Welcome back...This blog will help to keep you informed of what we are doing in class on a weekly basis. It is your best "go to" place if you are absent or need to be reminded of class activities.
Please note the following information. Feel free to see me if you have any questions.
US History Syllabus
1st Semester 2015/2016
|
Instructor
|
Email
|
Office Location & Hours
|
|
Jodi L. Perry
751-7004 ext.
2168
|
ushistoryperry.blogspot.com
|
Room 526 – 7:15 –
2:45
1st Block
planning
|
General Information
Description
This year you will be studying the history of the United
States from the Civil War to the Present.
At the end of the year you will take an End of Course Exam designed by
the State of Florida. This will be a
computerized, multiple choice test of approximately 60 questions.
Expectations and Goals
This course encompasses the actions and consequences of
major events in American History. In
order to get the most from this course you will need to be in attendance every
day. There will be an activity or
assignment daily as well as weekly homework.
Each Friday there will be a short review of the week’s lesson using the
homework assignment.
Reading will play a large role in the study of US History
and you will be required to read several documents and texts during the course
of the year. We will examine the
documents, determine validity, and corroborate information with the textbook
and other documents.
Computers will be used for course work, documents, research
and assessment.
You are expected to keep up with the class assignments and
turn work in on time. When absent
(excused), you are expected to get the missing work and turn it in the next
class period. Repeated unexcused absences
could result in a failing grade.
Class rules and expectation are listed in the
classroom. Some important rules to
remember are: 1. Be on time. 2.
Cellphones and other electronic devices are not to be turned on or used
during class. 3. Food and beverages are not to be consumed in
class (exception: Water bottles). 4.
Passes are for emergencies only and will not be given at random...your
forgetfulness is NOT an emergency.
5. Your best work and effort is
expected at all times.
Course Materials
Required Material
Ÿ
US History Textbook – use for homework
Ÿ
Gateway to US History – class set (remains in
classroom)
Ÿ
Paper and pen or pencil EVERY day.
Ÿ
Agenda or notebook to write assignment.
Optional Materials
Markers, colored pencils, crayons, poster boards, construction
paper, graph paper, copy paper may be needed for various assignments and
projects throughout the year.
Access to the internet may be needed at various times
(usually due to absences). If this is
not available at home, you can find access at the county library or after
school in the Media Center or classroom.
Course Schedule
|
Week
|
Topic
|
Reading
|
Exercises
|
|
Aug. 24 – 28
|
Introduction to History
|
Constitution Handbook
|
Discussion questions
|
|
Aug. 31 – Sept.
4
|
The Civil War
|
|
|
|
Sept. 7 – 11
|
Reconstruction
|
|
|
|
Sept. 14 – 18
|
Westward
|
|
|
|
Sept. 21 – 15
|
Rise of Industry
|
|
|
|
Sept. 28 – Oct.
2
|
Labor Movement
|
|
|
|
Oct. 5 – 9
|
Cities, Immigrants, and Farmers
|
|
|
|
Oct. 12 – 16
|
Progressive Era
|
|
|
|
Oct. 19 – 23
|
End of Quarter Review and Assessment
|
|
|
|
Oct. 26 – Nov. 6
|
American Imperialism
|
|
|
|
Nov. 9 – 20
|
United States and WWI
|
|
|
|
Nov. 23 –
27
|
Happy Thanksgiving
|
|
|
|
Nov. 30 – Dec.
11
|
Roaring Twenties
|
|
|
|
Dec. 19 – 23
|
Great Depression
|
|
|
|
Dec. 21 – Jan. 1
|
Winter Break
|
|
|
|
Jan. 4 – 8
|
Great Depression
|
|
|
|
Jan. 11 – 15
|
Review of Semester 1
|
|
|
Exam/Test Schedule
|
Date
|
Subject
|
|
Sept. 21, 22
|
Unit 1 assessment:
Civil War, Reconstruction, Westward Movement
|
|
Oct. 19, 20
|
Unit 2 assessment:
Changes in American Society – Industrial growth, Progressivism
Urbanization
|
|
Oct. 21, 22
|
Quarter 1 assessment – Units 1 and 2
|
|
Nov. 18, 19
|
Unit 3 assessment:
Imperialism and WWI
|
|
Jan. 11, 12
|
Unit. 4 assessment: Post WWI, Roaring Twenties, Great
Depression
|
|
Jan. 18 – 22
|
Semester 1 Exam:
Units 1 - 4
|
