Overall Expectations
Follow all RGMS expectations of being safe, respectful, and responsible in the classroom (both virtual and in the building).
Be on time to class- this means in your seat or on the Google Meet starting the warm up by the time the bell rings or scheduled start time online.
Engage in your learning- participate in discussions and do your best!
Mr Mead’s Classroom Rules- (we will look at these more closely soon)
#1 : Respect Yourself and Others
#2: This is a Safe Zone
#3: Take Initiative
#4: Use Technology Appropriately
#5: Value Both Process and Product
Weekly Online Schedule
Mon/Tues- Synchronous (live) classes review, class discussion, new content exploration
Wed-Friday- Asynchronous work- Students are working on assignments, projects, small groups, etc
Resources we will regularly use in class
Frey, Wendy, and Diane Hart. History Alive!: the United States Through Industrialism. TCI, 2004.
Stefoff, Rebecca, and Howard Zinn. A Young People's History of the United States. Seven Stories Press, 2007.
Links to slides from class (daily agendas), instruction handouts, links to content (videos, article links, and other resources)
Technology
Google Suite- Meet, Docs, Slides, Sheets, Drawing, etc
Canvas- Discussions, Assignments, Quizzes, Class Calendar
Google Classroom
PPS Clever Portal- TCI History Alive Textbook, Adobe Spark, etc.
Grades will consist of two areas:
Weekly Classwork/Homework- 40%
Assessments- tests, quizzes, papers, projects, etc- 60%
United States History Units
Unit 1: Native America and European Colonization
Unit 5: Western Expansion
Unit 2: Resistance and Revolution
Unit 6: Era of Reform/What is Freedom?
Unit 3: Constitution
Unit 7: Civil War
Unit 4: A New Nation
Unit 8: Reconstruction, and Civil Rights