Welcome Back to School!!!Welcome Back to School!!!

Homeroom: 710Homeroom: 710

Teacher: Mr. KostenkoTeacher: Mr. Kostenko

Welcome to Team Achieve!

• Have you seen our team webpage?

To get there, start here: www.nburlington.com

• Homeroom reminders – school policies:– Dress code– Student IDs– Cell phones– Agenda books Should be in soon!

Welcome Back to School!!

Mr. Billy KostenkoHistory 8

Team Achieve!

• BA – History Secondary Ed. – TCNJ

• MA – Education – University of Missouri

• 2009 MS Teacher of Year

SUPPLIES• COMPOSITION BOOK

• BINDER

• DIVIDERS

GRADES

TESTS + PROJECTS

50%• 3 per marking period

• Usually 1 big project/test, 1 small project/test, and 1 current events test

HW, QUIZZES,

CLASSWORK

50%• Scored out of 10

points

• Late work accepted

HOMEWORK• Late work is accepted,

but grade is reduced by 3 points (30%)

• Absent students have equal time to complete make up work [ex: out 2 days = 2 days to complete missed work]

NEW TEXTBOOK!!!

www.pearsonsuccessnet.com

Please copy this address.

Please also go home and set this as one of your “favorites” and go on the site with

your child.

How You Can Help• Check PowerSchool weekly

• Talk to your child about current events

• Create a “HW Area” and routine with/for your child

• Talk to your child about their school day daily

History 8 – big Questions• What freedoms do we

desire and/or need?

• Which is the government’s job, to protect individual rights or the common good?

• What is your role in our country?

History 8 • ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

– Each unit is driven by one or two open-ended questions.

– All that we study is geared toward developing the answer.

• DAILY QUESTIONS– Instead of a formal written

objective, I pose a question to the students at the start of each class – their job is to figure out the answer.

Essential Question

How can nations guard against abusive governments?

1. LIMIT the GOVERNMENT

2. SEPARATE the POWER

3. Establish CHECKS AND BALANCES

4. Establish different FEDERAL Govt and State Govts

5. List INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

6. Allow for citizen REPRESENTATIVES

7. Allow citizens to VOTE

GOALWhat rights are guaranteed

to all US citizens?

SKILLS • History Accuracy

• Clarity of Expression

• Organization of Ideas

Tuesday, September 22

HW: P#10 – 1,2,3 sentences

History 8:Units of Study

• Constitution + Civics

• 13 Colonies

• American Revolution

• Creating a New Government + Civics

• Federalist Presidents (Washington and Adams)

• Republican Presidents (Jefferson and Madison)

• Causes of the Civil War

• Civil War and Reconstruction

History 8 – Additional Units

Current EventsHolocaust

(supplements Reading)