Teacher’s Name: Andy VanfossanBuilding: High SchoolGrade: 9Subject/Course: World Hist.

Content / Skills / Essential Questions / Assessment
August / Chapter 1 – The Renaissance and Reformation / -Identify key people & events
- Read “The Prince”
-Examine the social, political, economic, and geographical effects on the key people and events / How did European thinking change after the Renaissance and Reformation? / -Chapter Tests
-Participation
-Worksheets
-Map Activities
-Various Readings
-Project Presentations
-Alternative Assessment
-Study Guides
-Video Questions
- “The Prince”
September / Chapter 2 – The First Global Age: Europe and Asia
Chapter 3 – The First Global Age: Europe, the Americas and Africa
Chapter 4: The Role of Absolutism / -Identify key people & events
-Examine the social, political, economic, and geographical effects on the key people and events / How did the spice trade affect Europe?
What affect did colonization have on Europe, the Americas and Africa? / -Chapter Tests
-Participation
-Worksheets
-Map Activities
-Various Readings
-Project Presentations
-Alternative Assessment
-Study Guides
-Video Questions
October / Chapter 4 – The Role of Absolutism
Chapter 5 – The Enlightenment and the American Revolution
Chapter 6: French Revolution and Napoleon / -Identify key people & events
-Examine the social, political, economic, and geographical effects on the key people and events / How were absolute monarchs able to come to power and remain in power?
How did the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment change views of the world in Europe and in North America? / -Chapter Tests
-Participation
-Worksheets
-Map Activities
-Various Readings
-Project Presentations
-Alternative Assessment
-Study Guides
-Video Questions
- Read “The Tale of Two Cities”
November / Chapter 6: French Revolution
Chapter 7: Industrial Revolution Begins
Chapter 8 – Revolutions in Europe and Latin America / -Identify key people & events
- Read “Tale of Two Cities”
-Examine the social, political, economic, and geographical effects on the key people and events / What affect did the American Revolution have on the French Revolution? / -Chapter Tests
-Participation
-Worksheets
-Map Activities
-Various Readings
-Project Presentations
-Alternative Assessment
-Study Guides
-Video Questions
December / Chapter 9: Life in the Industrial Age
Chapter 10: Nationalism in Europe / -Identify key people & events
-Examine the social, political, economic, and geographical effects on the key people and events / How did industrialization change the way people lived? / -Semester Assessment
-Chapter Tests
-Participation
-Worksheets
-Map Activities
-Various Readings
-Project Presentations
-Alternative Assessment
-Study Guides
-Video Questions

Teacher’s Name: Andy VanfossanBuilding: High SchoolGrade: 9Subject/Course: World Hist.

Content / Skills / Essential Questions / Assessment
January / Chapter 11: Growth of Western Democracies
Chapter 12: New Imperialism / -Identify key people & events
-Examine the social, political, economic, and geographical effects on the key people and events / Why were struggles for freedom and democracy successful in Europe and Latin America in the 19th century? / -Chapter Tests
-Participation
-Worksheets
-Map Activities
-Various Readings
-Project Presentations
-Alternative Assessment
-Study Guides
-Video Questions
February / Chapter 13: New Global Patterns
Chapter 14: World War I / -Identify key people & events
-Examine the social, political, economic, and geographical effects on the key people and events / How did cities and the associated social problems form in Europe and North America?
How were the nations of Germany, Italy and Russia formed after years of sharp sectionalism and division? / -Chapter Tests
-Participation
-Worksheets
-Map Activities
-Various Readings
-Project Presentations
-Alternative Assessment
-Study Guides
-Video Questions
March / Chapter 14: World War I
Chapter 15: Revolution in Russia / -Identify key people & events
-Examine the social, political, economic, and geographical effects on the key people and events / What events occur that lead to the spread of democracy in Great Britain, France and the United States?
Why was totalitarianism able to take root in Russia in the early 20th century? / -Chapter Tests
-Participation
-Worksheets
-Map Activities
-Various Readings
-Project Presentations
-Alternative Assessment
-Study Guides
-Video Questions
April / Chapter 17 – Crisis of Democracy in the West
Chapter 18: World War II and its Aftermath / -Identify key people & events
-Examine the social, political, economic, and geographical effects on the key people and events / Why did Fascism and the Nazi Party ultimately fail in Italy and Germany? / -Chapter Tests
-Participation
-Worksheets
-Map Activities
-Various Readings
-Project Presentations
-Alternative Assessment
-Study Guides
-Video Questions
May / Chapter 18: World War II
Chapter 19 – The World Since 1945: An Overview / -Identify key people & events
-Examine the social, political, economic, and geographical effects on the key people and events / What affect will history have on the 21st century? / -Chapter Tests
-Participation
-Worksheets
-Map Activities
-Various Readings
-Project Presentations
-Alternative Assessment
-Study Guides
-Video Questions