Tuesday, October 30

World History - First, 7th period had to catch up with the earlier classes about chapter seven section one.  In the afternoon, 2nd and 3rd periods both continued with chapter seven focusing on feudalism.  We discussed what feudalism is and how it worked, then walked through a simulation of feudalism.  To wrap things up, students were provided with a few short answer questions to which they had to respond.  Also, reminder for all classes that you do need a Current Events article to turn in at the end of this week.

Government - Only 6th period met today, and they did what 5th period covered yesterday.  Students gave presentations about their given information from chapter five or chapter six.

Monday, October 29

World History - Today in world history, we started by talking about the news.  After the news, we moved into chapter seven, which is about the rise of Europe during the Middle Ages.  Students should now know how to describe the Middle Ages, as well as who Charlemagne is.  After we finished with the notes, students were given time to move through the text book.  This is an opportunity to allow them to add more detail to their notes.  They had five questions to address, and were encouraged to add more.  The notes were checked.

Government - In government today, students taught the class about the given portion of chapter five or chapter six.  Each group had a fifteen minute block to use to teach the rest of the class.  Each group was graded based on a rubric that was provided last week.

In other news...
-Shout out to our volleyball team who won Semi-State over the weekend, and will play in the State Finals this coming Saturday!  Go Trojans!
-Also, congrats to our football team for advancing to the Sectional Final this coming Friday!

Monday, October 22

World History - Today in 2nd and 3rd period world history, students were given about 10 minutes to finalize their work for their projects.  After that time was up, groups volunteered to present their information about the group they researched.  We will finish these presentations tomorrow for 2nd and 3rd period class.

Government - We started with a warm up questions that the students had to address.  This was following by a short discussion of the question and answers given.  From there students were sent an email with an attached project.  Students were divided up in to groups, and given a particular piece of either chapter five or chapter six, and they will be teaching the class about their part of the chapter.  Each "lesson" will last 15 minutes.  They will teach these beginning the day we come back from fall break, which is next Monday.

In other news...
-Congratulations to our girls' soccer team on a great season!
-Congratulations to our volleyball team for winning the sectional this weekend!  Looking forward to seeing the regional match tomorrow here at Bishop Chatard.
-Good start for the Trojan football team as they won their first sectional game on Friday night!

Tuesday, October 16

World History - Today in world history, 7th period caught up with the other two classes, and took their test today.  2nd and 3rd period world history classes started a project today which will cover chapter six, which is about the ancient civilizations in the Americas.  They are in groups of three, and chose a specific group to research.

Government - 6th period government caught up with 5th period by finishing chapter thirteen.  With chapter thirteen finished, the next item on the agenda is to take a test over chapters 11, 12, and 13.

In other news...
-No regularly scheduled classes tomorrow as students will be taking the PLAN or PSAT tests in the morning.  Students will be released after the tests.

Monday, October 15

World History - In class today, students took a test over chapters four and five.  Students were given the opportunity to ask a few questions prior to the test to get them thinking in the right direction, and then were given the remainder of the class to complete the test.  7th period will do this tomorrow.

Government - In 5th period government class today, we finished with notes from chapter thirteen.  With this completed, students are reminded that we will be taking a test over chapters 11, 12, and 13.  Homework would be to study and prepare for the test.

In other news...
-Grades are finalized as of this past Friday.
-Congrats go out to our girls' soccer team as they won Regionals this weekend!  Go BC!

Thursday, October 11

World History - Today in world history, 7th period caught up with 2nd and 3rd periods in the morning. They worked on some review for chapters four and five as our next test will be coming up the first part of next week.  In 2nd period world history this afternoon, we finalized the last couple sections of chapter five.  Section four deals with the impact of Christianity on the Roman Empire, and then section five deals with the fall of Rome.  With those completed, students had more time to prepare for the upcoming test.

Government - In government classes, we continued our look at presidential campaign ads.  We completed our activity from Monday/Tuesday, by looking at a few specific campaign ads.  Then we moved into chapter 13 notes.  These notes were on the scholarly look at the impact of the media in politics.  For homework, students need to continue reading in chapter 13 in the textbook, pages 569 to 583.

Monday, October 8

World History - In world history classes today (2nd and 3rd) students finished their work from Friday on chapter five section three, which is all about the legacy of Rome.  After students finished, we moved into section four.  That section is about the rise of Christianity and its impact on Rome.  There is also some religious information as well, which hopefully the students are familiar with.  Looking forward, students will have a test over chapters four and five once we have completed chapter five.  The test is tentatively scheduled for Monday.  Also, with the quarter ending this week, students need to check their grades to make sure they are up to date.  All grades will be finalized at the end of this week.

Government - No government classes today.  Students will pick up chapter thirteen tomorrow.  When we finish chapter thirteen, students will have a test over chapters 11, 12, and 13.  That will also tentatively happen early next week.  Grades will also be finalized for the quarter at the end of this week as well.

In other news...
-Shout out to our girls' soccer team who won a sectional championship over the weekend!

Thursday, October 4

World History - In world history classes over the last couple days, students have learned about the beginnings of Rome.  In section one, we talked about their background, how geography affected unifying the Italian peninsula, and how their government was set up.  In section two, students heard about how the empire grew and expanded.  They learned about the Punic Wars, and the rise of Julius Caesar.  We will continue to make our way through chapter five this week and next.  When we finish chapter five, students will have a test over both chapter four (about Greece) and five (about Rome).

Government - No government class today as seniors were dismissed after the Living Rosary this morning.  Students will pick up in chapter twelve to finish talking about interest groups, as well as discussing the Presidential Debate last night.

Tuesday, October 2

World History - In the last two days of world history, students have taken a quiz over chapter four, and began chapter five.  Chapter five is all about the Roman Empire.  To this point, we have gone through section one, which covers its beginnings.  We will continue working through chapter 5 through the course of the week.  Our next test will be over chapter four and five, once we have finished chapter five.  Students (in 2nd and 3rd period) do have homework tonight in an email that was sent to them in class today.

Government - In government, students had taken a quiz over the Lanahan Reader yesterday (or today for 6th period).  We have also started chapter 12, which we will move through hopefully fairly quickly. The next test will be after we finish chapter 13, so we still have a little ways to go before that happens.  Students do need to read from Lanahan tonight.  The entries are on page 411, 413 and 424.

In other news...
Good luck to the girls' soccer team in the Sectional Tournament this evening!
Good luck also to the volleyball team as they play in the City tournament tonight!  Go Trojans!