Welcome to Mr. Shank's Online Home! American History: Beginnings to 1877

Welcome students, parents, and fellow history "buffs" to Mr. Shank's Online History Class!  This page is designed to help make my classroom content more readily accessible to all students and hopefully end the popular quote, "Sorry Mom and Dad, I can't work on my schoolwork.  I left all of my homework, assignments, and textbook in my locker."

Please be aware that my website is a work in progress.  Check back every now and again to see the new "toys" that I have added!

November 13 Update: Please check out the "My Booklist" tab for a link to our online textbook!  No more excuses that their book is in their locker!!!

PARENTS: If you have any questions and/or concerns, please email to get in contact with me.  The school has replaced all of our phones and my phone has been extremely uncooperative thus far.  We are working to get the problem resolved.  Just click the "envelope" on the top right corner of my website to send an email.  Thanks for understanding!

*** The Binder (Supply List Item #1) is an ESSENTIAL component towards finding success in class.  Think of the Binder as the "heart" of Social Studies class.  A human being cannot survive without his/her heart, and a student cannot survive class without his/her Binder.

The Binder MUST stay organized, which is a relatively simple task.  Every piece of paper that a student receives in my class will be assigned a number.  The items MUST be organized numerically.  No dividers, no special sections, no confusion.  Please refer to the weekly "Binder List" tab on the left side of my website.  My hope is to help develop organizational skills that will last a lifetime!

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