Citizenship
Current Events
- Watch the monthly video at Stossel in the Classroom
- Daily: Read the daily happy news at http://www.happynews.com/
- Daily: Read the daily news at http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/
- Weekly: Read the current events at http://hmcurrentevents.com/
Poetry
- Alexander Pope poems
- Solitude: An Ode
- You know where you did despise
- Pastorals
- The Rape of the Lock: Canto 1
- The Rape of the Lock: Canto 2
- The Rape of the Lock: Canto 3
- The Rape of the Lock: Canto 4
- The Rape of the Lock: Canto 5
- Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady
- An Essay on Criticism: Part 1
- An Essay on Criticism: Part 2
- An Essay on Criticism: Part 3
Grammar & Composition
Mathematics
Science
- CK12 Biology (sign-in w/ gmail addy, then click on Subjects at the top, and go to Biology)
Drawing and Art
- Artist Study: John Singleton Copley (American, 1738-1815) and Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755 - 1828) Read the Notes linked next to each artwork.
- Read the John Singleton Copley Biography
- Study the pictures on the iBooks app (To study the pictures you're just supposed to look and observe. You can make notes to yourself about what you see, what you like/dislike, colors uses, etc...)
- 1. Paul Revere, 1768-70 notes scroll down and click on Paul Revere
- 2. Watson and the Shark 1778 notes
- 3. The Copley Family, 1776-7 notes
- 4. The Red Cross Knight, 1793 notes
- Read the Gilbert Stuart Biography
- Study the pictures on the iBooks app (To study the pictures you're just supposed to look and observe. You can make notes to yourself about what you see, what you like/dislike, colors uses, etc...)
- 1. The Skater (Portrait of William Grant) 1782 notes
- 2. Joseph Brant, 1786 notes
- 3. George Washington (Lansdowne Portrait) notes
- Artist copywork: pick one of the works and recreate it in any artistic/crafty way. (last 5 wks)
Music
- The Gift of Music: Listen to each composer at the links below.
- Folksongs this term (2 songs this term. read about the song. listen to the song by clicking on the *.)
Download the PDF of the 12-wk schedule here.