Are You Using a Late Pass for an Assignment Due This Week?

If you are, please EMAIL ME ASAP. Otherwise, I will assume the work earns a zero and average it into your first quarter grade. A single zero on an assignment could lower your course average an entire grade, so please make sure to let me know if you are using a late pass! Thanks!

Unit 3 Timeline Now Online

Use this resource to help you see the story of Christianity, the story of Islam, and how they connect.

CEQ Hints

Harriet Miers, earthquake aftermath, World Series, gun industry shield, hurricane, Bush meets with Abbas, Syria & Lebanon, Bush-Schwarzeneggar rift?, DeLay case, Saddam Hussein, what Bill Clinton & Sponge Bob have in common, and anything that happens over the weekend...

Quest Corrections Now Online!

Wow! So much extra credit available! Pick up your quest ASAP, find the instructions for quest corrections online under "Assignments," and bring your grade up significantly! And don't forget the "Taboo" extra credit is still available...

Current Event Quiz Option Next Week!

You will have two choices next week for your current events quiz. Option one is a a typical current events quiz where you can answer 7 questions for up to 14 points out of 10. Option two, however, will be to summarize THREE current events from the last week: one international, one national, and one local.

As regards option two, please do not use sports or entertainment news unless there is a clear political or economic angle on the story. For example, an article about hearing in Congress over baseball in steroids is okay. The Chargers' victory over the Eagles is not...

Questions? Ask 'em!

King Tut Assignment Is Online

If you are missing your copy, feel free to print one out. Questions? Ask 'em!

New Syllabus Online!

Make sure that you get the Unit 3 Syllabus that says Version 2.0, not Version 1.0. If your syllabus says Version 1.0, then throw it away and go back to the Website to get the syllabus that says Version 2.0. Thanks!

Quest Review Session Tuesday!

There will be a review session for Monday's quest on Tuesday after school. Please bring specific questions about items that confuse you for discussion.

CEQ Hints...

IAEA & El Baradei

Tom DeLay & Ronnie Earle

Bill Frist

Valerie Plame, Joe Wilson, Judith Miller, Karl Rove, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby

Earthquakes

NYC threat

Iraq constitution

Unemployment

Pope & gays

Avian bird flu

Harriet Miers reaction

Baseball

No Handout Due Tomorrow

The handout will be passed out in class on Friday.

If You Missed Class...

...then it is your responsibility to get the notes and make up whatever you missed. If you have any questions about anything you missed, then please contact me.

If you happened to miss class Tuesday in particular, you need to come in and watch three video clips about China, as they will be on the quest. Make sure to print out and bring the "China Video Clips" and "China Video Clips Instructions" available online when you come to my room to watch the clips.

Extra Credit Opportunity Online

Earn up to 15 points per grading quarter--that could be up to 60 points throughout the whole year! Check out the Taboo Extra Credit Assignment on the World Cultures page, and if you have any questions, ask away.

The early bird gets the worm!

Important Correction to the India Map!

On the instructions for the India map, you should replace the word "state" with "country" in all cases. You do not have to identify all the individual states in all of the South Asian countries. You only have to identify the countries themselves (along with their capitals).

If you have already done this map, do not redo it! Hand it in and you will receive extra credit for going well above and beyond the call of duty.

Contact me if you have any questions.

Tomorrow's Real Player on Confucius Is Cancelled

It appears that the Real Player article due tomorrow is not available on the Internet. So guess what... you don't have to do it!

Real Player Now Available in School Computer Lab

Good news, indeed!

If you are unable to access Real Player at home, the Upper School computer lab is now available to you. Here's how:

1. Go upstairs to room 214 (Ms. Kutzman's room), and upon entering the room, immediately turn left. On the hard drive of one of the computers you will see a small label that says "USTL6." Sit down with that hard drive on your right and the monitor and keyboard in front of you.
2. Plug your headphones into the headphone jack on the left side of the monitor. (If you need headphones, you can borrow them from me, or you can ask Ms. Kutzman if you can borrow the "Shulman" headphones.)
3. Log in using your username and password.
4. Click on the Internet Explorer icon. (The first time you use it, the computer may ask you about installing an Internet connection for you. If you are unsure as to what to do, then please ask either me or Ms. Kutzman.)
5. Enter the URL (Internet address) from the syllabus, and click on the "Listen" link. (The first time you listen to a link, the computer may ask you if you want to set your computer to Real Player or Windows Media Player. Click on Real Player. The computer may also ask you to register your Real Player. Go ahead and fill out the registration, but do not agree to anything that will require you pay money! There is always a "free" option for you.)

Ms. Kutzman's room will often be open before school, during milk break and lunch, and after school. Ms. Kutzman is doing us a favor by allowing us to use her room and her computers, so please treat her with the utmost respect when you do!

Any questions? Just ask Ms. Kutzman or me!

Wynne Taylor & Colin Young

Please see me immediately! Thank you!