World History- Ms.

Young
Classroom Procedures and Expectations
Listen to instructions the first time that they are given
Enter and exit prepared
Always try your best
Respect yourself and others
NO excuses/ opt-out!
First Five
1. Greet Ms. Young at the door
2. Submit homework into homework bin
3. Prepare for class with all necessary materials in assigned seat
4. Write proper heading on journal
5. Complete Do Now
Final Four
1. Complete and Submit Exit Ticket
2. Throw away all trash in or around your desk
3. Return any class materials used during class
4. Remain in assigned seat until Ms. Young dismisses you (not the bell)
Collecting Papers
1. Assure you have proper MLA heading on your paper
2. Pass papers down your row to the middle
3. Middle aisle seats pass paper to the front
4. The teacher will then collect papers
Restroom Pass
1. No student will be allowed to go to the restroom during class *utilize your 5 minute passing
period
Tardies
1. Enter classroom silently
2. Sit in assigned seat
3. Begin on the class task
4. The Do Now will not be graded for that day *note that Do Nows are a part of class
participation grades and will negatively impact your grade in the course
5. After 3 tardies a parent will be notified for additional logical consequences
Late Work
1. Late work will be accepted under the following conditions
1. Submitted after the first 5mins will be a 5% deduction

2. Submitted before 3:00pm that day will be a 10% deduction

3. Submitted within 24hrs of the due date will be a 15% deduction
4. No late work will be accepted more than 24hrs late
Make-Up Work
1. It is the students responsibility to collect any missing notes from the teacher or a classmate
upon return to school
2. Missing assignments will be placed in the Missing Work Bin in the classroom for students to
collect upon return to school.
3. Students have 2 days from the day they return to complete assignments. After that, I will
follow the late-work policy
Getting Students Attention
1. Ms. Young will raise her hand
2. Students will become silent and raise their hand also to show they are paying attention
Voice Levels
0= Silence; no talking
1= Low tone of voice; whisper
2= Normal conversational voice
3= Raised voice, teacher instructional voice
4= shouting; outdoors only
Student Materials
Every student will need the following for my class:
1. One subject notebook to be used for World History ONLY
2. Pen or pencil (black or blue ink only)
3. Highlighter
4. Loose Leaf Paper
Classroom Materials
1. If a student needs to borrow any materials from the teacher he will loose one point off of the
in-class assignment for being unprepared for class
2. Books will be used in class and should be returned at the end of class
3. If anything needs to be borrowed a student must
1. Ask for the material within the first 5 minutes of class *no pens/pencils will be given
out after that
2. Sign out the material on the sign-out sheet
3. Sign material back in within the Final Four
Journals
1. Journals will be collected bi-weekly depending on your class period
2. Submit journal into class journal bin
3. Journals must be COMPLETE.
1. Daily Objective

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Date
Daily Agenda
Homework Assignment
Class Notes (Cornell style with summary)
Weekly Reflection (1pg)

World News Article

1. 2 Students each week will present a World News Event that they researched and read to the
class
2. The article must pertain to World News (cannot be in the U.S.) and be from a credible source.
3. The presentation must include a short powerpoint, a printout of the article for the class to
read, questions for students to answer, and a 1 page reflection on the article.
4. World News Articles are 5% of your final grade.
Scholar Redirection
1. Each student will receive a logical consequence for disruptive behavior following LCPAs
restorative practices approach.
2. If asked to TAB (take a break), silently get up from your seat with your work, move to the
designated TAB area, and continue work until BOTH the teacher and you believe you are
ready to return whole class.
Positive Rewards
1. There will be a student of the month in every class period. This student will have 0 tardies,
100% homework/practice work completion, took risks, and was a student leader.
2. Students may redeem a passport sticker to go on their class notebooks for taking risks, being
a student leader, or other notable behavior in World History. These may be redeemed for
bathroom passes, extra questions on an exam, or free homework/practice work pass.

Lighthouse College Preparatory Academy

9th Grade World History
2015-16 Class Syllabus

Teacher Information:
Teacher: Ms. Young

Email: ecyoung@lhacs.org

Course Description
In World History you will develop a greater understanding of the evolution of global
processes and contacts including interactions over time. The course highlights the
nature of changes in international frameworks and their causes and consequences, as
well as comparisons among other societies. The course will focus on students becoming
Citizens of the head, hand, and heart. This prepares students to be able to reflect on
world issues, the competency to analyze and understand world issues, and the concern
to make a change.

Course Outline
Unit 1: How did we get here? Foundations of Civilization.
*Citing Textual Evidence of Sources and Writing Arguments
Unit 2: Egypt and the Nile Civilizations
* Writing Informative texts, Summarizing the Development of Events, and
Determining Central Ideas
Unit 3: African Kingdoms
* Comparing perspectives of authors, Presenting Evidence-Based
Arguments, and the Writing Process
Unit 4: The Americas
* Assessing reasoning and evidence, the Writing Process
Unit 5: Greece
* Analyzing Texts, the Writing and Research Process, Solving a World
Issue
Unit 6: Rome and the Republic
* Integrating Quantitative Analysis, the Writing and Research Process
Unit 7: The Middle Ages
* Comparing perspectives in texts, the Writing and Research Process
Unit 8: Renaissance and Reformation
* Vocabulary, Analyzing the Structure of Texts, Advanced Research and
Writing Process
Unit 9: Exploration and Expansion
*Solving World Issue through evidence, research and analysis
Unit 10: World War I
*Review of standards

Required Materials

1 subject notebook to be used for World History ONLY

2 pens (black or blue ink only)
1 pencil
1 highlighter (any color)
Loose leaf paper

*Textbook will be given out in class each day

*Journals will be collected bi-weekly on Fridays

Grading Weight
Homework/Practice Work
Participation/Journals
Project/Essays
Assessments/ Quizzes
World News Articles

10%
15%
20%
50%
5%

Parents as Partners
As one of the most influential people in your scholars life, I encourage all parents to get
as involved as possible in their students education. Encourage scholars to read the
newspaper, news magazines, watch news programs and discuss the importance of
learning about the development of human societies connecting current events to topics
of study. There will be assignments asking students to discuss an article with a
parent/family member and bring back the essay (summary) signed. Contact me
whenever necessary as I will pledge to do the same.

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