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"The stillness of October gold went out like beauty from a face." - E. A. Robinson

US= Chapter 2 Test & Homework Packet scores will not be posted until the end of this week. There are still a significant number of students who need to make-up the test before I can pass things back & post all scores. There will be an extra credit opportunity given in class on Monday & Tuesday this week...it will be due the following class meeting...no exceptions!!! I have posted a template for your Native American Tribal Pamphlet on School Loop, you don't have to use the template, but is a tool to help you out. Remember that the project is due on Tues., 11/3 for even periods & Wed., 11/4 for odd periods. You received your new HW assignment last week; odd periods are due on Wed., 11/4 & even periods are due Thurs., 11/5 on the day it is due you will be taking the district 1st Quarter Summative US History Test.  IR/PacRim= We are continuing with the Human Rights Unit & this week you will be receiving your 2nd project assignment of the 1st quarter. The proj

"Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to." ~John Ed Pearce

It's Homecoming Week! Do you know the origins of Homecoming? Check out this link for the history of how it all got started.  US= You have all been given the first project assignment for this semester. Your Native American Tribal Pamphlet is due Tuesday, 11/3 (for odd periods) & Wednesday, 11/4 (for even periods). You should get started on that...it is 10% of your semester grade! We will be moving on to Chapter 3 this week and you will find that the homework packet for this chapter is very different. It will be explained in class this week. IR/PacRim= You have a Map Test on South America this Thursday, 10/22...don't forget to study! We will continue with the topic of Minority Rights this week & start to look at some specific situations.

“What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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EXTRA CREDIT ALERT!!! All classes have an opportunity to earn 5 points of extra credit this week. On Tuesday, 10/13 attend the Varsity Volleyball game in the main gym versus Los Alamitos (check in class for the time). When you arrive I will be in the balcony...come & sign in with me. After the match is over return & answer a simple trivia question regarding what we have been studying in class & the points are yours. ☺ US= We will be wrapping up the Civil War this week. Odd periods have their Chapter 2 Homework Packets due on Friday, October 16th...while even periods have their Homework Packets due on Monday, 10/19. Don't forget that you will also have your Chapter 2 test that same day! IR/PacRim= We are continuing with our unit on Human Rights. A new map will be given out on Wednesday; it will be due on Friday, 10/16. Just for fun...do you know how to tell just by looking what type of elephant this is?

"There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October."

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The quote above is by Nathaniel Hawthorne. ALL CLASSES...GRADES WILL BE UPDATED BY WEDNESDAY EVENING (10/7) AT THE LATEST. After that please check for School Loop grades to be updated approximately every other week. Thank you for your patience! US= You have now been given your Chapter 2 Homework Packet! It is due Friday, 10/16 (for odd periods) and Monday, 10/19 (for even periods) . Please keep up with that homework. We will be moving through Chapter 2 very quickly. IR/PacRim= YOUR CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN MAP TEST IS THURSDAY, 10/8... Don't forget to study!!! Now that we are all getting settled in to being in one class together we will be moving forward and starting a new unit on Human Rights. On Tuesday, 10/6 come prepared to go over the Human Rights Squares that you filled in during class last Friday. Just for fun...can you identify this landmark?