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Parent's Page Dear Parents of History Students: Greetings! I’ll be your student’s history teacher this year at East Middle School. I’m incredibly excited to be here and to have the chance to work with your student. I hope that becomes evident in our every dealing together. I wanted to take the opportunity at the beginning of the year to cover all the bases with you about how our classroom is unique before the year becomes too involved. We're not your traditional history class. The emphasis isn't on memorizing names and dates. We're interested in seeing what real-world lessons we can learn from the stories of the past. We'll look at civilizations from the Ancient World to the 20th Century to get a better understand of how things work today. Since we don't study like a traditional history class, we don't use the same materials as a traditional history class. We don't use textbooks. Instead we use a variety of books, media and Internet resources to help us understand what we're learning. We also don't work like a traditional history class so don't expect homework each night answering questions about a chapter we read with a test on Friday. We do most of our work in class because we're working together on projects that use a great deal of technology we have access to at school. That's not to say there may be times students bring work home, but it's not necessarily the norm for them to in this class. I want this class to be engaging, rigourous and meaningful for each student. I'd be happy to visit with you about any aspect of our classroom or your student's learning at any time. Contact information is listed on the left of this page. I look forward to working with you and your student this year! Mr. Jason Weaver |