Welcome to US History!

Welcome to US History!Ms. Beets2013-2014

Harker Heights High School

Class Materials

Supplies you need in class EVERYDAY

Pen or pencil

Notebook

You will have open-notebook pop quizzes!

Homework assignments

Class Rules Be on time

4 tardies = detention

Respect others

Listen while I am talking No talking or whispering

If you have a question, raise your hand and wait until you are called on

Technology only for academic purposes I will confiscate devices being used for other purposes

Listen to classmates Think about what is being said

Discipline

First Offense: I will talk with you

Second Offense: I will contact your parent

Third Offense: I will write you up

Class Procedures Bell Ringers

When bell rings, you should be in your chair completing the warm-up

Complete on your own with no talking if individual warm-up

Participate with your group if group warm-up

Lesson

Take notes using PowerPoint as a guide

Unless otherwise noted, you should be taking notes when I am talking

Activity

Work quietly (no talking!) unless otherwise noted

Stay in chair until bell rings

Do NOT line up at the door

Class time is NOT for

Grade checking (do this on your own at home or in the library)

Chatting with friends (do this on your own time)

Syllabus

Grading policy

Late work

Absences

You are responsible for finding out what you missed and doing it

Check my website

Acquire missed papers from the red file folder

Website

http://beetshistory.weebly.com/

Home Page

Useful links for research

Link to your textbook website

Blog Page

PowerPoints and assignments posted by day

If you are absent from class, check here and get missed work. Any important announcements will be listed here.

Parental Notification

Signed statement from parent/guardian

Return to me by Thursday

If you would like to receive important reminders via text message, you and/or your parents can sign up

Text: (858) 943-4398

Message: @msbeets

(I can’t see your phone number!)

With your table, assemble the pieces in chronological order.

Absolutely NO technology or notes! Use your brains!

Think back to 8th grade for some of these.

If you don’t know the answer, think about any associations you have with the era and make an educated guess.

Everyone must participate!

The first team with all the pieces in the proper places wins!

Timeline Activity

Timeline Review

1600s Colonial Era

Revolutionary Era

Constitution and Federalism

the Early Republic

Age of Jackson/Westward

1861-1865 Civil War

Reconstruction

1898 Spanish American War

1914-1915 WWI

1929Great Depression Starts

1939-1945 WWII

Timeline Review

1950s Baby Boom

1957 Sputnik launch ignites US-Soviet space race

1968 MLK assassination

1969 US lands on moon

1991 Cold War ends

2001 terrorist attacks on WTC and the Pentagon

2001 US begins war in Afghanistan

2003-2011 War in Iraq