Welcome to United States History: Growth and Conflict!

With Ms. Vizas

Rm 134

Email: cxv2311@lausd.net

This Year We Will Study

•8.1 Founding of the Nation

•8.2 The Constitution

•8.3 Foundations of Our Political

System

•8.4 Aspirations and Ideals

•8.5 Early U.S. Foreign Policy

•8.6-8.8 Divergent paths of the Northeast, South, and West

•8.9 Slavery

•8.10 Civil War

•8.11 Reconstruction

•8.12 Industrial Revolution

Daily Supplies to Bring to Class:

Journal

• For Warm-Up, notes, reflections, et cetera

Binder with divider tabs

Colored pencils

Helpful: water, layered clothing

Homework

Weekly Chapter Study Guides• Handed out in class and available on the

LACES website Any unfinished classwork Students have Study Buddies to call

on if they are absent or need help!!!

Assessments

Chapter/Unit Tests and Quizzes

Projects

• will be on LACES website

• 1st--Islam Poster Project

Act it Outs

Historical writing

• Writing with primary and secondary sources

Grading Policy

A = 90-100%

B = 80-89% C= 70-79% D = 60-69% F = 0-59%

Late Work Policy: Partial Credit Half credit for classwork

assignments turned in late. Homework may be turned in one

week past due date for half credit.

How to Help

Check your child’s agenda.

Instead of “Do you have homework?”

say, “Show me your homework.”

Subscribe to Teacher Pages on the

LACES website.

Questions or Comments?