Class regulations apply to this class.
(See class regulations from U.S. History)
NOTEBOOK-
You will keep a section in our AP U.S. History notebook titled--World
Affairs
and you will put
all material for this class in that section to be graded with AP class.
Grading-
There will be quizzes on material discussed and presented
in class.
**Material may include but not be restricted to—
Newspapers
Magazines
News casts/programs on t.v.
Class discussion
Text books
Current Issues book if available
Issues on File in Media Center
Video tapes when applicable
Grade categories are-
Quizzes (25 %)
Daily work (25 %)
Summaries
of articles (12 1/2)
Outline ( 12 1/2 %)
Chapter-Group project (12 1/2 %)
Final exam
(12 1/2 %)
Project(s)-
During the semester you will read magazines, newspapers, and watch
t.v. programs/news.
You should keep articles from the sources and write down any
pertinent material from
the audio sources.
You will use this material to write a chapter for a text like a school textbook.
This chapter must include sections and section review
questions.
The chapter must include pictures.
It should also include current entertainment and sports.
You will also include a chapter test at the end.
This chapter will be
due the week before the final exam
and will count as half the final exam grade.
The other half of the exam will come from World Affairs material
A video project may be required. We will
discuss this as a class.