North Carolina in the American Experience

Syllabus

Mr. Lee2014-2015

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Contact Information• Phone/Email:• Tele: 910-673-1464• Fax: 910-673-1252• Email: clee@ncmcs.net• Office Hours/Number• Room Number: 30G• Monday – Thursday • 12:00 – 1:00 pm, 3:30 – 4:00• Other times by appointment only.

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Text/CD:

• North Carolina in the American Experience.Powell, William S. and Jenny Batten-Wiley Authors

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Course Description:

• Too often students see history as a “dry” subject, unconnected to their lives. But history does have relevance, and it touches a wide variety of other disciplines. This course is intended to show “connection” between history and disciplines such as art, music, economics, literature, medicine, and variety of other disciplines. This course of North Carolina history will not ignore the “bigger” issues that affected North Carolina and the nation. It is important to see the events and issues affecting the nation as a whole.

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REQUIRED MATERIALS:

• Two sharpened pencils/pens• Social Studies Notebook• Vocabulary Note Book• Any other completed assignments• Student reading book / materials

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Classroom Expectations

• We are safe..• We are kind..• We respect ourselves, others, and property!

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Classroom Behavior

• Your responsibilities in this class are to:• Be on time,• Be prepared,• Be productive, and• All classmates are expected to be polite

and respectful to one another.• No student will be allowed to disrupt

the learning of his or her classmates.

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Classroom Procedures:

• ENTERING THE CLASSROOM: – We enter the classroom in a calm, quiet manner.– Sharpen your pencil if necessary and take a seat.

– REMEMBER: Once the door is closed, you must be in your seat working. (That means having the necessary materials out on our desk.)

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Classroom Procedures:

• ATTENION SIGNAL:– When I hold up my hand. That means that every

class should be absolutely silent and still within 5 seconds.

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Classroom Procedures:

• ASKING QUESTIONS, LEAVING YOUR SEAT, GETTING HELP: – Pencil sharpening• Before class begins

– Kleenex/tissue• Raise your hand and I will acknowledge you.

– Trash• Items will remain on your desk.

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Classroom Procedures:

• TARDINESS: – You are expected to be in your seat when I close

the door. If you come in late you must have an assigned agenda or late pass. If you are late (unexcused) for 4 times for class, the 4th unexcused tardy will result a referral, and any other tardy for the grading period.

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Classroom Procedures:

• RESTROOM/MEDIA PASSES: – are expected to use the restrooms as specified in

class schedule. – Students are expected to go to the media center:

• Before school• At lunch – must have pass from cafeteria • After school

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Classroom Procedures:

• END OF CLASS DISMISSAL: – Two (2) minutes before class ends, I will tell you to

start getting packed up. We will straighten the room. Then, I will give you last minute instructions and dismiss you.

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Classroom Procedures:

• HOMEWORK: – Homework, when assigned, will be due at the

beginning of class. Have it out on your desk to be picked up.

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Classroom Procedures:

• MAKEUP WORK:– When you are absent you are expected to make

up any work you missed– The student is responsible to get their

assignments from the instructor or another student.

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Classroom Procedures:

• Examination Policy– All examinations will follow the course calendar,

unless otherwise noted by the instructor. Make-up exams must be taken when scheduled.

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Course Policies:

• Student Conduct in Class Policy– Any acts of classroom disruption that go beyond

the normal rights of students to ask questions or discuss with the instructor the educational process relative to the subject content will not be tolerated.

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Course Policies:

• Electronic Devices in Class Policy– Cellular phones, pagers, CD Players, radio, and

similar devices are prohibited in the class room, unless their teacher has given permission for the use in the classroom. Students may only use cell phones before school until 8:15 and after 3:15 pm.• They must be shut off during class and in your

respective lockers.

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Course Policies:

• Student Assignment Policy: Instructor– All assignments are due at the beginning of class,

unless otherwise noted by your instructor. All assignments must be completed in complete sentences.• Some assignments will be “shared” with your instructor

using Google Docs.

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Course Policies: • Cheating Policy: Instructor– Students are expected to uphold the school’s

standard of conduct relating to academic honesty. Students assume full responsibility for the content and integrity of the academic work they submit. Students shall be guilty of violation the honor code if they:

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Course Policies:

• Instructor’s Definition of Cheating : – Represent the work of others as their own.– Use or obtain unauthorized assistance in any

academic work.– Give unauthorized assistance to other students.– Modify, without instructor approval, an

examination, paper, record, or report for the purpose of obtaining additional credit.

– Misrepresent the content of submitted work.

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Course Policies:

• Cheating Policy:– The penalty for cheating is severe. Any student

cheating may receive a failing grade for their work. If a student is unclear about whether a particular situation may constitute cheating, the student should meet with the instructor to discuss the situation.

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Course Policies:

• Cheating Policy: Instructor– For this class, it is permissible for students to assist

classmates in general discussions. General advice and interaction is encouraged. Each student however, must develop his or her own solutions to the assigned products, assignments, and tasks. In other words, students may not “work together” on graded assignments. Such collaboration constitutes cheating. A student may not use or copy (by any means) another’s work (or portions of it) and represent it as his or her own. If you need help on an assignment, contact your instructor, not other classmates.

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Grading Policy• Grading Scale– A

• 100 – 93– B

• 92 – 85– C

• 84 – 77– D

• 76 – 70 – E

• 69 and below

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Grading Rules

• Homework– 30 points per assignment

• Classwork– 30 points per assignments

• Quiz– 30 points per assignment

• Products/Projects, – 50 points per assignment

• Tests– 50 points per assignment

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