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Supplies & Expectations
Supplies:• What you will need:
• Purple 2-pocket folder (provided)
• Spiral notebook (provided)
• Writing Utensil
• World History Human Legacy textbook (MUST stay in the room)
Expectations• Come to school
• Give your best effort
• Be respectful of the teacher & your peers.
• Do your work
Modern World History 1600-Present
We will explore:• Impact of democratic &
industrial revolutions
• Wars that changed empires
• Ideas that led to independence movements
• Impact of global interdependence
Skill/Strategy focus:• Historical thinking
• Analyze primary/secondary sources
• Explore multiple perspectives
• Draw conclusions
• Research
Daily Activities
Current events(10 min)• Watch CNN Student news
daily broadcast
• Complete news response sheet (due on Friday)
• Every Friday—oral report on 1 story from the week.
Skills/methods (10min)• Vocabulary
• Reading like a historian
• Primary/Secondary sources
• Political cartoons
• Support/refute a thesis
• Cause/effect of historical event
Quarter 11600-1800 Unit 1: Age of Enlightenment • Chapter 5
• Scientific revolution
• Enlightenment thinkers
• Enlightenment Ideas
1750-1914 Unit 2: Age of Revolutions• Chapters 6-9
• French Revolution
• Industrialization
• Reforms, revolutions & war
Quarter 2
1800-1914 Unit 3: Imperialism• Chapter 10 & 11
• Nationalism
• European Imperialism• Political, economic, social
• What, why, how?
• Consequences of imperialism for colonized & colonizer
1900-1945 Unit 4: Achievements & Crisis• Chapters 12 & 13
• Causes & consequences of WWI
• Oppressions & Discrimination
Quarter 31900-1945 Unit 4: Achievements & Crisis• Chapter 14
• WWII Devastation
• Holocaust
• End of the war
1945-1991 Unit 5: Cold War• Chapters 15 & excerpts from
16-18
• World Superpowers
• Treaties & agreements
• Religious diversity
• Postwar global politics & social struggles
Quarter 41991-Present Unit 6: Globalization• Chapter 19
• Breakup of Soviet Union
• Regional & Ethnic conflicts
• Political & cultural group struggles
• Economic powers & technology
• Nuclear weapons & effects
• Global population
• Environmental concerns
Test/Assessments• World History pre-test given in the first
week of school
• Semester exams will be given in December & May to access student progress
• World Hiostory post-test given at the end of the year to access student progress
• Quizzes, chapter tests, projects & other assessments performed throughout the quarter.
How to talk to Mrs. Abraham
• Email (best way to reach me)• [email protected]
• Phone• 937-964-3233 ext. 2701
• In person• Plan period = 3rd period 9:10-9:57 am
• After school Until 3:00 pm.
Bring your parent’s contact info back by 8/21 & get 5 bonus points
• Parent name: ______________________________________________
• Phone: ________________________________________________
• Email: ___________________________________________________
• Other info: __________________________________________________
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