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J. Dopman World History & Cultures 1/2

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Update June 2nd 2008
- Attached is the review sheet with reading assignments.
- Final Exam is multiple choice; 1st and 2nd take their test next Tuesday,
June 10th.


Update May 12th 2008
NOTE: Students have an opportunity to make up spring semester work for
half credit.  All work is due by June 2nd.  These assignments are: 

	
Assignment	Original points	Chapter 13, Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4
NOTES	40	Personal History Project – Part I	75	Revolution Essay	100	Chapter
14, Sections 1 and 2 NOTES	20	Chapter 15, Sections 2, 3, and 4
NOTES	30	Chapter 16, Sections, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 NOTES	40	Personal History
Project – Part II	100	Holocaust Story	80	TOTAL POINTS: 	485	Half: 	242.5	
#34 World War II Quiz		69 points	5.3
#35 Chapter 17, sect. 1-2 		20 points	5.5
#36 Cold War Essay - rough	50 points	5.8
#37 Cold War Essay - final (Attached)	100 points	5.12
#38 Global Events			30 points	5.12

Update April 28 2008
World War II Quiz Tuesday, April 29th!

Correction/Update April 21 2008
#30 Holocaust Story - Rough Draft			40 points	4.21
#31 Holocaust Story - Final Draft (attached)	80 points 	4.24
#32 Chapter 16, sect 5					10 points	4.28

Update 14th April 2008
#27 World War II Events 	50 points  IN CLASS  4.15
#28 Chapter 16, Sect. 1 and 2 Outline 	20 points 	4.15
#29 Chapter 16, Sect. 3 and 4 Outline	20 points 	4.17
#30 World War II Quiz				75 points	4.18

Update 7th April 2008
#23 Mid Term Participation 	20 points 3.25
#24 Chapter 15, Section 2 QUESTIONS 	20 points 3.27
#25 Chapter 15, Sections 3 and 4	20 points 	4.9
#26 PERSONAL HISTORY PROJECT - Part II Rough Draft	50 points  April 14th

Update 17th March 2008
#17 In Class Essay - Revolution 	3.12		100 points
#18 Dr. Zhivago Questions		3.17		30 points
#19 Mid Term Review Sheet		3.20		20 points
#20 SPRING SEMESTER MID TERM  3.21		100 points

Update 3rd March 2008
#13 Socratic Seminar Quiz - World War I	50 points	Feb. 28th
#14 Chapter 13, Section 4 notes			10 points	Feb. 29th. 
#15 Personal History Project - Final Autobiography	75 points	March 7th
#16 Chapter 14, Sections 1 and 2 		20 points	March 10th

Update 25th February 2008
#8 Quiz - Chapter 13, section 1		2/21  	40 points
#9 Letter Home					2/25		50 points
#10 Nigerian Imperialism Essay FINAL	2/26		100 points
#11 Chapter 13, sections 2 & 3		2/27		40 points
#12 SIGNED PROGRESS REPORT		 - 		20 points

Update 21st February 2008
Focus on English/History Joint Essay.  2nd TYPED draft due on Friday, Feb.
22nd

Update 14th February 2008
#5 Nigerian Reaction to Imperialism 	25 points IN CLASS  Feb. 11th
#6 Chapter 13, Section 1 Outline		20 points		     Feb. 19th
#7 Chapter 13, Section 1 Quiz		40 points		     Feb. 19th
#8 Final Draft - PHP Autobiography		50 points	Feb. 21st

Update 4th February 2008
NOTE: 10th graders will NOT have English or History Tuesday or Wednesday
due to the high school exit exam.  

#4 PHP - Autobiography Rough Draft	50 points 	Feb. 4th

update 28 January 2008
New Grading Policy - 10th graders will be evaluated up to 25% of their
grade on their "academic" behavior.  They will be rewarded for being on
time, asking clarifying questions, writing down their homework everyday,
and advocating for themselves.  Additionally, students will recieve a
progress report at LEAST every two weeks.  Please ask your child to see it.

#1 Reflection - evaluate yourself as a student. What are your strengths?
What are your weaknesses?  	30 points  Jan. 30th

#2 PHP - Autobiography rough sketch		30 points 		Jan. 29th

#3 Citation Practice		20 points	Feb. 1st.


update 14 January 2008
#57 Hotel Rwanda  IN CLASS Jan. 15th	20 points
#58 Review Sheet Work 	Jan. 14th	50 points
#59 Dopman's Review Sheet	Due day of the final	20 points (Attached)


update 7 January 2008
NOTE: Semester Final is Jan. 23rd. Review sheet will be issued by next
week.

#53 signed RAW semester grade 	25 points  Dec. 20th
#54 Personal History Project Interview with relative  50 points  Due Jan.
7th (ATTACHED)
#55 What was the top cause of Imperialism of Africa?  1 page.  Due Jan.8 
40 points
#56 Africa Map Work - IN CLASS 		25 points


update 14 December 2007
#51 QUIZ - Imperialism   IN CLASS Dec. 12th	40 points
#52 Personal History Project Intro Sheet	 Dec. 17th  30 points

update 3 December 2007
#47 Socratic Seminar - Obama	30 points  December 3rd IN CLASS
#48 Chapter 9 questions  		30 points  Due Dec. 4th
#49 Start a Company			80 points Due Dec. 7th  (ATTACHED)
#50 Chapter 11, sect.1 and 2 outline 40 points	 Due Dec. 10th

update 26 November 2007
#41 Political Quickwrite  IN CLASS 		Nov. 16th  20 points
#42 QUIZ - Industrial Revolution			Nov. 16th  40 points
#43 Works Cited - Essay #2				Nov. 27th  30 points
#44 Body Paragraphs - Essay #2 IN CLASS	Nov. 27th 	30 points
#45 Chapter 9, Section 3 and 4 Outline		Nov. 28th  40 points
#46 Essay #2 - Practice Citations			Dec. 3rd   75 points  (ATTACHED)

update 14 November 2007
#37 French Revolution - Final 	100 points  Due November 13th
#38 Future Reflection  30 points  	IN CLASS Nov. 13th
	It is the year 2017...
	- What are you doing with your life?
	- Where do you live?
	- What skills, education, expertise have you obtained?
	- Are you in a relationship, married, or have kids?
	- What is most important to you in 2017?
	- What do you need to do in 2007 in order to achieve your goals in 2017?

#39 Socratic Seminar - The Gap  30 points  IN CLASS Nov. 14th
#40 Chapter 9, Sections 1 and 2 Industrial revolution		40 points 	Due
Friday, Nov. 16th


update 2 November 2007
#34 Cause and Effect - French Revolution	30 points  	due Oct. 31st
#35 Top 5 - French revolution				30 points 	due Nov. 2nd
#36 French Revolution Project - rough draft	50 points	due Nov. 5th 
(ATTACHED)

update 28 October 2007
SECOND QUARTER

#31 Chapter 7, Sections 1 and 2 outlines	 Due Tuesday October 30th  	40
points
#32 SIGNED QUARTER GRADE	Due Tuesday October 30th  		20 points
#33 QUIZ French Revolution	Tuesday October 30th				50 points
	NOTE: We will be having more "quizzes" based on the assigned reading. 
Students are able to use their outlined notes IF 
	they do them.

update 21 October 2007
#23 Chapter 6, Section 2 Enlightenment  20 points due Oct. 17th
#24 Chapter 6, Section 4 American Rev. 	20 points due Oct. 19th
#25 Essay #1 Rough Draft IN CLASS 30 points Oct. 18th
#26 Essay #1 Final 75 points Due Oct. 19th (Attached)
#27 Mid Term Review Sheet 20 points Due Oct. 23 (Attached)

update 11 October 2007
NOTE: The 1st quarter ends October 26th

World History Mid Term scheduled for October 23rd

CORRECTION:

#18 Signed Progress Report  Oct. 2nd   20 points
#19 If I were King/Queen rough Draft  Oct. 5th	 30 points
#20 If I were King/Queen Final - Written  Oct. 9th 50 points
#21 If I were King/Queen Final - Visual 	Oct. 9th 30 points
#22 Chapter 5, Sect. 2 (Louis XIV) Outline. Oct. 11th	 20 points

update 1 October 2007
#16 Map Work/College Reflection IN CLASS Sept. 28		30 points
#17 SIGNED PROGRESS REPORT	Oct. 2nd			20 points
#18 Prologue, Section 4  Oct. 3rd					20 points
#19 If I were King - Brainstorm Oct. 4th				20 points
#20 If I were King - Rough Draft Oct. 8th				45 points

update 24 September 2007
#11 Time Machine Final  Due Sept. 19th    80 points
#12 Chapter 18, Section 4 outline  Due Sept. 20th    20 points
#13 Socratic Seminar - Religion IN CLASS Sept. 20th   40 points 
#14 Prologue, Section 1 Outline Due Sept. 25th   20 points

update 13 September 2007
#8 Time Machine Brainstorm, IN CLASS Sept. 10th	 15 points 
#9 Library Work Sept 13th 30 points
#10 Time Machine Rough Draft (see Time Machine/Narrative Rubric Attachments), Monday Sept. 17th  50 points
#12 Time Machine Final Draft Wednesday, September 18th 80 points

update 7 September 2007
#5 How can religions co-exist? GIVE THREE REASONS; 20 points	Due Sept. 7th
#6 ARTICLE: "A Web of Faith..."; with questions 30 points			Due Sept. 10th 
#7 Read/Outline Chapter 1, section 3; 20 points				Due Sept. 10th

update 3 September 2007:
#3 REFLECTION: If CPA is college prep, how should Ms. Freidus and Mr.
Dopman teach you? Easy, hard?  How much homework should we give?  Is the
late policy fair?  Due Tuesday, Sept. 4th  20 points
CORRECTION #4 Read and outline Prologue, Section 2;  20 points Due Sept.
5th