Have a great safe, summer holiday

The school year has come to an end; looking back it is a blur filled with lessons, hw's, test, quizzes and Fun Fridays. I have read the evaluations that you did on our last day in class, and thank you for your honest commentary. I am going to work to improve upon my weaknesses and continue with what is working well and develop new strategies and techniques to help youngsters who have learning difficulties achieve at at higher rate of learning.

My hope for all of you is to do the same. Reflect back on how you were a student this year. Did your study habits, notebook organizations, and overall outlook on school work? Did you succeed in doing well in your classes? If so, continue with you approach, but remember the workload of a 10th grader is more demanding and you will need to "step up your game" to do well. If it did not work out for you this year, look to change how you approached school, learning, teachers and studying.

Learning is not a passive concept, watching TV is, (you sit and stare and the TV does all the work) learning is active, you must sustain your level of concentration to gain knowledge and must re-read your notes to commit it to memory. This is challenging, but each of you can do it. I know you can.

Lastly, have a great summer at the beach, mountains, or here in Mahopac. Enjoy and keep in touch next year.

Best Regards,
Mr. Lambert

Review for your Global final exam

Meet me in room 245 (per. 2) unless I told you otherwise.
Tomorrow is your thematic essay. click to read information about the topics

It could be on any of the following.
1. beliefs systems
2. impact of geography on civilizations
3. turning points in history
4. Cultural & Intellectual life


Wednesday is the 60 questions multiplechoice question part of the exam.

make sure you have your file flips completed for Thursday.

Here are some more terms.

1. middle passage
2. tri-angular trade
3. encomienda
4. social structure of Spanish Colonies

June 1st, 2009

click -------> Age of exploration review
global: complete handout (make file flips if you have not allready, these are the terms you have so far.)