1. SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS
with Mrs. McCasland

2. MY PERSONAL GOALS ARE TO HELP YOU:
BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS CLASS
TAKE PRIDE IN YOUR WORK
WILLINGLY WORK INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL AS WITH GROUP MEMBERS
BE EAGER TO PARTICIPATE
ENHANCE YOUR TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
HAVE FUN WHILE LEARNING !

3. What is Social Studies? HISTORY GEOGRAPHY ECONOMICS CULTURE CIVICS AND
It is the study of:
GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMICS
CULTURE
AND
SOCIETY
CIVICS AND
GOVERNMENT

4. U. S. HISTORY * events * chronology * conflict * leadership
* contributions

5. GEOGRAPHY
LOCATIONS,
CLIMATES,
LAND FORMS, POPULATIONS,
REGIONS

6. Business
Supply
and
Demand
Free
Enterprise
System
economics

7. CULTURE
AND
SOCIETY

8. GOVERNMENT

9. CLASSROOM
PROCEDURES

10. Bell Work . BELL WORK is work that you do
for the first 5-7 minutes of class
Begin your bell work immediately after getting into class and being seated.
…usually defining vocabulary words
…keep adding to same page until graded

11. Classroom Rewards !!!
You can earn ‘tickets’ in my class that are drawn for these coupons:
TARDY PASS
‘NO
HOMEWORK’
PASS
Potty Pass
CHANGE YOUR
LOWEST DAILY
GRADE TO A ‘100’
EAT A SNACK
DURING CLASS

12. HOMEWORK Routine homework: PROJECTS: Maybe one
night of
homework
each week
(we do most of our work in class)
PROJECTS:
--We’ll do TWO major projects this year
--About half of the project work
will be done at home
TESTS
--every 2 weeks
(use the study guides
to study for the tests)

13. GRADES Daily work counts 60% Tests count as 40%
Special Projects count as two test grades
Points are deducted for late work

14. USING YOUR “AGENDA” Staying organized
is easier for some people than others !
Filling out your agenda every day helps both you and your parents keep up with what’s going on with you at school !

15. What do I expect from you ??
Be Responsible
Be Respectful
Be Ready
ALWAYS BE PREPARED

16. a little about me

17. Me and Mitchell 2007 Vacation

18. Eric and Emily with Ruby and Luke

19. Kyle and Betsy

20. Punkin’
Junebug

21. Remember this……
I’m here for YOU !!

22. I hope you have the best year ever !