HOMEWORK -due Feb. 8th
Movie Night
Our class movie night will be March 22nd. Put it on your calendars!
Family History Homework
Fill out your fan chart for your family tree challenge.
Fill out the quick review questions from game in class.
Go HERE and explore the tenement museum building virtual tour.
Required Reading Book
Continue reading our first book for the semester, The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. The book needs to be finished by February 22nd. That means you should read about 85 pages a week. If you choose to do the alternate assignment that will be emailed out this week.
Weekly Readings
Don’t forget to write out your summaries of the readings in the NOTEBOOK we gave you. This will help you participate more fully in class.
- Weekly Reading in History of Us:
- An Age of Extremes:
- Henry Ford
- The Birdmen
- Reconstruction and Reform:
- The Wizard of Electricity
- An Age of Extremes:
Supplemental reading/watching
Don’t forget to choose 1 book and 1 documentary from the Supplemental reading/watching list. Remember that everyone’s family standards are different so make sure the book/documentary you choose is appropriate for your family standards.
Presentations
Don’t leave your presentation until the last minute. Work on it early!
HERE is a link to google doc version of your presentation guidelines. Sign up for your presentation HERE. Remember you can’t do the same topic as someone else so sign up quickly and make sure you look through the other topics before you put yours down.
Check-in
Go to this link and print out and fill out your check in sheet for the week.
Bonus Level
Don’t forget to work on your bonus level. Look HERE again if you need to be reminded about what the awards and requirements are for the class. The bonus level is completely optional but is a great way to learn more about something that interests you.