Whaples' Class Syllabus

Fred Whaples, MA Ed., MA Min

704-701-0995

East Rowan High School

Athletic Director

9-12^th Grade History Teacher, Rowan Salisbury Schools

AP World History Reader

RSS District Curriculum Developer

National Council of Social Studies Board Member

Classroom Teachers Association Executive Team

Retro Report Ambassador Team

Sphere Education Council

Email Address-whaplesfs@rss.k12.nc.us

Room--102

AP UNITED STATES HISTORY

In AP U.S. History, students investigate significant events, individuals, developments, and processes in nine historical periods from approximately 1491 to the present. Students develop and use the same skills and methods employed by historians: analyzing primary and secondary sources; developing historical arguments; making historical connections; and utilizing reasoning about comparison, causation, and continuity and change. The course also provides eight themes that students explore throughout the course in order to make connections among historical developments in different times and places: American and national identity; work, exchange, and technology; geography and the environment; migration and settlement; politics and power; America in the world; American and regional culture; and social structures.

Tentative schedule

Unit 1: Period 1: 1491–1607 4–6%

Unit 2: Period 2: 1607–1754 6–8%

Unit 3: Period 3: 1754–1800 10–17%

Unit 4: Period 4: 1800–1848 10–17%

Unit 5: Period 5: 1844–1877 10–17%

Unit 6: Period 6: 1865–1898 10–17%

Unit 7: Period 7: 1890–1945 10–17%

Unit 8: Period 8: 1945–1980 10–17%

Unit 9: Period 9: 1980–Present 4–6%

CIVICS AND ECONOMICS

American History: The Founding Principles, Civics and Economics has been developed as a course that provides a framework for understanding the basic tenets of American democracy, practices of American government as established by the United States Constitution, basic concepts of American politics and citizenship and concepts in macro and micro economics and personal finance. The essential standards of this course are organized under three strands – Civics and Government, Personal Financial Literacy and Economics. The Civics and Government strand is framed to develop students’ increased understanding of the institutions of constitutional democracy and the fundamental principles and values upon which they are founded, the skills necessary to participate as effective and responsible citizens and the knowledge of how to use democratic procedures for making decisions and managing conflict. The Economic and Personal Financial Literacy strands are framed to provide students with an understanding of the role economic factors play in making economic decisions, the ability to reason logically about key economic issues and the knowledge and skills needed to manage personal financial resources effectively for lifetime financial security. Taken together, these three strands should help to prepare students to become responsible and effective citizens in an interdependent world.

Unit 1 Founding Ideals

Unit 2 Federalism

Unit 3 Influence In Government

Unit 4 Citizenship

Unit 5 Law and You

Unit 6 Economics

• Expectations for Students

  • Be Prepared--Be Attentive--Be Productive--Be Responsible--Be Respectful

• Materials Needed: Computer and earbuds

• Attendance- Attendance is NOT an option and will be taken the first 5 minutes of class. If a student is tardy more than three times a Student Led Parent/Teacher Conference will be mandated. After 6 tardies an administrative conference will be scheduled to address the issue. Students who are not present for at least 25 minutes of class are counted absent per state policy.

• Did you miss school? Did you forget to LOG IN at the designated online class time? Were you sick? Out of town? Family Emergency? Or just want to stay involved in your student's success, then Canvas is YOUR BEST ONE STOP ANSWER! Schoology has all courses the student is enrolled in along with lesson plans, and a calendar showing all work. **Please understand it is each student's responsibility to make up any work they miss due to an absence. Thorough lesson plans and all material needed will be available through Canvas.

• Consequences- Reward what you want repeated is far more effective than simply punishing unwanted behavior. When consequences are necessary, they will follow the school handbook and administration recommendation.

• Cheating and plagiarism- While collaboration is HIGHLY ENCOURAGED, students are not to cut and paste ANY work from ANY SOURCE. Any student caught copying will share the grade. Share the work, share the grade. Any student caught in plagiarism will receive a zero and referral submitted to administration. Student’s voice and perspective is the purpose and goal!

• Make-up Work-When a student is absent from class, arrangements must be made BY THE STUDENT to make up all work, including homework, quizzes and review quizzes/tests. Missed work can be made up at ANY TIME up until the last day of the quarter when it was missed. Once quarter grades are posted NO MISSED WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED. All make up can be found on Canvas.

• Late Work: Accepted within the quarter due with no penalties or deductions. The desire is for students to complete the work to gain a full understanding of the content being taught. This will be the best way to prepare students for the future. Completing the work is ALWAYS the goal. Students who submit work prior to the due dates of assignments will receive "special recognition" throughout the year (ie., candy, chips, special treats)

• Tutorial schedule-Students and Parents may reach out to Mr. Whaples ANYTIME between 7am and 9pm via cell or email listed above.