WORLD HISTORY
(Periods 1, 2, 3, 5, 6)
(Periods 1, 2, 3, 5, 6)
*Check back weekly for updates. New assignments are listed at the beginning of each month.
*Subject to change weekly.
*Specific assignment materials and instructions are posted Google Classroom.
*Mindfulness: a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
DAY 1 – Monday, August 18, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Assign Seats.
Distribute student schedules (Period 1 only).
Participate in Harmony Conversation Cards Getting to Know You Activity.
DAY 2 – Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Distribute and Collect Name Stick Figures.
Review Class Syllabus.
DAY 3 – Wednesday, August 20, 2025 - No Textbook Check-out
Mindfulness Stretching.
Add Google Classroom.
Complete Review of Class Syllabus.
Answer questions about syllabus.
Distribute Class Folders.
Homework: Have Signature Sheet Signed.
DAY 4 –Thursday, August 21, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Add Google Classroom. (Period 3 only)
Warm-up: View "Building Community" video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTdWTo07ktk
Begin Autoethnography Activity sheet.
Collect Syllabus Signature Sheet.
DAY 5 – Friday, August 22, 2024
Mindfulness Stretching.
Review Autoethnography Sheet
Collect Syllabus Signature Sheet.
Homework: Begin Autoethnography and You In History Writing:
DAY 6 – Monday, August 25, 2025 - Picture Day
Mindfulness Stretching.
Add Google Classroom code - *Any student who has not added.
Collect LCFF Application/Emergency Card /Voluntary Student Accident Insurance Form.
Warm-up: Review the Major Periods in World History Packet:
Other than the Information Age (1971 to Present, what other time period would you want to live in?
Review Autoethnography and You in History homework.
Collect Syllabus Signature Sheet.
DAY 7 – Tuesday, August 26, 2025 - Picture Day
Mindfulness Stretching .
Collect LCFF Application/Emergency Card /Voluntary Student Accident Insurance Form.
Review Teacher website and units.
Watch TCI Themes of World History Video.
Begin Reading Themes of World History.
Begin Copying Examples for World History Themes.
DAY 8 – Wednesday, August 27, 2025 - Picture Day
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Copying Examples for World History Themes.
DAY 9 – Thursday, August 28, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Review News Excerpts with Teacher and Apply Themes - backside of chart.
Begin research on a World History Theme Current Event article.
DAY 10 – Friday, August 29, 2025 - Rally Day
Begin the Theme of World History Current Event Article Summary Sheet.
Homework: Search suggested websites for the Current Event Article.
LABOR DAY HOLIDAY - Monday, September 1, 2025
DAY 11 – Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Work on the Current Event Article Summary Sheet.
Homework: Complete Current Event Article Summary Sheet.
DAY 12 – Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Turn-in current event summary.
Volunteers share theme current event article for extra credit.
DAY 13 – Thursday, September 4, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Unit 1, Part 1 - Page 1 and 2 : The World Before 1750 PowerPoint Notes.
DAY 14 – Friday, September 5, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Begin Unit 1, Part 1 - Pages 3 and 4: The World Before 1750 PowerPoint Notes.
DAY 15 – Monday, September 8, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Themes Quiz.
Continue Unit 1, Part 1 - Pages 3 and 4: The World Before 1750 PowerPoint Notes.
*DAY 16 – Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching
Begin reading and discussing: Translation: "Bartolomé de Las Casas, Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies (1542)" (Edited Version).
DAY 17 – Wednesday, September 10, 2025 - School Rules Assembly (2nd Period only)
Mindfulness Stretching.
Continue reading and discussing: Translation: "Bartolomé de Las Casas, Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies (1542)" (Edited Version).
Collect pages 3 and 4 of Unit 1 Powerpoint Notes.
DAY 18 – Thursday, September 11, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Warm-up: View "Bartolomé de las Casas and 500 Years of Racial Injustice" www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XmuQvvqsZU
Begin Transatlantic Slave Trade Reading and review Questions.
DAY 19 – Friday, September 12, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
View and discuss the "The Atlantic Slave Trade".
https://www.yowww.youtube.com/watch?v=3NXC4Q_4JVg
UNIT #1 ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
How were most societies organized in the 1700s?
Who held the most power in the 1700's? Why?
What was the divine rights of kings?
DAY 20 – Monday, September 15, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching
Warm-up: View - "The Middle Passage."
https://www.yowww.youtube.com/watch?v=3NXC4Q_4JVg
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxaUe036Ml8&rco=1
DAY 21 – Tuesday, September 16, 2025 - Back To School Night
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Transatlantic Slave Trade Review Questions.
DAY 22 – Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Begin reading some of Olaudah Equiano's Account of the Middle Passage
Begin Unit 1, Part 1 - Pages 5 and 6: The World Before 1750 Power-point Notes.
DAY 23 – Thursday, September 18, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Begin worksheet - The World in 1750 - Chapter 1, Lesson 5, pages 38-42 in the Impact California Social Studies World History, Culture, & Geography The Modern World textbook.
DAY 24 – Friday, September 19, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching .
Continue worksheet - The World in 1750 - Chapter 1, Lesson 5, pages 38-42 in the Impact California Social Studies World History, Culture, & Geography The Modern World textbook.
Continue Unit 1, Part 1 - Pages 5 and 6: The World Before 1750 Power-point Notes.
DAY 25 – Monday, September 22, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete and collect Unit 1, Part 1 - Pages 5 and 6: The World Before 1750 Power-point Notes.
Review worksheet - The World in 1750 - Chapter 1, Lesson 5, pages 38-42 in the Impact California Social Studies World History, Culture, & Geography The Modern World textbook.
DAY 26 – Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Warm-up: View Absolute Monarchs of Europe.
View King James I Explains The Divine Rights of Kings: The True Law of Free Monarchies: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiO9l06lSjY and view King Charles III anointing ceremony during his coronation: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cb3AB0BOXmA
Review and Collect worksheet - The World in 1750 - Chapter 1, Lesson 5, pages 38-42 in the Impact California Social Studies World History, Culture, & Geography The Modern World textbook.
Begin King James I Divine Rights of Kings Speech annotation and discussion.
DAY 27 – Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Begin King James I Divine Rights of Kings Speech annotation and discussion.
DAY 28 – Thursday, September 25, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Continue King James I Divine Rights of Kings speech and charting with teacher.
DAY 29 – Friday, September 26, 2025 - Rally Day
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete King James I Divine Rights of Kings speech and charting with teacher.
DAY 30 – Monday, September 29, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Continue King James I Divine Rights of Kings speech and charting in groups.
DAY 31 – Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Begin GunPowder Empires of Asia During Early Modern Times (1450 to 1750 CE) Five Themes and Summary.
DAY 32 – Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete King James I Divine Rights of Kings speech and charting group presentations.
Continue GunPowder Empires of Asia During Early Modern Times (1450 to 1750 CE) Five Themes and Summary.
DAY 33 – Thursday, October 2, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Begin Oral reading of the Inside Story and discussion of Chapter 3, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, on New Asia Empires.
Homework: Complete Gun-Powder Empires of Asia During Early Modern Times (1450-1750 CE).
DAY 34 –Friday, October 3, 2025
Mindfulness.
Review and Turn-in Gun-Powder Empires of Asia During Early Modern Times (1450 to 1750 CE) Five Themes and Summary.
Issue and complete the Unit 1, Parts 1 and 2 The World in 1750 Quiz Study Guide.
DAY 35 – Monday, October 6, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete the Unit 1, Parts 1 and 2 The World in 1750 Quiz Study Guide.
View China's military parade marking the end of World War 2.
DAY 36 – Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Warm-up: View video: ancientgreeceromeunit.weebly.com/the-worlds-first-democracy.htmlyoutu.be/7hsJQTndbCM
Begin The Rise in Democratic Ideals Word Splash graphic organizer.
DAY 37 – Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Warm-up: View Iranian production of the "Happy Song." Discuss individual rights. english.alarabiya.net/variety/2014/05/22/Iranians-detained-for-Happy-video-freed-
Read Pages 11 to 16 on Greek Civilization in the Impact Book..
Continue Rise in Democratic Ideals Word Splash graphic organizer.
DAY 38 –Thursday, October 9, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Continue Rise in Democratic Ideals Word Splash graphic organizer.
DAY 39 – Friday, October 10, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Rise in Democratic Ideals Word Splash graphic organizer.
DAY 40 – Monday, October 13, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Begin The Rise in Democratic Ideals Powerpoint notes on the Greeks and Romans, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Traditions, and Plato and Aristotle.
DAY 41 – Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete The Justinian Code Packet.
DAY 42 – Wednesday, October 15, 2025
PSAT/NMSQT/SAT TESTING (PERIODS 1 to 3)
DAY 43 –Thursday, October 16, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete The Justinian Code Packet.
Homework: Study for Rise of Democratic Ideals Vocabulary Quiz.
DAY 44 – Friday, October 17, 2025 – END OF TERM 1 (MINIMUM DAY)
Mindfulness Stretching.
Review The Justinian Code Packet.
Homework: Study for Rise of Democratic Ideals Vocabulary Quiz.
DAY 45 – Monday, October 20, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Rise of Democratic Ideals Vocabulary Quiz.
Complete The Rise in Democratic Ideals Powerpoint notes on the Greeks and Romans, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Traditions, and Plato and Aristotle lecture.
DAY 46 – Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Continue The Rise in Democratic Ideals Powerpoint notes on the Greeks and Romans, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Traditions, and Plato and Aristotle lecture.
View Movie on Ancient Rome.
DAY 47 – Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete The Rise in Democratic Ideals Powerpoint notes on the Greeks and Romans, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Traditions, and Plato and Aristotle lecture.
View Movie on Ancient Rome.
DAY 48 –Thursday, October 23, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete The Rise in Democratic Ideals Powerpoint notes on the Greeks and Romans, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Traditions, and Plato and Aristotle lecture.
View Movie on Ancient Rome.
DAY 49 – Friday, October 24, 2025
Continue movie on Ancient Rome.
UNIT #2, PART 1: 1750-1917: REVOLUTIONS RESHAPE THE WORLD (DEMOCRATIC)
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
How were enlightened ideas a break from the past?
How did the “social contract” affect ordinary people?
Why did civic reformers argue for representative governments?
What are individual or natural rights? Who received those rights in the eighteenth century?
What were the consequences of trying to implement political revolutionary ideas in Europe, Latin America, and North America?
How do the French, American, and Haitian Revolutions compare to one another?
How is national identity constructed?
DAY 50 – Monday, October 27, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete movie on Ancient Rome.
Complete The Rise in Democratic Ideals Powerpoint notes on the Greeks and Romans, Judeo-Christian-Islamic Traditions, and Plato and Aristotle lecture.
DAY 51 – Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Begin Plato and Aristotle Read-Aloud.
Homework: Greek Philosopher Questions.
DAY 52 – Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Begin The Challenge of Ruling: Forming a Government Activity.
DAY 53 –Thursday, October 30, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Plato and Aristotle Real-Aloud questions.
Homework: Complete Plato and Aristotle Read-Aloud questions.
DAY 54 – Friday, October 31, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Review Plato and Aristotle Read-Aloud questions.
Homework: Work on The Rise of Democratic Ideals Test Study Guide.
DAY 55 – Monday, November 3, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Work on The Rise of Democratic Ideals Test Study Guide.
Review for The Rise of Democratic Ideals Test Study Guide.
DAY 56 – Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete The Rise of Democratic Ideals Test.
"Read War and Revolution in England" pages 61-65 in the Impact California Social Studies World: History, Culture, & Geography - The Modern World.
DAY 57 – Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
House-keeping.
Warm-up: Journal question: When is a revolution necessary in a
country by its citizens against the way
their leader(s) is governing them? Explain why.
Begin the English Glorious Revolution Data Set Timeline.
Homework: Work on the English Revolution Data Set Timeline.
DAY 58 – Thursday, November 6, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Begin English Revolution Data Set Timeline and Questions.
DAY 59 – Friday, November 7, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Continue English Revolution Data Set Timeline and Questions.
DAY 60 –Monday, November 10, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Continue work on English Revolution Timeline and Questions.
Homework: Complete English Revolution Timeline and Questions.
VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY – Tuesday, November 11, 2025
DAY 61 –Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Review English Revolution Homework.
View "Cromwell" movie excerpts.
DAY 62 – Thursday, November 13, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Finish viewing "Cromwell" movie excerpts.
Begin reading (only) Chapter 5, Section 2 - "Enlightenment."
Begin reading Enlightenment Concepts
Complete Enlightenment Vocabulary and Enlightenment image.
DAY 63 – Friday, November 14, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Begin reading (only) Chapter 5, Section 2 - "Enlightenment."
Begin reading Enlightenment Concepts
Complete Enlightenment Vocabulary and Enlightenment image.
DAY 64 – Monday, November 17, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Begin Enlightenment Thinkers Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu Mixed Expert Group rotations.
DAY 65 – Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Continue Enlightenment Thinkers Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu Mixed Expert Group rotations.
Complete Mary Wollstonecraft and Adam Smith information boxes on Enlightenment Chart.
DAY 66 – Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Read Second Treatise of Civil Government John Locke (1690) - CHAP. IV. Of Slavery.
Read Mary Wollestonecraft excerpt from The Vindication of the Rights of Women.
Homework: Complete American Revolution PowerPoint Notes.
DAY 67 – Thursday, November 20, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Read and Analyze Thomas Paine's - Common Sense excerpt.
Develop Common Sense Thesis Statement.
DAY 68 – Friday,November 21, 2025
Develop Common Sense Thesis Statement.
View "The Patriot" movie battle scene.
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY: Saturday, November 22, 2025 to Sunday, November 30, 2025.
DAY 69 – Monday, December 1, 2025
Begin reading the French Revolution in the Impact California Social Studies World: History, Culture, & Geography - The Modern World textbook.
DAY 70 – Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Continue reading the French Revolution in the Impact California Social Studies World: History, Culture, & Geography - The Modern World textbook.
Homework: Begin French Revolution Powerpoint Notes - Page 1.
DAY 71 – Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Homework: Begin French Revolution Powerpoint Notes - Page 2.
View the French Revolution video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXlVh5g7VmE
DAY 72 – Thursday, December 4, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Homework: Begin French Revolution Powerpoint Notes - Page 3.
View the French Revolution video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXlVh5g7VmE
DAY 73 – Friday, December 5, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Begin The Meeting of the Estates General Reenactment - French Revolution.
DAY 74 – Monday, December 8, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete The Meeting of the Estates General Reenactment - French Revolution.
DAY 75 – Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Mindfulness
View the French Revolution video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXlVh5g7VmE
DAY 76 – Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Mindfulness
View the French Revolution video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXlVh5g7VmE
DAY 77 – Thursday, December 11, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Document F: The Reign of Terror Partnership.
Review Document F: The Reign of Terror.
DAY 78 – Friday, December 12, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Document G: The Reign of Terror Partnership.
Review Document G: The Reign of Terror.
DAY 79 – Monday, December 15, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Document G: The Reign of Terror Partnership.
Review Document G: The Reign of Terror.
View History Channel "The French Revolution - Robespierre and the Reign of Terror"
Begin the Napoleon & The French Revolution Cloze Powerpoint Notes Gallery Walk.
DAY 80 – Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete the Napoleon & The French Revolution Cloze Powerpoint Notes Gallery Walk.
Begin reviewing the Napoleon & The French Revolution Cloze Powerpoint answers.
DAY 81 – Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete review of the Napoleon & The French Revolution Cloze Powerpoint answers.
Begin Napoleon & The French Revolution PowerPoint Notes Lecture.
DAY 82 – Thursday, December 18, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete Napoleon & The French Revolution PowerPoint Notes Lecture.
Begin viewing Napoleon: Rise and Fall of One of the Most Influential Characters in History, in 5 Minutes! youtube.com/watch?v=OFQIHnWNUwU
DAY 83 – Friday, December 19, 2025
Mindfulness Stretching.
View Napoleon Movie Scenes:
Coronation
Battle of Austerlitz
Invasion of Russia
Napoleon Comes Home
Battle of Waterloo
WINTER BREAK: Saturday, December 20, 2025 to Sunday, January 4, 2026.
DAY 84 – Monday, January 5, 2026
Mindfulness Stretching.
View Five Documents of Freedom Power-point Notes.
Begin the Five Documents of Freedom Primary Documents Analysis sheet.
DAY 85 – Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete the Five Documents of Freedom Primary Documents Analysis sheet. (Homework).
DAY 86 – Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Mindfulness Stretching.
Complete viewing video - The Haitian Revolution and complete video guide questions.
DAY 87 – Thursday, January 8, 2026
Mindfulness Stretching.
Homework: Begin the Unit 2 Revolutions Part 1 Political Multiple Choice Test 2 Study Guide
DAY 88 – Friday, January 9, 2026
Mindfulness Stretching.
Work on the Unit 2 Revolutions Part 1 Political Multiple Choice Test 2 Study Guide.
Homework: Complete the Unit 2 Revolutions Part 1 Political Multiple Choice Test 2 Study Guide.
Mindfulness Stretching.
Work on the Unit 2 Revolutions Part 1 Political Multiple Choice Test 2 Study Guide.
Homework: Study for the Unit 2 Revolutions Part 1 Political Multiple Choice Test 2
DAY 90 – Tuesday, January 13, 2026 – FINALS: Periods 1 & 4 - MINIMUM DAY
Study Guide review.
Complete: Unit 2 REVOLUTION PART 1 POLITICAL MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST 2.
DAY 91 – Wednesday, January 14, 2026 – FINALS: Periods 2 & 5 - MINIMUM DAY
Study Guide Review.
Complete: Unit 2 REVOLUTION PART 1 POLITICAL MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST 2.
DAY 92 – Thursday, January 15, 2026 – FINALS 3 & 6 - MINIMUM DAY
Study Guide Review.
Complete: Unit 2 REVOLUTION PART 1 POLITICAL MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST 2.
DAY 93 – Friday, January 16, 2026 – END OF TERM 2 and END OF SEMESTER 1 - MINIMUM DAY
Mindfulness Stretching
Review 1st Semester Grade with Teacher.