Procedures


 * Be prepared![[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/0d/Ready_Set_Learn.PNG]] **

S **TUDENT SCALES OUTLINE SPECIFIC EXPECTATIONS ** (distributed and posted in the classroom). *Project Rubrics/Scales and directions will be provided when assigned.

Students are expected to read chapters as assigned, answering the margin questions (as listed on the Strayer Guided Reading Handouts). Take Cornell Notes in spirals, include analysis of visuals provided in text.
 * HOMEWORK **

All chapter work is to be handwritten in a spiral notebook.
 * Do not rip any pages out of your homework spiral. Spirals will be checked routinely.
 * You may use your spiral notebook in class as a reference during reading quizzes.Therefore, make sure to bring your spiral every day.
 * Date and title all pages, including:Name, Date, Unit, Chapter and Topic Title.
 * Paste handouts and record class notes in spiral, keeping all materials together & in order by date.
 * All students should be prepared for reading quizzes on Mondays and tests on Fridays, unless otherwise specified.

//Thinking Maps// and SWBS strategies structure learning activities.
 * CLASSWORK **
 * **Tree Map =** Describe characteristics: describe people (highlight in blue), important dates (pink)
 * **Flow Map** = Changes and Continuities over Time
 * <span style="font-family: Palatino Linotype,Book Antiqua,Palatino,serif;">Highlight changes with yellow highlighter & highlight continuities with green highlighter
 * <span style="font-family: Palatino Linotype,Book Antiqua,Palatino,serif;">**Multi Flow Map** = Causes & Effects
 * <span style="font-family: Palatino Linotype,Book Antiqua,Palatino,serif;">Make common color highlights of direct relationships when possible (what caused which effect)
 * <span style="font-family: Palatino Linotype,Book Antiqua,Palatino,serif;">**Double Bubble** = Comparisons and Contrasts (Remember to note why are these things different &/or similar)
 * <span style="font-family: Palatino Linotype,Book Antiqua,Palatino,serif;">Highlight contrasting information in yellow and highlight similarities in green.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">//"Document of the Day"// requires analysis of primary sources. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Use the "MAPPS" Technique: Main Idea, Audience, Purpose, Point of View, and Speaker/Source

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">To summarize ideas, use //PIRATES// to categorize information: <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Politics & Military (public works) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Intellectual Ideas (innovative thinking) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Religion (beliefs) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Arts & Architecture (Culture) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Technology (inventions) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Economics (relating to money & business) <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Social Structure (class systems)

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">All finished in-class assignments should be placed in the designated class “inbox”. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Please check the class “outbox” to collect graded work.


 * Students are expected to be on-task at all times. **
 * Preparedness, participation & behavior will impact student grades. **