Welcome to US History!!
•Mr. Fox Room 118
•US History 1 Honors
Units
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Colonial Era/ Revolutionary War
Constitution
Early Republic/ Early Presidents
Slavery and the West
Civil War/ Reconstruction
 Exams/Quizzes
25%
35 question multiple choice
 Short essay
 Jeopardy Points
 Some quizzes
 Count as 1/4 of a test
 Essays/Projects
25%
 Thematic and DBQ essays
 Homework
25%
 Chapter sections with couple questions
 Documents
 Review sheets count as 3 homeworks and must be completed in
order to play Jeopardy!
 Class Participation/Classwork 25%
 Class Presentations/ Readings and Discussion
 Answering Socratic method questions
 It’s effort!
 Student
 Attendance
 Lateness is not an option!!!!
 1 point off final grade for every lateness
 Behavior
 Materials
 Effort
 Answering questions/ reading a paragraph.
 THINKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 Monkeys can copy notes
 (proven fact actually, University of London study showed they can copy
images), students review notes
 Extra Credit
 Teacher
 Be prepared, on time, rarely absent, know the content.
 Be accessible!!!
 Class website
 Homeworks posted. You can email assignments to me
if you like. devilsfanfox@aol.com
 Resources- history links, powerpoints!!! Regents info
 The powerpoints are put up so you can view them again
if you like and also if I’m going too fast and you can’t
copy all the notes
 Calendar
 Videos
 Ap website is helpusfox.weebly.com . Has more videos
and stuff but geared towards AP, not the Regents.
 Parent is to go to Teachusfox.weebly.com
 Review grading policy
 Send an email to devilsfanfox@aol.com with contact
info (phone numbers, email address, best time to call
etc.)
 Tomorrow we start!!!!!
 We will show the results of Day 1 quiz…… oh yea,, its
quiz time.
Classroom Procedures
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Powerpoints
Handouts
Aim
Do Now
Summary
Day 1 Quiz
• DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON THE QUIZ!!
• PLEASE DO NOT ASK OTHERS FOR HELP.
• 1. Name as many of the 5 family members of
the Simpsons TV show.
• 2. Name as many of the 5 freedoms that are
listed in the 1st amendment to the
Constitution.
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