1. Welcome to U.S. History! You have assigned seats. Make sure you see Mr. Louchart for your seating assignment.

2. Daily Writing U.S. History 8/12 What do you expect to learn in this class? Today you will describe your expectations for this class. Key vocabulary: –Daily writing –Attendance –Syllabus

3. Information about you for the card 1. Your name 2. The name of your parent/guardian (whoever you live with). Their relationship to you.Their relationship to you. Best, fastest way to contact them.Best, fastest way to contact them. 3. Any activities you are involved in which might cause you to miss class this year. 4. Your favorite sport or athlete 5. Your birthday 6. Your World History teacher last year. 7. Have you ever taken U.S. History in high school?

4. Class Policies 2013-2014  Passes- No hall passes will be issued during the first 10 or the last 10 minutes of class. You will be allowed to leave the class one time per week. If you do not use your pass in a given week, you will receive 2 points of extra credit. If you take a pass during a movie, you will miss any questions you are not in the room to answer.

5. Class Policies 2013-2014  Extra Credit- Extra credit will be available at various times throughout the semester. Sometimes it will consist of an acknowledgement of a particularly insightful answer, etc. and a note to add extra credit. Other times, you can complete a substantive additional assignment for points.

6. Class Policies 2013-2014  Board work/ Daily Writing- There will be a question on the board at the beginning and end of class every day, except test days. You will need to write these on your daily writing forms. (You can find these on the stand next to the door.)

7. Class Policies 2013-2014  Notebooks- I do not intend to collect notebooks, but you should keep one for the class. I will begin to collect them if it appears that many students are not preparing themselves to learn the material by taking notes.

8. Class Policies 2013-2014  Tests and test days- There are two types of tests in my classes: take-home tests and in- class tests. (Most of the essay questions are designed to allow you to write for approximately ½ page. I will expect answers to be about 50 words, unless otherwise directed. Important- After tests, you will need to have your textbook, so always bring your book on test days.

9. Class Policies 2013-2014  Study guides- Several days before each in- class test, you will receive a study guide. I strongly recommend that you do these. The U.S. History study guides are usually fairly short, but they cannot be used on the test. HOWEVER, ALL STUDY GUIDES WILL BE ALLOWED ON THE FINAL EXAM. Therefore, it is imperative that you do them AND KEEP THEM.

10. Class Policies 2013-2014  Late Homework Passes- You have all been given three late homework passes. These “buy” you an extra day to do an assignment. (There will be a few major projects, such as research papers, that you cannot use late homework passes for. Also, you cannot use them on take-home exams.) These are not worth any points, so please use them if you need them.

11. Class Policies 2013-2014  Food and drink- Drinks with a screw-top lid are fine, but try to keep food small and clean.  Movies- We will watch a number of movies and you will usually have questions, so I can make sure you get the important information. (The alternative is to have a quiz and I know you don’t want that.)

12. Class Policies 2013-2014  News- We will watch the news in U.S. History on each extended day and as often as is practical on other days. Be prepared for quizzes over the news.

13. Class Policies 2013-2014  Reading days- We will have one reading day per week, probably on Tuesdays. You must have your textbooks on these days, although we won’t always read from the textbook. These days will consist of approximately 40 minutes of reading and comprehension work with the remainder of class used for our regular class work.

14. Class Policies 2013-2014  Turning in work- I will collect most homework myself. Classwork will be turned in to the baskets on the turn-in table (between the TV and the file cabinets).  First period will use the top basket in the first stack.  Second period will use the bottom basket in the first stack.

15. Class Policies 2013-2014  Late work- The rule of thumb is this: If you don’t have a late-homework pass, it isn’t worth it. On some bigger assignments, the half-credit you get on late work make it worth doing. Late work should be turned in directly to me. Otherwise, it may not get graded at all. The rule on late work can be found on page one of your first-day handout.  If you turn in every single assignment in this class, you cannot earn a grade lower than C.

16. Class Policies 2013-2014  Make-up work from an absence- You have the same number of days to turn in the work as the number of days you were gone. Make-up work should be turned in to me directly, so it doesn’t get lost or graded incorrectly.  Make-up tests-Make-up days are Wednesdays. You have until the next test to make up a test you missed for an excused absence. After the next test, the missed test will become a zero.  Getting work back- Occasionally I will hand work back, or I will have a student aide or other students hand back work. The rest of the work goes into a basket for your class by the windows.

17. Class Policies 2013-2014  Finding out what you missed- When you are absent and return, do not come and ask me “What did I miss?” Instead follow this procedure:  Go to the turn-in table.  Find the binder for your class (U.S. History).  Find the day you were gone.  Write down the daily writing and any other work you missed.  Put the binder back in its proper location.

18. Class Policies 2013-2014  Sleeping in class- Don’t sleep in my class. If you do fall asleep, for whatever reason, I will ask you to stand up in the back of the classroom for a while.  Cell Phones – If I see your cell phone, you will be sent to RTC. Unless I have you use your phones for some class purpose, you should NEVER have them out in class, even before the bell rings. (This is the same as the schoolwide policy.)

19. Let’s get started: What do you like about history? What do you dislike about history? Why do you think you feel the way you do? Why do we study history in school?

20. Ticket Out List as many early American leaders as you can.