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Second Semester Previous Assignments
2007-2008
Tu. 1/29 Vocab Week 5 due; Read the following in Elements of Lit (yellow text): "Harlem Renaissance" p. 734-735; Poems, "Tabau" p. 747, "Harlem" p. 764; Story: "Dust Tracks" p. 752-758
W. 1/30 Read Chapter 22.1 & 22.2 in The Americans; Read Primary Document: "Afternoon in a Pushcart Peddler's Colony"*
Thurs. 1/31 Research for Presidential Issues Chart due; Read Trib article "Consumers at Heart of Stimulus Plan"
Mon. 2/4 Read "Leader of the People" by John Steinbeck, p. 609-619 in Elements of Lit (yellow text)
Tues. 2/5 Read Chapter 22.3 in The Americans; Read Primary Documents: "Attack on the Bonus Army"*; "Brother Can You Spare a Dime"*
Wed. 2/6 Read Chapters 1,2,3 from The Grapes of Wrath (Handout); SOAPS Paper on last week's document due (need to do 5 this semester)
Thurs. 2/7 Read The Grapes of Wrath 1,2,3
Fri. 2/8 Read Chapter 8 of Grapes (has cover that says "Crepes of Wrath")
Mon. 2/11 Vocab Week 5 Test; Read 23.1 in The Americans; Documents: FDR - First Inaugural Address*; Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt*
Feb. 12 |
SOAPS on documents from last week are due today (need to do 5 this semester) - Choices Include FDR Inaugural Address & Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt |
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| Feb. 13 | Read 23.2 and 23.3 in The Americans; Document:"Share Our Wealth" Huey Long* |
| Feb. 14 | Vocab Week 6 due; Read story "A Rose for Emily" p. 713-723 in yellow lit text |
| Feb. 15 | Read 23.5 in The Americans; Read Primary Document: The Works Progress Administration |
| Feb. 18 | President's Day: No School |
| Feb. 19 | Test on Great Depression, New Deal, Faulkner, & Steinbeck; SOAPS due - first one of semester must be turned in by TODAY! - Share Our Wealth or Works Progress Administration; Begin Video on Road to WWII |
| Feb. 20 | Read 24.1 & 24.2; Take Notes on Road to War (1st two pages of WWII Charts); Finish video on Road to WWII |
| Feb. 21 | Read selection from Night in yellow lit text, p. 920-930 |
| Feb. 22 | Vocab Week 6 Test; Read selection from The Diary of Anne Frank (Handout) |
| Feb. 25 | Holocaust Diary Entry due; Read two documents: FDR, Day of Infamy Speech; FDR, Four Freedoms Speech |
| Feb. 26 | Take Notes on People of World War II (just the people with pages #s next to their names; you need not fill in the last column); SOAPS Day! (see choices from Feb. 25, plus selection from Night on 2/21); Document: Eisenhower, D-Day Address |
| Feb. 27 | Read Ch. 25.3; Article "War Without Mercy" (MS Word format) |
| Feb. 28 | No Assignment - Read Hiroshima, due 3/6 |
| Feb. 29 | No Assignment - Read Hiroshima, due 3/6; SOAPS due 3/7 |
| Mar. 3 | Read selections from Farewell to Manzanar and Snows Falling on Cedar (two handouts) |
| Mar. 4 | SOAPS day! Choice - D-Day Address(SOAPS 2 deadline is March 18!) |
| Mar. 5 | Read Ch "Rosie the Riveter Remembers" ; Read documents: |
| Mar. 6 | Hiroshima Test; World War II Poster Assignment due |
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| Mar. 11 | SOAPS Day - Executive Order 9066* / Baseball "Green Light" letter* |
| W/Mar. 11 | Powerpoint Notes on Post-WWII |
| Th/Mar. 12 | Hiroshima SOAPS Paper due (pdf format) |
| F/Mar. 13 | World War II Exam (60 Multiple Choice, 3 Quotes); SAMPLE QUOTE DIRECTIONS AND ANSWER |
| M/Mar. 17 | Read 26.1 in The Americans, Article "Life Under Communism in Eastern Europe," (pdf version) and Document: Harry S. Truman's letter to his daughter* |
Tu./Mar. 18 |
SOAPS DEADLINE # 2: CHOICES INCLUDE: Read Ch. 26.4 in The Americans and article "Korea: And Then There Were Two" |
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W/Mar. 19 |
Read Chapters 26.3 & 27.2 in The Americans and read documents: 1. Joseph McCarthy Speech at Wheeling, WV 2. Eisenhower's Special Message on the Highway System |
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Th./Mar. 20 |
Read 2 short stories (both handouts): "The Lottery" and "Harrison Bergeron" |
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Tues. 4/1
Continue discussion & viewing of The Crucible
Wed. 4/2
DUE: SOAPS Opportunity on McCarthyism Speech &/or Highway Speech
Finish discussion & viewing of The Crucible
Introduce 50's Project, Rubric
Thurs. 4/3
DUE: Catcher in the Rye TEST TODAY!
Discussion of Catcher in the Rye
Fri. 4/4 (5-hour day)
DUE: Group & topic selection
Finish discussion of Catcher in the Rye
Mon. 4/7
DUE: Read 27.2 & 27.3 in The Americans
Document: "Little Boxes (song)"
Notes - Living in the Ike Age
Tues. 4/8
DUE: ACT Diagnostic Test Analysis; SOAPS day!! - Option "Little Boxes"
ACT Prep Sessions 2 & 3
Wed. 4/9
Library Time for 50's Project
Thurs. 4/10
ACT Prep Sessions 4 & 5
Fri. 4/11
Library Time for 50's Projects
Mon. 4/14
ACT Prep Sessions 6 & 7
Tues. 4/15
Library Time for 50's Project
Wed. 4/16
DUE: 50'S PRESENTATIONS (RUBRIC)
Sample 50's Handout
Thurs. 4/17
DUE: 50'S PRESENTATIONS CONTINUED
Fri. 4/18
ACT Prep Session 8 - Writing Session
Timed, Graded Writing Assignment
Mon. 4/21
DUE: Read 28.1 & 28.2 in The Americans & JFK Inaugural Address
Review Cold War/1950's - Cold War Study Guide
Tues. 4/22
SOAPS Deadline # 3 Option - JFK Inaugural Address
Quiz - Cold War/1950's
ACT Prep Session 9
Wed. 4/23
Prairie State Day 1 (No Class)
Thurs. 4/24
Prairie State Day 2 (Shortened Classes - No Homework due)
View The Long Walk Home
Fri 4/25
Finish viewing The Long Walk Home
Mon. 4/28
Read Chapter 29.1 & 29.2 in The Americans (Reading Quiz!)
Tues. 4/29
Read "Letter from a Birmingham Jail*" by Martin Luther King, Jr.
BRING FIELD TRIP FORMS & FIELD TRIP MONEY!!!!
Wed. 4/30
Read selection from Black Like Me (Handout)
Thurs. 5/1
Read 29.3 in The Americans & "The Ballot or the Bullet*" by Malcolm X
Fri. 5/2
Read 31.1 in The Americans and selection from The Feminine Mystique*
Mon. 5/5
Read first chapters (p. 1-26) in The Things They Carried
Tues. 5/6
Read 30.1 & 30.2 in The Americans; Complete Vietnam Map Assignment
SOAPS Day! Choices: Letter from Birmingham Jail; The Ballot or the Bullet; Feminine Mystique
Thurs. 5/8
Read 30.3 & 30.4 in The Americans
Documents: "Letter from a Vietnam Soldier " & LBJ Speech
Mon. 5/12
Things p. 67-116
Tues. 5/13
Read 30.5 in The Americans
SOAPS (Option) Due : "Letter from a Vietnam Soldier " & LBJ Speech
Wed. 5/14
Things p. 117-136
Thurs. 5/15
Read 32.1 in The Americans & p. 137-162 in Things
Fri. 5/16
Read 32.4 in The Americans and 3 Documents - "Silent Spring" & "Love Canal"; selection from Kerry
Mon. 5/19
Things p. 163-218
Tues. 5/20
Read "Kerry"
Wed. 5/21
Things p. 219-end of book
QUIZ on end of The Things They Carried (25 multiple choice) & Civil Rights & Vietnam War (30 multiple choice questions)
Thurs. 5/22
ESSAY TEST on Vietnam War & The Things They Carried
Fri. 5/23
SOAPS Deadline #4 (FINAL DEADLINE) - "Silent Spring," "Love Canal," or "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin-To-Die Rag";read selection from Ryan White: How I Got AIDS
Mon. 5/26
Memorial Day - No School
Tues. 5/27
Read "The Way We Live Now" by Susan Sontag (handout)
Wed. 5/28
TBA
Thurs. 5/29
NO LATE START - Watergate
Fri. 5/30
PROM - 5 HOUR DAY - Watergate
American Studies / AP US History / Scholastic Bowl / RMHS / District 214
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