Welcome to Social Studies 20-1!
Social 20-1 is an academically demanding course, we will be moving through material very quickly, so if there is something that you don't understand, ask questions. You also have a friendly letter assignment due on Monday. Please have a look at my classroom rules, and rules for posting on the blog below. See you tomorrow.
I think that I have very simple, straight-forward classroom rules and expectations. I will be discussing these in class tomorrow, but here's a quick recap:
- Please be on-task during classroom time (visit later)
- No cell phones (as per school policy; unless otherwise instructed); if your parents really need to get in touch with you, they should call the office. Please don't bring cell phones to class, or if you do, please remember to turn them off!
- Please don't listen to music on MP3 players or iPods during class time, unless I have given you permission to do so.
- Be polite. You should be listening during class lectures or when your classmates have questions to ask (you might have some of the same questions).
- Be on time. If you are late, please enter the classroom quietly and apologize for being late. If the door is locked, I have started the lecture or there is a class presentation in progress; I will open the door and let you in as soon as possible.
- Clean up after yourselves. Please don't leave garbage on the floor. I like my classroom fairly neat and tidy.
- Don't bring junk food to class. Healthy snacks only. Or you could always wait until lunchtime.
- You may chew gum in class on the following conditions: don't chew like a cow, I don't want to see the gum or hear you chewing it, that's just gross.
- Late assignments: 10% is deducted for every day an assignment is late. If you have an excused absence, then there is some flexibility with this rule.
- Please make sure that a parent or guardian calls the school to have absences excused. If you miss a test due to an unexcused absence you will be assigned a mark of "zero".
- I will be contacting parent/guardians if you have unexcused absences.
- Please adhere to the school's academic honesty policy which is on the back of your course outlines.
- It is Summer School: you are NOT allowed to take holidays or time off between July 3rd and July 31st. Every day of Summer School is the equivalent of 4-5 regular school days. If you were to miss a week of classes, it would be the same as missing 25-30 classes.
Here are some simple rules that I have established for using the blog, and some other informational items:
- Please post on the blog anonymously.\
- If you feel the need to identify yourself, or clarify which grade you're in, please use your initials and your class and section (for example, K.G. in Social 20-3).
- Some of you may have your own Blogger accounts. Please don't post on this blog using your Blogger ID, otherwise you may have people visiting your blog that you may not want to see what you're posting.
- Please be courteous, polite and respectful when posting comments on the blog. Don't be rude to your classmates on the blog.
- Please be patient with my response time.
- Please post comments and questions on the blog prior to 10 p.m.
- Between 6-8 p.m. I am usually not online.
- Please do not post links to questionable materials.
- Inappropriate comments will be deleted. Please don't do this, it's a waste of my time, I could be doing more productive things, like answering questions that you may have
Please see the classroom rules and expectations that are posted above. I went through the course outline and course expectations with you today. You have a friendly letter that is due on Monday. On Monday, we will hit the ground running and get into course content.
We finished off "White Light/Black Rain" today, and I gave you a reading on the decision to use the atomic bomb. You will get time to meet with your group to prepare for Tuesday's debate. You will also get time to work on TOK this week as well.
