This is the site for Mr. Haskell's Senior class, "Modern Topics in US History" and for his Junior "Honors US History" class.
(Students in Cinema Literacy should go to the separate site for that info.)
You can click on the button to get an automatic e-mail telling you when I have updated this site.
Please check out the links for my project scoring rubric, urban legend, etc.
The last items on this webpage include the student responsibility sheets with the contact info. for me and grading policies, etc. You can also find the Notebook Cover Sheet there as well.
Feel free to contact me by voice-mail 24/7 at school 774-8511, ext. 1418, or by e-mail: john.haskell@ct.gov
Topics in Modern US History – Mr. Haskell
Objectives 1-1
Objectives:
1. Give three ways people commonly refer to the 1920’s in American History
2. In a paragraph describe three industries that were helped by the rise in automobile ownership in the 1920’s.
3. List four other “new” industries or inventions of the 1920’s
4. In a paragraph describe at least three government policies that favored big businesses in the 1920’s.
5. In a type III essay, explain why their was an economic boom in the 1920’s
FCA’s
1. Topic Sentence @ 5pts
2. Five reasons each explained with details, each in own sentence 5@ 5pts
3. follow Type III format @ 5pts (FCA’s, skip lines, “type iii”)
6. identify these people’s claim to fame in the 1920’s
Louis Armstrong Charles Lindbergh
Al Capone Mitchell Palmer
Calvin Coolidge Babe Ruth
Henry Ford Sacco & Vanzetti
Warren Harding John T. Scopes
Langston Hughes
7. Identify the following terms associated with the 1920’s
bootleggers “the lost generation”
flappers prohibition
Harlem Renaissance Red Scare
installment plan Speakeasies
jazz talkies
8. In a paragraph describe at least three changes for women in the 1920’s.
9. In a paragraph discuss who you think had the best argument in the Scopes “Monkey Trial”
Assignments: (due the next day upon entering class)
Tuesday, Sept. 2 - A. Cover book , B. read pp.450 – 457
AND C. start work on objective 6 & 7 using a two-column note format
Wednesday, Sept. 3 - A. Read pp. 458-463
B. On a sheet of paper, answer “skillbuilder on p.460 and do paragraph on “2. Summarizing” on p.461
AND C. continue working on two-column notes for objectives #6 & 7
Thursday, Sept. 3- A. Read pp. 464-469 AND B. continue work on Obj. #6 & 7
Friday, Sept. 5 – A. Read pp. 470 – 477
AND B. Complete objectives #6 & 7 identified in a two-column note format DUE MONDAY when you come in.
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NOTEBOOK COVER SHEET
NAME: _____________________________
DIVISION: ___________
This is your cover sheet for your notebook. Each trimester take your work out of the 3-ring binder, put your notes in the order below, and staple this sheet on top. Your notebook is equal to forty points (x/40) of your grade for that cycle. The points count just the same as forty points earned in a quiz, project, or homework. I may collect the notebook at the end of the first three weeks of a cycle, or at the end of the trimester (after all 6 weeks are done).
Please see the website, a classmate, or me if you lose a paper.
First Semester ______
40
Second Semester ______
40
Third Semester ______
40
WHEN TURNING IN YOUR NOTEBOOK, PLEASE PUT THE PAPERS FROM THAT TRIMESTER IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER:
(note: you can use the same order for each week’s work, OR put all of the cycles’ objective sheets together, then all the notes, then all homework, etc.; use either way, just be consistent)
1. THIS cover sheet on top
2. Student Responsibility Sheet (one signed by parent)
3. objective sheets (marked by #, for example 2-1 means the first
week of the second trimester.)
4. notes
5. homework & worksheets
6. tests & quizzes
7. individual or group projects
8. anything else
NOTE: Include only material from the cycle just ending.
Mr. Haskell - Room 105 * Social Studies/Cinema Lit. * 2008-2009
How to Contact me 24/7: e-mail: John.Haskell@ct.gov
or phone 774-8511 ext.1418 or via school website: cttech.org/ellis
YOU are responsible for your education. This sheet explains my expectations
and how your work will be graded. Please have a parent read and sign this sheet.
Copies of objective sheets and other info. will be handed to you and most can be found on the teacher web page found at cttech.org/ellis.
I. Student Responsibilities
A. Do the assigned work and discuss, practice & study the unit objectives.
B. Follow current events and participate in class positively.
C. Keep a 3-ring binder notebook to pass in (see separate ‘cover sheet’)
D. Be on time and prepared to class with text, notebook, pen, etc.
E. Take part in class, by following directions, raising your hand to ask questions or offer input.
F. Do assignments on time. Partial credit for late work. If you are absent, see me with the work within 5 school days. Assignments are on link from cttech.org
II. Grading Policy
A. Your grade FOR THE YEAR is based on the 3 trimester grades AND the year-end final exam.
B. Grades for homework, individual & group projects, pop-quizes, quizzes, tests and semester finals will count. They will all be graded as a fraction: the number of points you earned, divided by the number of points possible. (Grammatical errors usually lower your grade by a point.) An assignment with five questions of three-points each would have a possible score of 15. If you had four answers correct, your grade would be 12/15. To figure out a “normal” percentage grade, divide the fraction: 12/15 = .8 or 80%.
At the end of each trimester, I will add up the total number of points you have earned and divide that number by the total number of points possible. You don’t have to wait, you can add the top numbers from all your grades and divide by the total of the bottoms at any time to find out your current standing. If your grades so far are: 4/6 + 15/20 + 18/23 + 84/96 + 23/40 + 10/12 = 154/197, your current grade would be 154/197 which divides out to .78 or 78% (a C+). Assignments that are completely done at home will count about 10% of the total. Maps, projects, classwork, individual projects, group projects, quizzes and tests make up the other 90%.
As you can see, you get some credit for every piece of work you do. The longer or tougher the task, the more points it is worth(bottom number) and therefore, the more it influences your grade. Quizzes and tests are usually worth a lot more than an INDIVIDUAL class work or homework,. Consider maps, homework, and projects as open-book,
take-home tests!
C. Year-end Final: At the end of the last trimester there may be a final exam covering objectives and material from all three semesters. Students who maintain an 85% average for the first two semesters and the first half of the third semester will be rewarded by not having to take the year-end final.
III. EXTRA HELP / EXTRA CREDIT I am available during some studies and most days after school for extra help. Please ask me at least one day ahead to make arrangements. If you have any problems, please let me know.
Extra credit work will only be granted if all three conditions are met:
1. a telephone or regular conference with a parent; 2. you write a paragraph proposal of a topic and format; and 3. the work is passed in by the last Wednesday of a marking period. The grade will be in the form of a fraction (35/35, 80/80) which will be added to the fraction you earned for that semester, then the total fraction
redivided for a new grade. I prefer you concentrate on the class objectives.
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