Friday, February 28, 2020
No Extra Help or Make-Ups Monday or Tuesday
I will be unavailable before school Monday & Tuesday, 3/2 & 3/3, next week. I will be available at the usual time again on Wecnesday, 3/5.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
SEQ TEST (Oral & Written) Tuesday, 3/3: Read post for details
You will have documents to analyze & I will call on you for answers in addition to collecting your written work.
Details:
- The written & oral portions will each count as 50% your test grade.
- Each of you will be called on at least once.
- "I don't know" will be a 0 for the oral section, which counts as 50% of the grade.
My suggestion? Study. Start now.
Make a free account at www.shmoop.com & start searching social studies, US History, study guides, find your topic), or do a google search for the historical context of these topics. Another site, khanacademy.org, is also a great site for a brief review or overview of topics & is also free to join.
You will need to know facts about & understand the historical context of the following topics:
- Did the 13th Amendment really end slavery? Defend
- What Thomas Nast is best known for
- How Reconstruction affected African Americans - details needed
- Compromise of 1877 - what it was, how it changed life for African Americans & how it led to Jim Crow - details needed
- Reconstruction Amendments - which ones, what did they do
- Rise, Goals, & Methods of the KKK - examples & details needed
- 14th Amendment - definition
- Jim Crow Laws/Era - definition, details, & examples needed
- 15th Amendment - definition
- Ways African Americans were prevented from voting (poll tax, literacy test, grandfather clause) - details & examples on 3 main ways
- Republican Party (anti-slavery) vs. Democratic Party (pro-slavery) - what they wanted
- Disenfranchise - definition
- Paper, blue or black pen, & a working highlighter are all part of the test grade as well
Remember, historical context means what caused something to happen or
what led to something happening.
Although you need details & examples for some questions,
Although you need details & examples for some questions,
simply describing the topic
is not historical context.
If you do that as your answer orally or in writing, it will be a 0 on that portion of your exam.
The Regents gives no second chances!!
The Regents gives no second chances!!
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Monday, February 24, 2020
CL Test: Ch 15 Online Exams Closes 3/4
Your Chapter 15 old-style content question test is now open in Castle Learning. It will close at 2 pm on Wednesday, 3/4. Your Chapter 15 packet is due no later than the start of your class period on Wednesday, 3/4. These packets will not be accepted late since you had 8 days to turn it in after we finished the chapter. The Quizlet Review has been open since 2/24. 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! Remember, all previous chapters are fair game to show up on your exam so be sure to review those topics in Quizlet, too!
As this exam is online, there are no make-ups. If you fail to start or compete the exam by the deadline, at which time the exam will lock, you will get the score reported by CL.
As this exam is online, there are no make-ups. If you fail to start or compete the exam by the deadline, at which time the exam will lock, you will get the score reported by CL.
Friday, February 21, 2020
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Valentine's Day
*Allegedly,* these are relics (bones) of St. Valentine. I saw this myself my last trip to Rome. Before we get in a tizzy over who did & who did not get a life-size teddy bear or 400 roses, let's learn a little bit about where tomorrow came from shall we?
The ancient Romans may also be responsible for the name of our modern day of love. Emperor Claudius II executed two men — both named Valentine — on Feb. 14 of different years in the 3rd century A.D. Valentine’s Day, in fact, originated as a liturgical feast to celebrate the decapitation of two third-century Christian martyrs.
The Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred. One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death. Still others insist that it was Saint Valentine of Terni, a bishop, who was the true namesake of the holiday. He, too, was beheaded by Claudius II outside Rome.
The ancient feast held during this time is not one I fell is necessary or even appropriate to post here, but let's just say it involved singe women being peer pressured into being matched with men by pulling names out of a jar. Sound romantic to you?
Tomorrow is a commercial holiday brought to you by Hallmark & every chocolate & flower company out there, solely for their own profit. Do you really need 12 commercials to tell you that you should tell the important people in your life how you feel about them? And that you must do it on 2/14 or you are clearly a terrible person? The answer should be a very loud NO.
Tomorrow is about capitalism. Don't let it bother you one bit if you don't get something that shows other people someone loves you. LOTS of people love you. They show you every single day. Love does not require money or gifts. Ever.
See you tomorrow. I hope you studied.
The ancient Romans may also be responsible for the name of our modern day of love. Emperor Claudius II executed two men — both named Valentine — on Feb. 14 of different years in the 3rd century A.D. Valentine’s Day, in fact, originated as a liturgical feast to celebrate the decapitation of two third-century Christian martyrs.
The Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred. One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death. Still others insist that it was Saint Valentine of Terni, a bishop, who was the true namesake of the holiday. He, too, was beheaded by Claudius II outside Rome.
The ancient feast held during this time is not one I fell is necessary or even appropriate to post here, but let's just say it involved singe women being peer pressured into being matched with men by pulling names out of a jar. Sound romantic to you?
Tomorrow is a commercial holiday brought to you by Hallmark & every chocolate & flower company out there, solely for their own profit. Do you really need 12 commercials to tell you that you should tell the important people in your life how you feel about them? And that you must do it on 2/14 or you are clearly a terrible person? The answer should be a very loud NO.
Tomorrow is about capitalism. Don't let it bother you one bit if you don't get something that shows other people someone loves you. LOTS of people love you. They show you every single day. Love does not require money or gifts. Ever.
See you tomorrow. I hope you studied.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
4 pm: watch some news & get off your phone!
The Impeachment vote *allegedly* starts at 4 pm. You should watch it. It's historic.
Absent today? Read this...
If you missed class today, you missed an SEQ. If you were legally absent, you can make it up tomorrow, 2/6, between 6:45 & 7:15 am. If you do not show up, you will have a 0 for this work.
If you cut or were not legally absent you cannot make up this assignment.
You will need 15-20 minutes to complete, and I leave the room at 7:20. Make your arrangements to show up accordingly.
If you cut or were not legally absent you cannot make up this assignment.
You will need 15-20 minutes to complete, and I leave the room at 7:20. Make your arrangements to show up accordingly.
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
QUIZ 2/13: Ch 14 Vocab & Words Due
Vocabulary Quiz on these is Thursday, 2/13. 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 14 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 your top card must be a heading card (see above.) You will get extra credit for making flash cards.
Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Friday, 2/14.
Homework Heading (required on all work submitted):
Your Name US History
Class Period Assignment
(in this case, your assignment is Ch 14 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 your top card must be a heading card (see above.) You will get extra credit for making flash cards.
Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Friday, 2/14.
Copy & paste the link below for the Vocab list:
Remember - all previous vocab words are fair game & will also show up on this quiz!
QUIZ 2/12: Ch 13 Vocab & Words Due
Vocabulary Quiz on these is Wednesday, 2/12. 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 13 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 your top card must be a heading card (see above.) You will get extra credit for making flash cards.
Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Thursday, 2/13.
Homework Heading (required on all work submitted):
Your Name US History
Class Period Assignment
(in this case, your assignment is Ch 13 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 your top card must be a heading card (see above.) You will get extra credit for making flash cards.
Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Thursday, 2/13.
Copy & paste the link below for the Vocab list:
Remember - all previous vocab words are fair game & will also show up on this quiz!
Chapter 13 Vocabulary
1. Great Plains
2. Homestead Act
3. Exodusters
4. Sitting Bull
5. George Armstrong Custer
6. Assimilation
7. Dawes Act
8. Battle of Wounded Knee
9. Barbed Wire
10. Homesteaders
11. Morrill Land Grant Acts
12. Bonanza Farms
13. The Grange
14. Populism
15. Bimetalism
16. William McKinley
17. William Jennings Bryan
18. “Cross of Gold” speech
QUIZ 2/11: Ch 12 Vocab & Words Due
Vocabulary Quiz on these is Tuesday, 2/11. 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 12 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 your top card must be a heading card (see above.) You will get extra credit for making flash cards.
Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Wednesday, 2/12.
Homework Heading (required on all work submitted):
Your Name US History
Class Period Assignment
(in this case, your assignment is Ch 12 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 your top card must be a heading card (see above.) You will get extra credit for making flash cards.
Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Wednesday, 2/12.
Copy & paste the link below for the Vocab list:
Chapter 12 Vocabulary
1. Andrew Johnson
2. Reconstruction
3. Radical Republicans
4. Thaddeus Stevens
5. Freedman’s Bureau
6. Black Codes
7. 14th Amendment
8. 15th Amendment
9. Scalawag
10. Carpetbagger
11. Sharecropping
12. Tenant Farming
13. Ku Klux Klan
14. Panic of 1873
15. Redemption
16. Rutherford B. Hayes
Remember - all previous vocab words are fair game & will also show up on this quiz!Ch 12 Video Packet Update
Cross out completely (on both ages) the Andrew Johnson questions (1-18.) Failure to do this will lead to a loss of credit.
Monday, February 3, 2020
DUE: 2/26: 18/3 & 4
IGNORE THE DATES WHEN YOU
COPY & PASTE THE LINK.
YOU ARE ONLY USING THE LINK FOR THE NOTES!!
THE DATES YOU MUST FOLLOW ARE ON
THIS PAGE!!!
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, 2/26 to come to 1823 before 7:15 am 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.
Click (or 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.
Label the notes as indicated in the link:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2015/02/us-history-ch-18-secs-3-4-notes.html
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2015/02/us-history-ch-18-secs-3-4-notes.html
DUE 2/24: 17/3,4,5 & 18/1,2
IGNORE THE DATES WHEN YOU
COPY & PASTE THE LINK.
YOU ARE ONLY USING THE LINK FOR THE NOTES!!
THE DATES YOU MUST FOLLOW ARE ON
THIS PAGE!!!
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, 2/26 to come to 1823 before 7:15 am 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.
Click (or 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.
Label the notes as indicated in the link:
17/3 & 4:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2015/02/us-history-ch-17-section-3-4-notes.html
17/5:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2015/02/us-history-ch-17-sec-5-notes.html
18/1 & 2:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2015/02/us-history-ch-18-secs-1-2-notes.html
17/3 & 4:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2015/02/us-history-ch-17-section-3-4-notes.html
17/5:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2015/02/us-history-ch-17-sec-5-notes.html
18/1 & 2:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2015/02/us-history-ch-18-secs-1-2-notes.html
DUE 2/10: Ch 17/1 & 2 Notes
IGNORE THE DATES WHEN YOU
COPY & PASTE THE LINK.
YOU ARE ONLY USING THE LINK FOR THE NOTES!!
THE DATES YOU MUST FOLLOW ARE ON
THIS PAGE!!!
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, 2/12 to come to 1823 before 7:15 am 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.
Click (or 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.
Label the notes as indicated in the link:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2015/02/us-history-ch-17-sec-1-2-notes.html
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2015/02/us-history-ch-17-sec-1-2-notes.html
TEST 2/14: Chapters 12, 13, & 14 Stimulus Exam
Your Chapters 12-14 Stimulus-Based Question Exam will be on Friday, 2/14. This exam will be stimulus-based, which means it will only have the new style Regents questions that use documents but rely on content knowledge. The Quizlet Review has been open since 2/3. 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 will help you with the content you need to answer stimulus-based questions. Remember, all previous chapters are fair game to show up on your exam so be sure to review those topics in Quizlet, too!
Your Chapters 12, 13, & 14 Video packets are due at the start of class on this day as well.
Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Tuesday, 2/25. 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. Make-up period ends at 7:15 AM. To have the same amount of time for the test as was offered in lass, you must arrive to 1823 by 6:45 AM. You can arrive after that time, but your time ends at 7:15 AM.
Your Chapters 12, 13, & 14 Video packets are due at the start of class on this day as well.
Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Tuesday, 2/25. 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. Make-up period ends at 7:15 AM. To have the same amount of time for the test as was offered in lass, you must arrive to 1823 by 6:45 AM. You can arrive after that time, but your time ends at 7:15 AM.
If you can't come before school to make up the exam don't be absent for it!
Castle Learning Starts 2/24
Starting Monday, Feb. 24th, all of your Content Exams will be done through Castle Learning. There will be a deadline to finish at which time you will be locked out of the exam. Failure to do or complete the exams will lead to a failing course grade. As the exams are online & open for several days, there will be no make-ups for them.
As on the Regents Exam, only your "first answer" counts. There will be no half credit for second tries, etc.
Stimulus Exams, brief quizzes, & vocab will continue to be done in class.
Let me repeat...if you fail to do &/or complete any Castle Learning Exams by the set deadline, you will not have a second chance and will receive the score calculated by CL as your grade. If you fail as a result of this, you have only yourself to blame.
As on the Regents Exam, only your "first answer" counts. There will be no half credit for second tries, etc.
Stimulus Exams, brief quizzes, & vocab will continue to be done in class.
Let me repeat...if you fail to do &/or complete any Castle Learning Exams by the set deadline, you will not have a second chance and will receive the score calculated by CL as your grade. If you fail as a result of this, you have only yourself to blame.
Sunday, February 2, 2020
SEQ Sets Coming Soon...Start Prepping Now...
Fair Warning:
You will have at least SEQ Sets (with the "essay") coming up in the next 2 weeks that involve the Seneca Falls Convention, Abolition movement of the early 1800s, Secession of South Carolina in 1860, & President Lincoln's view on secession.
Start learning your historical contexts now (remember, that means hat led up to &/or caused these things to happen. A description of these items is an absolute zero since it does not answer the context question you re being asked.)
You will have at least SEQ Sets (with the "essay") coming up in the next 2 weeks that involve the Seneca Falls Convention, Abolition movement of the early 1800s, Secession of South Carolina in 1860, & President Lincoln's view on secession.
Start learning your historical contexts now (remember, that means hat led up to &/or caused these things to happen. A description of these items is an absolute zero since it does not answer the context question you re being asked.)
QUIZ 2/7: Chapter 11 (not as long as a test, but the same questions)
Your Chapter 11 old-style content question QUIZ will be on Friday, 2/7. The Quizlet Review has been open since 1/6. 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! Remember, all previous chapters are fair game to show up on your exam so be sure to review those topics in Quizlet, too!
Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Tuesday, 2/11. 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. Make-up period ends at 7:15 AM. To have the same amount of time for the test as was offered in lass, you must arrive to 1823 by 6:45 AM. You can arrive after that time, but your time ends at 7:15 AM.
There is no Stimulus Exam for this chapter, so your Chapter 11 Video Packet is due this day as well.
Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Tuesday, 2/11. 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. Make-up period ends at 7:15 AM. To have the same amount of time for the test as was offered in lass, you must arrive to 1823 by 6:45 AM. You can arrive after that time, but your time ends at 7:15 AM.
There is no Stimulus Exam for this chapter, so your Chapter 11 Video Packet is due this day as well.
THIS IS NOT A FULL PERIOD EXAM.
BRING YOUR USUAL ITEMS TO CLASS.
If you can't come before school to make up the exam don't be absent for it!
QUIZ 2/6: Ch 11 Vocab & Words Due
Vocabulary Quiz on these is Thursday, 2/6. 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 your top card must be a heading card (see above.) You will get extra credit for making flash cards.
Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Monday, 2/10.
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 your top card must be a heading card (see above.) You will get extra credit for making flash cards.
Make up for legal absences is before school (per my make-up policy), last day to make up is Monday, 2/10.
Copy & paste the link below for the Vocab list:
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2014/12/us-history-chapter-11-vocabulary.html
Remember - all previous vocab words are fair game & will also show up on this quiz!
http://mrsramo.blogspot.com/2014/12/us-history-chapter-11-vocabulary.html
Remember - all previous vocab words are fair game & will also show up on this quiz!
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