Recent ActivityThis year, 8th grade students will learn about the development of America starting at the Revolutionary War and ending at the Civil War and Reconstruction. Students will trace the development of our country from its colonial heritage through the struggles to gain independence. They will learn about early forms of government and the struggle to create a working constitution. Students will investigate early conflicts, internal and external, as the newly formed government tries to lead the nation. Students will discover how early pioneers moved west in search of new land and how that movement led to conflicts between American Indians and settlers. Students will come to understand that the Northern states industrialized and the Southern states remained agricultural. These differences led to conflict between the states which resulted in the Civil War. Finally, students will study the war and learn how the divided nation reunited. Students will discover that Reconstruction was not perfect and the failure of Reconstruction led to future conflict in our nation.
Grades Criteria
80%-89% B Good work, above average Homework: 38%
70%-79% C Average work, done as assigned Agenda: 2%
60%-69% D Below average
0-59% F
- Each student must have a silent reading book and a red pen every day, in addition to all other necessary materials, such as agendas, binders, paper, and pencils.
- Students will be penalized for late work, usually earning one grade lower for any late assignment.
- There is no extra credit, so it is extremely important for students to do all of the work that is assigned.
- Students are responsible to make up any absence work immediately upon returning to school; they will get one extra day for each day they were absent.
- Students and parents may check grades on-line at the Canyon Hills web site. Usually new grades will be uploaded every one-to-two weeks, but certainly no longer than every three-to-four weeks. Students should keep all graded assignments until they have confirmed their grades on-line.
- Students are encouraged to join my group fusion web page and check it frequently. Daily agendas, homework assignment, test dates, and reminders will be posted often.
- All work is independent unless specifically assigned as group work. All ideas in a student’s work must be original. Plagiarized (copied) work from another student will result in a zero for both students.
Classroom Behavior
Every student is expected to follow both the school rules and Ms. Hartley’s classroom rules. The school rules can be found in the student handbook. Ms. Hartley’s rules will be comprehensively addressed during the first week of school. Both sets of rules are based on the concept of respect for everyone.
Citizenship Policy Work Habits Policy
Consistently outstanding behavior------------O
Verbal warning-----------------------------------S
Repeated verbal warnings----------------------N
missing and incomplete work----------------------N
One written warning (in agenda or e-mail)---S
a lot of missing and incomplete work-------------U
Two written warnings---------------------------N
One written detention--------------------------N
Two or more detentions------------------------U
Saturday work study/Suspension-------------U
Section Announcements Chapter 10 Test The Chapter 10 Test will be on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Please make sure that you review the information from Chapter 10, the worksheets, and any notes taken during this chapter. I WILL allow the use of you text book on this test. You will need to prepare for the test by becoming familiar with the sections and the information in the sections before the test date.
Discussion Topics |
American History Calendar Section Homework Chapter 9 Study GuideDue January 25, 2012 Chapter 10, Section 1 WorksheetDue January 27, 2012 Chapter 10 Vocabulary WordfindDue January 27, 2012 Section Links |
