October 29, 2009

On Thursday, all classes had a substitute. They viewed the film "Rockefeller" and did questions. For those students who were gone, they will need to continue to work on Cornell notes and The Growth of Big Business questions. I may choose to give them a makeup assignment for missing the film, but not yet.

It is expected that students missing work during these next few weeks will be in my classroom after school once they are healthy to conference about missing work.

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Today students finished watching the film "Where the Spirit Lives." They also took a quiz on the film. I then discussed vertical and horizontal integration and passed out a question sheet on the Growth of Big Business. If students were absent, I will expect them to come see me after school on the day they return so we can go over any missed work.

Friday October 23

Students view film, Where the Spirit Lives. The worksheet "Settling the West," is due next class. Two of the questions on it are on the film. If students was absent Thursday or Friday, October 22 & 23, they may skip the two film questions and do the rest of the worksheet.

The Industrial Revolution

Students have received a number of handouts over the last few days about conditions during the Industrial Revolution. We have been taking notes on the slide shows and watching the film Lyddie.

I have handed them out a pink sheet for the first major assignment. It will be an interview with the president and all class will have their assignment due the second week of October. Please make sure the assignment is typed 12 pt Times New Roman.

September--The Industrial Revolution

In class right now, students are reading the book Finn Reardon. We are also doing daily assignments that are completed in class. All students should be reading extra-credit novels. They are located on a special rack in the library. Parents should encourage their students to read at night. I will accept up to 9 novels for extra credit. Students just discuss the book with their parents and turn the gold sheet into me with parent's signature. This is a great way to raise your child's grade and help improve their reading.

Our first "big" assignment is the Interview with a President. It is in your child's binder on a pink colored sheet. Everything is explained there. This assignment will be due on 21st October for periods 2 and 3, and 22 October for period 7.

Finally, students also have a goldenrod sheet with an explanation about notes. The first set of notes will need to be turned in November 20-21st. Even though that is a long ways away, starting in early October, students need to be taking notes on the textbook pages assigned.