Extra Credit opportunity

Find the birth names of at least 15 famous actors or actresses

List the birth names and the names that we know them as!

Have fun!

Updates--No homework the week of 4/25 due to testing!!

There will be no homework given for the week of April 25! Enjoy!

All classes only meet this week Monday-Wednesday, while Thursday and Friday will be California Standardized Testing days for Freshmen, Sophomores, and Juniors. All students will test in his/her homeroom unless given instructions to test elsewhere. Please see the schedule below for Thursday, April 28 and Friday, April 29...

April 28 TESTING DAY 9th-11th grade

Breakfast will be provided, at no cost, to all students in the quad

Thursday 7:36 - 8:06 [ 30 min.] Breakfast
8:12 - 11:17 [185 min.] CST-Math
11:17 - 11:52 [ 35 min.] Lunch
11:58 - 2:03 [125 min.] CST- Social Science 10th & 11th only*
( 12th graders may leave before lunch)
[*9th grade students may leave campus after 1:00 p.m., but will need to arrange for their own transportation.
Please note that during testing, the buses will pick up immediately after testing.


April 29 TESTING DAY 9th-11th grade

Breakfast will be provided, at no cost, to all students in the quad .

Friday 7:36 - 8:06 [ 30 min.] Breakfast
8:12 -11:17 [190 min.] CST-Language Arts
11:17 -11:52 [ 35 min.] Lunch
11:58 - 2:08 [130 min.] CST- Science

( 12th graders may leave before lunch)
Please note that during testing, the buses will pick up immediately after testing

Homework for Wednesday, April 20

Spinoffs!!!

List as many spinoffs you can think of from the movie industry!

Due tomorrow!

Homework for Tuesday, April 19

Homework for tonight:

Answer the following question (bullet format is okay)

For what reasons, do you suppose, Southern California is an ideal location for movie making?

Due tomorrow!

Homework for Monday, April 18

Homework tonight is to answer the following questions:

The state of California and the Federal Government both support a campaign known as "California Grown."

1. Why do you think a California Grown campaign is important?

2. Who do you think the California Grown campaign is important to?

Explain you answers...

note: there is no right or wrong answers here----students are supposed to write their opinions regarding these questions...

students may check out the website------www.californiagrown.org

California Grown Day!

California Grown Day is this Friday, April 22

Students may bring to class any fruit, vegetable, nut, or anything else that is grown in California. Many fruits and vegetables will have a sticker that indicates that they are grown in California. You can always ask a supermarket clerk if you need assistance.

You may bring any amount of food you wish!

Have fun!

Addendum to the current event due on Friday 4/15

One other option for the current event due Friday 4/15

1. You may research a California-based company and write a brief summary about that company.

note: the company must be based in California; your summary does not have to be long, just give the basics facts about the company----it's location, how long they have been in business, what they sell or market, annual yearly sales, or whatever else you can provide about the company...

Due Friday, April 15

Quiz announcement for Friday, April 15

Quiz Friday April 15

What to study:

1. Notes taken on Monday about "Oil in California"

2. Notes taken on Tuesday from powerpoint about "Agriculture and the Southern California Lure"

Homework for Tuesday, April 12

Homework for tonight:

The agriculture and population boom in Southern California created some problems.

List any problems you believe may have occurred and why they were problems.

Due tomorrow!

Homework for Monday, April 11

Tonight's homework:

Spinoffs---we agreed in class today that a spinoff is something that is created as a result of something else.

Your assignment tonight: list as many "spinoffs" that occurred as a result of the automobile. This can include raw materials and resources that were now in high demand as a result of the automobile. A few examples:

Gas stations were now needed
Oil and gas were materials that were now in demand
Rubber was in demand due to tires on automobiles.

List as many spinoffs as you can, bullet format is acceptable.

Due Tuesday, April 12

Current event due on Friday, 4/15

Current event assignment is due on Friday, April 15.

Assgnment: Find any story or article from any newspaper of magazine, or the internet. The story or article must relate in some way to California economicss, since we are covering a unit that connects with the growth of economics in the state. Basically, anything that connects with industry/jobs/economics in California will work here.

Once you find your article or story, read it, cut it out (or print it) and then write a brief summary about the story or article.
Bring both to class on Friday, April 15, and be prepared to share your current event with the class.

New Unit in California History-4/11

Today we begin a new unit in California History, titled "The growth of Southern California in the early 20th century," with a concentration in economics. Some of the things that will covered and discussed in this unit will be the discovery of oil in California, the moviemaking industry in California, the growth and impact of the automobile, agriculture as a business in California, and the winemaking industry in California.

Homework for Wednesday, April 6

Homework for tonight:

The Big Four-----Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, and Collis P. Huntington...

How were the lives of these four men similar? In other words, before they came to California and after, they faced similar challenges. What were they?

Due tomorrow!

Test announcement for Friday April 8

There will be a test on Friday, April 8. Students need to be familiar with/study the following:

1. Notes taken about what appears in California's Constitution

2. Powerpoint presentation titled, "California's Executive Department," which includes 8 positions in the executive department.

3. Four questions titled "California Legislature" which includes how a bill becomes law in California.

4. Five questions titled "California's Judicial System," which includes the five levels of the court system in California.

5. Powerpoint presentation on San Francisco's big earthquake of 1906.

6. Information and questions about California's "Big Four."

Students need to bring something to write with to class on Friday.

Homework for Tuesday, April 5

You are a newspaper reporter during the time of the 1906 earthquake. Your assignment is to

1. Write a headline for the following day's newspaper about the earthquake and destruction (headlines are usually short, to the point, catchy)

2. Write what would be your first paragraph of your news story. You are NOT writing a news story about the quake, only the first paragraph.

Due Wednesday!