1. WELCOME TO UNITED STATES HISTORY… RECONSTRUCTION TILL PRESENT

2. Expectations of Class COMPLETE WORK ASSIGNED COMPLETE WORK ASSIGNED FOLLOW THE RULES FOLLOW THE RULES HAVE A GOOD TIME HAVE A GOOD TIME PASS THE CLASS!!! PASS THE CLASS!!!

3. MATERIALS NEEDED… NOTEBOOK TEXTBOOK PAPER PENCIL/PEN

4. CLASSROOM RULES BE ON TIME BE PREPARED BE RESPECTFUL LIMITED HALL PASSES NO CELL PHONES DURING TEACHING TIME BE SUCCESSFUL!!!

5. YOUR GRADE NOTEBOOK (15%) (bellringers, notes, class work, test/quizzes, vocabulary END OF COURSE(20%) COMMON ASSESSMENTS TEST & QUIZZES PROJECTS (researched based)

6. EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNTIES 5 ARTICLES: newspaper, magazine, or internet POSTER (drops lowest grade) Spirit Play (October) AFTER SCHOOL MOVIES (2 pts. Each) – Saving Private Ryan – The Boy in the Striped Pajamas – We Were Soldiers

7. GRADING SCALE – 93-100 (A) – 85-92 (B) – 75-84 (C) – 70-74 (D)

8. ABOUT ME… Graduated from here in 2002 3 rd year of teaching (World Geography) Coach Soccer and Softball Married for almost 2 yrs. Have a Great Dane (Sandy Reese) Laid back, easy going, but expect you to do what is asked of you

9. FOOD FOR THOUGHT… To know the value of one year… ask the student who failed the exam. To know the value of one month… ask the mother of a premature baby. To know the value of one week…ask the editor of a weekly newsmagazine. To know the value of one day… as the wage earner who has six children. To know the value of one hour… ask the lovers waiting to meet. To know the value of one minute… ask the person who missed the plane. To know the value of one second… ask the person who survived the accident. To know the value of one millisecond… ask the silver medalist. Unknown