1. COACH BROWN’S CLASSROOM

2.  GREW UP IN KANSAS  PLAYED FOOTBALL, POWERLIFTED, AND TRACK  ATTENDED AND PLAYED FOOTBALL AT FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY AND KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY  MOVED TO OKLAHOMA IN 2004  MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN COLLIER AND ISABEL

4.  ON A PIECE OF PAPER GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND THREE THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF.

5.  BE IN ASSIGNED SEAT BEFORE BELL RINGS OR YOU ARE TARDY  HAVE A SPIRL NOTEBOOK AND PENCIL READY TO BEGIN WORK FOR THE DAY  START BELLWORK ON BOARD  MUSIC WILL BE PROVIDED.

6.  NO FOOD OR DRINK ALLOWED IN LAB

7. 90 – 100% A 80-89% B 70-79% C 60-69% D 59 OR BELOW F GRADING WILL BE A CUMULATIVE GRADING SCALE BASED ON POINTS

8.  TESTS  PROJECTS  DAILY PARTICIPATION  SEMESTER TEST

9.  MS Office 2010/2011 – MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher  Google Apps Tools – Calendar, Documents, Spreadsheets, Forms, Sharing, uploading, downloading  Browsers as Tools – INTERNET EXPLOXER AND GOOGLE CHROME  Plus various projects that will cover different topics.  MS – WILL WORK ON TYPING SKILLS.

10. Earning an income;  Understanding state and federal taxes;  Banking and financial services;  Balancing a checkbook;  Savings and investing;  Planning for retirement;  Understanding loans and borrowing money, including predatory lending and payday loans;  Understanding interest, credit card debt, and online commerce;  Identity fraud and theft;  Rights and responsibilities of renting or buying a home;  Understanding insurance;  Understanding the financial impact and consequences of gambling;  Bankruptcy; and  Charitable giving

11.  STATES GEOGRAPHY, HISTORIC FOUNDATIONS OF NATIVE AMERICANS EUROPEANS AND AMERICAN CULTURES  EVALUATE THE MAJOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC EVENTS THE TRANSFORMED THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE PRIOR TO STATEHOOD.  ANALYZE THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT IN OKLAHOMA  EXAMINE THE TRANSFORMATION OF OKLAHOMA DURING TIMES OF BOOM AND BUST OF THE 1920’S THROUGH THE 1940’S.  IVESTIGATE HOW THE POST-WAR SOCIAL, POLITCAL, AND ECONOMIC EVENTS CONTINUED TO TRANFORM THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA DURING THE 1950’S TO THE PRESENT

12.  YOU WILL DECIDE AS A CLASS WHAT YOU WILL EXPECT OF EACH OTHER.

13.  YOU ARE TO REMAIN IN SEATS UNTIL I DISMISS YOU. THE BELL DOESN’T GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO LEAVE.  DO NOT CONGREGATE BY THE DOOR YOU WILL NOT BE DISMISSED.