World+History+Assignments

In this course, students examine major turning points in the shaping of the modern world, from the late eighteenth Independence to the present. The year begins with an introduction to current world issues and then continues with a focus on the expansion of the West and the growing interdependence of people and cultures throughout the world. Research projects are required and tests include essays.
 * World History One**  **(Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10)**

ASSIGNMENTS: A. To read each chapter and answer questions at the end of each chapter. B. To take a final exam constituting 20% of the final grade.

Grading Scale: 59 and below - F 60 - 69% - D  70 - 79% - C  80 - 89% - B  90 - 100% - A Text: World History, The Modern World (Pearson, Prentice Hall)

ATTENDANCE POLICY For Independence High School, completed weekly assignments equates to full attendance for the week. Missing assignments will also affect grades and the amount of credits earned.

Chapter 1 **Sources of Democratic Tradition (2000 B.C- A.D 1689)** //Assignments:// a. Terms, People, and Places b. Answer one question from each section in Main Ideas c. Answer Chapter Focus Question 6. Verbal test on related-terms.
 * __Credit One:__**
 * 1) Read Chapter 1 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 1 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “Sources of Democratic Tradition”-
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter:

//Standards: 10.1 (10.1.1, 10.1.2)//

Chapter 2 **The Enlightenment and the American Revolution (1700-1800)** //Assignments:// a. Terms, People, and Places b. Answer one question from each section in Main Ideas c. Answer Chapter Focus Question 6. Choose and complete one assignment under “Connections to Today” on page 77.
 * 1) Read Chapter 2 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 2 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “The Enlightenment and the American Revolution”-
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter:

//Standards: 10.2 (10.1.3, 10.2.1, 10.2.3)//

Chapter 3 **The French Revolution and Napoleon (1789-1815)**
 * __Credit Two:__**
 * Assignments:**

a. Terms, People, and Places Answer one question from each section in Main Ideas b. Answer Chapter Focus Question
 * 1) Read Chapter 3 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 3 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “The French Revolution and Napoleon (1789-1815)"
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter:

Chapter 4 **Revolutions in Europe and Latin America (1790-1848)** //Assignments:// > c. Answer Chapter Focus Question
 * 1) Read Chapter 4 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 4 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “Revolutions in Europe and Latin America (1790-1848)”-
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter
 * 6) a. Answer questions in Terms, People, and Places #1-6
 * 7) b. Main Ideas #7 - 10
 * 1) Answer Chapter Focus Question

Chapter 5 **The Industrial Revolution Begins (1750-1850)** //Assignments:// a. Answer questions in Terms, People, and Places #1-6 b. Main Ideas #7 - 10 c. Answer Chapter Focus Question //Standards: 10.3 (10.3.1, 10.3.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.3.5, 10.3.6)//
 * __Credit Three:__**
 * 1) Read Chapter 5 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 5 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “The Industrial Revolution Begins”-
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter:

Chapter 6 **Life in the Industrial Age (1800-1914)** //Assignments:// a. Terms, People, and Places b. Answer one question from each section in Main Ideas c. Answer Chapter Focus Question 6. Complete “Writing about History” on page 224. a. Minimum 300 words
 * 1) Read Chapter 6 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 6 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “Life in the Industrial Age”-
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter:

//Standards: 10.3 (10.3.2, 10.3.3, 10.3.4, 10.3.5, 10.3.7)//

Chapter 7 **Nationalism Triumphs in Europe (1800-1914)** //Assignments:// a. Terms, People, and Places b. Answer Main Ideas c. Answer Chapter Focus Question 6. Verbal test on related-terms.
 * __Credit Four:__**
 * 1) Read Chapter 7 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 1 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “Nationalism Triumphs in Europe”-
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter:

Chapter 8 **Growth of Western Democracies (1815-1914)** //Assignments:// a. Terms, People, and Places, b. Answer Main Ideas c. Answer Chapter Focus Question 6. Verbal test on related-terms.
 * 1) Read Chapter 8 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 1 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “Growth of Western Democracies”-
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter:

Chapter 9 **The New Imperialism (1800-1914)** //Assignments:// a. Terms, People, and Places b. Answer one question from each section in Main Ideas c. Answer Chapter Focus Question 6. Choose from chapters 1, 2, 5, 6, or 9. Complete a poster board (see rubric).
 * __Credit Five:__**
 * 1) Read Chapter 9 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 9 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “The New Imperialism”-
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter:

//Standards: 10.4 (10.4.1, 10.4.2, 10.4.3, 10.4.4)//

Chapter 10 //Assignments:// a. Terms, People, and Places b. Answer question from each section in Main Ideas c. Answer Chapter Focus Question 6. Verbal test on related-terms.
 * New Global Patterns (1800-1914)**
 * 1) Read Chapter 10 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 1 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “New Global Patterns”-
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter:


 * __FINAL__: Complete final exam.**

** World History Two ** **(Chapter 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)**

Chapter 11 **World War 1 and the Russian Revolution (1914-1924)** //Assignments:// a. Terms, People, and Places b. Answer one question from each section in Main Ideas c. Answer Chapter Focus Question 6. Complete “Writing About History” on page 384 (Cause-and-Effect Essay). a. Minimum 300 words.
 * __Credit One:__**
 * 1) Read Chapter 11 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 11 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “World War I and the Russian Revolution”-
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter:

//Standards: 10.5 (10.5.1, 10.5.2, 10.5.3, 10.5.4, 10.5.5)// //10.6 (10.6.1, 10.6.2)// //10.7 (10.7.1, 10.7.2)//

Chapter 12 **Nationalism and Revolution Around the World (1914-1924)** //Assignments:// a. Terms, People, and Places b. Answer one question from each section in Main Ideas c. Answer Chapter Focus Question 6. Verbal test on related-terms.
 * 1) Read Chapter 12 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 1 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “Nationalism and Revolution Around the World”-
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter:

Chapter 13 **The Rise of** **Totalitarianism (1919-1939)** //Assignments:// a. Terms, People, and Places b. Answer one question from each section in Main Ideas c. Answer Chapter Focus Question 6. Verbal test on related-terms.
 * __Credit Two:__**
 * 1) Read Chapter 13 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 1 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “The Rise of Totalitarianism”-
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter:

Chapter 14 **World War II and Its Aftermath (1931-1955)** //Assignments:// a. Terms, People, and Places b. Answer one question from each section in Main Ideas c. Answer Chapter Focus Question 6. Complete “Writing About History” on page 496 (Research Report). a. Minimum 300 words.
 * 1) Read Chapter 14 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 14 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “World War II and Its Aftermath”-
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter:

//Standards: 10.5 (10.5.5)// //10.7 (10.7.3)// //10.8 (10.8.1, 10.8.2, 10.8.3, 10.8.4, 10.8.5, 10.8.6)// //10.9 (10.9.1, 10.9.2, 10.9.3, 10.9.8)//

Chapter 15 **The Cold War (1945-1991)** //Assignments:// a. Terms, People, and Places b. Answer one question from each section in Main Ideas c. Answer Chapter Focus Question 6. Complete “Document-Based Assessment” on page 547 (#1-4).
 * __Credit Three:__**
 * 1) Read Chapter 15 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 15 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “The Cold War”-
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter:

//Standards: 10.9 (10.9.1, 10.9.2, 10.9. 3, 10.9.4, 10.9.5, 10.9.7)//

Chapter 16 **New Nations Emerge (1945-Present)** //Assignments:// a. Terms, People, and Places b. Answer one question from each section in Main Ideas c. Answer Chapter Focus Question 6. Verbal test on related-terms.
 * 1) Read Chapter 16 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 1 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “New Nations Emerge”-
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter:

Chapter 17 **Regional Conflicts (1945-Present)** //Assignments:// a. Terms, People, and Places b. Answer one question from each section in Main Ideas c. Answer Chapter Focus Question 6. Verbal test on related-terms.
 * __Credit Four:__**
 * 1) Read Chapter 17 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 1 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “Regional Conflicts”-
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter:

Chapter 18 **The Developing World (1945-Present)** //Assignments:// a. Terms, People, and Places b. Answer one question from each section in Main Ideas c. Answer Chapter Focus Question 6. Complete “Cumulative Review” (#1-4) on page 627.
 * 1) Read Chapter 18 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 18 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “The Developing World”-
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter:

//Standards: 10.9 (10.9.4)// //10.10 (10.10.1, 10.10.2, 10.10.3)//

Chapter 19 **The World Today** //Assignments:// a. Terms, People, and Places b. Answer one question from each section in Main Ideas c. Answer Chapter Focus Question 6. Verbal test on related-terms.
 * __Credit Five:__**
 * 1) Read Chapter 19 in textbook.
 * 2) Answer all Chapter 1 section assessment questions.
 * 3) Answer all standard-check questions throughout each section.
 * 4) Complete test on “The World Today”-
 * 5) Standards Assessment at end of chapter:

//Assignments:// Timeline of Major World events from from 2000 to Present you feel as important milestones in World History.


 * __FINAL__: Complete final exam.**