United States History

Mrs. Crook

Charissa_Crook@gwinnett.k12.ga.us

Parkview High School

Room 12.241 Bldg. A

Fall 2008

The mission of Gwinnett County Public Schools is to pursue excellence in academic knowledge, skills, and behavior for each student resulting in measured improvement against local, national, and world-class standards.

Course Description:  This is a two-semester course that studies specific past events, persons and cultures relating to the development of the United States of America.  The class will be taught and student progress assessed in accordance with the attached Gwinnett County Academic Knowledge and Skills (AKS) guidelines. *** This course has been modified for the student learning English as a second language. 

The student in this class will acquire the following academic knowledge of United States history during the First Semester:

• Colonization of the New World
• Revolution and the formation of a new nation
• Constitutional and democratic government
• Growth, change crisis, compromise and conflict within the new nation, through the Civil War
• Expansion of the United States and emergence of the US as a world power in the 20^th Century

The student in this class will acquire the following academic skills:

• Map and globe reading
• Information processing

Required Supplies:

1. binder & loose leaf paper
2. OR notebook
3. organized system for keeping hand-outs
4. pen or pencil

Text:

Danzer, Gerald A., J. Jorge Klor de Alva, Larry S. Krieger, Louis E. Wilson, and Nancy Woloch (2007) The Americans, Evanston, IL: McDougal Littell.

Grading Procedures:

Daily Class and Home Work                                               50%

Unit Exams, Written Assessments and Quizzes   30%

Gwinnett County Final Exam                                                20%

            (Finals:  12% multiple choice; 8% performance essay)

Scale:

90 to 100        A

80 to 89          B

74 to 79          C

70 to 73          D

below 70        Failure

Absences and Missed Work:

1. Missed work, quizzes and tests may be made up for full credit only after an EXCUSED absence.
2. Students are responsible for checking with the teacher for missed work and to schedule missed tests and quizzes due to absence.
3. No graded work, tests or quizzes may be made up after an UNEXCUSED absence.
4. Late work from a student who was present but who did not turn in work when it was due, will be accepted for ONE DAY past due date.  The student will receive a 10% grade penalty. (For example, a grade of 90% becomes an 81% if the work is turned in a day late.)
5. Students missing more than 10 days of class may not receive credit for this class, subject to the administrative rules and regulations of Gwinnett County Public Schools.

Classroom Etiquette:

1. Always exercise appropriate self-discipline
2. Respect self and others
3. Be prepared for class
4. Contribute positively to teaching and learning
5. Adherence to all Parkview rules and school policies

Modification of this syllabus is at the sole discretion of the teacher.