Iranian "Elections" Extra Credit

Post the title, author, publication or website name and date of publication here along with a link. All submissions must be original, any submission that matches a previous one will get no credit. In addition to your article please write a 2 paragraph summary and analysis of the article.

Questions to consider as you read:

What does this "election" mean for the immediate future of Iran?

What does this "election" mean for United States' relations with Iran?

Would another Iranian revolution be a "good" thing?

(You do not need to consider all of these questions, or any of them, they are meant to give you ideas of what you can write about as you analyze the meaning of your article)

Finals Review

Post any questions you have about the final exam here and I will answer them, or one of your classmates will help you, ASAP. Please keep in mind that I will be out of town over the weekend on 6/20 and 6/21, so any questions over the weekend will probably not get a prompt response from me, though I will occasionally check this page.

4th term grades for B block

These are your grades for term 4 so far. Your lowest grade has not been dropped and no extra credit work has been factored in.

1601 88% 1611 76% 1613 91% 1618 78% 1628 80% 1629 50% 1631 92% 1632 72% 1643 75% 1652 81% 1658 84% 1662 69% 1669 83% 1670 88% 1681 95% 1686 81% 1688 97% 1692 101% 1693 93% 1695 84%

1696 89% 1697 80% 1705 89% 1706 79% 1711 95% 1713 60%

Uganda Research Homework

Please post the name of your article, author, date of publication and the publication or website it appeared in or on as well as a link to your article.

Remember you cannot post the same article as someone else and you cannot use an encyclopedia. Please also make sure your source is valid enough to be used in a research paper.

4th term grades for C block

These are your grades for term 4 so far. Your lowest grade has not been dropped and no extra credit work has been factored in. Student panel participation has bumped up your participation grade unless you have not yet participated in a student panel.

1602 99% 1608 82% 1623 81% 1624 93% 1627 79% 1630 82% 1633 80% 1635 98% 1637 98% 1638 76% 1641 86% 1644 80% 1645 77% 1661 88% 1664 88% 1666 94% 1667 86% 1674 81% 1675 74% 1676 93% 1678 92% 1679 79% 1680 77% 1687 80% 1700 90% 1701 62% 1712 95%

Vladimir Putin Research Homework

Please find an article that addresses one of the following three questions about Vladimir Putin and post the title, author, publication, and date of the article along with a link to the article.

1. How did Vladimir Putin rise to power in Russia?

2. What significant decisions has Vladimir Putin made as the President of Russia and have those decisions improved Russia?

3. What is Vladimir Putin's role in the Russian government today, who is truly the current leader of Russia?

You must write a one paragraph analysis of your article and how it answers one of the above questions.

Office Hours

It looks like afternoons and evenings this week will be tough, but I can meet with people at school as early as 6:30 AM, so if you are interested, sign up for a 15 minute early AM time slot by commenting here.  

Also, I will be available during A, E and F block tomorrow if you have a study, G and A on Wednesday and F, G and A on Thursday.

Research Paper Format

If you are trying to figure out how to cite information in the text of your paper look at the description here:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/02/

Also some quick tips for your works cited page:

1.  Your title should just be "Works Cited"

2.  The whole page should be set to 1.5 spacing

3.  Each citation should have a hanging indent of .5 (that is, everything after the first line should be indented by .5)

4.  Your citations should be in alphabetical order

5.  You should include all works that aided in writing the paper, even if you do not directly cite them in the paper.

Please post any formatting questions you have here.  Please send any specific questions you have about your paper to me via e-mail at paulsonm@cantonma.org

Review of Indian Independence Unit

Post questions about the Indian Independence Readings, or about the movie Gandhi, here.

Term 3 Grades for World History

Name	Grade
1601	93%	A
1602	98%	A+
1608	87%	B+
1611	89%	B+
1613	94%	A
1618	76%	C
1623	89%	B+
1624	96%	A
1627	84%	B
1628	76%	C
1629	80%	B-
1630	87%	B+
1631	82%	B-
1632	72%	C-
1633	74%	C
1635	98%	A+
1637	95%	A
1638	82%	B-
1641	86%	B
1643	85%	B
1644	90%	A-
1645	82%	B-
1652	91%	A-
1658	81%	B-
1661	84%	B
1662	80%	B-
1664	84%	B
1666	93%	A
1667	88%	B+
1669	91%	A-
1670	92%	A-
1674	81%	B-
1675	83%	B
1676	96%	A
1678	92%	A-
1679	85%	B
1680	84%	B
1681	89%	B+
1686	86%	B
1687	85%	B
1688	94%	A
1692	95%	A
1693	89%	B+
1695	92%	A-
1696	88%	B+
1697	86%	B
1700	97%	A+
1701	80%	B-
1705	80%	B-
1706	81%	B-
1711	100%	A+
1712	100%	A+

Resource Ideas and Suggestions

As research paper season is going on I often find myself reading books or articles that might help you in your research.  As this happens I will post the names of books and/or links to articles that I find.

So far this year:

Collapse, by Jared Diamond - Useful for anyone writing about Rwanda or Haiti

The Looming Tower, by Lawerence Wright - Useful for anyone writing about Osama bin Laden

The Elephant and the Dragon, by Robyn Meredith - Useful for anyone writing about modern China or India

Telling the Truth about the Armenian Genocide, by Christopher Hitchens (He links you to some book ideas too.)

Check back regularly for more ideas.

World History Review

Post any questions you have about the upcoming World History test here.

Machiavelli Paper Grades

If you handed in your paper early and you would like to know your grade you can send me an e-mail at paulsonm@cantonma.org to find out your grade.  I will not be in tomorrow because I have a meeting all day, so you won't get your papers back until Wednesday.

Machiavelli Discussion

Post your thoughts and questions about Machiavelli here

What are you reading?

Post the page numbers that you are reading here so that I will know what you are reading.  Thanks.

Renaissance Review

Post questions here about for me or each other about the Italian or Northern Renaissance.

Social Sciences Mid-Term Review

Here is where you can post questions you have about the upcoming Introduction to Social Sciences Mid-Term

Mid-Term Review

Here is where you post any questions you have about the upcoming mid-term...

Mongol Essay Message Board

Use this space to post questions about the Mongol essay or to post sections of your work for others to read and give feedback for.

Psychology Question of the Day - Question 3

Are human beings the only animals that have true consciousness?