Class Supplies
To quote my mentor teacher Jerry Gillett, "We're in a locked-battle with ignorance. And, I'm afraid, we're not always winning." So pay close attention here.
ALL students in Dr. Hartnell's history classes need to have the following items by the END of the first week of school:
a. pencil (sort of goes without saying, right?).
b. pen (black or blue - NO PINK).
c. highlighter (any color).
d. 1 three-ring binder (w/front plastic insert cover).
e. dividers for inside the binder.
f. 25 sheets of notebook paper.
g. 12 Blue Books (Honors' classes only; 6 Blue Books will be given to Dr. Hartnell to store until Exam Day; the other 6 are to be used by Honors' students to prepare for their Blue Book Exams).
Here's why you need these items...
The objective portions of students' tests are done on Scantron forms, better known as "bubble sheets". They have yet to invent one that reads PEN (or at least invent one our school can afford)... so you need to have a pencil available on test days. If you do not have one, you may borrow one from another student. If no one in the class has an extra, then you have the option of borrowing a pencil from me. Wait. Did I say "borrow"? I meant "buy". That's right. For only $1.00 (American currency... no Canadian), you get to purchase the special red pencil that has "I PAID DR. HARTNELL FOR THIS PENCIL" etched across it. Don't worry. If you don't have the money, I'll put you on an installment plan... meaning, you can use the pencil that period and pay later. And by later I mean THAT DAY, not the next week. There is no selling the pencil back to me... I have plenty. Feel free to buy as many as you need or until you learn to come to class prepared. If you still fill out the test in pen, you get to come in during your lunch and re-bubble the sheet. (I don't have a problem if students use pen to take notes. Just don't use pen on tests.)
I suggest having highlighters so students can highlight important text as indicated during lectures, activities, etc. While any color works, I suggest staying away from darker colors (like blue, green, or red). Yellow, pink, and orange work best.
Students need 1 three-ring binder FOR HISTORY ONLY (keep math, English, science, and others OUT of it). If possible, I'd like the binder to have a plastic insert cover on the front. (I provide students with covers to insert into the front of their binders so they can keep track of it!) I recommend that students have an extra binder, some sort of box, or folders that can be kept at home. Upon completion of a unit, we can take the material out of the everyday binder and keep it in a "safe" location at home. This keeps students from having to lug around a massive binder and makes it less likely that they'll lose everything. But, trust me, it happens every year: "Um, Dr. Hartnell? Yeah, I can't find my binder... it had everything in it."
To help with organization, I suggest using dividers to break the smaller binder into:
a. "Notes" (for Guided Notes used during lectures).
b. "EQs" (should be with you at all times).
c. "Projects" (for projects and other handouts).
d. "Syllabus" (should be with you at all times).
e. "Paper" (to store extra notebook paper).
f. "Blue Books" (Honors' classes only).
Certainly, you can put these sections in whatever order you prefer. Remember... all of this is needed inside the everyday binder, which means you will NOT have room to keep 2 or 3 chapters worth of material crammed in there for long.
Got it? Good! Team on three... 1... 2...
ALL students in Dr. Hartnell's history classes need to have the following items by the END of the first week of school:
a. pencil (sort of goes without saying, right?).
b. pen (black or blue - NO PINK).
c. highlighter (any color).
d. 1 three-ring binder (w/front plastic insert cover).
e. dividers for inside the binder.
f. 25 sheets of notebook paper.
g. 12 Blue Books (Honors' classes only; 6 Blue Books will be given to Dr. Hartnell to store until Exam Day; the other 6 are to be used by Honors' students to prepare for their Blue Book Exams).
Here's why you need these items...
The objective portions of students' tests are done on Scantron forms, better known as "bubble sheets". They have yet to invent one that reads PEN (or at least invent one our school can afford)... so you need to have a pencil available on test days. If you do not have one, you may borrow one from another student. If no one in the class has an extra, then you have the option of borrowing a pencil from me. Wait. Did I say "borrow"? I meant "buy". That's right. For only $1.00 (American currency... no Canadian), you get to purchase the special red pencil that has "I PAID DR. HARTNELL FOR THIS PENCIL" etched across it. Don't worry. If you don't have the money, I'll put you on an installment plan... meaning, you can use the pencil that period and pay later. And by later I mean THAT DAY, not the next week. There is no selling the pencil back to me... I have plenty. Feel free to buy as many as you need or until you learn to come to class prepared. If you still fill out the test in pen, you get to come in during your lunch and re-bubble the sheet. (I don't have a problem if students use pen to take notes. Just don't use pen on tests.)
I suggest having highlighters so students can highlight important text as indicated during lectures, activities, etc. While any color works, I suggest staying away from darker colors (like blue, green, or red). Yellow, pink, and orange work best.
Students need 1 three-ring binder FOR HISTORY ONLY (keep math, English, science, and others OUT of it). If possible, I'd like the binder to have a plastic insert cover on the front. (I provide students with covers to insert into the front of their binders so they can keep track of it!) I recommend that students have an extra binder, some sort of box, or folders that can be kept at home. Upon completion of a unit, we can take the material out of the everyday binder and keep it in a "safe" location at home. This keeps students from having to lug around a massive binder and makes it less likely that they'll lose everything. But, trust me, it happens every year: "Um, Dr. Hartnell? Yeah, I can't find my binder... it had everything in it."
To help with organization, I suggest using dividers to break the smaller binder into:
a. "Notes" (for Guided Notes used during lectures).
b. "EQs" (should be with you at all times).
c. "Projects" (for projects and other handouts).
d. "Syllabus" (should be with you at all times).
e. "Paper" (to store extra notebook paper).
f. "Blue Books" (Honors' classes only).
Certainly, you can put these sections in whatever order you prefer. Remember... all of this is needed inside the everyday binder, which means you will NOT have room to keep 2 or 3 chapters worth of material crammed in there for long.
Got it? Good! Team on three... 1... 2...