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Course Updates 2.19.19

2/19/2019

 
WOW! We apologize for the lack of updates for the first month of the semester.  Here's what we have planned for this week:
Civics
Civics will be finishing up their Constitution unit and testing next week.

American Heroes
We are conducting a unit on the Civil War.

Geography
We are in the middle of our unit on US geography. We will be testing on each region of the map before taking a test on all 50.

World History
We are in the middle of Chapter 12 on New Imperialism. This week we'll be looking at the British rule of India.

US History
We are quizzing on sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 16 on the Cold War. We will be testing on Chapter 16 next week.

Sociology
We'll be watching the documentary 13th as part of our unit on Social Control and Deviance.

Military History
We will be getting in to the Persian Wars between the Greek city states and Persia with an emphasis on the battle of Marathon.

Current Events
Current Events is researching human trafficking.

Congratulations, Mr. LeMond and Mrs. Adler!

11/20/2018

 
Mr. LeMond and Mrs. Adler's Civics class created this quilt as a way to celebrate Illinois' 200th birthday, and they were honored on the Illinois State Board of Education's Website!
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Class Updates for 11/19

11/16/2018

 
Here are some of the topics/activities that we'll cover this week.

Civics
Civics will continue studying legislative branch.

American Heroes
We'll be working on a Battle of Yorktown primary source.

Geography
We are test on Unit 4 on Latin America.

World History
We will be test on Chapter 4 on absolute monarchs.

US History
We will start be finishing Chapter 12 on the Great Depression.

Sociology
We'll be watching the documentary 13th as part of our unit on Social Control and Deviance.

Military History
Topics of discussion this week: Medieval European warfare

Current Events
Current Events is still working on American Gun Culture, Gun Violence, and the Second Amendment.

Class Updates 11/13

11/9/2018

 

No School - 11/12

Here are some of the topics/activities that we'll cover this week.

Civics
Civics will begin a new unit on the legislative branch.

American Heroes
We'll be testing on our unit on the American Revolution.

Geography
We are beginning chapter nine on the cultural geography of Latin America.

World History
We will be wrapping up Chapter 4 on absolute monarchs.

US History
We will start and finish Chapter 12 on the Great Depression.

Sociology
We'll be watching the documentary 13th as part of our unit on Social Control and Deviance.

Military History
Topics of discussion this week: Rise of Islam

Current Events
Current Events is still working on American Gun Culture, Gun Violence, and the Second Amendment.

Class Updates 11/5

11/2/2018

 
Here are some of the topics/activities that we'll cover this week.

Civics
We're testing over the Executive Branch.

American Heroes
We'll be beginning our unit on the American Revolution.

Geography
We are beginning our unit on Latin America.

World History
We will be beginning Chapter 4, on the Age of Absolutism.

US History
We will be finishing Chapter 11 on the Roaring Twenties.

Sociology
We'll be spending the week working out of the book on Chapter 6 on Groups.

Military History
Topics of discussion this week: Roman Empire/Fall of Rome

Current Events
Topics of discussion: Gun violence/Gun Culture/Second Ammendment

Class Updates for 10/22

10/18/2018

 

Parent-Teacher Conferences
​10/23 & 10/25

Here are some of the topics/activities that we'll cover this week.

Civics
We'll be wrapping up our unit on the IL Constitution. Testing on Friday, 10/26. This test is a graduation requirement. Students must score a 70% or better.

American Heroes
We'll be beginning our unit on the American Revolution.

Geography
We are continuing our unit on the physical and cultural geography of the US & Canada.

World History
We will be going through Chapter 3, Sections 2 (Spanish/Portuguese rule of New World) & 4 (Atlantic Slave Trade).

US History
We will be wrapping up Chapter 10 on WWI.

Sociology
We will be finishing Chapter 4 on socialization and will begin Chapter 5 on Social Structures. We will be testing on this unit in early November.

Military History
Topics of discussion this week: Rome vs. Carthage, the Punic Wars, and the transition from the Republic to the Empire

Current Events
Space: The Final Frontier: manned-missions to Mars and the Space Force

Updates for 10/15

10/15/2018

 
Here are some of the topics/activities that we'll cover this week.

Civics
On October 10, we'll be taking the state-required US Constitution test. We will be spending our class time preparing for this test.

American Heroes
Baldwin: French & Indian War/Frontier Lemond: Frontiersman/Frontier

Geography
We will begin Unit 3 on the US and Canada.

World History
We will be finishing our lesson on the Reformation and will begin Section 4, on the application of the Reformation in England.

US History
We'll conclude Chapter 9 and begin Chapter 10, on WWI.

Sociology
Next week, we'll begin Chapter 3 on culture. With this chapter, we'll begin to do more readings and class discussions.

Military History
This week we'll be focusing Alexander the Great.

Current Events
Our topic for research and discussion this week is human trafficking.

Updates for the week of 10/1

10/2/2018

 
Here are some of the topics/activities that we'll cover this week.

Civics
On October 10, we'll be taking the state-required US Constitution test. We will be spending our class time preparing for this test.

American Heroes
Baldwin: French & Indian War/Frontier Lemond: Frontiersman/Frontier

Geography
We will begin Unit 3 on the US and Canada.

World History
We will be finishing our lesson on the Reformation and will begin Section 4, on the application of the Reformation in England.

US History
We'll conclude Chapter 9 and begin Chapter 10, on WWI.

Sociology
Next week, we'll begin Chapter 3 on culture. With this chapter, we'll begin to do more readings and class discussions.

Military History
This week we'll be focusing Alexander the Great.

Current Events
Our topic for research and discussion this week is human trafficking.

Course Updates for Sept 24

9/21/2018

 
Here are some of the topics/activities that we'll cover this week.

Civics
On October 10, we'll be taking the state-required US Constitution test. We will be spending our class time preparing for this test.

American Heroes
Baldwin: French & Indian War/Frontier Lemond: Frontiersman/Frontier

Geography
We will be wrapping up Chapter 4 and taking the test.

World History
We will be finishing our lesson on the Reformation and will begin Section 4, on the application of the Reformation in England.

US History
We'll be continuing Chapter 9 on the Progressive Presidents.

Sociology
Next week, we'll begin Chapter 3 on culture. With this chapter, we'll begin to do more readings and class discussions.

Military History
We'll be studying the ancient Greeks, with a focus on Sparta.

Current Events
Our Free Speech/Kaepernick assignment is due. Then, we'll begin our discussion of the problem of recycling lithium ion batteries.

As Seen in Class

9/11/2018

 
This week's photos come from Mr. Lemond's Civics class.
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