welcome to apush
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Welcome to APUSH. Mr. Fox. Grading Policy. Exams25% 80 question multiple choice AP level questions Curved Essays/Projects25% Free Response and DBQ essays Quizzes15% To make sure you read the book!!! 5 questions/ 5 minutes Homework 10% - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Mr. Fox
Welcome to APUSH
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Exams 25% 80 question multiple choice AP level questions Curved
Essays/Projects25% Free Response and DBQ essays
Quizzes 15% To make sure you read the book!!! 5 questions/ 5 minutes
Homework 10% Most of the Hw’s are the readings, so realize that the quizzes are
for the most part included in the HW. Review sheets count as 3 homeworks and must be completed in order to play Jeopardy!
Class Participation/Classwork 25% Answering Socratic method questions It’s effort! Class Presentations/ Readings and Discussion
Grading Policy
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Student Attendance
Lateness is not an option!!!! come early, eat breakfast, relax, listen to Fox’s bad music If absent, bring note or parent can email me.
BehaviorMaterialsEffort
AP is an OPTIONAL course!!!! If you gonna go swimming, you dive in, not pinky toe at a time!! In college, about 2/3rds of the material covered for the course is expected to be
learned outside the classroom. READ THE BOOK!!!!!! TUTORING!!!!!! Saturday’s thru the year. Perks given!!!! READ THE BOOK!!!!!! Monkeys can copy notes (proven fact actually, University of London study showed
they can copy images), students review notes Extra Credit Outside the Class
Teacher Be prepared, on time, rarely absent, know the content.
Expectations
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Class websiteHomeworks posted. You can email
assignments to me if you like. [email protected]
Resources- history links, powerpoints!!! AP infoThe powerpoints are put up so you can view
them again if you like and also if (and definitely when) I’m going too fast and you can’t copy all the notes
Calendar Videos
Helpusfox.weebly.com
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Parent is to go to helpusfox.weebly.comReview grading policySend an email to [email protected] with
contact info (phone numbers, email address, best time to call etc.)
Tomorrow we start!!!!!
Homework #1- Class Contract