SCHOOL:
: Rowlett High School
EMAIL:
: jewelock@garlandisd.net
CELL PHONE:
: 972 814 4131
Graduated from Mesquite High School, Mesquite, Tx.
U.S. Marine
Graduate of The University of Texas at Austin.
Graduated with a B.A. in History.
Teacher certification is in Composite Social Studies
GOVERNMENT
In this course, students will examine the principles and beliefs upon which
the United States was founded and the structure, functions, and powers of
government at the national, state, and local levels. Students learn major
political ideas and forms of government in history. A significant focus of
the course is on the U.S. Constitution, its underlying principles and ideas,
and the form of government it created. Students analyze major concepts of
republicanism, federalism, checks and balances, separation of powers,
popular sovereignty, and individual rights. Students compare and contrast
the U.S. system of government with other political systems. Students
identify the role of the government in the U.S. free enterprise system and
examine the strategic importance of places to the united States. Students
analyze the impact of individual, political parties, interest groups, and
the media on the American political system, evaluate the importance of
voluntary individual participation in a democratic society, and analyze the
rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. Students identify examples of
government policies that encourage scientific research and use critical-
thinking skills to create a product on a contemporary government issue.
ECONOMICS
There is a major emphasis on the Free Enterprise System and Its Beliefs in
this course. The Focus is on the basic principles concerning production,
consumption, the distribution of goods
and services in the United States and a comparison with those in other
countries around the world. Students examine the rights and
responsibilities of consumers and businesses. Students analyze the
interaction of supply and demand, and price and study the role of financial
institutions in a free enterprise system. Types of business ownership and
market structures are discussed, as are basic concepts of economic ideas
from important philosophers and historic documents, societal values, and
scientific discoveries, and technological innovation on the national economy
and economic policy is an integral part of the course. Students apply
critical-thinking skills to create economic models and try to evaluate
economic-activity patterns.
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
In this course, students will examine people, places, and environments at
local, regional, and international scales from the spatial and ecological
perspectives of geography. Students will describe the influence of
geography on events of the past and present. A significant portion of the
course centers around the processes that shape patterns in our physical
environment such as: the political, economic, and social processes that
shape cultural patterns of regions; types and patterns of settlement; the
distribution and movement of world populations; relationships among people,
places, and environments; and the concept of region. Students will analyze
how location affects economic activities in different economic systems
throughout the world. Students will identify the processes that influence
political divisions of the planet and analyze how different points of view
affect the development of public policies. Students will compare how
components of culture shape the characteristics of regions and analyze the
impact of technology and human modifications on the physical environment.
Students will use problem-solving and decision-making skills to ask and
answer geographic questions. This course will be taught according to the
core objectives as specified by the Texas Education Agency.
US HISTORY
Students will cover the history of the United States from Jamestown to the
present. Historical content will focus on political, economic, and social
events and issues related to Industrialization, Urbanization, major wars,
domestic and foreign policies of the Cold War and post Cold War Eras, and
reform movements including the Progressive movement and the Civil Right
movement. Students will examine the effects of geographic factors on major
events and analyze the causes and effects of the Great Depression. Students
will analyze the impact of technological innovations on the American labor
movement. Students will master the objectives presented in this course
through a variety of teaching strategies and methods which will be used to
create an environment that is conducive to learning. This course will be
taught according to the core objectives as specified by the Texas Education
Agency.