Industrial Revolution, Revolutions in Western Europe and Latin America, Nationalism, Growth of Western Democracy, New Age Imperialism, World War I, Russian Revolution, World War II, Growth of Nationalism and Revolution Around the World, World War II, Cold War, Modern Global Political and Economic Issues, Terrorism
SUPPLIES:
- a BINDER (looseleaf & dividers)
- a two-pocket FOLDER (required for writing portfolio)
- spiral index cards (one for each quarter)
- pens
MY EXPECTATIONS:
1. All interactions in our class will be positive and respectful.
2. You are expected to participate in class activities and discussions, as it is calculated into your participation grade.
3. LATENESS and CUTTING are NOT allowed, and will reflect negatively on your quarterly and overall grades for this course.
4. All assignments must be handed in ON TIME. All work must be neat and reflective of your own efforts. Homework will ONLY be accepted late during the week that it is due. In such cases, you will receive half credit for completing the assignment. There are no exceptions!
5. You are responsible for ALL work completed in class and assigned at home. If you are absent, you must make up the work and hand it in on time. Upon returning to school, you are also responsible to immediately make up ALL quizzes and exams missed during your absence.
6. You are required to take a Regents Examination based on this course in June. The exam tests on material addressed in 9th AND 10th grade Global History & Geography. Therefore, there will be regular exams on the ninth grade curriculum throughout the school year. ALL exams will be announced in advance. However, there may be unannounced quizzes.
7. You are responsible for and expected to keep up with all reading assignments, as I may not cover every aspect of the curriculum in class.
Extra Help will be held after school on Tuesdays until 2:30 PM. If you would like extra help on any other day or time, please see me anytime throughout the school day to set up a more convenient appointment.
E-mail: mjannace@sachem.edu Main Office: 631-716-8200
*First Marking Period*
Assignments:
Due 9/4: Signed contracts
Due 9/6: Complete TWO-SIDED worksheet on "Categorizing Source Materials" and Geography
QUIZ ON FRIDAY 9/5: 9th Grade (25 multiple choice questions)
***DUE ON FRI 9/5: Two-Pocket Folder due by TODAY!***
QUIZ ON WEDNESDAY 9/10: Causes and Effects of the Industrial Revolution
Due on 9/11: Read A Manchester Housewife's Weekly Budget in 1833 and answer questions 1-5 in complete sentences. THEN, read Child Labor and answer questions 1-5.
Due on 9/12: Who was Robert Owen?
Due on 9/15: Complete ALL scaffolding questions for DBQ on Industrial Revolution. Write your answers in COMPLETE SENTENCES.
DBQ ESSAY EXAM ON 9/16: The Industrial Revolution
Due on 9/17: Complete the Main Themes Review Sheet for the Industrial Revolution.
TEST ON THURSDAY 9/18: The Industrial Revolution (unit exam)
Due on 9/23: Read & analyze each document on the New Imperialism worksheet. Answer the questions in complete sentences.
Due on 9/24: Read pages 392-398 in your textbook. Complete the two-sided worksheet entitled The Partition of Africa in complete sentences.
QUIZ on MONDAY 9/29: Imperialism in Africa & India
COME TO OPEN SCHOOL NIGHT!
(Thursday October 2 at 7 PM)
Due on 10/2: Read pages 411-415. Answer all questions on the summary worksheet in complete sentences.
Due on 10/3: Read 422-428. Complete the 20 multiple choice questions on Japan by putting each question into a complete sentence (see examples on the attached worksheet).
Due on FRIDAY OCT 3: 1st Quarter Vocabulary Project (all words must be written in a spiral index card book)
Due on 10/7: Complete the review sheet for New Age Imperialism.
TEST ON WEDNESDAY 10/8: New Imperialism
(Africa, India, China & Japan)
Due on 10/14: Thematic Essay
Essay Task:
1- Define the word "imperialism"
2- Discuss the motives [causes] for imperialism
3- Discuss BOTH the positive & negative effects of imperialism in a SPECIFIC area [Africa, India, China]
Due on 10/16: Movie Analysis Sheets for The Last Samurai will be collected at the end of class today!
Due on 10/21: Read the documents on German & Italian Unification. Answer all questions in complete sentences.
Due on 10/22: Complete the 20 multiple choice questions on Nationalism by putting each question into a complete sentence (see examples on the attached worksheet).
OCTOBER 22: Go to the Little Theater for a Peer Leadership Presentation - "A Class Divided"
Due on 10/29: Read 477-483 & 542-549. Complete the Venn diagram comparing and contrasting Lenin and Stalin. Then, read Totalitarian State and answer the two review questions in complete sentences.
DBQ Essay Exam on FRIDAY OCTOBER 31: STALIN
TEST ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 5: Russian Revolution/ Stalin
*Second Marking Period*
Due on 11/7: Read 454-459. Complete the Road to War worksheet.
Due on 11/12: Read "The Black Hand and the Murder at Sarajevo," and answer the 5 questions that follow on a separate sheet of paper in complete sentences.
Due on 11/13: Read "Total War" and answer the five questions that follow on a separate sheet of paper (or on the back) in complete sentences.
Due on 11/18: WWI documents & "Crime of the Ages" political cartoon (worksheet; write in complete sentences!)
Due on 11/19: WWI Review Sheet
TEST ON FRIDAY 11/21: World War I (& Nationalism)
Due on 11/26: Movie Analysis Sheet will be checked in class for accuracy and completeness. The questions are based on two movies viewed in class over a three day period.
Due on 12/1: Complete the 9th Grade Vocabulary Review (25 of the 50 words from the matching activity will appear on Monday's quiz)
QUIZ ON MONDAY 12/1: 9th Grade Vocabulary (matching)
Due on 12/2: Read The Rise of Nazi Germany and answer the 6 questions that follow in complete sentences.
Due on 12/3: A Global Depression worksheet
Due on 12/4: Fascism vs Communism Venn Diagram
TEST ON TUESDAY 12/9: Rise of Dictators (The Inter-War Period)
Due on 12/12: Movie Analysis Sheet will be checked in class for accuracy and completeness. The questions are based on the movie, Swing Kids, viewed in class over a three day period.
Due on 12/17: Road to World War II worksheet (This assignment will be accepted for full credit on 12/17. You will receive 5 Bonus points if you hand in the homework on 12/16.
DUE ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 17: 2nd Quarter Vocabulary Project (all words must be written in a spiral index card book)
Due on 1/5: Complete the packet of readings & questions on World War II topics (Lightning Warfare, The Phony War, The Miracle of Dunkerque, Battle of Britain, Battle of the Atlantic, Operation Barbarossa, Pearl Harbor, Bataan Death March, Battle of Midway, D-DAY, Battle of the Bulge)
Due on 1/6: Read "Yesterday, December 7, 1941, a date which will live in infamy..." and answer the questions on the back of the page in complete sentences.
Due on 1/12: WWII PODCAST SCRIPT
Due on 1/16: WWII PODCAST RECORDING
Due on 1/23: WWII Take Home Test
Due on 1/26: Finish Midterm Vocabulary and Practice Questions (2 lowest homework grades will become 100!)
MIDTERM EXAM: TUESDAY JANUARY 27 10:00-11:30 AM (50 Multiple Choice + DBQ Scaffolding)
***Arrive at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the exam!***
*Third Marking Period*
Due on 2/4: Read the packet about the Holocaust and complete the corresponding packet of questions.
Due on 2/6: Read the packet entitled "Adolf Eichmann on Trial" and answer all questions throughout the packet in complete sentences.
Due on 2/10: Read "The Cambodian Killing Fields" and answer the 7 questions on the back in complete sentences.
THEMATIC ESSAY ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY 13: Justice & Human Rights Violations
*Define "human rights"
*Identify 2 examples of human rights violations that have occurred in a specific time & place
*Describe the causes of the violations
*For each violation, discuss one effort that was/is being made to deal with the violation
Due on 2/24: Read 592-594; Answer question 5 on p 594.
Due on 2/25: Read 604-612
* Page 604: Define: superpowers; detente; containment
* Page 609: questions 1 and 2
* Page 612: questions 3 and 4
Week of 2/23-2/27: Complete the Cold War terminology packet as we cover the information in class. This assignment will be checked throughout the week.
Due on 3/5: Read "No Peace for Gorbachev" and answer the questions in complete sentences.
TEST ON FRIDAY MARCH 6: COLD WAR
VOCABULARY QUIZ on MONDAY March 9: 2nd Quarter Project Words
DUE ON MONDAY MARCH 9: 3rd Quarter Vocabulary Project (all words must be written in a spiral index card book)
Due on 3/10: Academic Progress Report with the signature of a parent(s)/guardian(s)
Due on 3/11: Thematic Essay on the Cold War
* Discuss 3 types of "weapons" used to fight the Cold War
* Explain how these weapons changed the course of the war
DBQ ESSAY EXAM ON THURSDAY MARCH 12: Cold War
QUIZ on FRIDAY 3/13: Political/Economic Trends in Europe after 1945 (based on 3/9 & 3/10 lessons)
Due on 3/17: Complete the packet entitled "Nationalists Battle the Warlords"
Due on 3/18: Complete the packet entitled "Chiang vs Mao"
Due on 3/24: Write a 1-2 paragraph reaction to the video shown in class (The Dying Rooms). Be sure to answer the following question: How is China's one-child policy a human rights violation? Explain the causes and issues related to the violation.
TEST ON WEDNESDAY March 25: CHINA (New Imperialism through Modern China)
Due on 3/27: India's Independence worksheet
*Fourth Marking Period*
TEST on THURSDAY APRIL 2: INDIA (New Imperialism through Modern India/Pakistan)
Due on 4/15: Match each vocabulary word for the 4th Quarter Project to its correct definition. This will help you prepare for the completion of the 4th Quarter Index Card Vocabulary Project.
Due on 4/17: Complete the packet of documents on Apartheid in South Africa.
Due on 4/21: Complete the packet of African Independence Movements using the attached reading.
Due on 4/22: Modern Africa Take Home Test
DUE ON MONDAY APRIL 27: 4th Quarter Vocabulary Project
(all words must be written in a spiral index card book)
Due on 4/29: Read The Obstacles to peace in the Middle East. Answer questions 1-9 in complete sentences.
TEST ON MONDAY MAY 4: The Middle East
***BRING IN $11 FOR THE REVIEW BOOK TO BE USED IN CLASS AND AT HOME AS OF MONDAY MAY 11.
THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR'S ASSIGNMENTS CAN BE FOUND ON THE REGENTS REVIEW CALENDAR DISTRIBUTED IN CLASS ON MAY 8!
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