Instructor: Allen Herrington Email: Phone: (334) 886-2008 Location: Room 133

World HistoryI Syllabus

Slocomb Middle School 2015-2016

Instructor: Allen Herrington Email: Phone: (334) 886-2008 Location: Room 133

Course Description: World History I: 8h Grade Year Long Course.

Course Objectives:

1.Explain how artifacts and other archaeological findings provide evidence of the nature and movement of prehistoric groups of people.

2.Analyze characteristics of early civilizations in respect to technology, division of labor, government, calendar, and writings.

3.Compare the development of early world religions and philosophies and their key tenets.

4.Identify cultural contributions of Classical Greece, including politics, intellectual life, arts, literature, architecture, and science.

5.Describe the role of Alexander the Great in the Hellenistic world.

6.Trace the expansion of the Roman Republic and its transformation into an empire, including key geographic, political, and economic elements.

7.Describe the widespread impact of the Roman Empire.

8.Describe the development of a classical civilization in India and China

9.Describe the rise of the Byzantine Empire, its institutions, and its legacy, including the influence of the Emperors Constantine and Justinian and the effect of the Byzantine Empire on art, religion, architecture, and law.

10.Trace the development of the early Russian state and the expansion of its trade systems.

11.Describe early Islamic civilizations, including the development of religious, social, and political systems.

12.Describe China's influence on culture, politics, and economics in Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia..

13.Compare the African civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai to include geography, religions, slave trade, economic systems, empires, and cultures.

14.Describe key aspects of pre-Columbian cultures in the Americas including the Olmecs, Mayas, Aztecs, Incas, and North American tribes.

15.Describe military and governmental events that shaped Europe in the early Middle Ages (600-1000 A.D.).

16.Describe major cultural changes in Western Europe in the High Middle Ages (1000-1300 A.D.).

17.Explain how events and conditions fostered political and economic changes in the late Middle Ages and led to the origins of the Renaissance.

Grading Procedures: Grades for this class will be based on chapter tests, quizzes, class work, presentation/project, bell ringers, and homework. Grades will be determined using a points system which will constitute the following percentages of a student's final grade:

Daily work/Quizzes 25%, Semester Exam 10%, Tests 60%, Homework 5%

Final Grade: The student's final grade will fall within the following distribution:

A 90-100%, B 80-89%, C 70-79%, D 60-69%, F below 60%

Materials:Pencil/Pen, 3-ring Binder, Notebook, Paper, Page Dividers, and Color Pencils

PLEASE COME TO CLASS PREPARED!!!

Class Rules:

1. Act Right – This includes conducting yourself in a reasonable, rationale, responsible, mature manner inside the classroom, hallway, and on school grounds.
2. Be Respectful – This includes complying with all instructions and commands from a teacher, principal, custodian, cafeteria employee, bus driver, etc., along with school property. It also constitutes respecting others beliefs, ideas, and belongings.
3. Come Prepared – Come to class with everything that you will need for class every day. Take care of other responsibilities (seeing other teachers, library, bathroom, etc.) before class begins.

Consequences:

1st Offense: Warning, 2nd Offense: Detention, 3rd Offense: Parent Contact, 4th Offense: Office Referral, 5th Offense: Work Detail, 6th Offense: Alternative School/Suspension

Additional Notes:

1. Any student who receives failing grades during this course is urged to discuss this with the teacher.

2. All parents are welcome to discuss their child's progress in my class. My email and phone number are listed on this syllabus.

3. The academic misconduct policy will be followed in this course.

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