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Course
Objectives:
1.)To
give each student an understanding of how his or her world is affected
by outside influences.
2.)To
give each student enough information, experience and training to allow
for involvement in the community.
3.)To
examine this nation’s history in order to bind us together by gaining
a common knowledge of events, problems, achievement, failures,
strengths, weaknesses, ideals and peoples.
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Calculation
of Grades:
Test
averages are weighed as 60% of 9 weeks or quarter grades.Homework assignment
averages are weighted as 40% of 9 weeks or quarter grades.
Semester
grades are calculated as follows:
Semester
Test weighted as 10% of semester grade
Each
quarter grade is 45% of the remaining90%
of the semester grade.
Schools
grading Scale:
Aequal
to or grater than 90%
Bless
than 90% but greater than 80%
Cless
than 80% but grater than 70%
Dless
than 70% but greater than 60%
Fless
than 60%
Test
grades are weighted more heavily, because it is on tests that the student
demonstrates his or her command of the subject matter.It
should be noted that it will be difficult to pass the course if homework
is neglected, both areas are important.
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Late
work:
NONE
ACCEPTED,
unless related to an excused absence.The
student will have the same number of days to turn in the assignment as
the excused absence.NO EXCEPTIONS!!
The
Classroom:
All
students are expected to be in the classroom on time (see student
handbook) and to bring with them each day the materials needed to participate
in class.Normally this will include
the textbook, notebook, paper and pen or pencil.
NOTE:Any
work turned in for gradingMUST
NOT BEon spiral paper torn out
of a note book.Spiral paper WILL
NOT BE GRADED, the student will receive a zero (0) for that assignment
and no make up will be allowed!
History
Notebook:
A
notebookwill be turned in as a TEST
GRADE at the end of each 9 weeks.The
notebook will be made up of notes taken in class and/orindividual
student notes over the subject matter.The
notes must be hand written, no typed or duplicated notes will be permitted.The
notes may be an exact duplicate of the outline shown in class.A
duplicate will result in a grade of an 89% or B+.To
get an A on the notebook the student must take additional notes or include
explanatory information that is given as the lecture is being given.The
notebookmust be an inexpensive folder
with the three pronged fasteners inside to hold the paper in, NO
three ring binders, spiral notebooks, manila folders, clearplastic
cover or any other type notebook.The
notebookis to be in order by chapter
and sectionwith each section highlighted
and only notes and personal notes are to be in the notebookwhen
handed in NO HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS are to be in the notebook when
turned in for grading!!Specific instructions
will be given in class.
Procedures:
Presentation
of material will be varied, but for the most part, will include lecture
and note presentation, videos, class discussion, independent study reading
historical novels and review via Jeopardy games played before most tests.
Assignments:
Assignments,
homework, will be posted in class on the day assigned and will be taken
from the assignment worksheet that has, or will be handed out to you separately.Each
assignment has been given a number and you will be responsible for all
of the material listed on that assignment, read it carefully!Remember
that your work will not be accepted late or will not be graded if turned
in on spiral paper.
Tests:
All
tests forms will be returned after the test is completed and answers will
be written on answer sheets that will be provided.
Conduct/Behavior:
My
expectations are that you will treat each other and all school staffmembers
with the same respect that you expect (deserve) to receive.I
hope to be able to allow YOURclass
to be as informal as possible.This
will vary from day to day and from class period to class period depending
on what our goals are and behavior observed in class.I
want our time together to be as pleasant and productive as possible and
even have fun when the situation will allow it.Problems
will be dealt with according to procedures outlined in the student handbook.
Classroom
NO
food, NO drinks, NO gum chewing and NO application of makeup or
grooming in the classroom!!
