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Greetings and salutations!
Welcome to the website of Mr. DeBary! I teach students with Autism in our ESE department.
This year i will be teaching World History, English, and Preparation for Adult Living. This year is going to be very interesting with all the new procedures and protocols to keep track of, but we will get through it! Keep an eye on this page for announcements and updates, i will do my best to keep it updated throughout the year. You will find announcement directly below this greeting.
Be sure to explore the different tabs on the left side:
"Meet the Teacher" will tell you a little bit about myself and my family; "Assignments" is where i will post links or access codes to things like Brainpop, Newsela, Microsoft Teams instuctions, etc.; "Calendar" will show important school-wide dates and events; "Gallery" has pictures of my classroom set up for this year, and a couple more of my family. Family is VERY important to me, and we ecourage a family-like environment in our classrooms. We encourage the students to look out for each other and be helpful and considerate.
We have 3 rules in my classroom: 1. Be Respectful. 2. Follow Directions. 3. Do Your Best Work.
As per district encouragement/guidelines, we will be utilizing Microsoft Teams for our MCPS Online (distance learning) classes. This program is new to many of us, and we teachers are still learning it ourselves. Because of this, i will be making learning this program the main assignment for our computer stations (at least for the first few weeks). Once i see that our students have a handle on it, i will be giving them small assignments at the computer stations to keep them using it in the chance we have to go to full distance learning again. i will work on getting some guides or links posted for those who need them. Please be patient with us as we all adapt to this new style of doing things. Trust that we are still striving to give each and every student the best education that we can! We can do this!
I can be reached by email at: jeremy.debary@marion.k12.fl.us
We're looking forward to a great year!
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Attention parents and students:
We will be working on scheduling throughout this week, so please do not panic if you do not see your names in the correct classes. Getting the computer system to handle our hybrid method of classes this year has taken some work, and we are still working out the bugs and kinks. Our counseling staff are working diligently as best they can to get everything as it should be. you should begin seeing at least an incomplete schedule this week so that you can at least see who your teachers will be, if not the correct classes. If you have questions or concerns, do not hesitate to email us. My email address is posted above in my greeting paragraph, my "Meet the Teacher" page, and you can find a link by looking in the white toolbar with green text just above my greeting and hovering your mouse over "Faculty and Staff". A dropdown menu will appear with links to teacher webpages and email addresses. Please be patient with us, we're doing the best we can to have everything ready to blast off monday, August 24th! The countdown is running!
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CNN 10
Originally called "CNN Student News", this news show anchored by Carl Azuz is exactly 10 minutes long and breaks down current events in a fairly objective manner, explaining the complex concepts behind the headlines seen in the news. This show covers topics that we will talk about in the core classes of science and social studies.
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The National Archives
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Those valuable records are preserved and are available to you, whether you want to see if they contain clues about your family’s history, need to prove a veteran’s military service, or are researching an historical topic that interests you.
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The Smithsonian Institution
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The British Museum
The British Museum was founded in 1753, the first national public museum in the world. From the beginning it granted free admission to all 'studious and curious persons'. Visitor numbers have grown from around 5,000 a year in the eighteenth century to nearly 6 million today. The Museum has 10 curatorial and research departments.
The British Museum website has a huge amount of knowledge about all manner of subjects.
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Crash Course
A series of educational videos on a variety of subjects. We will occasionally view a video from this series about World History, Economics, and U.S. Government. (the U.S.Gov't series is made in conjunction with PBS)
The series is done to appeal to a wide audience, so while there isn't any violence or foul language, some of the humor can be a bit bawdy and of a "middle-school" nature at times.
https://thecrashcourse.com/courses/worldhistory1?page=2
https://thecrashcourse.com/courses/usgovernment?page=3
https://thecrashcourse.com/courses/economics?page=2
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Digital Public Library of America
DPLA connects people to the riches held within America’s libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. All of the materials found through DPLA—photographs, books, maps, news footage, oral histories, personal letters, museum objects, artwork, government documents, and so much more—are free and immediately available in digital format.
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Big History Project
A privately produced website that explores human history from the dawn of time to the present day. I have not had a chance to fully explore this site, but what i've seen looks to be very good. This is a high quality website with a lot of accurate information.
i have registered as a teacher with this site, but have not used it in class, yet. I am still reviewing it. I have started a class, so students should be able to join it online. Again, i am not yet using this in the classroom. This is only to supplement what we're learning.
