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Course Description: The students will study the significant persons, events, institutions, and belief systems during the times of the Ancient and Medieval civilizations. They will research, examine, and interpret the major changes that were significant factors in the growth and decline of these past civilizations.

Course Objective: The teacher will assist the students in learning the knowledge and skills of the course, the goals of the College Readiness Standards (CRS), with its’ Educational Planning and Assessment System (EPAS), the aims of the school improvement plan, with its’ focus on reading, writing, teaching and testing strategies.

Prerequisite: completion of the United States History course, senior status

Required Text and Materials: World History: Patterns of Civilization, writing supplies and notebook, school planner

Assignments: study guides, maps, vocabulary, worksheets, and MIMS articles

Homework: reading the textbook and completing each study guide

Grading: A standard grading scale for regular students or an adapted grading scale dependent on the IEP of the students. Categories: Assignments (30%), Homework (10%), Class Participation (30%), and Exams (30%).
Grading Scale: A=90, B=80, C=70, D=60

Assessments: unit examinations, study guides, vocabulary infusion, MIMS, maps, and classroom  activities

Scope and Sequence:

      A.   Introduction B.     Egypt C.    Middle East D.    India E.     China F.     Greece G.    Rome H.    India & China I.       Medieval Europe J.      National Monarchies K.    Byzantine Civilization L.     Islamic Civilization M.   Africa N.    Americas O.    India, China & Japan

 

School Attendance: It is extremely important that students attend class every day and are on time. Bell ringer assignments are given in the first five minutes of each class. If a student is tardy, he/she misses the bell ringer and is graded accordingly. Students who have an excused absence must make up any work missed within one week of return (excluding extended excused abvsence). 
       
Attendance Policy: Chicago Public School System has a policy that “Students who have unexcused absences in 20% of the classes in a particular course during the period for which a unit of credit is earned shall not pass the course and shall receive no credit towards promotion.” The school has decided that 18 unexcused absences will result in a failing grade for that course.
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Course Title: World Studies
           
Teacher: Torres

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Course Description: The students will study the collective experiences of people living in the major geographical regions of the world. They will research, examine, interpret and learn about the geography, social and historical changes, belief systems, and customs in each of the covered regions. They will be given the opportunity to earn credit for consumer education, which is a prerequisite for graduation.

 Course Objective: The teacher will assist the students in learning the knowledge and skills of the social scientist, the goals of the College Readiness Standards (CRS), with its Educational Planning and Assessment System (EPAS), the school improvement plan, with its reading, writing, and testing strategies.

 Prerequisite: Regular Level Status

 Instructional Materials: World Culture, A Global Mosaic  

 Student Materials: notebook, school planner, pens and pencils 

 Assignments: Taking class notes to prepare for tests, completing maps, and worksheets

 Homework Policy: Reading the textbook and completing each chapter study guide 

 Grading System:

1.  A standard grading scale: A=90%, B=80%, C=70%, and D=60% 
2. An adapted grading scale dependent on the student’s IEP
3. A Point System for class work, homework, tests, and the school’s reading and writing initiatives (vocabulary infusion, MIMS, and assessments)

 Summative Assessments: Unit exams, common course assessments, study notes, vocabulary infusion, MIMS, maps, and classroom activities

 Attendance: It is extremely important that students attend class every day and are on time. Bell ringer assignments are given in the first five minutes of each class. If a student is tardy, he/she misses the bell ringer and is graded accordingly. Students who have an excused absence must make up any work missed within one week of return (excluding extended excused absence).

 Attendance Policy: Per CPS attendance policy, “Students who have unexcused absences in 20% [18 days] of the classes in a particular course during the period for which a unit of credit is earned shall not pass the course and shall receive no credit towards promotion.” Therefore, 18 days of such absence will result in failure of the course.

 Scope and Sequence:

1. Social Science Skills
2. Geography Skills
3. Western Europe- Geography, Greeks and Romans, Middle Ages, Renaissance & Reformation, Nationalism & Monarchy, Revolutions, World Wars, Cold War
4. Eastern Europe- Russia, Soviet Era, Commonwealth of Independent Nations
5. Latin America- Geography, Maya, Aztec, Inca, European Colonization, Nationalism & New Republics, Latin America & the U>S>
6. Consumer Education
7. Africa- Geography, Early Civilizations, European Colonial Rule, Nationalism & New Nations
8. Middle East- Geography, Early Civilizations, Judaism & Christianity, Islamic Empires, European Imperialism & Nationalism, Arab & Israeli Conflict
9. China- Geography, Early History, Confucianism & Daoism, European Imperialism & Republic of China
10. Japan- Geography, Early History & Shintoism, World Power & Postwar
11. South Asia- Geography, Early History & Hinduism

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