WORLD HISTORY SYLLABUS
Instructor: Mrs. Turner
Please feel free to contact me at Ms.TurnerSOE@yahoo.com
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
World History gives students the opportunity to visit the past, connect with the present, and look to the future. Join others in the exploration of ancient and modern civilizations, their impact, and their contributions to today’s global society. The purpose of this course is to enable students to understand their connections to the development of civilizations by examining the past to prepare for their future as participating members of a global community.
MAJOR CONCEPTS:
• Prehistory to 2000 BC
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• Early civilizations, nonwestern empires, and tropical civilizations
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* The Life and Teaching of Muhammad
• Classical civilizations from 1000 BC to 1500 AD
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* Early African Culture Historical Essay
* Paragraph Grading Rubric
* Chart Paragraph Rubric
• Fragmentation and interaction of civilizations from 500 to 1100 AD
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• Centralization of power in different regions from 400 to 1500 AD
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* The Transatlantic Slave Trade Historical Essay
* Paragraph Grading Rubric
* Chart Paragraph Rubric
• Early modern world from 1450 to 1800
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* Early North American Cultures
* Early South American Cultures
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• The twentieth century to 1945
• The contemporary world from 1945 to the present
• The twentieth century to 1945
• The contemporary world from 1945 to the present
MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES:
With adequate instruction and practice, students will engage in the following:
ü Collaborate in group activities, take notes, read and interpret maps and excerpts from primary documents.
ü Write essays on specified topics.
ü Demonstrate, through oral and written exercises, growth in vocabulary and language skills.
THINKING SKILLS:
Through structured and varied activities, students will develop the following skills:
1. Comparing and Contrasting
2. Identifying cause and effect
3. Hypothesizing
4. Identifying values
5. Graphing
6. Analyzing
7. Problem solving
8. Evaluating
INSTRUCTIONAL SKILLS:
Teachers will utilize the following pedagogical skills in delivering the curriculum:
1. Student driven discussion
2. Modeling
3. Cooperative Learning
4. Lecturing
5. Mapping/Outlining
GRADING SCALE:
100 to 94 = A
93 to 87 = B
86 to 79 = C
78 to 75 = D
Below 74 = F
WEIGHTED CATEGORIES:
Grades are calculated according to the following formula:
15% Tests
10% Quizzes
15% Homework and Classroom Assignments
35% Projects
25% Essays
Students are expected to attend all classes. When a student cannot attend class he/she must follow all necessary school policy and must provide valid reasoning for the missed class period. All absent students will be responsible for making-up any and all missed assignments. Students are directly responsible for first consulting with a classmate for missed materials. Consult with the teacher for missed handouts.
ACADEMIC HONESTY:
Each student must fulfill his or her academic obligation by an honest, independent effort. Academic dishonesty will not be tolerated. Students who engage in academic dishonesty will be penalized. Activities that constitute academic dishonesty and the possible penalties are discussed in detail in the student handbook.
Students must conduct themselves so others will not be distracted from the pursuit of learning. Students may be disciplined for any conduct which constitutes a hazard to the health, safety, or well being of members of the school community or which is deemed detrimental to the school’s interest.
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
Students are required to come prepared with the required text and following supplies:
Ruler
Pens/Pencils
Three ring notebook with dividers
Loose-leaf notebook paper