As promised, here's the official announcement (and my final post for this website as I am closing it down)

Charlie will have a little sister in November!!

Thank you for being such a wonderful class to teach this year.  I wish you all the best on your final exams and in your Senior Year!

As soon as I have your exams graded, I will post the grades in PowerSchool.

Have a great summer vacation!

REMINDER - End of Year Survey (please complete) - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JQZHK9V

It has been an absolute pleasure to work with you this year.  Here's the agenda and reminders for our final week:

• Our main focus: review skills and major themes of the second semester for the final exam
• Class picture this week
• Brief review of recommendation letter procedures
• End of Year survey will be available later in the week
• Return Americans CD if you have not already done so (list posted on the classroom door)
  

We will wrap-up our Post-Vietnam to Present unit this week and then have several "skill" activities drawing on the history we have learned this year.  Here's a modified schedule:

• MONDAY: F mod - Finish Presidents DVD segment; A mod - Finish discussion
• TUESDAY: A mod (only) - Finish Presidents DVD segment and conduct Current Events Activity
• WEDNESDAY: Unit Test (all classes); F mod - conduct Current Events Activity
• THURSDAY: Historiography of United States History (overview and examples)
• FRIDAY (F) / MONDAY (A): American Memory and the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War
  

After we complete this unit on the 1960s & Vietnam, we will begin our final unit on Post-Vietnam to Present.  The new schedule is below and corresponding documents will be posted to the documents page.

Upcoming Schedule and Assignments:

• Monday 5/9 - Oral History Paper due by 7:50 AM (Turnitin.com)
• Monday 5/9 (A mod) / Tuesday 5/10 (F mod) - TH Test and Answer Form due
• Wednesday 5/18 - Post-Vietnam to Present Unit Test (last unit test of the year)
  

I hope that you have enjoyed your Easter Break!  When we return this week, we will finish the last 15-20 minutes of Thirteen Days and then conduct an overview discussion of the Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam War.  You will also receive your take-home test and your homework assignment for our next class session in the lab.  If you wish to start the homework assignment early, it is already posted to the documents page.  Please follow the unit schedule (linked here) closely.

Finally, don't forget that only one week remains until your Oral History paper is due online.  Since this assignment was given almost two months ago, there will be no exceptions on or changes to the due date/time.

Upcoming Schedule and Assignments:

• Click here for the 1960s/Vietnam Unit Schedule
  
• Tue 5/3 (A) / Wed 5/4 (F) - Meet in Lab 504 for Civil Rights Activity (HW due - assigned previous day)
• Wed 5/4 (A) / Thu 5/5 (F) - Meet in Lab 504 for Vietnam Activity
  
• Thu 5/5 (A) / Fri 5/6 (F) - Civil Rights Quiz and presentation of topics from activity
  
• Mon 5/9 - Oral History Papers due no later than 7:50 AM
• Mon 5/9 (A) / Tue 5/10 (F) - Take-Home Test and Answer Form due

This week, we will finish viewing Thirteen Days.  Please remember that the film analysis form is on the documents page and should be submitted to me by Wednesday.

Upcoming Schedule and Assignments:

• Click here for the 1960s/Vietnam Unit Schedule
  
• Wed 4/20 - Film Analysis Report due (click here for form - complete on this form and turn in to me)
• Tue 5/3 (A) / Wed 5/4 (F) - Meet in Lab 504 for Civil Rights Activity (HW due - assigned previous day)
• Wed 5/4 (A) / Thu 5/5 (F) - Meet in Lab 504 for Vietnam Activity
  
• Thu 5/5 (A) / Fri 5/6 (F) - Civil Rights Quiz and presentation of topics from activity
  
• Mon 5/9 - Oral History Papers due no later than 7:50 AM
• Mon 5/9 (A) / Tue 5/10 (F) - Take-Home Test and Answer Form due
  

Our schedule this week due to modifications:
A mod - Monday - Work on the Google Docs study guide in the lab; Tuesday - Test and Doc Questions due; Wednesday - Govt Leaders and begin 1960s unit through Thursday
F mod - Tuesday - Presentations (all of them); Wednesday - Test and Doc Questions due; Thursday - Govt Leaders and begin 1960s unit through Friday

I will have our next unit schedule posted soon!

Upcoming Schedule and Assignments:

• Tue 4/12 (F) - Finish presentations
• Tue 4/12 (A) / Wed 4/13 (F) - Unit Test (26-27) and Document Questions due
  
• Wed 4/13 (A) / Thu 4/14 (F) - Government Leaders Quiz - study the list on the documents page; know the names with their positions!
  
• Click here for the 1960s/Vietnam Unit Schedule
  
• Wed 4/20 - Film Analysis Report due (click here for form - complete on this form and turn in to me)
• Tue 5/3 (A) / Wed 5/4 (F) - Meet in Lab 504 for Civil Rights Activity (HW due - assigned previous day)
• Wed 5/4 (A) / Thu 5/5 (F) - Meet in Lab 504 for Vietnam Activity
  
• Thu 5/5 (A) / Fri 5/6 (F) - Civil Rights Quiz and presentation of topics from activity
  
• Mon 5/9 - Oral History Papers due no later than 7:50 AM
• Mon 5/9 (A) / Tue 5/10 (F) - Take-Home Test and Answer Form due
  

For the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the History Channel is offering prizes for top-scoring students in this competition:
http://www.history.com/interactives/national-civil-war-student-challenge

The unit schedule linked below has changed due to the Junior Ring Mass during F mod on Thursday.  I also added the document questions to the unit schedule.