Period 1 Zoom starts on Monday at the 8:30am

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Topic: US History Per1 

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Period 3 Zoom starts on Monday at the 10am

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Period 5 Zoom starts on Monday at the 11:40am

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Period 4 Zoom starts on Tuesday at 10am

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Topic: AP Euro Per4

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Period 6 Zoom starts on Tuesday at 11:40am

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Advocacy Zoom starts on Monday at the 1:35pm

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Credit Recovery every Tues & Fri at 1:35pm

Topic: Credit Recovery Fall 2020

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****AP Euro students see AP European History page for course syllabus****

U. S. History Course Syllabus:

Class Rules for MCHS Classroom & Distance Learning

1. •Leave objects inappropriate for the classroom at home or in backpack:  phone, food, etc. (electronic devices will be turned into an administrator at the end of the school day).  Distance learning classroom is our virtual space and rules apply there too.
   

2. •Enter the classroom & Zoom meetings on time, calmly, and ready to work.  In Zoom meetings, you should be presentable, your camera should be on, and your audio should be muted unless it is your turn to speak.
   

3. •Respect everyone and everything in the classroom & in the virtual Zoom meetings.
   

4. •Obey the school rules.
   

Consequences for Breaking the Rules

1. •Formal warning.
   

2. •Conference with student.
   

3. •Call home and/or parent conference.
   

4. •Referral to an administrator.
   

Make Up Work or Extra Help:

It is the responsibility of the student to conference with the instructor AFTER CLASS/ZOOM, via REMIND APP or during ADVOCACY whenever the student has missed any class/Zoom time or needs extra help.  When a student has missed class/Zoom time it is required that the student conference with the instructor about missed assignments, tests, and deadlines on the day the student returns to school.  Student and instructor will establish a reasonable deadline to make up the work.  It is the responsibility of the student to make up all work missed during the absence by the deadline.  Any work not made up by the deadline will be scored as a zero.  Miss a quiz, the next quiz counts double, but miss two in a row and both must be made up.  Test make ups can be taken during office hours and must be arranged with the instructor.  The deadline to make up a test is one week from the day that the student returns to school.  If a student is absent the day something is due, it is due when the student returns to class.

Late Homework, Late Projects:

NO LATE ASSIGNMENTS will be accepted.  Students must use Puma Points to turn work in late (see Puma Points description below).  Students that are absent will be given a reasonable amount of time to make up the work and must make arrangements with the instructor on the day they return to class.  Projects turned in late are penalized 10% per class period (a class period = every time the student’s class meets- Mon, Wed, Thurs).

Homework and Notebook or Google Drive:

Homework will be assigned approximately once per week.  Most homework assignments will consist of reading and answering questions, taking notes into a bound (spiral) notebook or on your Drive, or document analysis.  Absolutely 100% of the homework assignment MUST be completed on-time in order for the student to receive full credit for the assignment.  All classwork will be recorded in the notebook or Drive including lecture notes, film notes, and any other in-class assignments.  The notebook/Drive should be complete, organized, and neat.  For Distance Learning:  you may opt to complete all your work in a folder on your Google Drive instead of a notebook.

Materials:

Pencil and pen, spiral notebook or the equivalent (preferably with pockets for loose paper), daily planner, computer with keyboard and video camera, and completed work as assigned.

Office Hours:

1. •Monday through Friday 2:15-3:30.  Message me on the Remind app, not email, if you need extra help or have a concern and we can set up a private Zoom meeting during office hours.
   

2. •Directly after each of our Zoom meetings.  Message me via Remind app & we can hangout after a Zoom meeting to discuss a question or concern.
   

3. •At school office hours during Advocacy.  Get an Advo Pass from me.
   

Puma Points

All students begin each semester with three free Puma Points.  Puma Points expire at the end of each semester and must be used before finals week begins.  On the Friday before finals all PP not used turn into 0.75% extra credit applied to your final grade.

1. •1 point gets you: 
   

1. •1 homework assignment accepted late for full credit anytime before the end of the semester
   

2. •Drop lowest quiz
   

3. •Turn in a project one class period late without penalty
   

4. •10% extra credit on a test/project up to 20%
   

5. •3x5 card on unit test
   

2. •3 points:  drop lowest unit test/project
   

***Note:  The best use of a Puma Point is to use it on a missing homework assignment.***

Academic U.S. History Grading Policy

•Tests, essays, and major projects                        40%

•Assignments and minor projects                        35%

•Quizzes and Document Analysis                        15%

•Final                                                  10%

Academic Dishonesty

Academic dishonesty is completely unacceptable in any form and will not be tolerated.  All persons involved will receive a zero on the assignment and a referral to an administrator.  Violations include, but are not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, collusion, claiming work (no matter how small) that is not of your own creation, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to commit such acts.  Plagiarism is failing to correctly indicate places where you are making use of the work of another person.  Please discuss with the instructor if you need information on quoting and citing properly.  Absolutely no copying-and-pasting!  During a quiz or test during Distant Learning, use of notes, textbook, websites, help from another person, or any other aid other than your own brain is considered cheating.

Skills:

1. 1. •Manipulation of maps, globes, charts, graphs
      

   2. •Reading:  textbooks, periodicals, primary source documents
      

   3. •Research
      

   4. •Group work
      

   5. •Critical thinking/ problem solving
      

   6. •Use of film and technology
      

   7. •Oral communication
      

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Assignments:

Includes weekly homework assignments, class work, tests, quizzes, projects, and long and short-term group work.

Video List:

Parents and guardians should take a look at the Video List on the US History page of my website to see the list of potential films we may view this school year.  We will not view them all (not even close) and the films shown each year change from year to year.  Most of the video we will watch this year will be short clips (ex: first 20 minutes of Saving Private Ryan).  We will watch just a few films in full.  Please let me know ASAP if you would like your student excused from viewing any of the films on the list.  A supplemental assignment will be assigned.

Schedule:

You are required to check Google Classroom or my website at the beginning of every period on Mon, Wed, Thurs. 

Period      Monday          Wednesday        Thursday

1             8:30 Zoom        There will be        8:30 Zoom

                                      an assignment

3             10:00 Zoom      due on Google      10:00 Zoom

                                    Classroom every

                                            Wednesday before

5             11:40 Zoom            noon              11:40 Zoom

Office

Hours          2:15                                           2:15

Attendance

Attendance in Zoom meetings are required.  You will be marked absent if you miss a meeting.  You will be marked tardy if you are late.