Welcome Back to School!!! Homeroom: 710 Teacher: Mr. Kostenko

Welcome to Team Achieve! Have you seen our team webpage? To get there, start here: Homeroom reminders – school policies: –Dress code –Student IDs –Cell phones –Agenda books  Should be in soon!

Welcome Back to School!! Mr. Billy Kostenko History 8 Team Achieve! BA – History Secondary Ed. – TCNJ MA – Education – University of Missouri 2009 MS Teacher of Year

SUPPLIES COMPOSITION BOOK BINDER DIVIDERS

GRADES TESTS + PROJECTS 50% 3 per marking period Usually 1 big project/test, 1 small project/test, and 1 current events test HW, QUIZZES, CLASSWORK 50% Scored out of 10 points Late work accepted

HOMEWORK Late work is accepted, but grade is reduced by 3 points (30%) Absent students have equal time to complete make up work [ex: out 2 days = 2 days to complete missed work]

NEW TEXTBOOK!!! Please copy this address. Please also go home and set this as one of your “favorites” and go on the site with your child.

How You Can Help Check PowerSchool weekly Talk to your child about current events Create a “HW Area” and routine with/for your child Talk to your child about their school day daily

History 8 – big Questions What freedoms do we desire and/or need? Which is the government’s job, to protect individual rights or the common good? What is your role in our country?

History 8 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS –Each unit is driven by one or two open-ended questions. –All that we study is geared toward developing the answer. DAILY QUESTIONS –Instead of a formal written objective, I pose a question to the students at the start of each class – their job is to figure out the answer.

Essential Question How can nations guard against abusive governments? 1.LIMIT the GOVERNMENT 2.SEPARATE the POWER 3.Establish CHECKS AND BALANCES 4.Establish different FEDERAL Govt and State Govts 5.List INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS 6.Allow for citizen REPRESENTATIVES 7.Allow citizens to VOTE

GOAL What rights are guaranteed to all US citizens? SKILLS History Accuracy Clarity of Expression Organization of Ideas Tuesday, September 22 HW: P#10 – 1,2,3 sentences

History 8: Units of Study Constitution + Civics 13 Colonies American Revolution Creating a New Government + Civics Federalist Presidents (Washington and Adams) Republican Presidents (Jefferson and Madison) Causes of the Civil War Civil War and Reconstruction

History 8 – Additional Units Current Events Holocaust (supplements Reading)