• Wappingers Central School District

    Social Studies Department

    Course Syllabus

     

     

     

     

     

    Course Name

    GLOBAL HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY I - HONORS & Regents

     

     

    Course Code

    D367

     

     

    Duration

    Full Year

     

     

    Grade

    9

     

     

    Credit

    1.0

     

     

    Rank

    1.04

     

     

    Prerequisite

    Completion of Grade 8 Honors Social Studies with a final average of at least 85% or Grade 8 Regular Social Studies with a final average of at least 90%; and 2. Recommendation of the previous year’s Social Studies teacher. 

    Note: Honors classes generally incorporate more reading, writing and discussion and at a higher level; use more challenging instructional materials; and take more challenging tests throughout the year.

     

     

    Assessment

    In Global I (grade 9), a Department final exam based on the content, concepts and themes in this curriculum and modeled after the NYS Global History and Geography Regents examination will be administered in June of 10th Grade. Students must pass this course in order to graduate.

     

     

    Textbook

    World History: Connections to Today (Prentiss Hall, 1999)

     

     

    Areas of Study

    Introduction to the “Pre-Civilization” World

    Map Reading Skills

    The Continents and Oceans

    Reconstructing the Past (1-1)

    Paleolithic and Neolithic People (1-2)

    First Civilizations

    Characteristics of Civilization (1-3)

    Egypt (2-1, 2-2)

    Mesopotamia

    From City-States to Empires (2-3, 2-4)

    Judaism (2-5)

    India

    Cities and Kingdoms (3-1, 3-2, 4-2)

    Belief Systems (4-1, 4-3)

    China

    The Early Dynasties (3-3, 4-5)

    Belief Systems (4-4)

    Mediterranean Civilizations

    Ancient Greece

    People of the Aegean Sea (5-1)

    Hellenic Greece (5-2, 5-3)

    Accomplishments (5-4)

    The Hellenistic Age (5-5)

    Ancient Rome

    The Roman Republic (6-1)

    Christianity and The Roman Empire (6-2, 6-3)

    Accomplishments (6-4)

    Fall of Rome and the Byzantine Empire (6-5, 10-1)

    The Muslim World

    The Islamic Faith (11-1)

    The Spread of Islam (11-2, 11-4)

    Golden Age of Islam (11-3)

    The Ottoman Empire (11-5)

    Kingdoms of the Americas and Africa

    Meso-America (7-1)

    Incan Civilization (7-2)

    African Geography and Culture (12-1, 12-4)

    Kingdoms and Trade Routes (12-2, 12-3)

    Empires of East Asia

    China (13-1, 13-2)

    Korea (13-3)

    Japan (13-4, 13-5)

    Southeast Asia (15-2)

    Middle Ages of Europe

    Western Europe (8-1, 8-2, 9-1, 9-2)

    Eastern Europe (10-2, 10-3)

    Religion and Conflict (8-3, 9-2, 9-3)

    Advancements (8-4, 9-4)

    Crisis in the Middle Ages (9-5)

    The Rise of Modern Europe

    The Renaissance and Reformation

    Why Italy? (14-1)

    Northern Europe (14-2)

    Early Religious Reformers (14-3)

    Spread of the Reformation (14-4)

    Results: Science and Exploration (14-5, 15-1)

    European Colonization

    Asia Encounters Europe (15-3, 15-4)

    The Americas Encounter Europe (16-1,16-2,16-3)

    African Encounters (16-4)

    Effects on Europe (16-5, 18-3)

    Absolutism (1550-1800)

    France under Louis XIV

    Triumph of Parliament in England

    Rise of the modern European state

    Absolute monarchy in Russia

    The Enlightenment (1715-1800)

    The Age of Reason philosophers

    Enlightenment ideas spread

    The French Revolution(1789-1815)

    Eve of Revolution

    Creating a new France

    Radical France

    The Age of Napoleon

     

     

     

    For Information

    For a complete review of the NYS Social Studies Learning Standards, see

    http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/socst/pub/sslearn.pdf

    For the complete NYS core curriculum for Global History and Geography, see

    http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/socst/pub/sscore2.pdf (pp. 89-120)