AMERICAN HISTORY I 45% 40% Coach Heck Quiz 15% Classwork Homework Fall 2017 AMERICAN HISTORY I Coach Heck Website: https://www.beaufort.k12.nc.us/schools/washington-high-school/faculty/teachers/heck-alex-social-studies email: aheck@beaufort.k12.nc.us Room: W-112 The course is designed to cover important events that have shaped American History from Colonization to Reconstruction. You will be viewing and interpreting periods in American History from various perspectives, including historical, geographical, political, economic, and cultural. Together, these perspectives can help you to understand how the past has led to our present and to appreciate your role in shaping our future. . Book work assigned will be done in class & at home. Students will find under my website a link to an online version of the Americans textbook. The instructor reserves the right to deal with specific late work and make-up work issues on a case by case basis. The general rules that will apply are as follows: If you are absent, it is YOUR responsibility to download the work & notes you missed which can be found on my teacher webpage (yourwebsite.com) You have 2 days to make up the work or else it will be considered late Late assignments will be deducted 50% Late work will be accepted until the end of each nine weeks. 3-Ring Binder or loose leaf paper. You don’t need a separate notebook for this class We will watch multiple historically based videos, documentaries, & clips. The video ratings range from G-PG 13 and may contain re-enactments of wars or war like images. If you don’t not feel comfortable having your child view these types of images please let me know. I will update my teacher webpage daily, here students can find all the assignments and PowerPoints. You can also email me using the email address above. 1:1 Chromebook Students will be using classroom Chromebooks for daily activities, supplied by me. Quiz 15% 45% Tests Classwork Homework 40% Tutoring Monday & Thursday 3:30-4:30