Grade Breakdown By Points (Student Assessment) --
Journal Entries (16) – 20 pts each
Tests (6) – 100 pts each
Timelines (2) - 70 pts each
Essays (3) – 100 pts each
Immigration Research Paper (1) – 200 pts
Photoshop Assignment (1) – 25 pts
Presentation (1) – 30 pts
Graphic Novel (1) – 80 pts
War Analysis Assignment (1) – 70pts
Reading Quizzes (teacher's discretion) - 5/10 pts
Assignment/Point Breakdown By Unit and Semester
Fall Semester (865 Points Total+Any Quizzes)
Unit I – Intro to US History – 2 Journal Entries
Unit II – Democracy and Republicanism – 2 Tests, 1 Timeline, 3 Journal Entries
Unit III – Constitutionalism and Federalism – 1 Test, 1 Essay, 2 Journal Entries
Unit IV – Expansion and Industrialization – 1 Timeline, 1 Essay, 3 Journal Entries, 1 Photoshop Assignment
Spring Semester (900 Points Total+Any Quizzes)
Unit V – Immigration – 1 Research Paper, 1 Journal Entry (worksheet), 1 Presentation
Unit VI – Revolution, Reform, Protest – 1 Graphic Novel Assignment, 1 Test, 3 Journal Entries
Unit VII – Race and Racism – 1 Test, 1 Essay
Unit VIII – War and Peace – 1 Test, 1 War Analysis, 2 Journal Entries
Grade Breakdown (% out of total semester points) --
90-100 = A
80-90 = B
70-80 = C
60-70 = D
(80-82=B-/83-86=B/87-89=B+)