Week

Quote

Reflective Journal Entry

Assignment

Date Due

Week 1-Jan. 7^th-Jan. 11th

#1-“Take away love and the earth is a tomb.”

-Robert Browning

#1-Today in Sudan’s Darfur region a mass genocide is currently taking place. Do you believe this is a “just” war that America should be involved in? Explain.

Pre-Test: WWI

No Homework Due

Week 2-Jan. 14^th-18th

#2-“All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing.”

-Lord Brougham

#2-In 2008, America will choose a new president. If you were to vote, would America’s involvement in Iraq be an issue. In other words, would you vote for a president that wants to pull out of Iraq? Explain

No Outline

Week 3-Jan. 22^nd-25th

#3-“If we don’t change, we don’t grow. If we don’t grow, we aren’t really living.”

-Gail Sheehy

#3-The 1920’s was a time period of tremendous change in which liberal ideas opposed conservative ideas. In your opinion, what would be considered a liberal idea today (e.g.

The right for homosexuals to get married).

Outline pgs. 406-413, 418-421

1/25/08

Week 4-Jan. 28^th-Feb.1st

#4-“I too sing America”

-Langston Hughes

#4-In your opinion, is American culture accepting of other races or are there groups in America that are still discriminated against?

Give an example.

Outline pgs. 427-431, 445-448

Black History Month Poster

2/1/08

Week 5-Feb. 4^th-Feb.8th

#5-“I would rather be descended from an ape than from a Christian.”

-Paraphrase from Charles Darwin

#5-A federal court recently struck down a Pennsylvania school district that wanted to teach Intelligent Design to its students. Do you believe that Evolution and Intelligent Design should be taught in Biology classes? Explain.

Outline pgs. 449-459

Scopes Trial Debate

2/8/08

Week 6-Feb.12^th-Feb. 15th

#6-“Of two evils, choose neither.”

-Charles Spurgeon

#6-Many historians feel that the American mafia benefited greatly from prohibition. Do you believe that marijuana should be legal or should it remain illegal?

Outline pgs. 469-479

Test

2/15/08

TBA

Week 7-Feb. 19^th-Feb.22nd

#7-“Peace does not come through the absence of adversity, but in the ability to deal with it.”

#7-People during the depression faced adversity at every level. Do you feel your problems in life can compare with what a person during the 1930’s suffered through?

Outline pgs. 482-487,498-507

2/22/08

Week 8-Feb. 25^th-Feb.29th

#8-“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

-Theodore Roosevelt

#8-Before the depression, the federal government was not involved in an American citizen’s life. Do you believe the government is too involved or not involved enough? Explain.

Outline pgs. 510-525

2/29/08

Week 9-March 3^rd-March 7th

#9-“The strength of a nation is derived from the integrity of the home.”

-Confucius

#9-During the Great Depression, it was not uncommon for men to leave their families to go to work. Do you believe men are faithful to there families in America today? Explain.

Outline pgs. 536-548

Notebook Check

3/7/08

Week 10-March 10^th-March 14th

#10-“Knowledge is ruin to my men”

-Adolf Hitler

#10-Why would Hitler not want his men to have knowledge?

Outline pgs. 542-553

3/14/08

Spring Break

March 17^th-March 28th

Week 11-April 1^st-April 5th

#11-“You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.”

-Abraham Lincoln

#11-Why do you think Hitler was so successful in deceiving the German people?

Extra Credit Outline pgs. 554-565

4/5/08

Week

Quote

Reflective Journal Entry

Assignment

Date Due

Week 1- Jan. 7^th-Jan. 11th

#1-“The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.”

-Milton

Friedman

#1-Every high school student that intents to graduate from high school must take and pass government. Why would state and federal governments place such a high importance on studying government?

Outline pgs. 4-16

1/11/08

Week 2- Jan. 14^th-18th

#2-“You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all of the people all of the time.”

-Abraham Lincoln

#2-Totalitarian leaders typically employ propaganda to sway their citizens into action. Do you believe the American Government tries to deceive you? If so, how?

Outline pgs. 18-32

1/18/08

Week 3- Jan. 22^nd-25th

#3-Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

-Lord Acton

#3-Pick a totalitarian leader and explain how power corrupted them absolutely.

Outline pgs. 34-39, 44-54

Totalitarian

Wanted Poster

1/25/08

TBA

Week 4- Jan. 28^th-Feb.1st

#4-Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive. It makes people easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.”

-Lord Brougham

#4-What makes education so powerful that totalitarian leaders seek to eliminate it?

Outline pgs. 56-58,64-70

Test

2/1/08

TBA

Week 5- Feb. 4^th-Feb.8th

#5-“Ideas shape the course of history”

-John Maynard Keynes

#5-The ideas of Karl Marx and Fredrick Engels shaped the course of communism and history. What other beliefs or belief systems have changed the world? Explain

Outline pgs. 72-82

2/8/08

TBA

Week 6- Feb.12^th-Feb. 15th

#6-“There are two great weapons, the sword and the pen. In the end, the pen shall win.”

-Shakespeare

#6-What did Shakespeare mean by this quote? Explain.

Outline pgs. 88-103

2/15/08

Week 7- Feb. 19^th-Feb.22nd

#7-“I will not pretend that if I had to choose between communism and Nazism that I would choose communism.”

-Sir Winston Churchill

#7-Why do you think that Churchill thought that Nazism would be better than communism? What would you have chosen? Why?

Outline pgs. 104-108, 116-124

Test

2/22/08

TBA

Week 8- Feb. 25^th-Feb.29th

#8-Your freedom ends where my nose begins.”

-John Stuart Mills

#8- What does John Stuart Mill mean by this quote?

Outline pgs. 126-135

2/29/08

Week 9- March 3^rd-March 7th

“The ballot is stronger than bullets.”

-Joseph Schumpter

How can a ballot be stronger than a bullet? Explain

Outline pgs. 132-145

3/7/08

Week 10- March 10^th-March 14th

“Life without liberty is like a body without a soul.”

Khalil Gabran

Which right or liberty do you treasure the most? Explain.

Outline pgs. 157-171

3/14/08

Spring Break March 17^th-March 28th

Week 11- April 1^st-April 5th

No Quote

No Journal

In Search of Utopia

Test

TBA

TBA

Week

Quote of the Week

Journal Entry

Homework/Assignments

Date Due

1 (Oct. 22-26)

“Genius is 99% perspiration, 1% inspiration.”

         -Thomas Edison

#1-Think about the hardest working person you know. What are they like as a person? Are they successful? Are they happy?

Outline pgs. 244-251:

10/26

2 (Oct. 29^th-Nov.2)

“We are a nation of immigrants. It is immigrants who brought to this land skills of their hands and brains to make of it a beacon of opportunity and of hope for all men.”

          -Herbert Lemon

#2-What do you think about the Minutemen who patrol the border? Should we tightly secure our border or let more immigrants in?

Outline pgs. 254-270

Extra Credit:

Outline pgs. 271-281

11/2

3 (Nov.5^th-9th)

“That which does not kill me only strengthens me.”

                -Nietzche

#3-The Industrial Revolution was a difficult time for several groups (i.e. African-Americans, immigrants, etc.). Yet, America became a stronger nation because of their struggles. Describe a situation in your own life where this has been true.

Outline pgs. 294-307

11/9

4 (Nov. 12^th-16th)

“I have learned that success is to be measured not by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”

 -Booker T. Washington

#4-What did Booker T. Washington mean by this quote? Give an example (i.e. from history or your own life).

Outline pgs. 310-315, 326-335

11/16

5 (Nov. 19^th-23^rd)

“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.”

      -Aldous Huxley

#5-Do you agree with Huxley? Why or why not? What do you believe is the most important invention of all time? Explain

Outline pgs. 340-351

11/23

6 (Nov. 26^th-Nov. 28^th)

“America is the greatest force that God has ever allowed to exist on his footstool.”

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

#6-Do you believe that America is the greatest nation on earth? Explain.

Outline pgs. 352-357

11/28

7 (Dec. 3-Dec.7^th)

“To educate a child without morals is to create a menace to society.”

-Paraphrase from Theodore Roosevelt

#7-Do you believe that schools should teach values and morals? Today, George Bush has emphasized “character education”. Should promote values like honesty, responsibility, etc. in schools?

Outline pgs. 367-381

12/7

8 (Dec. 10^th-14^th)

“Ideas shape the course of history”

-John Maynard Keynes

#8-The Muckrackers wanted to change the world for the better, what issue/cause/idea would you want to promote to change the world

No outline

12/14

9 (Dec.17^th-Dec. 22nd)

Notebook Check

12/21

Week

Quote of the Week

Journal Entry

Homework/

Assignments

Date Due

1 (Oct. 22-26)

“Greed is good. It clarifies and refines…”

-Gordon Gecko

Wall Street

#1-In your opinion, can greed be a good thing? Explain.

Business Project Presentations

11/16-17

2 (Oct. 29^th-Nov.2)

“The business of America is business”

-Calvin Coolidge

#2-What lessons did you learn from completing the business project?

Outline pgs.101-114

Test

In class 11/3

11/22

3 (Nov.5^th-9th)

“The only for sure thing in life is death and taxes”

-Unknown

#3-For a single person making over $100,000 they will be taxed approximately $35,000. Do you think America’s tax system is fair? Why or why not?

Outline pgs.116-131

12/1

4 (Nov. 12^th-16th)

“Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.”

   -Aristotle

#4-How would you solve the Social Security problem?

Outline pgs. 133-144

12/8

5 (Nov. 19^th-23^rd)

“Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive. It makes people easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.”

-Lord Brougham

#5-Between state and national funds, a student’s education in California will cost close to $10,000/year. Do  you believe this is a good investment?

Outline pgs.163-172

Test-TBA

12/22

TBA

6 (Nov. 26^th-Nov. 28^th)

“Politicians are the same everywhere. They promise to build a bridge where there is no river.”

-Nikita Kruschev

#6-Our government has accumulated over $6 trillion of debt. Should the American government pay down the debt and cut government programs?

Outline pgs.182-192

Extra Credit-194-202

Economic Philosophers Presentation

1/12

7 (Dec. 3-Dec.7^th)

“Live simply so that others can simply live.”

#7-Do you believe you have an obligation to help people from developing countries? Why or why not

Notebook Check

1/19

8 (Dec. 10^th-14^th)

International Economic Summit

9 (Dec.17^th-Dec. 22nd)

International Economic Summit

Week

Quote of the Week

Journal Entry

Homework/Assignments

Date Due

1 (Oct. 22-26)

“The money you have gives you freedom; the money you pursue enslaves you”

-Jean Jacques Rosseau

#1-How can money enslave you? Explain

Study for Test

10/26

2 (Oct. 29^th-Nov.2)

"To be a revolutionary you have to be a human being. You have to care about people who have no power."

-Jane Fonda

#2-Did the people of the French revolution fit this quote? Explain.

Test

11/2

3 (Nov.5^th-9th)

"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain."

-Maya Angelou

#3-The European Industrial Revolution was a period of tremendous change. What do you see as needing to be changed? What are you willing to do to change it?

Outline pgs. 128-136

11/9

4 (Nov. 12^th-16th)

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect."

-Mark Twain

#4-The Industrial Revolution is seen, by most, as a time in which humans made progress. Do you believe that mankind was made better because of the Industrial Revolution

Outline pgs. 144-153

11/16

5 (Nov. 19^th-23^rd)

To run away from danger, instead of facing it, is to deny one's faith in man and God, even one's own self. It were better for one to drown oneself than live to declare such bankruptcy of faith.

-Mahatma Gandhi

#5-If you were Gandhi, would you fight against the British in the same manner. Would you fight in a non-violent manner or a violent one? Explain.

Outline pgs. 155-160, 170-173

12/15

6 (Nov. 26^th-Nov. 28^th)

"Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

-Mahatma Gandhi

#6-If you were to die today, what would do? Where would you go? How would you spend your last hours of life on earth?

Outline pgs. 174-188

12/22

7 (Dec. 3-Dec.7^th)

“An eye for an eye and the whole world will go blind.”

-Mahatma Gandhi

#7-Do you agree with Gandhi? Is there ever a time when violence solves and issue? Explain

Outline pgs. 196-216

1/12

8 (Dec. 10^th-Dec. 14^th)

For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much--the wheel, New York, wars and so on--while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man--for precisely the same reasons.

-Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

#8-During World War I, humans believed that they were intelligent by creating weapons of mass destruction. Yet, the people of Europe ended up destroying millions of human lives. What do you believe is foolish in our world today?

Notebook Check

1/19

Week

Quote of the Week

Journal Entry

Homework

Date Due

1 (Aug. 7-10)

N/A

N/A

No homework assigned

2 (Aug. 13-Sept.17)

“Do not judge a man until you have stood in his place.”

-Hiller

#1- In October, individuals throughout our country will celebrate Columbus Day. Why is Columbus famous? Do you believe this man should be honored?

Outline pages. 99-108

8/17

3 (Aug. 20-24)

“History is written by the victors.”

-Anonymous

#2- How is the quote related to what we have studied about cultural groups in America? What would Native Americans say that would be different than what we read in the text?

Outline Pages. 109-119

Wanted Poster

8/24

TBA

4 (Aug. 27-31)

“Religion is poison, an opiate for the masses.”

-Mao Tse-Tung

#3- Do you agree with this quote? Explain.

Outline Pages.

125-131

PowerPoint Presentation

8/31

5 (Sept. 4-7th)

“Your freedom ends where my nose begins.”

-John Stuart Mill

#4- What do you think Mill meant by this statement? How does this relate to democracy?

Outline Pages.

138-147

Test-Role of Religion in America

9/7

TBA

6 (Sept 10-14)

“It is better to die on your feet then to live on your knees.”

-Emiliano Zapata

#5- What does Zapata mean by this statement? How would this quote relate to the American Revolution?

Outline Pages.

173-189

9/14

TBA

7 (Sept. 17-21)

“A man who won’t die for something is not fit to live.”

-Martin Luther King Jr.

#6- Do you agree with this quote? Explain. What are you willing to die for?

Outline Pages.

193-201, 207-215

American Revolution T.V. Show

9/21

TBA

8 (Sept. 24-28)

“Technology progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.”

-Aldous Huxley

#7- What do you think is the most important invention of all time? Explain its importance.

Outline Pages.

219-225, 237-242

Test-

Democracy in America

9/28