Hutchinson Central Technical High School

Course Syllabus

Course Name: AP World History

Instructor: Mr. Peterson            Contact Time: 8:57-9:38         Phone Ext: 1000

Grading Policy
33% Five Week Examination ( AP Exam version)

33% Ten Week Examination ( AP Exam version)

34% Class Participation ( projects, mandated and optional
homework see below)
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Major Comprehensive Tests Every 5th Week of School( Each Test is worth approximately 1/3(33%) of the 10 wk. report card grade.
This policy may vary after the 20th week of school.

Class participation is a variable 33%( If student's classwork and constructive involvement in course activities exceeds the class average the student will receive a higher percentage. This may considerably offset low test grades to the student's benefit.
There is no correlation between academic evaluations and discipline. Well-behaved students do not receive higher grades for their cooperation and miscreant students do not receive lower grades for their classroom disruption.

Homework Policy
Mandated Homework includes Document Based Questions,
Thematic and Comparative research questions
Constructed Response Questions periodically
assigned

Optional Homework is an opportunity for students
to demonstrate their initiative and creativity
in designing their own submissions according to
their particular desires

Prior consultation with instructor is advised

Homework consists of Mandated assignments given with advanced notification and explanation for reviewing major themes and course concepts. Failure to hand in such homework on the date due is subjected to grade reduction(Student may challenge in conference with instructor)

Students also have the option of doing "Optional Homework Assignments." This opportunity for advanced scholastic activity is meant to encourage self-motivation and self-discipline in the pursuit of academic excellence. Such grades are entered in the class participation category of the above grading policy

Test Policy
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Major Examinations are given every 5th and 10th week
of each marking period through the 35th week of school

These examinations are mini-AP examinations correlated to
the subject matter appropriate for the 5/10 week period.

As appropriate to the Adv.Pl. examination in May they are
graded 1-5 A-F and are corrected the following day; test
corrections in class are mandatory, as a homework submission they
are optional but highly suggested

See above under grading policy or below



Major Comprehensive Tests Every 5th Week of School( Each Test is worth approximately 1/3(33%) of the 10 wk. report card grade.
This policy may vary after the 20th week of school.

These major tests are mini-versions of the Advanced Placement World History Examination given nationally in May, or mini-versions of the NYS Regents Examination for Global History and Geography-10 given in June.

*For 9th grade students 5/10 week tests are designed for the appropriate course level curriculum. Students are encouraged to keep these tests(they are corrected in class) as review for next year's Regents in 10th grade.

Quiz Policy
Every Thursday a multiple choice and
Constructed Response Question quiz
is given in class, graded and corrected
on the following Friday

These questions correspond to the
textbook and other assigned course readings

Projects
In the early months of the second semester
an i-movie library research project is done in
group collaboration

Projects of student design may be submitted at
any time on student's selected topics with consultation