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WORLD HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY COURSE SYLLABUS --History teaches everything including the future. Lamartine --God alone knows the future, but only an historian can alter the past. Ambrose Bierce --"History" is a Greek word which means, literally, just "investigation." Arnold Toynbee --The writing of history reflects the interests and even prejudices of a given generation. John Hope Franklin --History, by appraising..[the students] of the past, will enable them to judge the future. Thomas Jefferson OBJECTIVE: To examine and evaluate the ancient and modern cultures of the world in order to better understand our past as well as our future..... STUDENT EXPECTATIONS: 1. Respect yourself, your peers, and the learning environment 2. Follow the Jim Ned Student Code of Conduct 3. Be PREPARED!!!! GRADING PROCEDURES: Categories: Exams 40% Quizzes 20% Daily Work Projects Participation 20% 10% 10% **If absent....it is the responsibility of the STUDENT to acquire all assignmnets missed that day!!!!! MATERIALS: Every Day.....bring your textbook, a pen and paper, and the notion that you live in the greatest country and are given more opportunity to excel and achieve than most other students....SO TAKE ADVANTAGE!!!!! (Map Colors will be useful when labeling maps!!!) COURSE OUTLINE: I. The Rise of Civilizations --Human Beginnings, Early Civilizations, Kingdoms in the Middle East II. Flowering of Civilizations --Rise of Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, India's River Valley, Chinese Dynasties III. Regional Civilizations --Byzantines, Islamic Civilizations, the Middle Ages, the Americas IV. Emergence of the Modern World --Renaissance and Reformation, Empires of Asia, the Monarchs V. Age of Revolution --Scientific Revolution, English and American Revolutions, French Revolution VI. Industry and Nationalism --Age of Industry, Cultural Revolutions, Democracy, Nationalism, Imperialsim VII. World in Conflict --WWI, Great Depression, WWII VIII. The Contemporary World --Cold War, Regional Change, the World in Transition, Modern Age