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Kristyana Johnston
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NEED HELP? I am usually available
Monday and Wednesday-Friday, 2:15-3:00. You may use my room as a quiet place
to study during lunch and after school. You can also use the student
computers in my room for school-related work.
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Home
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Schedule
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Period 1 – World History
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Period 2 – Citizenship
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Period 3 – Planning
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Period 4 – World History
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Period 5 – World History
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Period 6 – Citizenship
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HELP LINKS
STUDENT CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS
Sehome Gay-Straight Alliance
Bellingham Youth
Philanthropy Project
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HOMEWORK
& CLASS INFO:
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CITIZENSHIP
* See “Upcoming Events” below for
Community Action Project ideas
Syllabus
Grade Level
Expectations Rationale
Community
Action Project SELECTION FORM
Ms. J’s
Suggested Reading…
Current Work:
March/April 2009 –
start 3/16/09
February/March 2009 –
start 2/2/09
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WORLD
HISTORY
Syllabus
World
History Grade Level Expectations
Final Project
(started 6/4/09)
Current
Issues Final Project
DUE FINALS DAY! (Click here
for finals schedule)
Remember, focus on the CURRENT ISSUE column! You’ve
already learned the past – see how the past shapes the current issue of
your choice.
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
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Spring
WWU World Issues Forum
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Center
for International Studies Lecture Series (click on Lecture Series)
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WWU Associated
Students Events Calendar
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WWU Events
Master Calendar
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City
of Bellingham – Government events (click here
for City Council Meetings)
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Whatcom
County Council Meetings
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Whatcom
Peace & Justice Center Calendar
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Whatcom
County Democrats - Calendar
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Whatcom GOP
– Get Involved (monthly meetings)
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Village
Books events
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AP GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
Syllabus
**Community Engagement Requirement**
Community
Events Calendar
Unit 1 Homework
and Unit 1 Study Guide
Unit 2 Homework
Unit 3 Homework
Unit 4 Homework and
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Supplemental
Study Guide
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Links
to practice quizzes
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Help Links
(consolidated)
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Court
cases by court era
Unit 5 Homework and Unit 5 Study Guide
Unit 6 Homework
Ms. J’s
Suggested Reading…
AP GAP
Resources
Test
Prep (quizzes, chapter summaries, flash cards, etc.)
Other
practice quizzes
AP
Gov Exam Tips (PDF file)
College Board
AP Information
Last Year's
Homework, etc.
Important
APGAP Dates
Jan. 16: Counselor visit to AP Gov. & Politics: US
classes (first 5-10 minutes of class)
Feb. 2-27: Students register for their AP exams at the
ASB Office
Apr. 13-14 & 20-21: AP Exam
pre-administration sessions for students registered to take the exams
(students complete/bubble demographic data on answer sheets & receive
their candidate packs and student info letters)
Apr. 30 (?): Students last day to request a
partial refund (50% or $42.00) of their exam fees if they are not sitting
for the test.
May 4-13: AP exam weeks
AP GOV EXAM: Monday, May 4, 7:30 AM
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Previous
World History Work
Unit 1 Work
Course Intro, Neolithic
Revolution
Ancient Civilizations
World Religions
Islamic Empire
Mongols,
Black Death, and Global Trade to 1450
Liberalism – finished 3/27/09
Imperialism &
Colonization / Decolonization & Self-Determination
Videos of student work!
(.wmv files)
1st period 4th period 5th period
Previous
World History Info
Open House
Questions
Grading
begins Oct. 7/8!
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Copyright Notice: No
materials on any of the Bellingham Schools web pages may be copied without
express written permission, or unless permission is clearly stated on the
page.
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Bellingham Schools
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Copyright Notice: No
materials on any of the Bellingham Schools web pages may be copied without
express written permission, or unless permission is clearly stated on the
page.
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Ms. J’s Suggested Reading…
Lies My Teacher Told Me – James Loewen
Lies Across America – James Loewen
Sundown Towns – James Loewen
Speaking Treason Fluently – Tim
Wise
White Like Me – Tim Wise
I May Not Get There with You – Eric
Michael Dyson
The Shame of the Nation: The Restoration of Apartheid
Schooling in America – Jonathan Kozol
Savage Inequalities – Jonathan Kozol
Up Against Whiteness: Race School, and Immigrant Youth – Stacey
Lee
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child,
Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures – Anne
Fadiman
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America – Ronald
Takaki
The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia
Trap – Stephanie Coontz
Bachelor Girl – Betsy Israel
For Her Own Good – Barbara Ehrenreich
Nickel and Dimed – Barbara Ehrenreich
Return of Depression Economics – Paul
Krugman
Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii
to Iraq – Stephen Kinzer
Palestine: Peace not Apartheid – Jimmy
Carter
Anything by Noam Chomsky
This article by Bill Lyne: http://www.wce.wwu.edu/Resources/CEP/eJournal/v003n001/a019.shtml