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Ms. Dixon's 8th Grade U.S. History Class

 

I am so excited to be teaching 8th grade U.S. History this year.   I hope you find the information below helpful. Please do not hesitate to email me if you have any questions. 

 

Syllabus and Behavior Management Plan

U.S. History (link to follow) Syllabus and Electronic Signature page (link to follow)

Please read through the 24-25 Classroom Behavior Management Plan (link to follow)

 

Google Classroom (code will be given to students first day of school)

We will be using Google Cassroom for important information and assignments. The most up to date information will be posted on Google Classroom!! Parents wanting to access their student's GC, will need to log in using their child's information.

 

Supplies for 8th grade World History

• 1 – Two-Pocket folder with center prongs filled with notebook paper
• 1 - One subject spiral notebook

 

Supplies to be given to your 1st period teacher

• Boys: Hand Sanitizer 1 roll of paper towels, 2 Boxes of Kleenex, box of pencils
• Girls:  2 Boxes of Kleenex, 1 pkg. of Clorox wipes, box of pencils

 

Supplies to keep in your bookbag for all classes

• Headphones - must be wired, for use with their assigned Chromebook
• Wireless Mouse - if the student prefers to use a computer mouse rather than the touchpad on their assigned Chromebook, the student must supply his/her own mouse (labeled with student’s name) Not required but recommended.
• Highlighters
• Blue or Black Ink Pens
• Loose Leaf Lined Paper
• Pencils
• Expo Marker (Blue or Black)

8th Grade Google Classroom - Class of 2028 

Join this Google Classroom and stay enrolled all year long. This is where you will find information about 8th Grade Dress Down Days, 8th Grade T-Shirts, GradVenture Field Trips and much more.  Code will be given the first few days of school.

 

  

First Quarter: (August 8th - October 10th)                                                                       

Exploration and Colonization  

English Colonies              

American Revolution

 

Second Quarter: (October 11th - December 20th)

American Revolution

First Governments and the Constitution

Early Republic 

 

Third Quarter: (January 7th - March 12th)

Political and Geographic Changes

Life in the North and South

Division and Civil War   

 

Fourth Quarter: (March 13th - May 23rd)

Division and Civil War

Reconstruction

 

 

ASSESSMENT

Students’ grades will be determined by using the following categories and percentages:

Practice -- 30%

Performance (Mastery) -- 70%

 

Grading Scale:   A (90-100)   B (80-89)   C (70-79)   D (60-69)   F (0-59)

 

Make-up Work:

Absent students should check google classroom and the teacher connection website for make-up work. It is the student’s responsibility to complete classwork missed, turn in homework or, to request to take a missed test the day of their return from the absence.

Late Work: 

Students are expected to complete all assignments and submit them on or before the day it is due. Any work submitted late will be marked off as a lower percentage.

 

Absence Work:

Students will receive the number of days absent plus one additional day to complete make-up work.

 

 

Contact: kellie.dixon@tvcs.org

PDF documents
23-24 US History Syllabus -
Classroom Behavior Plan -