WORLD HISTORY
WEEK
LECTURE
ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS
NOTES, ETC.
WEEK ONE

Geography and Chapter 1: Toward Civilization

- Old Stone Age

- New Stone Age

-The Rise of Civilization

- Early Spiritual Beliefs

"What Do You Know?"

pg. 10 #2,5 & Activity

pg. 14 #3-5 & pg. 19 #2,3

 

Vocabulary - prehistory, culture, artifact, technology, nomad, glacier, civilization, polytheistic, pictograms

Geography and Chapter 1 Quiz on Tuesday
WEEK TWO

Chapter 2: First Civilizations in Africa and Asia

- Ancient Egypt

- Mesopotamia

- Hammurabi's Code

- The Roots of Judaism

pg. 27 #1c,d,e,3-5

"Death" Assignment

Workbook 2.4 pg. 17

Chapter 2 Chart Summary

Vocabulary - scribe, surplus, pharoah, dynasty, decipher, mummification, hieroglyphics, hierarchy, cuneiform, tolerance, codify, colony, alphabet, monotheistic, patriarchal, sabbath, prophet, ethics

 

"Death" Assignment is to be placed in section 3 of your journal.
WEEK THREE

Chapter 3: Early Civilizations in India and China

- Cities of the Indus Valley

- Aryan Civilization

- Early Civilization in China

Chapter 4: Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism

pg. 54 #1-5

pg. 58 #3,5 and pg. 65 #5,7

Unit 1 Study Guide

Worksheet 4.1

Vocabulary - plateau, monsoon, caste, mystic, rajah, loess, clan, oracle bone, calligraphy, reincarnation, karma, sect, philosophy

Unit 1 Test on Thursday

3.2-3.3 Notes

WEEK FOUR

Chapter 4: Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism

Chapter 5:  Ancient Greece

- Early People of the Aegean

- The Rise of Greek City-States

- Victory and Defeat in the Greek World

Worksheet 4.4

pg. 92 #3,5,6

pg. 104 #4,5,7

5.1 Worksheet

5.2 Worksheet

pg. 124 "Chapter Summary"

The Battle of Thermopylae Video Worksheet

Vocabulary - shrine, fresco, strait, democracy, tyrant, alliance, stipend, jury, logic, tragedy, comedy

 
WEEK FIVE

Chapter 6: Ancient Rome

- The Roman World Takes Shape

- Birth of the Roman Empire

- The Roman Achievement

- Rise of Christianity

- The Fall of Rome

6.1 Worksheet

Vocabulary - assassination, dictator, veto, legion, province, census

Chapter 4 and 5 Quiz on Thursday
WEEK SIX

Chapter 6: Ancient Rome

- The Roman Achievement

- The Rise of Christianity

- The Fall of Rome

Chapter 7: Civilizations of the Americas

- Civilizations of Middle America

- World of the Incas

- Peoples of North America

6.5 Worksheet

Chapter 6 Timeline

Greek and Roman Mythology Assignment

7.1 Worksheet

7.2 Worksheet

 

Vocabulary - mosaic, engineering, messiah, martyr, pope, heresy, inflation, mercenaryglobal warming, plains, tribute, glyph, alloy

 

Unit 2 Test on Wednesday 10/6

6.4 Notes

7.3 Notes

WEEK SEVEN

Chapter 8: The Rise of Europe

- The Early Middle Ages

- Feudalism and the Manor

- The Medieval Church

- Economic Expansion and Change

Chapter 9: The High Middle Ages

- The Crusades

- The Growth of Power in France and England

- Arts and Entertainment

- The Hundred Year's War and the Black Death

pg. 185 #1abc,2c,3,4,5,7

*8.2-8.3 WS

*WS 8.4 and "Test"

*pg. 211 #3,4,5,7 and *pg. 214 #4,5,7

*Crusades "flyer"

*Crusades Research Summary

Vocabulary - medieval, frontier, curriculum, knight, tournament, troubadour, charter, capital, partnership, guild, middle class, apprentice, bill of exchange, jury, annul, crusade, schism, levy, religious toleration, vernacular, epic, flying buttress, illumination, epidemic, inflation, longbow

 

WEEK EIGHT

Chapter 9: The High Middle Ages

- The Crusades

- The Growth of Power in France and England

- Arts and Entertainment

- The Hundred Year's War and the Black Death

 

pg. 229 #1aef,3-7

Extra Credit Assignment: History and Sports

Journal Checks this week!
WEEK NINE

Chapter 10: The Byzantine Empire, Russia, and Eastern Europe

Chapter 11: Islam and the Muslim World

-Rise of Islam

-Islam Spreads

- Golden Age of Muslim Civilization

- Ottoman and Safavid Empires

 

 

pg. 239 #3,4,8 and pg. 243 #3,4,6

pg. 247 #1c,3,4, 5, 6a

pg. 260 #1a,c, 4, 5, 7 and pg. 266 #3-6a

Worksheet 11.1

Hajj Worksheet

Vocabulary - icon, steppe, boyar, czar, oasis, monotheistic, jihad, hajj, caliph, minaret, sultan, arabesque, calligraphy

Hajj Video Worksheet

 

 

 

Hajj: The Journey to Mecca

 

WEEK TEN

Chapter 12: Early Kingdoms of Africa

 

Vocabulary - oba, savanna, outpost

Mid-term Week

WEEK ELEVEN

Chapter 13: The Spread of Civilizations in East Asia

- The Mongol and Ming Empires

- The Emergence of Japan

- Japan's Feudal Age

Chapter 13.4 Worksheet(crossword puzzle)

13.4 Crossword Puzzle

"The Samurai Sword" Video Worksheet

 

Vocabulary - usurp, pagoda, archipelago, tsunami, selective borrowing, shogun, samurai, bushido, kabuki, haiku, bunraku

 

13.4 Notes
WEEK TWELVE

Chapter 14: The Renaissance and Reformation

- The Reniassance in Italy

- The Renaissance Moves North

- The Protestant Reformation

- Reformation Ideas Spread

 

14.2 Assignment

14.3 WS

14.4 WS

 

Vocabulary - engraving, utopian, indulgence, recant, predestination, ghetto, compromise, scapegoat

 
WEEK THIRTEEN

Chapter 15 and 16: The Age of Exploration

- The Search for Spices

- European Footholds in Southeast Asia

 

 

Vocabulary - scurvy, astrolabe, cartographer, caravel, circumnavigate, outpost, conquistador, immunity, alliance, civil war
WEEK FOURTEEN

Chapter 15 and 16:

- Conquest in the Americas

- Spanish Colonies in the Americas

- Struggle for North America

"Pirate Quote"

Jolly Roger Assignment

13-16 Study Guide

Vocabulary - missionary, monopoly, inflation, entrepreneur

Chapter 13-16 Test on 11/25

Writing Prompt #2 on Monday

WEEK FIFTEEN

Chapter 17: The Age of Absolutism

- France Under Louis XIV

- Triumph of Parliament in England

Chapter 18: The Enlightenment and the American Revolution

- Philosophy in the Age of Reason

- Britain at Mid-Century

- Birth of the American Republic

Writing Prompt #2: The Protestant Reformation

Vocabulary Cards

Worksheet 17.2

Worksheet 17.3

"A Day in the Life of the Sun King"

Worksheet 18.1 and 18.4

Chapter 18 Test Review

Vocabulary - intendant, balance of power, armada, balance of power, censorship, salon, baroque

17.2 Notes

"A Day with the Sun King"

PDF

WEEK SIXTEEN

Chapter 19: The French Revolution

- On the Eve of Revolution

- Creating a New France

- Radical Days

- The Age of Napoleon Begins

- The End of an Era

pg. 472 #4,6    pg. 477 #3,5     pg. 483 #6,7

pg. 487 #1c,3,5  pg. 493 #3-6

17-19 Test Review

vocabulary - faction, nationalism, suffrage, annex, blockade, guerilla warfare, abdicated

17-19 Test on 12/10
WEEK SEVENTEEN      
WEEK EIGHTEEN      
       
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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