Syllabus

**Malden High School ** **Academic Year 2013-2014 ** **Course Syllabus ** Room Br484 Before/after school office hours:­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ **7:30-2:45 Monday-Thursday** *You may also schedule any additional time before or after school in advance.
 * United States History I (1763-1877) **

**__Course Description__**__:__ In United States History I, students examine the historical and intellectual origins of the United States developed from Western Europe through the Revolutionary and Early Republic eras. Students study the framework of American Democracy; analyze key documents including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the basic concepts of the American Government. The course then traces America’s westward expansion, the establishment of political parties, economic and social change, sectional conflicts, the Civil War and Reconstruction periods.

**__Community Service Learning:__** As a part of the United States History I curriculum, students will engage in a Community Service Learning project in the 2nd (Spring) semester of the school year. In collaboration with the nonprofit organization, Generation Citizen, students will discover, research, plan, and implement a project with assistance from college mentors. The goal of this curriculum piece is to help foster civic participation. In doing so, students will become skilled in the areas of democracy, governmental process, public policy, advocacy, and action. The project is closely aligned with the content of the USI curriculum and will be an integral part of the student’s assessment and final grade, ‍ In preparing you for a 21st century society, we will incorporate technology-rich lessons into the curriculum. You will have the opportunity to work with school laptops and computer labs and will learn many Web 2.0 tools. In addition, you may have the opportunity to work with a virtual notebook and experience a digital classroom. More information on this will be provided in the future. As always, the school-wide Acceptable Use Policy should be followed at all times and technology should only be used for school-related assignments.
 * __Technology: __**

Binder: one 2 inch, 3 ring Pens: blue or black, and one red //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Suggested: //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;"> Small Flash Drive
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Materials: __**
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Text: __**__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">American Anthem __

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Chapter Tests and Major Projects: 35% <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Section Quizzes, Minor Projects and Minor Writing Assignments: 15% <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Daily Homework: 15% <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Daily Pair/Share Grade, Preparedness, Class work and Binders: 35% __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Late Work: __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;"> Students are expected to hand in all work on the day it is due. The most you can earn from handing in late work is a 3 (75%). This includes major and minor projects. __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Absent Work: __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;"> If you were absent, you have until the next school day to make it up. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">__All Work:__ I will NOT accept any make-up work for a chapter any later than the scheduled date of the Chapter Test. This is because homework and class work are used to practice a skill, learn a concept or assess what you know about a concept. If you do the work after a test, you will not be able to get misinformation cleared up before you take the test.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">‍ __****__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Distribution of quarterly grading components: __**
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">‍ __****__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Make-Up Work Policy: __**


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">Grading Scale **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">0-4 for Daily Class Work/Homework/etc. ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">4 (100%) ** ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Demonstrates an exceptional level of quality and effort. Work is completed to exceed expectations. Mastery in applying the concepts (or principles). ||   ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">3 **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">**(75%)** ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Demonstrates proficient knowledge with a good effort and quality of work. Assignment is complete. Demonstrates the ability to apply the concepts (or principles). ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">2 **
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">2 **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">**(50%)** ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Demonstrates proficient knowledge and the ability to apply concepts (or principles). Work shows average effort. ||  ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">1 **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">**(25%)** ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Work shows minimal effort. Demonstrates a basic or surface understanding of recalling or comprehending concepts (or principles). ||  ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">0 **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">**(0%)** ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Understanding is below basic in relation to understanding concepts (or principles). Work is of poor quality and does not meet standards or expectations. ||  ||

**__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Key Topics and Pacing Quarter 1 __**

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;">Key Topics **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Political Life in the colonies <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Colonial Economy
 * **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Quarter 1 //** || **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Quarter 2 //** || **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Quarter 3 //** || **//<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Quarter 4 //** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">The American Colonies

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">America’s Emerging <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Culture

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">French and Indian War || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">The United States Constitution

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Preamble

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Articles

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Bill of Rights || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Reforms of the 19th Century

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">New Movement in America

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Early Immigration and Urban Reform

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Women and Reform

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Fighting Against Slavery || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">The Civil War

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Preparing for War

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Fighting Erupts

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">War behind the Lines

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">The War Continues

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Final Phase ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">The Revolutionary Era

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Road to Revolution

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Politics in the colonies

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Declaration of Independence

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Revolutionary War and American Victory || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">The New Republic

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Washington Becomes President

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Challenges of the 1790s

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Jefferson’s Presidency

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">War of 1812 || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Manifest Destiny

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Westward Migration

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Texas Independence

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Mexican American War || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Reconstruction

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Plans for Reconstruction

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">What was implemented

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Collapse ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Creating a New Government

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Articles of Confederation

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Drafting the Constitution

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Ratifying the Constitution

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Constitution of the United States || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">From Nationalism to Sectionalism

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Rise of Nationalism <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Age of Jackson

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Industrial North

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Land of Cotton || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Nation Splits Apart - Secession

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Politics of Slavery

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Sectional Conflicts and National Politics

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Lincoln’s Path to the White House

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">South Secedes || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">An Industrial Nation

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Economic impact of Civil War

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">American West ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Midterm Exam ** ||  || **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px;">Final Exam Preparation ** ||

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 24px;">Classroom Expectations **

- **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px;">Respect **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px;"> all people, including themselves, and all property, including their own, at all times.

- <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px;">**Come prepared to class every day** with your binder, pens or pencils, your homework, your textbook and anything else needed for the day.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px;">You may not go to your locker during class so make sure to bring everything you need when you arrive.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px;">Using the restroom should happen at appropriate times. **Only one student may leave the room at a time.** Never interrupt a teacher or other student to ask unless it’s an emergency.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px;">//**No use of electronics unless instructed by the teacher.**// You will have ample opportunity to use technology so please do not abuse your cell phone, iPods, etc.

//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px;">You may not charge any of your electronic devices in my classroom during school **//

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px;">This is a “can’t free” zone. You must try everything (even if it seems too difficult). You will benefit in the long run!


 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 21.3333px;">No food is allowed in the classroom. You may chew gum as long as I don’t hear it, see it, or smell it! //**