Ms.

Frazers Class Binder

Binder Organization System
Description:
In an effort to support your success in this class I do require that you use a
binder to keep all your work together. This binder will be organized in a specific
way and these standards will be more thoroughly explained in class. The main goal
of this system is to develop skills of organization and to create a central location
for the course work for this class. Hopefully, this will help you keep track of the
materials necessary for this class and support your success in this class. Your
binder will be periodically checked by me and graded based on neatness,
organization, and completeness of content.
Organization:
Your history binder will be divided into six (6) sub-section, each with a
labeled divider. Each subsection will be labeled according to the units of
study for this class.
o Subsections: Introduction, Colonies + Revolutionary War, Early
Republic, Government, Westward Expansion, and Civil War.
Each subsection will hold graded and completed work.
We will use a portion of one class each week to return work and maintain
binder organization use this time well!
If you are keeping a universal binder with work from your other classes
which you bring to school daily. Then you are required to keep the unit we
are currently working on in that binder and maintain a consistently high
level of organization for that binder.
I will model for you what I am looking for in each section for 5s in binder
checks and binder collections. If you ever have questions about the level of
completion of your binder, please ask!
If you would like to leave your history binder in my class from day-to-day,
that is fine. However, you will be expected to take it home on days when
you have homework failure to do so will not be an acceptable excuse for
not submitting your homework.
Grade:
Binder Checks: Binder checks are how your binder will be assessed. We will be
spending time working on your binder organization in class. This grade will be part
of your lifelong learning skills grade. It will be checked at least once a trimester,
maybe more.
If you ever need help putting your binder together, gathering supplies for your
binder, or maintaining its organization, please ask!

Table of Contents

Unit: Introduction
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Assignment
Syllabus
Warm-ups
Binder Organization
Growth vs. Fixed Mindset