Happy Summer Everyone

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Kapp

Last Day of Civics Class-GAMES!

1. Play Branches of Power at iCivics.org
2. Play Cast Your Vote at iCivics.org

*Don't for get to print out your results!

Quotation ID Exemplars

"After all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive."

• Willy says you are worth more dead than alive. I think this foreshadows whats gonna happen with the suicide because he had life insurance of 20,000 I believe and that is how much he was worth dead when he tried working his whole life so that his family could be stable and he thought the only way that could happen was if he died. It shows how this play was a tragedy.

"The jungle is dark but full of diamonds, Willy."

• Ben was saying this to Willy when Willy was in one of his episodes toward the end of the play and I think it means money is out there you just gotta do whatever you have to do for it. I think in Willy's head Ben was in a way telling him its okay to kill yourself because money is the most important thing to Willy.

 "S'pose you didn't have nobody. S'pose you couldn't go into the bunk house and play rummy 'cause you was black. How'd you like that? S'pose you had to sit out here an' read books. Sure you could play horseshoes till it got dark, but then you got to read books. Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody - to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick."

• Crooks says this to Lennie when he finally lets him into his room. While everyone else is over playinger horseshoes. Crooks is referring to to the fact that being alone is awful and how he's segregated for being black. This also has to do with the theme of loneliness. Because unlike George and Lennie, he is alone, like everyone else in the book.

 "Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an no trouble. No mess at all, and when the end of the month come I could take my fifty bucks and go into town and get whatever I want."

• In this quote George is explaining and ranting to Lennie on how better life would be without him. He explodes all of his frustration on to Lennie. And I feel like hurts Lennie on the inside. But honestly he is to slow to say anything back. George is hard on Lennie. Read that quote and anyone would think so. But in all reality George loves Lennie to death. And if he feel like he is hard on him just to get him in gear.

Assessment 21: Reading Comprehension & Essay

1.     Go online to AcademicMerit.com.

2.     Log in.

3.     Select the Assessments 21 button.

4.     Read the “Audie Murphy” text.

5.     Complete the Comprehension Questions (Worth 5 Points).

6.     Complete the Writing Prompt (remember to refer to the rubric and the text before you submit your response) (Worth 20 Points).

Civics Final Exam Essay Questions

Part III: Long Answer.  Choose TWO (2) of the following prompts to answer fully in complete paragraphs on a separate piece of paper.  10 points each, see rubric below.

1)      Compare and contrast the two major parties in U.S. politics.  Give at least three major differences between these two parties.  Tell which party you tend to agree with more and explain why.

2)      Describe the different parts of the Constitution and the information included in each part.

3)      Describe two of the compromises in ratifying the Constitution.  Explain both sides and what was finally agreed upon for each. 

4)      What is the concept of “checks and balances”?  What is the concept of “separation of powers”?  Give an example of each and connect at least one to the concept of federalism
5)    Discuss the American legal system.  What has influenced our laws (provide at least two specifics). How are laws made? Are all laws created equal? Explain. What happens when you break the law? What happens when laws are unfair?

RUBRIC

10 points =  Student clearly answers all parts of the prompt, providing multiple specific and relevant examples from his/her studies and/or observations.  Writing has a clear introduction (thesis in which an original argument is asserted), body, and conclusion.

9 points =  Student clearly attempts to answer all parts of the prompt, providing some specific and relevant evidence from his/her studies and/or observations.  Writing has a clear introduction (thesis), body, and conclusion.

8 points =  Student answers most parts of the prompt, providing relevant evidence from his/her studies and/or observations.  Writing has a clear introduction, body, and conclusion.

7 points =  Student attempts to answer the main part of the prompt, providing somewhat relevant evidence from his/her studies and/or observations.  Writing has a clear introduction and  body.

1-6 points =  Student’s answer lacks clarity and/or organization discussed above.

U.S. History Final Exam Essay Questions

Answer three prompts in complete paragraphs from three different sections for 10 points each.

1860s-1900s: The West, Immigration, & The Gilded Age

·        Describe Native American relations with whites and the U.S. government in the 1800s.  Provide evidence and examples to support your stance.

·        Discuss immigration in this time period: its causes and effects.  Discuss the struggles immi-grants faced; compare how and why some immigrants were treated differently than others.

·        Explain the name of the “Gilded Age.”  What are the positive and negative implications of this name?  Provide specific examples.

Late 1800s-1910s: American Imperialism & WWI

·        Did imperialism reflect the U.S.’s loss of belief in those principles that led it to seek its own independence? Explain by comparing and contrasting at least two different territories gained by the U.S. as well as differing viewpoints about imperialism and colonialism.

·        Discuss the Spanish American War.  What were its causes and effects? Was it a justified war? Why or why not?

·        How was WWI different from previous wars?  Discuss differences for the non- fighting world as well as differences in warfare.

1920s-1940s: The Roaring 20s, the Great Depression, & WWII

·        Why was the 1920s called the Roaring 20s? Which groups benefited the most, and the least from the prosperity and changes of the 1920s? Explain.

·        What were the major causes of the Great Depression?  What did the government do (discuss both Hoover’s and Roosevelt’s approaches)? How effective were these approaches?

·        How and why did the United States remain neutral in the beginning of World War II?  Why did the United States become involved in the war and how did they contribute to the war?

1950s-1960s: The Cold War, Civil Rights, & Vietnam

·        Why did Americans’ Cold War fears center on communism?  How did these fears affect both domestic and foreign policies?

·        What were the three most important events in the African American civil rights movement?  Describe the causes and effects of each event within the context of the movement.

·        Compare and contrast the war in Vietnam with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

1970s-2000s: Contemporary Issues in the United States

·        Discuss the troubles in the Middle East during the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.  Include at least three major events and/or policies that affected the United States and our relations with countries in the Middle East.

·        Discuss the “green” movement, including at least three different important events/policies and where you think the movement is headed in the future.

·        Describe three different advances in technology and medicine in the past 30 years and the controversy surrounding these.  State your opinion on the subject with support as well as acknowledging the other side of the topic.

RUBRIC

·        10 points =  Student clearly answers all parts of the prompt, providing multiple specific and relevant evidence (more than 3 examples/details that are highly detailed, relevant, & accurate) from his/her studies.  Writing has a clear introduction (thesis in which an original argument is asserted), body, and conclusion that transition well.

·        9 points =  Student clearly attempts to answer all parts of the prompt, providing strong evidence from his/her studies (3 or more, depending on depth, relevance, & accuracy).  Writing has a clear introduction (thesis), body, and conclusion.

·        8 points =  Student answers most parts of the prompt, providing relevant evidence from his/her studies and/or observations (2 or more, depending on depth, relevance, & accuracy).  Writing has a clear introduction, body, and conclusion.

·        7 points =  Student attempts to answer the main part of the prompt, providing somewhat relevant evidence from his/her studies and/or observations (1-2, depending on details, relevance, & accuracy).  Writing has a clear introduction and body.

·        1-6 points =  Student’s answer lacks clarity, relevance, accurate evidentiary support, and/or organization discussed above.

Exploring Religious America

Refer to the video below to accompany your worksheet:

PBS. 26 April 2002. “Exploring Religious America, Part One.” Religion & Ethics Newsweekly. Educational Broadcasting Corporation. 2013.