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!%center%WELCOME TO INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN RESEARCH!! 2017

[[Questionnaires]]

CLASS OUTLINE: 
 
 1. Geography (3 classes)
 2. History (4 classes)
 3. Society (3-4 classes)
 4. Society presentations (2 classes)
 5. Final test practice

CLASS RULES:

 1. No keitai playing (use the computer if you want to look up a word!)  (googletranslate)
 2. No food or drinks
 3. Keep the chatting down!
 4. Have fun! 

[[http://quizlet.com/judy_yoneoka|VOCABULARY FOR THIS CLASS]]: Practice each week please!  


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To pass this class, you MUST complete four assignments:

1. [[Map Test]]: state names and 10 cities 
** with 60% or above (36 out of 60) on the first try; or 70% or above later (42 out of 60)

2.   [[HISTORICAL FICTION STORY]] 1-2 pages typed

3.  [[Final group presentation]] on some aspect of US society. 

4. Pass the [[final test]] with 60% or above

Also, attendance and feedback will be taken into consideration.

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THIS IS YOUR CLASS SYLLABUS  

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||! READING ||! PRESENTATION ||! CLASS ACTIVITIES ||! HOMEWORK ||
||1. 9/21 [[Welcome!]] || [[http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/~judy/classes/usjijo/ampp1.ppt|Geography – the 50 states]] || [[Remember the states]] ||  Play  [[STATES GAMES ONLINE]]   ||
||2.  9/28 [[Geography!]] ||  [[http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/%7Ejudy/classes/usjijo/ampp2.ppt|Geography – major cities]]   ||  [[http://www.quia.com/servlets/quia.activities.common.ActivityPlayer?AP_rand=1558398199&AP_activityType=11&AP_urlId=6880&AP_continuePlay=true&id=6880|cities]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1vFDZvwpfU|50 states video]] ||  Study for [[Map Test]]  ||
||3. 10/5 [[Map Test]] and [[History 1]] ||   [[http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/%7Ejudy/classes/usjijo/ampp3.ppt|History 1– before 1600S]]    || [[Map Test]]  || [[Dictation 1]] on [[http://www.google.co.jp/imgres?imgrefurl=http://doghouse121111n.blog.so-net.ne.jp/archive/20111221&tbnid=pqHWVbZrGGrf9M:&docid=6DT3XUdnbtc32M&h=1056&w=1419|500 nations]]  ||
||4. 10/12 [[http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/%7Ejudy/classes/usjijo/ampp11.ppt|Families, Women, Diet, Transportation]]  ||  [[http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/%7Ejudy/classes/usjijo/ampp11.ppt|Families, Women, Diet, Transportation]]  || Watch [[http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html|“Growth of a Nation”]]  [[ Narration]]  || [[Dictation2]] on [[http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html|“Growth of a Nation”]]  ||
||5.  10/19 [[History 2]] ||  [[http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/%7Ejudy/classes/usjijo/ampp4.ppt|History 2 1600-1700S]]  || Sign up for [[historical fiction story]] ||  [[Dictation 3]] on "Growth of a Nation"  ||
||6.  10/26 [[History 3]]  ||  [[http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/%7Ejudy/classes/usjijo/ampp5.ppt|History 3 - 1800s]] || [[http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/%7Ejudy/classes/usjijo/government.html|government terms paper]]  [[http://www.puncher.co.uk/hum_trumps-presidents.php|presidents game]]  ||  Sign up for [[historical fiction story]] [[http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/%7Ejudy/classes/usjijo/government.html|government terms paper]]  ||  
||7. 11/9  [[History 4]] ||  [[http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/%7Ejudy/classes/usjijo/ampp6.ppt|History 4 -- the 20th century and beyond]]   || research [[historical fiction story]]   || write [[historical fiction story]]  ||
||8. 11/16 [[Government]] TURN in [[historical fiction story]]  || [[http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/%7Ejudy/classes/usjijo/ampp7.ppt|Government]]   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx50SppfJeo  ||  Choose [[Final group presentation]] ||   Prepare [[Final group presentation]] ||
||9. 11/30 NO CLASS ||
||10. 12/7  [[Schools, media and young people]] || [[http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/%7Ejudy/classes/usjijo/ampp10.ppt|Schools, Media and Young People]]   || Sign up for [[Final group presentation]]   || Sign up for [[Final group presentation]]   ||
||11. 12/14 Families, [[Diet and transportation]]  || ||       ||    Sign up for [[Final group presentation]] ||
||12. 12/21 [[Language and Multiculturalism]]  [[Your final presentations]] || [[http://www2.kumagaku.ac.jp/teacher/%7Ejudy/classes/usjijo/ampp8.ppt|Language and multiculturalism]] || || Prepare [[Your final presentations]]  || 
||13. 1/11 [[Your final presentations]] ||  Final presentations   || [[Your final presentations]] || [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEMtcm5mNE5jREgzcTlBYVlvVXFPVEE6MQ|feedback]]  ||
||14. 1/18 [[Your final presentations]] ||  Final presentations   || [[Your final presentations]] || [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEMtcm5mNE5jREgzcTlBYVlvVXFPVEE6MQ|feedback]]  ||
||15. 1/25 Final Test || Practice Test [[final test]] || PRACTICE TEST  || Study for test ||



[[DANGER!! These students may fail!]]


LINKS

[[questions and comments]]
Jamestown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssS6UoBoiuc
Boston Tea Party https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xSrZaze14k