The course is designed to give students a view of the law through the lens of the Supreme Court
1.Nationalization of the Bill of Rights
2.The Rights of a Person Accused of a Crime
3.Right to Privacy
4.Freedom of Speech and Expression
5.Equal Protection
Briefs of the Cases – Nightly Homework
Class Participation – TEST GRADE
Unit Tests
Supreme Court Simulation
Lawyer’s Brief – TEST GRADE
Oral Argument – TEST GRADE
Majority Opinion – FINAL EXAM
www.oyez.com
Everyday after school except most Wednesdays.
Ext. 2250
www.whrhs.org
http://www.whrhs.org/faculty_web/mlettington/
•Homework Assignments – 10 – 15 points
•Tests – 100 points
•Study Guides – 30 points
•Research Paper – 200 points
•Presentation – 200 points
•Quizes – 10 – 50 points
The History of Europe from 1450 – The Present•The Renaissance
•The Reformation
•The Age of Absolutism
•The Enlightenment
•The French Revolution and Napoleon
•The Unification of Germany and Italy
•The Industrial Revolution
•World War I
•Between the Wars and World War II
•The Cold War
•Globalization
Everyday after school except most Wednesdays.
Ext. 2250
www.whrhs.org
http://www.whrhs.org/faculty_web/mlettington/
A College Level Introductory Class
Can provide students with college credit or higher course placement depending on thei99r score and on the college they attend
Writing Skills
Organizational and Time Management Skills
World History SAT II – 80% European History
European History from 1450 – Present
Political, Economic, Religious, Social, Intellectual, Artistic, Technological and Geographical
Renaissance, Reformation, 17th Century State Making, Enlightenment, French Revolution and Napoleon, Industrial Revolution, The Rise of Nationalism, World War I, World War II, Russian Revolution, Cold War, Globalization
Tests = 100 points
Study Guides = 30 points
Homework = 10 – 50 points
Essays (In Class) – 100 points
Research Papers – 200 points
Presentations – 200 points
Friday May 7, 2010 – 12:00pm
½ Multiple Choice – 80 questions in 1 hour
½ Free Response Questions
1 Document Based Question – 1 hour including 15 minute reading period
2 additional Essays – 30 minutes each
Grades will come out in July
All students must take a Comprehensive Exam – if they do not to take the AP Test, they must sit an Exam during the June Exam period.
Students can visit one of the selected European Artists’ Exhibits at either the Met, the MoMa, the Jane Vorhees-Zimmerli Museum at Rutgers, or the Philadelphia Art Museum
Birdsall S. Viault’s Modern European History
Princeton Review’s European History AP
Everyday after school except most Wednesdays.
•Imperialism
•Progressivism
•World War I
•The Roaring 20s
•The Great Depression
•World War I
•World War II
•Civil Rights
•Cold War
•Vietnam
•Post Cold War and It’s Legacy
US History from 1898 - Present
•Homework Assignments – 10 – 15 points
•Tests – 100 points
•Study Guides – 30 points
•Research Paper – 200 points
•Presentation – 200 points
•Quizes – 10 – 50 points
Everyday after school except most Wednesdays.
Ext. 2250
www.whrhs.org