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Assignment Directions for accessing the "Visions" textbook on-line

Assignment Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution (textbook)

1 September - 7 September

Assignment Homework: Notebook

8 September - 14 September

Assignment Monday (white day) class -- September 8

Assignment Tuesday (blue day) class September 9

Assignment in-class #1: textbook (terrorism)

Assignment Homework #1: Patriot Act

Assignment Wednesday (white day) class -- September 10

Assignment Thursday (blue day) class September 11

Assignment in-class #2 -- John Brown's Holy War (video study guide)

Assignment Friday (white day) class -- September 12

15 September - 21 September

Assignment Monday (blue day) class -- September 15

Assignment homework #2 (white day): John Brown and terrorism

Assignment Homework #2 (blue day) -- John Brown and terrorism

Assignment Tuesday (white day) class -- September 16

Assignment Tuesday (white day) honors class only -- September 16

Assignment in-class #3: John Brown (textbook)

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) junior history class only -- September 17

Assignment Thursday (white day) class -- September 18

Assignment Thursday (white day) honors class only -- September 18

Assignment Friday (blue day) junior history class only -- September 19

22 September - 28 September

Assignment Monday (white day) class -- September 22

Assignment Reaction essay: The Murder of Emmett Till (video)

Assignment Tuesday (blue day) junior history class only -- September 23

Assignment Wednesday (white day) college prep classes only (periods 2 and 3) -- September 24

Assignment Wednesday (white day) honors class only -- September 24

Assignment Thursday (blue day) junior history class only -- September 25

Assignment Friday (white day) college prep classes only (periods 2 and 3) -- September 26

Assignment Friday (white day) honors class only -- September 26

Assignment in-class study guide: Dred Scott case (do NOT turn in: use to complete homework journal #3)

29 September - 5 October

Assignment Monday (blue day) junior history class only -- September 29

Assignment homework #3: Dred Scott

Assignment Tuesday (white day) honors class only -- September 30

Assignment Tuesday (white day) college prep classes only (periods 2 and 3) -- September 30

Assignment in-class #4: 2008 Elections

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) October 1

Assignment in-class #5: Reconstruction

Assignment in-class #6: The Rise of Segregation

Assignment Thursday (white day) October 2

Assignment Friday (blue day) October 3

6 October - 12 October

Assignment homework #4: Plessy v. Ferguson

Assignment Monday (white day) October 6

Assignment Tuesday (blue day) class October 7

Assignment Wednesday (white day) October 8

Assignment Thursday (blue day) October 9

13 October - 19 October

Assignment Tuesday (white day) October 14

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) October 15

Assignment Plessy v. Ferguson: two different "readings" of the same language

Assignment in-class #7: Brown v. Board of Education

Assignment in-class #8: Civil Rights Amendments review and BROWN and PLESSY review

Assignment Thursday (white day) October 16

Assignment Friday (blue class) October 17

20 October - 26 October

Assignment Monday (white day) October 20

Assignment in-class #9: The Civil Rights Movement

Assignment Tuesday class (Blue day) -- Oct. 21

Assignment Wednesday (white day) October 22

Assignment in-class #10: Challenging Segregation

Assignment Thursday (blue day) October 23

Assignment Friday (white day) October 24

27 October - 2 November

Assignment Monday (blue day) October 27

Assignment Tuesday (white day) October 28

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) October 29

Assignment Thursday (white day) October 30 -- Exam day

Assignment Friday (blue day) October 31 Exam day

3 November - 9 November

Assignment Monday (white day) November 3

Assignment in-class #11: Iraq (textbook)

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) November 5

Assignment Thursday (white day) November 6

Assignment Friday (blue day) November 7 (RANKS CLOSE FOR THE 1ST QUARTER TODAY)

10 November - 16 November

Assignment Monday (white day) November 10

Assignment in-class #12: Becoming a World Power

Assignment Homework Journal #5: War on Terror

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) November 12

Assignment Thursday (white day) November 13

17 November - 23 November

Assignment Monday (white day) November 17

Assignment Tuesday (blue day) November 18

Assignment In-class #13: video "The Century: America's Time -- Seeds of Change"

Assignment Wednesday (white classes) November 19

Assignment in-class #14: New American Diplomacy

Assignment Thursday (blue day) November 20

Assignment Friday (white day) November 21

Assignment in-class #15: Propaganda in World War I

24 November - 30 November

Assignment Monday (blue day) November 24

Assignment Tuesday (white day) November 25

1 December - 7 December

Assignment Monday (blue day) Dec. 1

Assignment in-class #16: The United States Enters World War I

Assignment Reaction essay to ABC video "1914-1919: Shell Shock"

Assignment Tuesday (white day) Dec. 2

Assignment #17: World War I: A Bloody Conflict

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) Dec. 3

Assignment Thursday (white day) December 4

Assignment Friday (blue day) Dec. 5

8 December - 14 December

Assignment Monday (white day) Dec. 8

Assignment in-class #18: World War II

Assignment Tuesday (blue day) Dec. 9

Assignment Wednesday (white day) Dec. 10

Assignment Thursday (blue day) Dec. 11

15 December - 21 December

Assignment Monday (blue day) Dec. 15

Assignment Tuesday (white day) Dec. 16

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) Dec. 17

Assignment in-class #19: World War II Begins

Assignment Thursday (white day) Dec. 18

Assignment Friday (blue day) Dec,. 19

5 January - 11 January

Assignment Monday (white day) January 5

Assignment Tuesday (blue day) Jan. 6

Assignment Thursday (blue day) January 8

Assignment Friday (white-3) Jan. 9

12 January - 18 January

Assignment Monday (blue day) January 12

Assignment in-class activity: Axis strategy in Europe and in the Pacific

Assignment Tuesday white day) January 13

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) January 14

Assignment in-class #20: America Enters the War

Assignment Thursday (white day) January 15

Assignment in-class #21: The Early Battles

Assignment in-class #22: Pushing Back the Axis

Assignment Homework Journal #6: Confessions of a Hitler Youth reaction essay

Assignment Friday (blue day) January 16

19 January - 25 January

Assignment Tuesday (white day) January 20

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) January 21

Assignment Thursday (white class) January 22

Assignment Friday (blue day) January 23 (last day of ranking period)

26 January - 1 February

Assignment Monday (white day) class Jan. 26

Assignment Tuesday (blue day) January 27

Assignment Thursday (blue day) January 29

Assignment in-class #23: The Holocaust

Assignment Friday (white day) January 30

2 February - 8 February

Assignment Monday (blue day) February 2

Assignment Tuesday (white day) February 3

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) February 4

Assignment History Project

Assignment Thursday (white day) February 5

Assignment Friday (blue day) February 6

9 February - 15 February

Assignment Monday (white day) February 9

Assignment Journal #7: The Bomb

Assignment Journal #8: U.S. Strategy in the Pacific

Assignment Tuesday (blue day) February 10

Assignment Wednesday (white day) February11 -- periods 2 & 4

Assignment Thursday (blue day) Feb.12

Assignment in-class #24: The War Ends

Assignment Friday (white day) February 13 -- periods 2 & 3

23 February - 1 March

Assignment Tuesday (white day) February 24

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) February 25

Assignment Thursday (white day) February 26

2 March - 8 March

Assignment Tuesday (blue day) March 3

Assignment in-class #25: The Cold War

Assignment Wednesday (white day) March 4

Assignment Thursday (blue day) March 5

Assignment Friday (white day) March 6

Assignment in-class #26: The Early Cold War Years

9 March - 15 March

Assignment Monday (blue day) March 9

Assignment Tuesday (white day) March 10

Assignment N.Y. Times upfront: Cold War

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) March 11

Assignment in-class #27: Cold War & American Society

Assignment Thursday (white day) March 12

16 March - 22 March

Assignment Monday (blue day) March 16

Assignment Tuesday (white day) March 17

Assignment in-class #28: Eisenhower's Cold War Policies and JFK and the Cold War

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) March 18

Assignment Thursday (white day) March 19

Assignment Friday (blue day) March 20

23 March - 29 March

Assignment Monday (white day) March 23

Assignment Tuesday (blue day) March 24

Assignment Wednesday (white day) March 25

Assignment in-class 29: The End of the Cold War

Assignment Thursday (blue day) March 26

Assignment Friday (white day) March 27

30 March - 5 April

Assignment Monday (blue day) March 30

Assignment Tuesday (white day) March 31

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) April 1

Assignment Thursday (white day) April 2

Assignment Friday (blue day) April 3

Assignment N.Y. Times: Echoes of 1933?

6 April - 12 April

Assignment Monday (white day) April 6

Assignment Tuesday (blue day) April 7

Assignment Wednesday (white day) April 8

Assignment Thursday (blue day) April 9

Assignment Friday (white day) April 10

Assignment in-class #30: Causes of the Great Depression

13 April - 19 April

Assignment Monday (blue day) April 13

Assignment Tuesday (white day) April 14

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) April 15

Assignment Thursday (white day) April 16

Assignment "A Revolutionary Recession" (study guide)

Assignment Friday (blue day) April 17

27 April - 3 May

Assignment Monday (white day) April 27

Assignment Tuesday (blue day) April 28

Assignment Wednesday (white day) April 29

Assignment Thursday (blue day) class April 30

Assignment Friday (white day) May 1

4 May - 10 May

Assignment Tuesday (white day) May 5

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) May 6

Assignment Thursday (white day) May 7

Assignment Friday (blue day) May 8

11 May - 17 May

Assignment Monday (white day) May 11

Assignment Reaction drawing: "Grapes of Wrath"

Assignment Reaction Essay to "The Grapes of Wrath"

Assignment Tuesday (blue day) May 12

Assignment America's Century (ABC video): Approaching the Apocalypse, 1970-1975

Assignment Wednesday (white day) May 13

Assignment Thursday (blue day) May 14

Assignment Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam

Assignment Friday (white day) May 15

18 May - 24 May

Assignment Monday (blue day) May 18

Assignment Tuesday (white day) May 19

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) May 20

Assignment Thursday (white day) class

Assignment Friday (blue day) May 22

25 May - 31 May

Assignment Tuesday (white day) May 26

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) May 27

Assignment in-class 31 -- The Vietnam War

Assignment Thursday (white day) May 28

Assignment Friday (blue day) May 29

Assignment The "truth" about the Vietnam War: Historians A and B

1 June - 7 June

Assignment Monday (white day) June 1

Assignment Tuesday (blue day) June 2

Assignment Wednesday (white day) June 3

Assignment Thursday (blue day) June 4

Assignment Friday (white day) June 5

8 June - 14 June

Assignment Monday (blue day) June 8

Assignment Tuesday (white day) June 9

Assignment Wednesday (blue day) June 10

Assignment Thursday (white day) June 11

Assignment Friday (blue day) June 12

15 June - 21 June

Assignment Monday (white day) June 15

Assignment Tuesday (blue day) June 16

Assignment Wednesday (white day) June 17

Assignment Friday June 19 -- Final exam (blue-4 and white-2)

Assignment Monday June 22 -- Final exam (white-3 and white-4)