SEPTEMBER
Get ready for a year of the wonderfully exciting orchestra we call "Mankind's HIstory"!
We will listen to the melody of human advancement and play the harmony of early history to modern days.
It's unfinished. Because we are not finished.
You make history every day - you observe history every moment - as long as mankind exists, we will continue the symphony. Together we will observe and analyze the advancement and progress of human beings, as well as errors in judgement - but we will learn from these events of jubilation...and defeat.
So...here we go. One, two, three...cue the music!
This blogspot will be updated monthly!
(unless told otherwise)
Your weekly reading assignments will go along with what we will discuss in class. They are all online and will also be available on the school network.
The files are password protected for copyright reasons - the password will be provided in class (and only in person). Please do not share the password online or via email, texting, etc. - just face to face.
READING QUESTIONS will be passed out each week and will be due at the beginning of class EACH MONDAY. The reading assignments go until February; afterwards you will have other assignments, so I don't want to overload you!
The assignments and their due dates are listed below, if you wish to work ahead...
SEPTEMBER
12 - Chapter 1 - Origins
• QUESTIONS - Chapter 1
19 - Chapter 2 - River Valley Civilizations
• QUESTIONS - Chapter 2
26 - Chapter 3 - Migrations
• QUESTIONS - Chapter 3
OCTOBER
3 - Chapter 4 - Empires
• QUESTIONS - Chapter 4
10 - Chapter 5 - Greece
• QUESTIONS - Chapter 5
17 - Chapter 6 - Rome and Christianity
• QUESTIONS - Chapter 6
24 - Chapter 7 - India and China
• QUESTIONS - Chapter 7
30 - Chapter 8 - African Civilizations
• QUESTIONS - Chapter 8
NOVEMBER
7 - Chapter 9 - The Americas
14 - Chapter 10 - Islam
28 - Chapter 11 - Byzantium, Russia and Turkey
DECEMBER
5 - Chapter 12 - East Asia
12 - Chapter 13 - Middle Ages
JANUARY
2 - Chapter 14 - Western Europe
9 - Chapter 15 - African Empires
17 - Chapter 16 - American Empires
23 - Chapter 17 - The Renaissance and Reformation
30 - Chapter 18 - Islam Expands
FEBRUARY
6 - Chapter 19 - Age of Exploration
GLOSSARY!
READING QUESTIONS will be updated and posted monthly.
As apart of your reading you will also have VOCABULARY definitions. You can find those definitions in the reading.....OR....here is a GLOSSARY link for all the terms found in your reading.
Your welcome!
EWWW!!! We don't have to learn a bunch of old dates, do we????
Alas....yes. But only 85 - and we will learn them as the year goes along. You will be expected to know all of them by the end of the year.
I know, I know....I hate dates too. But they really do help you establish some relationships with other events in history....and more importantly - where YOU fit in all this!
Here is the date list you will be required to learn.
We will also be participating in
You will be working on projects on ANY historical subject, within the confines of this year's theme and the timeframe of the class - early cultures to the Fall of Constantinople (1453 AD).
This year's theme is:
TAKING A STAND IN HISTORY
We will work on NHD each Thursday until the regional competition on Saturday, March 11.
We will hold the competition at STEM like last year!
More details will follow!
And we will talk more on the first Thursday about the project.
