I hope you have been using your class and homework time wisely. Remember that  the final draft of your essay is due tomorrow.

Below is a website with some handy tips. Use it!

Tips on Writing Your Paper

History Essay Assignment

If you have not already submitted the possible topics for your essay, go here and do so.

Go here to download the directions, rubric, check-off list, and so forth. (Even though Drive will not open a preview of the document, you can still download a copy for yourself. Please do so!)

Often I am asked in class whether there are places in the world that are still waiting to be discovered. The basic answer is... not really. But what about a place that had been discovered, marked, and put on maps for over two hundred years... but it never should have been? 

 Click through to read:  The story of the island that is disappearing off maps... because it never existed.

Rubric for Presentations

We will be using this in class today as you revise and perfect your presentations.

I need a new blog template!

Alright students...

I'm having a few issues with the current template on An Argument Without End. I'd love to hear from you what template I should use.

Look at the other teachers' sites and look around online. Tell me which ones you like and why.

Thanks!

Civil War in The West and the Emancipation Proclamation

Read page 579 in the textbook on the War in the West. Answer the Reading Check there.

Then read pages 591 to 596 on the Emancipation Proclamation. Answer those Reading Checks and also question three from the Section Review.

Due tomorrow.

The chapter is available here.

Digital Citizenship Project

1. Go to ThinkB4U and scroll down to the Students Menu (or find it on the right-hand side)

2. There are nine short topics to read about

3. After reading, choose one to prepare a mini-lesson on

4. Produce an iMovie or podcast or presentation on your mini-lesson

Due Monday

Manassas/Bull Run Project

Go to this website (run by the National Park Service) and carefully read through the material. You do not need to answer every question! Here is what you need to do to complete this project:

From the questions for Maps One and Two: answer two of the three questions (your choice)
From the questions for Map Three: answer all three
From the questions for Reading One: choose one and write a paragraph response
From the questions for Reading Two: choose one and write a paragraph response
From the questions for Reading Three: choose three and answer
From the questions for Drawing One and Photo One: choose two and answer
From the questions for Photo Two: choose one and write a paragraph response
From Putting It All Together: choose one activity and write three paragraphs.

You need to write on paper or print out your responses. They are due next Monday.