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US History Syllabus

Honors U.S. HISTORY – L. Ory – Room 108

Class Rules, Policies and Procedures

E-mail:  lindsey.ory@gulfportschools.org

My website: http://www.schoolrack.com/oryhistory/

Conferences are always welcome.  Please call the office, 865-4633, and I will return your call

   during my first available planning period or after school.

            E-mail correspondence is encouraged because of its convenience and timeliness.  Thank you!

Classroom Core Rules:

1.       All students must be punctual and bring all supplies to class.

2.       All students must keep hands, feet, and belongings to himself/herself.

3.       All students must remain seated unless otherwise instructed.

4.       All students must talk only with permission.

5.       All students must follow directions.

6.       All students must not bring drinks or food into the classroom. (This includes gum!) (Bottled water is OK.)

Consequences:

1.       Warning

2.       Pride card signed

3.       Lunch detention and parents called

4.       Referral to counselor and parents called

5.       Referral to principals

6.       After-school detention

Class Policies:

1.       Sit in your assigned seat each day.

2.       Class attendance is important.  Be here each day!

3.       Check with me if you are absent.  It’s your responsibility to make missed work. 

4.       Ask questions and participate in class.

5.       Don’t talk while someone else has the floor.

6.       Please don’t make a mess around your desk.  Throw away your trash.

7.       Don’t exit the classroom until you are dismissed.

8.      If you have a problem I can help you with, see me before or after school.

Materials You’ll Need:

1.       A 3-ring binder                2.  A 2-pocket, 3-prong folder 3.   Colored pencils               4.  A highlighter

Grading:

1.       You will have 3 or 4 major tests each 9-week term. 

2.       You will have numerous “daily grades.”

3.       Your notebook will be checked and will count as a minor grade (80%). 

4.       Your grade will be an average of your test grades, projects, and daily grades.

5.       Your test grades and term exam will make up 20% of your term average. You can check your progress by using the Parent Communication Center. 

Access information is on my website. 

6.       As Honors students, you will engage in more rigorous pacing and a greater depth of knowledge, higher-level testing, quarterly projects and relevant writing assignments related to our current study unit.

Course Objective:

This course focuses on the historical development of the United States from Pre-Columbian time to 1877.  The strands of civics, history, geography, and economics are emphasized throughout the course.  Civic concepts necessary for citizenship participation in a democratic society will be developed.  The study of history will show how Americans have been affected by past events.  Geographic tools will be used to analyze spatial relationships in the environment of the United States.  Economic concepts will be utilized to show how regions of the United States developed their own distinct identity.  Skill development will include the interpretation and application of maps, charts, political cartoons, primary documents, and other social studies tools.

The social studies curriculum is taught in a developmental sequence to develop the students’ knowledge and perspectives in the study of people from self, families, communities, cities, regions, United States, and to the world.

Student Goals:

a.      Identify important historical events and how they influenced the development of the U.S.

b.     Develop a useful knowledge of the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the structure of our government. 

c.      Learn to make judgments and defend a position on a current or historical event. 

d.     Master the skills of reading and interpreting maps.

e.      Master the skill of writing a social studies-specific 5-paragraph essay.

Honors U.S. History Units of Study:

  1. U.S. Geography
  2. The Earliest Americans & Exploration
  3. The Colonial Period
  4. The Revolutionary Period
  5. A Young Nation
  6. A New Century
  7. A Growing Nation
  8. The Age of Expansion
  9. Sectionalism & Slavery
  10. Avoiding Conflict
  11. The Civil War (1860-1865)
  12. Reconstruction (1865-1877)
  13. The Settlement of the West

 

 Parents: Please contact me at 865-4633 if you have questions or concerns.

 

 

 
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Bayou View Middle School in Gulfport, MS

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