San Jacinto High San Jacinto High 2014-2015 School Year2014-2015 School Year
Government: Semester OneGovernment: Semester One
Social StudiesSocial Studies
Mr. OdouMr. Odou
Room 233Room 233
Mr. Odou’s schedule:Mr. Odou’s schedule:
• On campus: 7 A.M. On campus: 7 A.M. Appointments*Appointments*
• Period 1: Prep. / availablePeriod 1: Prep. / available• Period 2: World HistoryPeriod 2: World History• Period 3: World HistoryPeriod 3: World History• Period 4: World HistoryPeriod 4: World History• Period 5: Government / CivicsPeriod 5: Government / Civics• Period 6: Government / CivicsPeriod 6: Government / Civics• Off campus after 2:33 P.M. Off campus after 2:33 P.M. * * Rare appointmentsRare appointments
Class Discipline:Class Discipline:
Consequences of inappropriate behaviors:Consequences of inappropriate behaviors: DON’T MAKE A PROBLEM!DON’T MAKE A PROBLEM!
• 1. 1. SOMETHING SOMETHING will happen. will happen. (It will be between you and me)(It will be between you and me)• 2. I make an 2. I make an appointmentappointment * with you. * with you.• 3. Home call3. Home call• 4. Detention4. Detention• 4. To office 4. To office ie. ie. ELECTRONIC DEVICES , food and “sleeping” ARE A BIG ELECTRONIC DEVICES , food and “sleeping” ARE A BIG
PROBLEM! PROBLEM!
Class guidelines:Class guidelines:
• ““I” StatementsI” Statements : : I think, I feel,I think, I feel, Could I please Could I please have, I must have missed, I don’t have…have, I must have missed, I don’t have…
• Active listeningActive listening: : Uh-huh, eye contact, taking Uh-huh, eye contact, taking notes, nod your head. notes, nod your head.
• YOU YOU MUSTMUST USE CORNELL NOTES! USE CORNELL NOTES!• Patience:Patience: Wait for the right time to respond.Wait for the right time to respond.
• Respect:Respect: For yourself, others, For yourself, others, propertyproperty..
• Honesty: At all times!Honesty: At all times!• Risk Taking: Risk Taking: Take the risk and grow as a Take the risk and grow as a
person.person.
Class guidelines- Odou Class guidelines- Odou (cont.)(cont.)
• Personal Responsibility: Personal Responsibility: If you did it, If you did it, own it! Keep track of own it! Keep track of your gradeyour grade…every day!…every day!
• Confidentiality: Confidentiality: It’s my responsibility to It’s my responsibility to you, and yours to me.you, and yours to me.
• RespectRespect: : EveryoneEveryone is welcome, has a right to be here and we all is welcome, has a right to be here and we all
need to feel safe at school… It’s also the law!. need to feel safe at school… It’s also the law!.
Others:Others:
• You can not sleep in here.You can not sleep in here.
• No food, gum, beverages. No food, gum, beverages.
(water ok)(water ok)
• Do not pass notes/ write social Do not pass notes/ write social letters.letters.
• No disruptive noises/ “e-devices”.No disruptive noises/ “e-devices”.
• Keep this room clean.Keep this room clean.
Struggle:Struggle:
• There is no progress withoutThere is no progress without Struggle!Struggle! SometimesSometimes it’s it’s supposedsupposed to be to be hard…that process is called hard…that process is called learning. Without it, we don’t learning. Without it, we don’t value it as much. So get involved, askvalue it as much. So get involved, ask questions, and questions, and trytry.. You must be doing your work in class to You must be doing your work in class to
pass each day.pass each day.
Communication Styles
THIS CLASS ENGAGES IN ……..
DIALOGUE!We build upon what you know….You have an obligation as a citizen…Participation
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.”
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”
So, lets get started…
What do you know? What do we think we know? Why do we even need governments? Who rules and makes the rules? Who benefits/ Who doesn’t?
Who said:
“ My adversaries…applied the one means that wins the easiest victory over reason:
terror and force.”terror and force.”
Who said:
“ The right to personal freedom comes second in importance to the duty of sustaining the people.”
Finally,
Democracy…means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
