I would love to post some maps on our walls for Back to School Night. Please bring your maps in to class tomorrow and I will pick some out to be posted.
Thanks! See you tomorrow!
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Back to School Night!
Come see the classrooms! Come talk to teachers! Come wander the halls when it is dark outside!
It's Back to School Night this week!
Our campus is having our Back to School Night this Wednesday from 6 to 7:30. SRA West will be having theirs the next night, on Thursday.
I hope to see you on Wednesday!
It's Back to School Night this week!
Our campus is having our Back to School Night this Wednesday from 6 to 7:30. SRA West will be having theirs the next night, on Thursday.
I hope to see you on Wednesday!
This Week in Seventh Grade History (August 29th-September 2nd)
This week we will finish our look at standard 7.1, on the Fall of the Roman Empire, the enduring contributions of Rome to history, the Byzantine Empire, and the development of early Christianity as a world religion. I'm very interested to see the icon projects this week, also!
There will be a test this Friday. It will cover everything up to that point. We will be doing lots of review this week, and you will be given a study guide and much more information later in the week.
There will be a test this Friday. It will cover everything up to that point. We will be doing lots of review this week, and you will be given a study guide and much more information later in the week.
This Week in Eighth Grade History (August 29th-September 2nd)
This week we will continue with standards 8.1 and 8.2. This will have us looking at The Great Awakening, the French and Indian War, the Proclamation of 1763, and increasing strife between the Colonies and England -- all eventually leading to the American Revolution.
There will be a test on this Friday. It will cover everything we have discussed and learned in class up to that point. I will give you a study guide and tell you more about the test as we get closer to it.
There will be a test on this Friday. It will cover everything we have discussed and learned in class up to that point. I will give you a study guide and tell you more about the test as we get closer to it.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Friday for Seventh Grade History
Be ready for your quiz tomorrow! yes, you can use your composition books. Make sure they are complete and up-to-date.
Friday for Eighth Grade History
Remember you have a quiz tomorrow and you have to be ready to do your presentations! Yes, you can use your composition books on your quiz. Make sure they are complete and up-to-date.
Below is an example of the kind of presentation that gets a good grade. This example is on a seventh grade topic. Sorry, you can't do this topic tomorrow.
The decline in morals and values was the most important reason for the Fall of Rome. Romans used to value ideals like honor and courage and integrity, but they began to focus on only themselves and disregarded honor and the other ideals. This contributed in a major way to Rome's Fall because if they still valued honor and courage they might have been able to face and solve the other problems they had. Unfortunately they did not and their problems proved to be too much for them and Rome fell, never to rise again.
Below is an example of the kind of presentation that gets a good grade. This example is on a seventh grade topic. Sorry, you can't do this topic tomorrow.
The decline in morals and values was the most important reason for the Fall of Rome. Romans used to value ideals like honor and courage and integrity, but they began to focus on only themselves and disregarded honor and the other ideals. This contributed in a major way to Rome's Fall because if they still valued honor and courage they might have been able to face and solve the other problems they had. Unfortunately they did not and their problems proved to be too much for them and Rome fell, never to rise again.
Ticket Opportunity
If you can come to me and tell me the names of ten U.S. Presidents, or the names of fifteen U.S. states, I will give you a ticket. More than that equals more tickets!
You get one chance to do it, so come to me prepared.
You get one chance to do it, so come to me prepared.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Eighth Grade Presentation on Colonial Era
Remember students!
Friday in class you will stand at the front and tell us all what you think the most important step towards either self-government or freedom of religion was. You need to pick one and only one step (we discussed nine different ones in class and in your notes.) You need to back it up with support for why you think the step you chose was the most important. You only have sixty seconds, so it won't be long. Five to seven sentences should be sufficient.
Remember also that I will be checking your volume and your eye contact. Don't worry! You'll do fine!
Friday in class you will stand at the front and tell us all what you think the most important step towards either self-government or freedom of religion was. You need to pick one and only one step (we discussed nine different ones in class and in your notes.) You need to back it up with support for why you think the step you chose was the most important. You only have sixty seconds, so it won't be long. Five to seven sentences should be sufficient.
Remember also that I will be checking your volume and your eye contact. Don't worry! You'll do fine!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Eighth Grade Assignment on The Mayflower Compact
Students,
You need to look over The Mayflower Compact (as we did in class today) and re-write it in your own words. You may make any changes -- additions or subtractions -- that you want to make, but please explain the changes you make underneath the revised Compact.
You may do it by hand, or as a pages document.
The assignment is due tomorrow.
You need to look over The Mayflower Compact (as we did in class today) and re-write it in your own words. You may make any changes -- additions or subtractions -- that you want to make, but please explain the changes you make underneath the revised Compact.
You may do it by hand, or as a pages document.
The assignment is due tomorrow.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Seventh Grade Presentation on Fall of Rome
Remember students!
Tomorrow in class you will stand at the front and tell us all what you think the most important reason for the Fall of Rome was. You need to pick one and only one reason. You need to back it up with support for why you think your reason was the most important. You only have sixty seconds, so it won't be long. Four or five sentences should be sufficient.
Remember also that I will be checking your volume and your eye contact. Don't worry! You'll do fine!
Tomorrow in class you will stand at the front and tell us all what you think the most important reason for the Fall of Rome was. You need to pick one and only one reason. You need to back it up with support for why you think your reason was the most important. You only have sixty seconds, so it won't be long. Four or five sentences should be sufficient.
Remember also that I will be checking your volume and your eye contact. Don't worry! You'll do fine!
Sunday, August 21, 2011
This Week in Seventh Grade History (August 22nd-26th)
This week we will continue our look at Standard 7.1: Students analyze the causes and effects of the vast expansion and ultimate disintegration of the Roman Empire.
We'll do so by examining again some of the reasons for the Fall of the Roman Empire, as well as some of the ways that Rome influences us still. We'll continue with a look at the half of the Empire that continued on after Rome's fall: the Byzantine Empire. We'll focus on the fascinating characters of Justinian and Theodora and look at the distinctive ways in which the Byzantine Empire developed differently from the Roman Empire. We'll especially look at the different approach towards religion and politics in the Byzantine Empire.
We'll take a few different approaches to learning this week and we'll be taking lots of notes in class. We'll likely have a quiz on Friday, some questions to answer and turn in along the way, and perhaps a creative assignment also.
I'll post more details on the assignments later in the week.
We'll do so by examining again some of the reasons for the Fall of the Roman Empire, as well as some of the ways that Rome influences us still. We'll continue with a look at the half of the Empire that continued on after Rome's fall: the Byzantine Empire. We'll focus on the fascinating characters of Justinian and Theodora and look at the distinctive ways in which the Byzantine Empire developed differently from the Roman Empire. We'll especially look at the different approach towards religion and politics in the Byzantine Empire.
We'll take a few different approaches to learning this week and we'll be taking lots of notes in class. We'll likely have a quiz on Friday, some questions to answer and turn in along the way, and perhaps a creative assignment also.
I'll post more details on the assignments later in the week.
This Week in Eighth Grade History (August 22nd-26th)
This week we will continue our look at Standard 8.1: Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.
We'll do so by examining some of the steps made in the colonial era towards self-government and towards freedom of religion. We'll look at the Magna Carta, the English Bill of Rights, the 'Glorious Revolution', the Mayflower Compact, Virginia's House of Burgesses, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut as steps toward self-government. We'll look at the Puritans of Massachusetts, the dissenters of Rhode Island, the Quakers of Pennsylvania, and the Roman Catholics of Maryland as important steps towards freedom of religion.
We'll look at a few primary sources along the way and we'll be taking lots of notes in class. We'll likely have a quiz on Friday, some questions to answer and turn in along the way, and also a writing assignment.
I'll post more details on the assignments later in the week.
I'll post more details on the assignments later in the week.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
SRA Jeans Day Tomorrow!
Woo-hoo!
Jeans Day tomorrow at our campus. Pay $2 and you can wear jeans along with a regular uniform shirt or top. Your jeans must be blue -- no other color is allowed. They can not have any holes or tears, and they must not be too tight.
The $2 goes to support extra-curricular activities.
Do you think I will be wearing jeans tomorrow? Answer in the comments below...
Jeans Day tomorrow at our campus. Pay $2 and you can wear jeans along with a regular uniform shirt or top. Your jeans must be blue -- no other color is allowed. They can not have any holes or tears, and they must not be too tight.
The $2 goes to support extra-curricular activities.
Do you think I will be wearing jeans tomorrow? Answer in the comments below...
Please Return ID Cards!
Students,
I need you to return to me your ID cards that were distributed yesterday. I gave them out by mistake too early. Our SRA Booster Club needs to catalog and sticker your ID cards for you.
Please bring them back to my classroom as soon as you can!
Thank you!
I need you to return to me your ID cards that were distributed yesterday. I gave them out by mistake too early. Our SRA Booster Club needs to catalog and sticker your ID cards for you.
Please bring them back to my classroom as soon as you can!
Thank you!
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in Eighth Grade History
On Wednesday students received a map of Colonial America and a list of items to place on the map. Here is the list:
- Virginia
- Massachusetts
- New Hampshire
- Connecticut
- Rhode Island
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Maryland
- Pennsylvania
- New Jersey
- New York
- Delaware
- Georgia
You also need to color-code the colonies (either with shading or outlining) by region; the four New England colonies together, the four Middle colonies together, and the five Southern colonies together.
Also label:
- Boston
- New York City
- Philadelphia
- Mississippi River
- and three other colonial-era places of your choice (cities, ranges, bodies of water, etc)
This map is due Friday. We will have some more time on Thursday to work on it, but we will also take a few notes on Thursday in our composition books. Don't forget that we will have a quiz on Friday!
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday in Seventh Grade History
On Wednesday in class, students received a blank map of the Roman Empire and a list of terms and requirements for that map. Here is the list:
- Rome
- Carthage
- Jerusalem
- Alexandria
- Byzantium (Constantinople from AD 330)
- Antioch
- Syria
- Spain
- Judaea
- Arabia
- Parthia/Persia
- Cyprus
- Greece
- Macedonia
- Black Sea
- Caspian Sea
- Persian Gulf
- Mediterranean Sea
- Adriatic Sea
- Gaul
- Germany
- Britain (this was left off of yesterday's list by mistake)
- Sicily (this was left off yesterday's list by mistake)
You also need to place a dotted line marking the borders of the empire under Trajan, and another line marking the division of the empire into East and West.
This assignment is due Friday. We'll have a quiz on Friday, don't forget!
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Notes for Today's Eighth Grade Class on the Colonies
Students,
I will rarely share class notes on the blog. They will always be available in the class notebook to look at during break or lunch. I'm making an exception with these... so enjoy!
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1585 - Roanoke Colony or The Lost Colony.
1606-7 - John Smith and the London Company found the Virginia Colony at Jamestown, the 1st of thirteen original American colonies.
1620 - The Mayflower of separatist English Puritans lands in Plymouth on November 11. Massachusetts Bay Colony (Plymouth) established, the 2nd original permanent settlement.
1623 - John Mason and John Wheelwright found the city of Hover, and the 3rd settlement in American history this time line, the New Hampshire Colony.
1626 - Peter Stuyvesant from Amsterdam settles New Amsterdam, later New York.
1634 - Cecil Calvert founds the 4th, the Maryland Colony. Founded as place for Roman Catholics to settle.
1636 - Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson found Rhode Island colony and welcome religious dissenters.
Connecticut Colony founded by Thomas Hooker and Massachusetts colonists. Number 6 of the original 13 colonies.
1638 - Delaware Colony, the 7th original colony, settled by Dutch and Swedes. Ownership also claimed by English.
1653 - Virginians settle the 8th colony; the North Carolina Colony.
1663 - King Charles II issues for settling the South Carolina Colony: the 9th of the original 13 colonies.
1664 - Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret establish the 10th original colony; the New Jersey Colony in New Netherland.
The brother of King Charles II, James the Duke of York, founds the New York Colony, the 11th original colony.
1682 - Quaker William Penn founds the Pennsylvania Colony; the 12th of original 13 colonies, looking for freedom of religion.
- 1732 James Oglethorpe founds the 13th of the original colonies: the Georgia Colony, named after King George II as protection against the expansion of Spain in the Latin Americas.
I will rarely share class notes on the blog. They will always be available in the class notebook to look at during break or lunch. I'm making an exception with these... so enjoy!
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1585 - Roanoke Colony or The Lost Colony.
1606-7 - John Smith and the London Company found the Virginia Colony at Jamestown, the 1st of thirteen original American colonies.
1620 - The Mayflower of separatist English Puritans lands in Plymouth on November 11. Massachusetts Bay Colony (Plymouth) established, the 2nd original permanent settlement.
1623 - John Mason and John Wheelwright found the city of Hover, and the 3rd settlement in American history this time line, the New Hampshire Colony.
1626 - Peter Stuyvesant from Amsterdam settles New Amsterdam, later New York.
1634 - Cecil Calvert founds the 4th, the Maryland Colony. Founded as place for Roman Catholics to settle.
1636 - Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson found Rhode Island colony and welcome religious dissenters.
Connecticut Colony founded by Thomas Hooker and Massachusetts colonists. Number 6 of the original 13 colonies.
1638 - Delaware Colony, the 7th original colony, settled by Dutch and Swedes. Ownership also claimed by English.
1653 - Virginians settle the 8th colony; the North Carolina Colony.
1663 - King Charles II issues for settling the South Carolina Colony: the 9th of the original 13 colonies.
1664 - Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret establish the 10th original colony; the New Jersey Colony in New Netherland.
The brother of King Charles II, James the Duke of York, founds the New York Colony, the 11th original colony.
1682 - Quaker William Penn founds the Pennsylvania Colony; the 12th of original 13 colonies, looking for freedom of religion.
- 1732 James Oglethorpe founds the 13th of the original colonies: the Georgia Colony, named after King George II as protection against the expansion of Spain in the Latin Americas.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
This Week in Eighth Grade History (August 15th-19th)
This week in eighth grade history, we'll continue with some work on primary and secondary sources and how best to analyze them. We'll also investigate Standard 8.1: Students understand the major events preceding the founding of the nation and relate their significance to the development of American constitutional democracy.
We'll look at the early colonial era in America. Why did colonists move there? What were the differences between the various colonies? We'll examine the Great Awakening and see what effect it had on life in the colonies. We'll examine some of the early colonial documents and how they began to put in place protection for certain rights. We'll look at the concept of rights in the Declaration of Independence, and the documents that influenced it (the colonial documents, the Magna Carta, The English Bill of Rights, etc.)
There will likely be a quiz on Friday. You will be allowed to use your composition book, but only yours.
We'll look at the early colonial era in America. Why did colonists move there? What were the differences between the various colonies? We'll examine the Great Awakening and see what effect it had on life in the colonies. We'll examine some of the early colonial documents and how they began to put in place protection for certain rights. We'll look at the concept of rights in the Declaration of Independence, and the documents that influenced it (the colonial documents, the Magna Carta, The English Bill of Rights, etc.)
There will likely be a quiz on Friday. You will be allowed to use your composition book, but only yours.
This Week in Seventh Grade History (August 15th-19th)
This week in seventh grade history, we'll continue with some work on primary and secondary sources and how best to analyze them. We'll also investigate Standard 7.1: Students analyze the causes and effects of the vast expansion and ultimate disintegration of the Roman Empire.
We'll look at the strengths and contributions of Rome to history, as well as the weaknesses that led it to fall. We'll work on a map of the Empire and see its growth and borders. We'll discuss the fall of the Empire and the continuance of the Eastern half as the Byzantine Empire.
There will likely be a quiz on Friday. You will be allowed to use your composition book, but only yours.
We'll look at the strengths and contributions of Rome to history, as well as the weaknesses that led it to fall. We'll work on a map of the Empire and see its growth and borders. We'll discuss the fall of the Empire and the continuance of the Eastern half as the Byzantine Empire.
There will likely be a quiz on Friday. You will be allowed to use your composition book, but only yours.
"Million Words or Less"
Yes, parents, you have homework.
Please write something for me about your student. Tell me whatever you want me to know. These will be treated confidentially and only shared with your student's other teachers if you want to discuss something of a private nature. You can also share something fun about your student, or challenges they have faced in the past -- educationally or otherwise. You have no restrictions or requirements on what you share with me about your student.
And the 'million words' part? That would be around three thousand pages. You don't have to write that much! That's where the 'or less' part enters in. You can write me a simple sentence; you can write me a page or more. It's completely up to you. I hope you enjoy telling me about your student.
Please get this to me by next Monday.
Please write something for me about your student. Tell me whatever you want me to know. These will be treated confidentially and only shared with your student's other teachers if you want to discuss something of a private nature. You can also share something fun about your student, or challenges they have faced in the past -- educationally or otherwise. You have no restrictions or requirements on what you share with me about your student.
And the 'million words' part? That would be around three thousand pages. You don't have to write that much! That's where the 'or less' part enters in. You can write me a simple sentence; you can write me a page or more. It's completely up to you. I hope you enjoy telling me about your student.
Please get this to me by next Monday.
Breakfast for Dinner! And SRA Benefits!
Also known as: Make your teachers get you refills!
One of last year's most successful -- and most fun -- fundraisers was the Breakfast for Dinner Night at The Breakfast Club in Menifee. This year we will be having the fundraiser over two nights: Wednesday and Thursday this week (August 17th and 18th)
The best part is that teachers and staff from Santa Rosa Academy will be working as your waiters and waitresses! Most Middle School teachers will be working on Wednesday, if you are making plans. Please come join us. It's a fun way to spend time with good food and good friends and help the school raise some money.
More information is on the school website here.
One of last year's most successful -- and most fun -- fundraisers was the Breakfast for Dinner Night at The Breakfast Club in Menifee. This year we will be having the fundraiser over two nights: Wednesday and Thursday this week (August 17th and 18th)
The best part is that teachers and staff from Santa Rosa Academy will be working as your waiters and waitresses! Most Middle School teachers will be working on Wednesday, if you are making plans. Please come join us. It's a fun way to spend time with good food and good friends and help the school raise some money.
More information is on the school website here.
Make Sure to Bring Your Composition Books!
Starting this Monday, it is imperative that you bring your composition books with you everyday. Days on which we don't use our composition books will be rare indeed. Your composition books will give you the information you need to do well in my class.
Please leave the first three or four pages completely blank. We will start filling those in later in the year. Also remember that I will tell you what I want written on the right-hand pages. The left-hand pages will be for you to process the information on the right-hand pages. You can write additional notes, or examples, or further information on the left-hand pages. I will occasionally check your composition books to see if you have written what I want you to on the right-hand pages. You can also use your composition books on class quizzes.
Also be sure to start bringing working dry-erase markers. We will begin using the whiteboards in class this week.
Please leave the first three or four pages completely blank. We will start filling those in later in the year. Also remember that I will tell you what I want written on the right-hand pages. The left-hand pages will be for you to process the information on the right-hand pages. You can write additional notes, or examples, or further information on the left-hand pages. I will occasionally check your composition books to see if you have written what I want you to on the right-hand pages. You can also use your composition books on class quizzes.
Also be sure to start bringing working dry-erase markers. We will begin using the whiteboards in class this week.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Welcome Back Assembly Tomorrow!
Students! Remember that tomorrow is our first Assembly of the school year. Please attend school dressed in your formal dress uniform and looking sharp.
We'll be on a slightly modified schedule, but you will have all your classes tomorrow.
See you then!
We'll be on a slightly modified schedule, but you will have all your classes tomorrow.
See you then!
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Welcome to Mr. Eddy's Eighth Grade History Class!
Welcome to Eighth Grade History at Santa Rosa Academy.
I hope you had a great summer and I am excited to be one of your teachers this year. I believe we will have a successful and fun year together. To do that, we need to make sure together that certain expectations are met.
Expectation One: you need to work hard in my class. The first step in working hard is to be prepared. You'll need to make sure your MacBook is charged and ready to go. We might not use it everyday, but you need to be prepared to use it on any day. You will also need a dedicated composition book just for my class and my class alone. Because we will be using the composition book alongside the MacBook, you will need a pen or pencil everyday. I suggest you have more than one. In class, we will also be using whiteboards often. To be prepared, you should always have at least one working dry erase marker. Other than those items, it is the willingness to work hard in my class that you need to bring with you everyday. That leads into the second expectation.
Expectation Two: be respectful. You likely already know that Santa Rosa Academy places an emphasis on the classic traits of good character. I find that respect is a good umbrella term to cover many, if not most, of them at the same time. I expect you to show respect for me and for your other teachers, for the school staff, for your classmates, for school material and the property of others, and for yourself. Our class will run much more smoothly if we can all keep that basic respect in mind.
Eighth Grade History focuses on history in the United States of America from approximately 1700 to the early 1900s. We'll learn about the colonial era, the French and Indian War, the War for American Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, the westward push, the Era of Good Feelings, the Monroe Doctrine, conflict and compromise in the struggle to end slavery, the Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, industrialization and changing technologies, and so much more. It will be quite a ride!
Grades will be determined with a weighted point system. Tests and quizzes will be forty percent of the overall grade. Homework will be thirty percent of the overall grade. Projects and presentations will be twenty-five percent of the overall grade, and the final five percent of the overall grade will be participation and effort. I will rarely give opportunities for extra credit; you should put in your best effort with every assignment.
Just as I have expectations of you, you can also expect some things of me. Like you, I will be working hard at my job. I will make myself available to you in class and outside of class (I will post times soon for drop-in discussion and tutoring) to help you. I will keep this blog up-to-date for you and will respond promptly to emails. I will do what I can to help you succeed.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact me. I look forward to a great year!
I hope you had a great summer and I am excited to be one of your teachers this year. I believe we will have a successful and fun year together. To do that, we need to make sure together that certain expectations are met.
Expectation One: you need to work hard in my class. The first step in working hard is to be prepared. You'll need to make sure your MacBook is charged and ready to go. We might not use it everyday, but you need to be prepared to use it on any day. You will also need a dedicated composition book just for my class and my class alone. Because we will be using the composition book alongside the MacBook, you will need a pen or pencil everyday. I suggest you have more than one. In class, we will also be using whiteboards often. To be prepared, you should always have at least one working dry erase marker. Other than those items, it is the willingness to work hard in my class that you need to bring with you everyday. That leads into the second expectation.
Expectation Two: be respectful. You likely already know that Santa Rosa Academy places an emphasis on the classic traits of good character. I find that respect is a good umbrella term to cover many, if not most, of them at the same time. I expect you to show respect for me and for your other teachers, for the school staff, for your classmates, for school material and the property of others, and for yourself. Our class will run much more smoothly if we can all keep that basic respect in mind.
Eighth Grade History focuses on history in the United States of America from approximately 1700 to the early 1900s. We'll learn about the colonial era, the French and Indian War, the War for American Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, the westward push, the Era of Good Feelings, the Monroe Doctrine, conflict and compromise in the struggle to end slavery, the Civil War, the Reconstruction Era, industrialization and changing technologies, and so much more. It will be quite a ride!
Grades will be determined with a weighted point system. Tests and quizzes will be forty percent of the overall grade. Homework will be thirty percent of the overall grade. Projects and presentations will be twenty-five percent of the overall grade, and the final five percent of the overall grade will be participation and effort. I will rarely give opportunities for extra credit; you should put in your best effort with every assignment.
Just as I have expectations of you, you can also expect some things of me. Like you, I will be working hard at my job. I will make myself available to you in class and outside of class (I will post times soon for drop-in discussion and tutoring) to help you. I will keep this blog up-to-date for you and will respond promptly to emails. I will do what I can to help you succeed.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact me. I look forward to a great year!
Welcome to Mr. Eddy's Seventh Grade History Class!
Welcome to Seventh Grade History at Santa Rosa Academy.
I hope you had a great summer and I am excited to be one of your teachers this year. I believe we will have a successful and fun year together. To do that, we need to make sure together that certain expectations are met.
Expectation One: you need to work hard in my class. The first step in working hard is to be prepared. You'll need to make sure your MacBook is charged and ready to go. We might not use it everyday, but you need to be prepared to use it on any day. You will also need a dedicated composition book just for my class and my class alone. Because we will be using the composition book alongside the MacBook, you will need a pen or pencil everyday. I suggest you have more than one. In class, we will also be using whiteboards often. To be prepared, you should always have at least one working dry erase marker. Other than those items, it is the willingness to work hard in my class that you need to bring with you everyday. That leads into the second expectation.
Expectation Two: be respectful. You likely already know that Santa Rosa Academy places an emphasis on the classic traits of good character. I find that respect is a good umbrella term to cover many, if not most, of them at the same time. I expect you to show respect for me and for your other teachers, for the school staff, for your classmates, for school material and the property of others, and for yourself. Our class will run much more smoothly if we can all keep that basic respect in mind.
Seventh Grade History focuses on history from approximately 500AD to 1700AD. We'll learn about the Roman and Byzantine Empires, the African Empires of Mali and Ghana, the dynasties of Medieval China and Japan, Medieval Europe, the Muslim Empires, and the civilizations of pre-colonial South and Central America. We'll learn about the great world religions and philosophies of Islam, Christianity, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. We'll explore the advances and challenges of the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, the Age of Exploration, the Age of Reason, and the Enlightenment. It will be quite a ride!
Grades will be determined with a weighted point system. Tests and quizzes will be forty percent of the overall grade. Homework will be thirty percent of the overall grade. Projects and presentations will be twenty-five percent of the overall grade, and the final five percent of the overall grade will be participation and effort. I will rarely give opportunities for extra credit; you should put in your best effort with every assignment.
Just as I have expectations of you, you can also expect some things of me. Like you, I will be working hard at my job. I will make myself available to you in class and outside of class (I will post times soon for drop-in discussion and tutoring) to help you. I will keep this blog up-to-date for you and will respond promptly to emails. I will do what I can to help you succeed.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact me. I look forward to a great year!
I hope you had a great summer and I am excited to be one of your teachers this year. I believe we will have a successful and fun year together. To do that, we need to make sure together that certain expectations are met.
Expectation One: you need to work hard in my class. The first step in working hard is to be prepared. You'll need to make sure your MacBook is charged and ready to go. We might not use it everyday, but you need to be prepared to use it on any day. You will also need a dedicated composition book just for my class and my class alone. Because we will be using the composition book alongside the MacBook, you will need a pen or pencil everyday. I suggest you have more than one. In class, we will also be using whiteboards often. To be prepared, you should always have at least one working dry erase marker. Other than those items, it is the willingness to work hard in my class that you need to bring with you everyday. That leads into the second expectation.
Expectation Two: be respectful. You likely already know that Santa Rosa Academy places an emphasis on the classic traits of good character. I find that respect is a good umbrella term to cover many, if not most, of them at the same time. I expect you to show respect for me and for your other teachers, for the school staff, for your classmates, for school material and the property of others, and for yourself. Our class will run much more smoothly if we can all keep that basic respect in mind.
Seventh Grade History focuses on history from approximately 500AD to 1700AD. We'll learn about the Roman and Byzantine Empires, the African Empires of Mali and Ghana, the dynasties of Medieval China and Japan, Medieval Europe, the Muslim Empires, and the civilizations of pre-colonial South and Central America. We'll learn about the great world religions and philosophies of Islam, Christianity, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism. We'll explore the advances and challenges of the Renaissance, the Reformation, the Scientific Revolution, the Age of Exploration, the Age of Reason, and the Enlightenment. It will be quite a ride!
Grades will be determined with a weighted point system. Tests and quizzes will be forty percent of the overall grade. Homework will be thirty percent of the overall grade. Projects and presentations will be twenty-five percent of the overall grade, and the final five percent of the overall grade will be participation and effort. I will rarely give opportunities for extra credit; you should put in your best effort with every assignment.
Just as I have expectations of you, you can also expect some things of me. Like you, I will be working hard at my job. I will make myself available to you in class and outside of class (I will post times soon for drop-in discussion and tutoring) to help you. I will keep this blog up-to-date for you and will respond promptly to emails. I will do what I can to help you succeed.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact me. I look forward to a great year!
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