Welcome to high school and Ancient World History! By the end of the year you will be able to: 1. Describe features of the world's physical and natural environment, and explain how the environment has affected and been affected by historical developments. 2. Explain large-scale and long-term historical developments of regional, interregional, and global scope. 3. Analyze ways in which human groups have come into contact and interacted with one another, including systems of communication, migration, commercial exchange, conquest, and cultural diffusion. 4. Assess the significance of key turning points in world history. 5. Describe the development and explain the significance of distinctive forms of political, social, and economic organization. 6. Identify major discoveries, inventions, and scientific achievements, and assess their impact on society. 7. Identify achievements in art, architecture, literature, and philosophy, and assess their impact on society. 8. Explain ideals, practices, and historical developments of major belief systems. 9. Identify challenges that humans have faced in the ecological, economic, political, and other spheres of life, and explain how they have responded to those challenges. 10. Reflect upon choices humans have made in the past and consider how choices made today may affect the future.1 This is will be a challenging and fast paced introductory class to the history of mankind. You will be expected to analyze and draw your own conclusions about the material covered in class. Critical thinking, memorization and being able to clearly and firmly express your ideas through oral and/or written format will be expected on a daily basis. The course will follow a chronological path but some topics or issues will bridge and overlap chronological period for their political, economic, and social perspective. Remember, it is up to you, the student to take responsibility for your success. You must be proactive and ask for help when you need it. Good luck! I look forward to the year we will be spending together exploring history! Course Material World History For Us All (online source) Ideas that Changed the World, DK Publishing History of World Civilizations to 1500, McGraw Hill Course Supplies Notebook Binder for organizing pen/pencils markers, ruler, scissors (on occasion) Grades A+ 97-100 A 93-96 A- 90-92 B+ 87-89 B 83-86 B- 80-82 C+ 77-79 C 73-76 C- 70-72 D+ 67-69 D 63-66 D- 60-62 F 50 or below General Course Announcements You will have a daily grade that will either be: participation in class discussion/activities, question of the day submissions, or homework that is due. No late work will be accepted, with the exception of absences (it is your job to turn in or make up if absent on the day you get back). NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE. Quizzes will be dispersed throughout the units. Quizzes are to help track your learning of the units, give feedback and are a great resources for tests. Expect a quiz every two to three weeks. Advice: Keep your quizzes to study for tests and finals. You will have one final test at the end of each unit. These are designed to measure your complete understanding of the unit we studied in class. You should expect at least one project and one essay per quarter (four a year). Course Study Semester 1: Unit 1: Human Beings Language: What Difference does it make? Unit 2: Farming and Emergence of Complex Societies Farmers around the World River Valleys and Development of Complex Societies in Afroeurasia Migration and Militarism across Afroeurasia Early Complex Societies in the Americas Unit 3: Expanding Networks of Exchange and Encounter From the Mediterranean to India: Patterns of Power and Trade Emergence of Complex Societies in East Asia Migration and Change in Africa South of the Sahara Semester 2: An Age of Greek and Persian Power Giant Empires of Afroeurasia Empires and City-States of the Americas Unit 4: Patterns of Interregional Unity Centuries of Upheaval in Afroeurasia Afroeurasia and the rise of Islam Consolidation of Trans-Hemispheric Networks Mongol Empire Builders: Fiends from Hell or Culture Brokers? Calamities and Recoveries 1http://worldhistoryforusall.sdsu.edu/shared/objectives.php |
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