Expectations

Be kind! Be positive, speak politely, use active listening, use appropriate language, celebrate others’ successes, offer solutions, be forgiving, and above all else, maintain your self-respect and respect the dignity of others.

Act interested. Jump in! Discussions are only effective when participants are well-prepared and engaged. This class will be either as exciting or as boring as you choose to make it.
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​​Keep an open mind! A good historian must step into the shoes of past peoples and seriously examine life from alternative perspectives. Don’t restrict your thinking to your 21st century values.

Rules

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1. We’re in a public space and polite, civil behavior is expected.  Every member of the public has the right to education, and disruptions to others' learning will not be tolerated.
   
   
2. Profanity, racist, sexist, homophobic, and other offensive or judgmental language will not be tolerated.
   
   
3. Respect others' personal space and don’t touch other students.
   
   
4. One individual is allowed to use the restroom at a time. Excessive restroom visits, failure to return quickly, or poor behavior will result in losing this privilege.
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5. Drinks, food, and gum are not permitted.​

​Electronics

• ​​Silence and store devices when the bell rings to start class.  Don’t wait for me to tell you.
• Devices aren’t permitted to be visible if not in use for a specific class activity.
• Improper use of a device will result in its confiscation. Confiscated devices handed over without delay or argument will be returned after Fourth Period.  Any delay or argument will result in a discipline referral.
• This is your only warning!

Grading

QUARTER GRADING
​50% = Exams
20% = Essays
15% = Quizzes
15% = Projects

COURSE GRADE
​40% = Q1
40% = Q2
20% = FINAL EXAM

Late policy

Assignments are due at the start of class each day. Late homework will be accepted for up to 60% credit up to one week past the deadline.

Handwritten Essays

​Both timed handwritten Long Essay Question (LEQ) and Document Based Question (DBQ) essays will be assigned throughout the semester. Handwritten assignments are acceptable in blue or black ink only. Essays written in pencil will not be accepted. ​

Typed Assignments

​Typed assignments must conform to MLA standards.

• MLA paper format
• MLA formatted essay example
• Microsoft Word directions MLA for formatting ​

​Make-up Work and Tests

​Make-up work is your responsibility. Work assigned prior to an absence will be due upon your return to school. This includes tests that are scheduled for the day of your return.

For work assigned during your excused absence: one day out= one extra day, two days out = two extra days, three days out = three extra days. Missed tests due to an excused absence may be made up during PRIDE Time, SMART Lunch, or after school by appointment.

Engagement

Be engaged! This is an intense college-level course which moves quickly and deeply.

Lengthy readings are assigned nightly. Students are expected to arrive at class daily prepared to discuss.

​​Students are encouraged to take detailed handwritten notes over each night’s readings.  We will regularly have both announced and unannounced free-response quizzes over the previous night’s assignment.  

Handwritten notes may used on unannounced quizzes.

Honor Code

Academic honesty is essential to excellence in education and is directly related to the Board's educational objectives for students to promote integrity and self-discipline in students.  As all schoolwork is a measure of student performance, academic honesty facilitates an accurate measurement of student learning.

Each student, parent, family and staff member has a responsibility to promote a culture that respects and fosters integrity and honesty.  Academic integrity and honesty requires that all stakeholders share responsibility in the fulfillment of this policy.
In fulfilling these responsibilities:

• students will collaborate with their peers to foster a culture of academic integrity; refrain from participating, either directly or indirectly, in any form of cheating or plagiarism; and adhere to the honor code;
• parents and family will actively support the honor code by encouraging their child(ren) to foster and uphold a culture of academic integrity;
• staff will establish and annually teach expectations regarding academic integrity and honesty; and promote the honor code.

A. Prohibited Behavior

1. Cheating:  Cheating is an academic deception where a student intends in some way to receive or attempt to receive credit for work not originated by the student, to give or receive unauthorized assistance, or to give or receive an unfair advantage on any form of academic work. 
Cheating includes, but is not limited to:

• copying from another student’s examination, assignment, or other coursework with or without permission;
• allowing another student to copy work without authorization from a teacher or administrator;
• taking an examination, writing a paper, or completing any other assigned academic task on another student’s behalf;
• using notes or resources in any form, including written or online, without authorization;
• sharing or accepting from another, without authorization, any examination content, questions, answers, or tips on an assessment or assignment through the use of notes, scratch paper, social media, or any type of written, oral, or electronic communication.

2. Plagiarism: Plagiarism is using passages, materials, words, ideas, and/or thoughts of someone or something else and representing them as one's own original work without properly crediting the source.

Plagiarism includes, but is not limited to:

• copying text, images, charts, or other materials from digital or print sources without proper citation;
• intentional misrepresentation of work as your own by paraphrasing of items from digital or print sources without proper citation;
• using translation tools or resources to translate sentences or passages without permission;
• using a thesis, hypothesis, or idea obtained from another source without proper citation.

3. Falsification or Deceit: Intentional acts of falsification or serious deceitful misconduct that threaten the health, safety, or welfare of others, or that cause a substantial detrimental impact on school operations or other individuals are prohibited. 

Falsification or deceit includes, but is not limited to:

• falsifying another person’s name on a school-related document such as a test or report;
• buying or selling test questions or answers;
• copying secure test materials and providing the materials to others;
• paying for or receiving anything of value to complete a school assignment.

Cheating

CHEATING IS BAD. Do it and you’ll lose my respect and can count me out as ever acting as a reference for you.

I will also inform your parents and your other teachers that you've been caught cheating and cannot be trusted. I will also see to it that you are dismissed from any honor societies to which you belong.

ACT WITH INTEGRITY.

Supplies​

You are required to bring these items to class every day.

• Blue or black ink pen​
• Notebook
• Printed readings and a folder for in-class handouts
• Pencil (required on test days)