THIS WEEK's schedule BEGINNING 8/28/08:

LET ME START OFF BY WELCOMING YOU TO AMERICAN HISTORY!

LET ME FIRST MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THIS IS THE FIRST "HIGH SCHOOL-TYPE CLASS" THAT YOU WILL HAVE. EXPECT:

1. READING
2. NOTES
3. STUDY GUIDES
4. HOMEWORK
5. DISCUSSIONS
6. CHAPTER TESTS
7. "POP QUIZZES"
8. Re-enactments of history

WHAT YOU NEED EVERYDAY

1. TEXT
2. NOTEBOOK
3. PENCIL OR PEN (BLUE OR BLACK INK ONLY)
4. FOLDER (LAST YEAR'S STUDENTS KNOW WHAT I DO WITH THE FOLDERS)

HOW CLASS WILL BE RUN EVERYDAY:

1. BE IN SEATS BEFORE BELL RINGS                                                      (EXCEPTION IS A PASS FROM OTHER TEACHERS)
2. PUT ALL NON-HISTORY ITEMS UNDER SEAT
3. HAVE ANY HOMEWORK OUT THAT I NEED TO CHECK
4. DATE AND COPY CURRENT EVENT ON SCREEN IN NOTEBOOKS
5. WE WILL BEGIN OUR CLASS DISCUSSION

TIPS FOR SUCCESS:

1. ALWAYS DO HOMEWORK (THIS IS A MAJOR PART OF YOUR GRADE AND IS WORTH ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1 AND 10 POINTS!) MY HOMEWORK IS DESIGNED TO BE HELPFUL NOT BUSYWORK. *MANY STUDENTS HAVE DONE VERY WELL ON TESTS BECAUSE THEY STUDIED THEIR STUDY GUIDES (HOMEWORK) AND CLASS NOTES.
2. FOLLOW THE CLASS RULES AND CONDUCT
3. BE PREPARED
4. KEEP IN MIND THAT EVERYTHING WE TALK ABOUT REALLY HAPPENED AND HELPED DETERMINE WHAT OUR COUNTRY IS LIKE TODAY!
5. REMEMBER THAT HISTORY IS SIMPLY A STORY AND I AM YOUR PERSONAL STORYTELLER!

A QUICK LOOK AT WHAT WE WILL STUDY THIS YEAR

1. FIRST AMERICANS
2. EUROPEANS ARRIVE IN THE AMERICAS
3. EUROPEAN COLONIZATION
4. EUROPE'S FIGHT FOR CONTROL
5. ENGLISH COLONIES
6. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
7. REVOLUTIONARY WAR
8. CREATING THE UNITED STATES
9. FIRST PRESIDENTS AND PROBLEMS THEY FACED
10. AGE OF JEFFERSON, LA. PURCHASE (LEWIS AND CLARK)
11. WAR OF 1812
12. WESTWARD EXPANSION
13. NORTH AND SOUTH, STATE'S RIGHTS
14. CIVIL WAR

• must be in assigned seat and quiet when bell rings
• must have only Social Studies materials on desk
• copy current event into your notebook immediately
• raise your hand to speak, get up, sharpen pencil, etc
• no gum, candy, food
• 2 hall passes per 9 weeks (must have planner)
• no electronics
• DO NOT ask to go to your locker
• DO NOT put your head down
• ALWAYS BE RESPECTFUL!
• STAY SEATED WHEN BELL RINGS...I'll dismiss the class

CLASSROOM DO's

• do ask questions (this is why you are here!)
• do bring in items that have to do with our discussions
• do come prepared (homework done, materials, etc)
• do become organized (dated notebook, good notes, etc)
• do raise your hand to speak
• do think about your life compared to others we discuss
• do give your best!!!
• do check the website often
• do the assignments that you miss when absent, etc!!!
• do have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ABSENCES

• WHEN ABSENT, GET THE MISSED ASSIGNMENTS FROM THE FOLDERS!!! YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE TIME OF YOUR ABSENCE TO HAVE THEM COMPLETED. IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU ARE ABSENT 2 DAYS, YOU HAVE NO MORE THAN 2 DAYS TO DO THE MISSED WORK.

                                           no exceptions!!!

• CHECK THE HOMEWORK HOTLINE TO SEE IF THERE WAS AN ASSIGNMENT!

• I TAKE ROLL EVERYDAY. IF YOU ARE NOT IN CLASS OR ARE NOT IN YOUR ASSIGNED SEAT, YOU ARE MARKED ABSENT!

*IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBLITY TO GET THE MISSED WORK.