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students to explore the information with little assistance from me. Of course, we
will discuss each topic in full discussion, but allowing the students to become
students will write or place their work in their journals. The journals will be
collected weekly for me to grade over the weekend and allow me to give crucial
feedback.
Throughout the semester, I will assign projects. The projects will come with
a model, rubric, and options to help each student succeed. Each project will be
presented in class to show their classmates what they have been working so hard to
accomplish. I will also give students in class to work on their project so I can walk
I will be available to any student before, during, or after school for any
student to fail. My classroom will hold this value by including each student and
respecting everyone.
Goals- My personal goals for each student will be equal. I want each student to
think as a historian and interact with each student respectfully. I will teach each
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student to keep an open mind since we will discuss popular topics that occur within
our nation. I will teach each student to look at situations through more than one
perspective.
Habits of Mind- The habits of mind are an essential part in my classroom. Habits
of mind involve certain methods of thinking that historians use when researching
the past. Instead of the students covering history, the student will uncover history
This is crucial because it gives a student a comparison to the past and understand in
depth the news being said today. The phrase “history always repeats itself” will
occur every day to allow the students to understand why this phrase stays true
today. After uncovering the past, everyone can see the resemblance to today. It’s
Perceive past events and issues as they might have been experienced by the
important in anyone’s academic career because striking an emotion will help any
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person relate to the subject. We will also indulge into other cultures and having
empathy helps relate what those people went through. It is important to look at
Interrogate texts and artifacts, posing questions about the past that foster
Students will learn this through primary recourses I will provide and developing
questions to dig deeper into the main point. This will encourage students to not
take anything at face value. Question people or articles to get to the truth. This
habit of mind will venture outside my classroom and assist each student. The
world is full of false media and deciphering the message will filter the false
information.
Values- The values I will strive to teach is for each student to value each other’s
opinion and themselves. Valuing in each other’ opinion allows them to keep an
opinions allows students to step out of their comfort zone and devaluing anyone’s
students finding a little about themselves will be on top of my priority list. Having
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options for students to complete an assignment allows them to understand what fits
their needs. As a teacher, I will put my student’s happiness than my own needs.
Here are some standards to give a little clear understanding on the material that
will be covered.
American continent:
Concept 4: Revolution and New Nation PO 1. Assess the economic, political, and
Concept 6: Civil War and Reconstruction PO 1. Explain the economic, social, and
about myself, my name is Jesus Gonzalez and I graduated Arizona State University
valley, for the majority of my life. That being said, I still have so much to learn. I
Course description- This United States History course will be worth .5 credits
toward your academic career in Trevor G. Browne High School. For this course,
every student will need a Journal. The journals will be used to complete
assignment and keep assignments organized throughout the semester. The journal
will be a composition because they will last much longer than a three ring binder.
Content- in the United States History, we will discuss multiple topics that helped
Post WWII, 1960’s, and current events. Each will have a big idea that the student
can see today. We will discuss each subject in depth and how we can see their
impact today.
uncover the truth about the present with the past. Also, to knowledge how far we
came along through the two decades we have been a country and how much more
we still need to grow. My expectations will stay equal between each student.
They will be high expectations and I will hold the students accountable to have the
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same high expectation for me. I will not let any student fail and set everyone up