Welcome!!

Hello everyone!!  To access our online textbook, you will need the login that I gave you in class.  Then you will need to go to my.hrw.com.

Here are the upcoming due dates for this unit.

9/10- 1.3 and 1.4 homework p. 30 and 39
9/11- 2.1 p. 53
9/13- 2.2  p. 63
9/16- 2.3  p. 71
9/18- 2.4  p. 79
9/20- Chapter 1 and 2 quiz!!

You do not have to do separate notes.  Just do the "assessment" at the end of each section.  I have given you the page numbe of the assignment above.

Welcome!!

Hello parents and new students!!!!

If you are wondering what you will need to be successful in this class, in terms of supplies, here is a suggested list:

*Loose leaf paper
* a section in your binder for this class or a separate binder
*a planner or calendar
*colored pencils
*pens
*pencils
*notecards
*highlighters

Also, if you want to help our classroom out with supplies too, I have registered our class at Walmart.com:

 https://classrooms.walmart.com/lists/44563-Wish-list

Project Helpful Links

First, please remember that your completed paper is due May 14.

All of the documents that we have given you or that we created to help you are on the right in Downloadable Content.

Here are some other helpful links for you:

www.easybib.com  For help with creating your works cited page.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/2/  For help with parenthetical citation or just the format of the paper in general.

www.turnitin.com  To submit your paper.

Also, here is a link to a sample research paper.  https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2SfhJ-tB6PtajczVWN1RVFXeGM/edit?usp=sharing

Test Amnesty Day and Project

Reminder:  Test Amnesty day is May 7 at 10 am.  If you are missing any tests from this semester and you missed all the other make up days, this is your last chance.  It will be at 10 am during the period 7 testing block with Mr. Bussey in room 204.

Also, do not forget that you should be working on your project.

Parent Permission letter for the Project

Dear Parent,

 

 

We just finished learning about all of the different movements in the 1960’s and 1970’s.  Now our history teacher is asking us to think about an issue currently going on in America that we feel needs to change.  Please look over the topics below that I would like to research.  I will also be presenting on this topic and possibly taking action.

 

 

Topics:

 

 

1.

 

 

2.

 

 

 

3.

 

 

I give my student, ____________________________, permission to research and present on the above topics. 

 

Parent Name:                                                               Phone Number:

 

Signature:

Unit Exam Prompts

Here are the unit exam prompts so that you can start preparing. 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p5tqWAuoEFSLC9Hq1YNEWJ_aEnPSd0f0YQCHOlKro-4/edit?usp=sharing

On the day of the exam, you will get either #1 OR #2, #3 for sure, and #4 for sure.  I will chosoe which group you will talk about for number 4.

Other Civil Rights Powerpoints

Hey guys!  You can find the links to the powerpoints below.  Remember that the Disabled Rights and Gay Rights are not in your book.

Mexican American, Native American, Asian American and Gay Rights.  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1f_FsllTrpdjlz-dlVHeDrprFBynIsx12P955ids1pNU/edit?usp=sharing

Women  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1J1dW1YWlX7etZH7TElKskSXKyeQvvcIkb5TkUUf3fFk/edit?usp=sharing

Environmental and Consumer  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17Pk31ca4vCoI6iRUv6Y964RRuSyvuLjFVZ6wyHvP598/edit?usp=sharing

Disabled https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15vYnJn9ep_8Dha1t6c5EVb1afcl1MYAoYjAc-1cH6qo/edit?usp=sharing