About Me

 I am very excited for our year together! In class we will focus on people, places, and societies of the contemporary world. Societies for study are from the following regions: Europe, Russian and the Eurasian republics, North America, Central America and the Caribbean, South America, Southwest Asia-North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, East Asia, Australia, and the Pacific realm. We will utilize maps, writing assignments, projects, timelines, and many other exciting tools. This class will be reading and writing intensive as well as creating many different maps. I will require that my students do their homework just like I am required to do mine. It is hard to have discussions when half the class has not done their part. If that simple requirement is completed, coupled with good note taking, good study habits and a genuine effort, success will come naturally.

The rules in my class can be summed up in three words: Respect, Perseverance and Responsibility.
1. Respect each other, your environment, and your teacher.
2. Come to class on time and mentally prepared to learn with necessary materials and assignments to be a productive member of our class.
3. Beginning of class, students will turn in any work that is due, get out materials and journals and begin the daily warm-up.
4. Stay seated unless you have permission to get up.
5. Do not talk during teacher instruction unless your hand has been raised and you have been called on. Do not pack up until you are instructed to by the teacher. Before leaving, help clean up the classroom.
6. If a student is absent, all missing work can be found on the counter in the black file holder. I will provide the power points or other resources used in class. Please get in contact with me if you will be out for an extended period of time or know of an absence in advance.

1. Place your cell phone in the numbered pocket corresponding to your name on the back wall daily when you walk in the room. NO CELL PHONES ARE TO BE OUT OR USED UNLESS I HAVE ALREADY GIVEN YOU PERMISSION!!!!!  ABSOLUTELY NO SOCIAL MEDIA OF ANY KIND!!
2. We have a class set of Chromebooks which students will have one assigned to them for use during class. We will not be using them every day so please do not get it out in class unless instructed to do so. As always, students must follow all campus/district computer policies and use technology responsibly. If a student fails to follow campus/district computer policy, there will be disciplinary measures per student handbook.