A COVID 19 Letter to My Students:
If I had known that Friday in March that I was sending you off to a new ‘normal’ instead of an extended Spring break, I would have spent our last class together very differently. Instead of setting up a group project and an online platform for what we thought would be a short-term period of social distancing, I would have tried to prepare us for a schoolroom that may never be the same.
To be honest, we all went home on that Friday in March, thrilled with the idea of an extended break after a stressful winter. Every day kept us on edge with new policies, platforms, guidelines, and grading rubrics. You are high schools students being asked to adjust to events and conditions that even adults don’t understand. You may have siblings who have missed milestones like the Prom or Graduation, you may have lost the Spring season sport for which you had trained for years. You probably won’t enter into your sophomore year knowing where the world is headed or when the old schoolroom will return.
I do know that you do face this crisis with a knowledge base I wish many politicians might remember from their world history classes. We had discussed the short and long-term implications of the plague during the Middle Ages. We addressed the ‘Great Die Off’ and the problems presented when a population is faced with a new disease that has no herd immunity. You had the skills to interpret news stories and to distinguish the scientific facts from the social media panic mongers. You can find hope in the knowledge that the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 was followed by the Roaring 20s.
If I had known what was to come, I would have ignored the need for formal grades and the notebooks you would no longer need. I would have reminded you of your strengths and intelligence and ability to face any challenge. It’s OK to be afraid sometimes, and it is OK to ask for help when you need it, and to offer help when you can. I would have told you to be kind to yourself and others: the headlines may say we are all in the same boat, but we are not. We ARE all weathering the same storm, but our boats are very different. Help the many people of Charlotte who are not prepared to weather this storm. Appreciate the work of those who are keeping our society going. Don’t stress over deadlines that are now imaginary and create time every day to be creative rather than productive. Breathe!
Know I am incredibly proud of your work effort—even knowing that your grades were guaranteed, you continued to produce thoughtful commentaries and collaborative capstones. I loved the constant dinging of my computer as we attempted an academic seminar in a google stream! We have zoomed with most people in their jammies! I will be teaching Civics next year and I wish I could just keep you all in these classes and start again in the Fall, still together. I hope at least of few of you still take another class in LA103 and everyone visits that first day we return. In the History Superlatives discussion of time travel LS wrote:
If I could time travel to any point in time I would time travel to 2019. I would time travel to 2019 and make sure that there would be no bats consumed anywhere, ever. After I did that I would hang out with all of my friends and cherish every minute of school because compared to all of this, school is Disney world.
Unfortunately, I can’t make this happen, but do know that as we go forward, I am always here for ya’ll and I end the year very proud of what we have accomplished and very proud to have been your teacher.
If I had known that Friday in March that I was sending you off to a new ‘normal’ instead of an extended Spring break, I would have spent our last class together very differently. Instead of setting up a group project and an online platform for what we thought would be a short-term period of social distancing, I would have tried to prepare us for a schoolroom that may never be the same.
To be honest, we all went home on that Friday in March, thrilled with the idea of an extended break after a stressful winter. Every day kept us on edge with new policies, platforms, guidelines, and grading rubrics. You are high schools students being asked to adjust to events and conditions that even adults don’t understand. You may have siblings who have missed milestones like the Prom or Graduation, you may have lost the Spring season sport for which you had trained for years. You probably won’t enter into your sophomore year knowing where the world is headed or when the old schoolroom will return.
I do know that you do face this crisis with a knowledge base I wish many politicians might remember from their world history classes. We had discussed the short and long-term implications of the plague during the Middle Ages. We addressed the ‘Great Die Off’ and the problems presented when a population is faced with a new disease that has no herd immunity. You had the skills to interpret news stories and to distinguish the scientific facts from the social media panic mongers. You can find hope in the knowledge that the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 was followed by the Roaring 20s.
If I had known what was to come, I would have ignored the need for formal grades and the notebooks you would no longer need. I would have reminded you of your strengths and intelligence and ability to face any challenge. It’s OK to be afraid sometimes, and it is OK to ask for help when you need it, and to offer help when you can. I would have told you to be kind to yourself and others: the headlines may say we are all in the same boat, but we are not. We ARE all weathering the same storm, but our boats are very different. Help the many people of Charlotte who are not prepared to weather this storm. Appreciate the work of those who are keeping our society going. Don’t stress over deadlines that are now imaginary and create time every day to be creative rather than productive. Breathe!
Know I am incredibly proud of your work effort—even knowing that your grades were guaranteed, you continued to produce thoughtful commentaries and collaborative capstones. I loved the constant dinging of my computer as we attempted an academic seminar in a google stream! We have zoomed with most people in their jammies! I will be teaching Civics next year and I wish I could just keep you all in these classes and start again in the Fall, still together. I hope at least of few of you still take another class in LA103 and everyone visits that first day we return. In the History Superlatives discussion of time travel LS wrote:
If I could time travel to any point in time I would time travel to 2019. I would time travel to 2019 and make sure that there would be no bats consumed anywhere, ever. After I did that I would hang out with all of my friends and cherish every minute of school because compared to all of this, school is Disney world.
Unfortunately, I can’t make this happen, but do know that as we go forward, I am always here for ya’ll and I end the year very proud of what we have accomplished and very proud to have been your teacher.
Howdy folks! I've been holding off posting anything until after the Principals meeting that took place this morning. I know it is hard to stay flexible during times of uncertainty, but that's where we are with changes seeming to happen by the hour. CMS has decided that online classes will begin next Monday, 3/23. Teachers will be finalizing our gradebooks for quarter 3 this Thursday, so I will be polishing that off this afternoon. Activities posted will be for review and preparation for when we return, but no grades will be assigned. If you still owe me an assignment from quarter 3, please email--a picture of a finished product will suffice. As I receive updates from CMS and Mr. Bosco, I will pass the specifics on to you. The project groups can continue to collaborate and the project grade will be a part of quarter 4 when we return. I will post some suggestions for the groups later today. Stay home, safe, and know I'm thinking of ya'll!
Fall 2019-2020 Schedule Spring Schedule 1st period: World History 1st period: MYP World History 2nd period: MYP World History 2nd period: MYP World History 3rd period: MYP World History 3rd period: World History 4th period: Prep 4th period: Prep Tutoring available daily in LA 103 6:30am-7:00am. After school by appointment. contact email: [email protected] [email protected] To sign up for REMIND: Text 81010 with the message ...for 1st block & 2nd----@lynnecoyne ...3rd blocks -----@36f3dafc |
New textbook is available through your ncedcloud account!
FINALS Prep
These are helpful hints to help you review the material before your NCFE next week.
1.Have you chronologically ordered your notes? Everything up to the midterm should still be in order!
2.Re-print your midterm guides. Same material is on final.
3. Use the practice tests for each unit to review. Additionally, the state has released material from former exams so you can get a feel for the question formats.
These are helpful hints to help you review the material before your NCFE next week.
1.Have you chronologically ordered your notes? Everything up to the midterm should still be in order!
2.Re-print your midterm guides. Same material is on final.
3. Use the practice tests for each unit to review. Additionally, the state has released material from former exams so you can get a feel for the question formats.
RELEASED TEST
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/testing/common-exams/released-forms/2017-18-world-history.pdf
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/testing/common-exams/released-forms/2017-18-world-history.pdf
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4, Here is a concepts review worksheet for the entire course:
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wh.8_notes_-_post_wwii_crisis_-_cold_war.docx | |
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5. Remember, all periods of history are not represented on the test equally. There are 42 multiple choice questions. Here is the breakdown so spend your study time accordingly!http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/common-exams/specifications/sshsspecs16.pdf
Table 1. Test Specification Weights for the World History NC Final Exam
Standard 1 embedded questions social studies skills such as map reading, cause & effect, etc.
Standard 2 16-20% early civilizations
Standard 3 8-12% middle ages
Standard 4 8-12% Renaissance, Reformation, global interactions
Standard 5 8-12% Age of exploration and expansion
Standard 6 8-12% Age of Revolutions, social, political, industrial
Standard 7 12-16% Modern era conflict, WWI, WW II, cold war
Standard 8 20-24% Global interdependence issues
6. Take advantage of quizlets that previous students have completed...https://quizlet.com/subject/world-history-final-exam/ You can also use the internet to find study guides created in other classrooms: http://www.currituck.k12.nc.us/Page/4008, http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/common-exams/released-items/highschoolitems/worldhistrelease14.pdf,
Table 1. Test Specification Weights for the World History NC Final Exam
Standard 1 embedded questions social studies skills such as map reading, cause & effect, etc.
Standard 2 16-20% early civilizations
Standard 3 8-12% middle ages
Standard 4 8-12% Renaissance, Reformation, global interactions
Standard 5 8-12% Age of exploration and expansion
Standard 6 8-12% Age of Revolutions, social, political, industrial
Standard 7 12-16% Modern era conflict, WWI, WW II, cold war
Standard 8 20-24% Global interdependence issues
6. Take advantage of quizlets that previous students have completed...https://quizlet.com/subject/world-history-final-exam/ You can also use the internet to find study guides created in other classrooms: http://www.currituck.k12.nc.us/Page/4008, http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/accountability/common-exams/released-items/highschoolitems/worldhistrelease14.pdf,
SyllabusFall 2018
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Midterm Study GuideMidterm dates and study guide TBA.
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Final Study GuideFinal dates and study guides TBA.
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