Honors Modern World History

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Course & Contact Supplies Needed
Information 8.5x11 college-ruled notebook
Location & time 4 colored pens (red, green, blue, & your
Room 2323, choice)
Use schedule for time 3 highlighters (yellow, pink, green)
Glue sticks
Contact Information
Ms. Muntz (Ms. M)
[email protected]
In this course we will…
•  Incorporate personal history
Office Hours •  Study history holistically
Monday – after school •  Argue with historical narratives
until 4:00 •  Cite strong and thorough textual evidence
Thursday – after school •  Participate in collaborative discussions
until 4:00 •  Create writing appropriate to various purposes

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•  Read texts closely

Mastery Grading
4 Student shows thorough understanding/mastery of the learning outcome/objective.
3 Student shows understanding/mastery or learning outcome/objective, but makes a
few minor mistakes.
2 Student shows partial understanding/mastery of learning outcome/objective, but
makes significant errors and/or omissions.
1 Student shows minimal or no understanding/mastery of learning outcome/objective.
0 Student did not submit work to be assessed.
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Text @msmwhp1 to 81010 Course description

or send a blank email to History is the context of our realities. We are all active agents
[email protected] in historical processes and changes and
to be added to our we all have the power to determine who and
class on REMIND for what is remembered.
updates and
This year, we will learn about ourselves and how the
announcements! world has changed, grown, and struggled since the 18th
century, starting with discussions of democracy and
REMIND is an app that can be revolutions and ending with the contemporary period. We will
ask, “Who has power?” and analyze our own lives. We will
downloaded from your phone’s look at multiple perspectives, access texts on a deeper level,
app store, or accessed from a strengthen writing skills, delve into historical inquiry, use
higher-level thinking skills, and develop our classroom
computer at remind.com. community as well as ourselves.
Classwork & Homework
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Class openers & Exit Slips Interactive Notebook (INB)
Your interactive notebook is
Every day, you will have an everything. It is where you will take
opening activity called a Class Opener notes, keep handouts, classwork, and
and a closing activity called an Exit oftentimes, homework. It must be
Slip. Some examples of Bell Ringers brought to class every day.
and Exit Slips are:
Notebook checks will happen
•  Review of a previous topic multiple times a semester, so it is
•  A preview of the topic to come important to keep up your notebook.
•  A reflection / question / Missed interactive notebook
appreciation handouts will be available in the
•  Response to an image / quote / absent folder for your period. I
video / reading passage suggest getting the contact info
•  I’d Like to Know… of someone in class in case of
•  Freewrite absences
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typical work we will do Class website
Close reading/annotation The class website will be your
We are historiographers! We destination for finding readings if you
will be looking at speeches, have lost a hard copy, a copy of the
essays, articles, books, political
cartoons, art, photos, etc. You will need
syllabus, and other helpful necessities
your pens to: and information. We may also use
•  Ask questions Google Classroom at times to turn in
•  Analyze assignments.
•  Make inferences
•  Form an opinion/reflect If you need time to use a computer
Discussion after school, please let me know so
This is a class of community and that I can make arrangements to be
collaboration. Our class will be heavily here or to schedule time for you to
based in having discussions, sometimes in come in when I am available.
small groups, sometimes as a whole class.

Research The class website is

Doing history involves research. We will be http://msm-sj.weebly.com
engaging in research Your class information
using historical
can be found in the honors
documents, and doing
research on our personal histories. tab.
 Assignments of Note
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Current events (every Monday) Fall semester Final project
As historiographers, we draw Your final semester project is your
connections between what opportunity to pick an area of world history
is happening now to what that interests you and that we have covered
We know of the past. so far. You will be required to describe and
explain how a specific event or time period
Every Monday you will bring in a current affected a certain group of people, through
event that relates to what we have been their own perspective. You will have the
discovering in class. When choosing an option to choose between two choices:
article or video, consider various writing a newspaper editorial or creating a
perspectives on an event. podcast.
Assignment Requirements: More specific details will follow later, but it
•  You may choose a written news article is important to pay attention to which
(hard copy or online) or a news video.
topics catch your interest now!
•  Article or video must be from an
international news source. You may
use the World section of a US-based Due Date: Wednesday, December 12
source (such as New York Times, TIME,
Newsweek, CNN, LA Times, NPR, etc.)
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only FOUR TIMES a semester.
•  You may not use a video 2 weeks in a
Service learning project
row.
What is it?
•  Article must be at least 400 words.
•  Video must be at least 2 minutes long Every grade level is required to conduct a
service learning project. The topic for 10th
(talk to me if you have a video that you
grade is gender and sexism.
think is appropriate but is shorter).
•  Article or video must be related to a What will we do?
topic we are currently learning about The assignments for SLP will largely be
(or if unable, a topic we have
due in your English classes, however we
previously covered). will discuss gender and sexism in history,
•  Consult me first about blog posts. and also conduct some assignments in
•  Questions to always ask yourself: who this class. You will be required to come up
wrote this/ what is their expertise, why with a topic relating to gender and
did they write it, what is their tone, did sexism, research it (learn about it), write a
they link to other articles? research paper, and then perform a
service relating to it for the school.
International news sources: Why does this matter?
http://www.world-newspapers.com Learning without action keeps learning
https://news.google.com/ within the four walls of the classroom
rather than helping to transform the
community.
 Policies & Norms
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Late work/make up Policy Technology in the room
I care about the process of the We will be using various resources to
work, so I do accept late work. research, review material, and submit
assignments. You must hold yourselves to
However, late work will lose 1/3 of a letter high expectations when you use these
grade every day that it is late (A to A-) resources. Use your online time wisely!

Homework Passes Unless otherwise instructed or allowed by

the teacher, cell phones should be put away
You will have THREE homework passes in your bag with all sounds/vibrations
per semester. One pass will give you turned OFF. If your parent needs to get in
THREE days (including weekends) to turn contact with you for an emergency, they
in your work without penalty. Once the should call the SJ office, per LAUSD policy.
three days are up, the late work penalty
will begin. You may only use ONE pass 1st time: ____________________________________
per assignment. Your pass must be 2nd time: ___________________________________
stapled to the assignment when turned 3rd time: ___________________________________
in. Any unused passes will earn FIVE
extra credit points per pass at the end of ……………………………...……………..
the semester. You may NOT use a
homework pass for an assignment due Community Norms
with an unexcused absence.
There is only one mic.
IMPORTANT: Homework passes CANNOT
be used for prep due for simulations,
Socratic Seminars, or on presentation Treat people how they need to be
days!!!! treated.
For excused absences, you will have one
Lift each other up.
day per absence to make up work
without penalty.
Honor the space around you.
Any test/quiz make up must be done
within ONE day of an excused absence. Time belongs to everyone. z
Talk to me for any circumstances
affecting your ability to do/turn in work Be present.
so I can work with you!
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You need to use the bathroom before school,
“If the structure does not during passing periods, lunch, or after school.
permit dialogue, the structure There will be no bathroom use 10 minutes
must be changed.” after the period begins and 10 minutes before
it ends.
– Paulo Freire
 (More) Policies
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Academic Dishonesty Tardiness & Absences
Academic dishonesty includes: Being late to class
1)  Turning in someone’s work as your own. You are expected to go to your
2)  Copying someone’s work and changing seat when you enter the room,
a few of the words. and to be in your seat when
3)  Copying words or taking information class begins.
from a source without citing it.
4)  Using any notes on a closed-note
If you are late, I will record your time of
assessment.
entry and ask that you stay 10 minutes
5)  Looking at someone else’s work during
at the end of the day to make up your
individual assessment or work time.
missed time.
Academic dishonesty can result in a zero
on an assignment and a conversation Should you miss the 10 minutes, an
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with the teacher. When in doubt, cite! additional 10 minutes will be required at
a date determined by the teacher and
the late student (for a maximum of 1
“The teacher is of hour after school), and parents will be

course an artist, but notified.

being an artist does Absences

not mean that he or Absences are excused if you have:
she can make the •  A pass from the office stating your
absence has been cleared by your
profile, can shape parent or guardian that I will sign
•  A field trip for another class
the students. What •  An away game or school event

the educator does in If you know you will be absent, let me

know as far in advance as possible so I
teaching is to make can prepare make up work for you.

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students to become
“To be a student and
themselves.” – Paulo not a revolutionary
Freire is a contradiction.”
– Salvador Allende
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Return this PAGE signed by _______________.

Por favor, lea el programa cuidadosamente. Tanto usted como sus padres deben
firmar a continuación. Devuelve esta página firmada por ______________.

“I have read this syllabus and I agree to adhere to its contents. I understand
that Ms. Muntz has the right to modify and update the syllabus as necessary, and
that she will share any such modifications with me.”

“He leído este plan de estudios y acepto cumplir con su contenido. Entiendo que la
maestra tiene el derecho de modificar y actualizar el plan de estudios según sea
necesario, y que ella comparta esas modificaciones conmigo.”

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