Global Studies 10 Ms. Lee

Course Syllabus – September 2007

Textbook:

Beck, R.B., Black, L., Krieger, L.S., Naylor, P.C., & Shabaka, D.I. World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL: McDougal Little, 2005.

Course Objectives:

• To study major themes and events throughout Global History from 1760 to the present
• To develop analytical and critical thinking skills to better interpret history
• To reinforce study skills and the importance of student ownership of work and study

• To encourage consistent in and out of class readings as per course requirements
• To become a proficient reader of primary source documents
• To prepare for the New York State Regents Examination in June 2008
• To create a greater awareness of the interconnectedness of the world

Reading Requirements:

• Daily reading assignments from either the textbook, supplemental handouts, primary sources, and/or documents

Other Requirements

• Reading of Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe
• 3^rd Quarter historical research paper (details to follow!)

Supplies:

You may use either a spiral-bound notebook and folder or a 3-ring binder system

• If you use a notebook, make sure the pages have perforations so they can be torn out neatly when assignments are collected. Keep a Global History folder in addition to your notebook so that you can store handouts (there will be a lot of them!). Always bring this folder to class. At the end of each unit (about once a month), you may empty the folder’s contents into a folder that you keep at home.
• If you use a binder, keep one large binder at home and one thin one that you will bring to school every day. After each unit, you may empty out your school binder and place that unit’s papers into your home binder.
• A surprise supply check will take place after the first week of school, so be prepared!
• PLEASE KEEP A SEPARATE NOTEBOOK/BINDER JUST FOR SOCIAL STUDIES!
• Also have a supply of pens, pencils, highlighters, markers, and hole-puncher (if using binder)

Student Responsibilities and Classroom Rules:

• Absence
• If you are absent, it is your responsibility to make up any missing work including notes. Homework that was due that day, and/or any missed quizzes/tests
• You have one week to show me any of the work that you missed
• Any work not completed in the allotted time will receive a zero
• CUTTING CLASS IS NOT CONSIDERED AN ABSENCE. THEREFORE, IF A LEGAL EXCUSED ABSENCE IS NOT SHOWN, I WILL NOT ACCEPT MISSING WORK.
• Lateness
• Arriving late to class is a disruption to class activities and affects your ability to participate. Please be on time to class!
• If you are late, bring a pass and enter the class quietly.

• Cheating
• The MHS Cheating Policy states: “Cheating is defined as representing someone else’s work for your own. This includes but is not limited to test answers, research papers, standardized exams, creative, projects, homework and lab assignments.”
• Plagiarism is considered cheating.
• Any type of cheating will result in a zero for the assignment and a phone call home; these policies will be strictly enforced.

• Cell Phones, Pagers, and Bathroom Privileges
• Cell phones and beepers must be turned off at the beginning of class. If a cell phone or pager goes off or vibrates in class, your homework for that day will not count!! If no homework was assigned, you will lose credit for the prior day’s assignment.
• If the problem persists, I will hold onto your phone/pager and your parents will need to pick it up.
• No text messaging.
• If you need to use the bathroom, just raise your hand and ask.

• Extra Help
• Extra help is offered before school, during lunch, during my free periods:__________, and after school from 2:50-3:30. Please let me know in advance if you will be coming.
• I look favorably upon students who seek out help, so please take me up on my offer!

Grades:

• Quarterly Grades are based upon: tests, quizzes, writing assignments/essays, homework, and class participation
• Participation
• Participation in class will count for at least 10% of your grade.
• Homework Points
• Each homework assignment will be worth a certain amount of points, typically between 2 points for smaller assignments and 10 points for more involved assignments.
• The number of points you receive for each homework assignment depends on the extent to which you followed the directions and on how thorough, accurate, and neat it is.
• Your midterm exam in January counts for 20% of your second quarter grade.
• The NYS Regents exam will not count in your final grade for the course.
• You will be graded on a point system (see Calculating Your Grade, next page)

Calculating Your Grade

Your grade is calculated on a point system. The total number of points for each marking period will vary depending on the nature of our quarterly work. The process, however, is always the same. You will be graded on tests, quizzes, homework assignments, essays, projects, and class participation.

Each homework assignment is worth a certain amount of points, depending on its length, involvement, and/or difficulty (typically, this amounts to anywhere between two and ten points per assignment). Homework points will be tallied and added to all the other points you earn through tests, projects, participation, etc. That final number will then be divided by the total number of points that were possible to attain for that quarter. This number will be multiplied by 100 in order to calculate your quarterly grade.

For example:

Student A

160/200 tests/quizzes

60/60 homework

30/30 participation

160 + 60 + 30 = 250

250/290 = .8621

.86 X 100 = 86%

Student B

160/200 tests/quizzes

40/60 homework

20/30 participation

160 + 40 + 20 = 220

220/290 = .7586

. 76 X 100 = 76%

You will notice that both students had the same test/quiz score. The 10-point difference in their quarterly grade was a result of different grades for homework and for participation!

Course Outline

1^st marking period

1. Introductions: Global Events and Primary Sources

2. The Enlightenment

q Relationship to the Renaissance and Scientific Revolution

q Enlightenment Philosophers

q Impact on Governments in Europe

3. Revolutions

q Causes of the French Revolution

q Impact of the French Revolution on Europe

q Latin American Independence Movements

q German and/or Italian Unification

2^nd marking period

4. The Industrial Revolution

q Causes and Effects of the Revolution

q Economic Philosophies – capitalism, socialism and communism

q The Irish Potato Famine

5. Imperialism

q Causes of Imperialism

q Imperialism in Africa

o Case Study – read Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

q Imperialism in China

q Imperialism in India

q Japan as the exception

6. World War I:

q Cause of World War I

q Impact of World War I

q The Treaty of Versailles

q The Armenian Genocide

MID-TERM

3^rd marking period

7. The Russian Revolution

q Introduction of the Research Paper

q Causes of the Revolution

q Impact of the Revolution

8. The Interwar Period

q Weimar Republic

q Italian Fascism

q The Nazi Party

9. World War II

q Europe

q The Pacific

q Impact of the War

4^th marking period

10. The Cold War

q Causes of the Cold War

q Events of the Cold War: Korean War, Vietnam War, Cuban Missile Crisis, etc.

q Impacts of the Cold War

11. Developing Nations around the World

q Independence in India

q Middle East

q Apartheid in South Africa

q Latin America

12. Tying Up Loose Ends

q Current Events

q Regents Review

I have read and completely understand all of the objectives and requirements for Global History 10.

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