Grade 9 – Global History and Geography 1

Global History and Geography examines global history from the Ancient world to the Age of Revolution in the 1700’s. Students study major ideas, eras, themes and turning points in world history. The course is the first in the two-year study of Global History that is designed to focus on the key social studies standards and themes that reoccur across time and place.

Students will analyze primary sources, complete projects, participate in classroom activities throughout the course and answer document based questions as well as thematic essays. Students will be required to keep a notebook and a binder that they will be able to use to study for weekly quizzes and the Unit Tests. There will be a cumulative midterm exam and a final project that will bring together the entire year.

Course Objectives: The following are global concepts the students will be able to compare, contrast, analyze, and interpret documents and text through:

      I.          Change: Involves the basic alterations in things events and ideas

    II.        Choice :The right or power to select from a range of alternatives

   III.     Citizenship: Membership in a community with accompanying rights and responsibilities

  IV.        Culture: Patterns of human behavior, ideas, beliefs, values, artifacts and ways of making a living

   V.           Diversity: Understanding and respecting others and yourself including similarities/differences in language, gender, socioeconomic class and religion

  VI.         Empathy: Ability to understand others though identifying with their experiences

 VII.      Environment: Surroundings, including natural elements and elements created by human beings

VIII.   Human Rights: Basic political, economic and social rights all human beings are entitled

  IX.        Identity: Awareness of your own values, attitudes, and capabilities as an individual and as a member of different groups

   X.           Interdependence:  Reliance on others in mutually beneficial interactions

  XI.        Justice: Fair, equal, proportional, or appropriate treatment to individuals  (Socially and Governmentally)

 XII.      Political Systems: Forms of government which address certain basic questions and needs of human beings

XIII.   Power: The ability of people to influence the actions of others (legitimate power equals authority)

XIV.     Scarcity: Conflict between unlimited needs/wants and limited natural and human resources

XV.        Technology and Science: The tools and methods used by people to get what they need and want

Textbook

Spielvogle, Jackson J., World History, Glencoe McGraw Hill, New York, 2005.   

Course Outlines

Unit 1: The First Civilizations and Empires

            Chapter 1 Early Humans, Prehistory – 3500 BCE

            Chapter 2 Western Asia and Egypt, 3500 BCE – 500 BCE

Chapter 3 India and China, 3000 BCE – 500 CE

            Chapter 4 Ancient Greece 1900 BCE – 133 BCE

            Chapter 5 Rome and the Rise of Christianity 600 BCE – 500 CE

Unit 2: New Patterns of Civilization

            Chapter 6 The World of Islam, 600 – 1500 CE

            Chapter 7 Early African Civilization, 2000 BCE – 1500 CE

            Chapter 8 The Asian World, 400 – 1500 CE

Chapter 9 Emerging Europe and the Byzantine Empire 400 – 1300 CE

Chapter 10 Europe in the Middle Ages 1000 – 1500 CE

Chapter 11 The Americas 1000 – 1500 CE

Unit 3: The Early Modern World

            Chapter 12 Renaissance and Reformation, 1350 – 1600 CE

            Chapter 13 The Age of Exploration, 1500 – 1800 CE

            Chapter 14 Crisis and Absolutism in Europe, 1550 – 1715 CE

            Chapter 15 The Muslim Empires, 1450 – 1800 CE

            Chapter 16 The East Asian World, 1400 – 1800 CE