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Mr. Botsios (Bot-See-os)US History

Todays Plan Due Dates: Signed Syllabus Due Wednesday Syllabus/Interactive Notebook Quiz Wednesday (bring completed notecard)Decorated Interactive Notebook with Authors Page Due Friday

Objective: Know your due dates, learn the class rules, get to know your teacher.

Attendance (schedule fixes in counseling office)Remind 101/Syllabus Sign Off Sheets Major Questions and AnswersMr. Botsios Bio/Pictures Wrap Up

What are the Rules?

• No Electronic Devices• Respect Others• No Food, No Drinks, (only water)

• Live the rules in class, I will make sure we follow them each and every day.

What About the Bathroom?• Bathroom breaks are at the teachers preference • Only one student at a time • Please try and use the bathroom between class periods • Please do not ask for approval to use the bathroom during passing

periods• Your backpack is not a “bookmark”• Remember to take my pass and sign out • I will cut off bathroom breaks if “the bathroom train begins”• Please do not abuse the Bathroom Policy

– Asking to leave the class to use the bathroom frequently – “Going to the bathroom” but roaming the halls of the school instead – Abuse of the Bathroom Policy will result in parent communication home

What do I Need?

• Pen or Pencil• One Subject Notebook (Decorated by Friday)• 4 highlighters/color pencils must be different

colors • Bring Your Notebook to class every day

What will you be doing this year in US History Class?

• “To better understand ourselves one must understand the past”

• Preparing you for the next level of education – Whatever I can do to help you become a successful

independent adult that can figure stuff out = $$$$• US History is a survey course– You will learn a lot of information

• The first inhabitants of North America to Current Events

• Taking notes, watching clips, creating arguments, defending arguments, sketching pictures, analyzing documents, and participating in discussions.

How am I graded?

• You will be given a Rubric to tape/glue in your notebook

• Informal Notebook Checks • Formal Notebook Checks – During Unit Exams

• Quizzes • Unit Exams • Projects • In Class DBQ Writing Assignments • Participation in Class Activities

Who is Mr. Botsios?

• I have a lot of pictures!