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January 28, 2005
Homework for January 28th
1. If you didn't finish the "causes of the fall of the Romanovs assignment" today in class, you need to finish that for Monday.
2. Your first test is Wednesday, February 2nd. Please start studying for this test.
3. Continue working on your VIP presentations.
4. Your first set of current events is due one week from today.
Have a nice weekend!!
Posted by kmurr at 8:32 PM
January 27, 2005
Homework for January 27th
1. Read the packet that I handed to you today. Be familiar with the last 100 years of the tsars' rule of Russia. We will be doing an assignment with this material tomorrow in class.
2. Study for your cities quiz. It is tomorrow!!
3. Your first set of current events is due one week from tomorrow. Get started on this now!!!
4. Start preparing for next week's test. It will be on Wednesday.
Posted by kmurr at 12:32 PM
January 26, 2005
Homework for January 26th
1. Read the two articles that discuss whether or not a woman will be elected president of the United States within your lifetimes.
2. Read the textbook excerpt about Catherine the Great.
3. Study for your cities geography quiz, which is on Friday.
4. Your first set of current events is due one week from Friday.
5. Continue working on your VIP projects.
6. Start thinking about next week's test.
Posted by kmurr at 9:53 AM
January 25, 2005
Homework for November 25th
1. Your Russian countries quiz is tomorrow (Wednesday). Don't forget to study.
2. Finish your Peter the Great document analysis assignment.
3. Don't forget that your first set of current events is due one week from Friday.
Posted by kmurr at 9:47 AM
January 24, 2005
Homework for November 24th
1. Study for the countries quiz on Wednesday.
2. If you didn't read the article linked to Lesson 4 over the weekend, read it tonight.
3. Keep checking those VIP due dates.
4. Your first set of current events is due one week from Friday (February 4th).
Posted by kmurr at 9:45 AM
January 21, 2005
Homework for January 21
1. Your physical geography quiz is on Monday. Don't forget to study.
2. Read the article linked to the bottom of Lesson Four. Think about what this article says about Russia's future as a democracy.
3. Read the textbook excerpt that I handed to you on Friday. Don't worry. This reading is short and pretty straightforward.
3. Some of you will be presenting your VIPs as early as next Wednesday. Please check the schedule linked to Lesson One. Just clink on the link labeled VIP Parts.
Have a nice weekend!!
Posted by kmurr at 8:12 AM
January 19, 2005
Homework for January 19th
1. If you haven't presented your chronology event yet, you will present tomorrow.
2. Keep studying for those geography quizzes. Remember, they will begin on Monday with the physical geography quiz.
3. Some of you will be presenting as early as next Wednesday for your VIP project. Please check the VIP Parts page that is linked to Lesson One. It has a column giving the due date for each presenter.
Have a nice evening!!
Posted by kmurr at 8:27 PM
January 18, 2005
Welcome Back!! Homework for January 18th
1. Start studying for your geography quizzes. They begin on Monday with the Physical Geography Quiz.
2. Begin thinking about your VIP project. Some of you will be presenting as early as next week.
3. Your chronology assignment is due tomorrow. Wikipedia online encyclopedia might be a really helpful source of information.
Posted by kmurr at 9:24 AM
January 10, 2005
Homework for January 10th
Since I didn't get a chance to meet with all of you today, I thought I would send you a couple of email reminders about your presentation for TOMORROW.
1. If you are not from the United States, Israel or Palestine, you are presenting alone. Your presentation should be 3-4 minutes long. The main purpose of your presentation is to explain your goals/objectives and to justify your objectives (telling me why your objectives are good and should be accepted by others). You can use the information in your position paper to carry out these two tasks. You shouldn't, however, just read your position paper.
2. If you are from the United States, Israel or Palestine, you are presenting in your respective group. This means that Colin Powell and Bush will present together, the Israelis will present together, and the Palestinians will present together. These 3 groups will each have 8-10 minutes to present. Within each group, there are some things about which all of the group members agree. There are some things about which some of the group members disagree. You need to figure out the areas of disagreement and agreement. Tomorrow, during your group's presentation, you should explain what you agree on and what you disagree on. I will give you a little time at the beginning of class to check in with each other in order to do this, if you haven't done this already. You can also contact each other tonight and might want to do this if you haven't done it. Basically, you are doing what the individuals do (See number one.), but with the Israelis or the Palestinians or the Americans, depending on who you are.
3. I will provide an overhead map of Israel, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the Golan Heights. You will need to be able to explain who should get what on this map. This is the geographical solution part of the presentation.
4. Do not get too stressed about these presentations. I know that I wasn't in class to explain all of this. If I need to, I will ask leading questions tomorrow to make sure that you include the critical information.
5. If you have any questions, feel free to call or email.
Long Term Homework
Your final papers are due on Friday. Your final test (25 question mutiple-choice test) is also on Friday.
Posted by kmurr at 3:01 PM
January 6, 2005
Homework for January 6th
1. Think about our discussion from today. Specifically, consider the following questions:
-How can we fight a War on Terrorism if we don't know what terrorism is?
-Are there things that are absolutely wrong? Are there things that are absolutely right?
-What is the definition of terrorism?
-Is there such a thing as justifiable terrorism?
-Can governments commit acts of terrorism?
You don't have to write anything about these questions. Just think about these things.
2. Continue working on your Middle East Peace Conference project. Your position paper is due on Monday.
Posted by kmurr at 2:29 PM
January 3, 2005
Homework for January 3rd
1. Your essay revisions are due tomorrow.
2. Continue working on your Middle East Peace Project Assignments.
Posted by kmurr at 9:46 AM