Saturday, December 23, 2017

Merry & Happy!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, & Happy 2018.

Enjoy your break.

Come back refreshed with all work due, done.

See you Jan. 2nd!

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

DUE: Friday, 12/22, Signed Thinkwave Report, TEST GRADE

A printout was given out in class today.  If you were absent, I may still have yours in 1823, please come before 1st period to 1823/1825 to check. 

If you do not have one, was not in class, lost it, etc., you must print the 2nd Quarter at hoe write your 1st & last name on top with your class period, and have your parent sign the printout.  That is the only alternate acceptable for credit.

Easy test grade of 100 or 0 
100: You turned it in by the START of class on Friday, 12/22, when I walk by the rows to collect as I step into the room after the start bell has rung.
0: You did not do the above.  This includes you being late to class, passing it up late, etc. There will be NO EXCEPTIONS to this.

Sunday, December 10, 2017

DUE: 1/9, Ch 14 Sec 3 Notes

HAND COPY all notes into your binder.  You will have a quiz USING THESE NOTES at the start of class on the due date.  If you are late, you cannot make it up.  If you are illegally absent or cut, you cannot make it up.  If you are legally absent, you have until Wednesday, 1/10 to come before school to show me your notes.  Follow the make-up procedure given out in class.  If you fail to make up the work by the deadline, you will earn a 0.

Copy & paste the link for the notes.  Remember, you can print them at school if you don't have internet access at home, but you CANNOT BRING PRINTED WORK TO CLASS.

Copy & paste link for notes:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2017/01/us-history-ch-14-sec-3-notes.html

DUE: 1/8, Ch 14 Sec 1 & 2 Notes

HAND COPY all notes into your binder.  You will have a quiz USING THESE NOTES at the start of class on the due date.  If you are late, you cannot make it up.  If you are illegally absent or cut, you cannot make it up.  If you are legally absent, you have until Wednesday, 1/10 to come before school to show me your notes.  Follow the make-up procedure given out in class.  If you fail to make up the work by the deadline, you will earn a 0.

Copy & paste the link for the notes.  Remember, you can print them at school if you don't have internet access at home, but you CANNOT BRING PRINTED WORK TO CLASS.

Copy & paste link for notes:
Sec 1:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2017/01/us-history-ch-14-sec-1-notes.html

Sec 2:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2017/01/us-history-ch-14-sec-2-notes.html

QUIZ TODAY: 1/10. Chap 11 Vocab

Vocabulary Quiz on these on Wednesday, 1/10.  Your words will be due at that time.  You may write them out as a list on paper OR you may write each on a flash card (use a flashcard for the required homework heading.)   Required homework heading must be used.  Use your knowledge, notes, online textbook, handouts, or the Internet to find the definitions.

Homework Heading (required on all work submitted):

Your Name                                                   US History
Class Period                                                Assignment
(in this case, your assignment is Ch 11 Vocab)

If you are making flashcards they MUST be rubber-banded together BEFORE submitting AND BEFORE the bell rings (there are rubber bands behind my desk - ask me!), and you top card must be a heading card (see above.)  You will get extra credit for making flash cards.

Copy & paste the link below for the Vocab List:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2014/12/us-history-chapter-11-vocabulary.html

Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Jan 12th. 

REMEMBER!!!  All words from all previous chapters are also fair game on this quiz!

QUIZ TODAY: Tuesday, 12/19, Ch 10 Vocab

Vocabulary Quiz on these on Tuesday, 12/19.  Your words will be due at that time.  You may write them out as a list on paper OR you may write each on a flash card (use a flashcard for the required homework heading.)   Required homework heading must be used.  Use your knowledge, notes, online textbook, handouts, or the Internet to find the definitions.

Homework Heading (required on all work submitted):

Your Name                                                   US History
Class Period                                                Assignment
(in this case, your assignment is Ch 10 Vocab)

If you are making flashcards they MUST be rubber-banded together BEFORE submitting AND BEFORE the bell rings (there are rubber bands behind my desk - ask me!), and you top card must be a heading card (see above.)  You will get extra credit for making flash cards.

Copy & paste the link below for the Vocab List:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2014/11/us-history-chapter-10-vocabulary.html


Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Dec. 21st.

REMEMBER!!!  All words from all previous chapters are also fair game on this quiz!

TEST TODAY: Friday, 12/22, Chapter 10 Exam

Your Chapter 10 Exam will be on Friday, 12/22.  The Quizlet Review has been open since Dec. 10th.  If you have been in class, paid attention, done your homework, and study you should do very well on the test.  STUDY THE REVIEW IN QUIZLET - it was made using the material on your exam.  Remember to review Ch 1-9 as well, since it will also be on your exam.

Make up dates are Jan. 2 & 3, 6:50 - 7:15 am.  It is a full period exam, make up session ends at 7:30 am so be as early as possible for maximum time.  Failure to make-up the exam will result in a zero for that test.  Cuts & illegal absences cannot be made up, and anyone late to class will not receive extra time on the exam.

Please Note:  If Administration decides to use this date for another practice drill & it affects any of the periods I teach US History, your exam will be moved to Wednesday, 12/19 (2 days EARLIER, with a final make up date of 12/22.)  This will be announced in class & changed here if that occurs.  If this post does not change &/or you are not told in class, your exam remains as originally stated.

DUE: Tuesday, 1/2 Chapters 12 & 13 Notes

HAND COPY all notes into your binder.  You will have a quiz USING THESE NOTES at the start of class on the due date.  If you are late, you cannot make it up.  If you are illegally absent or cut, you cannot make it up.  If you are legally absent, you have until Wednesday, 1/3 to come before school to show me your notes.  Follow the make-up procedure given out in class.  If you fail to make up the work by the deadline, you will earn a 0.

This work is being posted 24 days in advance of the due date.  There is NO EXCUSE to not have it fully competed/  You have 2 weeks to get it done before break.

Copy & paste the link for the notes.  Remember, you can print them at school if you don't have internet access at home, but you CANNOT BRING PRINTED WORK TO CLASS.

Copy & paste link for notes:
Sec 1:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2016/12/us-history-ch-12-sec-1-notes.html

Sec 2:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2016/12/us-history-chapter-12-section-2-notes.html

Sec 3:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2017/01/us-history-ch-12-sec-3-notes.html

Chapter 13:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2017/01/us-history-ch-13.html

DUE: Monday, 12/18 Chap 11 Sec 5 Notes

HAND COPY all notes into your binder.  You will have a quiz USING THESE NOTES at the start of class on the due date.  If you are late, you cannot make it up.  If you are illegally absent or cut, you cannot make it up.  If you are legally absent, you have until Wednesday, 12/20 to come before school to show me your notes.  Follow the make-up procedure given out in class.  If you fail to make up the work by the deadline, you will earn a 0.

Copy & paste the link for the notes.  Remember, you can print them at school if you don't have internet access at home, but you CANNOT BRING PRINTED WORK TO CLASS.

Copy & paste link for notes:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2014/12/us-history-chapter-11-section-5-notes.html

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Please read this article.

http://longisland.news12.com/story/37018302/students-hid-in-classrooms-during-shooting-that-left-3-dead

And this is why when we tell you to practice a drill, your cells phones need to be SILENT, YOU need to be SILENT, you must move to here you have been told IMMEDIATELY, and you must follow ALL directions given by the teacher in the classroom you're in.  Any attention you bring - laughing, talking, sneezing, coughing, a cell phone buzzing or ringing...can all be the difference between living to go home that day or leaving in a body bag. 

Yes, it's really that serious. 

2 more kids who got up & went to school this morning are not going home.  Don't ever let it be you, and don't ever perform an action that causes someone else to never go home again.


Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Chapter 10 Videos

Chapter 10 Videos

Mexican War & Wilmot Proviso


America – The Story of Us: Fugitive Slave Law


Uncle Tom’s Cabin


The Kansas-Nebraska Act
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWww0YIf-JE

The Caning of Charles Sumner


Dred Scott


The Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858)

This is THE image for Manifest Destiny...

Image result for manifest destiny

Online Pow Wow Looking for Your Submissions

Interested in sports, community events, photography, poetry, & other school activities? If so, Ms. Buonaspina, Mr. Chamberlain, & Mr. Roderick would love you to participate:

Now that the online version of the paper is up and running, please encourage your students to check out the content and find ways to contribute themselves! We have an empty portfolio section just waiting for creative writers to fill it. We are also seeking sports writers and student athletes who can share photos and information about their games. We are further continually looking for photographers, artists, graphic designers, film students, and writers. We hope this new chapter will open many doors for our students and continue to shed light on the great things we do in Brentwood.

To access the site, you can visit this link: bhspowwownews.bufsd.org. You can also access the site by going to the district web page, scrolling to the bottom, and clicking on the graphic that says "Pow Wow News" almost directly in the center of all the other tabs. 

With gratitude,
Pow Wow Advisory Board