Mr. Duez's 3 Classroom Rules:
1. Be Prompt
2. Be Prepared
3. Be Polite
Go Eagles!
DFTBA.
Where is Mr. Duez?
Mr. Duez's 3 Classroom Rules:
1. Be Prompt
2. Be Prepared
3. Be Polite
Go Eagles!
DFTBA.
Summer So Far
Since Christmas I have been saving up some Best Buy gift cards and finally loaded them up on a purchase. I bought a new laptop this summer and decided on the inexpensive, sleek and small Chromebook. It's not for everyone. But, I am sure I will enjoy using this in the living room while watching tv to browse the net.
Here is my review on my personal site:
http://fordee.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-new-chromebook.html
Hope summer is treating all of you well. I am busy with going to physical therapy three days a week to work on improving my strength and balance. Also I've read a number of books this summer:
The Trilogy - "The Hunger Games"
Tuesday's With Morrie
and I am about to read the first book of "A Song of Fire and Ice" - A Game of Thrones.
Hope everyone has had a happy and safe summer so far.
Here is my review on my personal site:
http://fordee.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-new-chromebook.html
Hope summer is treating all of you well. I am busy with going to physical therapy three days a week to work on improving my strength and balance. Also I've read a number of books this summer:
The Trilogy - "The Hunger Games"
Tuesday's With Morrie
and I am about to read the first book of "A Song of Fire and Ice" - A Game of Thrones.
Hope everyone has had a happy and safe summer so far.
Email to my students: Thank You All ~ Have a Great Summer = DFTBA!
I just finished reading all of the class survey reflections that you wrote. I must say that I was quite choked up and shedding some tears at the end. I will write up some of the things you guys wrote on my website this summer, anonymous of course. A few of the responses to "words of warning for next year's students" and "book, song or movie title" and "what you'll remember 10 years from now" were priceless!
Thank you all for a wonderful year. It was the hardest year of teaching that I have ever had. But, it was the most fulfilling. Each of you has grown up, matured, and learned so much this year. Having the chance to work with each of you on a daily basis and watching you improve helped me in ways I can't explain. It is that daily inspiration that I am going to miss this summer. The first couple of weeks of summer are going to be hard for me. You may not realize how much I care about each of you and how important you are to me. But, please know that I am always there for you in the future. If there is ever ANYTHING I can do for you... do not hesitate to ask. Please come back and visit me next year. I can't tell you how much that will mean to me.
Have a wonderful summer. For those of you who are traveling to really incredible places, please drop me an email, Facebook message or text message and let me know. I love seeing those cool pictures of fun times during the summer. I won't be doing as much traveling this summer as I would like (other than being taken to neat places by some incredible books - currently reading "Hunger Games"). So seeing each of you having adventures would be great.
Best of luck in your junior year. I truly believe that each and every one of you can succeed in APUSH or Dual Credit if you put the work into it. I believe in you. But, I know those of you who will take level US History will have an amazing experience as well. We have great teachers in History at AHS and I am lucky to be a part of such a wonderful group. You will see what I mean. I have been bragging about you guys all year and that won't stop in the fall. You will make me proud. And I can't wait to hear from those of you who end up with Mrs. Duez your senior year for Economics. She is the very BEST teacher in this school (and I admit it, better looking than me!).
Please keep in touch and "Don't Forget To Be Awesome!" Because each and every one of you are AWESOME.
DD
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Mr. David Duez
Atascocita High - World History & AVID
“Don't Forget To Be Awesome." - DFTBA
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3rd Period World History
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Tutoring Wednesday at 2:45pm - 3:30pm after school
Thanks to "popular demand" I have decided to have tutoring after school on Wednesday. If you would like to retake the last test, this is your opportunity.
Wednesday at 2:45pm - 3:30pm after school
Wednesday at 2:45pm - 3:30pm after school
APUSH and Dual Credit Meetings
Meeting update from Mr. Scalia:
[From Mr. Mark Scalia]
Good morning, folks.
Yesterday's initial meeting for APUSH went off well; we had a nice turnout. Please do Matt and I a favor and announce again today thye following:
1. Matt will be meeting with the APUSH kids once again in the Blue LGI at 3:00
2. I will be meeting with the Dual Credit kids in Red II, Room 1207, also at 3:00.
3. I will be meeting with the remaining APUSH kids in the Blue LGI tomorrow at 3:00.
The world did not end... & Mr. Duez got a T-Shirt
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "DFTBA - Don't Forget To Be Awesome!"
Well on May 21st, 2011 the world did not come to an end. Darn, I thought for sure my birthday had something to do with it all. :(
Anyway, I did get a pretty awesome T-shirt for my birthday. (How to be a Nerd Fighter) Hope everyone had a great weekend. We'll take our final test on Monday. We'll review and see our year end video on Tuesday. We take our books back and review on Wed/Thu and then... it's finals time! Pretty simple.
Targets for the final exam
APUSH and Dual Credit Meetings this week
Well on May 21st, 2011 the world did not come to an end. Darn, I thought for sure my birthday had something to do with it all. :(
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| Nerd Fighter's Unite! |
Targets for the final exam
APUSH and Dual Credit Meetings this week
Agenda: Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Quote of the Day: “Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.”
- Henri L. Bergson
Learning Targets - We will review for the final exam.
Agenda:
1. Final Exam review.
2. Video from our end of the year celebration.
Next time we will return books and also review for the final exam.
- Henri L. Bergson
Learning Targets - We will review for the final exam.
Agenda:
1. Final Exam review.
2. Video from our end of the year celebration.
Next time we will return books and also review for the final exam.
Agenda: Monday, May 23, 2011
Quote of the Day: "Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace." - Charles Sumner
TEST! Chapter 26 and 27 - World War II
After the test, students will pick up the Targets for the Final Exam.
TEST! Chapter 26 and 27 - World War II
After the test, students will pick up the Targets for the Final Exam.
Meetings for APUSH and Dual Credit for Next School Year
A note from Mr. Scalia & Mr. Webb about
APUSH - Advanced Placement United States History
Students who are taking APUSH for next year, remember about the three after-school meetings next week. In addition to that, you can go to this link on the class website:
www.scaliasworld.com. Click on the APUSH 2011-2012 link (its in the top left-hand corner) for info about the summer reading etc. Mr. Webb and Mr. Scalia will be giving the same assignment.
Meetings for APUSH:
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday from 3:00 until roughly 4:00 in the Blue LGI.
Discuss the class, expectations, and the summer reading assignment, as well as entertain questions. These are AP kids only, NOT Dual Credit.
Mr. Scalia is going to meet with the Dual Credit kids Tuesday afternoon.
If you have further questions, Mr. Scalia be teaching in Red II 1207 2nd and 4th, and in the IC office 1707 the rest of the time. Please drop by and see him if you have questions.
Mr. Scalia
Agenda: Friday, May 19, 2011
"I found it more difficult to go back each time we squared away our gear to move forward into the zone of terror… And it wasn’t just dread of death or pain, because most men felt somehow they wouldn’t be killed… Each time we went up, I felt the sickening dread of fear itself and the revulsion at the ghastly scenes of pain and suffering among comrades that a survivor must witness. The increasing dread of going back into action obsessed me. It became the subject of the most tortuous and persistent of all the ghastly war nightmares that have haunted me for many, many years. The dream is always the same, going back up to the lines during the bloody month of May on Okinawa."
SOURCE: Eugene Sledge: Memoir excerpts selections from "With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa ."
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| Eugene Sledge and Actor Joe Mazzello (who played Sledge) from HBO's The Pacific |
CH. 26: The German and Japanese occupations of neighboring countries led to a brutal war that took millions of lives. Both countries were defeated, but not before the Nazis had killed millions of people in pursuit of Aryan domination of Europe.
• The war caused 20 million civilian deaths.
• The United States, which did not fight the war on its own territory, sent its forces to fight and produced much of the military equipment for the Allies.
• After the war, ideological conflict between the West and the Soviet Union resulted in the Cold War.
Agenda:
1. Hand in the Document Based-Question Essay from Chapter 24/26. Mr. Duez will be working on these to finish in hopes that by Wed/Thu the grades should be in and finalized.
2. Discuss the War in the Pacific. We'll see clips from "The Pacific" an HBO series that captured the essence of the war against the Japanese.
3. If time we'll review for the test on Monday.
TEST MONDAY! Last test of the year. Make it good!
Agenda: Wed/Thu May 18/19, 2011
Quote of the Day: "Dec. 7, 1941, a day that shall live in infamy!" - Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Learning Targets for WWII:
CH. 24: The peace settlements at the end of World War I combined with severe economic problems to produce widespread discontent across Europe. Democratic rule in many states gave way to fascism, authoritarianism, and the totalitarianism of Stalin and Hitler.
• In the east, harsh weather and a resolute Soviet Union defeated an invading German army.
• The Japanese conquered the Pacific but miscalculated when they attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor.
• By the end of 1943, the tide had turned against Germany, Italy, and Japan. After the D-Day invasion of Normandy, the Allies liberated Paris and defeated Germany.
Agenda:
1. We will take a few moments to do some I Am Poetry readings. And a couple of minutes to discuss DBQ that is due on Friday.
I will be using the standard school grading policy for the DBQ. 100-75-60-15-0 So get it in on time.
2. Finish Notes on the War in Europe, Part II. We'll discuss Stalingrad and see a small portion from the movie "Enemy at the Gates." Then D-Day and a small portion from "Saving Private Ryan." We'll discuss the end of the war in Europe.
3. We will introduce and discuss the war in the Pacific. On Friday we'll see the making of the HBO Series "The Pacific." And we will finish Chapters 24 and 26. Watch videos about The Pacific here.
The DBQ is due on Friday.
The TEST is Monday.
I will be here after school on Thursday for tutoring, if there are any questions.
Learning Targets for WWII:
CH. 24: The peace settlements at the end of World War I combined with severe economic problems to produce widespread discontent across Europe. Democratic rule in many states gave way to fascism, authoritarianism, and the totalitarianism of Stalin and Hitler.
CH. 26: The German and Japanese occupations of neighboring countries led to a brutal war that took millions of lives. Both countries were defeated, but not before the Nazis had killed millions of people in pursuit of Aryan domination of Europe.
• In the east, harsh weather and a resolute Soviet Union defeated an invading German army.
• The Japanese conquered the Pacific but miscalculated when they attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor.
• By the end of 1943, the tide had turned against Germany, Italy, and Japan. After the D-Day invasion of Normandy, the Allies liberated Paris and defeated Germany.
1. We will take a few moments to do some I Am Poetry readings. And a couple of minutes to discuss DBQ that is due on Friday.
I will be using the standard school grading policy for the DBQ. 100-75-60-15-0 So get it in on time.
2. Finish Notes on the War in Europe, Part II. We'll discuss Stalingrad and see a small portion from the movie "Enemy at the Gates." Then D-Day and a small portion from "Saving Private Ryan." We'll discuss the end of the war in Europe.
3. We will introduce and discuss the war in the Pacific. On Friday we'll see the making of the HBO Series "The Pacific." And we will finish Chapters 24 and 26. Watch videos about The Pacific here.
The DBQ is due on Friday.
The TEST is Monday.
I will be here after school on Thursday for tutoring, if there are any questions.
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