US History Honors 2015-2016Mrs. Cynda WoodRoom #119Email:
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$%er%ie!This course is a course set up to have students understand
the United States History, how the United States was formed and the
events that have lead up to the currentUnited States. It will focus
on the political, economic, and social features of our history. It
will be broen up into two semesters, having an e!am at the end of
each semester covering that semester"s material. The class will be
taught at the Honors level, and will be designed to help prepare
the students for college, as well as e!pecting a certain amount of
personal responsibility of students that choose to tae the class at
the honors level. &e't #earson"s United States HistoryS#((lies
Three$ring noteboo, loose$leaf noteboo paper %preferably college
ruled&, pens and pencils, highlighter, art supplies when
re'uested %or use what is provided&)oteboo*s (ou will be
re'uired to tae notes in class, which should be included in your
noteboo. This noteboo should also include information that I will
give you in class, writing assignments through the year, and any
other handouts that are given. These noteboos are sub)ect to be
graded at anytime if I feel students have not been bringing them to
class or eeping their materials together. This is a cumulative
class and students are e!pected to eep their material throughout
the entire year+radin, *rading will be divided as follows+&ests
and ma-or (ro-e"ts .5/Home!or* .5/Writin, 15/0arti"i(ation 10/
1#i22es 5/I update I,-. often, so please chec I,-. with grading
'uestions and then feel free toemail me if further information is
needed. *rades not turned in when the assignment is put into I,-.
are put in as /eros. This does not mean the grade will stay a /ero,
especially if the reason is an e!cused absence+ rather the
assignment is not currently in. Co#rse 0oli"ies 0ate wor will not
be accepted after 1 calendar days, unless further arrangements are
made. 2ach day it is late points will be deducted accordingly. 3ll
material assigned in class is sub)ect to assessment. (ou will have
either a 'ui/, test, or pro)ect to be graded on each unit, possibly
all three. ,ot everything will be a graded assignment+ some things
will be participation, others )ust to chec for learning. 4heating
will be punished to the highest e!tent outlined in the handboo,
including plagiarism. 3ll ma)or typed assignments will be submitted
to turn$it$in.comCond#"t 3ll rules of the student handboo apply.
3bove everything else, respect yourself, each other, -4HS, and me
in the classroom.3bsen"es It is the responsibility of the st#dents
to arrange for any mae$up assignments, including tests. They will
not be given during class time %e!ceptions being study halls that
align with my planning period&. They must come see me outside
of class time and mae a scheduled appointment to mae up wor after
school or before school. This must be done within 1 calendar days
of the student returning unless other arrangements have been made.
If this is not done, the student will receive start receiving
points off for every day they have not made up the assignment
ultimately resulting in a /ero for that assignment, which can be
very harmful to their grade and more importantly their
understanding of the course. 5ae$up assignments will generally be
different from the assignments that are given in class, they will
cover the same material, but not necessarily in the same format to
insure the validity of the assignment, and in some cases to maethe
best use of time. rnitin."omClass 4d 66906250ass!ord
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