I will provide a safe environment in my classroom where all students:

• will learn independently.
• will work cooperatively.
• will prepare for positive interaction in a diverse society.

All 7th and 8th grade history teachers at Washburn Rural Middle School strive to share ideas and communicate.  The WAVE Team U.S. History classes work closely with the Champions, Heat, and SWAT history classes as all four teams utilize the History Alive! program.

Email Address:

• To contact me, please email me here at school at piercjef@usd437.net.

Phone Contacts:

• You can contact me by leaving me a voicemail at school at (785) 339-4337 or by calling WRMS at (785) 339-4300.  You may also contact me during the WAVE team plan period from 8:45-9:15 daily.  You may also talk to any team teacher during this time by simply calling the school and asking for our team.  My personal plan period is from 9:30-10:15.

WAVE Weekly Update on the Web and Team List-serv

• The WAVE team also has a Weekly Web Update that is updated with major tests, quizzes, other assessments, and announcements.  You can access this site by clicking on the WAVE Team link, which is http://teacher.usd437.net/wrms/wave/.  You can sign up to recieve the team's weekly list-serv email by clicking on the "Team List-serv" file in the Team Files section of the WAVE Team website.

• Getting to Know You
• Constitution and Bill of Rights
• Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny
• Civil War and Reconstruction
• New American West
• Immigration and Industrialization
• Economics in U.S. History

• Parent/Guardian Introduction Letter
• Class Policies
• Materials Needed for 8th Grade Wave U.S. History
• How to Make a History Student Notebook
• "In a Million Words or Less"
• Procedures Quiz
• Example Notebook Checklist (notebook rubric)