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.)