U.S. History Honors After The Civil War   2022-2023
Mr. Stucky

CLASS CODE: 2wriixo

Texts and Other Resources: 
Pearson U.S. History (accessible through Google Classroom)

Supplies: You will need a reliable writing utensil, such as a pen or pencil for your own notes. You will not be graded on your notes directly, but some tests may be open notes, but closed book. It is in your best interest to keep orderly, easy-to-read notes for your own studying and test-taking purposes. In addition, if you’d like to contribute to the classroom supplies, we will always need paper towels, tissues, scrap paper, and the like. 

Objectives: Together students will learn and analyze concepts and standards in U.S. History to identify patterns and important people, places, and ideas. Students will learn, discuss, and evaluate historical happenings, and learn to think about those events in the mindset of the people that did them. Students will also learn the effects of those events on what our life looks like in the present day. 

Towards these goals, students will complete in-class activities that relate to selected readings, writing exercises, debate topics, and take tests on the materials. 

Grading: 
Classwork:                                                                            25%
Writing:                                                                                  30%
Participation:                                                                         25%
Tests:                                                                                     20%

In light of our new digital classroom, late work will be accepted at any time during the academic quarter in which it was assigned. That means that the overall deadline will be four business days before my first filing deadline for grades for each quarter. I will communicate those deadlines with you a week before they occur. 

Extra Credit: This updated policy means that there will be no extra credit opportunities.

Behavior: For the lecture part of the class, I expect everyone to come to class in a learning state of mind. That means that every student has a writing utensil, a notebook for notes, and pays attention during the lecture. I will ask questions to review what topics we go over, and if you are unable to answer the question due to inattentiveness, I will make a deduction from your participation grade for the week. 

Participation: Students will get a participation grade each week. As this is designed to encourage discussion, the grades will be on a sliding scale. If a student doesn’t participate for that week, they will receive a 75% for that week. If they make a handful of points ina week, they will earn an 85%, if they participate multiple times per week (10 or so) they will receive a 95%, and if they regularly drive discussions, they will receive a 105%. 

Conduct in Class: We will at times be learning about hard concepts throughout history. Most historians focus on wars as major turning points throughout history, and that’s the correct way to begin. We will be evaluating those wars, but more importantly, the reasons that those wars began and ended the way that they did. We will also be tracing and assessing the various wars of ideas throughout history. As such, there will be at times spirited debates during class time as we discuss potentially sensitive ideas or events. Please approach those discussions with discretion, and make sure to treat your peers with the respect that you would like them to use with you. Profanity, or language meant to evoke profanity in the minds of others will not be tolerated. 

Homework: Homework will be assigned through Google Classroom. Please make sure to add the code BLANK to your classroom account through your school email. This will enable us to work together on assignments as needed. Writing assignments will be managed through Google Classroom as well. 

Absences: It is your duty to check in about absent work. I will update Google Classroom with assignments students worked on for the day. You get one day for every day you are absent to make up the work. For example, if you are absent for three days, you will have three days to make up the work. However, if you are there the day the work was assigned, then absent for the due date, it will be due upon your return to school. 

Communication: Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions, especially in the first few weeks of the school year. Hope Charter School’s phone number is 407-656-4673. If you call the office and leave a message, I will do my best to get back to you in a timely manner. My email address is Phillip.stucky@hopecharter.org. Feel free to email me with any questions or concerns, or if you would like to set up an appointment to meet with me. Email is the quickest way for you to reach me and to get a response. 

Skyward: Skyward is where you can check your child’s grades. This system is replacing Progressbook for all of Orange County. We will do our best to keep this up to date. This system is a great tool to see your student’s average grade for every subject, as missing assignments. This is also where you can check your child’s absences and tardies. There have been some difficulties with the county overall in switching programs, so hopefully, it will be a smooth transition at the start of school! This is an invaluable tool and I encourage you to frequently use it! 

GRADES AND LATE WORK POLICY: We will be taking participation grades on a systematic basis based upon those who are paying attention and participating in classwork. I may also give a participation grade when students do group work. Assignments will be graded and returned for review. All assignments are due at the start of class; if they are not turned in at this time, they are considered late. In light of our new digital classroom, late work will be accepted at any time during the academic quarter in which it was assigned. That means that the overall deadline will be four business days before my first filing deadline for grades for each quarter. I will communicate those deadlines with you a week before they occur. 

 If students receive a zero, you will receive an email from me. The assignment must still be turned in so they still get the benefit of practicing the concept assigned. With respect to papers or extended writing assignments, the old late work policy will supersede the new one, which means that for each day late, the student will lose a potential 11 percentage points, and will not be accepted after the third day after it is due. 

1st Unit: Reconstruction and the Industrial Revolution
Civil War and Reconstruction: Causes and Consequences
Reconstruction and The African American Experience
The West and Native American Experience
The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution Part 2: Farmers, Populism and Labor Boogaloo
The Industrial Revolution Part 3: The Human Experience and Progressivism

2nd Unit: Imperialism, WWI, and the Gilded Age
Imperialism and The Spanish American War
World War I
The 1920’s: U.S. Foreign Economic Policy and Isolationism
The 1920’s: Society, Culture, and Civil Rights
The Great Depression and New Deal

3rd Unit: WWII and the Postwar Nation
World War II
World War II: War Abroad and Aftermath
Early Cold War years and the Korean War
Postwar Prosperity and Status
Foreign and Domestic Policies of the 1960s
The Civil Rights Movement

4th Unit: the U.S in the Modern Era
The 1970’s: Protest, Vietnam and Watergate
Modern U.S. Foreign Policy and Role in the Global Economy
Modern U.S. Social Issues