World History

Additional Assignment Information

Homework packet: DUE EVERY FRIDAY!

Each section of your packet should be labeled and include the following:

1. Chapter notes (10 points)
2. Vocabulary  (10 points)
3. Chapter/section questions [the “Find out” question] (10 points)
4. Current Event (10pts)
5. Class Notes (10pts)
6. Any and all in class assignments for the week.

Extended Explanation:

• Vocab – At the beginning of each section there is a list of vocabulary that you will be expected to define.
• Chapter Notes – these are the dialectical or Cornell notes (as assigned each week) you will take on your own based on your assigned reading.
• Current Events – see below
• Class Notes – These are your in class lecture or jig saw notes.

This packet must be neat enough for you to study from and me to read. It must also be written in blue or black ink to receive credit. Any other type of pen or pencil will not be graded.

Current Events:

Each week of the school year you will be expected to locate an article from the world/globe section of a legitimate news source (either online or print newspapers). 

• The article must be about something outside of the US. Any US based articles will loose credit.
• You will need to print or cut out the article and attach it to your summary and reflection.
• Your summary should be a paragraph long and give a general explanation of the article. The reflection should be a separate paragraph that is a thoughtful discussion of your impression, questions and/or general feeling related to the article and/or issues presented.  When applicable you should tie what you learned in the article to information discussed in class.

Quiz Friday:

Every Friday you will have a quiz over the assigned weekly reading.  Your reading assignments are listed on the attached calendar – it is your responsibility to keep track of this. The calendar will also be linked on my web page. For the most part you will NOT be given in class time to do this work, it is expected that you will do it this as your weekly homework on your own time!