US History

Enjoy your summer

Hello everyone,

I want to extend to all of you my sincere thanks for your grace under these extremely difficult times. I wanted to let you know that summer starts today. I am done grading work and will not be checking email regularly. If you have any questions you can email me or email Mr. Pryor -- he has access to all students' work and grades, as well as, the website with all 8 lessons for the 4th quarter.

If you need any help with anything through the rest of your high school career, please feel free to reach out to me.

Enjoy the summer,

Mr. Lord

March homework assignments
Work for March 16-27

United States History II: Reconstruction to the Present.

United States History is taught in two parts. Students in the 8th grade study the period from Colonial America to the reconstruction period after the Civil War, 1760’s to the 1870’s. Students in the 9th grade continue with a review of Reconstruction, and then will continue to study the changes our nation went through from the industrialization of the 1880’s, our growth as a world power to the events of the present

http://tinyurl.com/LordUSHistory

Tiny url http://tinyurl.com/LordUSHistory

How to best use your smart phone to access Mr. Lord’s Webpage

Follow the procedure below to best view Mr. Lord’s webpage using your smart phone.

Open web browser

Type in the following tiny url: http://tinyurl.com/LordUSHistory

Scroll to the bottom of the page and select “View as Desktop.”

Directions for Clever.com

Here are the steps as I can best tell for students to access the online textbook:

  • Go to https://clever.com/in/pgcps

  • Select the “Active Directory” option

  • Logon the way you do for your pgcps.org email

  • Scroll down the Clever web page till you find the stupid smiling face with ED written next to it. Click on the stupid smiling face in the upper left corner select the pull down icon.

  • select "American History: Reconstruction to the Present"

  • Select Module 1

  • Look in the upper left hand corner and select Contents

  • Scroll down to select Lesson 7

  • Go to the Lesson Opener

  • Navigate using the arrows on the left and right of the screen

Format for lessons

All lessons this school year will follow the same basic approach. Below is an infographic with the information. Lessons will always start with the base of the pyramid and work through sequential steps to reach the top of the pyramid.

  1. Secondary Sources

  2. Primary Sources

  3. Synthesis

  4. Demonstrate use of knowledge

  5. Apply knowledge to College, Career and/or Citizenship

Remind.com

Remind.com

Follow directions below and you and your parents will receive text notifications for the due dates of class work, homework, and tests.

Turnitin.com

Directions for turnitin.com

1. Go to www.turnitin.com

2. Click on “Create Account” link in the upper right corner.

3. On the next window, where it says “Create a New Account” choose the “Student” link.

4. Follow the directions on the New User page. You must have a Class ID# and class enrollment password to complete your profile. (Do not cut and paste into these fields.)

5. Once enrolled, your class will show on your homepage.

6. Click on the class name and you will see the assignments and submissions for that class.

2nd period

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Keyword Lord2

3rd period

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5th period

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Keyword Lord5

6th period

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7th period

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Keyword Lord7

8th period

Class Id

Keyword Lord8

Lunch Detention

Lunch Detention Policy

Mr. Lord

Temp. 7

Overview: To make sure students come into class on time and are always ready to learn at the start of class Mr. Lord’s US History classes will have a Lunch Detention Policy. If a student is late, unexcused to class, student will be assigned a lunch detention. If student is late, absent, or does not follow the procedures of a lunch detention then two more lunch detentions will be assigned. If student is late, absent, or does not follow the procedure of a lunch detention during either of the two remaining lunch detentions, the teacher will call student’s home and write up a PS-74 to the appropriate administrator. Once a student properly complies with a lunch detention, or once a PS-74 is written the student will start with a clean slate, meaning if they are late to class again the procedures start at the beginning, i.e. student gets assigned one lunch detention.

Defining meanings:

Late unexcused:

    • student enters classroom one second or more after the bell to start class rings. Note: If student has a pass or if teacher/staff sends an email explaining why student was late then no lunch detention will be assigned.

Lunch Detention Procedures:

    • During the student’s next lunch period, (from when lunch detention was assigned) student will report to Temp. 7 before the bell rings, and will go sit in the back of the classroom quietly. If student is late to Lunch Detention then student will still serve this Lunch Detention and two more will be assigned.

    • Student will sit still and not distract class for the first five minutes of the period.

    • While sitting quietly in the back of the class for the first five minutes of the period student cannot:

      1. Talk to anyone in my class

      2. Use phone in anyway

      3. Do work for another class

      4. Read

      5. Put head on desk

      6. Close eyes

    • When the five minutes have been completed, student will stand up quietly, walk to the front of the class pick up a pass and go to the cafeteria.

    • If student distracts class once they leave class, i.e. shouting or causing a disruption, student will be assigned two additional lunch detentions, or if 2 more were already assigned have a teacher phone call to home and a PS-74.

Cornell Notes Rubrics SOAPSTone Syllabus

Below are five folders. The first folder contains a blank weekly schedule. If students are struggling in time management outside of school they should use this tool.

The second folder contains all the information students need to create Cornell Notes for classwork assignments. If a student is not clear on how to take Cornell Notes this first folder will be where students will search to find the answers.

The third folder contains the rubrics used to grade assignments for this class.

The fourth folder contains all the information students need to complete SOAPSTone assignments. If a student is not clear on how to take complete SOAPSTone assignments this first folder will be where students will search to find the answers.

The fifth folder contains the syllabus for US History Honors and US History classes.