Welcome!

Welcome to your home for 8th Grade Social Studies at Highlander Way Middle School!


Thanks for visiting my site.  Here you will find information and details about what is happening in my class.  Whenever possible please refer to Schoology as it will be updated more regularly.  Here you can find out about what is happening in general.



 Content for the Year

Unit 1: Foundations of a New Nation

Unit 2: Challenges to an Emerging Nation

Unit 3: Westward Expansion

Unit 4: Economic Growth and Social

Unit 5: The Coming Civil War

Unit 6: The Civil War

Unit 7: Reconstruction


Resources

Chromebooks:   Your chromebooks are a great resource for history class.  You will not only be able to access the vast knowledge base of the internet, but we have a number of specific tools that we can utilize for the classroom.  You will be able to find assignments, notes, and announcements on these sites.



Expectations

With a 50 minute class period our time together each day is limited.  It is important that we use the time together as efficiently as possible.   Students are expected to be on task, be respectful of the teacher and fellow students, complete work to the best of their ability, and abide by the rules of HWMS.  

There will not be homework every night, but there will be assignments that are given in advance to be completed over a series of days.   The assignments will be expected to be turned in on time.

Textbook.   The textbook

Assessments will be completed and graded on Schoology.  If a student scores below 70% on an assessment they may do test corrections using a Test Corrections Form obtained from Mr. Hill.  Students can recover credit up to 70% on the assessment.  Test corrections will be available for one week following an assessment and the form for completing them can be found by the schedule board in Mr. Hill's room.