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Welcome to APUSH. Mr. Fox. Grading Policy. Exams 25% 80 question multiple choice AP level questions Curved Essays/Projects 25% Free Response and DBQ essays Quizzes 15% To make sure you read the book!!! 5 questions/ 5 minutes Homework 10%

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Welcome to APUSH

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  1. Welcome to APUSH Mr. Fox

  2. Grading Policy • Exams 25% • 80 question multiple choice • AP level questions • Curved • Essays/Projects 25% • Free Response and DBQ essays • Quizzes 15% • To make sure you read the book!!! • 5 questions/ 5 minutes • Homework 10% • Most of the Hw’s are the readings, so realize that the quizzes are for the most part included in the HW. Review sheets count as 3 homeworks and must be completed in order to play Jeopardy! • Class Participation/Classwork 25% • Answering Socratic method questions • It’s effort! • Class Presentations/ Readings and Discussion

  3. Expectations • Student • Attendance • Lateness is not an option!!!! • come early, eat breakfast, relax, listen to Fox’s bad music • If absent, bring note or parent can email me. • Behavior • Materials • Effort • AP is an OPTIONAL course!!!! • If you gonna go swimming, you dive in, not pinky toe at a time!! • In college, about 2/3rds of the material covered for the course is expected to be learned outside the classroom. • READ THE BOOK!!!!!! • TUTORING!!!!!! Saturday’s thru the year. Perks given!!!! • READ THE BOOK!!!!!! • Monkeys can copy notes (proven fact actually, University of London study showed they can copy images), students review notes • Extra Credit • Outside the Class • Teacher • Be prepared, on time, rarely absent, know the content.

  4. Helpusfox.weebly.com • Class website • Homeworks posted. You can email assignments to me if you like. devilsfanfox@aol.com • Resources- history links, powerpoints!!! AP info • The powerpoints are put up so you can view them again if you like and also if (and definitely when) I’m going too fast and you can’t copy all the notes • Calendar • Videos

  5. Homework #1- Class Contract • Parent is to go to helpusfox.weebly.com • Review grading policy • Send an email to devilsfanfox@aol.com with contact info (phone numbers, email address, best time to call etc.) • Tomorrow we start!!!!!

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