@MacJackAttack - History & English involves more time-consuming homework and papers. It also very much depends on who your kid gets. Luckily “Mr 89” has moved from the classroom to another position, so your kid will never have him - unless he returns.
As mentioned in another thread - one of our biggest complaints has been the amount of time it takes to get assignments returned in all classes - this has been worse since the block schedule last year. This has been most noticeable in English and History classes, but sometimes Math tests. This really is unfair to the students because they have no opportunity to see what they did wrong, learn from the errors, or make progress. My kiddo has assignments since early December that have not been returned and mid-term grades come out next week. Nice.
Is it that they are so overwhelmed because they gave too much homework out with the new modular schedule? 
LOL!