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     My history teacher, Ms. Garvin, teaches both World History and AP United States government and politics. She is also a runner, a vegetarian, helps run student counsel, and overall is a nice person to be around; the energy and the enthusiasm she provides is very positive, and she makes me almost happy to come to school. I didn't really know what to expect from her class, but seeing as to how I had already taken the World History course with a teacher who only made us read from text books, I was hoping that she would at least have had us moving around and actually LEARNING, rather than skimming books, and not being able to comprehend the text. Let me be the first to tell you, Ms. Garvin is great when it comes to teaching without a textbook, which I think is something every teacher needs to learn how to do; if all you're doing to help children learn is sitting and watching them read, you're not really teaching, you're babysitting.

    In class, we just wrapped up the Renaissance, and learned about some really cool art work, and writing, architecture, and inventions. We also just covered a lesson about Martin Luther and his protest against the Catholic Church. Ms. Garvin's grading policies include:

  40%- Summative Assessments
  40%- Performance Based Assessments- 20% in-class assessments and 80% from projects
  10%- Homework
  10%- Formative Assessments (Including participation)

     According to Ms. Garvin, we will be taking a class trip to the 9/11 memorial in May. The use of technology in class isn't really existent, though, I would imagine that we're going to be using laptops or some kind of computer in the future of the course.

     In conclusion, Ms. Garvin is a really fun and enjoyable teacher who seems to actually care about  teaching her students and helping them succeed. She get involved in class, and thoroughly explains work before assigning it. Overall, she's made me start loving history again, and I hope I have more teachers like her in the future.
For more information about Ms. Garvin and the course that she offers, check out her teacher website here! Also check here for her class curriculum schedule!