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World History

CURRENT HOMEWORK DUE MONDAY 10/19/09: 
1. Outlines with NOTES for Chapter 6 sections 1 & 2.
2. DBQ - answer questions for all documents on page 1 & 2. 
   - See Important Documents Page -
3. Test on Rome & Notebook Check on 10/20 - COME TO CLASS PREPARED!
This is ongoing work, not something to come to class and "get ready!" 
Good luck! 1st quarter is almost over!

CLASSWORK:
     - Vocabulary (Who, What, Where, When, & Significance for each word)
     - Notes & Participation in class discussions for each unit of study
     - DBQ - read, analyze, discuss, & write essays using primary sources
     - Quizzes & Tests (WARNING: Pop Quizzes may be given at any time!)

HOMEWORK (Check for current assignments at the top of this page): 
     - Primary Source documents & critical thinking questions
     - Reading assignments & notes
     - Vocabulary
     - Writing assignments 

*Projects & Presentations on various topics (TBA)

*Notebook Check: All notes, assignments, reviews must be in notebook
 (Table of Contents must be followed - see # of each assignment below)
 (Notebook must be Neat & complete, organized by date/unit of study, labeled)

TESTS: SEE SCHEDULE OF TEST DATES BELOW!
Make-up exams will be scheduled  for EXCUSED ABSENCES ONLY.  
It is the students' responsibility to make-up missed exams.

1st Quarter: 

- Historiography & Origins of Humans              Ch 1     TEST 9/1 

     1. What is History - Questions, Artifact, Discussion 8/25 - 8/26
     2. Understanding Time - Notes, Timeline activity 8/27 - 8/30
     3. Prehistory - Notes, R.A.F.T. (Hunter or Gatherer) 8/31 - 9/1
     4. Ancient Cities - Notes, Catal Huyuk Questions 9/1 - 9/3
     5. Toward Civilization - Stone Age to the Bronze Age 9/2
           
- River Valley Civilizations & Early Empires- Ch 2,3,4 PRESENTATION 9/15

     6. Project 9/3 - 9/15 - Project Sheet, Project Notes, Chart, DBQ 
           
- Classical Greece                                Ch 5     TEST 10/6

     7. Ancient Greece - Vocabulary, Notes, Myth, DBQ

- Classical Rome & World Religions                Ch 6     TEST 10/20

     8. Ancient Rome - Vocabulary, Notes, Article, Essay

- NOTEBOOK CHECK                                            DUE 10/20
  *THIS IS NOT HOMEWORK - NOTEBOOKS MUST BE ORGANIZED AT ALL TIMES!
  *NOTEBOOK MUST BE READY TO BE CHECKED BY THE TIME CLASS STARTS!
     1 - 8 as listed above (Complete, Labeled, Organized - in order)

2nd Quarter:
           
- The Developing World (Russia, Asia, Africa, Americas, Ottomans)
  Selected topics from Ch 11,12,15,16, & 18            TEST 11/13
           
- European Middle Ages                              Ch 13  TEST 11/24
                                                    Ch 14  TEST 12/8
           
- Renaissance & Reformation                         Ch 17  TEST 12/18

[Winter Break HW - Ch 19 & 20 & Midterm Review]
           
- Age of Exploration                            Ch 19 & 20 TEST 1/8
                                                  PRESENTATIONS 1/11 

- NOTEBOOK CHECK                                            DUE 1/8
  *THIS IS NOT HOMEWORK - NOTEBOOKS MUST BE ORGANIZED AT ALL TIMES!
  *NOTEBOOK MUST BE READY TO BE CHECKED BY THE TIME CLASS STARTS!

Midterm Exam (Origins of Humans through Renaissance & Reformation)

3rd Quarter:
           - Slavery
           - Age of Absolutism
           - Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment
           - French Revolution & Napoleonic Era
           - Nationalism & Revolution (Independence Movements, 
                                      Unification, Romanticism)
           - Industrial Revolution

- NOTEBOOK CHECK                                            DUE 
  *THIS IS NOT HOMEWORK - NOTEBOOKS MUST BE ORGANIZED AT ALL TIMES!
  *NOTEBOOK MUST BE READY TO BE CHECKED BY THE TIME CLASS STARTS!

4th Quarter:
           - Imperialism
           - World War I & Russian Revolution
           - Rise of Totalitarianism & World War II
           - Holocaust
           - Modern Issues (Cold War, Communist China, Middle East,
                            Genocide, Terrorism, & Pandemics)

- NOTEBOOK CHECK                                            DUE 10/20
  *THIS IS NOT HOMEWORK - NOTEBOOKS MUST BE ORGANIZED AT ALL TIMES!
  *NOTEBOOK MUST BE READY TO BE CHECKED BY THE TIME CLASS STARTS!

Final Exam (Age of Exploration through end of the year)




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