Welcome to my Social Studies virtual classroom!
Mr. Gurney's Announcements
News and Notes
Please make sure you constantly check both Google Classroom and my class website for information, messaging, assignments and any updates regarding the class and Holmdel High School.
However, Google Classroom will be the main source of information pertaining to the class.
If you have any questions/concerns don't hesitate to reach out and let me know.
Important Class Information
Please make sure you have the following materials ready for class every day:
Chrome Book/Laptop
3-Ring Binder (2-inch binding preferable)
Lined Paper for Binder (or Notebook)
Writing Implements (including highlighter)
Recommended: Planner or Agenda
Notable Days For the 2023-24 School Year
Wed., Sept. 6 - First Day of School
Mon., Sept. 25 - No School - Yom Kippur
Mon., Oct. 9 - 4-Hour Session for Students
Tue., Nov. 7 - End of Marking Period 1
Thu., Nov. 9 - Fri., Nov. 10 - No School - NJEA Convention
Wed., Nov. 24 - 4-Hour Session for Students and Staff
Thu., Nov. 25 - Fri., Nov. 26 - No School - Thanksgiving Break
Mon., Dec. 4 - 4-Hour Session for Students
Fri., Dec. 22 - 4-Hour Session for Students and Staff
Mon., Dec. 25 - Mon., Jan. 1 - No School - Winter Break
Mon., Jan. 15 - No School - MLK Jr. Day
Tue., Jan. 23 - End of Marking Period 2
Mon., Feb. 12 - No School
Fri., Feb. 16 - 4-Hour Session for Students and Staff
Mon., Feb. 19 - No School - President's Day
Mon., Mar. 4 - 4-Hour Session for Students
Wed., Mar. 27 - End of Marking Period 3
Thu., Mar. 28 - 4-Hour Session for Students and Staff
Fri., Mar. 29 - Fri. Apr. 5 - No School - Spring Break
Wed., Apr. 10 - No School - Eid al-Fitr
Tue., Apr. 23 - No School - Passover
Wed., May 15 - AP Exam Day - World History: Modern!!!
Fri., May 24 - 4-Hour Session for Students and Staff
Mon., May 27 - No School - Memorial Day
Wed., June 12 - Final Exams - Periods 3 and 7
Thu., June 13 - Final Exams - Periods 2 and 6
Fri., June 14 - Final Exams - Periods 1 and 5
Mon., June 17 - Final Exams - Periods 4 and 8
Tue., June 18 - 4-Hour Session for Students - End of Marking Period 4 - Last Day of School!
QR Code of the Week
Mr. Gurney's 2023-24 Schedule
(All classes are in room 409)
"Human nature will not change. In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak and as strong, as silly and as wise, as bad and as good. Let us therefore study the incidents in this as philosophy to learn wisdom from and none of them as wrongs to be avenged." ~Abraham Lincoln
"No matter how carefully records are kept and filed and computerized, they grow fuzzy with time. Stories grow by accretion. Tales accumulate--like dust. The longer the time lapse, the dustier the history--until it degenerates into fables." ~ Isaac Asimov
“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.” ~Aldous Huxley
"A generation which ignores history has no past...and no future." ~ Robert A. Heinlein
"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again." ~Maya Angelou
"A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history." ~Mahatma Gandhi
This web site is devoted to the five sections of history I teach at Holmdel High School (two sections of AP World History and three sections of U.S. History II), as well as teams and clubs that I coach/advise. The site will be routinely updated and will have information regarding our day-to-day schedule, along with homework assignments, project guidelines and rubrics, and anything else that will help with the student's preparation and performance inside and out of the classroom. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me through one of the methods listed towards the bottom of the page.
Important Links for the Year
The U.S. History II online textbook can be found by accessing the Pearson EasyBridge App on your Holmdel/Google account login and Clever.
The AP World History online textbook can be found by accessing Cengage Learning and its MindTap platform. Information on how to sign up will be distributed in class.
AP Classroom
Period 1 - 37Q97Q
Period 6 - V3ZMY9
Google Classroom Information
Google Meet Office Hours Room - "gurneyofficehours" - meet.google.com
AP World History
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Period 6 - geyfopx
U.S. History II
Period 4 - l2u2iyx
Period 5 - nmzuljh
Period 7 - it66s4f
In-Class Quiz Information - Socrative
Room Name - MRGURNEYHISTORY
My office hours are: B Days (during lunch, from 10:30-11) and C Days (after school, from 2:15-2:45). This is subject to change depending on the week and by appointment.
The Google Meet code for my Extra Help is "gurneyofficehours."
My prep periods are: 2, 3 and 8 in room 409.
You may contact me via email at: dgurney@holmdelschools.org
Holmdel High School Web Site: http://www.holmdelschools.org/schools/hs/hs.shtm
Holmdel High School Phone Number: (732) 946-1832
Holmdel District Calendar - https://www.holmdelschools.org/calendar
Information About Potential School Closings - Asbury Park Press or News12
