U.S. History Day One

About Me

100

This NFL team is Mr. Ferguson's favorite

Pittsburgh Steelers

200

This is where Mr. Ferguson went to college

Penn State

300

This is Mr. Ferguson's favorite NBA team

Detroit Pistons

400

This is the city where Mr. Ferguson is from

Pittsburgh

500

This is the name of Mr. Ferguson's dog

Rico

Classroom Protocol

100

This is the first strike for disruptive behavior

Warning

200

This is the third strike for disruptive behavior in class

Office referral

300

This is what you are considered if you show up within 15 minutes of the bell ringing without a written excuse

Tardy

400

This is the second strike for disruptive behavior

Phone call home and lunch detention

500

This is something you need every single day of class

Charged Chromebook

Grading

100

These are worth 40% of your total grade

Quarters One and Two

200

This is worth 20% of your grade

EOC exam

300

This is something given every 1-2 weeks to check your understanding of our topic 

Quiz

400

This is a major assignment that is given at the end of every unit

Test

500

This is the percentage of your grade that you lose for each day an assignment is late

10%

Course Material 1

100

This man was the first president of the United States

George Washington

200

This man was the 16th president of the United States and led the U.S. during the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln

300

This man wrote the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

400

This president was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963

John F. Kennedy

500

This was the year the Declaration of Independence was signed (and one of like 3 or 4 dates you should memorize from this year)

1776

Course Material 2

100

This is the country the American colonists wanted to leave during the American Revolution

Great Britain

200

This fort off the coast of Charleston is considered to be the "birthplace of the Civil War" as it was the first Union fortress attacked by the Confederate States

Fort Sumter

300

This place was attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941 and resulted in the United States joining World War II

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

400

This former U.S. president was impeached in 1998 for lying under oath

Bill Clinton

500

This man was the rival of Thomas Jefferson and supported more power given to the federal government over the state governments

Alexander Hamilton