1. WELCOME SIT DOWN RELAX NO CELL PHONES United States History Mr. McKethan

2. CELL PHONES Why do you think you need a cell phone on during these 50 minutes? Hold up hand and then …

3. Fire Drills/Emergencies

4. How do you eat an elephant?

5. Get ready for the first day: 1. Am I in the right room? 2.Where do I sit? 3.What are my expectations of you Be on time Be respectful Be prepared 4.What will I be doing this year? 5.How will I be graded? 6.Who IS this teacher? 7.Will the teacher remember what it’s like to be a teenager?

6. What are class expectations? Be on time Be respectful Be prepared Do the right thing Do the best YOU can stop worrying about so-and-so! Do not confuse fair, no non-sense with uncaring! YOU ARE JUNIORS-- ENOUGH SAID

7. BE ON TIME OF 128 calendar days or 3072 hours or 184,320 minutes This class @ 50 minutes per session EQUALS 37 hrs, 30 minutes, OR ONLY 1.2% of your time!!!!!!

8. Who is this teacher? Education Experience –Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in history –Master’s degree in counseling and guidance –principal, superintendent certificates Teaching Experience –TAMU-Commerce –University of Maryland, Far East Division –University of Marlyand, European Division –Clovis (NM) Community College –MCC –public school Married; two daughters; grandson Cole 5; Caleigh 2 Lived: US (including Washington, D.C.), Korea, UK, Saudi Arabia

9. Nuts and Bolts Classroom procedures –Raise your hand –Restroom If I’m talking, DO NOT –Interrupt the class –Sharpen your pencil –Visit –Go to the trash can IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, write it down raise your hand Supplies –Notebook, paper, pen, pencil 1.calendar and reference handouts 2.maps 3.chapter vocabulary 4.chapter notes and quizzes 5.graphic organizers –pocket tissue –post-its –hand sanitizer –highlighter –map colors

10. Engagement Sensory Memory Permanent Memory Working Memory

11. Warm-up THINK about what you already know! Using this knowledge, WRITE a idea, subject, period, event, etc. on a post-it. One item to one post-it Hang on to them Wait for further instructions. PAIR-SHARE

12. What do you already know? Dates, Wars, Founding documents Amendments: 1-10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19 Common eras-Discovery, Colonization, Revolutionary War, Constitutional, Early Federal, Western Expansion, Ante-bellum, Civil War Reconstruction, Gilded Age, Populism, Progressivism, Empire (1898) 20 th Century-1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990 Presidents-Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, TR, Wilson, FDR, Kennedy, Clinton, Bush I and II

13. Final Exam Schedule 2010 Jan 138:30 – 10:00 1st period 10:15 – 11:45 3 rd period 12:00 – 1:30 5th period Jan 148:30 – 10:00 2 nd period 10:15 – 11:45 4A/4B period 12:00 – 1:30 6th period class Jan 158:30 – 10:007 th period class FOR FUTURE PLANNING

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16. SEE YOU

18. WHEN DOES SOCIAL STUDIES TEST? Apr 2010 BE ON TIME YOU HAVE ALL DAY Get plenty of rest, eat Leave your cell phones at home/car Bring your smart pencil, highlighter Take your time Stop worrying about so-and-so!

19. TAKING TAKS RTFQ Word Content Look for 100% words Highlight modifiers RTFQ Eliminate the wrong answers TRUST YOUR INSTINCT Pick the right answer

20. How will I be graded? Pass/Fail for MHS Letter Grade for MCC YOU ARE STARTING YOUR COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT

21. TAKS SOCIAL STUDIES DO YOU WANT TO GRADUATE? What’s on the test? 55 Questions Multiple choice US history before 18657 US history since 186540 World History2 Geography6 MAPS, CHARTS, GRAPHS, CARTOONS, POSTERS