Make-Up List & Journal Entries: Term 1

Periods 1, 4, & 7

1. Design your own tomb: draw &/or write about paintings, sculptures, &/or artifacts (1pg.)

2. Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry: Choose any of the following topics (1pg.):
   • An interview with either Youssou or Neneh
   • Feelings about Youssou's "mbalax" (style of music)
   • Opinion: Is it worthwhile to have international music readily available to U.S. citizen? Why?

   *All entries are worth 20 points per page
   *Journals will be due on Monday, Nov. 2nd & Tuesday, Nov. 3rd to receive full credit

Make-up Assignments

• Pretest (20 points): W2nd / Sept.11th

• Story about "Frozen Student" (20 points): Tu8th, W9th / Sept.18th

• Interpretation of Keith Haring picture & three personal pics (20 points): Tu8th, W9th / Sept.18th

• Section Review: Ch. 2, sec. 1 & 2 #1-5 for each (37 points): W16th, Th17th / Sept.23rd, 24th

• Presentation: Africa (100 points): W23rd, Th24th / Oct.2nd

• (7th Period Only) Section Review: Ch. 36, sec. 5 #1-4 (14 points): W23rd / Oct.2nd

• Map of Africa & Section Review: Ch.36, sec.4 #1-4 (50 points): W30th, Th1st / Oct.7th

• (4th & 7th Period Only) Guided Reading Papers: Ch.36, sec.3&4 (50 points): W30th, Th1st / Oct.7th

• Final Quiz on Africa (50 points): F2nd / Oct.7th

• Map of the Middle East (25 points): W7th / Oct.16th

• List of Muslim contributions to the World (50 points): W14th, Th15th / Oct.23rd

• (1st & 7th periods) Video "Quiz" (20 points): W14th / Oct.23rd

• (4th period only) Video "Quiz" and the following Section Reviews about Islam: (76 points): F16th / Oct.23rd
  • Ch.11, sec.1 #6
  • Ch.11, sec.2 #1-6
  • Ch.11, sec.3 #1-3

• (1st & 7th periods only): Call to Rise Up Against Oppression (5 points): W21st / Oct.30th

• (1st & 4th periods only) Internet Assignment: The Middle East (71 points): Mon.26th, Tu27th / Nov.4th & 5th

• (4th period only): Final: the Middle East (100 points): Tu27th / Nov.5th

• (1st & 7th periods only): Final: the Middle East (100 points): W28th / Nov.4th

• (4th period only): Map: South Asia (25 points): Th29th / Nov.5th

• (7th period only): Guided Reading Paper (10 points): F30th / Nov.4th

• (4th period only): Section Reviews (40 points): F30th / Nov.5th
  Ch.11, sec. 4: #1-4
  Ch.25, sec. 4: #1-5

Periods 2 & 8

1. Design your own tomb: draw &/or write about paintings, sculptures, &/or artifacts (1pg.)

2. Youssou N'Dour and Neneh Cherry: Choose any of the following topics (1pg.):
   • An interview with either Youssou or Neneh
   • Feelings about Youssou's "mbalax" (style of music)
   • Opinion: Is it worthwhile to have international music readily available to U.S. citizen? Why or why not?

   *All entries are worth 20 points per page
   *Journals will be due on Tuesday, Nov. 3rd to receive full credit

Make-up Assignments

• (8th Period Only) Pretest (20 points): Th3rd / Sept.11th

• Story about "Frozen Student" (20 points): Tu8th / Sept.18th

• Interpretation of Keith Haring picture & three personal pics (20 points): Tu8th / Sept.18th

• Section Review: Ch.2, sec.1 #1-6 (15 points): Th17th / Sept.24th

• Presentation: Africa (100 points): Th24th / Oct.2nd

• Section Review: Ch.31, sec.1 #1-5 (16 points): Th24th / Oct.2nd

• Map of Africa & Section Reviews: Ch.31, sec.3&4 #1-5 (45 points): Th1st / Oct.7th

• Final Quiz on Africa (50 points): F2nd / Oct.7th

• Map of the Middle East (25 points): W7th / Oct.16th

• List of Muslim contributions to the World (50 points): Th15th / Oct.23rd

• Video "Quiz" and the following Section Reviews about Islam: (42 points): F16th / Oct.23rd
  • Ch.7, sec.3 #1-4
  • Ch.7, sec.4 #1-4

• Internet Assignment: The Middle East (71 points): Tu27th / Nov.5th

• Final: the Middle East (100 points): Tu27th / Nov.5

• Map: South Asia (25 points): Th29th / Nov.5th

• Section Reviews (30 points): F30th / Nov. 5th
  Ch.10, sec 1: #1-5
  Ch.24, sec. 2: #1-5

Period 3

1. Perspective: A journal entry as if you were an explorer with the Lewis & Clark Expedition at any period of time during the journey (1pg.) (20 points)
   *Read "The Corps of Discovery" for information to use with this assignment.*

2. Perspective: A journal entry about the Cherokee Removal as if you were one of the following: (1pg.) (20 points)
   • Any prominent member of the Congress, President Jackson, or a member of the US Military
   • Any member of the Cherokee Nation
   *Read "The Trail of Tears: A Brief History" from the Official Cherokee Nation Site and "The Trail of Tears Timeline: 1838-1839 for information to use with this assignment.*

3. Opinion: Describe your feelings about any occurences involved with the following (1pg.)(20 points)
   • The Donner Party
   • Marcus and Narcissa Whitman and/or the Sager family
   • The Mormon Pioneers
   *Read the following transcripts for information to use with this assignment:
   • "The American Experience/The Donner Party"
   • "In the Midst of Savage Darkness",
   • "Westward I Go Free", and
   • "So We Die"
   • "The Barren Rock"

   *All entries are worth 20 points per page
   *Journals will be due on Monday, Nov. 2nd to receive full credit

Make-up Assignments

• Story about Native American spiritual beliefs (1pg) (20 points): W9th / Sept.18th

• Quiz: "The People" (24 points): F11th / Sept.18th
  *Read from "Introduction" to "In the Garden Before the Fall" for the background information about this quiz.*

• Lewis & Clark: An Internet Adventure : W16th / Sept.23rd

• The Battle of Tippecanoe, Tecumseh, & the Prophet (60 points): M28th / Oct.7th

• Quiz on Units 1-4 (40 points): W7th / Oct.16th
  *Read from any of the previous links, your notes, and the following:
  "Hats", "A short bio of Joe Meek", and "A short bio of Kit Carson" for background information about this quiz.*

• Sequoyah's Cherokee Alphabet-translation (50 points): M12th / Oct.23rd
  *You will need to get this assignment from Mr. Charon. However, you may read "The Trail of Tears" for the video information shown as an introduction to this assignment.*

• Quiz: The Cherokee Removal (40 points): F16th / Oct.23rd
  Read "The Trail of Tears: A Brief History" from the Official Cherokee Nation Site and "The Trail of Tears Timeline: 1838-1839 for information that will appear on this QUIZ *

• Jason Lee, Oregon Missionary (40 points): M26th / Nov.4th

• Texas the Alamo (42 points): W28th / Nov.4th
  *Read the following transcripts for information to use with this assignment:
  • "Tejas", and
  • "We Go to Conquer"

• Five for Texas (50 points): F30th / Nov.4th
  *Read the following transcripts for information to use with this assignment:
  • "Stephen F. Austin ",
  • "Juan Seguin",
  • "Sam Houston ",
  • "Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna ",
  • "James K. Polk"

• Mexican War Review (20 points): W4th / Nov.5th

  *The TEST on the "Westward Movement" and the "Annexation of the Mexican Territory" taken on Wednesday, November 4th will be counted as the first assignment for 2nd term!

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