San Jacinto High San Jacinto High 2014-2015 School Year2014-2015 School Year

World History- Semester OneWorld History- Semester One

Social StudiesSocial Studies

Mr. OdouMr. Odou

Room 233Room 233

Mr. Odou’s schedule:Mr. Odou’s schedule:

• On campus: 7 A.M. On campus: 7 A.M. Appointments*Appointments*

• Period 1: Prep/ availablePeriod 1: Prep/ available• Period 2: World HistoryPeriod 2: World History• Period 3: World HistoryPeriod 3: World History• Period 4: World HistoryPeriod 4: World History• Period 5: Government / EconomicsPeriod 5: Government / Economics• Period 6: Government / EconomicsPeriod 6: Government / Economics• Off campus after 2:33 P.M. Off campus after 2:33 P.M. * * Rare appointmentsRare appointments

Class Discipline:Class Discipline:

Consequences of inappropriate behaviors:Consequences of inappropriate behaviors: DON’T MAKE A PROBLEM!DON’T MAKE A PROBLEM!

• 1. 1. SOMETHING SOMETHING will happen. will happen. (It will be between you and me)(It will be between you and me)• 2. I make an 2. I make an appointmentappointment *with you. *with you.• 3. Home call3. Home call• 4. To office 4. To office ie. ie. ELECTRONIC DEVICES, food and “sleeping” ARE ELECTRONIC DEVICES, food and “sleeping” ARE

A BIG PROBLEM! A BIG PROBLEM!

Class guidelines:Class guidelines:

• ““I” StatementsI” Statements : : I think, I feel,I think, I feel, Could I please Could I please have, I must have missed, I don’t have…have, I must have missed, I don’t have…

• Active listeningActive listening: : Uh-huh, eye contact, taking Uh-huh, eye contact, taking notes, nod your head. notes, nod your head.

• YOU YOU MUSTMUST USE CORNELL NOTES! USE CORNELL NOTES!• Patience:Patience: Wait for the right time to respond.Wait for the right time to respond.

• Respect:Respect: For yourself, others, For yourself, others, propertyproperty..

• Honesty: At all times!Honesty: At all times!• Risk Taking: Risk Taking: Take the risk and grow as a Take the risk and grow as a

person.person.

Class guidelines- Odou Class guidelines- Odou (cont.)(cont.)

• Personal Responsibility: Personal Responsibility: If you did it, If you did it, own it! Keep track of own it! Keep track of your gradeyour grade…every day!…every day!

• Confidentiality: Confidentiality: It’s my responsibility to It’s my responsibility to you, and yours to me.you, and yours to me.

• RespectRespect: : EveryoneEveryone is welcome, has a right to be here and we all is welcome, has a right to be here and we all

need to feel safe at school… need to feel safe at school… It’s also the law!It’s also the law!

Others:Others:

• You can not sleep in here.You can not sleep in here.

• No food, gum, beverages. No food, gum, beverages.

(water ok)(water ok)

• Do not pass notes/ write social letters.Do not pass notes/ write social letters.

• No disruptive noises/ “e-devices” will No disruptive noises/ “e-devices” will be confiscated be confiscated EVERY TIME no warnings!!

• Keep this room clean.Keep this room clean.

Struggle:Struggle:

• There is no progress withoutThere is no progress without Struggle!Struggle! SometimesSometimes it’s it’s supposedsupposed to be to be hard…that process is called hard…that process is called learning. Without it, we don’t learning. Without it, we don’t value it as much. So get involved, askvalue it as much. So get involved, ask questions, and questions, and trytry.. You must be doing your work in class to You must be doing your work in class to

pass each day.pass each day.

Learning / Communication

In what way do you best learn?

1. See

2. Hear

3. Do How can we accommodate your best way of

learning? Let me know!Let me know!

Communication Styles

Teacher lectures…blah, blah, blah.

Students all talk at once…”white noise”…(sometimes good).

Students talk while teacher talks…”duh, huh?”

Nobody speaks

Communication Styles

THIS CLASS ENGAGES IN ……..

DIALOGUE!

Looking at History with “New EYES” History IS a matter of perspective Point of view? Who’s? The people who tell the story ( the winners)…right? Why might the “other sides” history be left out? What might be missing? So…Where does the TRUTH lie? How would you find it? Does it matter? What is the point of learning history? Do you agree with the phrase..

“By what ever means necessary” ?

Looking through NEW lenses… Fact Finding Sharing information Telling the truth Knowing Facts vs. Opinions Multiple sources. Oral Histories: Are family histories

important? Absolutely. Community histories?

Howard Zinn: 1922-2010

“Nations are not communities and have never been. The history of any country, presented as the history of a family, conceals fierce conflicts of interest. And in such a world of conflict, a world of victims and executioners, it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioners.”

Zinn (cont)

“Thus, (we get the…) inevitable taking of sides which comes from selection and emphasis of history.”

Zinn (final)

“I am skeptical of governments and their attempts, through politics and culture,

to ensnare ordinary people in a giant web of nationhood pretending to a common interest.”

Author unknown:

“The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you don’t listen to it you will never know what justice is”

And finally,

“Who wrote the history students are asked to recall, and who did not – (and for what purpose)?can make a world of difference to how it influences the present”-

James W. Loewen

So, let’s get started… What do you know? Where would you start telling the story of

America? What do we think we know? Why do we even need governments? Who rules and makes the rules? Who benefits/ who doesn’t? Write a 2 page history of your family…Due

by Friday.

Family History- include

Origin= source, starting point. Religion Movement/ migration, when? Trade? Profession? Relatives? Noteworthy? Talents? Music, arts, sports? Connections to other places?