Just a reminder that your semester exams are due tomorrow (Wednesday, May 20).

Remember that it would be best to type your essays but typing them is not required. Be sure to proofread your essay yourself and also have someone else proofread it before submitting it.

For those of you who have not passed for one, two, or three of the first three nine weeks there are a number of assignments that you can do to make up work.

To access assignments from the first nine weeks click here.

To access assignments from the second nine weeks click here.

To access assignments from the third nine weeks click here.

The assignment folders will be filled this weekend so check back periodically to make sure that you have them all. There will be eight to ten assignments in each folder. The number of assignments that you will be required to complete depends on your average for each nine weeks. Look out for an email today, tomorrow, or Sunday letting you know exactly which assignments from each nine weeks you must complete. Each assignment you complete will be work two points towards your term average. For instance, if you received a 50 for your first term grade you will need to do ten assignments to bring your grade up to a 70 (10 assignment   X   2 points for each assignment  = 20 points added to your term grade).

**NOTE: THE HIGHEST YOUR TERM AVERAGE WILL GO IF YOU SUBMIT ALL OF YOUR MAKE-UP WORK IS A 70. ALSO, YOUR MAKE-UP WORK MUST BE TURNED IN BY 11:59 P.M. ON FRIDAY, MAY 22.**

Work that is incomplete, copied, plagiarized, or does not follow directions will not be accepted. Also understand that you still must pass the final nine weeks that we are currently in! Therefore, make sure you study your study guide for your fourth nine weeks exam and also take time to complete a quality semester exam! As always, email me at amutah@gmail.com if you have any questions, comments, or concerns.

Answer the following eight questions based on your Asia unit test. This assignment is worth up to 100 bonus points:

1 ) How many questions did you get right? Wrong? Partial?

2 ) Which section did you do the best on? Why?

3 ) Which section did you do the worst on? Why?

4 ) What could you have done to increase your score?

5 ) What is preventing you from increasing your score?

6 ) List five topics that we’ve covered during out unit on Asia.

7 ) List five objectives that we’ve covered in our unit on Asia.

8 ) Have your quiz/test scores been getting better or worse? Why?

Write three paragraph describing the relationship between Tibet and China. Be sure to include specific examples of how China’s government has treated Tibetans from the reading.

Complete numbers 1, 5, and 6 on p. 728 of your textbook.

For number 1 add on the following three key terms: Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, and Little Red Book.

*Note: This homework assignment is due on Wednesday.

Write a newspaper article about the Sino-Japanese War based on the pictures from today’s slideshow. To view today’s slideshow as well as instructions on how to write the newspaper article click here.

Just wanted to let you all now that many of the PowerPoint Presentations from class are now online at SlideShare.Com. To view these presentations click here.

1) Define the following key terms found between p. 712 and 714 of your textbooks: Gamal Abdel Nasser, Pan-Arabism, West Bank, OPEC, Yasser Arafat, and intifada. 

2) Create a timeline including at least six dates from between 1956 and 2003 in the reading between p. 712 and 714 (note: make sure that the events you list on your timeline involve Israel!).

Answer the following five questions based on your reading about Israel’s declaration. The reading can be found here.

1) What reasons are given as to why Jewish people should have their own country?

2) Which organization passed a resolution calling for the establishment of a Jewish state?

3) Why do you think the authors of this declaration decided to hold elections so soon (within five months)?

4) What appeal is made to Arabs living inside of Israel?

5) How do you think nations around Israel reacted to Israel’s creation?

Just a reminder that from now on Do Nows will not be submitted weekly or bi-weekly. At the beginning of class you are to look at the Do Now on the board and think of an answer. Each day Mr. Amutah will randomly ask a few different students for their responses to the Do Now for credit. You can get either full credit, partial credit, or no credit for your answer. Think of this as part of your participation grade.

In light of this change, Do Nows will no longer be placed on this website each day.