Senior Studies
Course Syllabus
by Carol Braun
August 19, 2007
Syllabus-Senior Studies
Teacher Information
Name: Mr. Ringen
Position: Social Studies Teacher at Southern High School
Room: 205
Email: mringen@esu5.org
Education: Peru State College
Degree: Bachelors in Secondary Social Studies; Masters in Instructional
Technology
Certification: Nebraska Department of Education
Recent Workshops: Technology in the Classroom; Classroom Management; From L
to J; Teaching Nebraska Social Studies
Coaching: Assistant Girls’ Basketball
Sponsorship: Junior Class.
Mr. Ringen’s Daily Schedule
Before School- Arrive at 7:15-7:45 (earlier if any students need help)
Period #1- World History
Period #2- History of Culture and Society
Period #3- World History
Period #4- Planning/Lunch Duty
Lunch- 11:38-12:05
Period #5- Lunch Duty/Planning
Period #6- History of Culture and Society
Period #7- Senior Studies
After School 3:32-4:00- Student help/meetings/detentions.
After School 4:00-6:00- Basketball practice (winter); Prom set up (spring)
Senior Studies
The purpose of Senior Studies is to educate Southern High seniors about key social studies information that every United States citizen should know. Study will focus mainly on American government but other issues like current events and street smarts will also be examined.
Textbook
Magruder’s American Government. 1992 Prentice Hall
Quarter Grading
Tests & Check for Understanding Quizzes- 60-70% of your grade
Homework & Regular Quizzes- 20-30% of your grade
Review Homework- 6-10% of your grade
Focus on your tests! Tests will be 3 times the actual grade. Ex. 50/60=83% on a test would really be 150/180=83%.
Homework and review sheets will be based on total points. Ex. 16/20=80% for that homework assignment.
Semester Tests
Semester tests will count for 8% of a students overall semester grade.
Semester Grade
Quarter #1=46% of grade
Quarter #2=46% of grade
Semester Test=8% of grade
More on Homework
Only 8-12 regular homework assignments will be collected each quarter. Any assignment might be collected…even notes. So do all of your work! This does not include review worksheets. Preference might be given to reading responses and larger worksheets.
Honesty
Practice academic honesty!
Therefore…
- Do not copy others work. Do not allow others to copy your work.
Late Assignments
- Late homework will result in a 10% deduction off of the total assignment grade for the first day of being late. Special projects may fall under a different deduction from teacher.
- Any homework late after the first day will result in an additional 5% (added to the 10%) for each day thereafter.
Note taking
Almost every section covered in this class will have some sort of hard copy notes provided for the student. Sometimes this will be in the form of a worksheet or quiz; which can be used as notes for that section (after it is handed back). Other times this will occur in the form of regular note taking.
Required Materials
- Textbook (supplied by school).
- Notebook (for notes and vocabulary).
- Writing utensils.
- 3 ring binder (for organization).
Here are just a few areas this class will study more closely
*****This schedule/areas of study is only tentative and may see changes throughout the year.
- Current Events
- Street Smarts
- 2008 Local, State, & National Elections
- The Constitution
- Amendments
- Principles of Government
- Origins of American Government
- The formation of the Constitution
- Federalism
- Political Parties
- Voting & The Electoral Process
- The Legislative Branch of Government
- The Executive Branch of Government
- The Judicial Branch of Government
- Key Political Americans Today
- Other Governmental Systems
- Participating in State and Local Government
CONGRATS! THIS IS YOUR SENIOR YEAR. WORK HARD BUT HAVE FUN WITH IT!!!
Senior Studies
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