Course: United States and World History
Text: Discovering Our Past: A History of the United States, World History and Geography
TextBooks can also be accessed online by going to Mr. Ward’s webpage
Teacher: Mr. Ward
History matters…….the world we live in did not just happen. It is the result of choices made by countless individuals and groups. Even the smallest of those decisions can have enormous consequences. Learning history fosters perspective taking, critical thinking, and moral decision making. History is everyone’s story and it can be unpredictable. The present is linked to the past and real people can change the course of history.
How to Contact Mr. Ward:
[email protected]
Phone-824-3400 ext. 3219
Requirements: Notebook, Folder, Binder, something to write with
Grades: Your grade will based on tests, daily quizzes, projects, in class assignments, current events, and homework. Homework will be worth 2 points per assignment. You will receive a 2 if it is complete, a 1 if it is completed half or more, and 0 for less than half. Tests and graded assignments will not be made up during class. All tests, quizzes, and assignments need to be made up before school, during homeroom, in tutorial, or after school. It is your responsibility to set up a time to take the tests, quizzes, and do assignments if you are absent. Tests and quizzes need to be made up within two days of you being absent. It is also your responsibility to get all missed work if you are absent. Your grade will also be weighted in this format:
§ Summative – 60%-Tests, Projects
§ Practice/Skills Check– 30%-Quizzes, Projects, In Class assignments, etc..
§ Homework –10%
Rules:
- Be on time and sit in assigned seat
- Be prepared for class
- No eating or drinking
- Respect other students and teacher at all times
- Refrain from all activities that disrupt the learning process
- NO SLEEPING
- All rules in the handbook also apply
Material Covered
Geography Industrialization
Expansion Major American Documents
Civil War
Slavery Nationalism
World Revolutions
Battle of Lake Erie Reconstruction
Forming Our Government World War I
Economies of North America and the World