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Welcome to US History!

Welcome to US History!. Ms. Beets 2013-2014 Harker Heights High School. Class Materials. Supplies you need in class EVERYDAY Pen or pencil Notebook You will have open-notebook pop quizzes! Homework assignments. Class Rules. Be on time 4 tardies = detention Respect others

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Welcome to US History!

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  1. Welcome to US History! Ms. Beets 2013-2014 Harker Heights High School

  2. Class Materials • Supplies you need in class EVERYDAY • Pen or pencil • Notebook • You will have open-notebook pop quizzes! • Homework assignments

  3. Class Rules • Be on time • 4 tardies = detention • Respect others • Listen while I am talking • No talking or whispering • If you have a question, raise your hand and wait until you are called on • Technology only for academic purposes • I will confiscate devices being used for other purposes • Listen to classmates • Think about what is being said • Discipline • First Offense: I will talk with you • Second Offense: I will contact your parent • Third Offense: I will write you up

  4. Class Procedures • Bell Ringers • When bell rings, you should be in your chair completing the warm-up • Complete on your own with no talking if individual warm-up • Participate with your group if group warm-up • Lesson • Take notes using PowerPoint as a guide • Unless otherwise noted, you should be taking notes when I am talking • Activity • Work quietly (no talking!) unless otherwise noted • Stay in chair until bell rings • Do NOT line up at the door • Class time is NOT for • Grade checking (do this on your own at home or in the library) • Chatting with friends (do this on your own time)

  5. Syllabus • Grading policy • Late work • Absences • You are responsible for finding out what you missed and doing it • Check my website • Acquire missed papers from the red file folder

  6. Website • http://beetshistory.weebly.com/ • Home Page • Useful links for research • Link to your textbook website • Blog Page • PowerPoints and assignments posted by day • If you are absent from class, check here and get missed work. Any important announcements will be listed here.

  7. Parental Notification • Signed statement from parent/guardian • Return to me by Thursday • If you would like to receive important reminders via text message, you and/or your parents can sign up • Text: (858) 943-4398 • Message: @msbeets • (I can’t see your phone number!)

  8. Timeline Activity • With your table, assemble the pieces in chronological order. • Absolutely NO technology or notes! Use your brains! • Think back to 8th grade for some of these. • If you don’t know the answer, think about any associations you have with the era and make an educated guess. • Everyone must participate! • The first team with all the pieces in the proper places wins!

  9. Timeline Review Age of Jackson/Westward Constitution and Federalism 1600s Colonial Era 1914-1915 WWI 1939-1945 WWII Reconstruction 1929 Great Depression Starts 1861-1865 Civil War Revolutionary Era 1898 Spanish American War the Early Republic

  10. Timeline Review 1957 Sputnik launch ignites US-Soviet space race 2001 terrorist attacks on WTC and the Pentagon 1969 US lands on moon 2003-2011 War in Iraq 1950s Baby Boom 1968 MLK assassination 1991 Cold War ends 2001 US begins war in Afghanistan

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