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            This year as a freshman in high school, I am taking World History. Ms. Garvin is my teacher for this subject. She became a teacher at Wood-Ridge High School straight out of college. She went to Purdue University.  I expected to learn about the geography of the continents around the world. Also, I expected to learn about cultures and religions world-wide. I enjoy learning new topics in Ms. Garvin's class.
            Even though we are not finished with the year, we have learned many interesting topics. http://my.hrw.com/ We have studied many continents, cultures and religions, tribes, and ancient civilizations. Also, we have learned about the Medieval time period, The Enlightenment period, and The Industrial Revolution. All of these topics have an impact on our world still to this day. We have learned so much in the past 2 marking periods, I can not wait to see what we learn next!
           Ms. Garvin has a very strict grading policy.http://wood-ridge.schoolwires.net/Page/3199 All of our projects and DBQ's have a stapled rubric on the back. 40% of our grade is summative assessments. 10% is homework. Another 10% is formative assessments. Lastly 40% is performance-based assessments. In her class, we watch history documentaries and YouTube videos of people traveling around the world. They are very interesting to watch, I get so excited when we watch them!
         
 We use the chrome books in Ms. Gavin's class sometimes. We research for our DBQ's when we have time in class. Also if we have a project like a web quest for example, we use the computers to do it. When we take notes, Ms. Garvin makes slides and we take notes from the projector. It is much easier then Ms. Garvin writing the notes on the board. The notes are easier to read because she can just enlarge it if we can not see it. Chrome books and the projector help my class a lot in world history. Ms. Garvin is determined for her students to not only pass, but to enjoy learning about history!