April 18, 2011

9-12 English: Read The Alchemist p. 82-104
Write a response to "A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes
What doe sit maean? Do you agree or disagree? Explain.

Alaska history: Read: What Rights to Land Have the Alaska Natives? by Willie Hensley - the link is: http://www.alaskool.org/projects/ancsa/WLH/WLH66_1.htm
Answer the following questions:
* What is the name of the treaty by which Alaska was purchased by the U.S. government in 1867?
* What was the status of Alaska Native tribes under the terms of this treaty?
* What was the concept of land ownership shared by Alaska Native cultures at the time of purchase?
* How did the 1867 treaty address the issue of Alaska Native land ownership?
* According to Mr. Hensley, what problems were created over the next 100 years by the lack of clarity in the Treaty of Cessation of 1867?

World Geography: Summarize one article in Junior Scholastic plus give your personal reflection.

6-8 English: 2 pages vocab. If you did not complete your in class poem on color, please finish it. Thanks!