La Mesa Jr. High School

Date Assigned	Assignment	Due Date
10/16	Finish the Constitution Vocab Chart. (Flash Cards due: 10/22) Tear out workbook pages 45-60, staple.	10/17
10/17	none	10/20
10/20	Complete the Preamble Analysis. Complete workbook pages 47-48.	10/21
10/21	Constitution Quick Guide (Constitution Packet) Flash Cards due tomorrow	10/22
10/22	How Laws are Made (Constitution Packet) get PR signed	10/23
10/23 (ABC)	Finish Electoral College worksheet if you were unable to finish in class.	10/27
10/24 (DEF)	Finish Electoral College worksheet if you were unable to finish in class.	10/27
10/27	Complete workbook page 52. Start studying for Friday's test.	10/28
10/28	What Gives You the Right? (handout given in class)	10/29
10/29	Finish Connections, Points, Questions for textbook pages 142-142. (Constitution Packet).	10/30
10/30	Complete workbook pages 59-60. Get everything ready to turn in for tomorrow's test: Constitution Packet & workbook pages 45-60.	10/31
10/31	none!	11/3
11/3	Finish Chapter 4 Vocabulary Flash Cards (Flash Cards Due Tomorrow) Tear out workbook pages 64-76, staple.	11/4
11/4	Complete 4.1 Connections, Points, Questions (Chapter 4 Packet). Extra Credit: What were George Washington's teeth made of and where are they located today?	11/5
11/5	Complete workbook pages 67-69. Get your progress report signed.	11/6
11/6	Finish Republican/Federalist Acrostic Poem.	11/7
11/7	Finish 4.3 Reading Guide, if you were unable to finish in class.	11/10
11/10	Finish workbook pages 73-75. No school Tuesday, 11/11 (Veterans' Day)	11/12
11/12	Complete workbook page 76. Complete the page titled "Primary Source: Debating the National Bank" (Chapter 4 Packet).	11/13
11/13	Study for tomorrow's test. Finish Ch. 4 Study Guide Get papers ready to turn in for tomorrow: Chapter 4 Packet, workbook pages 64-76, and the Chapter 4 Study Guide.	11/14
11/14	none	11/17
11/17	Finish Chapter 5 Vocabulary Chart & Flash Cards Complete workbook pages 78-79. Tear out workbook pages 78-90.	11/18
11/18	Finish 5.1 Cornell Notes with a summary on each page of your notes.	11/19
11/19	Finish Lewis and Clark Map. Get progress report signed.	11/20
11/20	Finish 5.3 Cornell Notes (in packet) Complete "Jefferson Addresses Foreign Conflict" (in packet)	11/21
11/21	none	11/24

Important Dates: November/December

Sun.	Mon.	Tues.	Wed.	Thurs.	Fri.	Sat.
					31 Constitution Test Packet Due WB p. 45-60 Due	1
2	3	4 Ch. 4 Flash Cards Due	5 PR #6	6	7 Political Parties Poem Due	8
9	10 Last day for Test Corrections	11 No School Veterans' Day	12 Last day for Late Work	13 Disaster Drill	14 Chapter 4 Test Packet Due WB p. 64-76 Due Study Guide Due	15
16	17	18 Ch. 5 Flash Cards Due	19 PR #7	20	21 Ch. 4 Test Remediation Due	22
23	24	25	26 Minimum Day	27 No School Thanksgiving	28 No School	29
30	1	2 Chapter 5 Test Packet Due WB p. 78-90 Due Study Guide Due	3	4	5	6

U.S. History Homework Help

Important History Web Sites	Chapter 4 Web Sites
Biography Brainpop Digital History Sheppard USA Geography Games The History Channel Library of Congress Patriotic Melodies Political Cartoons STAR Test Information Today in History U.S. Census Bureau	James Madison Biography Journals of Lewis and Clark Lewis & Clark Expedition Library of Congress: T. Jefferson Louisiana Purchase Marbury v. Madison Monticello Save Our History: Star-Spangled Banner Star-Spangled Banner Thomas Jefferson Biography War of 1812 War of 1812 Battles

Washington, D.C. Trip -- Spring Break 2009

If you are interested in going on the Washington, D.C. Trip and were unable to attend either of the meetings, please contact me.

The trip will take place during Spring Break, April 6-10, 2009.

The next meeting for the students going on the Washington, D.C. Trip will be on

November 20 @ lunch.

If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me.

Sample Itinerary

Day 1:	Day 2:	Day 3:	Day 4:
Early morning arrival to Washington D.C. Meet USA Tour Director and board motorcoach Mount Vernon Old Town Alexandria Riding Tour National Archives Lincoln Memorial Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Korean War Memorial	Depart for sightseeing Washington Monument U.S. Capitol Group Photo at the Capitol U.S. Supreme Court White House Photo Stop World War II Memorial Spirit Dinner Dance Cruise	Arlington National Cemetery Smithsonian Museums: Natural History American History Air & Space Newseum Jefferson Memorial Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Iwo Jima Memorial (Marine Corps Memorial)	Washington National Cathedral Driving Tour of Embassy Row Hazy Center Smithsonian Air Museum Late afteroon flight departure, Transfer bust to return group to La Mesa JHS

Visit the USA Educational Adventures website for more details:

http://www.usaeducationaladventures.com/