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American History Honors Exam

2010-12-11T04:58:00.000-08:00

The following topics are covered in the American History Honors Exam. (percentage of the exam for each topic is in parentheses).

On the Road to War / Civil War (16%)
Reconstruction (11%)
The West (5%)
Industrialization/Gilded Age (13%)
Imperialism (13%)
WW I (18%)
1920s (23%)

Study Guide

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American History Honors Study Guide

First Semester 2010-11

The following topics will be covered on the semester exam:

Civil War: Causes, Course, and Consequences

Reconstuction

Gilded Age

The Opening of the West

Industrialization

Imperialism

Progressivism

WW I

1920s

The Great Depression

What Am I Reading?

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What Am I Reading?

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Laughter

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The most wasted of days is one without laughter. e.e. cummings

To Kill a Mockingbird

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July 11, 2010: The 50th anniversary of the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Decisions

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Each person is a result of all the decisions made in his/her life to this point.

Green Berets

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The Green Berets were the subject of a movie by John Wayne and a song by Staff Sgt. Barry Sandler

Elephant's trunk

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An elephant's trunk has over 100,00 muscle units.

Marianna Days assignment

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Due Monday, October 5

One paragraph on each station we visited. You must use complete sentences with correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

If you did not attend, 5 paragraphs on the Battle of Marianna. This must be documented. You must use complete sentences with correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

experiment

2009-09-08T20:16:00.001-07:00

AP students: post your thesis assigned on Wednesday, September 9 here by midnight on the 9th.

America at War

2009-09-07T05:26:00.000-07:00

There are 12 major wars that the United States has been involved in. Can you name them?

In class on Tuesday

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History: We started on the Revolutionary War. Virginian George Washington was just named commander of the Continental Army at the suggestion of John Adams. Make sure to study each night to provide overload on the night before the next test.

Latin: Second declension
us i
i orum
o is
um os
o is

(you will have to supply your own long marks)

Tuesday in Class

2009-08-31T17:15:00.000-07:00

History: We will go over where you should have found the answers for the test.

Latin: If you did not turn in your derivative word wall word, it is due at the beginning of class.

Tests on Monday

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Honors History: Test on the Road to Revolution

Latin: Translation and Anaylysis

Start your engines

2009-08-23T04:56:00.000-07:00

Welcome to another school year. This year we are racing to excellence. Start your engines!

APUSH meeting

2009-05-10T04:24:00.000-07:00

May 13, 2009 There will be a meeting for the Advanced Placement U.S. History students during TAP.

Today in Class (February 3, 2009)

2009-02-03T14:34:00.000-08:00

American History Honors: A lot of people absent today. Missed a quiz on WW II. We discussed the air war against Germany, the difference between tactical and strategic targets, and the death of Joseph Kennedy, Jr.

WW II video

2009-02-02T15:35:00.000-08:00

American History Honors: To review the videos which were shown on picture day, go to my Web page. There are 2 buttons on the history page which will open up the videos.

Today in Class (January 27, 2009)

2009-01-26T23:49:00.000-08:00

American History Honors: We start WW II leading up to a major test. On Wednesday, videos about WW II - there will be questions on the test from the video. Remember your essay "Is war a necessary evil?"

Latin I: Test on Overhead 9 vocabulary and translation. On Wednesday, workbooks. Watch your bases for third declension.

Bonus for History

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American History Honors: FDR Test on Monday, January 26. For a bonus, leave a comment on this blog by 7:55 a.m. on the 26th.

Speeches

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American History Honors: Speeches on Tuesday, January 20. Here is a link to the speeches available in case you have lost your copy of them.

http://mhs.jcsb.org/summersj/history/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20Great%20American%20Speeches.pdf

Looking Ahead

2009-01-11T15:35:00.000-08:00

American History Honors: This picture of Eleanor Roosevelt or the one below of Franklin will be on your test on Tuesday.

Today in Class (January 7, 2009)

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Latin I: Get ready for the first grade of the second semester - a test on second declension. Remember for all neuter words 1) nominative and accusative are always the same; 2) nominative plural ends in a.

American History Honors: A quiz on January 8 - on FDR's First Hundred Days.

Semester Exams

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Any student who puts the historical fact of the day for either the day of his/her exam or the day before will have 2 wrong answers eliminated from the total number of wrong questions. Put the answer directly under your name.

Semester Exam Songs

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Follow the links to information about songs which will be on your semester exam.

Spanish-American War

WW I

1920s

Today in Class (December 12, 2008)

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I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating . Sophocles

Today in Class (November 6, 2008)

2008-11-06T14:22:00.000-08:00

Latin I: 3rd- test on Chapter 5 (vocabulary and translation); 5th - review.

Homework (3rd) Overhead Exercises VI A3; B5.

American History Honors: Philanthropy in the Gilded Age; Horatio Alger stories; Jeff Mathis.

Today in Class (November 5, 2008)

2008-11-05T14:04:00.000-08:00

Latin I: 3rd period - finished Lesson V in class - test on vocabulary and translation tomorrow.

5th period - had the test, Homework tomorrow Overhead Exercises VI A3, B5.

American History Honors: Railroads in American history.

Today in Class (October 31, 2008)

2008-10-31T23:39:00.000-07:00

Latin I: of, 's, s' - the genitive, start Lesson V.

American History Honors: Editorial cartoons handed in. 270 to win - who is going to win the presidential election? Electoral College in depth.

Today in Class (October 30, 2008)

2008-10-30T09:42:00.000-07:00

Latin I: Genitive, genitive, genitive.

American History Honors: Test. Start on the Gilded Age, Captains of Industry, Robber Barons, Industrial Revolution.

Today in Class (October 29, 2008)

2008-10-29T14:25:00.000-07:00

Latin I: Tomorrow we move on to Chapter 5 - the genitive case.

American History Honors: Quiz today, test tomorrow - 2000 election.

Today in Class (October 28, 2008)

2008-10-28T13:37:00.000-07:00

Latin I: More reinforcement of Unit I; abus ending for dative and ablative.

American History Honors: Election of 2000; Quiz tomorrow.

Today in Class (October27, 2008)

2008-10-27T14:35:00.000-07:00

Latin I: We are at review chapters in both the textbook and the overhead information. Students need to concentrate on the correct endings for each grammatical usage.

American History Honors: The election of 2000 - Florida's embarrassment. Test on Friday. Editorial cartoon due on Friday.

Today in Class (October 17, 2008)

2008-10-17T14:48:00.000-07:00

Latin I: Finished overhead story 4. Vocabulary and content test. Bring both book and Overhead Exercise sheet to class on Wednesday and Thursday.

American History Honors: Editorial cartooning. Your editorial cartoon (on one sheet of computer paper) is due October 31. It needs to deal with some aspect of the 2008 election.

Today in Class (October 16, 2008)

2008-10-16T15:48:00.000-07:00

The start of the second nine-weeks grading period.

Latin I: We worked in class on the overhead story 4. The use of the genitive in a sentence was introduced. Tomorrow: Check up Overhead Vocabulary 4.

American History Honors: Test on impeachment. Tomorrow: PowerPoint presentation on editorial cartoons.

Today in Class (October 14, 2008)

2008-10-14T20:16:00.000-07:00

Latin I: Drill on Overhead Exercises; HOMEWORK: Overhead Exercises 4: 1A - 3, 5, 6

American History Honors: Review tomorrow for TEST on Thursday - Impeachment of Johnson and Clinton, Reconstruction.

Today in Class (October 10, 2008)

2008-10-10T07:50:00.000-07:00

Latin I: A check up on first and second declensions. Finished story 4. Reviewed use of endings.

American History Honors: Whitewater, Travelgate, Filegate.

Today in Class (October 9, 2008)

2008-10-09T14:34:00.000-07:00

Latin I: There was some difficulty understanding the homework assignment so we worked on how to determine what ending a noun or adjective takes; also, Second Declension test. Tomorrow: 1st and 2nd declension test.

American History Honors: The disaster of Bill Clinton's first year.

Tomorrow the undefeated Bulldogs take on undefeated Pensacola Catholic.

Today in Class (October 7, 2008)

2008-10-08T11:09:00.000-07:00

Latin I: Story 4; Homework Page 29 Exercise 33b 2, 4 Exercise c 1)

American History Honors: Bill Clinton, the Comeback Kid.

Today in Class (October 7, 2008)

2008-10-07T14:25:00.000-07:00

Latin I: Review of declining; worked on Story IV. Homework - Page 29 Exercise 33a 2, 6, 8 (4 instead of 2 for period 5).

American History Honors: Quiz; Reconstruction; Grant's presidency; the Tweed Ring and Thomas Nast. Long term assignments - editorial cartoon; Is War a Necessary Evil?

PICTURE: Thomas Nast's rendition of Santa Claus.

Today in Class (October 6, 2008)

2008-10-06T14:18:00.000-07:00

Back again after Homecoming Week.

Picture of the Appian Way.

Latin I: Review of declining first and second conjugation. Started translating Lesson IV about Roman roads. Word Wall words due on TUESDAY.

American History Honors: A quick highlight of Reconstruction and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson.

Today in Class (October 1, 2008)

2008-10-01T09:50:00.000-07:00

Latin I: Vocabulary quiz Overhead chapter 3. Introduction to Second Declension.

American History Honors: The Causes and Effects of the American Civil War. Test tomorrow for first period, on Friday for 6th and 7th. 6th and 7th participated in Activity Day today.

For Dress-up Days for Homecoming week, today was Crazy Hair Day.

Today in Class (September 30, 2008)

2008-09-30T09:50:00.000-07:00

Latin I: Finished the arena story. Vocabulary check up tomorrow.

American History Honors: Abraham Lincoln was killed in class today.

Today in Class (September 29, 2008)

2008-09-29T07:32:00.000-07:00

Latin I: We worked on Overhead exercises 3A and B and started the Overhead story the Arena.

American History Honors: The War between the States notes.

Today in Class (September 26, 2008)

2008-09-26T18:15:00.000-07:00

Latin I: Overhead exercises dealing with translating from Latin to English and English to Latin.

American History Honors: The start of the formation of semester exam study guides.

Today in Class (September 25, 2008)

2008-09-25T11:42:00.000-07:00

Latin I: Roman numeral test, new vocabulary words, practice translating.

American History Honors: Test on Expansion and Separation. Tomorrow, start construction of semester test study guide.

Today in Class (September 24, 2008)

2008-09-24T17:44:00.000-07:00

Latin I: A busy day: Check up on vocabulary 3 and present tense, first conjugation. Roman numeral homework and Word Wall words were due. Test on Roman numerals tomorrow.

American History Honors: We reviewed for the major test scheduled for tomorrow.

Today in Class (September 23, 2008)

2008-09-23T07:08:00.000-07:00

Latin I: We reviewed the present tense in preparation for our second test on present tense tomorrow. The only acceptable grade is 100% to indicate mastery of the subject. Due tomorrow: Word Wall words and Roman numerals for the Arabic numerals 1-100.

American History Honor: We finished the discussion on expansion and separation - covering the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and the election of 1860. Tomorrow in class we will review prior to a major test on Thursday.

Today in Class (September 22, 2008)

2008-09-22T07:21:00.000-07:00

Latin I: Drill of Present tense verbs. Exercise 26A Page 24. Homework Page 24 Exercise 26A 4, 6, 8

American History Honors: Underground Railroad, Bleeding Kansas, Formation of the Republican Party. MAJOR TEST ON THURSDAY

Today in Class (September 19, 2008)

2008-09-19T13:28:00.000-07:00

Latin I: We had a graded exercise of answering Latin questions in Latin. We also reviewed the present tense. New word wall words were assigned. Student are also to write Roman numerals from I to C.

American History Honors: We reviewed the expansion portion of Manifest Destiny; we also discussed Eli Whitney's contribution to developing different Northern and Southern cultures.

Today in Class (September 18, 2008)

2008-09-18T14:01:00.000-07:00

Latin I: Homework collected. Check up on conjugating a first conjugation verb. Finished Poeta story - check up on story tomorrow.

American History Honors: Finished notes on Expansion. Quiz handed in for a grade.

Today in Class (September 17, 2008)

2008-09-17T13:27:00.000-07:00

Latin I: Quiz over Second board vocabulary; Homework checked; Started on Poeta story; for tomorrow Homework Exercise 2C 2, 4, 6; Check up on conjugating long a verbs

American History Honors: We listened to Johnny Horton's Battle of New Orleans, took a quiz; lecture on Monroe Doctrine; Texas independence; Tippecanoe and Tyler, too; Polk Presidency

Today in Class (September 16, 2008)

2008-09-16T07:09:00.000-07:00

Latin I: Check on translation of Story 2. Review of present tense. Homework Board Exercises B 2, 4, 6, 8.

American History Honors: Loiusiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark, War of 1812, Purchase of Florida.

Today in Class (September 15, 2008)

2008-09-15T14:30:00.001-07:00

Latin I: Finished Story 2 in class - check up on translation tomorrow. Reviewed present tense. Copied Exercise B for homework and practice.

American History Honors: Constitution test.

Today in Class (September 12, 2008)

2008-09-12T09:04:00.001-07:00

Latin I: Word wall words were due; we went over the first paragraph of Story 2. We also learned about infinitives.

American History Honors: The Revolution of 1800. TEST ON MONDAY!!!! STUDY

Today in Class (September 11, 2008)

2008-09-11T13:55:00.000-07:00

Latin I: Finished Touring Italy video. Translated individually Story 2 in the textbook.

American History Honors: Watched 1776.

Today in Class (September 10, 2008)

2008-09-11T01:23:00.000-07:00

Latin I: Touring Italy: Video and worksheet

American History Honors: 1776 continued.

Today in Class (September 9, 2008)

2008-09-09T21:28:00.000-07:00

Latin I: The video Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was watched. There is a worksheet that accompanies this video. Word Wall words are due on Friday.

American History Honors: The classes watched the video 1776.

In Class Today (September 8, 2008)

2008-09-08T09:15:00.000-07:00

Latin I: New vocabulary was given. Word Wall words are due on Friday. Verb endings o, s, t for singular; mus, tis, nt for plural were introduced.

American History Honors: Test next Monday. Hamilton's Program, the rise of political parties, and Washington's term in office were lecture topics.

Today in Class (September5, 2008)

2008-09-05T13:03:00.001-07:00

Latin I: In class today, we went over the homework assignment and then did the odd problems in Section B. We also took a vocabulary test on Chapter 2.

American History Honors: The Preamble to the Constitution was recited.

Today in Class (September 4, 2008)

2008-09-04T13:16:00.000-07:00

Latin I: We went over the homework assignment Page 19 Section 18A 2,4 and 3 Roman numerals (tomorrow's assignment Page 19, Section 18A 6,8,10). Reviewed analysis. Went over Word Wall words.

American History Honors: Quiz over branches of government. Ratification of the Constitution and the First Cabinet. Current presidential succession. Preamble to the Constitution due tomorrow.

September 5, 2008

2008-09-03T18:45:00.000-07:00

Marianna vs. Blountstown

Today in History (September 4, 1972)

2008-09-03T13:04:00.000-07:00

September 4, 1972: Mark Spitz, an Indiana University swimmer, wins his 7th gold medal - a record broken in 2008 by Michael Phelps.

Today in Class (September 3, 2008)

2008-09-03T07:05:00.000-07:00

Latin I: Today we discovered that the accusative case is used for a direct object. There is a homework assignment on page 19 section 18 a 2,4 plus 3 Roman numerals. Word wall sheets are due tomorrow.

American History Honors: Today we started class with a 7 question quiz on the Articles of Confederation and the Constitutional Convention. We explored an interactive electoral map concerning the 2008 presidential election. We discussed the Checks and Balances system incorporated into the Constitution.

September 3, 1783

2008-09-02T14:31:00.000-07:00

The Treaty of Paris 1783 which ended the American Revolutionary War was signed on September 3, 1783.

Today in Class (September 2, 2008)

2008-09-02T09:20:00.000-07:00

Latin I: We learned that the nominative case is used for the subject and the predicate nominative of a sentence. The predicate nominative is used when the verb of the sentence is a linking verb (est and sunt in Latin). Word Wall words are due on Thursday.

American History Honors: We covered the government of the United States under the Articles of Confederation and the Great Compromise during the Constitutional Convention.

Labor Day

2008-09-01T10:53:00.000-07:00

Celebrated the first Monday of September, Congress first made Labor Day a federal holiday in 1894.

Checkerboard

2008-09-01T10:47:00.000-07:00

The Land Ordinance of 1785 is responsible for the checkerboard pattern of the Midwest. It provided for the division of land into squares (townships 6 miles by 6 miles) broken into smaller and smaller squares.

Today in Class (August 29, 2008)

2008-08-29T09:20:00.000-07:00

Latin I: We are reviewing English grammar - at this stage nouns used as subjects, predicate nominatives, and direct objects so that Latin case usage will be more understandable.

American History Honors: We took a Pretest of 134 questions today.

On August 29, 2005

2008-08-28T13:14:00.001-07:00

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, killing more than 1,800.

In Class Today (August 28, 2008)

2008-08-28T13:09:00.000-07:00

Latin I: We finished the translation of the first overhead story. We also drilled First Declension. There is a check up on First Declension tomorrow.

American History Honors: Test on the American Revolution. Students also got a packet of speeches. Section I, The Preamble to the Constitution, must be memorized by Friday, September 5.

45 years ago today

2008-08-28T03:47:00.001-07:00

On August 28, 1963, 200,000 Americans joined together for a March on Washington to support civil rights. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. On Easter Sunday, 1939, Marian Anderson gave a concert from the same steps.

History is not just 45 years ago

2008-08-27T19:13:00.000-07:00

This day will be in the history books of the future. The Democratic Party made history by nominating the first African-American, Senator Barack Obama, as its candidate for the presidency of the United States of America.

In Class Today (August 27, 2008)

2008-08-27T13:35:00.000-07:00

Latin I: In class today, we had a vocabulary test on the first set of overhead words. English derivatives for poeta and provincia were covered. 3rd period has a homework assignment of Chapter 1, Part B, even. Students should be mastering First Declension endings in preparation for their test on Friday. Tomorrow we will start studying grammatical usages of nouns.

American History Honors: Class lectures on The America Revolution were finished. We discussed a Who's Who of the Revolution including Nathan Hale, Benedict Arnold, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and the Marquis de Lafayette. There is a test tomorrow.

19th Amendment

2008-08-26T21:28:00.000-07:00

On this 88th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment which guaranteed women the right to vote, let us remember one of the "Founding Mothers," Abigail Adams, who wrote to her husband John when independence was being debated:

...remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation

In Class Today (Tuesday, August 26)

2008-08-26T16:16:00.000-07:00

In Latin I today, we reviewed declining first declension nouns. We went over the homework assignment of Chapter 1, Exercise A. 5th period has a homework assignment Chapter 1, Exercise b, even problems. On Wednesday, there is a vocabulary quiz.

In American History Honors, the lecture consisted of Who's Who in the American Revolution. There was a quiz with 10 questions. The test for the American Revolution has been changed to Thursday, August 28. Students were also encouraged to take challenging classes.

Makeup day is tomorrow afternoon.

The First Emperor

2008-08-26T15:57:00.001-07:00

This man is considered the first Roman emperor. Can you name him? What month is named after him?

A New World

2008-08-26T13:35:00.000-07:00

This blog combines the ancient world of Latin and the Romans and the modern world of 21st century technology.

Can you decline this noun?

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