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Mater Lakes Academy
A Miami-Dade County Public Charter School
17300 NW 87 Ave Miami, FL 33018
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Rene Rovirosa
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PrincipalFrancisco Jimenez
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Course Syllabus
Name of Course: World History
School Year – 2013/2014
Teacher: Mr. Gutierrez
Email: TBA
Course Description: Students enrolled in World History will engage in various projects, where
they will engage in different forms of technology such as prezi, webquests and interactive
powerpoints. While engaged in these projects students will have a better understanding on how
the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment brought a completely new way of looking at the
world, which influenced the spread of revolutions throughout Europe, and the Americas. Some
of these events and ideas eventually influenced ideologies such as communism, socialism,
democracy, capitalism and fascism. Students will have the opportunity to look closely at events
that left a long lasting affect in the world such as the Holocaust, Creation of the United Nations,
Cuban Missile Crises, Sandinista Revolution and Fall of the Berlin Wall.
Text(s): Beck, Roger B. Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction. Evanston, IL:
McDougal Littell, 2012. Print
Units of Study: World History focuses on major events from the Renaissance to Present day.
While exploring different components we will become historians seeking to understand the
history of modern revolutions by having a better understanding of how politics, technology,
economy, religious movements affected society over time.
I. THE RISE OF WESTERN EUROPEAN INTELLECTUAL MOVEMENTS
a. Medieval Europe
b. Renaissance
c. Scientific Revolution
d. Enlightenment
e. The Reformation
II. AGE OF EXPLORATION
a. Major Voyages and Sponsors
b. The Columbian Exchange and Beyond
c. Methods of Colonization
d. Slavery and Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
III. Asia in Transition ( East Asia)
a. The Ming and Qing Dynasties
b. China and the Europeans
c. Tokugawa Shogunate
IV. THE MUSLIM EMPIRES
a.Reform, Growth and Expansion
b.Ottoman Empire
c.The Safavid Empire
d. The Mughal Empire
V. A NEW ERA OF ABSOLUTISM AND ENLIGHTENMENT
a. Absolutism
b. England
c. Absolute Monarchies
d. France, Spain, Russia
e. The Austrian and Prussian Empires
f. Enlightenment
VI. Empires, Colonies, Peoples of the Americas
a. The Spanish Empire in the Americas
b. From Conquest to Control
c. Brazil, the Dutch, New France and England's Mainland Colonies
d. Mainland English Colonies in North America
VII.The Industrial Revolution
a. The Origins of the Industrial Revolution
b. New Production
c. Emergence of New Social Structures
d. The Growth of Cities
VIII. An Age of Revolutions
a. Enlightenment Influence
b. American Revolution
c. French Revolution
d. Reign of Terror
e. Latin American & Caribbean Independence Movements
f. Mexican Revolution
IX. Global Imperialism
a. Imperialism
b. New Imperialism
c. Scramble for Africa
d. The French in North Africa
e. Expansion into Asia
X. Nationalism and Militarism
a. Nationalism and Reform in Europe
b. The Unification of Italy
c. Reform and Revolution in Russia
d. Unrest in Austria-Hungary
e. Militarism
XI. The First World War
a. The Causes of World War I
b. The Changing Nature of War
c.The Early Years of the War
d. The Effects of WWI
XII.THE INTERWAR ERA
a.Cultural and Intellectual Trends
b. The Global Economic Crisis
c. Anti-Colonial Nationalism in Asia and Africa
d. Fascism, Communism, and Authoritarianism
e. Rise of Fascism in Italy
f. Rise of Stalinism
g. Rise of Naziism
h. Spanish Totalitarianism
XIII. THE COURSE OF WORLD WAR II
a. Causes- The Road to War
b. War Strategies and Significant Events
c. Victory and the End of the War
d. Post-War Plans
e. Effects on Civilians and Total War in Asia and the Colonial World
f. Holocaust
XIV. Cold War Era
a. Cold War balance of power
b. Role of the United Nations
c. Economic issues in the Cold War & Post-Cold War era
d. Chinese Communist Revolution
e. Collapse of European imperialism
f. Conflicts & change in Middle East
g. Collapse of communism & the breakup of the Soviet Union
h. Political & economic change in Latin America
II. TOWARD A NEW WORLD ERA
a. The End of the Cold-War
b. Weapons of Mass Destruction
c. 20th Century Ideologies
d. Scientific Figures and Breakthroughs
e.The New Economic Order
f. The aftermath of Devolution and decolonization
g. Economic Globalization
h. Terrorism
I. Israeli- Palestinian Conflict
j. Health and Environment
k. Demography and the Population Question
l.Gender, Human Rights, and Democracy
m.Global Culture & Mass Communication
Formal Assessments
I.
Exams: There will be 4-5 exams in this course. Each unit will conclude with an
exam covering previously explored content. Elements of our exams will be cumulative,
meaning new information you learn will build upon previous lessons. This is to help you
retain the information you learn throughout the term, rather than cramming it into your
brains for a test, and immediately forgetting it after taking the test. This will also help you
in the long run, as the material you learn this year in Global History I and II will be on
your Global History Regent’s Exams next year.
II.
Quizzes: Nearly every week there will be a quiz over the material we have
covered in class. Unless otherwise specified, quizzes will always be open-note quizzes.
This is to encourage you to improve your skills in taking detailed and well-organized
notes. Please note that I reserve the right to give pop quizzes at anytime.
III.
Essays: You are required to write 4 essays in this class. You will be analyzing
primary and secondary sources. These essays must be 1-2 pages, typed, double-spaced,
Times New Roman, 12 point font, 1 inch margins on each sides, and you must use
Chicago Style citations. Time in class will be devoted to learning how to use Chicago
Style citations and Internet and library research methods, also a rubric further explaining
this assignment will be given out in class.
IV.
Projects/Presentations: You will give one formal 5-10 minute presentation over
one of the essays you have written. This presentation must include a visual component,
such as a Webquest or a PowerPoint, to enhance your presentation. Time in class will be
devoted to working on your presentations, as well as learning how to create PowerPoint
presentations, also a rubric further explaining this assignment will be given out in class.
Grading Policy
This is a Regent’s course; the grading percentages for Regent’s courses in the Social Studies
Department are as follows:
Formal Assessments 60%
Homework 20%
Participation, Attendance, and Classroom Conduct 20%
Participation & Attendance
Your Participation, Attendance, and Conduct are equally important in determining your overall
grade for this class. This means that in addition to successfully completing all homework
assignments and formal assessments, you are expected come to class everyday, on time,
prepared, and ready to participate in all class activities. Being prepared for this class means that
your homework assignments are completed and turned in at the start of class, and that you have
arrived with any supplies you need for my class—notes, pens, paper, binders, etc.
Conduct & Classroom Values
No hats, no cell phones or music while class is in session. There are classroom values and
expectations that you are to uphold in this class. These values are Respect--for yourself, your
teacher, and your classmates, Integrity—being honest, ethical, and trustworthy,
Accountability—to yourself, your teacher, and your classmates, and Responsibility—for your
actions, your words, and your education. I expect you to live up to these four classroom values at
all times, and you can expect the same from me.
Please note, changes might occur to the syllabus at any time!! Parents and
Students will be notified in advance!!