Essay topics

A Day students - you will have three essay prompts to choose from, ALL of which will deal in some way with industrialization and organized labor in the late nineteenth century.

B Day students - you will also have three prompts from which to choose, with at least one focused on organized labor and industrialization.  The other prompt(s) will be comprehensive in nature, and may be focused on either industrialization or urbanization (including immigration) or some mixture of those topics.

Hope that helps.

Changes to grade distribution

As I mentioned to the B day classes (and will to the A day classes tomorrow), we will be slightly changing the grade distribution for the course for the remainder of the year.  The new formula will be as follows -

Daily (terms lists, etc.) - 20%
Essays - 40%
Examination - 40%

If you have any questions about this change, please feel free to speak to me before or after school, or send me an email.

Second Six Weeks Calendar

The Second Six Weeks calendar is now online.  Please take note of the following dates -

Friday, Oct. 17 - Long Essay 1 (A day)
Tuesday, Oct. 21 - Long Essay 1 (B day)
Tuesday, Oct. 28 - Second Six Weeks Examination / Short Answer Questions (B day)
Wednesday, Oct. 29 - Second Six Weeks Examination / Short Answer Questions (A day)
Wednesday, Nov. 5 - Long Essay 2 (A day)
Thursday, Nov. 6 - Long Essay 2 (B day)