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San Jacinto High 2014-2015 School Year Government: Semester One

San Jacinto High 2014-2015 School Year Government: Semester One. Social Studies Mr. Odou Room 233. Mr. Odou’s schedule:. On campus: 7 A.M. Appointments* Period 1: Prep. / available Period 2: World History Period 3: World History Period 4: World History Period 5: Government / Civics

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San Jacinto High 2014-2015 School Year Government: Semester One

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  1. San Jacinto High 2014-2015 School YearGovernment: Semester One Social Studies Mr. Odou Room 233

  2. Mr. Odou’s schedule: • On campus: 7 A.M. Appointments* • Period 1: Prep. / available • Period 2: World History • Period 3: World History • Period 4: World History • Period 5: Government / Civics • Period 6: Government / Civics • Off campus after 2:33 P.M. * Rare appointments

  3. Class Discipline: Consequences of inappropriate behaviors: DON’T MAKE A PROBLEM! • 1. SOMETHING will happen. (It will be between you and me) • 2. I make an appointment * with you. • 3. Home call • 4. Detention • 4. To office ie. ELECTRONIC DEVICES , food and “sleeping” ARE A BIG PROBLEM!

  4. Class guidelines: • “I” Statements: I think, I feel,Could I please have, I must have missed, I don’t have… • Active listening: Uh-huh, eye contact, taking notes, nod your head. • YOU MUST USE CORNELL NOTES! • Patience:Wait for the right time to respond. • Respect:For yourself, others, property. • Honesty: At all times! • Risk Taking: Take the risk and grow as a person.

  5. Class guidelines- Odou (cont.) • Personal Responsibility: If you did it, own it! Keep track of your grade…every day! • Confidentiality: It’s my responsibility to you, and yours to me. • Respect: Everyone is welcome, has a right to be here and we all need to feel safe at school… It’s also the law!.

  6. Others: • You can not sleep in here. • No food, gum, beverages. (water ok) • Do not pass notes/ write social letters. • No disruptive noises/ “e-devices”. • Keep this room clean.

  7. Struggle: • There is no progress without Struggle! Sometimes it’s supposed to be hard…that process is called learning. Without it, we don’t value it as much. So get involved, ask questions, and try. You must be doing your work in class to pass each day.

  8. Communication Styles • THIS CLASS ENGAGES IN …….. DIALOGUE! • We build upon what you know…. • You have an obligation as a citizen… • Participation

  9. Howard Zinn • “I am skeptical of governments and their attempts, through politics and culture, to ensnare ordinary people in a giant web of nationhood pretending to a common interest.”

  10. Author unknown: • “The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you don’t listen to it, you will never know what justice is”

  11. So, lets get started… • What do you know? • What do we thinkwe know? • Why do we even needgovernments? • Who rules and makes the rules? • Who benefits/ Who doesn’t?

  12. Who said: • “ My adversaries…applied the one means that wins the easiest victory over reason: • terror and force.”

  13. Who said: • “ The right to personal freedom comes second in importance to the duty of sustaining the people.”

  14. Finally, • Democracy…means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. • Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

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