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: : : : Photo: About The Teacher Label: About The Teacher 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 Mission Label: Mission 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. Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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