Course Syllabus For
Modern World History A/B (College Prep)
Instructor's Name: Mr. Curtis Greeley
Phone Number: 937-2051 ext. 2604
E-mail address: [email protected]
Website: http://www.smjuhsd.k12.ca.us/~cgreeley/
COURSE MATERIALS:
¾ Modern World History, Patterns of Interaction (text)
¾ 100-page spiral notebook (used for History only!)
¾ Black or blue pen and pencil
¾ Colored highlighters or pencils
¾ 1 glue stick (very important!)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Students in grade ten study major turning points that shaped the modern world, from the late
eighteenth century through the present, including the cause and the course of the two world wars.
They trace the rise of democratic ideas and develop an understanding of the historical roots of current
world issues, especially as they pertain to international relations. They extrapolate from the American
experience that democratic ideals are often achieved at a high price, remain vulnerable, and are not
practiced everywhere in the world. This curriculum is based on standards developed by the California
Department of Education.
GRADING POLICIES:
Grades are assigned by converting the traditional grade scales as commonly accepted to a 4-0 scale.
For example, 90 to 100% = A = 4, 80 to 89% = B = 3, etc. Homework assignments, in-class
assignments, projects, quizzes, exams, attendance, and class participation will be the basis for the final
grade.
Grades are weighted and established on the following basis:
Tests and Quizzes 40%
Papers 15%
Projects and Presentations 15%
Homework 30%
* These percentages are approximations and may be modified by the instructor without notice.
STANDARDS
Passing this class with a grade of D does not equate with standards proficiency. Standards proficiency
is evaluated through a set of performance assessments that measures a student’s skill level, standard
by standard. Students must work towards mastering these skills in this class and demonstrate
acceptable progress towards these goals.
Mr. Greeley
Course Syllabus - Modern World History A/B
2008-2009 Academic Year
CHEATING POLICY:
Any type of cheating or academic dishonesty during the course of this class is unacceptable. The
accepted definition of academic dishonesty can be found at
http://www.northwestern.edu/uacc/defines.html to include:
“Obtaining an Unfair Advantage”: (a) stealing, reproducing, circulating or otherwise gaining
access to examination materials prior to the time authorized by the instructor; (b) stealing,
destroying, defacing or concealing library materials with the purpose of depriving others of their
use; (c) unauthorized collaborating on an academic assignment (d) retaining, possessing, using
or circulating previously given examination materials, where those materials clearly indicate that
they are to be returned to the instructor at the conclusion of the examination; (e) intentionally
obstructing or interfering with another student's academic work, or (f) otherwise undertaking
activity with the purpose of creating or obtaining an unfair academic advantage over other
students' academic work.
A first occurrence will cause the student to receive a double zero for that particular assignment. A
second occurrence will result in a referral to an Assistant Principal for further disciplinary action to
include removal from the class.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
This class will require that each student be responsible for keeping their notebook up to date, complete
reading in accordance with the assignments, turn in all assignments on time, participate in class by
contributing to discussions and asking questions for clarification.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE UPDATED ON OUR WEBSITE AT LEAST THREE
TIMES A WEEK.
CLASSROOM GUIDELINES/RULES:
¾ Respect the ideas and feelings of others, me, yourself, and school property. To display RESPECT is
to show you care for or show consideration for a person or thing. Treat people with DIGNITY.
¾ Come to class on time and be prepared with all the required materials. Listen attentively and follow
the teacher's directions the first time. Begin working immediately upon entering class.
¾ Do not disrupt the learning process by: talking, eating, playing, fighting, putting on make-up, using
electronic devices, etc. All electronic devices (cell phones, mp3 players, etc.) used in class
disrupt the learning process and the offending device will be confiscated. After the first
offense it will be turned into the office and a parent may pick it up at the end of the school day.
After the second offense, the student will not get it back until the end of the semester.
¾ Late assignments are not accepted. If you are absent, assignments are due when you return.
Major assignments (100 points or more) will be accepted late with points deducted (10% per day
late). The lowest exam grade and the lowest paper grade will be dropped each semester for each
student to allow for a missed class.
SCHOOL RULES:
¾ Attendance/Tardy Policy - see Student Parent Handbook.
¾ Major Discipline - see Student Parent handbook.
Mr. Greeley
Course Syllabus - Modern World History A/B
2008-2009 Academic Year
Spring Semester
Standard 10.6: Effects of the First World War
WEEK 16
PowerPoint Notes:
Reading Assignment:
Graphic Organizer:
Video:
The Russian Revolution
Chapter 14 – Section 1
Revolutions in Russia
The Last Tsars (NG)
WEEK 17
Exercise:
Reading Assignment:
Simulation:
Video:
Cluster 3 (7 of 14 questions) 23% - 15 Days of Instruction
Chapter 14 – Section 2
Rock, Scissors, Paper: Understanding Marxist Theory
(TCI)
Animal Farm
WEEK 19,
Video:
Graphic Organizer:
Exercise:
Millennium – The Century of the Globe (Episode 10)
Patterns of Change: Totalitarianism
Investigating Perspectives on Soviet Daily Life (TCI – 2
Days)
WEEK 20
Video:
Activity:
To Live
Illustrating World History
WEEK 21
PowerPoint Notes:
Reading Assignment:
Graphic Organizers:
The Age of Anxiety – 3 Days
Chapter 15 – Sections 1 & 2
An Age of Uncertainty, A Global Depression
WEEK 22
Power Point Notes:
Video:
Exam:
World Wide Depression
The Great War (Russian Famine, Soliders’ Exp., Post)
Standard 10.6, Chapter 15
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WEEK 23
Reading Assignment:
Graphic Organizers:
Power Point Notes:
Assessment:
WEEK 24
Activity/Simulation:
Response Group:
Video:
Essay:
WEEK 25
Response Group:
Standard 10.7: The rise of totalitarian governments
after WWI Cluster 4 (6 of 13 questions) 22% - 13 Days of
Instruction
Chapter 15 – Section 3 & 4
Fascism Rises in Europe, Aggressors on the March
The Rise of Fascism
Notebook Check #1
Weimar Germany & the Rise of Hitler (4 Days)
Predicting European Responses to Aggression – (TCI –
Day 1)
Fascism
Comparing Fascism, Nazism, & Communism
Standard 10.8: Causes and consequences of the
Second World War Cluster 4 (7 of 12 questions) 23% - 15
Days of Instruction
PowerPoint Notes:
Reading Assignment:
Graphic Organizer:
Video:
Predicting European Responses to Aggression (TCI –
Day 2)
Pre-WWII, The European Theater – 2 Days
Chapter 16, Section 1
Hitler’s Lightening War
Cold War (Comrades)
WEEK 26
PowerPoint Notes:
Video:
Reading Assignment:
Graphic Organizer:
Pre-WWII, The Japanese Theater – 2 Days
Legacy of Pearl Harbor (Nat’l Geographic)
Chapter 16, Section 2
Japan Strikes in the Pacific
WEEK 27
Activity:
Video:
Reading Assignment:
Graphic Organizer:
Comparative Genocides (Best Practices – 2 Days)
CNN World History – Holocaust Resistance
Chapter 16, Section 3
The Holocaust
WEEK 28
Exercise:
PowerPoint Notes:
Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust (TCI) - Brief
The European Theater
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WEEK 29
PowerPoint Notes:
Exercise:
PowerPoint Notes:
Activity:
WEEK 30
Video:
Assign:
Lecture:
Review:
Exam:
WEEK 31
World War II - Europe
Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust (TCI)
The End of the War - Pacific
Jewish Resistance to the Holocaust (TCI) –
presentations
Tak for Alt (2 Days)
Confronting Holocaust Deniers
The Devastation of Europe & Japan
Cooperative Groups w/ Study Guide
Standard 10.8
10.9 International developments in the postwar
world Cluster 5 (8 of 10 questions) 16.5% - 15 Days of
Instruction
Video:
PowerPoint Notes:
Reading Assignment:
Graphic Organizer:
Video:
The Butter Battle War
The Cold War – 3 Days
Chapter 17 – Section 1
Two Superpowers Face Off
Cold War – Episode 2, Iron Curtail 1945-1947
WEEK 32
Exercise:
Video:
Performance Assessment:
Exploring Events of the Cold War in Europe (TCI) – 3 Days
Cold War – Episode 3, Marshall Plan 1947-1952
Cold War Newspaper
WEEK 33
Exercise:
Video:
Review:
Video
Performance Assessment:
Interpreting Underground Soviet Art (TCI)
Fog of War
State Assessment
Cold War – Episode 3, Berlin 1948-1949
CWN Due
WEEK 34
Reading Assignments:
Graphic Organizers:
Chapter 14 – Sections 3 & 4
Collapse of Chinese Imperial Rule, Nationalism in India
and Southwest Asia
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Activity:
Reading Assignment:
Video:
Graphic Organizer:
Exercise:
WEEK 35
Video:
Reading Assignment:
Video:
Reading Assignment:
Graphic Organizer:
Assessment:
WEEK 36
Video:
Simulation:
Video:
Exercise:
Exam:
WEEK 37
Simulation:
Response Group:
Exercise:
WEEK 38
Review:
Exam:
Student Slide Lecture – Communist Rule in China
Chapter 17 – Section 2
Cold War – Episode 15, China 1949-1972
Communists Triumph in China
Liu Ling: Writing Journals About Life in a Chinese
Village
Cold War – Episode 5, Korea
Chapter 17 – Sections 3 & 4
Cold War – Episode 11, Vietnam
Chapter 17 – Section 5
The Cold War Thaws
Document-Based Question (Essay)
Cold War – Episode 23, The Wall Comes Down
The Unraveling of the Soviet Economy (TCI)
Cold War – Episode 24, Conclusions
Independence Movements: A Photographic Exhibit
(TCI)
Standard 10.9, Chapter 17
10.9 International developments in the postwar
world Cluster 5 (1 of 10 questions) 16.5%
Jews and Palestinians: Two Claims to Palestine (TCI)
United Nations Responses to the Arab-Israeli Conflict
(TCI)
Attending a Conference on the Israeli-Palestinian
Conflict (TCI)
Final Study Guide
Final
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Topic and Assignment Outline
WEEK 1, Fall Semester
Introduction:
Standard 10.1: Greece, Rome & Judeo-Christian
Tradition Cluster 1 (5 of 13 questions) 22% - 13 Days of
Instruction
Common Formative Assessment:
Workshop:
Assessment:
Simulation:
Video Clip:
Graphic Organizer:
Reading Assignment:
Syllabus, Textbooks (with reading techniques), Policies
and Procedures, 3 x 5 cards with personal information
Unit 1: Standards 10.1 & 10.2, pre-test
Reading for Comprehension
Pre-test, administer final
Tracing the Development of Democracy (TCI – 2 days)
Democracy in Greece
The Legacy of Greece and Rome
Prologue – Section 1
WEEK 2
Activity:
Exercise:
Workshop:
Performance Assessment:
Graphic Organizer:
Reading Assignment:
Understanding the Fall of Rome (TCI – 2 Days)
Roman Legacies, Writing a Roman Eulogy (TCI – 2 Days)
The Five-Paragraph Essay
Roman Eulogy – Due
Judeo-Christian Tradition
Prologue – Section 2
WEEK 3
Activity:
Exercise:
Reading Assignment:
Activity:
Assessment:
Comparing Justinian’s Code to CA Penal Code
Understanding Christianity, Islam & Judaism (TCI)
Prologue – Section 3
Making Murals of World History
Quiz – Standard 10.1
WEEK 4
Exercise:
Exercise:
Reading Assignment:
Video:
Reading Assignment:
Graphic Organizer:
Standard 10.2: Compare and contrast the Glorious
Revolution of England, the American Revolution and the
French Revolution and their effect
Cluster 1 (8 of 13 questions) 22% - 21 Days of Instruction
Forming A Perfect Government (TCI)
Ideal Government Debate (TCI) – 2 Workdays & Debate
Prologue – Section 4
Millennium – Century of the Telescope (Episode 7)
Chapter 6 – Section 2
The Enlightenment in Europe
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WEEK 5
Video:
Reading Assignment:
PowerPoint Notes:
PowerPoint:
Graphic Organizer:
Simulation:
Graphic Organizer:
Reading Assignment:
Graphic Organizer:
Activity:
WEEK 6
Simulation:
Reading Assignment:
Video:
Graphic Organizers:
The Last Royals
Chapter 6 - Sections 3 & 4
The Enlightenment
The Fever Model of a Revolution
Charting the Anatomy of the American Revolution
Experiencing the French Revolution (TCI – 2 Days)
Charting the Anatomy of the French Revolution
Chapter 7 – Section 1
Revolution Threatens the French King
Foldable – Comparing Five Political Documents
Video:
Activity:
Video:
Assessment:
PowerPoint Notes:
Exam:
Performance Assessment:
Assessment:
Common Formative Assessment:
Experiencing the French Revolution (TCI – 1 Day)
Chapter 7 – Sections 2, 3 & 4
Millennium: Century of the Furnace (Episode 8)
Revolution Bring Reform and Terror, Napoleon Forges An
Empire, Napoleon’s Empire Collapses
The French Revolution
Comparing Three Political Revolutions
Napoleon (Biography)
Notebook Check #1
Congress of Vienna – Return to Conservativism
Standard 10.2, Chapters 6 & 7
Revolutionary Letter
DBQ, Causes of the French Revolution
Unit 1: Standards 10.1 & 10.2, post-test
WEEK 7
Standard 10.3: Effects of the Industrial Revolution
Common Formative Assessment:
Video:
PowerPoint Notes:
Reading Assignments:
Graphic Organizer:
Unit 2: Standards 10.3 & 10.4, pre-test
The Factory & the Market Place Revolution (Burke)
Industrialization – 3 Days
Chapter 9 – Sections 1 & 2
The Beginnings of Industrialization, Industrialization
(Case Study)
Mill Times (PBS)
Cause & Effect Posters (in-class)
Effects of Industrialization Editorial
Video:
Exercise:
Performance Assessment:
Cluster 2 (7 of 10 questions) 16.5% - 18 Days of Instruction
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WEEK 8
Exercise:
Reading Assignments:
Graphic Organizers:
Video:
Exploring Effects of the Industrial Revolution (TCI) – 2
Days
Chapter 9 – Sections 3 & 4
Industrialization Spreads, An Age of Reform
Millennium, The Century of the Machine (Episode 9)
WEEK 9
Activity:
Activity:
Exam:
Assessment:
Wrap Up – Investigating Effects of I.R.
Look Book – Comparing Effects of the I.R.
Standard 10.3, Chapter 9
Document-Based Question (Essay)
WEEK 10
Simulation:
Reading Assignments:
Graphic Organizers:
Exercise:
Video:
WEEK 11
Response Group:
Reading Assignments:
Activity:
Graphic Organizers:
Exam:
Assessment:
Common Formative Assessment:
WEEK 12
Video Clip:
PowerPoint Notes:
Simulation:
Standard 10.4: Global change in the era of New
Imperialism Standard 10.3: Effects of the Industrial
Revolution Cluster 2 (3 of 10 questions) 16.5% - 8 Days of
Instruction
Scramble for Africa (TCI)
Chapter 11 – Sections 1, 2, & 3
Imperialists Divide Africa, Patterns of Change:
Imperialism, Muslim Lands Fall to Imperialist Demands
The Quest for Empire: Analyzing European Motives
(TCI – 2 Days)
End of Empires
Facing Colonialism (TCI)
Chapter 11 – Sections 4 &
Interpreting Political Cartoons
British Imperialism in India, Western Powers Rule
Southeast Asia
Standard 10.4, Chapter 11
Notebook Check #2
Unit 2: Standards 10.3 & 10.4, post-test
Standard 10.5: Causes and course of the First World
War Cluster 3 (7 of 14 questions) 23% - 17 Days of Instruction
World War I Ignites (ABC News)
The Great War – 3 Days
Trench Warfare (TCI)
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Reading Assignments:
Video:
Graphic Organizers:
WEEK 13
Video:
Performance Assessment:
Reading Assignments:
Graphic Organizers:
WEEK 14
Performance Assessment:
Chapter 13 – Sections 1 & 2
Letters Home from the Trenches
The Stage is Set for War, War Consumes Europe
World War I in Color
WebQuest – The July Crisis: Can You Stop the Great
War? (SCORE)
Chapter 13 – Section 3
War Affects the World
Reading Assignment:
Activity:
Graphic Organizers:
WebQuest – The July Crisis: Can You Stop the Great
War? (SCORE)
Chapter 13 – Section 4
Foldable – WWI
A Flawed Peace
WEEK 15
Assessment:
Review:
Exam:
Notebook Check #3
Midterm Study Guide
Midterm
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