INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS

The global history core curriculum is designed to focus on the five social studies standards, common themes that recur across time and place, and eight historical units. The curriculum allows students to explore what is happening in various regions of the world at a given time. Additionally, it enables students to investigate issues from multiple perspectives and make global connections and linkages that lead to in depth understanding.  A Regents Exam will be taken in June.

NEEDS AND RESOURCES

• To successfully complete this course, you must develop a solid foundation of geography, coupled with a desire to research and discover the basis of alternate world cultures, religions, language and political & economic systems. It is important to keep an open mind when trying to make sense of why and how things are different over time and place.

Required Materials

• World History: The Human Experience – The Modern Times

        A Glencoe Publication                                     

• A Quick Review of Global History – A Jarrett Publication
• * A notebook – students may use any notebook that they are comfortable with. I urge them to type out all of their assignments, print them out and place them into a three ringed binder.

Online Resources

* www.Regentsprep.org

* www.Regentsreviewlive.net

* www.Thehistorychannel.com

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

General Rules:

Students are expected to be attentive in class and thus are responsible for all notes and classwork

Grading:

Exams are given as a minimum four times per quarter. They are valued at 100 pts/examination. A typical exam will pose approx 25-50 multiple choice questions. At least one exam per quarter will be in essay format, adhering to the NYS Regents Essay Format for Global History.

A homework grade will be computed as an additional test grade. Therefore each individual assignment will count towards the whole grade.

Quizzes will be issued on a regular basis. They will be announced or will be unannounced (pop quiz). This is designed to insure that students keep up with their nightly reading assignments.

A research paper and/or group project will be assigned each semester.