1. San Jacinto High 2016-2017 School Year World History- Semester One
Social Studies
Mr. Odou
Room 233

2. Mr. Odou’s schedule: On campus: 7 A.M. Appointments*
Period 1: Government / Civics / (Economics)
Period 2: World History
Period 3: AP Psychology
Period 4: World History
Period 5: Prep/ available
Period 6: World History
Off campus after 3:05 P.M. * Rare appointments

3. Class Discipline: Consequences of inappropriate behaviors:
DON’T MAKE A PROBLEM!
1. SOMETHING will happen.
(It will be between you and me)
2. “Yellow Card”
3. “Red Card” home call, to office
ie. ELECTRONIC DEVICES, food and “sleeping” ARE A BIG PROBLEM!

4. Class guidelines:
“I” Statements : I think, I feel, Could I please have, I must have missed, I don’t have…
Active listening: Uh-huh, eye contact, taking notes, nod your head.
YOU MUST USE CORNELL NOTES!
Patience: Wait for the right time to respond.
Respect: For yourself, others, property.
Honesty: At all times!
Risk Taking: Take the risk and grow as a person.
What am I learning? Why am I learning this?

5. Class guidelines- Odou (cont.)
Personal Responsibility: If you did it, own it! Keep track of your grade…every day!
Confidentiality: It’s my responsibility to you, and yours to me.
Respect: Everyone
is welcome, has a right to be here and we all need to feel safe at school… It’s also the law!

6. Others: You can not sleep in here. No food, gum, beverages. (water ok)
Do not pass notes/ write social letters.
No disruptive noises/ “e-devices” will be confiscated EVERY TIME no warnings!
Keep this room clean.

7. Struggle: There is no progress without Struggle!
Sometimes it’s supposed to be
hard…that process is called
learning. Without it, we don’t
value it as much. So get involved, ask
questions, and try.
You must be doing your work in class to pass each day.

8. Looking at History with “New EYES”
History IS a matter of perspective
Point of view? Who’s?
The people who tell the story ( the winners)…right?
Why might the “other sides” history be left out?
What might be missing?
So…Where does the TRUTH lie?
How would you find it?
Does it matter?
What is the point of learning history?
Do you agree with the phrase..
“By what ever means necessary” ?

9. Looking through NEW lenses…
Fact Finding
Sharing information
Telling the truth
Knowing Facts vs. Opinions
Multiple sources.
Oral Histories: Are family histories important? Absolutely.
Community histories?

10. Howard Zinn:
“Nations are not communities and have never been. The history of any country, presented as the history of a family, conceals fierce conflicts of interest. And in such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.”

11. Zinn (cont)
“Thus, (we get the…) inevitable taking of sides which comes from selection and emphasis of history.”
“I am skeptical of governments and their attempts, through politics and culture,
to ensnare ordinary people in a giant web of nationhood pretending to a common interest.”

12. Your Thoughts?

13. Author unknown:
“The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you don’t listen to it you will never know what justice is”

14. And finally,
“Who wrote the history students are asked to recall, and who did not – (and for what purpose)?can make a world of difference to how it influences the present”-
James W. Loewen

15. So, let’s get started… What do you know?
Where would you start telling the story of America?
What do we think we know?
Why do we even need governments?
Who rules and makes the rules?
Who benefits/ who doesn’t?
Write a 2 page history of your family…Due by Monday, August 22.

16. Family History- include
Origin= source, (starting point). TREE?
Religion / Culture
Movement/ migration, when? Where?
Trade? Profession?
Relatives? *Noteworthy?
Talents? Music, arts, sports, food, dress, traditions?
Connections to other places?