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American History Code of Conduct
Attendance
• 7 absences• unexcused• Denial of credit• Excused absences• Illness• Legal quarantine• Court appearance• Death in immediate
family• Bad weather• Emergency (principal
discretion) • Prior permission
Attendance continued•Unexcused absence:•Failure to start/register
on time•Truancy•Missing the bus/ride•Suspension (make up
work provided)•Unauthorized trips•Birthdays/celebrations•No written excuse in 3
days•Bring excuse for
checkouts
Exemption• Being here is
important because..• 11th graders can be
exempt• If…• A average/2 absences• B average/1 absence• C/no absence• all absences count
except field trips• Forfeit this right if..• Suspended• Skipped• ATS• ECAP
Dress Code/School Violations
▫Do not wear in the building:
▫Hats▫Sunglasses ▫Follow the Dress Code at all times!
•Cell Phones can not be used or seen during school hours
New Cell Phone Policy• 1st offense – parent contact
– phone held 2 school days – parent must retrieve phone
• 2nd offense – parent contact – school designated action or 1 day detention – phone held 5 school days- parent must retrieve phone
• 3rd offense and all subsequent offenses – parent contact – school designated action or 3 days detention – phone held 10 school days – parent must retrieve phone
Forms• You and your parent must
sign the signature page acknowledging your acceptance of the code of conduct
• Must return by Friday• Technology form – cannot
use school computers unless it is returned
• Textbook form
Basic Information•Times available: 7:30 a.m.
until 7:45 a.m. M, W, & Th•Afternoon: 7th period
(check availability)•Website address:
www.wchwlcoxschools.com - use this site to check assignment dates, download Power Points that contain notes and to send e-mails
•E – Mail address : wchwright@wilcox.k12.al.us
A. Course Description
•United States History from 1877 to the Present
•11th grade •continues 10th
grade U.S. History•Economic•Geographic•Social•Political
development
B. Method of Instruction
•lecture/note taking
•group work•individual research
•Videos•Discussion•role playing•worksheets
C. Course Objectives •
Agrarian society to an industrial nation
• Progressivism• American imperialism• World War I• Life during the 1920s• Great Depression and
New Deal• World War II • Cold War• Kennedy and Johnson
Administrations.• Foreign events and
issues of the Kennedy Presidency
• Vietnam• Civil Rights • To present day
D. Textbook and required tools
• Glencoe: The American Vision: Volume 2
3 ring binder with loose leaf paper
• glue•markers/crayons•pens and pencils
E. Grading Plan
Progress Reports every 4 weeks
•Test – 20%•Quizzes – 20%•Notebook – 10% •class/homework – 50%
F. Classroom Rules and Procedures
Entering the Class
•Come in quietly•Take out supplies,
sharpen pencils, etcComplete either the
posted bellringer or continue working on the anchor activities for the week
Dismissal at the end of class
•Continue working until given permission to stop
•Remain in assigned seat
•Sit quietlyThe bell does not
dismiss the class …I do
•Wait for my cheery dismissal!
Returning to class after an absence3 days to make up
workThe weekly
assignments are located on the board by the door
Handouts can be found in the folders
Write your name on the calendar when you will come in to make up work
You can only make up work before or after school
Arriving to class tardy
• If you have a note from a teacher place it on my desk• If your tardy is
unexcused you will sign the tardy form:
•1st tardy – warning•2nd tardy – note/call
home•3rd tardy - ATS
Quieting the class
•Please watch and listen for the call to order
Asking for help
Please raise your hand if you have a question
No yell outs – it disrupts others
Moving of students
Do not sharpen pencils, or move about the room while I or a classmate is talking
Keeping a student notebook
• Notes & assignments will be worth points.
• I will record them.• Points will be added
together at the end of each chapter.
Don’t throw away notebook assignments!
Copy assignments onto the log.
Number all assignments!
Grading Notebook for Organization• Are the pages there? • Are the pages in the
correct order?• Is the assignment log
completed?• The organizational NB
grade will be peer reviewed.
• If your notebook is not ready to be graded on the day that it is due you will receive a zero.
Location, Location, Location
•Check the folder located “no name” to find papers with no name
•Check the folder labeled “assignment log” to ensure that you have all of the notebook assignments
Homework Policy
Homework due at the beginning of class the next day
half credit – after all call/next day
•Copying – O for the copier and “copyee”
•Parents will be notified
• Indications of cheating – exact same wrong answers/wording, same misspelled words
Hall Passes
3 hall passes each week
Do not ask to go anywhere in the first five minutes
Write out your own pass & I’ll sign
Return pass to me
Collecting or returning work
• All assignments should be turned in to the green basket found in front of the whiteboard
• Notebook assignments will be returned to you – place them back into your notebook IN ORDER
• Quizzes, tests and daily assignments will be placed in a folder that remains in the classroom
Heading your paper
Top right hand corner
First and last name
Date – month/date/year
Assignment title
Paschal Pet Peeves
•1. Texting!•2. Sitting on the
desk tops or at my podium!
•3. Eating and drinking in class!
G. Emergency Procedures
• Signed pass to see nurse
• severe weather – in the hall (book/coat)
• Have a seat• Be quiet• Wait for instructions• Fire – east parking lot• Lockdown – remain in
room, quiet, no lights, out of view of door window
H. Weekly/Daily Tentative schedule
•Bell work•Preview/Review•Notes/Lecture•Enrichment activity/assignment•Recap•Complete the next chapter’s vocabulary
after test•Vocabulary quiz taken the day before the
test• I will try to stick to this as much as possible,
however holidays and assemblies will sometimes change this.
1st notebook assignment!
•Take syllabus notes home review with parent, you sign & parent sign
•Worth 25 points
Unit Page Directions• On a piece of notebook
paper• Write the name of the unit• Write the name of the
chapters in the unit• Find and draw a picture in
the unit
Vocabulary
• Complete the vocabulary (blue) for the whole chapter (3 sections.)