ABOUT YOUR CLASS

From rules to listings of what was done each day, this section will be your main resource on this page without question.

•     Syllabus...identical to the one passed out on the first day

•     Rubric...general idea of what it takes to succeed in this course, also       identical to the day #1 version

•     Listing of each day's activities...absences provide no cover

•     Thematic PowerPoint Presentations...everything you saw in class but without the music

•     On-line Textbook Materials...from Glencoe some supplements to your textbook

•     Resources (handouts, documents, etc...)...updated with scans of what I pass out in class

•     Course Outline...presented in collapsed format this is extensive but not comprehensive

•     Course Message Board...questions or comments welcomed (you will be leaving dadeschools.net)

•     Pictures of your class...there you are on the web, you must be famous

"You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there." -Yogi Berra        "Vote early and vote often." -Al Capone        "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" -John F. Kennedy        "A house divided can not stand" - Abraham Lincoln        "I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters."  -Frank Lloyd Wright              "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."  -Albert Einstein         "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens." -Jimi Hendrix          "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal."  -Henry Ford         "Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it"  -Henry David Thoreau         "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die."  -Mel Brooks         "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity."  -Albert Einstein         "Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains."  -Winston Churchill          "I would have made a good Pope."  -Richard Nixon         "Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."  -John F. Kennedy         "No one can earn a million dollars honestly." -William Jennings Bryan          "I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to."  -Elvis Presley      

LINKS

Historical Documents

• The Declaration of Independence....the document which started it all

• The Constitution....takes a licking and keeps on ticking

• The National Archives....they may get dusty, but there are some real gems

• Library of Congress....good companion to the National Archives

• Einstein's Refrigerator....a strange little site

New Sites

• CNN....great source for current events

• MSNBC....another well-done site to keep up to date on what's going on 

• Associated Press....a little less fluff, straight to the point

Research Sites

• Palmetto's Media Center....contains links to searchable databases

• Google.com....the engine I usually use

• PBS....a wealth of information

ABOUT YOUR TEACHER

Learn all about your American History teacher  Mr. Van Smith.  See  pictures of his wife,  cat, and in a few  months you will see his first child  Brian Daniel Van Smith.

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This site was created and is maintained by Mr. Van Smith.  Total Number of visitors since this page was created on 6/1/02