Civics Parent Night

CLASS

SYLLABUS

Mangrove Bay Middle School

Mr. Houde’s Civics Class

Greetings! Welcome to Civics!

This presentation will share what students will learn about this year as well as what is expected of each learner.

This week students are starting to learn about the Electoral College in our Unit on Voting and Elections.



See how well you and your student do answering the following questions!

Multiple Choice

How is the President of the United States elected?

• The President is elected by popular vote.
• The President is appointed by Congress.
• The President is elected through a national referendum.
• The President is elected through the Electoral College.

Multiple Choice

Which state has more Electoral votes in the Presidential Election, Florida or New York?

• New York

• Florida

Scope

IMPORTANT DISTRICT/STATE ASSESSMENTS
DATES:

Q1 District Assessment: October 1-4
Midterm (Mock EOC): December 2-20
Review (Mock EOC): March 3-14
EOC Testing Window: May 1-23

NOTE: The Civics EOC is a mandatory state test and is counted as 30% of Final Grade.

Unit 1: Citizenship
Unit 2: Voting our Leaders
Unit 3: Founding Documents and
Ideals
Unit 4: Establishing the Nation
Unit 5: Our Form of Government
Unit 6: The Structure of the U.S
Constitution
Unit 7: Legislative/Executive
Branches
Unit 8L Judicial Branch
Unit 9: My Rights and Liberties
Unit 10: Engaging Citizens
Unit 11: U.S and the World

Fill in the Blanks

The Civics EOC Assessment is worth how much of a students final grade?

Multiple Choice

How are assignments and assessments graded?

• Assignments are graded based on student attendance.
• Assignments are graded randomly without any criteria.
• Assignments are practice and put in as Complete/ Incomplete. Assessments are graded on a 4 point scale, measuring mastery of state standards.

Multiple Choice

Where can students check for missing assignments?

• Focus first, then Canvas.

• Teacher's office
• Classroom bulletin board

Multiple Choice

Students are allowed to take as many assessment retakes as they want

• True

• False

All Assignments
and lesson
power points
are posted on
Canvas

If students do
not complete
work in class, it
is due for
homework the
next day.

Homework
assignments
are also posted
on Canvas.

Multiple Choice

Where can homework assignments and any missed work be completed when students are at home?

• In-person tutoring sessions at school
• Textbooks and printed materials only
• Through their Canvas Civics class that all students have access to via their Clever accounts.

Almost all student work is completed in the District student G4CE folders
and notes are completed in student

interactive notebooks.

ICivics is a great free resource for students and families to work on Civics principles and concepts at home.

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Contact details

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Phone:

727-893-1646 X1315

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