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Syllabus
Woodmont High School
Course Syllabus----CP
2017-2018
Modern World History From 1300 to the Present
Credit: 1 Carnegie Unit
Instructor: Ms. Sally Eastman
Course Description: World History from 1300: The Making of the Modern World is designed to assist students in understanding how people and countries of the world have become increasingly interconnected. In the last six hundred years, population growth, demand for resources, curiosity, and technology have converged to draw the distant corners of the world closer together. Critical thinking is focal to this course, which emphasizes why and how people, ideas, and technology have made an impact on diverse groups of people.
Course: Instructional plans for World History are based on the standards found in the South Carolina Social
Studies Curriculum Standards. Students who successfully complete World History From 1300 with a passing grade of 60% or higher will have demonstrated the abilities, concepts, knowledge, and skills required to accomplish the following course standards:
Standard MWH-1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the major factors that facilitated exchanges among groups of people and how exchanges influenced those people in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Standard MWH-2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the benefits and costs of the growth of kingdoms into empires from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries.
Standard MWH-3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the impact of religious movements throughout the world in the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries.
Standard MWH-4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the conflicts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Europe, America, Africa, and Asia.
Standard MWH-5: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the influence of ideas and technology on the development of nation-states and empires in the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries.
Standard MWH-6: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the creation of nation-states in Europe and the struggle by non-European nations to gain and/or maintain sovereignty.
Standard MWH-7: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the causes and consequences of global warfare in the first half of the twentieth century.
Standard MWH-8: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the causes and consequences of decolonization in the second half of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century.
http://ed.sc.gov/agency/se/Instructional-Practices-and-Evaluations/SocialStudies.cfm
Required Text/Resources:
Speilvogel, Jackson L.. World History. Columbus, Ohio: McGraw-Hill Companies / Glencoe. 2005.
Course Outline: This course outline is intended as a guide only in assisting the teacher in planning units of instruction. When necessary, adjustments to the material covered will be made. Major topics and essential questions are listed to give a general description of each chapter or unit. While this goal is ambitious, the teacher will monitor and adjust so that students are successful.
Course Outline for CP World History From 1300
Quarter
Topic
Chapter(s)
Approx. Dates
1
Getting started: procedures, get to know you, pre-assessment, maps (3)
Aug. 22
Unit 1 - Medieval Europe (6)
10
Aug. 22 – Aug. 30
Unit 2 – Renaissance and Reformation (11)
13,14,17
Aug. 31 -- Sept.15
Unit 3 - Gunpowder Empires and Religious Diversity (10)
18
Sept. 16 – Sept. 29
Unit 4 – Exploration, Isolation, and Atlantic World (15)
19-20
Sept. 30 - Oct. 20
APPOX. End of first quarter
Oct. 20
2
Unit 5 - Absolutism to Constitutionalism & 2016 Presidential Election (15)
21
Oct. 21 – Nov. 11
Unit 6- Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, up to the American Revolution (7)
22
Nov. 14 – Nov.22
Unit 7 - American Revolution (10)
Nov. 28 – Dec. 9
Unit 8- The French Revolution and Napoleon (5)
23
Dec.12 – Dec. 16
APPROX. Winter Break ...late December
Exam Review & days for catching up for lost time
TBA
Mid- Term Exams
TBA
End of second quarter
See Calendar
3
Unit 9 - Age of Democracy and Progress, 1789-1900 (14)
24
Approx.
Jan. 17 – Feb. 3
Unit 10 - The Industrial Revolution, 1700-1900 (12)
25 - 26
Feb. 6 – Feb. 22
Unit 11 - Imperialism and World War I (1850-1939) (17)
27 - 29
Feb. 23 - March 22
APPROX. End of third quarter
March 22
4
Unit 12 - Rise of Nationalism (5)
32
March 23 – March 29
Unit 13 - World War II (10)
32
March 30 – April 20
Unit 14 - The Cold War (16)
33 - 35
April 21- May 12
Unit 15 - Global Interdependence, 1992-Present (5)
35 - 36
May 15 - 19
Final Exam Review (5)
TBA
Final Exams
TBA
Grading, Student Records, and Homework:
Student progress is assessed during each nine-week period over the year. A student’s progress is reported as a grade based on the South Carolina grade reporting system:
A = 90-100 B = 80-89 C = 70-79 D = 60-69
A student must earn a minimum grade of 60 in order to receive credit for this course. Student progress is cumulatively assessed each nine weeks in the following areas:
MINOR - 40% MAJOR - 60%
Unit tests or unit projects are given at the end of every unit of study. Assessments will be graded and scores placed on the portal spreadsheet. Portal grades are updated approximately once per week. If a grade is not recorded properly please email Mrs. Eastman for proper recording of the score. If a student did not perform well on his/her major assessment, the student should talk with the teacher about the possibility of retaking some or all of the test. Our final exam will be cumulative and will cover information from all of the assessments given throughout the year.
Student Records: A record of each student’s grade performance on all class work, quizzes, and tests is maintained in the teacher’s portal grade book. Students are propmpted to monitor their grades through the Portal.
Homework Policy: We try to limit the amount of outside work and homework in this class. Homework when given is graded and recorded in the teacher’s Portal spreadsheet grade book. Even when written homework is not assigned, students should review upcoming material and/or review information covered in class.
Make-up Policy: Following an absence, students are responsible to approach his/her teachers to get missed work/assignments. All tests must be made up within five days of the absence. The point is, we want your work, so get it in on time or as soon as possible.
Re-Do Policy: School Policy states that students in CP classes ONLY may redo major assessments to reach a 60. CP classes (not Honors, AP, or IB) will allow students to redo major assessments/projects when a failing grade is achieved. When re-doing work you will need to do the following: write the question, write the correct answer, and write an explanation of why the answer was wrong. Meet with the teacher before or after class to establish a time before or after school to re-do work.
Class Procedures and Class and School Rules:
During the first weeks of classes, students are advised as to the rules and procedures, as well as expectations, for this class. In addition, students receive an orientation by grade level during the first week of school from school administrators about school rules and consequences. Students receive a Parent-Student Handbook in advisory period that outlines information about the operation and procedures used daily at the high school.
Communication: If a parent needs to contact me, they are welcome to call the school or email seastman@greenville.k12.sc.us . The school number is 355-8600. Parent participation is greatly needed to enhance your child’s learning.
Non-Instructional Routines: Students will be allowed to use the restroom at the beginning or end of class, but not during lecture time. If a student seems to over extend this privilege, parents will be notified. Breaks are given on occasion for the whole class.
Attendance/Tardy Policy: All Social Studies teachers will follow the guidelines in the Parent-Student Handbook.
Student Behavior: Rules and procedures are given on the first day. In addition to these rules, students will follow all rules outlined in the Parent-Student Handbook. Additionally, this class follows the district and school rules for dress code and for cell phones and electronic devices. Violations will result in parent contact or referral or both.
Classroom Rules: Additional items posted in the room
I will treat you with respect, so you will know how to treat me.
Feel free to do anything that doesn’t cause a problem for anyone else.
If you cause a problem, I will ask you to solve it.
If you can’t solve the problem, or choose not to, I will do something.
What I do will depend on the special person and the special situation.
If you feel something is unfair, whisper to me, “I’m not sure that’s fair,” and we will talk privately.
School Rules/Policies: The Parent-Student Handbook clearly outlines school rules and policies governing student behavior. Corrective and progressive discipline will occur when needed. Students will first receive a verbal warning from the teacher. If the verbal warning does not correct the issue at hand, consequences may result in a parent phone call, detention, or a referral. The parent/guardian will be notified when unacceptable student behavior persists. The student will be referred to the school administration for disciplinary action when behavior causes class disruption or interferes with the rights of other students to learn.
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Woodmont High School
Course Syllabus
HONORS 2017-2018
World History From 1300 to the Present: HONORS
Credit: 1 Unit
Instructor: Mrs. Sally Eastman
Course Description: World History from 1300: The Making of the Modern World is designed to assist students in understanding how people and countries of the world have become increasingly interconnected. In the last six hundred years, population growth, demand for resources, curiosity, and technology have converged to draw the distant corners of the world closer together. Critical thinking is focal to this course, which emphasizes why and how people, ideas, and technology have made an impact on diverse groups of people.
Honors Level: In addition to critical thinking, the Honors level students will engage in a series of projects, lessons and readings designed to promote collaboration, creativity and communication in demonstrating learning about the important aspects of globalization and the modern world. Honors level students will additionally be expected to read outside the textbook (listed below) to gain deeper understanding of the ways in which the United States of America has contributed to the history of the modern world and of the ways people in other places around the globe have lived their lives.
Course: Instructional plans for World History are based on the standards found in the South Carolina Social
Studies Curriculum Standards. Students who successfully complete World History From 1300 with a passing grade of 70% or higher will have demonstrated the abilities, concepts, knowledge, and skills required to accomplish the following course standards:
Standard MWH-1: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the major factors that facilitated exchanges among groups of people and how exchanges influenced those people in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Standard MWH-2: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the benefits and costs of the growth of kingdoms into empires from the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries.
Standard MWH-3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the impact of religious movements throughout the world in the fourteenth through the sixteenth centuries.
Standard MWH-4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the conflicts of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Europe, America, Africa, and Asia.
Standard MWH-5: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the influence of ideas and technology on the development of nation-states and empires in the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries.
Standard MWH-6: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the creation of nation-states in Europe and the struggle by non-European nations to gain and/or maintain sovereignty.
Standard MWH-7: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the causes and consequences of global warfare in the first half of the twentieth century.
Standard MWH-8: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the causes and consequences of decolonization in the second half of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century.
http://ed.sc.gov/agency/se/Instructional-Practices-and-Evaluations/SocialStudies.cfm
Required Text/Resources:
Speilvogel, Jackson L.. World History. Columbus, Ohio: McGraw-Hill Companies / Glencoe. 2005.
Course Outline: This course outline is intended as a guide only in assisting the teacher in planning units of instruction. When necessary, adjustments to the material covered will be made. Major topics and essential questions are listed to give a general description of each chapter or unit. While this goal is ambitious, the teacher will monitor and adjust so that students are successful.
Course Outline for World History From 1300
Quarter
Topic
Chapter(s)
Dates
1
Getting started: procedures, get to know you, pre-assessment, maps (3)
Aug. 22
Unit 1 - Medieval Europe (6)
10
Aug. 22 – Aug. 30
Unit 2 – Renaissance and Reformation (11)
13,14,17
Aug. 31 -- Sept.15
Unit 3 - Gunpowder Empires and Religious Diversity (10)
18
Sept. 16 – Sept. 29
Unit 4 – Exploration, Isolation, and Atlantic World (15)
19-20
Sept. 30 - Oct. 20
APPROX. End of first quarter
Oct. 20
2
Unit 5 - Absolutism to Constitutionalism & 2016 Presidential Election (15)
21
Oct. 21 – Nov. 11
Unit 6- Scientific Revolution, the Enlightenment, up to the American Revolution (7)
22
Nov. 14 – Nov.22
Unit 7 - American Revolution (10)
Nov. 28 – Dec. 9
Unit 8- The French Revolution and Napoleon (5)
23
Dec.12 – Dec. 16
Winter Break late Dec.
Exam Review & days for catching up for lost time
TBA
Mid- Term Exams
TBA
End of second quarter/first semester
Consult District Calendar
3
Unit 9 - Age of Democracy and Progress, 1789-1900 (14)
24
Approx.
Jan. 17 – Feb. 3
Unit 10 - The Industrial Revolution, 1700-1900 (12)
25 - 26
Feb. 6 – Feb. 22
Unit 11 - Imperialism and World War I (1850-1939) (17)
27 - 29
Feb. 23 - March 22
APPROX. End of third quarter
March 22
4
Unit 12 - Rise of Nationalism (5)
32
March 23 – March 29
Unit 13 - World War II (10)
32
March 30 – April 20
Unit 14 - The Cold War (16)
33 - 35
April 21- May 12
Unit 15 - Global Interdependence, 1992-Present (5)
35 - 36
May 15 - 19
Final Exam Review (5)
TBA
Final Exams
TBA
Grading, Student Records, and Homework:
Student progress is assessed during each nine-week period over the year. A student’s progress is reported as a grade based on the South Carolina grade reporting system:
A = 90-100 B = 80-89 C = 70-79 D = 60-69
A student must earn a minimum grade of 60 in order to receive credit for this course.
Student progress is cumulatively assessed each nine weeks in the following areas:
MINOR - 40% MAJOR - 60%
Unit tests or projects are given at the end of every unit of study. Assessments will be graded and recorded on the portal spreadsheet. Honors level students are not permitted by school policy to re-do major assessments. As noted below, the re-do policy only applies to CP level classes. Our final exam will be cumulative and will cover information from all of the assessments given throughout the year.
Student Records: A record of each student’s grade performance on all class work, quizzes, and tests is maintained in the teacher’s grade book on the Portal. Students will be encouraged monitor their grades through the Portal. If a grade is not properly recrded please contact me via email and I will doublecheck the portal to see that the score for a task is recorded properly.
Homework Policy: As far as possible homework is minimized in this class. When it is assigned, homework is graded and recorded in the teacher’s grade book on the portal. Even when written homework is not assigned, students should review upcoming material and/or review information covered in class.
Make-up Policy: Following an absence, students are responsible to approach his/her teachers to get missed work/assignments. All tests must be made up within five days of the absence. The point is, we want your work, so get it in on time or as soon as possible.
Re-Do Policy: School Policy states that students in CP classes ONLY may redo major assessments to reach a 60. CP classes (not Honors, AP, or IB) will allow students to redo major assessments/projects when a failing grade is achieved. When re-doing work you will need to do the following: write the question, write the correct answer, and write an explanation of why the answer was wrong. Meet with the teacher before or after class to establish a time before or after school to re-do work.
Class Procedures and Class and School Rules: During the first weeks of classes, students are advised as to the rules and procedures, as well as expectations, for this class. In addition, students receive an orientation by grade level during the first week of school from school administrators about school rules and consequences. Students receive a Parent-Student Handbook in advisory period that outlines information about the operation and procedures used daily at the high school. The class dress code policy and the electronic devise/cell phone policy in my classroom follow the school and handbook rules.
Communication: If a parent needs to contact me, they are welcome to call the school or email seastman@greenville.k12.sc.us . The school number is 355-8600. Parent participation is greatly needed to enhance your child’s learning. To reach my VM dial 355-8679. I try to be prompt about returning calls.
Non-Instructional Routines: Students will be allowed to use the restroom at the beginning or end of class, but not during lecture time. If a student seems to over extend this privilege, parents will be notified.
Attendance/Tardy Policy: All Social Studies teachers will follow the guidelines in the Parent-Student Handbook.
Student Behavior: Rules and procedures were given on the first day. In addition to these rules, students will follow all rules outlined in the Parent-Student Handbook. This class will be run using the Love and Logic approach.
Classroom Rules:
I will treat you with respect, so you will know how to treat me.
Feel free to do anything that doesn’t cause a problem for anyone else.
If you cause a problem, I will ask you to solve it.
If you can’t solve the problem, or choose not to, I will do something.
What I do will depend on the special person and the special situation.
If you feel something is unfair, whisper to me, “I’m not sure that’s fair,” and we will talk privately.
School Rules/Policies: The Parent-Student Handbook clearly outlines school rules and policies governing student behavior. Corrective and progressive discipline will occur when needed. Students will first receive a verbal warning from the teacher. If the verbal warning does not correct the issue at hand, consequences may result in a parent phone call, detention, or a referral. The parent/guardian will be notified when unacceptable student behavior persists. The student will be referred to the school administration for disciplinary action when behavior causes class disruption or interferes with the rights of other students to learn.
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