Thursday, January 19

World History II - Students in world history classes moved through section three at the beginning of this week.  Section three deals with the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.  The past two days were spent in the library working on an individual project.  Students are creating mock Facebook pages for individuals who were influential during the Enlightenment or the French Revolution.  Students will have tomorrow to finalize their pages.

Economics - Students in econ class have continued working through chapter two.  They are dealing with economic systems and differentiating between the specific types.  On Wednesday, students were in the library checking in on their stock market portfolio and buying or selling any stocks they chose.  They also were introduced to a project by Mrs. Cartwright called Life at 30.  This project will be due near the end of Mrs. Cartwright's time here at UCHS and involves students examining their expenses at age 30. 

Thursday, January 12

World History II - In class the past two days, students have watched CNN Student News to kick things off.  Then, yesterday, students completed a worksheet that covered the first section of chapter eighteen, which was about the beginnings of the French Revolution.  In class today, students reviewed that information, and then went into section two about how the Revolution progressed. 

Economics - In class the past two days, students were introduced to a competitive stock market game.  We were using computers in the Library yesterday, and then today in Mrs. McDaniel's room.  Each Wednesday students will have time to check their virtual portfolios and buy or sell stocks.  In the past two days, students were familiarizing themselves with the site and making their initial stock purchases. 

In other news:
-The freshman boys' basketball team plays at home tonight.  Game starts at 6:30.
-The wrestling team is on the road this evening at Centerville.  Matches begin at 7:30.

Go Pats!

Tuesday, January 10

World History II - Today in World History, we watched CNN Students News to begin class.  From there students finished taking notes on chapter seventeen section three about the American Revolution.  Students learned about how the Revolution and the Enlightenment were connected.  Then to finish class, students worked on a worksheet from chapter eighteen section one, which is about the beginning of the French Revolution.  It will be finished in class tomorrow.

Economics - Today in Economics, students were treated to a guest speaker.  Mr. Curry is a financial advisor who gave the students an overview on topics such as: the stock market, investing, and retirement planning.  Students will use the information given to them tomorrow when we begin our stock market game, where students will be buying and selling stocks. 

In other news:
-The girls' basketball team plays at home tonight against Franklin County.  JV game starts at 6:00.
-The freshman boys' basketball team is on the road taking on Centerville at 6:30.

Let's go Pats!

Monday, January 9

World History II - Today in World History, we started with CNN Student News.  Then students went through chapter seventeen section two, which was about the spread of the Enlightenment and its ideas, and then began chapter seventeen section three, which is about the American Revolution.  At the end of last week, students had started chapter seventeen, which is all about the Enlightenment, and the new ideas that are developed.

Economics - Today in Econ, we also started with CNN Student News.  Then students were informed about upcoming projects.  Today, we went to the library to do some research on entrepreneurs, and the students will be writing a report on their chosen person that is due on Thursday.  Students were also informed about the next couple days activities, which include a guest speaker tomorrow about investing, and then participating in a stock market game on Wednesday. 

Wednesday, January 4

World History II - Today in class, we started with CNN Student News.  After the news, the signed syllabus' were collected and checked.  Students then went on to take a map pre-quiz, which was checked for effort.  Last we reviewed chapters thirteen through sixteen.  Students were broke up into four groups with each group covering one chapter.  Groups will present their summaries tomorrow at the beginning of class.

Economics - Today in third period, we started with CNN Student News as well.  Then students were introduced to the basics of economics.  We took notes over chapter one section one, which covers key topics like scarcity, shortages, needs vs. wants, and the factors of production.  Signed syllabus' were also collected in this class. 

In other news:
-Home freshman boys' basketball game tonight at 6:30 against Richmond.
-Girls basketball teams are on the road tonight at Ross (OH).  JV starts at 6:00.

Go Patriots!

Tuesday, January 3

Welcome back to school! This semester I have four world history classes and one Econ. Students in those classes will have Mrs. Cartwright, who is student teaching the first 12 weeks of this semester from IU East. Students today in all classes were introduced to the course, given a syllabus, and introduced to the rules. They are bringing home a syllabus to sign and bring back.