Honors Requirements

U. S. History
Honor's Class Requirements for Mr. Cap's class.

Students who wish to take an honors history class must complete the following requirements:

How do I qualify for an honor's class? You must have:
88%or above in last year's history class
90%or above for the 1st quarter mid-term grade.

30% 1. Write a quarterly one page paper on a topic, approved by Mr. Cap, from any lesson found during that quarter. This paper must be typed. The material must be approved by Mr. Cap before the student begins.
Resources: 2 sources other than the textbook. Any internet sources that you use must have a hard copy of page that is referenced as well as the web site address on your reference sheet.

30% 2. This paper / project must be presented orally to the rest of the class. Before you read your essay, present Mr. Cap with a copy including your internet sources and or bibliography page. Reading the paper is the minimum requirement. Students that are creative using video or power point presentations will potentially receive a higher grade.

30% 3. Included with the paper will be a visual aid (poster) to support the material presented.

10% 4. You must also type and print a 10 question quiz covering material that you presented to the class, with a separate answer key. Be sure to leave enough room between questions for answers.

100% of Total Honor's Project.

Honor's Project is 20% of total grade for the Quarter.

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Second option for Honors

Mr. Cap's Honor's Class Power Point Requirements

Students who wish to take an honors history class must complete the following Power Point requirements:

How do I qualify for an honor's class? You must have:

88% or above in last year's history class.

90% or above for the 1st quarter mid-term grade.

70% 1. Complete a power point, or web page presentation over a topic covered in the quarter. The material must be approved by Mr. Cap before the student begins. If, for example, you are in Oklahoma History, and you want to do a project on the Great Depression, the majority of your work must include how Oklahoma was affected by the Great Depression.

Minimum of 6 content slides.

Resources: 2 different internet sources. If you use an internet source your last slide must be a works cited page. Be sure to link to the internet source. See Example

10% off if you don't cite your work!!!

30% 2. This project must be presented orally to the rest of the class. The student will bring a disc to class or put the project on the GCS Server 2 server folder.

Students that are creative using power point by using pictures and clip art will potentially receive a higher grade.

Examples of Honor's Projects Conquistadors 83%, Telephone 90%, OKC Bombing 92%, Roaring 20s 93%, JKF 93% Lyndon Johnson 94%
Higher grade for installing sound/movie clips to your power point Here's an example of a video project. Another example of video

100% of Total Honor's Project.

Honor's Project is 20% of total grade for the Quarter

Other requirements of Honor Students.
1. Students must also be willing to ask questions of guest speakers if Mr. Cap requests.
2. Read the chapter before the lesson is taught and discussed.
3. Participate in class discussions by initiating pertinent questions and delivering good answers. Clowning around and giving "I dun no know" answers will reduce your honors grade.
4. Honor students will also answer essay questions on all major tests.

Evaluating Your Power Point Honors Project

Student Name _____________________________ Subject _________________________

Use this Rubric as a guide to the criteria Mr. Cap requires for the Power Point Honors Project

CATEGORY Excellent 20 pts Good 15 pts Satisfactory 10 pts Needs Improvement 10 pts

Content Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent. Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good. Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors. Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.

Mechanics No misspellings or grammatical errors. Three or fewer misspellings and/or mechanical errors. Four misspellings and/or grammatical errors. More than 4 errors in spelling or grammar.

Organization Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material. Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed. Content is logically organized for the most part. There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.

Oral Presentation Interesting, well-rehearsed with smooth delivery that holds audience attention. Relatively interesting, rehearsed with a fairly smooth delivery that usually holds audience attention. Delivery not smooth, but able to able to hold audience attention most of the time. Delivery not smooth and audience attention lost.

Attractiveness Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation. Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation. Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content. Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentation content.

Total :

Overall Grade:

3rd Option:    Movie Viewing questions (2) per quarter:

1. Watch historical on line video and write 1 question per minute about the video. Make sure the questions are worded to ask for a one word or phrase answer.

2. Questions must be typed with separate answer key.

3. See Mr. Cap for topic and video.

4. Email Movie file to Mr. Cap @ acap@gcstulsa.com

5. Edit the video file and insert the questions at the end of the video.
     See video example: Maps and Their Use video 12 min. Watch Maps and Their Use and
     notice that there are 10 questions at the end of the video. That's what I want.

If you can't edit the video ( or find someone to help teach you ) then this Movie / video honors project is not for you.

Print movie viewing questions with an answer key and bring to class or email.

Honor's Project is 20% of total grade for the Quarter.