Servtlc/Rev.:10-31-08
[Above graphic was created prior to September 11th, 2001
but is dedicated to all of those who lost or saved lives on
that day of national grief. ~~DM Costello ]
Canfield Local Schools
Teacher: Mr. David M. Costello
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Lesson Plans-- Feedback -- Class Guidelines---Grading Scale |
Submit contact information [At beginning of course ]
Submit Your comments-Active last week of course]
1] If you are printing an assignment from home and your printer does not work, then email the assignment at the school address, which is canf_dc@access-k12.org.
2] It is highly recommended that you obtain a memory-stick [ or flash drive ] to save, carry files and projects from home to school.
3] Whenever you do a project, especially in Microsoft Powerpoint or Word, please "SAVE AS", the file in a Word 2000, or Powerpoint 2000 format so that it can work on school computers.
4] Late projects and papers: Late papers are penalized as follows: 1 day late= 25% reduced grade, 2 days=50%s reduced grade, thereafter no credit.
5] Class STARTS when the bell rings: please be prompt and ready: bring materials, pens, pencils, etc.
6] TURN OFF cells and others PDAs during class. If it rings I will confiscate it and turn it into the office.
7] Makeups are in the Social Studies Office--not room 211--and are given daily from 7:40 am. You have a responsibility to not only inform me of your makeup work, but to complete it as per school policy on makeups.
8] HALL PASS: if you do not have your own student handbook then -- no permission-- will be given to leave class for restroom,s or your locker....BRING IT TO CLASS!
9] The class Grading Scale will follow Social Studies Departmental Guidelines : 93-100=A ... 83-92=B... 73-82=C... 60-72=D.
10] Note to the student: The major source of course information is on this web site or the links provided herein. Lectures/discussions in class material can be found below and printed; use the online lecture notes to supplement your own notes, reading, or help you if you miss a class. Keep in mind that these online lecture notes do NOT contain everything mentioned in class. It is your obligation to get notes, readings etc, from the teacher upon your return to school [as per the student handbook ]. Topics that are new to you or need review require that you do additional reading in the textbooks provided.
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The links below are connected to class lectures and discussions. They will be assigned as we proceed through the course.
Unit I-WWI-Depression [Overview]
1. Burdens of Leadership: Foreign Policy [Activity Sheet #1]
Unit II 1945-50 [OverView]
2]The Struggle for Security: [Week 1-2]
2a]Optional: One china Policy reading [Weeks 1- 2]
2b]Optional:What "If North Korea Attacks?" [Weeks1- 2]
2c Optional: The Iranian Question [Week 2]
2d Struggle for Security Parts II-III [[Week 2]
3] Cold War Unit Test Review
4]Interactive Crossworld Puzzle*
5]Zero sum homework [TBA-Optional ]
Need handouts or outlines for unit 1?" Click here: Ongoing Handouts
UNIT III-The Fifties
6 Need for Heroes: [Hiss, Hammer, HUAC]
7] Introduction 50s vs. 90s Questions
8] Fifties Conformity Lecture-Section I
8b] Fifties Conformity Lecture-Section II
Introduction to 50s Rebels and Icons of Rebellion
9] Fifties Rebellion Lecture/Notes
10] Eisenhower Lecture [Foreign Policy ] Notes
12] 50s Rebellion Interview Test
13] Quiz Review on 50s Foreign Policy
UNIT IV--The Sixties
14] Sixties Civil Rights Notes
15]--Civil rights Review Puzzle
17Civil Rights Quiz Puzzle Review
18 Civil Rights Quiz Puzzle Key
19]Famous Faces: 60s --
UNIT V-The "Me Decade: The Seventies"
22.]70s Puzzle Answers --New 2007
UNIT VI: -"Dont Worry, Be Happy: The Eighties"
23]Ronald Reagan: End of Cold War & Globalization Notes
24 Mutually Assured Destruction: Arms Race and Treaties [Updated 1-1-07]
25. Reagan Puzzle Answers--New 2007
UNIT VII: Contemporary America
26. Clinton and the "Roaring 90s" [Inactive ]
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Need Maps?
Need primary documents/speeches?
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Students will build either a web page project on their research
topic or a PowerPoint project, this will be part
part of your grade for the 9 weeks. See the link below for the
directions and requirements for each project.
Web Page Instructions: Guidelines found at this link
PowerPoint Instructions:
*** Topic Guide -Story Board format for PowerPoint Projects...
***Guidelines found at this link
Test Your Political Philosophy
Inflation Calculator -comparing current dollars to historical dollars
How to calculate dollar value: [neat site for actually calculating real dollar values vs historical dollars]
Columbia School of Journalistm Tools to Calculate Inflation
How much is that million dollars worth?
Updated:1-15-2006
![15]--Civil rights Review Puzzle](crm_puzzle/CRM_puzzle-pict.gif){kind=link}