Today we will be reviewing for the U.S. History Regents Exam. On the Regents Review Home Page you will find an index of pages that break down the review topics by category. Each student will take on one of these categories and find the information in that category needed for the test.
5-12-2009
Today we will be analyzing documents in pairs. Follow the links below once you are assigned your partner.
Today we will be continuing our final DBQ of the semester. This time you will be going to your own page, where the DBQ is set up, and answering directly beneath the documents. You will then respond to your partner via the discussion thread on his or her page.
Remember, when you respond to your partner be polite, helpful and constructive.
5-5-2009
Today we will be starting our last DBQ online and we will complete it next week. In order to try to make sure you all get the most out of this DBQ in particular, we are going to split into three rooms. In those rooms today you will need to do two main tasks:
Answer the questions to the Documents you will find by going to this link: Documents.doc
Write one comment about each of your partners questions.
Make sure it is appropriate and NICE
Make sure you are trying to be helpful
It could be about grammar, the content of the answer or simply agreeing with it
3-31-2009
Today we are going to be using the wiki to analyze documents in pairs. Follow these steps in order to complete your work:
1. Make sure you know who your partner is. Mr. Lawrence will assign these.
2. Make sure your laptop is up and running.
3. Sign in to our wiki and go to the documents page. This will have several documents you will need to analyze.
4. Partner One will start a discussion thread by clicking on the "discussion" tab. Title it with both of your first names and the date. An example would be: Mike-Ted-3-31
5. Partner One will answer the first document as best as he or she can, and the partner will comment and give feedback on the answer.
6. Partner Two should answer the second document on the same discussion thread. Partner One will respond to partner two.
3-12-2009
Today we will be completing our DBQ from our last meeting. Please follow the directions below.
3-10-2009
Go to the DBQ 1 page on this wiki site and follow the directions listed there. You will be analyzing the documents from a past US History Regents Exam today. DO NOT WRITE THE ESSAY TODAY (just answer the questions for each document). Make sure you save your work periodically.
3-3-2009
Begin a new discussion thread on our wiki site answering the following question:
What would you like to know about our partner school in Kansas?
You might include the following: what classes are offered, what programs they have during and after school, how many students attend the school, etc.
Explain why it might be beneficial to learn about what is happening at other schools.
2-12-2009
Your work for today is as follows:
You are going to use your outline of a 5-paragraph essay to analyze your DBQ essay. Write out
the five parts of the essay, and then write what you wrote in your essay into those parts.
2-10-2009
Your work for today is as follows:
Create a new wiki page and outline a five-paragraph essay. Explain each part of the essay.
2-5-2009
Your work for today is as follows:
Click on the Discussion tab. Start a new thread and answer this question:
What was the most difficult part of the DBQ portion of the Regents Exam? Explain why.
After Hours History Agenda
6-2-2009
Today we will be reviewing for the U.S. History Regents Exam. On the Regents Review Home Page you will find an index of pages that break down the review topics by category. Each student will take on one of these categories and find the information in that category needed for the test.
5-12-2009
Today we will be analyzing documents in pairs. Follow the links below once you are assigned your partner.
Pair 1
Pair 2
Pair 3
Pair 4
5-7-2009
Today we will be continuing our final DBQ of the semester. This time you will be going to your own page, where the DBQ is set up, and answering directly beneath the documents. You will then respond to your partner via the discussion thread on his or her page.
Watch as Mr. Lawrence demonstrates.
Your pages are:
Abel
Bayron
Genaro
Genesis
Jennifer
Trent
William
Remember, when you respond to your partner be polite, helpful and constructive.
5-5-2009
Today we will be starting our last DBQ online and we will complete it next week. In order to try to make sure you all get the most out of this DBQ in particular, we are going to split into three rooms. In those rooms today you will need to do two main tasks:
3-31-2009
Today we are going to be using the wiki to analyze documents in pairs. Follow these steps in order to complete your work:
1. Make sure you know who your partner is. Mr. Lawrence will assign these.
2. Make sure your laptop is up and running.
3. Sign in to our wiki and go to the documents page. This will have several documents you will need to analyze.
4. Partner One will start a discussion thread by clicking on the "discussion" tab. Title it with both of your first names and the date. An example would be: Mike-Ted-3-31
5. Partner One will answer the first document as best as he or she can, and the partner will comment and give feedback on the answer.
6. Partner Two should answer the second document on the same discussion thread. Partner One will respond to partner two.
3-12-2009
Today we will be completing our DBQ from our last meeting. Please follow the directions below.
3-10-2009
Go to the DBQ 1 page on this wiki site and follow the directions listed there. You will be analyzing the documents from a past US History Regents Exam today. DO NOT WRITE THE ESSAY TODAY (just answer the questions for each document). Make sure you save your work periodically.
3-3-2009
Begin a new discussion thread on our wiki site answering the following question:
What would you like to know about our partner school in Kansas?
You might include the following: what classes are offered, what programs they have during and after school, how many students attend the school, etc.
Explain why it might be beneficial to learn about what is happening at other schools.
2-12-2009
Your work for today is as follows:
You are going to use your outline of a 5-paragraph essay to analyze your DBQ essay. Write out
the five parts of the essay, and then write what you wrote in your essay into those parts.
2-10-2009
Your work for today is as follows:
Create a new wiki page and outline a five-paragraph essay. Explain each part of the essay.
2-5-2009
Your work for today is as follows:
Click on the Discussion tab. Start a new thread and answer this question:
What was the most difficult part of the DBQ portion of the Regents Exam? Explain why.