Introduction to Our Government Class and Syllabus
Hello and welcome to our government class website. This website will help you stay organized as well as help you when you are absent or lose an assignment so you can stay caught up. This site also has tools to help you study, do extra credit, and even work ahead. You will receive a handout of the syllabus (that paper that you will get in college that tells you all about the class and the rules and stuff...) on Day 1. Should you lose it at any time, you can print out another copy here. I rarely hand things out more than once, so if you lose something, it is your responsibility to come here and find the document and make another copy, either at home or in the library. After getting your syllabus signed, please put it as the first page or in the front pocket of your government binder. We will refer to it all year as it has a lot of the class policies in it.
Getting and staying organized is big tool that will help you not only in this class, but in your other classes and throughout life. The syllabus will tell you that all you need for this class is:
- a 2-inch hardback binder dedicated to government and government only (1 inch is too small and will fill up quickly)
- 5-6 dividers with colored tabs (no handmade ones please) which need to be labeled:
a) Tests and Quizzes b) PowerPoint/Notes, c) Vocab/Crosswords, d) Maps, and e) . Label this tab anything you like if you want.
- a highlighter
- some paper
- pen and pencil
That's it. The rest we'll cover in class and as we go.
So welcome to government class. I promise it is not as boring as it sounds. After we learn about the Constitution in Term 1, we will learn how it affects you and your rights as a student and an American citizen. Now let's "get our learn on"!
Getting and staying organized is big tool that will help you not only in this class, but in your other classes and throughout life. The syllabus will tell you that all you need for this class is:
- a 2-inch hardback binder dedicated to government and government only (1 inch is too small and will fill up quickly)
- 5-6 dividers with colored tabs (no handmade ones please) which need to be labeled:
a) Tests and Quizzes b) PowerPoint/Notes, c) Vocab/Crosswords, d) Maps, and e) . Label this tab anything you like if you want.
- a highlighter
- some paper
- pen and pencil
That's it. The rest we'll cover in class and as we go.
So welcome to government class. I promise it is not as boring as it sounds. After we learn about the Constitution in Term 1, we will learn how it affects you and your rights as a student and an American citizen. Now let's "get our learn on"!
Important!!! Read this syllabus and refer back to it if you need to. Everything you need to pass this class is actually on this website and in the syllabus. Take advantage of them both. A copy of the syllabus is to be kept in the front your binder all year for each binder check. Print out another copy if you lose the one provided.
Syllabus for Government Class - updated 2020 |