Review Quiz - click here (Answers)
Rough Draft of Web Page Project is Due at End of Class - Submission Link
Course Calendar
5/25 - Answer Questions for Homework # 1 - Islam & Ottomans (in Middle East Unit)
5/28 - Answer Questions for Homework # 2 - Israel & Cold War
5/29 - Answer Questions for Homework # 3 - Islamic Revolution
6/3 - Answer Questions for Homework # 4 - Current Middle East Conflicts
6/5 - Answer Questions for Homework # 1 - Imperialism in Africa
6/8 - Answer Questions for Homework # 2 - African Independence
6/10 - Answer Questions for Homework # 3 - South Africa
6/11 - Review for Final Test
Course Description - This is the link for the course syllabus - click here
Welcome to Modern World History. The general focus of the course will be based around developing an answer for the essential question: “What does the term ‘modern’ mean in the phrase ‘modern world’ and how did the world get this way?”
The class will be approaching the answer to this question over the course of the world through two additional questions:
First Semester – How did the world become “modern”?
Second Semester – Is the whole world currently “modern”?
The course will study history through the lens of four major questions:
Should society be governed from the top-down or from the bottom-up?
Why is it so hard to form a stable democracy?
How much power should the government have in the economy?
Should countries be based on a national identity?
In addition to studying history, this course will also be focused on developing skills for organizing and communicating complex ideas and concepts. The ability to organize materials and communicate ideas in a clear and effective manner is a crucial skill in today’s world. At their roots, organizing and communicating are thinking skills. The class will be doing the following types of projects to develop organization and communication skills:
Writing essays on the topics of the major questions addressed by the course
Creating visuals to show data, historical events and causal relationships
Building a web page to show research on a topic in the current world
Making a documentary video about a topic on the current world
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