Today's class and why a quiz on Monday would be beneficial to the class

In class today, we took notes on World War II, focusing mainly on the Japanese and their influence in the Pacific. Take some time to look over the "In Review" questions on page 119 as we will be starting class tomorrow with those.

Another thing I'd like you all to consider is the possibility of having a short quiz on WWII this coming Monday. I believe it is beneficial for the following reasons:

1. The World War II chapter is around 40 pages long and obtains many important facts - a substantial amount to study. This quiz would be a motivator for us to tackle some of this material in preparation for the chapter test. In other words, it would serve as a stepping stone to the test.

2. Quizzes account for 10% of the term mark. We have only had 1 quiz thus far, which means that 1 quiz would account for that entire 10%, whereas one chapter test would only stand at around 8.3% (25% weight divided by 3 tests) of our overall mark at the end of the term. The fact that we are getting more credit for a short quiz than we are for an entire chapter test that we've all studied hard on, does not make sense to me.

3. We're all going to have to study everything on WWII anyways, why not take this chance to get some extra marks?

There you have it, those are my reasons on how a quiz on Monday would benefit the class. Please comment if you have any questions or concerns.

Matt

PS. 1 page report due Monday, essay contest due Thursday