Fall Final Exam Schedule

Best of luck on your final exams!

I promise this will not happen for our final!  :)  All questions have been on previous tests.

WH Final Exam Targets

FALL 2010 FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15, 2010

7:25 - 8:50    1st period exam 

9:00 - 10:25   3rd period exam 

10:35 -12:00   5th period exams 

THURSDAY, DEC. 16, 2010

7:25 – 8:50 2nd period exam 

9:00 – 10:25 6th period exam 

FRIDAY, DEC. 17, 2010

7:25 – 8:50 4th period exam 

9:00 – 10:25  7th period exam 

Agenda: Tuesday, December 13, 2010

Quote of the Day:  "I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate." - George Burns

Learning Targets:
Review for Final Exams - Chapters 4, 5, 9 & 10 (Chapters 7, 11, and 13 were last week, we can discuss them if needed, but figure not much review is needed).

Agenda:
1.  Semester in Pictures - 20 minutes
2.  Exemptions (80% or above and 3 or less absences) - this is your last chance to exempt today.
3.  Review Chapters 4, 5, 9 and 10

I will be here for tutoring today after school and it is your last opportunity this semester.

Agenda: Monday, Dec. 13, 2010

Quote of the Day:  "I'm a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson

Battle Red Day - Tonight vs. the Ravens on Monday Night Football!

Learning Targets:
Review for final exams Chapters 1, 2, and 4
Tomorrow we'll review for Chapters 5, 9 &10, 7/11/13

FALL FINAL EXAM TARGETS
Agenda:
1.  Return Project Essays - discuss.
2.  Exemptions (need an 80 or above and 3 or less absences)
3.  Review Chapters 1, 2, and 4

I will be here after school for tutoring Monday and Tuesday.

Good luck on Finals Prep!
What Do I Have to Make on the Final

Email to students regarding Thursday and Tutoring

Sent this email out tonight 12/8/2010:
I am not going to be at school on Thursday.  So there will be no tutoring after school.  6th period will get to see the notes and the sub will pull them up and go through them.  We will have the test on Friday.

If you have any questions as you are studying, please email me.  I'd be glad to help clear anything up.

My tips:

1 - Know the notes well.  They are a big part of the test.

Links to the notes:

http://mrduez.blogspot.com/2010/12/notes-chapter-13-explorers.html
http://mrduez.blogspot.com/2010/12/chapter-11-notes-americans.html
http://mrduez.blogspot.com/2010/11/notes-chapter-7-early-africa.html

2 - Know the target sheet & vocab very well.

3 - The essay questions are BONUS.  So focus on the test questions, then attack the essay questions.  They will earn you back one percentage point per correct answer.

1. Describe the pattern of triangular trade that developed in the 1500s.
2. Describe the impact of the slave trade on Benin.
3. Describe the impact of the Spanish settlers on the native population of the Americas.
4. Explain the theory of mercantilism as it applies to Europe in the seventeenth century.

I will have an extra tutoring day on Monday next week.  On that day I will allow you to retake the Chapter 9 and 10 test, quiz and homework (because I am not going to be there on Thursday).  We will also have tutoring on Tuesday after school for the final tutoring session of the semester before finals (you can retake Chapter 7, 11, 13 quiz, test, and homework then).  

Although I am home sick, I am going to try to get some more of the essays from the project graded tomorrow.  My hope is that they will all be done and into the gradebook by the weekend.  Very latests - Monday morning.  You will get the rubric and essays back on Monday, but I have not been able to write much on them because writing is very painful right now.

See you on Friday.

DD

In Flight Magazine Story - On Mr. Duez's Video Project

Armando Reveron interviewed Mr. Duez about his video project last month.  It was posted today on the In Flight Magazine Website:
http://mrswehrman.com/in-flight/digital_stories/duez-history.wmv

We will be doing the Video Project during the 5th six week's period next semester.  I am looking forward to seeing what students come up with this year!
Rubrics for the Video Project from last year:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/21660376/Rubric-Video-Project-Video

Check out other great stories on INFLIGHT MAGAZINE:  http://inflightmag.org

Agenda: Friday, Dec. 10, 2010

Quote of the Day:  "Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten." - B.F. Skinner

TEST ON CHAPTER 7, 11, and 13 TODAY

Possible Essay Questions... :)
1. Describe the pattern of triangular trade that developed in the 1500s.
2. Describe the impact of the slave trade on Benin.
3. Describe the impact of the Spanish settlers on the native population of the Americas.
4. Explain the theory of mercantilism as it applies to Europe in the seventeenth century.

Start Preparing for the FINAL Exam

We will review on Monday and Tuesday.

Agenda: Wed. & Thu. Dec. 8 and 9, 2010

Quote of the Day:  "Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise." - Christopher Columbus

Learning Targets:

·         The explorations of the fifteenth century led to expanded European power and a sharp increase in trade. Colonization, a dramatic growth in the slave trade, and the spread of Christianity were among the consequences of European expansion.
·         The European conquest was primarily a biological one. Explorers and colonists brought a wide range of deadly communicable diseases directly from crowded European cities.
·         Slavery, which had been practiced in Africa since ancient times, saw a dramatic rise in the sixteenth century. Many of the slaves were sent to Brazil and the Caribbean to work on sugarcane plantations.
·         Understand the motivating factors behind why European explorers would risk so much to journey to new lands.
·         Determine and explain the difference between the two separate routes and philosophies of the Portuguese and Spanish explorers.
*   Explain the impact of the Treaty of Tordesillas on the development of the “New World.”

Agenda:
1.  Quiz for Chapter 7, 11, 13
2.  Chapter 13 - European Explorers, Middle Passage & Slave Trade, Mercantilism & Triangular Trade
3.  Review for Test on Friday

TEST ON FRIDAY!
Possible Essay Questions... :)

        1. Describe the pattern of triangular trade that developed in the 1500s.
   2. Describe the impact of the slave trade on Benin.
3. Describe the impact of the Spanish settlers on the native population of the Americas.
4. Explain the theory of mercantilism as it applies to Europe in the seventeenth century.

Pearl Harbor Day - Dec. 7th, 1941

Today is Pearl Harbor Day.

December 7th, 1941

FDR Speech

"December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan."

MSNBC:  Pearl Harbor Memories Still Vivid for Some

Below:  Cover of the NYTimes on Dec. 7th, 1941:

Washington Post:  Commemorating the anniversary of Pearl Harbor

Agenda: Tuesday, Dec. 7th, 2010

Quote of the Day: "December 7th, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy — the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
We will discuss Pearl Harbor and WWII during May next semester

Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7th, 1941

Learning Targets:
* How do the empires of the MesoAmericas compare with empires we have discussed earlier in the semester (Roman, Persian, Egyptian)
* How do Spanish Conquistadors and European Explorers forever change life in the Americas.  

Agenda:
1.  Collect homework for Chapters 7, 11, & 13
2.  Notes - Finish "The Americas" - Watch Engineering an Empire first 10 minutes for Aztecs and Mayans

Next time we'll cover chapter 13 - European Explorers, Slave Trade, and Triangular Trade.

Wed/Thu is the quiz.
Friday is the TEST.

Notes - Chapter 13 - The Explorers

2010 Chapter 13 European Explorers

Castle

David Duez
- sent from my Droid. Excuse the brevity.

Castle.... sweet, sweet Castle.

David Duez
- sent from my Droid. Excuse the brevity.

Agenda: Monday, December 6, 2010

Quote of the Day:  "The purpose of life is to discover your gift.  The meaning of life is to give your gift away."  - David Viscott

Dec. 5th, 2009 - "Snow Day"

Learning Targets:
* Inuit, Hopewell, Iroquois, Plains and Anasazi - Major North American groups
* Aztecs, Maya, and Incas - Major MesoAmerican groups
What made each distinctive and impactful?
* How did the arrival of Conquistadors from Europe forever change North America - steel, guns, germs,
Agenda:
1.  Castle Reflection - Students will write a reflection of the castle project.  This is an opportunity to write about how the project went, what they liked/disliked, discuss challenges working with other group members and discuss their role in the project.  (10 minutes)
2.  Notes on Chapter 11 - "The Americas"  We'll discuss two different groups of Native Americans -
North American Tribes/Nations: Iroquois, Inuit, Hopewell, Plains, Anasazi
&
MesoAmerican Empires: Aztecs, Maya, and Incas

Homework is due on Tuesday
Quiz is Wed/Thu
TEST IS FRIDAY

Chapter 11 Notes - The Americans

23067931 Chapter 11 Early Americans

Castle Project Info

http://mrduez.blogspot.com/2010/11/castle-project-information.html