HCHS AFJROTC ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE
AS-410 AND LE-400
Aug 12 -May 13
Instructor note: These assignments will require you to employ additional research
techniques and sources. Rarely will anything in life just be handed to you, and the good student
looks “beyond the horizon” to find whatever will assist them in accomplishing the task at hand.
These assignments are designed to make you think; to help prepare you for speaking and writing
opportunities you’ll encounter for the rest of your life; and to help you discover additional
sources of knowledge to help you in your academic endeavors.
Web Sites: Here are some useful web sites that you can use for your research assignments, or just to get
smart about air-related topics. They are hyperlinked to additional troves of data:
1. http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/ This takes you to the official Air Force Historian’s site, and then hyperlinks you
to personalities, topics, and organizations. Click on either “Subjects of Interest” or “Links” once you access this home
page.
2. http://www.thehistorynet.com/ A good all-around site for any history-related topic. Take their daily quiz and see
how much you know!
3. http://www.bensguide.gpo.gov/ Very helpful school site tied in to the Govt Printing Office
4. http://www.landmark-project.com/ citation_machine/cm.php AND
http://www.noodletools.com/quickcite/citbook.html Both of these will give you an easy way to FORMAT YOUR
BIBLIOGRAPHIES for any research report you do in this class OR IN OTHERS (e.g., Life 101).
5. Air War College Web Pages. This is where the senior USAF officers go for information.
1. To begin, go to the web page http://tuvok.au.af.mil/au/awc/awchome.htm
2. From there, click on “Gateway to the Internet”
3. This puts you on the page http://tuvok.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awcgate/htm.
4. From there you have the world at your fingertips. I suggest you click on the first green bullet
“References, Online and Off.” This gives you access to Military Journals, Publications and other libraries.
Also try the fourth bullet, “Military Theory and History,” as well as Bullet 15, which is a Biographies web
access.
5. If you go to the Biographies entry, click on “American Airpower Biography” and see what air pioneers
are listed. Good stuff!!
Assignment 1: Discuss on 15 Aug
Complete a periodic goals worksheet. I’ll hand out a sheet that sketches your life in time
increments. You’ll fill out who and “where” you are now; where you want to be in 5 years;
where you envision yourself in 10 years; and so on. We will keep these on file and update them
every term that you have JROTC.
Maximum page limit: 1 (handout from SASI)
DUE: Class work, 22 Aug
Points: 50
Assignment 2: Discuss on 15 Aug
Book Review: “Chew on This.” Each class is required to do some sort of discussion or activity
about your summer reading assignment. We will have you write a second “goals sheet” that has
you answer some questions about the book, then have you come up with a healthy goal that you
can monitor over the course of the year.
Maximum page limit: 1 page
DUE: Class, 23 Aug
Value: 25 points
Assignments 3 and 4: Varied discussion dates
On-Demand Writing exercises. Each department will be conducting school-directed writing
activities over the course of the year. You’ll create a writing piece and take it from a rough draft
stage, through peer review, to finished product over the course of a week. One topic will deal
with Leadership, and the other with health-related choices.
DUE:
3: On-Demand writing assignment 1, 12-20 Nov
4: On-Demand or Open Response 2, 7-14 Jan
Value: 50 points
Value: 50 points
Assignment 5: Planned discussion date of 24 Apr
Write your own resume. “Selling yourself” to school admissions directors and future
employers is a must. We’ll work on beginning this process by having the cadets write a resume,
which will be kept on file and periodically updated. If students seek post-academic employment,
or wish to “compete” for certain Cadet functions or trips, their resumes will be used to help them
meet their goals. The resume format will be handed out in class and will follow the format found
in the Tongue and Quill.
DUE: Class work, 1-2 May
Points: 50
NOTES:
1. The remaining portion of your AS-IV grade will consist of quizzes, Directed Reading and DEAR
activities, class work, practical activities, and the final. Note that this is only the AS-410 portion of
your JROTC grade. The ASI will have grading criteria for the Leadership (LE-400) section as well.
2. There are field trips planned to Ohio as well as to Frankfort, Louisville, and other local areas.
3. There will be fundraisers in the Sep and Feb timeframes; participation is totally voluntary.