Honors World Cultures

Honors World Cultures

Instructor: Ms. Ashley Howe

423-238-5221 (2310) / Instructor: Dr. Lance Myhan

423-238-5221 (2316)

Course Description:

Honors World Cultures is a year-long course that is paired with Honors World History and Honors English 9. This course is designed for students interested in taking AP European Studies (10); AP American Studies (11) or IB (International Baccalaureate) English and History; and AP English 12 or IB English. Honors World Cultures is focused on introducing students to literature from around the world, and is integrated with developing students’ writing skills in forms of analytical, expository, persuasive and creative writing; along with practicing advanced grammar usage and mechanics; and developing communication and listening skills. Topics covered include exploration, colonialism, responses to industrialization, the spread of the nation-state, the rise of modern science, the impact of a global economy, ethnicity and nationalism, migration, and mass culture. The purpose of this course is to provide an adequate basic understanding of the world community. In a world where business, government, and education are becoming more global enterprises, generally educated citizens need a broader historical background. We will examine a great deal of material from earliest times and the arrival of “civilization” all the way to the present day.

The coursework is rigorous and will challenge each student. Students should expect homework each night. Students will have work to complete over holidays and breaks.

Text:

This is a college preparation course that requires you to read at home each day. Students are required to purchase all assigned literature. You are required to bring the textbooks and assigned literature to class each day.

Classroom Supply List:

English fee ($10.00)

Social Studies fee ($10.00)

Please bring in Clorox wipes, tissues, or paper towels if you can.

Materials:

three-ring binder with paper, dividers, spiral or composition notebook, highlighters (multicolored), post-it notes, clipboard

Summer Reading:

Student Choice - J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit OR William Goldman: The Princess Bride

Required - Charles Dickens: Great Expectations (due January 8)

A dialectical journal for each novel will be due August 10, 2017. Directions for this assignment can be found on the OHS webite (ohs.hcde.org).

Novels/ Major Works:

Homer: The Odyssey

Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet (Sparknotes No Fear Shakespeare version recommended)

Baroness Emmuska Orczy: The Scarlet Pimpernel

Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist

Pearl S. Buck: The Good Earth

Ernest Hemmingway: The Old Man and the Sea

Tess Uriza Holthe: When the Elephants Dance

George Orwell: Animal Farm

Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451

Greorge Orwell: 1984

*You will need to acquire ALL novels/major works on your own. Digitial copies are not approved without written permission from a parent. Digital copies on a cell phone are not permitted during class.

Class Policies:

·  Students are expected to be in their assigned seats when the bell rings or he/she will be tardy.

·  If a student is absent from school, it is the STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY to ask what material or work was missed and to be completed WITHIN FIVE DAYS of the absence or the grade will be recorded as a ZERO. Use a buddy system.

·  If a student misses a test due to an absence, that test MUST be made up WITHIN FIVE DAYS or the test grade will be a zero. Arrangements to make up tests need to be made with the instructor.

·  Tutoring is available on Tuesdays from 2:30 to 3:30 after school in room 1E. Students are expected to arrange their own tranportation.

·  Students are expected to be prepared for class and will bring all necessary materials (notebooks, pencil or pen, text) and to turn in all written assignments on time.

·  Students are expected to read ALL material assigned - in other words be PREPARED.

·  All assignments must be written neatly or typed.

·  Students are expected to take notes during lecture/discussions. If an instructor is talking, you should be writing.

·  Only under the consent and the direct supervision of a classroom teacher, for the purposes of enhancing educational instruction, may a cell phone or other electronic device be used in an academic setting during instructional time. Any classroom use of an electronic device is at TEACHER DISCRETION.

1st Offense – Phone confiscated for 10 days.

2nd Offense –Phone confiscated for 20 days.

3rd Offense – Phone confiscated for the remainder of the school year.

·  Students are required to check Edmodo on a daily basis.

·  Social media such as Twitter will be part of the coursework.

·  Coursework should be submitted using MLA format. Always cite your work.

·  Students are expected to honor the following regarding plagiarism:

o  Plagiarism Statement: Plagiarism is the use of another’s words or ideas and the presentation of them as though they are entirely one’s own. Acts of plagiarism might include, but are not limited to 1.) using words or ideas from a published source without proper documentation; 2.) using the work of another student (e.g. copying another student’s homework, composition, or project); 3.) using excessive editing suggestions of another student, parent, or paid author. Plagiarism on any project or paper at Ooltewah High School will result in a zero for the assignment and an honor code violation. Unless directly stipulated by the teacher, collaboration on written work is not acceptable. Students who willingly provide other students access to their work are in violation of the honor code.

Grade Calculations for Block Schools:

Grade Calculations for Block Schools Grade Calculations for High School Courses without State End-of-Course Tests

·  Semester 1 (1st 9 weeks) and semester 2 (2nd 9 weeks) each 9-weeks grade counts 40% and the exam counts 20%.

Grade Calculations for High School Courses with State End-of-Course Tests

·  For semester 1 (1st 9 weeks) grade counts 50%. For semester 2 (2nd 9 weeks) grade counts 50% (which is made up of 75% teacher determined grades and the End-of-Course test counts 25%).

Components of the Quarter Grade:
The grading formula for each nine-week’s grade is as follows:
a. Instructional Tasks------50% Teaching Assessment Tasks. These may include instructional tasks such as daily work, quizzes, teaching tasks, and problem/project based learning activities. Homework assignments should count no more than 10%.
b. Assessment Tasks-----50% Performance and/or Assessment Tasks. Assessments may include summative unit tests, essays, performance assessments, constructed response tasks and problem/project based learning activities.

Course Outline:

Summer Reading J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit OR William Goldman: The Princess Bride

dialectical journal- due August 10

Charles Dickens: Great Expectations

dialectical journal- due January 8

Theory of Knowledge creative writing- due August 15

Prehistory from The Epic of Gilgamesh

Genesis

Greece (1900-133 B.C.) Homer: from the Iliad

Homer: from the Odyssey

Thucydides: from History of the Peloponesian War

Pericles Funeral Oration

Rome (600 B.C.-500 A.D.) Virgil: from The Aenid

Ovid, Pliny, Horace

Middle Ages (1000-1500) from The Song of Roland

Dante Alighieri: from the Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri: from the Inferno

Renaissance (1350-1600) Niccolό Machiavelli: from The Prince

Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest

(practice research paper- due October 5)

Title: The Genius of Shakespeare

Reformation (1517-1600) Shakespeare cont.

Englightenment (1550-1800) Jonathan Swift: A Modest Proposal

John Milton: from Paradise Lost

French Revolution (1789-1815) Baroness Emmuska Orczy: The Scarlet Pimpernel

Industrialization (1800-1870) Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist

Mass Society (1870-1914) Charles Dickens: Great Expectations

Imperialism (1800-1914) Charles Dickens cont.

WWI (1914-1919) Pearl S. Buck: The Good Earth

Great Depression (1919-1939) Ernest Hemmingway: The Old Man and the Sea

William Faulkner, Earnest Hemmingway, John Steinbeck, T. S. Eliot, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry James, Gertrude Stein (practice research paper- due Feb. 20)

Title: What Makes a Literary Genius?

WWII (1939-1945) Tess Uriza Holthe: When the Elephants Dance

Cold War (1945-1989) George Orwell: Animal Farm

Contemporary Issues/ Ray Bradbury: Fahrenheit 451

Modern History George Orwell: 1984

(multimedia presentation- due March 29)

Title: The Art of Censorship

Grammar:

I. The Parts of Speech

Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs,

prepositions, conjunctions, interjections.

II. The Sentence

Subjects and predicates

Complements

III. Phrases

Prepositional

Verbal

Appositives

IV. Clauses

Independent

Subordinate

Sentence Structure

V. Agreement

Subjects and Verb

Pronoun and Antecedent

VI. Verb Usage

Principal Parts

Tense

Voice

VII. Pronoun Usage

Nominative

Objective

VIII. Modifiers

Comparison

Placement

IX. Notorious Confusables

Capitalization

X. Punctuation

End Marks

Commas

Semicolons

Colons

Apostrophe

Hyphens

Dashes

Parentheses

Honors World History Course Objectives:

Students will demonstrate the ability to

·  analyze historical facts and interpretations concerning human history since 1500.

·  analyze and compare political, geographic, economic, social, cultural, religious, and intellectual institutions, structures and processes across the range of historical periods and cultures in human history since 1500.

·  recognize and articulate the diversity of human experience across the range of historical periods and the complexities of cultures and societies in human history since1500.

·  draw on historical perspectives from human history since 1500 to evaluate contemporary problems and issues.

·  analyze the contributions to the contemporary world of past cultures and societies in human history from 1500.

Honors World History

1st Semester
UNIT / TOPIC / STANDARDS
Unit 1 / Age of Revolution: 1750-1850
In this unit you will learn about the American Revolution, the Glorious Revolution of England, the French Revolution and their effects on the political expectations for individual rights, liberties and self-government. / Standards W.1-5
Unit 2 / The Industrial Revolution: 1750-1914
In this unit you will learn about the emergence and effects of the Industrial Revolution on France, Great Britain, the United States, Germany and Japan. Topics covered will include: population shifts, economic systems, scientific and technological changes, slavery, the labor union movement and the emergence of Romanticism. / Standards W.6-12
Unit 3 / Unification and Imperialism: 1850-1914
In this unit you will learn about the patterns of global change related to 19th century European imperialism. Topics covered will include: independence struggles in the colonized world, armed revolution and cultural clashes. / Standards W. 13-22
Unit 4 / World War I: 1914-1918
In this unit you will learn about the causes and effects of World War I. Topics will include: Causes of the war, major battles, turning points of the war, the Russian Revolution, weaponry and the impact of war. / Standards W. 23-32
Unit 5 / The Interwar Years: 1918-1939
In this unit you will learn about the period between the wars. Topics will include: population movement, the Treaty of Versailles, the impact of the war on minorities and women, economic challenges, the Great Depression, the rise of dictatorships and the causes of WWII / Standards: W.33-46
Unit 6 / World War II: 1939-1945
In this unit you will learn about World War II. Topics will include: the Axis and Allied powers, major turning points in the war, major battles, major leaders, the Holocaust, nuclear weapons, and impacts of the war. / Standards: W.47-52
2nd Semester
Unit 7 / Post War Period
In this unit you will learn about the period following World War II. Topics will include: the division of Germany, the development of NATO, SEATO, and the Warsaw Pact, the creation of the United Nations and the creation of the state of Israel. / Standards: W. 53-59
Unit 8 / The Cold War 1945-1989
In this unit you will learn about the Cold War period. The conflict and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union will be the primary focus. Topics will include: the arms race, weapon treaties, the Korean War, the Vietnam war and the impact of the US USSR conflict on other nations. / Standards: W. 60-66
Unit 9 / Change and Challenges in the Developing World 1945-1989
In this unit you will learn about the challenges facing nations during the Cold War Period. Topics covered will include: nationalist movements in Africa, political and economic upheavals in China, the rise of democracy in India, the economic development of the Pacific Rim nations, the rise of independence in eastern Europe and the fall of communism, the development of the EU and the struggles of Latin America / Standards: W. 67-87
Unit 10 / Contemporary World Since 1989
In this unit you will learn about the major developments and globalization since the end of the Cold War period. Topics will include: energy issues, economic agreements (regional), the impact of technology, challenges in the Middle East, the Rwandan genocide, the rise of terrorism worldwide, the Gulf War, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. / Standards: W. 88-104

Honors World Cultures

Instructor: Ms. Ashley Howe

423-238-5221 (2310) / Instructor: Dr. Lance Myhan

423-238-5221 (2316)

We want all students to be successful and enjoy working hard in class. This class will be a challenge for those who want to make an A. This class will teach students how to think critically using complex readings and seminars that will enable students to become life-long learners. We are looking forward to helping students achieve their full potential. The purpose of the signatures below is to verify you have read and understand the syllabus and asked any questions you think necessary.

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*The dialectical journal for summer reading is due 8-10-2017. The creative writing assignment is due 8-15-2017.