Week 1
Philosophy
You can peek ahead if you want to, but you don’t have any official philosophy work this week.
Chemistry
Watch Lecture 1: Introduction to Chemistry
Set up your chemistry textbook. (You’ll be adding pages to it every week.)
History
Watch Lecture 1: U.S. History 1776-1900
Make timeline cards for week 1. (Choose at least 10 major events.)
Literature
Read and annotate “I heard a fly buzz” in your literature reader
Watch Lecture 1: Emily Dickinson: A Quick Introduction
HONORS Write and edit a one-paragraph response to one of the discussion questions
Latin
Take the Year I review quiz
Watch Lecture 1: Year 1 Review
Review Year I vocabulary (Use this Ch. 1-6 vocabulary review Kahoot if you want.)
Government
Write your first current event summary
Writing your current events summary
You must locate a current news story (not older than 1 month) from a legitimate news source that has some kind of global impact.
Your article must demonstrate journalism — in general, avoid editorials, opinion pieces, and minimally reported pieces. Strong journalism is typically well-rounded, including several sides of an issue and quotes from three or more different sources.
Try to focus on stories with a political theme (anything relating to government or economics is usually a good bet)
Stick to reputable sources — you may get inspired by something you see on The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, or other TV source, but you need to track down a real journalistic investigation of the story that inspired you to count it as a current event for this project. (Bonus points if you find the story in two different places and note the differences in reporting.)
Read the article and get a feel for the story or issue it is talking about.
Complete the write-up of your article using the assigned format
Additional Resources
Amy’s 3-Part Note-Taking Method (if you have a method that works for you already, that is the one to use!)