Welcome Back to School!!!Welcome Back to School!!!
Homeroom: 710Homeroom: 710
Teacher: Mr. KostenkoTeacher: Mr. Kostenko
Welcome to Team Achieve!
• Have you seen our team webpage?
To get there, start here: www.nburlington.com
• Homeroom reminders – school policies:– Dress code– Student IDs– Cell phones– Agenda books Should be in soon!
Welcome Back to School!!
Mr. Billy KostenkoHistory 8
Team Achieve!
• BA – History Secondary Ed. – TCNJ
• MA – Education – University of Missouri
• 2009 MS Teacher of Year
SUPPLIES• COMPOSITION BOOK
• BINDER
• DIVIDERS
GRADES
TESTS + PROJECTS
50%• 3 per marking period
• Usually 1 big project/test, 1 small project/test, and 1 current events test
HW, QUIZZES,
CLASSWORK
50%• Scored out of 10
points
• Late work accepted
HOMEWORK• Late work is accepted,
but grade is reduced by 3 points (30%)
• Absent students have equal time to complete make up work [ex: out 2 days = 2 days to complete missed work]
NEW TEXTBOOK!!!
www.pearsonsuccessnet.com
Please copy this address.
Please also go home and set this as one of your “favorites” and go on the site with
your child.
How You Can Help• Check PowerSchool weekly
• Talk to your child about current events
• Create a “HW Area” and routine with/for your child
• Talk to your child about their school day daily
History 8 – big Questions• What freedoms do we
desire and/or need?
• Which is the government’s job, to protect individual rights or the common good?
• What is your role in our country?
History 8 • ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
– Each unit is driven by one or two open-ended questions.
– All that we study is geared toward developing the answer.
• DAILY QUESTIONS– Instead of a formal written
objective, I pose a question to the students at the start of each class – their job is to figure out the answer.
Essential Question
How can nations guard against abusive governments?
1. LIMIT the GOVERNMENT
2. SEPARATE the POWER
3. Establish CHECKS AND BALANCES
4. Establish different FEDERAL Govt and State Govts
5. List INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
6. Allow for citizen REPRESENTATIVES
7. Allow citizens to VOTE
GOALWhat rights are guaranteed
to all US citizens?
SKILLS • History Accuracy
• Clarity of Expression
• Organization of Ideas
Tuesday, September 22
HW: P#10 – 1,2,3 sentences
History 8:Units of Study
• Constitution + Civics
• 13 Colonies
• American Revolution
• Creating a New Government + Civics
• Federalist Presidents (Washington and Adams)
• Republican Presidents (Jefferson and Madison)
• Causes of the Civil War
• Civil War and Reconstruction
History 8 – Additional Units
Current EventsHolocaust
(supplements Reading)