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Mr. Kelsey’s World History–Spring Semester 2013-2014
Rules & Regulations: See the separate Classroom Procedures & Management Plan.
Grading System: The grading scale in this course is as follows:
Class Participation and Conduct (i.e. being actively engaged in the course by
helping your team, not sleeping, disrupting class, etc.) Disruptive behavior can
result in a zero for the day, begin referred to Chill-Out, and a call to the
student’s parents about the incident. Repeated incidents such as class
disruptions, sleeping, lack of participation, referring to an administrator for
disciplinary actions, etc. can result in a low class conduct grade which can
affect a student’s overall grade. As a student, always ask yourself first, “Is this
going to get me in trouble?” If you’re not sure, just don’t do it! This is graded
and counts as a grade worth 10% of a student’s total 9 weeks grade.
Homework (all homework should be handed in the day it is due. Late policy is
in the behavior contract. Doing half an assignment will get you half credit,
with no chance for makeup. Doing an assignment without putting your name
on it will result in it being counted as a zero. Also please place a date on the
paper you turn in, and when you put a date on the paper when you hand it in,
this also protects you by showing that it was turned in on time and not turned in
late): 10%
Notebooks: Students will answer questions, define terms, and analyze maps as
part of their notebook assignments as they are assigned to them. Each chapter
notebook will be graded and are expected to be turned in completely done. It is
highly encouraged that students start on their notebooks well in advance when
they are first assigned and avoid waiting until the last minute to do them. Just
like homework, late work will not be accepted unless emergencies or medical
issues such as sickness arise, and are addressed by a doctor’s note, parent’s
note with signature. etc. 10%
Quizzes (some quizzes are listed on the syllabus below and dates of scheduled
quizzes may vary due to unforeseen circumstances.) Others may be given as
pop quizzes, and there may be between at least one quiz each week. Pop
quizzes may be given without any warning at any time. If a student misses a
quiz due to an excused absence, he/she has a maximum of five school days
upon return to make up the quiz. Quizzes will be made up during
scheduled seminars. If the student fails to make up the quiz within that
period, the quiz grade will become a zero (no exception). 30%
Tests (The test schedule is listed in the syllabus below.) Please note that dates
can change on this but we will try to adhere to the test schedule as close as
possible. If the student is absent the day of the test, it must be made up
within five school days of the student’s return to school and taken during
the class’ scheduled Seminar or an agreed upon day after school within the
five school-day period after the student’s return. If this does not occur,
the test will become a zero. (Test Section continued on next page.)
Tests Continued: If you know in advance you will be absent, please try to
take the test before you leave. In either case, the longer you wait to make up
a test the worse off you will be, because information gets stale, you start
forgetting things you thought you knew, in other words, it’s just not a good
idea. 40%
You should keep all graded material, notes, and handouts, in a notebook. The
best thing to use is a separate, 1½” or greater, notebook dedicated to this class;
with separate areas dedicated to each of the items listed above. The more
organized and complete your notebook, the higher test grade you will receive
when it is checked and it will also serve as an excellent tool to help you prepare
for test, quizzes, assessment tests, and mid-term/final examinations. If there
are any questions about your grades, please feel free to see me.
Seminars: Seminars are periods for mandatory remediation on set days depending upon the
student’s overall average in his/her class. Seminars take place from 2:25 pm-2:55 pm by
set periods between Mondays through Thursdays of each week. (Mon-1st Period , Tues2nd Per, Wed-3rd Per, and 4th Per-Thurs; No seminars will be held on Friday) Students
having a total semester class average less than an 85/B-in a particular class must attend
the seminar for that particular class period on the day of its corresponding period
without exception. For the first 4 weeks of school, all students will attend their seminars
in all of their classes as per the directive by HHS Principal, Mr. Murphy. After the
initial four week period, students who have a total class average of 85/B- or higher are
not required to attend seminars but are welcome to attend if they desire whereas those
having a total class average less than an 85/B- average or lower must attend the seminar
for that class according to that class’ particular two week period until the next progress
report is given out.
Students attending seminars must be doing work in my seminar classes (i.e. making up
tests, doing remediation, asking questions, etc.) and you must sign in on arrival and sign out
when leaving to verify your attendance at the seminar. These can help improve your grade!
Take advantage of it!
Athletes and Band Members: Coaches will let you attend seminars on your
corresponding day by class and after attending seminars, When you leave my seminar class
and need a pass to get into your practices, I will give you a pass for your coach which will
show your time of arrival and departure, and allow you entrance into practice upon your
finishing your seminar on that particular class’ seminar remediation date.
Listed below is your syllabus. It does not contain individual assignments, but does give a
broad scope of what will be covered each day and week in class throughout the semester.
Note there are no “free days” because so much has to be covered in one semester. Please
remember that we will be covering over 4,000 years of history within 90 school days. This
course is meant to prepare you for the more demanding Social Studies courses of Civics &
Economics and US History. I will include as much Civics and Economics and US History
related material in my World History class as possible as it intertwines with World History so
you can have a good foundation in those courses prior to you taking them.
The World History Class Learning Schedule and Quiz, Test, and Assessment Dates are
listed on the next page for the semester. Please remember that dates may vary.
Week One:
Tuesday, January 21: Introduction, Issuing books, Review rules and regulations, Study Skills
Foundations of Civilizations; Prehistoric man; Paleolithic Age; foundations of history;
anthropology and archaeology; Neolithic Age; Nomads; domestication of animals and the
spreading of civilizations such as Jericho; Basic economies; technology; building of
structures; cultural diffusion; rise of city-states; the first empire by Sargon
Wednesday, January 22: Study Skills-Time Management, Reading maps, How to use your
textbook, Notetaking skills; Chapter 2:Ancient Egypt & Fertile
Crescent, Ancient Mesopotamian Society & Literature, Sumerians,
cuneiform, Code of Hammurabi
Thursday, January 23: Study Skills, Test-taking Strategies; Chapter 2: Ancient Egypt &
Fertile Crescent, Persian Empire, Zoroastrianism, Phoenicians
Friday, January 24: Study Skills as needed, Chapter 4: Ancient Egypt & Fertile Crescent,
Persian Empire, Zoroastrianism, Phonecians, Egyptian Religion,
Society & Writing, Hieroglyphics, Mummification
Week Two:
Monday, January 27: Study Skills, Chapter 4: Ancient Egypt & Fertile Crescent, Ancient
Judaism & Israel; Hagar, Isaac vs. Ishmael; Rise of Moses and Judaism;
Tuesday, January 28: Study Skills, Chapter 4: Ancient Greece, Crete, Mycenae, Homer, and
the Trojan War; Greek city-states, different types of Greek
governments,
Wednesday, January 29: Study skills; Athenian and Spartan society and governments, the
Persian Wars, direct democracy
Thursday, February 4: OPEN BOOK QUIZ-CHAPTERS 1,2 & 4; Ch. 5: Ancient Rome,
Italian People, geography, Roman Republic, Roman Society
Wednesday, February 5: Chapter 5: Ancient Rome, Punic Wars, Civil Wars, Julius &
Augustus Caesar, Early Empire and Pax Romana, Roman Literature & Engineering
Thursday, February 6: Chapter 5: Ancient Rome, Punic Wars, Civil Wars, Julius & Augustus
Caesar, Early Empire and Pax Romana, Roman Literature & Engineering
Friday, February 7: Chapter 5: Ancient Rome, Ministry of Jesus, Apostles Spread the gospel,
Edict of Milan, Early Structure of Christianity
Week Three:
Monday, February 10: Chapter 5: Ancient Rome, Problems of Rome after 200 A.D., Split
of Roman Empire, Sacking of Rome by Barbarians, Fall of the Western
Roman Empire
Tuesday, February 11: Chapter 5: Ancient Rome, Problems of Rome after 200 A.D., Split
of the Roman Empire, Sacking of Rome by Barbarians, Fall of the
Western Roman Empire
Week Three Continued:
Wednesday, February 12: QUIZ, CHAPTER 5; Begin Chapter 10; Muslim Civilization, Life
Of Muhammad, Beginnings of Islam, 5 Pillars of Islam; The Qu’ran
Thursday, February 13: Chapter 10: Muslim Civilization: 5 Pillars of Islam, The Qu’ran,
Early Relationship with Christians and Jews; Muslim Women;
Islamic Schism-Sunnis and Shi’ites, Umayyad Caliphate,
Friday, February 14: Chapter 10: Muslim Civilization: Abbasid Dynasty, Rise of Seljuk
Turks & Mongols, Muslim Society & Literature. EARLY RELEASE
Week Four:
Monday, February 17: OPTIONAL TEACHER WORKDAY/ PRESIDENT’S DAY/
STUDENTS OFF
Tuesday, February 18: Chapter 10: Muslim Civilization: Abbasid Dynasty, Rise of Seljuk
Turks & Mongols, Muslim Society & Literature
Wednesday, February 19: Chapter 10: Muslim Civilization: Muslim Art, Muslims Preserve
old Knowledge, Muslim Advances in Knowledge, Astronomy,
Mathematics, Medicine, Art
Thursday, February 20: Chapter 10: Muslim Civilization: India’s Muslim Empires, Delhi
Sultanate, Clashes Between Hindus and Muslims, Mughai Dynasty,
Friday, February 21: Chapter 10: Muslim Civilization: Ottoman Empire and culture, The
end of the Ottoman Empire, Technological advances in gunpowder and
artillery; 4 Week Assessment Test Review
Week Five:
Monday, February 24: The Fall of Constantinople, Safavid Empire; 4 Week Assessment
Test Review
Tuesday, February 25: FOUR WEEK ASSESSMENT TEST (PER. 1 & 3)
Wednesday, February 26: FOUR WEEK ASSESSMENT TEST (PER. 2 & 4)
Thursday, February 27: Chapter 7 (Section 2): Feudalism and the Manor Economy:
Feudalism; Life under feudalism, Chivalry, Knights, The Manor, Serfs,
and Peasants
Friday, February 28: Chapter 8 (Section 1): Royal Power Grows in Europe: The rise of the
Monarchy in Europe, King John and the Magna Carta
Week Six:
Monday, March 3: Chapter 8 (Section 1): Royal Power Grows in Europe: The rise of
France as a monarchy, Philip Augustus and Louis IX, Clashing with the
Pope; and the rise of the Estates General in France
Tuesday, March 4: Chapter 8 (Section 3): The Crusades and the Wider World: Europe
emerging from isolation, The Crusades and its Political Impact then and
now, Jerusalem-Home of Christians and Jews, The Reconquista,
Ferdinand and Isabella, and the Inquisition
Week Six Continued:
Wednesday, March 5: QUIZ, CHAPTERS 7 (SEC 2) AND 8 (SEC 3); Begin Chapter 12
(except Section 5)-The Spread of Civilization in East and Southeast Asia
Thursday, March 6: Chapter 12 (except Section 5)-The Spread of Civilization in East and
Southeast Asia: Two Golden Ages-The Tang and Song Dynasties,
Tang and Song culture and society
Friday, March 7: Chapter 12 (except Section 5)-The Spread of Civilization in East and
Southeast Asia: Mongol and Ming Empires, Restoration of Chinese
rule, Chinese exploration, Korea and Korean geography
Week Seven:
Monday, March 10: Chapter 12 (except Section 5)-The Spread of Civilization in East and
Southeast Asia: Choson Dynasty, Japan and Feudalism, Japanese
geography and traditions; Japanese clans, Shintoism, Bonds between
Korea and Japan,
Tuesday, March 11: Chapter 12 (except Section 5)-The Spread of Civilization in East and
Southeast Asia: Japan and China interact, cultural diffusion between Japan and
China
Wednesday, March 12: Chapter 12 (except Section 5)-The Spread of Civilization in East and
Southeast Asia: Heian Period, Bushido and the Samurai-Japanese Feudalism,
Tokugawas unifying Japan, Artistic traditions
Thursday, March 13: Bushido and the Samurai-Japanese Feudalism, Tokugawas unifying
Japan, Artistic traditions
Friday, March 14: EARLY REVIEW FOR CHAPTERS 7, 8, & 12 TEST
Friday, March 14: CONTINUED TEST REVIEW, CHAPTERS 7, 8, & 12
Week Eight:
Monday, March 17: PRESIDENTS DAY HOLIDAY-NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, March 18: TEST, CHAPTERS 7, 8, & 12; Start Chapter 14 (Section 1)-The
Renaissance: Italy-Birthplace of the Renaissance, Humanism, Italy’s dominance in
trade, Italian city-states, Renaissance Art, DaVinci, Michelangelo, Raphael,
Castiglione, and Machiavelli
Wednesday, March 19: Chapter 15-The Beginnings of Global Exploration: Europe & the
Americas: Spanish influence in New World, Conquistadors
Thursday, March 20: Chapter 15-The Beginnings of Global Exploration: Spanish
government and Christianity, conquistadors, encomienda, Slave Trade,
Mestizos and Mulattoes, Spain vs. Portugal
Friday, March 21: Chapter 15-The Beginnings of Global Exploration: New France and the
13 colonies, The Seven Years War, Middle Passage, slave trade politics
Week Nine:
Monday, March 24: Chapter 15-The Beginnings of Global Exploration: New France and the
13 colonies, The Seven Years War, Middle Passage, slave trade
politics; the Colombian Exchange; New Markets & industries in the
New World
Tuesday, March 25: REVIEW FOR 8 WEEK ASSESSMENT TEST (MID-TERM)
Wednesday, March 26: 8 WEEK ASSESSMENT TEST (PERIODS 1 & 3)
Thursday, March 27: 8 WEEK ASSESSMENT TEST (PERIODS 2 & 4)
Friday, March 28: Chapter 15-The Beginnings of Global Exploration: Commercial
Revolution in the New World, triangular trade, mercantilism
Week Nine Continued:
Monday, March 31: QUIZ, CHAPTERS 14 & 15, Begin Chapter 16 (Sec. 3)-The Age of
Absolutism/Parliament Triumphs Over England; The rise of England’s
Parliament; Revolution led by Cromwell & the Roundheads, Charles I
executed, The Commonwealth, The Glorious Revolution and England’s
constitutional government
Tuesday, April 1:
QUIZ, CHAPTERS 14 & 15; Chapter 16 (Sec. 3)-The Age of
Absolutism con’t.; The rise of England’s Parliament; Revolution led by
Cromwell & the Roundheads, Charles I executed, The Commonwealth,
The Glorious Revolution and England’s constitutional government
Wednesday, April 2: Chapter 17-The Enlightenment & The American Revolution:
Natural law, natural rights; Thomas Hobbes; John Locke, Voltaire, and
Montesquieu;
Thursday, April 3: Chapter 17-The Enlightenment & The American Revolution: Diderot,
Rousseau, Women’s rights in the late 1700s
Friday, April 4: Women’s rights in the late 1700s; Adam Smith and laissez-faire
Week Eleven:
Monday, April 7: Chapter 17-The Enlightenment & The American Revolution:
Women’s rights in the late 1700s continued, Adam Smith and laissezfaire, the spread of the Enlightenment; enlightened despots
Tuesday, April 8: Chapter 17-The Enlightenment & The American Revolution: The
American Revolution; the rise of American democracy; PostRevolutionary War America, the Articles of Confederation and the
Constitution of the United States
Wednesday, April 9: REVIEW FOR CHAPS 14 (Sec 1), 15, 16 (Sec 3), & 17 TEST
Thursday, April 10: TEST, CHAPTERS 14 (Sec 1), 15, 16 (Sec 3), & 17;
Friday, April 11: Chapter 19-The Industrial Revolution Begins: Agriculture Improves,
Steam Engine Invented, Iron Improvements
Week Twelve: SPRING BREAK VACATION-FROM APR 14-18, 2014
Week Thirteen:
Monday, April 21: Chapter 19: The Industrial Revolution Begins: British Dominance in
Industry (Resources, Textiles, Transportation),
Tuesday, April 22: Chapter 19: The Industrial Revolution Begins: British Dominance in
Industry (Resources, Textiles, Transportation) continued
Wednesday, April 23: Chapter 19: The Industrial Revolution Begins: Urbanization Begins,
Unions Begin, Methodism, Impact of the Factory System
Thursday, April 24: Chapter 19: The Industrial Revolution Begins: Laissez-Faire Takes
Hold, Utilitarianism
Friday, April 25: Chapter 19: The Industrial Revolution Begins: Socialism, Karl Marx
and Communism
Week Thirteen:
Monday, April 28: QUIZ, CHAPTER 19; Begin Chapter 26-World War I and the Russian
Revolution: Short & Long-Term Causes of World War I, Von Schlieffen Plan
Tuesday, April 29: Chapter 26- World War I and the Russian Revolution: Effect of the
Outbreak on Societies, Trench Warfare, New Technologies
Wednesday, April 30: Chapter 26: World War I and the Russian Revolution: Other Fronts
(Eastern Front, Balkans, Middle East)
Thursday, May 1: Chapter 26: World War I and the Russian Revolution: Lusitania sunk,
Effects on Societies Widen, Zimmerman Note, Russia Drops Out of WWI;
US Declares War, 14 Points
Friday, May 2: Chapter 26: World War I: Final German Offensive, Allies Stop
Offensive, Armistice Day, Treaty of Versailles Creates Many Problems,
League of Nations Alienates Americans
Week Fourteen:
Monday, May 5: Rasputin undermines the Russian government; March Revolution of 1917,
October Revolution, War Communism, USSR Takes Shape
Tuesday, May 6: QUIZ, CHAPTER 26; Begin Chapter 29: World War II & After:
Treaty of Versailles, rise of Hitler, Appeasement and pacifism, Spanish Civil
War-Dress Rehearsal, Nazi-Soviet Pact, Blitzkrieg Begins, France & Low
Countries Fall
Wednesday, May 7: Chapter 29: World War II & After: Britain Stands Alone, Operation
Barbarossa, Holocaust, Japanese Atrocities, US Aids Britain, China & USSR
Thursday, May 8: Chapter 29: World War II, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Total War, Tehran
Conference, Operation Torch, Battle of Stalingrad
Friday, May 9: Chapter 29: World War II, D-Day Landings, Battle of the Bulge, Yalta
Conference, V-E Day, Island Hopping, Iwo Jima & Okinawa
Week Fifteen:
Monday, May 12: Chapter 29: World War II, Potsdam Declaration & Atomic Bombs,
V-J Day, Nuremburg Trials, Postwar Occupation
Tuesday, May 13: UN, Cold War Begins, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift,
NATO & Warsaw Pact
Wednesday, May 14: REVIEW, CHAPTERS 26 & 29 TEST
Thursday, May 15: TEST: CHAPTERS 26 & 29. Begin Chapter 30 (sections 1 & 5)
The Cold War, Berlin Wall, 1956 & 1968 Uprisings
Friday, May 16: Chapter 30 (Secs 1 & 5) The Cold War: Cold War, China & Cuba fall to
Communists, Détente & Arms Agreements, Cuban Missile Crisis
Week Sixteen:
Monday, May 19: Chapter 30 (Sections 1 & 5) The Cold War: Soviet & American
Policies, Space Race, Red Scare in America, McCarthyism, Flare-ups in the
world (Korea and Vietnam) involving the United States
Tuesday, May 20: Chapter 30 (Sections 1 & 5) The Cold War: Gorbachev’s Reforms,
Warsaw Pact Collapses, Asian Communists Adjust;
Wednesday, May 21: QUIZ, CHAPTER 30 (SECS 1 & 5); Begin Chapter 32 (Secs 1-3):
Regional Conflicts: War in Sri Lanka, Violence in Northern Ireland
Thursday, May 22: Chapter 32 (sections 1-3): Regional Conflicts: War in Chechnya, Violent
Disintegration of Yugoslavia; Struggle in South Africa
Friday, May 23: Chapter 32 (Secs 1-3): Regional Conflicts: The End of the 20th
Century and beginning of the 21st Century; REVIEW FOR 30 & 32 TEST
Week Seventeen:
Monday, May 26: FEDERAL HOLIDAY/MEMORIAL DAY
Tuesday, May 27: TEST: CHAPTERS 30/32. BEGIN REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM
Wednesday, May 28: REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAMS/MSL EXAMS
Thursday, May 29: REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAMS/MSL EXAMS
Friday, May 30: REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAMS/MSL EXAMS
Week Eighteen:
Monday, June 2 through Thursday, June 5: FINAL EXAMS/MSL EXAMS
Friday, June 6: FINAL EXAM MAKE-UPS /RETESTS/GRADUATION REHEARSAL
Saturday, June 7: GRADUATION CEREMONY & COMMENCEMENT
Friday, June 11: PROTECTED TEACHER WORKDAY/NO SCHOOL/END OF YEAR
Week Nineteen:
June 9-13: MON-TEACHER WORKDAY; OPTIONAL TEACHER
WORKDAYS/TUES THROUGH FRIDAY/END OF SEMESTER & SCHOOL YEAR