Homework 5.31.13

Due Tuesday, 6.4.13

A Grid of post WWII presidents (Truman - Obama) listing significant points of economic, domestic and foreign policies / issues.

Do this as a tic - tac - toe grid. 

Under president's name, put their number as a president, the years they were president and their political party. 

Do NOT turn this in on lined paper.

Homework 5.30.13

Due tomorrow, 5.31

Chapter 30 Review:
Terms-All
Identify-All
Ideas-3,4,5

Chapter 31 Review:
Identify-all
Ideas-4,5

Homework 5.29.13

Due Tomorrow, 5.30

Chapter 30, Section 1 Review (all questions and all the identify)

Homework 5.23.13

Due Tomorrow, 5.24

Outline Chapter 29

Homework 5.22.13

Due Tomorrow, 5.23

Outline Chapter 28

Pop quiz tomorrow

Homework 5.21.13

Due Tomorrow, 5.22

Chapter 27 Review
Terms: all
Identify: all

Homework 5.20.13

Due tomorrow 5.21

Chapter 27 Section Review 2 all questions

Homework 5.16.13

Due Tomorrow 5.17

Chapter 26

Section 1 Review: 2-5, 9, 11

Section 2 Review: 1, 4, 6-14

Homework 5.15.13

Due tomorrow 5.16

Chapter 25 Review

Identify: all

Ideas: all (each idea should be a paragraph, at least four sentences)

Homework 5.14.13

Due Tomorrow (5.15):

Chapter 24

Section Review 5: All

Section Review 6: All

Homework 5.13.13

Due Tomorrow:

Chapter 24

Section 1: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Section 2: 1-5

Section 3: 3-5

Homework 5.8.13

Due Monday 5.13

Chapter 23

Section 3 Review 2, 3, 5, 6, 10

Section 4 Review 1, 2

Section 5 Review 2, 3, 5

Section 6 Review 1, 2

Homework 5.1.13

There is no class tomorrow, 5/2/13, because of the National Day of Prayer

There is a period test on Friday for the 1800s.  I will also be doing a binder check.

Things to study:
*Gettysburg Address
*Timeline
*Lectures on blog (12-14)
*Homework
*Pop Quizzes
*Inventions of 1800s

Homework 4.30.13

Due tomorrow 5/1:

Chapter 18 Review:
Identify 1, 2, 3, 6, 7
Ideas 1, 3, 5

Chapter 19 Review:
Identify 4, 6
Ideas 1, 3, 4

Chapter 20 Review:

Ideas 1, 2, 3

Chapter 21 Review:
Identify 2, 3, 5, 7
Ideas 1, 3

Chapter 22 Review:
Identify 2, 3
Ideas 1, 2, 3

Homework 4.26.13

Due Monday 4.29

1. Look over Unit 6 (Chapters 18-22, pages 265-355).  See the pictures and the bold items to get an overview of the period.

2. For those doing the second research paper, you should have a bibliography of your six sources (at least 2 of which are primary documents).  You might consider writing your US House Representative for help in your research. 

Homework 4.24.13

Due Tomorrow:

Read Chapter 16 Sections 3 & 4

I'll be checking to see if you read the material

Reminder, the prayer for the youth of the nation is due Friday.  If you are doing the research paper, you should have the bibliography by Monday. 

Homework 4.23.13

Due tomorrow 4.24

Read Chapter 16, Sections 1 & 2

I will be checking to see if you read and retained the material

Homework 4.22.13

Due tomorrow 4.23:

Read Chapter 15 "Slavery and Secession"

I will be checking to see if you read it.



For those doing the second Research Paper, here are the dates for your work:
April 29th - bibliography (list of at least 6 sources, at least 2 of which must be primary)
May 7th - claim / thesis statement
May 14th - research paper outline
May 20th - rough draft #1
May 27th - rough draft #2
June 3rd - rough draft #3
June 7th - Paper Due

For those doing the book reports:
Both book reports are due on June 7th.  However, if you turn in the 1800s book report by May 31st, I will grade and provide feedback, which will help you on your second book report.  

Homework 4.19.13

Due Monday, April 22nd

Chapter 12 Review: Ideas 1-3
Chapter 13 Review: Identify & Ideas (all)
Chapter 14 Review: Identify & Ideas (all)

Homework 4.16.13

Due Thursday:

Chapter 9 Review - People, Terms and Identify
Chapter 10 Review - People, Terms and Identify
Chapter 11 Review - People, Terms and Identify


Due Friday:

Choose if you are going to do a research paper or 2 book reports.

The research paper topic must be anything relating to US History after 1800.

If you choose book reports, one book is about something or someone in the 1800s and the other book is about the 1900s or 2000s.  Each book report will be 4 pages with same formatting requirements as the research paper.  The 1800s book report will be due May 15th.  The 1900s book report will be due June 7th. 

Due on Friday is the research paper topic or the titles/authors/book information about the book report selections.  

Homework 3.28.13

Revolutionary Period test tomorrow

Things to study:
1. Lectures 8-11
2. Pastor Rob's Test
3. Section and Chapter Review Homework
4. Founding Documents (memorization of Declaration of Independence and Constitution Preamble)
5. Revolutionary Period timeline


Research Paper is due tomorrow:
1. Turn in hard copy
2. Email a copy to me by 6pm Friday 3/21 (joshyoung@LCAsaints.org)


I will be doing a binder check during test.  The binders should be organized according to the syllabus.  The Discovery and Revolutionary Period sections neat and tidy since they are now all done.  Homework in its section.  Tests in their section (and corrected).

Homework 3.26.13

There is nothing to turn in tomorrow, however start reviewing the lectures on the blog (lectures 8-11), your notes, and the homework for the upcoming test on Friday.

You should also be working on your research paper that is due on Friday.

Homework 3.25.13

Due Tomorrow:

Scan Chapter 8 - Reading only the bold items.  Take about 15 minutes

Bring in your research papers for editing.

Homework 3.19.13

Due Tomorrow 3/20:

Chapter 6 Review: Terms (all), Identify (all), Ideas (1 & 6)


Due Friday 3/22: Research paper rewrite


For the Period Test next Friday (3/29), you will need to memorize these portions of America's founding documents:

Declaration of Independence:

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed

US Constitution Preamble:

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Homework 3.18.13

Due Friday (3/22)

Rewrite your research paper.  We will be working on them in class on Friday. 

Homework 3.15.13

Due Monday 3/18 - Hardcopy of rough draft of research paper

Homework 3.14.13

Due tomorrow Friday 3/15

Chapter 5 review: terms (all), ideas (4,7,8)

Homework 3.13.13

Homework due tomorrow.

Read Chapter 5 Section 3 - Do ALL of Section Review 3 questions.

Homework 3.12.13

Due tomorrow, Wednesday 3/13

Read textbook chapter 5 pages 67-77.  Do Section 1 Review (Evens) and Section 2 Review (Odds).

Homework 3.11.13

Homework -

Bring in your textbook to class tomorrow (3/12).

Start working on your rough draft of the research paper.  It is due in class next Monday (3/18).

Homework 3.6.13

Due Monday 3.11.13 - Corrected Discovery Period test

Due Monday 3.18.13 - Rough draft of research paper

Homework 2.26.13

Due Tomorrow - 2/27

A Map of the 13 colonies.  Must be on white printer paper (not on college rule paper).  Make it pretty with colors.

Label the colonies with their names and the year they were founded.  Show which colonies were Southern, Middle and Northern.

Homework 2.25.13

1. Start reviewing for the Discovery Period test that will take place this Friday, March 1st (7.5% of your total grade).  Test is on lecture materials.  Review the blog.

2. Due Tuesday, March 5th - Prepare a typed outline of your first research paper.  Your introduction will be your thesis statement.  Then include the several points you will use to support that claim.

3. Due Tuesday, March 5th - Bring in your textbook so we can start using it as we begin the Revolutionary Period.  

Homework 2.15.13

Due Tuesday, February 26th

1. Your research paper claim ("thesis").  This is the one sentence that you are going to prove and support with your research paper.  You will turn in a paper that says:

Research Paper Subject:

Research Paper Claim: 

2. Your typed bibliography according to Chicago Manual Style.  It is up to you to research the CMS style of writing for your list of sources (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/).  The requirements for the sources are in the previous blog post.

Homework 2.13.11

Due tomorrow 2.14 is a timeline of the dates lectured on these past two days.

The timeline will be done on college rule paper. The dates will be listed vertically.

Each date is to contain 2 or 3 key points


Note: Get to the library to find your sources for your research paper bibliography (due Friday).  On Friday, I will be checking your notebooks for dividers and organization of materials

Homework 2.11.13

1. Gather sources and create a bibliography for your first research paper.

You need at least 7 sources pertaining to your paper topic.

A minimum of 2 of the 7 need to be primary documents.  You can have more.

Of the remaining sources, the majority of the these sources must have been written within the last 20 years.

The list of sources (bibliography) needs to be typed and formatted according to the Chicago Manual Style (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/).

Due: Friday, February 15th. 

Homework 2.7.13

1. "What is History" paper is due Monday.  It must by typed. See the previous post for other requirements.

2. Due on Monday is the first research paper topic of your choice.  The subject of your paper must be about the United States in the time frame of the Discovery Period (up to 1600s) or Revolutionary Period (1700s).  The research paper topic is to be turned in Monday morning. 

Have a nice weekend.

Homework 2.6.13

1. Write a paper entitled "What is History" and turn in 2/7/13.  Paper requirements are 5 paragraphs:
A. intro
B. point 1
C. point 2
D. point 3
E. conclusion

2. Get class materials (due week 2 of class)
A. Notebook with dividers per syllabus
B. Texbook:

United States History in Christian Perspective: Heritage of Freedom (Third Edition) by Michael Lowman (Abeka Book, 2009)   

purchase from www.abeka.com  or Amazon (Used books)