AP US HISTORY ~
2019-2020 Syllabus
Instructor:
Mrs. Sonya Trosper
Classroom:
126
Office
Phone: (360) 491-2966, ext. 126
Email:
strosper@ncslacey.org
In-Class Materials:
Primary
Textbook: Kennedy, David. The American
Pageant, 14th Edition.
***Binder
for with a section for notes, handouts, and tests
Course Description:
Advanced Placement U.S. History (APUSH) is designed as a survey of
American history from the era of exploration to the present day that examines
the nations’ political, diplomatic, intellectual, cultural, social, and
economic history. A variety of instructional
approaches will be employed and a college level textbook will be supplemented
by primary and secondary sources. The amount of reading and writing in this class is
intense, and students must be prepared to spend dedicated time outside of class
on homework. Students will be expected
to take the AP Exam on Friday, May 8th!
Class Rules:
No one
has the right to interfere with the learning, safety, or well-being of anyone
in this classroom. Beverages with a lid
are allowed.
Class Website:
Major
course documents, such as the syllabus will be available on the blog: http://trospertribune.blogspot.com. This page will be updated with information
about assignment due dates, class activities, helpful resources, etc.
Quizzes and Tests:
Students
should plan on having some type of quiz over each chapter or set of
chapters. There will be an exam at the
end of each unit. The format of the exam
will be similar to the actual AP Exam.
Class Notes:
You must
have textbook notes and they must be your own.
It is considered cheating if you use another student's notes. It is unacceptable to use study outlines in
place of the notes you take from reading the textbook. Please use the Cornell Note Taking Format. Keep notes from previous chapters in your
binder.
Attendance:
Students
must be seated and ready to work when the bell rings. Please do not ask to go
to the restroom during class. If you have been ill and require special restroom
privileges, talk to me or have a parent email me. Often the content of class
discussions will show up on tests and quizzes. Therefore, it is important that
you talk to your classmates to find out what was discussed if you are absent.
Grading Policy:
Late Assignments
All work
is due on the date assigned. Work turned in one day late will receive 50%
credit. After this, no late work is accepted. Missing assignments will show a
zero in the grade book and will cause a grade to drop.
Make Up Work
If you
have an excused absence for illness, you have a grace period equal to
the number of days of your absence in order to complete the work assigned in
class on those days. (Ex: if you miss two days of class, you have two days
to complete the work.) You are
responsible for scheduling a time to take missed tests/quizzes within a week of
your return and for getting your own make-up work on the first day back from
your absence. Assignments that are due
on the date of an excused absence are due upon returning from the absence. You
will not be given extended time on previously assigned papers, essays, and
projects unless you receive permission. This is for exceptional situations, not
a cold or the flu.
If you
know you will be missing school for vacations, appointments, or other
activities, it is your responsibility to get your assignments beforehand as
soon as you know you will be gone. Work is due upon your return to class.
School-Related Absences: If you know you will be leaving school
early for sport meets/games, doctor/dentist appointments, etc. you are still
responsible for turning in your work before you leave campus and for getting
your new assignments before you leave campus.
An
unexcused absence will receive a zero on all class work, participation,
homework due, and homework assigned for that day.
Grading Scale & Components
Grading
in this class is on a total points system, with the weight in the point value
of the assignment. All assignments are grouped into the following
categories: Daily work (45% of overall grade) and Tests/Quizzes (55% of overall
grade).
A 93-100%
A- 90-92%
B+ 88-89%
B
82-87%
B- 80-81%
C+ 78-79%
C 72-77%
C- 70-71%
D+ 68-69%
D
62-67%
D- 60-61%
F
0-59%
Cheating/Plagiarism
In the
event of cheating or plagiarism, the student will immediately fail the
assignment. Additional consequences will be decided by the administration.
Cheating
includes: direct copying of assignments, copying or use of cheat-sheets on
tests, and turning in any work that is not solely one’s own
Plagiarism
includes: copying texts without citing the sources, using someone else’s
intellectual work without giving him/her credit, papers purchased or downloaded
from the Internet, and papers written or revised by another student, past or
present
Unless
specifically told otherwise, assume that all work must be completed
individually. When permitted to work together, it is NOT acceptable to have
word-for-word matching answers on separate assignments unless previously
authorized by the teacher
Student
and Parent Agreement—DUE Tuesday, September 10, 2019
By
signing this document, I affirm that I understand the policies set forth by
NCHS as well as those added by the A.P. U.S. History instructor, specifically,
the policy on plagiarism, the grading and late work policy, and the course
schedule. I agree to abide by the school and class rules. I have read, I
understand, and I accept the academic responsibilities of this course.
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