HW:
Text pp. 413-16

IB US History

Focus:

CW:
DBQ-Essay component

HW:
Text pp. 398-407 (read carefully)
Text pp. 407-13 (SKIM)

Cats! I've always thought they were threats to our security. What do you think?

The Colbert Report	Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
The Enemy Within - Caboodle Ranch
www.colbertnation.com
Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> March to Keep Fear Alive

January 5

IB US History
Focus:

CW:
DBQ--Day 1

HW:
prep for essay
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Psych (5-6)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
finish discussion of Andrea Yates
discussion: DSM-IV and labeling
discussion: anxiety disorders
video clips: panic attacks and OCD (from VHS and Internet clips)

HW:
reading: PTSD

IB US History

Focus:
Disunion

CW:
PCC college credit information sheet
notes: Final days of the Union
video clip: John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
causes of Civil War timeline
DBQ essay information

HW:
You cannot study for day one of the DBQ, however, you can begin reviewing your notes for the essay component on Thursday.

Great story about a Roosevelt High student who just earned an amazing educational opportunity.  Follow the link.


After school, he turns off the TV, the computer, the music. Four straight hours focused on homework is his standard, he says. He begins his assignments the day they are given, not the day before they are due. "I don't procrastinate. I can't sleep if I don't do my homework."

January 3--Welcome to 2011

IB US History
Focus:
Disunion

CW:
review notes
notes: The Crime Against Kansas Part II
IA!!!

HW:
Text pp. 390-94
DBQ EXAM WED-THURS.
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Psych (3-4)
Focus:
Abnormal Psych

CW:
when does abnormal behavior become a mental disorder?(skit)
discussion: causes of mental disorders and abnormal behavior
reading: shades of abnormality
discussion: assessing mental disorders
video clip: Andrea Yates (guilty or mentally insane)
discussion: DSM-IV

HW:
TQ-Anxiety disorders