Fri. - Building Timelines

If you check this website after school, you'll generally find two things - a recap of the day's lesson and/or class notes along with the night's homework assignment. Today's post is a good example of what you can come to expect in the coming months.

Daily Recap - Fri. 09/07/2007:

Today, we built some general time lines for US History. First, I asked if anybody had trouble remembering a few dates - namely their birthday, their sibling's birthday, and their parent's birthday. Most people were ok with this - so you should also be able to remember ten to fifteen important dates in US History.

I wrote ten dates on the board, and you got into small groups of two to three students. In these groups, you used your textbooks to look up what pivotal events in US History occurred on these dates.

If you were absent, you should look up these dates on your own and compare your list with someone who was in class. The years were: 1492, 1607, 1776, 1783, 1800, 1828, 1861, 1876, 1898, and 1914.

For homework, you were to choose one of the events that we talked about in class, read about it in the textbook and/or online, and write a short description (one to two paragraphs) of what happened.

Day One: Rules of the Game

Welcome to our US I history class.

Today in class we reviewed the basic rules for our class and what I expect of you.

As a short recap, here is a list of some of the more important rules and expectations.

• You are expected not to interrupt someone else who is speaking - wait your turn
• You are expected to come to class prepared every day - with a notebook, pen, and any assigned readings
• You are expected to complete all assignments - I don't assign them because I like to give you work.
• If you are absent, you are expected to check this website for any assignments and notes that you missed.

See you tomorrow. Looking forward to a great year!