1. Welcome to History! Mrs. Withrow Block A 5-6 Mr. Stevens

2. Units we will cover: Geography Native Americans of North America
European Exploration in North America
Colonial America – The 13 Original English Colonies
The American Revolution- events, people, documents, causes
The New Government- The Constitution of the United States
Westward Expansion- Inventions, Who Went West and Why
The Civil War – issues, people, battles, impact

3. What to bring to class Notebook with 5 dividers
Classwork tab– work done in class
Homework tab – see the calendar
Study guides tab – provided at beginning of unit
Maps and Vocabulary tab – provided throughout the unit of study
Other tab – this is a reference section
*Pencil
* Agenda

4. Assessments End of Unit tests – to measure learning
Diagnostics – to measure progress over the year
(3 x year)
Performance Based Assessments – answer a posing question using primary source documents (2 x year)
PBL-OttW – project, one per semester

5. What Else? National Geographic Geography Bee
Veterans Day Commemoration
National History Day
Hear stories, act out Reader’s Theater, create writing responses, create battle maps, have visits from guest speakers, learn some sports team history, create portfolios, writing

6. Where to look for information
Stone Hill website, staff, Withrow, calendar
Google classroom- students have access codes
Student’s Notebook- classwork notes, study guides
Teacher
Phoenix

7. New school year, new school, new beginnings