The tests usually include several essay questions which ask you to use information, not simply repeat it. Without accurate notes, the tests are quite difficult. Be sure to have a spiral bound notebook in which you take your social studies notes. Finally, each unit will include a project of some sort. This project itself and the general topic are assigned, but the student is allowed to pick a specific area of interest as the topic and, at times, the actual product of the project.
All assignments are due at the time they are collected in class.
Any assignment turned in after that point is late and will have a letter grade deducted. If assignments are not handed in by the time the assignment is returned to others in the class, no credit will be given for the late assignment. However, it will be noted that the assignment was handed in. This is important, as any student who is missing three or more assignments during a grading period may incur penalties such as parent notification, lunch detention, Saturday school, or the withholding of rewards such as participation in field trips. Obviously, if you are absent the day an assignment is collected, you may hand it in upon your return to class with no penalty.