Welcome
Back or
To
Lake Travis High School
Welcome to
Mr.
Shoemaker’s
APUSH Class
*Make sure your cell phones are off
or on silent mode*
Thanks
The Management
2015-2016 Schedule
1st: APUSH
2nd: Conference
3rd: APUSH (B Lunch)
4th: APUSH
5th: APUSH
6th: APUSH
7th: APUSH (B Lunch)
8th: PLC/Conference
Website!!!
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The TEXTBOOK that
we do not have.
Syllabus Link
Here is the
textbook!
Students will
find their
textbook
readings here!
Calendar, Assignments,
PowerPoints
Everything is posted at the
beginning of the unit!
How to use Turnitin. All
turnitin assignments are due
before
11:59pm on the date posted
on the calendar. Students
must make sure they have a
submission receipt email!
Adding each type of writing as we teach it!
Links to to lecture note information.
2nd Semester on the way!
Study Skills, Class Skills, Practice Quizzes , and Review Videos.
Class Rules!!!
1. DO NOT LIE TO ME!!!
2. Students shall be prepared for classroom activities ( Pens, highlighters, APUSH
class notebook).
3. Students shall behave in an appropriate classroom manner.
4. Students shall respect the rights of others verbally and physically.
5. Students shall respect classroom property (no writing on desks, walls, etc)
6. Students will pick up after themselves, I’m not your Mom or Dad!
7. Students must participate to be successful APUSH!!
9. Students shall take care of all personal business before and after the class period
(texting, FB, Tweeting, or any other electronic or verbal off task routine).
10. My BYOD Policy: NO headphones, The use of cell phones, iPods, iPads, or other
electronic devices for academic use during class will only be allowed if you have my
permission. Don’t abuse this policy!!!
11. If you have a family emergency and need your phone out see me BEFORE
class!!
12. Most days start with a HIPPO warm up so get ready when you come in to class.
Testing and Late Work
Policy for APUSH+stuff
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No late work is accepted
No retesting or test corrections allowed
Technology is your responsibility
Sign up for the correct class in turnitin.com
If/when we get actual books you will take it home and read
it! Your book will not be used in class. Chapter PDF files
are posted on the class website for now.
 Do not be tardy. I will write you up for tardies. If you have
lunch during APUSH you can get two tardies per class
day! On time means in the classroom not in the doorway
or in the hall running!
 ALL hall passes must be hand written every time! Sign out
Why take AP?
Prepare Now to Succeed in
College
A 1999 U.S. Department of
Education study found that
the strongest predictor of
college graduation is
something students do
before they ever go to
college:
Participate in rigorous,
college-level courses in high
school—and AP courses in
particular.
Clifford Adelman, Answers in the Tool Box: Academic
Intensity, Attendance Patterns, and Bachelor’s Degree
Attainment (1999), U.S. Department of Education.
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AP and College
Success
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Students who take AP
courses and exams
are much more likely
than their peers to
complete a bachelor’s
degree in four years or
less.
Source: Camara, Wayne (2003).
College Persistence, Graduation, and
Remediation. College Board Research
Notes (RN-19). New York, NY:
College Board.
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Check List for Success in APUSH
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Laugh at my jokes!!!
Pay attention to the class website!
Turn in all assignments on time and completed.
Work in small study groups. The class is hard enough, power
of 3!
Bring your notebook everyday to class with pens, pencils and
highlighters. Lots of notes! (textbook is not used in class).
Read and take notes on the out of class readings.
You must participate constructively to be successful (ask good
clarifying questions…you’re taking the test, I’m NOT!!!
Be prepared for quizzes and unit tests.
Listen, Think, Clarify!!!
Don’t be a LAZY !!! Be a FIVE!!!