Miss Kirby Tells All About Class

Thursday, October 2nd is Back to School Night! U.S. History=  A Missouri Compromise & Kansas-Nebraska Act worksheet will be give out in class this week...it is due Wednesday for odd periods & Thursday for even periods. You will receive your Chapter 2 Study Guide and Civil War Map in class this week and they are due on your test day...Monday, 10/13 (for odd periods) and Wednesday, 10/15 (for even periods). Be sure that you are working on those items now & not waiting until the night before to do all of the work!  A.P. Euro=   Expect a Chapter 14 Reading Quiz on Tuesday, 9/30.   Your Chapter 14 & 15 Study Guides (with maps) are due on test day, which is Wednesday, 10/8! If you have questions please be sure to ask in advance so I can help you!   Truth...especially if you cut my class on a test day!

U.S. History=   Your Chapter 1 Study Guide  (to be completed in your composition book)  is due on Thursday, 9/25 (for odd periods) and Friday, 9/26 (for even periods)... this is a date change! Additionally the "Events Leading to the American Revolution Timeline" assignment is also to be completed in your composition book. There will be map questions on the original 13 colonies (which became the first 13 states) on your test! Also, you can write out the Preamble to the Constitution for extra credit on the test. Here is a link to the School House Rocks song. A.P. Euro= Remember that your Chapter 12 & Chapter 13 study guides are due on Monday, 9/22  (in your composition book) . Don't forget to also bring the Chapter 13 map. After our test on Monday, 9/22 we will be moving on to Chapter 14 & the Reformation...expect a new study guide on Wednesday.

U.S. History=   Your Chapter 1 Study Guide  (to be completed in your composition book)  is due on Tuesday, 9/23 (for odd periods) and Wednesday, 9/24 (for even periods). Additionally the "Events Leading to the American Revolution Timeline" assignment is also to be completed in your composition book. A.P. Euro=  The Europe Map assignment is due on Tuesday, 9/16...there will also be a reading quiz in class that day. Please keep up with the reading schedule & do your best to answer the Study Guide questions  (in your composition book)  as you are going through the reading; remember that you now have both the Chapter 12 & Chapter 13 study guides and they are due on Monday, 9/22 (test day). September 17th is Constitution Day, marking the 227th anniversary of the supreme law of the land. For more information, check out this link .

U.S. History= You have a States & Capitals Quiz on Thursday, 9/11 (for odd periods) and Friday, 9/12 (for even periods)...be sure that you study! Here is a link to online games that can help you review for the map quiz. You received the Chapter 1 Study Guide (to be completed in your composition book)  in class, that is due on Tuesday, 9/23 (for odd periods) and Wednesday, 9/24 (for even periods) A.P. Euro=  There will be a Quest (longer than a quiz, but shorter than a test) covering The Prince & Candide on Wednesday, 9/10. Additionally your essays on the two books are due to be turned in via www.turnitin.com by 11:59pm that same day. You do not need to bring a hard copy to class, just upload them to the site. The course number & password are written on the board in class. Please keep up with the reading schedule & do your best to answer the Study Guide questions (in your composition book)  as you are going through the reading.  Tower 10    September 7, 201

U.S. History=   Please go over your syllabus & Academic Honesty Policy forms with your parents, sign them, & bring them back to class. We will be checking out textbooks and jumping in to some American geography this week.  There will be a U.S. Map Quiz next week (Thursday, 9/11 for odd periods & Friday, 9/12 for even periods). Be sure that you get a College Ruled Composition Book to have just for our class by next week.  A.P. Euro=   Please go over your syllabus & Academic Honesty Policy forms with your parents, sign them, & bring them back to class. Please keep up with the reading schedule (you were given in class); your first study guide will be passed out on Thursday.  There will be a Quest (longer than a quiz, but shorter than a test) covering The Prince & Candide on Wednesday, 9/10. Additionally your essays on the two books are due to be turned in via www.turnitin.co m by 11:59pm that same day. You do not need to bring a hard copy to class, just