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World History
Coach Mound
Welcome to World History!
• World History is an opportunity to develop greater understanding of the
evolution of global processes and contacts, in interaction with different
types of human societies. In essence, how did the world get where it is
today. To affect this understanding, students need a combination of
factual knowledge and analytical skills.
• This course highlights the nature of changes in the global framework, their
causes and consequences, as well as comparisons among major societies.
This course is truly global in its scope, including Africa, the Americas, Asia,
and Europe represented.
Classroom Rules
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Respect for your teacher, as well as your fellow classmates are most important.
• The school rules will be enforced.
Communication is the key.
• It is your responsibility to contact your teacher if you need clarification.
Attendance is crucial.
• You are considered absent from class if you are 5 minutes late.
• It is your responsibility to make up work in a timely manner if you are absent.
• Tests are made up in the testing center. Quizzes are made in up in your teacher’s room at lunch.
• If a planned assignment is due and you miss that day, the assignment is due the day you get
back.
• If you have a planned absence, assignment is still due on the due date.
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Preparedness is essential.
• Do not procrastinate! Keep up with your reading every day and do your homework.
Bring your iPad, notebook and pen every day to class. Check iTunesU for other items
that are needed in class. You are expected to complete all tests and assignments when
assigned.
• If you are not prepared for class, I will communicate with your parents.
• Cheating will not be tolerated. The Honor Code will be enforced.
Participation is expected.
• Discussion over readings and current events will be a daily expectation.
Critical Thinking.
• You are responsible for your learning! Up the ante! I do not want you to just learn facts.
I want you to know how and why. I want you to understand the BIG PICTURE!
Respect
• We spend a good deal of time analyzing religions and religious
documents because they reflect the culture and historical
perspective of the people and events that shaped history. Many
religions, cultures, values and cultural practices will be studied. No
particular religious or cultural view will be favored over others;
however, the course will consider how different aspects of culture,
including religion, affected and shaped history. Since this is a global
course, we will explore the point of view of a variety of peoples and
countries, only one of which will be the United States. Be respectful
of others, their opinions, and cultural differences. Rudeness and/or
insensitivity will not be tolerated.
Chronology
The course is divided into five chronological periods
that will be the 6 main units of study:
 8,000 BCE to 600 BCE; Ancient
 600 BCE to 600 CE; Classical
 600 to 1450; Post-Classical
 1450 to 1750; Early Modern
 1750 to 1900; Modern
 1900 to the present; Contemporary
World History Themes
These themes serve throughout the course as unifying threads, helping to put what is particular
about each period or society into a larger framework. The themes also provide ways to make
comparisons over time.
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Interaction between humans and the environment
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Development and interaction of cultures
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Demography and disease
Migration
Patterns of settlement
Technology
Religions
Belief systems, philosophies, and ideologies
Science and technology
The arts and architecture
State-building, expansion, and conflict
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Political structures and forms of governance
Empires
Nations and nationalism
Revolts and revolutions
Regional, trans-regional, and global structures and organizations
Themes continued
• Creation, expansion, and interaction of economic systems
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Agricultural and pastoral production
Trade and commerce
Labor systems
Industrialization
Capitalism and socialism
• Development and transformation of social structures
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Gender roles and relations
Family and kinship
Racial and ethnic constructions
Social and economic classes
Classroom Supplies
• iPad
• Pen(blue or black)/Paper
• World History Book
Grading
80% -Tests, projects, essays
• If you fail a test (69 and below), you may make test
corrections to make a grade no higher than a “70”.
20%- Daily work, quizzes
•All late work will receive a 30 point deduction before grading
the assignment.
Contact Information
Sean Mound
[email protected]
Tutorials
5th Lunch or
By appointment.