3.  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

4.  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

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8. Homework Assignments – 10 – 15 points Tests – 100 points Study Guides – 30 points Research Paper – 200 points Presentation – 200 points Quizes – 10 – 50 points

9. 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

10. Everyday after school except most Wednesdays. mlettington@whrhs.org Ext. 2250 www.whrhs.org http://www.whrhs.org/faculty_web/ mlettington/

13.  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

14.  European History from 1450 – Present  Political, Economic, Religious, Social, Intellectual, Artistic, Technological and Geographical  Renaissance, Reformation, 17 th 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

15.  Tests = 100 points  Study Guides = 30 points  Homework = 10 – 50 points  Essays (In Class) – 100 points  Research Papers – 200 points  Presentations – 200 points

16.  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.

17. 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.

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21. 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

22. Homework Assignments – 10 – 15 points Tests – 100 points Study Guides – 30 points Research Paper – 200 points Presentation – 200 points Quizes – 10 – 50 points

23. Everyday after school except most Wednesdays. mlettington@whrhs.org Ext. 2250 www.whrhs.org