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Homework

English II
Review the notes from the Restoration, and read the selection from "The Diary of Samuel Pepys" and answer the questions that follow:
  • CC and #1-5 on p532 (remember to use complete sentences and to cite the text)
English IV
Continue to read Little Brother and to work on the vocabulary assignment (copy and paste the list, and then share the list as "lastname-vocab").

Art History
We are studying Chapter Five currently, which makes reference to Chauvet Caves - the subject of the documentary Cave of Forgotten Dreams:


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