Course Syllabus

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Welcome to the 1st Semester of the 2024-25 school year and to United States History. This is a full year class is required to graduate from Petersburg High School.

United States History Since 1877 Syllabus

Course Description:
This course covers significant events in United States history from 1877 to World War 1

Topics Covered

  • Gilded Age:  
  • Imperialism
  • the Progressive Era
  • World War 1

Required Materials:

  • Textbook: American History (2018 HMH Social Studies)
  • Notebook for notes and assignments
  • Computer 

Grading Policy:
Quarter Grades will be determined by the following components:

  • Tests/Quizzes: 35%
  • Homework: 35%
  • Participation (Weekly Discussions/Class Starters/Cornell Notes): 15%
  • Quarter Project: 15%

Semester Grade:
Semester Grade will be determined by the following components:

  • Quarter 1 - 40%
  • Quater 2. - 40%
  • Semester Final: 20% 

Late Work:  Late work is accepted, but penalized at half credit; however, once the unit test is taken, the unit closes and late work will no longer be accepted.

An excused absence for illness is due a day after the due date.  For example, if a student is sick on Monday and misses an assignment, that assignment is due on Wednesday.

Grading Scale:

  • 100: A+
  • 99-93: A
  • 92-90: A-
  • 89-88: B+
  • 87-83: B
  • 82-80: B-
  • 79-78: C+
  • 77-73: C
  • 72-70: C
  • 69-68: D+
  • 67-63: D
  • 62-60: D-
  • 59-0: F

Class Policies and Expectations:

  • Attendance: Regular attendance is crucial for success in this course.
  • Preparation: Students are expected to come prepared for each class with necessary materials.

Academic Integrity:
Honesty is an essential aspect of academic integrity. Students are responsible for completing their own work and submitting original assignments as per the course directions.

  • Plagiarism: Defined as "to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own without crediting the source." This includes using information from the Internet without citation. Always acknowledge the source of others' words and ideas.
  • Cheating: Submitting or presenting an assignment created by someone else as your own is strictly prohibited.

This syllabus serves as a guide to expectations and assessment in the United States History course. Please review it carefully and reach out with any questions or concerns.

Student Behavioral Expectations

Respectful

Responsible 

Safe

Students should show respect: 

  • to themselves
  • their classmates,
  • and the instructor.  

Students should show up on time.

Students should allow other people to speak in class 

  • raise your hand to speak 
  • Students should allow for other ways of thinking.

Students should keep their hands, feet, and other items to themselves.

Students should respect the physical environment of the class and pick up after themselves.  Please push your chair in.

Students are expected to listen to instructions and then act on those instructions.

 

Students are expected to do all work to the fullest of their potential.

 

Students will bring all materials to class that will help them be successful.

Students can expect to take risks and feel safe while doing so.

 

Students can expect to be in a "BULLY-FREE" zone.

 

 

Course Summary:

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