Cold War/Civil Rights Quiz

Monday, April 28

Format:

• 8 short answer questions (4 for Cold War/4 for Civil Rights)
• You will answer 6 (3 for Cold War/3 for Civil Rights)

**Your answers will be short paragraphs (4-5 sentences – with an intro, supporting evidence and a conclusion). They need to include strong examples and details!!

Civil Rights Review:

Be able to define, explain the significance of and show evidence for the following:

• Brown v. Board
• Little Rock Nine
• Sit-ins
• Freedom Rides
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Non-violent resistance, civil disobedience
• Militant civil rights movements (Malcolm X, Black Power, Black Panthers)
• De jure and de facto segregation

Watergate Scandal

Write a 1/2 page summary of the Watergate Scandal. Please include sources!!

Due Wednesday, April 30.

Scavenger Hunt

All scavenger hunt items and written explanations due Monday, April 28.

The Story of Stuff

As a tribute to all the “stuff” in our lives, we are going to be taking part in a scavenger hunt. You need to find one item from each category (each item may not be counted more than once). For each item, you will need to explain how you came to the conclusion that it deserves to be in the category you chose. The team with the most items and the best explanations, wins!

Scavenger Hunt Categories:
✔ Probably contains heavy metals or toxic chemicals
✔ Probably manufactured in a foreign country
✔ Can be recycled or reused
✔ Cannot be recycled or reused
✔ Was made from recycled materials
✔ Was clearly made to break
✔ “They used to make these things last longer”
✔ Is totally unnecessary and should probably never have been made in the first place
✔ This thing is dangerous!

English & Poetry Project

I'm using a different blog for the project--and you should start looking there for your English homework.  I will be posting poetry and posting links to sites there--and the bulk of your homework for the next two weeks will be drawn from these posts and links.  Click Here to go to the Poetry Project Blog.  

For this weekend you need to write your Things They Carried/Choice Book essay.  I have a poetry assignment listed for you on the other blog as well.

Senior Career Search

The purpose of this project is to research a career that interests you and to gain some insight into what life may be like after graduation and beyond.

You will be writing a report that will include the following sections:

1. Overview - discuss the qualifications, education and experience needed for the career of your choice. Include information about qualifying exams, licenses, government supervision, etc.
2. Opportunities – investigate the overall demand for this career (How easy/hard to get into this profession? What type of major in college might you need to get into this profession?) and look into possible job placements. This section should include information about at least two different places you could work.
3. Earnings – explore the range of earnings. You might include a graph or table here.
4. Evaluation – based on what you learned, do you think this is the right career for you? Look at your personal skill-set, personality and future goals.

Report Requirements:

• Title page – including your name, career choice and image/s
• Actual report needs to be 2-3 pages long (not including the title page)
• Typed (double spaced, 12 pt. font)
• Clearly divided into the four sections
• Includes a Works Cited page (again, not included in the 2-3 pages)

Due Date:
Tuesday, April 22

US History - Senior Project

Click here for a link to the Social Movements assignment.

English Over Break

Finish both your choice book and The Things They Carried.  That's right.  Finish both books. Make sure you have also finished compiling any notes you need to finish for the Vietnam war (chapter 21, and the packet I gave you).  Make sure that you bring to class the notes, and both texts.

If you are reading a choice book about a war that you know little about, make sure you have some idea of how the war started, what the war was over, and how it was resolved.  This may mean you also have to do a little extra research over break.  If you need to, make notes for this as well.

And, enjoy.