All Students:  I have not updated ENGRADE YET.   I calculated my grades the old fashioned way to safe time and now am going home to see my family.  Once there I will update ENGRADE.  The grade sheet  can be adjusted  until January 25.   So, check ENGRADE from January 23 on, and then let me know if there are any issues.    If you want to know you grade now-just email me at elizabeth.wyant@gmail.com.   I will mail your grade to you.

Have a great Chinese NEW YEAR!

  Review for Exams:  January 11-15:

  Please see my review sheets- they will be linked, and the review files linked to this blog.

Assignments:  December 15-21, 2015

AP Psychology:  Work on paper thesis and short essays on Helen Keller and the Matrix.  There will be a quiz on States of Consciousness, Development and Learning MC on Friday, December 18.

AP World History:  Answer the questions on the primary document insets in Chapter 10.  There will be a quiz on the Scientific Revolution on Friday December 18.

Art Appreciation:  Be ready to present on your  building comparison on Friday, December 18.

Assignments: September 14-21 2015

AP Psychology:  Be ready to discuss and draw chart of  Savants on Tuesday.  There will be quiz on brain terms on Wednesday.  Read the handouts on the brain.

AP World History:  Memorize the dates on the date handout.   There will be a quiz on these dates on Friday.  See the files linked to this blog on ancient Sumer and Egypt to answer the questions on Thursday.

Art Appreciation:  Answer the Harryhausen questions by Friday.  Be ready to  present your art form on Monday

Review Guidelines Fourth Quarter Final Exams

World History:   Review the maps and the primary sources linked to this blog.

Art History:  Review the presentations linked to Edmodo.

 Fourth Quarter Final Exams Revew Guidelines


 World History:   Review the maps-linked to this page, and the primary documents linked to this page for the final exam.

Art History:  Review the presentations linked to Edmodo for the final exam.

  Third Quarter Final Exams:  April 23 and 24   2015 Review


AP Psychology:   Review Behaviorism, or Learning, Memory, Cognition,  Intelligence, Gender,  Emotions,  and Memory for the Multiple Choice portion of the final exam.  The Free  Response section will include Memory, Thinking, Personality, Intelligence,  and Social Psychology.


World History:   Review the items on the  review sheet.   Impromptu Speeches will take  place this  Wednesday.  The  the rubric and the review sheet are linked to this blog.


Art Appreciation:     Review the items on the review sheet for the final exam.  This review sheet is linked to this blog.

Assignments:  June 16-23,  2014


World History:   Be ready for a quiz on Flag of our Fathers on Thursday, June 20.  Finish reading Chapter 11.


Art Appreciation:  Work on your art fair projects.

Welcome Back to School!

Class Assignments September 10-20, 2013

Psychology:  

 Answer the  class questions about whether you are right brained, left brained or whole brained.  Which way to you bat a ball, write, kick a ball, eat?  Based on these answers see which brain controls you and mail these answers to me at ejwyant2003@yahoo.com

Read the Prologue and Chapter 1 and complete the Study Guide questions.  Finish Chapter 1  Study Guides by this Friday if you have not already done so.

Draw illustrated anatomy pictures corresponding to the following pages in your Chapter 2 reading:

Figure 2.2 (A Motor Neuron) p. 55, Nerve firing p. 56, Figure 2.4 How Neurons Communicate,  p. 57, Agonists and Antagonists p. 60,  Figure 2.7, The Nervous System, p. 61, Figure 2.8, The Peripheral Nervous System, p.62,  Figure 2.9, A Simple Reflex, p.63,  Figure 2.10, A Simplified Neural Network, p.64, Figure 2.11, The Endocrine System p. 66, Figure 2.16, The Brainstem and Thalamus, p. 71,  Figure 2.18, The Limbic System p. 72,  Figure 2.23, Brain structures and their functions, p. 75, Figure 2.25, The Cerebral Cortex, p. 76,  Figure 2.26, Left Hemisphere Tissue devoted to each Body Part, p. 77, Figure 2.32, Specialization and Integration of  Language, 81.,  and   Figure 2.32, The Information Highway from Eye to Brain p. 84

Answer the Study Guide Questions for Chapter 2 by Tuesday, September 17.

Go to the Autism/Asbergers Website linked to this blog and use this material to answer the questions about the Einstein Effect.  These questions are also linked to this blog.  These questions are due on Wednesday, September 18.

Complete the Activity Packet Questions by Friday, September 20.


AP World History:  Read and Outline or Take Notes on Chapter 1.  I NEED TO SEE:   YOUR HIGHLIGHTING, YOUR OUTLINE OF CHAPTER MATERIAL, AND A LIST OF KEY PEOPLE OR DATES THAT YOU NOTED.    Draw the Maps from the Chapter 1  on the Maps I provided you.

Pick ten identifications or terms to define.  Give a date, what the item is, and why it is important.  Type this exercise.

Art Appreciation:  Bring your Computers to class and work on the TWO oral presentation assignments that you received.

U.S. Government: 

Read Chapters 1 and 2.   Register on  Edmodo.  I will explain how to do this.

Bring your Computers to class and read ONE article on the Republican or Democratic party-either from Fox  News (Republicans) or  NPR, CNN, or MSNBC (Democrats)

Welcome Back to School

Welcome Back:

Here are your assignments for the first week of school:

AP Psychology:  Read the Introduction and Chapter 1 or Module 1.  You will have a quiz on when we next meet.

World History:  Pick a headline (A WORLD EVENT) and summarize it in one paragraph.

Art Appreciation:  Pick ONE of the arts and explain why you love this art in one paragraph.

Double space your answers, and email your assignments to me if they are written.  Use the YAHOO Address that was posted.

Assignments and schedule through Final Exams:




World History:  We will start presentations on final papers on Wednesday June 20,  for 11B, and Friday June 22,  for 11A.  All papers are due on Monday,  June 25.   You have an optional Taiwan assignment to complete for extra credit.  This reading is on my blog.  You may also access the extra credit questions on my blog.  See the final exam review sheet for questions to review for the final exam.


AP Psychology:  See the questions posted for the Senior Exam to review for the final exam.  Your research papers are due on Monday, June 25.

Assignments for May 6-9, 2012

AP Psychology:  Good Luck on the Exam.  See Links to last review items which will be posted by May 6 (morning)


World History:  Bring a possible research paper class topic to class on Monday, May 8.

AP  Art History: Good Luck on the Exam.  See Links to the updated picture files.

Assignments December 14-December 21 2011

See my new Picture Blog at:  http://mswyantsdynamichistorypictureblog.blogspot.com/


AP Psychology:  Study the Memory Chapter for a quiz on Thursday, December 14.  This will be your last optional quiz.  See the notes linked to my blog.  Read Chapters 10 and 11.  There will be a Thinking and Language Note quiz on Monday, December 19.




World History:


Read Chapters 8 and 14-Relate Chapter 8 to the Amistad handout.  The Shogun questions are due on Monday,  December 19.

AP Art History:  There will be quiz on Renaissance Art Techniques and Cultural Influences on Friday, December 16.  The Topics are:  The Role of Religious Art in Counter-Reformation Italy, Disegno, Perspective,  Printmaking,  Pigments and Panels,  Fresco Painting,  Mannerism, The International Art Style (Chapter 7)  Poesia, Colorito (Venice)  I will choose some paintings and you will explain the technique used in the painting.  (We will practice this in class)

Assignments November 9-November 18

See my new Picture Blog at:  http://mswyantsdynamichistorypictureblog.blogspot.com/


AP Psychology:  Read Chapters 7, 8, and 9.  Do the Study Guides for each Chapter.  This work is due when I come back from  THIMUN Singapore.  See the Assignment Sheet attached to this blog.    EVERYTHING IS DUE WHEN I RETUREN-Monday, November 21.




World History

See the Assignment linked to this blog.  BRING YOUR BOOK TO CLASS FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK THAT I AM IN  THIMUN SINGAPORE.  EVERYTHING IS DUE WHEN I RETURN-Monday, November 21.


AP Art History:


Complete the assignments linked to this blog.  EVERYTHING IS DUE WHEN I RETURN-Monday, November 21.

Assignments: September 16-September 27, 2011

AP Psychology:
Read Chapters 3  and review Chapter Two for Monday, September 19. Be prepared for a Quiz W/O notes on Chapter 2 on Thursday , September 22.  Pay special attention to the diagrams on the brain and the nervous system from Chapter 2.  Those who were absent Monday,  September 19, make sure to review ALL the brain and nervous system diagrams in Chapter 2.

World History


See the New York Times Zhang  Yimou Page for extra information on this director for your essay


11A:  There will be  quiz on the bolded words from Chapter 3 Tuesday, September 20.  You may use your outlines from Chapter 3.  You need to write an introduction for your "Hero" essay which is due Wednesday, September 21.  See the sample introductions linked to this blog.  PLEASE USE YOUR OWN WORDS!

11B:  You must write a thesis statement and plan for your essay on  "Hero."  Use the thesis statement and Outline Format linked to this blog.  This assignment is due:  Monday, September 19. Answer this question: To what extent does Hero advocate that a modern Chinese citizen should rebel against the Communist government? See my sample thesis statements linked to this blog. Choose a side and reword your thesis statement in your own words. Then outline your main points using the OUTLINE FORMAT already linked to this blog. This assignment should be ONE PAGE, DOUBLE-SPACED, and typed. PLEASE USE YOUR OWN WORDS!

 You will have a  quiz on the bolded words from Chapter 3 on Wednesday, September 21.



Note to all:  11A is slightly ahead of 11B in terms of assignment order this week.  EVERYONE WILL EVENTUALLY COMPLETE THE SAME ASSIGNMENTS IN THE SAME ORDER.

AP Art History:

Review temple vocabulary and the Greek art periods I outlined on the board today.  There will be a quiz on temple terms on Thursday, September 22, and an Art Recognition quiz on Chapter 2 on Tuesday, September 27.  See the Chapter 2 Quiz file linked this blog.  You can also bring your thumbdrives  in so I can make copies of the images on  Tuesday, September 20.

Concentrate on the following terms for the quiz on Thursday:

1.  Pediment
2.  Metope
3. Volute
4.  Raking Cornice
5. Cornice
6. Capital
7.  Entasis
8.  Entablature
9. Pronaos (Naos) Celle
10.  Triglyph
11.  Ionic and Doric Style




MUN Activity:
Summarize in one page-typed/double-spaced, Taiwan's sovereignty problem and the UN's role in helping to solve this issue of Taiwan's future-as an independent nation, or as a province of China.  This assignment is due:  Tuesday, September 20.

Assignments: September 14-September 20, 2011

AP Psychology:
Read Chapter 3 for this THURSDAY, September 15.   Be prepared for a Quiz W/O notes on Chapter 2 on Monday, September 20.

World History

Assignment for Friday, September 16: Both 11A and B:  Make sure you have read Chapter 3, paying attention to the bolded words.  There will be a quiz on the bolded words in Chapter 3 on Monday, September 20.

Make an outline and thesis statement for your Hero essay.  Answer this question:  To what extent does Hero advocate that a modern Chinese citizen should rebel against the Communist government?   See my sample thesis statements linked to this blog.  Choose a  side and reword your thesis statement in your own words.  Then outline your main points using the OUTLINE FORMAT already linked to this blog.  This assignment should be ONE PAGE, DOUBLE-SPACED, and typed.

AP Art History:
There will be a recognition quiz on Chapter 1 images on FRIDAY,  September 14. You will have to know the date, the title or place of the work, and the artist, if applicable. See the linked picture file on this blog. You may also copy these images to your thumbdrive.   Read Chapter 3 in the textbook.

MUN Activity:

Summarize in one page-typed/double-spaced,  Taiwan's sovereignty problem and the UN's role in helping to solve this issue of Taiwan's future-as an independent nation, or as a province of China.

Assignments: September 5, 2011-September 12, 2011

AP Psychology:

Read  Chapter 3 for next THURSDAY,  September 16.  If you have NOT emailed me questions and definitions DO SO BY FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10th!  After this date I cannot give you any credit.




World History

11B:  Complete  a typed COMPARISON CHART of  PALEOLITHIC  and NEOLITHIC SOCIETIES.  Compare:  The governments or politics, the economy, and the society of the two types of  culture.  If you did not complete this for Wednesday, September 9, do it for Friday, September 10.  Outline Chapter 3 for Friday, September 10.  You have until Friday September 10 to revise your outline of the New York Times Article if necessary for full credit.  There is no HW for Tuesday, September 12.

11A:  Complete a typed OUTLINE using the Outline format linked to this blog of the New York Times article that we read in class.  Outline Chapter 3 for Tuesday September 12.  You have until Tuesday, September 12 to revise your outline of the New York Times article if necessary for full credit.


AP Art History:
Read the introduction in your book. Take notes on all the Art Analysis terms. You will have to define these terms for quiz by early next week. On Tuesday, September 5th you need to bring a ONE PAGE TYPED art analysis on an piece of art of your choice. Your analysis should be two pages maximum, double-spaced, and use all of the art terms of analysis outlined in the Introduction. See the Introduction and Chapter 1 Pictures linked to this blog.

There will be a recognition quiz on Chapter 1 images on  TUESDAY, September 12.  You will have to know the date, the title or place of the work, and the artist, if applicable.  See the linked picture file on this blog.  You may also copy these images to your thumbdrive.  Just bring your thumbdrive to class before next Tuesday.  I will return your  Art Analyses on Friday, September 10.

Reading tasks:  Read Chapter 2.


MUN Activity:
Pick one Chinese news show and analyze it for the following:


1. Setting, look of presenters

2. Choice of subjects

3. Hidden metaphors or "spins" designed to attract an audience.

Type your analysis. It should be double-spaced, 1-2 pages long. This assignment is due: Tuesday September 6.

Class Assignments: August 30, 2011-September 4, 2011

 Welcome Back!  


AP Psychology:

Complete reading The Prologue,  Chapter 1 and Chapter 2.  Be prepared for a quiz on Monday, September 4 on  the Prologue.  Outline the Prologue using the outline format given in class.  You may use your outline on the Prologue quiz.  See this blog for Outline format.  YOUR OUTLINE MUST BE TYPED OR YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE IT ON YOUR QUIZ!

 World History:

Complete reading and outlining Chapters 1 and 2  based on outline format-see the format linked to this blog.    Pay special attention to the bolded terms.  Bring your outlines to class. You will have a quiz on identifications and terms from both chapters where you will test your outline's effectiveness on Monday, September 4.  YOUR OUTLINES MUST BE TYPED OR YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE THEM ON YOUR QUIZ!


AP Art History:

Read the introduction in your book.  Take notes on all the Art Analysis terms.  You will have to define these terms for quiz by early next week. On Tuesday, September 5th you need to bring a ONE PAGE TYPED art analysis on an piece of art of your choice.  Your analysis should be two pages maximum, double-spaced, and use all of the art terms of analysis outlined in the Introduction.  See the Introduction and Chapter 1 Pictures linked to this blog.

MUN Activity:

Pick one Chinese news show and analyze it for the following:

1.  Setting, look of presenters
2.  Choice of subjects
3.  Hidden metaphors or "spins" designed to attract an audience.

Type your analysis.  It should be double-spaced, 1-2 pages long.  This assignment is due: Tuesday September 5.

Assignments for Tuesday, August 30, -Tuesday, September 6

 Welcome Back!  


AP Psychology:

Complete reading The Prologue,  Chapter 1 and Chapter 2.  Be prepared for a quiz on Monday, September 4 on  Prologue and Chapter 2  material-you may use your own notes on this quiz.

 World History:

Complete reading the chapter on Prehistory and complete your chapter notes on this.  Pay special attention to the bolded terms.  Expect a reading quiz using your notes by early next week-I will set a date in class and update this blog.

AP Art History:

Read the introduction in your book.  Take notes on all the Art Analysis terms.  You will have to define these terms for quiz by early next week.  I will set a date in class and update this blog.