This document contains notes from a history class. It includes topics studied last year like periods of history enjoyed and skills learned from history. It outlines the timeline to be covered from the 11th to 19th centuries. It provides instructions on homework, behavior expectations, assessments and grades throughout the history enterprise (class). Details are given on the American Civil War such as dates, locations, results and causus belli. The document encourages students to think like crime scene investigators in history class by listing steps to solve a case. It also notes historical concepts to be covered like chronology, diversity, change over time, causes and effects, and interpreting significance.