Welcome Letter

Welcome to our classroom.

I hope you find it to be a place to learn, but also a space that feels calm and safe for everyone. While I hope you come to have the same curiosity for history as I do, it’s my primary goal to make history approachable and accessible for all students.

To this end, you will find that my teaching is a blend of my history education, documents and artifacts that speak to us, and perspectives from around the world.

This is my fifth year teaching at Dulles High. I am a graduate of Dulles myself and have had the pleasure of working and learning alongside incredible people of all walks of life at one of FBISD’s highest achieving schools.

Familiarize yourself with the syllabus below, and please feel free to reach me at my email or classroom phone with any questions or concerns.

Best wishes,

Ms. Casasola

Class Schedule

Period	Class	Hours
1	Online Learning	7:30-8:20 am
2	World History	8:25-9:13 am
3	Conference	9:18-10:30 am (Advisory)
4	World History	10:35-11:23 am
5	World Geography	11:23 a - 1:30 pm (Lunch)
6	World Geography	1:08-1:56 pm
7	Debate	2:01-2:50 pm

Course Information

Content Goals

The course is built around three enduring ideas to create an engaging and relevant social studies course:

The student understands how historians use historiography to interpret the past and applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a variety of valid sources, including technology.
The student uses their historiography skills and tools to collect, analyze, and interpret data.
Students communicate historiographical ideas and interpretations in written, oral, and visual forms.

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Areas of Focus

Course Outline

Required Supplies

You will need your laptop everyday for our class, so make sure to bring it and its charger. Additionally, you are required to get a folder with prongs or a half-inch three-ring binder, pen, pencil, and a pair of wired headphones.

Recommended Supplies

These supplies are only recommended for map activities and projects: Index cards, colored pencils, red and blue pens, colored highlighters, and rulers.

Classroom Procedures

Cell Phones are banned during class time. This is a school-wide policy. If seen, phones will be put at the charging station and returned at the end of class.
Students will get a pass ‘card’ with three passes every nine-weeks. You must get the card punched and get the hall pass to go to the restroom.
Students are expected to come prepared for class and should be seated when the bell rings.