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|HONORS UNITED STATES HISTORY 1865-present |

|2016-2017 COURSE PROCEDURES |

“We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.” President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963)

TEACHER: Mrs. Jennifer Bokar-Hyland

PHONE: (440)995-6935

E-MAIL: jhyland@

TEXTBOOK: The Americans McDougal Littell, 2012

Welcome to Mrs. Hyland’s U.S. History class. This class will cover the time period from post-Civil War to current time and also will include a discussion of important historical documents, including the Declaration of Independence, Northwest Ordinance, Articles of Confederation, Constitution, and Ohio Constitution. Throughout this year, we will be involved in a variety of activities to expand your understanding of this period in American history. In addition, we will look at current events throughout the course because today’s current events are tomorrow’s history. What follows is an explanation of the requirements, expectations, procedures and grading format that I will follow for the school year. I strongly advise you to become familiar with these procedures in order to avoid any possible misunderstandings throughout the year. Students who read and follow these procedures will be ensured a successful academic year and an enjoyable classroom experience.

TEXTBOOKS

• Students will be assigned a code which will provide access to the online textbook. Please use the code along with the website to sign into your account. Please see me if you are having difficulty accessing your online book.

• Students will be provided with a classroom textbook to use during class time. Students are responsible for lost or damaged classroom textbooks.

• Classroom textbooks are not permitted to leave the classroom for any reason.

GRADES

• Grades in this class are earned not given. As a teacher, I do not give grades to students; they are earned through hard work and dedication.

• I do not add or take away points because of attitude or behavior. However, a positive attitude and appropriate behavior are the first step towards success.

• Points will be assigned for such items as tests, quizzes, homework, group work, in-class activities, projects, reports, and class participation for blogging.

HOMEWORK

• Homework is given to increase your understanding of material taught in class and to prepare you for the next day’s lesson.

• Students will be given the time necessary to complete assignments.

• Students will also be supplied a study guide for major exams at least 1 week prior to the scheduled test date.

• If you need assistance on an assignment, please see me for help.

• Credit will not be given for copied work. Never copy another student’s work or allow another student to copy. You will get caught!

ASSIGNMENT

• All assignments are expected to be turned in on time.

• If a student is absent on the day that an assignment is due, the student is expected to turn in the assignment the day he/she returns to class.

• If a student will miss class due to a field trip or school activity, the student is expected to turn in the assignment by 8th period the day that the assignment is due otherwise the assignment is considered late.

• Any major assignment will be due on its assigned day regardless of absences.

• Work must be turned in within five school days of the students’ return to school or the student will receive a zero for that work.

It is your responsibility to find out what work you have missed. Please see me at the beginning of the class period for your make-up work or in the Social Studies Office before school. If you were absent you missed something regardless of what others may tell you!

TESTS

• All unit tests will be announced at least 1 week prior to the test date. A study guide will be provided to students in order to prepare them for the test.

• It a student is absent the day of the test or quiz, the student is expected to make up the test or quiz the day he/she returns or an alternate date must be scheduled within 5 days. If a student will miss a class due to a field trip or school activity, the student is expected to contact the teacher in order to make up the test or quiz that day. Failure to make-up a test within the time period will result in a zero for the test.

• Students will be permitted to complete test corrections on the day the test is handed back to the class. Test corrections will count as ¼ of a point per question missed toward the actual test score as long as the student has completed all unit assignments. Students must complete test corrections in class and no tests will be permitted to be taken home. Students will also be permitted to re-write test essays or other written assignments if the student earns lower than a “C” on that written assessment.

• Anyone talking for any reason before, during, or after a test or quiz will automatically receive a zero.

END OF COURSE EXAM

House Bill 487 updated Ohio’s graduation requirements. Therefore, students enrolled in U.S. History courses are required to take and pass an End of Course exam in U.S. History. Exams will be administered in May. This is a state standardized test. The course is designed to prepare the students for the exam. The class will also provide students with opportunities to practice exam-type questions and review appropriate material prior to testing.

Anyone suspected of plagiarism or cheating on a test, quiz, or assignment will receive a zero.

CLASSROOM REQUIREMENTS/SUPPLIES

• Pen/Pencil

• Notebook

• Notebook Paper

• Assignment Calendar

• Subject Folder

• Colored Pencils

“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

President Theodore Roosevelt

"Citizenship in a Republic,"

Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

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