TAKS Review Video Links

These are EXCELLENT TAKS Review videos.  They are a shortened version of our entire curriculum for World History and U.S. History.  Please watch them again before our test on Friday.

http://vimeo.com/3142016

http://vimeo.com/3233804


TAKS Schedule for Sophomores:
Tue - Math
Thur - Science
Fri - Social Studies

TAKS Practice Test

 http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2009/taks_g10_ss/10socialstudies.htm


1.  Click on the above link
2. Enter your name
3. Take test
4. Click "Score"
5. PRINT YOUR RESULTS!!!!!  If you do not print and/or your name is not on your results, you will have to retake it!

Dates for TAKS Quiz for Rubich/Taylor

1066: William the Conquerer 
1215:  Magna Carta
1492:  Columbus sailed to America
1607:  Jamestown, the first permanent colony, was established
1689:  English Bill of Rights
1776:  Declaration of Independence
1789:  U.S. Constitution was ratified and French Revolution
1803:  Louisiana Purchase
1861:  Beginning of the U.S. Civil War
1865:  End of the U.S. Civil War
1914:  Beginning of World War I
1917:  U.S. Entrance to World War I
1918:  End of World War I
1939:  Beginning of World War II
1941:  U.S. Entrance to World War II
1945:  End of World War II

TAKS

We will be taking some time off from studying World History to help prepare for the upcoming TAKS Tests at the end of April.  Sophomores will be taking a Social Studies TAKS Test, unlike last year.  A lot of the testable information comes from their 8th grade U.S. History course.  Since it has been so long since students have received this, we want to review to make sure our students are prepared and have the best chance at passing the test.  As of right now, the Social Studies TAKS Test is scheduled to be their last test of TAKS week on Friday, April 29th.  A lot of our test has to do with being able to interpret visuals such as graphs, charts, maps, and tables.  We will practice these skills in depth over the next two weeks.  Please encourage your student to participate in all of the activities we have chosen for the next two weeks.  We picked each one for a reason, and our past results have proven our method successful.  In most classes, students will be creating a review packet over the next two weeks that they will then be encouraged to take home and look over the week of the test.  It is very important students are present during our testing week, April 26-29, 2011.  It is also important that they eat healthy and make sure to get enough sleep the night before.  For the upcoming TAKS bell schedule, please check the school website.


After TAKS week, we have one more unit to study together as a class, WWII, and then we will be working on our end of the year modern history project where students will choose one modern world history event to research and report about to class.  We will also construct a larger than life timeline along the classroom walls where each project will be chronologically attached!


We are in the homestretch!  Keep up the good work so you can rest over summer, knowing you've earned your credits necessary for graduation!

Unit 9 Test and Project

We started Unit 9 this week, The Great War.  We will be covering WWI and the Russian Revolution in this unit.  Our test will actually fall in 4th quarter.  As of right now we are scheduled to test on April 5, 2011.  Students will receive a study guide in advance.  This unit will also contain our quarter project which will be worth two test grades.  Students will be asked to make a WWI propaganda poster and add 30 interesting facts about WWI on the back.  This was explained to them today, and is due at the end of class next Friday, March 11, 2011.  After they turn that project in, we have spring break, then the Friday of that first week back already marks the end of 3rd quarter.  That Friday will also be an Early Release, and students will be dismissed at 2:05pm.  Help keep your student motivated as we move into the end of the school year!

Imperialism Map

Unit 8 Test

We have just begun our eighth unit of the year in world history.  Unit 8 will cover the Industrial Revolution as well as the Age of Imperialism.  This is an exciting unit because we are getting closer to modern times, and the students always show a little more interest in these later topics.  As of now, we are scheduled to test on Wednesday, March 2, 2011.  The students will receive their study guide two days ahead of testing.  Please ensure that they complete this, as it is worth homework points, and outlines what will be on the test.


Just a heads up, our first TAKS test of the year will be on Tuesday, March 1, 2011.  This is the ELA Test (English Language Arts).  It is a long one.  Students can bring snacks since we will be testing until 1:00pm.  The rest of the TAKS tests are not until mid/late-April.