Welcome! 9.6.18 Mrs. McCarville

First Things First Two homework items How do you turn in work? Check to make sure your name is on it!!!! Turn in in to your period’s box What if you were absent the day it was due? Write ‘absent’ at the top so I know it’s not late Put it in the turn-in box

Procedures When you enter the room: Find your seat Get your writing stick out Raise your hand to ask/answer a question* Push your chairs in! Extra supplies Absent box

Procedures No-Names Bathroom breaks When leaving the room: Whiteboard sign out in the binder sign back in when you return Whiteboard

Emergency Procedures Evacuation Route Meet your 2nd period teacher at their designated spot on the football field Blinds Lock the door Emergency phone

About Me Curtis High School University Place, WA Captain of the girls swim team B.A. in Comm & History from UW Worked for the American Cancer Society for 4 years I have 1 daughter, Sloane, she’s 16 months old HUGE Husky football fan

Classroom Rules

Don’t lean back in your chairs They can, and have, broken

If you don’t understand, ask for help.

I am happy to talk about grades with you BEFORE or AFTER school.

If you break a rule, accept the consequences.

we’re all in this together. Offer to help others, we’re all in this together.

Treat others as you would wish to be treated if you were them. My #1 Rule Treat others as you would wish to be treated if you were them.

Thinking Like a Historian Analyzing Sources

Today’s Question How do you know if a source is reliable?

Stanford Study Finds Most Students Vulnerable To Fake News A group of researchers at Stanford University made quite a stir recently when their study revealed how susceptible young people are to fake news. Q: Why do you think this story made headlines? https://www.npr.org/2016/11/22/503052574/stanford-study-finds-most-students-vulnerable-to-fake-news

What Do You Think? Professor Wineburg says 1 mistake schools make is to block certain websites at school: “In many schools there are internet filters that direct students to previously vetted sites and reliable sources of information. But what happens when they leave school and they take out their phone and they look at their Twitter feed? How do they become prepared to make the choices about what to believe, what to forward, what to post to their friends when they’ve given no practice in doing those kinds of things in school?”

Fake News: How a Partying Macedonian Teen Earns Thousands Publishing Lies Dimitri looks out over the Macedonian town of Veles Alexander Smith / NBC News