Mr. AnthisMr. Anthis

Room 407Room 407

Welcome! Please take out Student Information Sheet

SuppliesMust have them every day

• Binder – 3 Dividers– (with plenty of loose leaf paper)

• Pens (blue or black ink) and Pencils

• Colored PEN for checking assignments– Preferably red– Not black or yellow– NO HIGHLIGHTERS!

• Thin black sharpie for map labeling• Colored Pencils• 1 Spiral Notebook (it will stay in class)• Assignment book/planner

Two Semester Course• Class Work

• Quizzes

• Tests • Projects

• Pre-AP Skills

Typical Class Period• 1. Brief recap of previous

day/announcements

• 2. Grade assignments that

are due

• 3. Notes/Discussion of

new topics

• 4. Group Work/Discussion

• 5. Individual Work reviewing

topics discussed in class

Responsibilities of the Student

• Keep an assignment book

• Keep papers in proper section of binder

• Makeup work or notes that you miss

• Checking the class website

• Come to tutoring if you want or need clarification on notes/work

Contact Information

• Email: michael.anthis@humble.k12.tx.us

• Phone: 281-641-4899

• Instagram: @manthistx

• Email is most efficient method of first contact due to class periods I am out of the classroom.

Tutoring Times

• Tuesday Afternoons 4:05-4:45

• Friday Mornings 7:45-8:25

• Times will change with

each sport season

• Changes will be alerted

and posted on website

Class Website

• http://www.humbleisd.net/rms– Go to Teacher Websites and click on “Anthis,

Michael”

• Assignments, Notes and Announcements will be posted on the website.

Grading• Formative: 30%

– Class Work– Homework

• Summative: 70%– Tests – Quizzes– CBAs– Projects

Late Work Policy• If you do not turn in an

assignment, a “Z” will be put into the grade book until it is turned in.

• If you are absent, an “A” will be put in the grade book until the assignment is turned in. If you don’t turn it in on assigned day, a “Z” will be assigned until you turn it in.

• Once you have turned in a late assignment, you are expected to attend the next tutoring session to grade your work with me.

Late Work Policy• 1 Day Late

– 80% of grade earned

• 2 Days Late– 60% of grade earned

• 3 Days Late– 40% of grade earned

• 4 Days Late– 20% of grade earned

• 5 Days Late– 0 remains in grade book

and a recommendation for Saturday Assignment Recovery will be given

Parents notification will be made after the 2nd zero in the grade book, or if a pattern of late work is occurring.

Test Days• Social Studies testing days

are Monday and Wednesday…occasionally a quiz will be on Friday

• Talking during a quiz or test, copying another student’s work or allowing someone to copy work will result in a “0” and an office referral will be written

Exploration and Colonization

Colonial America

               

Independence and the American Revolution

Constitution and American Government

The New Republic

The Jeffersonian Era

Industrial Revolution

Age of Jackson

Manifest Destiny and Westward Migration

Immigration Culture and Reform

Antebellum America – The Causes of the Civil War

The Civil WarThe War Between the States

Reconstruction