Class Information

Curriculum

• Content:

  • Development and ratification of the US Constitution and the new government circa 1787 to the end of the Civil War in 1865.  

  • History, civics/government, economics, and geography 

• Concepts & Skills:

  • Writing and defending a position, identifying main ideas, summarizing, reading comprehension of informational text, subject-specific vocabulary

  • Point-of-view/perspective, the impact of individuals, positive risk-taking, and cause-effect relationships, connections of content to essential questions

Necessary Daily Materials

• Chromebook/Laptop

  • Online textbook available

  • Hardcopy textbook available in classroom

• Pen/Pencil

• Notebook (optional)

Missing & Late Work Policy:

• It is the responsibility of each student to complete all assignments and assessments issued.  Students should keep all graded and returned work through the end of each quarter.

• All missing and late work will be accepted according to the following schedule, after which time the assignment can no longer be submitted:

  • First Quarter:  3 school days from the stated due date

  • Second Quarter: 2 school days from the stated due date

  • Third Quarter: 1 school day from the stated due date

  • Fourth Quarter:  Late work will NOT be accepted.

• Late assignments will have a penalty of 25% subtracted from the grade earned.

• Missing assignments will be designated a 0%.

Absence Policy:

• It is the responsibility of each student to determine the assignments, journal questions, notes, and tests missed due to absence, and to complete all work missed due to absence.  Additionally, it is the responsibility of each student to make arrangements with the teacher to complete missed assessments.

• Assignments missed due to absence will be scored a zero until the assignment is completed.

• Students should refer to online resources to determine missed assignments.  Students can also confer with the teacher for clarification.