Eastern World Heritage

This course will examine both the historical and geographic trends that have led to the development and sustainability of Eastern civilizations. Beginning with a study of geographic principles students will conduct a brief study of current issues in the Eastern World. Through the rest of the semester students will examine how Eastern civilization developed and interacted with Western civilizations from development of Islam to current globalization. Skills needed for the rest of high school social studies program will be introduced and practiced.

Course Description/Syllabus

Skill Development:

The student will be expected to develop skills in the following areas:

1. Acquiring information

2. Organizing and communicating information, in writing and orally

3. Applying the aforementioned skills to real world issues

4. Organizational skills, self-management skills

5. Historical thinking skills

6. Geography skills

Application of Skills:

- Creative projects

- Informal and formal oral presentations

- Two column notes

- Unit tests

- Unit Quizzes

- Mapping activities

- Authentic experiences

- Final Project

Grading Policy:

My grading system is based on a point system. The more important the assessment, the higher the point value the assessment will be given. You will understand this more as we go through the first quarter.

Only Summative Assessments will count in your final grade. Formative Assessments are ways for us to assess your learning as you go and you will not be penalized for practicing and checking in.

Grades will be entered regularly so that PowerSchool is up to date each week. You should check your progress on PowerSchool approximately once a week.

TASC should be used for relearning opportunities, practicing and/or studying, and for any extra help you might need on your assessments. All assessments may be re-done in order to show learning or mastery on content and/or skills. The same policy holds for all of our Social Studies classes.

Tests/Quizzes- Tests and quizzes in the class have different types of questions on it. A standard test/quiz might have:

Ids- define the word and state its importance

Fill in the blank

Matching

Multiple Choice

Short Answer/essay

Map locations

*There are times when you might have a nonstandard test. If this is the case I will explain it ahead of time.

*If you are absent the day of a test or quiz you will make it up the next day you are in class, in TASC or after school that day.

Projects/Papers- You will have a couple of different projects each quarter. These projects could be solo, with a partner, or a group. Make sure to be responsible with the projects. Use your time wisely in class and make sure to be here the day a project is due. There are papers in the class and they will count as a project grade.

Homework/Class work- The homework load varies in this class depending on what we are covering at the time and the projects/papers that are assigned. Typically you will have homework roughly 2 times a week.

Communication Protocol-The following are the ways you (and your parents) can communicate with me outside of school, ranked in order from most to least reliable:

• email me at ebowman@conval.edu

• contact me through our Google Classroom

• phone call to the school

It is always best to talk face to face, but email is a good second option.

You should check the Google classroom several times a day. I recommend setting the classroom so that you get notifications when new content has been posted by the teacher. Parents/Guardians will also have access to the classroom, though they will only be observers (not able to comment).

Attendance Policy

The school district attendance policy pertains to this class. You can find that policy here on page 15.

Electronic Device Procedure

Technology can help us learn and can be a very useful tool. However, I really believe that some of our technology can get in the way, or even harm us. We will follow the CVHS procedure of silencing and storing our phones when we're in class. In addition, we will follow the district policy on devices which you can find here on page 18.

Academic Honesty and Plagiarism

We will follow the school policy on academic honesty and plagiarism which can be found here on page 18.