US History 1

US History I

Description: US History I covers The Civil War through The Great Depression. Students will explore our history through reading, videos, and technology.

Goals:

• To understand the events that took place in the late 19th and early 20th century in America
• Analyze how the events shaped America today
• Identify historical figures and their part in the events of the past

Units:

• Civil War
• Reconstruction
• Turn of the Century
• WWI
• Great Depression

Requirements

Daily: Students are expected to be on time with all the materials needed for the day. Instant activity and exit slips will be completed every day.

Homework: Homework is expected to be on time. If a student is absent, it is their responsibility to ask the teacher what was missed. If there were worksheets handed out, they will be in the folder on the bulletin board.

Quizzes and Tests: Students will have various quizzes throughout each unit based on vocabulary, events, and people. There will be a final unit test at the end of each unit.

Projects: There will be a project for each unit in US 1. Students will be graded based on a given rubric for each project. Students will be given time in class to work on projects but will also need to work at home.

Homework: as per district policy, homework shall have a specific academic purpose and will be scored in the following manner:

Homework shall account for no more than 10% of a student’s grade calculation.

Homework will be given a grade of 0, 50, or 100 based solely on completion.

100% -attempted with full effort

50% - attempted, but not with effort

50% - assignment turned in one day late

0% - more than one day late.

Homework assignments that are graded for accuracy or long-term homework assignments (i.e. projects) will be included in the student’s developmental assessment grade.

Midterm and final exams may be cumulative or based on the latest unit only. If the student participates in class and completes homework, the student will be prepared for exams.

Grading Scale for the Self-Contained Classes

This grading system will assess the students in the self-contained classes while showing grades that adhere to IEPs. The “IEP Equivalent” section describes how the student is meeting the IEP goals in each subject area at the level that has been selected for each individual student (for example, 70% accuracy). The IEP progress pages of the IEP will be sent home as well to show the progress for each goal.

Notes:

• The grades are automatically converted to grades in the PowerSchool system so that the students will have a generated GPA for graduation. The grades are in parenthesis under “Grade Points”.
• Meeting goal = mastered at individual’s IEP percentage level
• 50% accuracy level depends on the mastery level of the student (i.e. 80% mastery level à student must have a score of 40% to get 50% accuracy.