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  1. Hello. My name is Brian Patterson and I am your
  2. students, us history teacher here at Helix.
  3. This is back to school 2021, school year, I'd like
  4. to start off with some contact information.
  5. My telephone number is uh this helix telephone number which
  6. is (619) 644 1940.
  7. And my office extension is 345.
  8. But the best way to get a hold of me
  9. is through email.
  10. That email is Paterson at Helix Charter.net a little bit
  11. about me.
  12. I graduated from Fresno State with a degree in history.
  13. This is my 18th year at Helix eighth year working
  14. with the U.
  15. S. History department.
  16. And I also serve as the H.
  17. V. A.
  18. Coordinator at Helix.
  19. And that stands for the Helix Virtual Academy.
  20. My job is the coordinator is just to help uh
  21. facilitate coordination between students and other teachers working in the
  22. virtual academy.
  23. Um, Syllabus main points.
  24. I'd like to just start off with units of study.
  25. We just finished our first unit on imperialism.
  26. We're going to be getting into the 19 twenties and
  27. the Great Depression.
  28. Next followed by World War Two.
  29. And then we will end the quarter with 19 fifties,
  30. conformity uh starting quarter to, we're going to start off
  31. with the Cold War and then we get into Vietnam.
  32. We get into civil rights and then there is a
  33. mad dash last unit 1970s all the way through 9
  34. 11. A brief history.
  35. Um in terms of grades, here's here's how everything is
  36. broken down 60% of your students grades will be weighted
  37. through assessments and 40% of your students grade will be
  38. weighted through coursework.
  39. Um so in terms of how the class normally runs,
  40. I have what's called D.
  41. B. Q.
  42. Assignments, D B.
  43. Q stands for document based questions.
  44. So I will give historical documents and then ask them
  45. specific questions to find quotes or to explain um the
  46. significance of quotes in primary source historical documents.
  47. We also cover current events most school days And students
  48. are asked to summarize the current events every week as
  49. well as give me an update on one of the
  50. current events that we covered.
  51. Um I also give vocabulary words or key terms and
  52. we have quizzes on that every week.
  53. And then finally unit exams which would fit into that
  54. 60% assessment piece and the unit exams come at the
  55. end of each unit.
  56. They are accumulative exams and students get points for their
  57. notes. Uh there's multiple choice component as well as a
  58. writing component to that assessment.
  59. Um In terms of keys for success, what's really important
  60. is that you check canvas regularly to make sure that
  61. your student is on track and um has their work
  62. turned in their attendance and their participation is really important.
  63. I do my best not to give any homework.
  64. I try to formulate the itinerary in my class every
  65. day so that we can maximize time and get all
  66. of our course work done while they are in the
  67. class with me.
  68. And that way, if they have any questions I'm right
  69. there to answer.
  70. And then um the last key to success is to
  71. make sure your student is taking adequate notes and uh
  72. in quiz lit um is studying the key terms that
  73. they will be assessed on every week.