Syllabus
Dillon High School
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Mrs. Wiggins
US History
100

You are allowed to miss this many days.

10

100

You will have to wear this in a visible way all the time here at DHS.

Badge

100

This is the capital of the USA.

Washington DC

100

Name something I love to do besides hanging with intelligent, thoughtful, and kind Dillon High School Students.

Read, Sleep, Movies, hanging with my family, loving on my dog

100

This is the mother country of the original 13 colonies that would become the USA.

England, Great Britain, The United Kingdom

200

You can make up this many days.

5

200

The class that you will work hard in and pass this year. 

US History

200

This is the largest state in the US. (Hint: it does not touch any other state.) 

Alaska

200

Number of children including step children.

Extra Credit- Gender

3

Extra Credit- Boy and 2 Girls

200

What was the main reason immigrants came to North America to settle in the southern English colonies?

Money

300

You must bring these two items to class everyday.

Extra Credit Question- What happens if you do not have these items?

writing utensil (pen or pencil), Spiral Notebook

Extra Credit- No writing utensil- ask a friend to  borrow one, no Spiral Notebook- Receive a zero for the class grade until you earn 60% by showing me the work completed on another sheet of paper.

300

When are you tardy for this class and after how many will you get written up?


If your physical body is not in the room at the time of the tardy bell. Write up at 3rd Tardy

300

This is the name of the time of tension between communist USSR (Russia) and the democratic USA after WWII (1939-1945) in 1947 until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.

The Cold War

300

The number of years Mrs. W has taught at DHS.

7

300

What was the main reason immigrants came to North America to settle in the northern New England region of the English colonies?

Religious freedom. (For themselves only- NOT tolerant of other religions or religious interpretations.)

400

What is Mrs. Wiggins' academic assistance day and how many retakes are available?

Tuesdays, 5

400

He is the Principal of DHS.

Mr. Gibbs

400

The US dropped the first and second atomic bombs ending this war. 

WWII

400

Number of Mrs. Wiggins' nieces that have attended DHS.

3

400

What were the 2 main reasons immigrants came to North America to settle in the Middle region of the English colonies?

Money and religious freedom. (Tolerant of diversity)

500

Where can you find information about this class online?

Teacher Web-page

500

This is the motto of DHS.

Excellence is Essential.

500

This is the American war fought to keep the country from splitting apart.  The slavery was the main divisive issue.

The American Civil War 1861-1865

500

The teacher who is a legend in her own mind and is determined that you will be successful in life, who wants you to have the best quality of life, who will work hard for you, who thinks that you are worth the very best, who respects you as a person, who wants to do her very best for you.

Mrs. Wiggins

500

This was the first successful English settlement in North America.

Extra Credit- What crop made it economically successful?

Jamestown, Virgina

Extra Credit: Tobacco