World History
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Attendance: Your presence is required. Absences are excused for illness, family emergencies or approved arranged absences. The student is responsible for making up all missed work. If an absence is not excused, you will not be allowed to make up work. |
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Promptness to class: All students are expected to be in the classroom when the bell rings. Excused and unexcused tardies are explained in your handbook. |
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Attention to due dates: All assignments will be completed on the due date at the start of class. For excused absences, the student is expected to arrange for an adjusted due date on the day the student returns. |
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Appropriate classroom behavior: The student is required to be attentive, courteous and cooperative during class time. Disruptive behavior cannot be tolerated and may result in removal from class. |
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Care of classroom: All students need to cooperate to keep the room and school clean and orderly. Any vandalism of school property will result in disciplinary action. |
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Being prepared for class: The student must have all materials, notebooks and assignments with him/her when class begins. A tardy will be registered for any student who must leave the classroom to retrieve forgotten materials. |
Materials:
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1. A 3-ring binder with dividers and paper 2. #2 pencils, pens, erasers, ruler, highlighter pen 3. Colored pencils for mapping assignments. 4. Atlas, Textbook
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Grading: A student's grade will be determined by performance in the following areas: 1. Participation in class discussion 2. Homework: Each student will be expected to complete homework assignments independently. You are expected to be ethical and avoid plagiarism. Homework is due at the start of the period. 3. Assignments completed in class 4. Regular unit tests 5. The maintenance of notes in your notebook (turned in quarterly) 6.
One major project per quarter |
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Grading is based on a point system: |
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A = 90-100%;
B = 80-89.9%; C = 70-79.9%; D = 60-69.9%; F = below
60% |
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World History Course Overview |
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The ninth grade social studies course provides a conceptual approach to world history and the knowledge and skills for later study in the social studies. Students examine patterns of change and continuity across time and space. This course will focus on the first half of the 2Oth century and examine the relationship of world history to current events. |
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Course Goals :
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World History |
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Understand the causes, characteristics and impact of imperialism and colonialism in the 2Oth century from a political, economic and social perspective. |
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Understand the causes, characteristics and impact of the Russian, Cuban and Chinese Revolutions from political, economic and social perspectives. |
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Understand the causes, characteristics and impact of Nazism and the Holocaust from a political, social and economic perspective. |
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Interpret and represent the chronology of significant events and developments in world history. |
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Identify and explain patterns of change and continuity in world history. |
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Geography |
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Use, interpret and construct geographic representations to analyze information, explain spatial relationships and compare places. |
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Locate and identify places, regions and geographic features that have played prominent roles in historical or contemporary issues and events. |
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Analyze changes in the physical and human characteristics of places and regions. |
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Analyze the effects of technology, migration and urbanization on places and regions. |
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Analyze human modifications of the physical environment, the global impact of human actions and the consequences for human activity. |
Economics |
| Understand how the economic theories of capitalism, socialism and communism influenced political choices in the 20th century. |
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Civics and Government |
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Understand the purposes and functions of the United Nations and other international organizations. |
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Understand how nations interact through major international organizations. |
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Understand how the economic theories of capitalism, socialism and communism influenced political choices in the 20th century. |
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Culture |
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Understand the nature and characteristics of culture and its influence on human behavior. |
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Understand the impact and consequences of ethnocentrism on world history. |
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Textbook: Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction published by McDougal1 Littell |
Units of Study
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