Christian Community School
MR. Demchak’s Class Syllabus
World Studies I

Course Description and Objectives: Students will learn to

1. Understand God’s presence throughout history and how He is working through the events of history to accomplish His perfect will.
2. Apply lessons learned from history to their lives. In our study of past people and events, we seek to gain a greater understanding of ourselves and our world.
3. Learn the important world events from the beginning of time until the Renaissance.
4. Appreciate the efforts of those who have gone before us and how their work benefits us today.

Things to bring everyday:

1. File folder- three ring binder to be used exclusively for history class.
• Notes/Handouts to be kept in the three ring binder
• Homework Assignments completed on loose leaf paper.
2. Textbook: World Studies for Christian Schools Bob Jones University Press
3. Paper, Pencil, and Pen
• Failure to bring school supplies to class could result in disciplinary action or points off your grade.

General Rules for the Classroom

1. Follow directions the first time they are given.
2. Be in your seat when the bell rings.
3. Come to class with all materials mandated by the teacher.
4. Do not talk while the teacher or someone else is speaking.
5. Stay in your seats unless given permission to get up.
6. Keep hands, feet, and all objects to yourself.

Grading

A= 100-93 B= 92-85 C= 84-73 D= 74-65 F= 64 and below

How grade is determined

• 75% Tests, Quizzes, Projects/Essays/Oral reports
• 25% Homework Assignments
• National History assignments and final project are factored in during the 2-3 quarters. (8th grade only)

Specific Rules

National History Day – All students in the 8th grade will have the opportunity to participate in this year’s competition. My dropbox contains “Steps to Completing your NHD Project”. It explains the project and contains the assigned worksheets. Plus nhd.org does a good job of introducing the scope and purpose of the project.

I’m here to help- If you have problems or questions I am here to help. See me before school (I get here by 7:35), during the break, before class, at lunch, or after school. EMAIL demchakmj@aol.com

Absences- In the case of an ordinary absence, students have the number of days they are absent to make up work. All absent work should be turned in marked “absent” after an absence. In the case of absences due to more serious needs or retreats, I will work with you to arrange a plan by which you can make up missed assignments. Please initiate this effort if needed. Long term projects are due on the assigned date regardless of whether you can come to class that day.

Late work – Students can turn in any assignment late for half credit. The deadline for homework turned in late is the day of the chapter test that the assignment pertains to. No late work is accepted after the deadline – no exceptions. Please turn it in marked “Late”

Plagiarism – All work turned into me should be the students own work. Plagiarism includes but is not limited to: copying someone’s answers on a test, homework, or other assignment; letting someone copy answers on a test, homework, or other assignment; copying information from a book, magazine, encyclopedia, web site, or other source and portraying this information as something you have written. Working with someone else should not produce identical answers to every question. You are not prohibited from working with a friend, but you are expected to form separate responses.

Extra credit- Extra credit assignments will be given from time to time. Extra credit cannot exceed 3% of the student’s total points for the quarter. One extra credit assignment that students can take advantage of is as follows:
1. Using the pages assigned for homework, the student is to write the main idea for each subsection (highlighted in BLACK) in the form of a topic sentence.
2. Write two supporting sentences for each topic sentence.