A survey of the main trends and developments in the history of man from ancient times to the present. Emphasis is placed on the history of western civilization, with highlights of other cultures also considered.

Materials
Textbook: World History
Notebook: pocket folder with loose-leaf paper
Plan Book
Students should bring textbooks & notebooks to class every day. Textbooks are the tools of the students, which are to be used at home every night and in class every day. Students are not to write in their textbooks unless told to do so by the teacher, or they will not be able to sell them at the end of the year.

Grading
Written quizzes will be given at the end of each textbook chapter. These will always be announced in advance, but it is necessary to be prepared daily. Written tests will be given at the end of each textbook unit and will count more than quizzes. These will always be announced at least two days in advance. There will usually be at least 5 quizzes and 2 tests per marking period.
Class participation is an extremely important part of the course. It may affect the quarter grade by adding one point to or subtracting one point from the quarter grade. Don’t just wait until you are called on to answer questions in class.
A (93-100), B (85-92), C (77-84), D (70-76), F (0-69)
Usually, quizzes will be worth 25% of the quarter grade, tests will be worth 50% and homework will be worth 25%. This will depend however, on the total number of quizzes and tests which may vary from quarter to quarter.

Make-up work
There will be a make-up test/quiz period once or twice a month after school (G6). Quizzes and tests must be made up after an absence or the student will receive a “0”. If the student is absent the day before a test or quiz and returns to school on the day of the test or quiz, he must take the test or quiz that day unless he has a written excuse from his parents. The student is also responsible for finding out what work he missed and what needs to be made up. This also applies to absence from class due to driver’s ed and guidance appointments. When a student is absent from class for any reason, he should contact the teacher by e-mail (rluberti@salesianum.org) to find out what the assignment for the day will be and/or to attach to an e-mail any work which is due on the day of his absence.

Homework
Students should spend at least 30 minutes each night on World History homework. Much of the homework will be reading and reviewing the new material covered in class in the textbook, writing answers to questions in the textbook, and re-doing written homework or memorizing important facts, dates and geography.
All homework assignments will be added together to form a test grade for each marking period. Each student will begin each marking period with 100 homework points. When homework is checked, the following number of points will be subtracted from the 100 points: -5 points if the student does not have his homework (even if it is in his locker or at home!), -3 points if the assignment is incomplete, -1 point if the assignment is passable, -0 points if it is acceptable. For example, if a student does not have his homework five times in one marking period, but the rest of his assignments are acceptable, he will earn a quarter homework grade of 75 (which will be averaged into other test and quiz grades for the quarter).
Problems
Students having problems understanding the material should ask the teacher for help after class or after school. We can also arrange for tutoring. Visit the textbook website (www.phschool.com) for sample quiz/test questions.

Extra credit
Only if students are cooperative and working to the best of their ability will they have the opportunity for extra credit once every marking period. This will involve going to museum exhibitions or watching historical films or reading chapters of the textbook, which we ordinarily skip due to time constraints, and then answering questions about them. Students will receive 10 points, which will be added to their lowest test grade for the marking period, provided they answer their questions correctly.
Audiovisuals
Only if students are cooperative and working to the best of their ability will they have the opportunity to view slides or videos from The Western Tradition series. This will usually take place on the letter day when class meets during the fourth period.

Classroom rules/regulations
Students will not be permitted to go to their lockers once class has begun, so they should bring textbooks, notebooks, written assignments, pencils, etc. with them daily.
Students who do not have pencils on test or quiz days will not be permitted to take the test or quiz and will receive a “0”.
Students will not be permitted to go to the restroom once class has begun, except for extreme emergencies.
Students who are not in their seats when the bell rings for class to begin will be sent to the Main Office for a late pass.
Students who fall asleep in class will be asked to stand.
Students are not to touch windows or blinds or anything else in the classroom and they should not write on the desks.
Tests and quizzes will be returned to students as soon as possible after they are taken, so students should not ask the teacher when they will be returned.

Syllabus World History

Textbook
World History (WH), 2005 Elizabeth Gaynor Ellis & Anthony Esler

Unit 1

Chapter 1 (3-4 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 1-10, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 11-14, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 15-19, answer all questions.
4. Chapter 1 Review and Assessment WH pages 20-21, answer all questions, except “Building Vocabulary”. 
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Quiz – Chapter 1

Chapter 2 (6 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 22-27, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 28-33, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 34-37, answer all questions.
4. Section 4. Read WH pages 38-44, answer all questions.
5. Section 5. Read WH pages 45-47, answer all questions.
6. Chapter 2 Review and Assessment WH pages 48-49, answer all questions, except “Building Vocabulary”.
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Worksheet (Identify/Define)
Quiz – Chapter 2

Chapter 3 (3-4 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 50-54, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 55-58, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 59-65, answer all questions.
4. Chapter 3 Review and Assessment WH pages 66-67, answer all questions, except “Building Vocabulary”.
Worksheet (Identify/Define)
Quiz – Chapter 3
Test Preparation WH pages 68-69, answer all questions.
Test – Unit 1
Unit 2

Chapter 4 (4-6 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 70-80, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 81-85, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 86-88, answer all questions.
4. Section 4. Read WH pages 89-92, answer all questions.
5. Section 5. Read WH pages 93-97, answer all questions.
6. Chapter 4 Review and Assessment WH pages 98-99, answer all questions, except “Building Vocabulary”.
War and Civilization
Worksheet (Identify/Define)
Quiz – Chapter 4

Chapter 5 (4-5 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 100-104, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 105-109, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 110-114, answer all questions.
4. Section 4. Read WH pages 115-119, answer all questions.
5. Section 5. Read WH pages 120-123, answer all questions.
6. Chapter 5 Review and Assessment WH pages 124-125, answer all questions, except “Building Vocabulary”.
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Worksheet (Identify/Define)
Quiz – Chapter 5

Chapter 6 (6 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 126-131, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 132-136, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 137-140, answer all questions.
4. Section 4. Read WH pages 141-146, answer all questions.
5. Section 5. Read WH pages 147-151, answer all questions.
6. Chapter 6 Review and Assessment WH pages 152-153, answer all questions, except “Building Vocabulary”.
Slides: The Colosseum, Pompeii, Pont du Gard (aqueduct)
PowerPoint: Hadrian’s Wall
Worksheet (Identify/Define)
Quiz – Chapter 6
Test Preparation WH pages 174-175, answer all questions, except #1 & #7.
Test – Unit 2
First Quarter extra credit PBS videos Pyramid & Roman City
Unit 3

Chapter 10 (3 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 232-239, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 240-242, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 243-247, answer all questions.
4. Chapter 10 Review and Assessment WH pages 248-249, answer all
questions, except “Building Vocabulary”.
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Worksheet (Identify/Define)
Quiz – Chapter 10

Chapter 11 (4 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 250-255, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 256-260, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 261-266, answer all questions.
4. Section 4. Read WH pages 267-271, answer all questions.
5. Section 5. Read WH pages 272-274, answer all questions.
6. Chapter 11 Review and Assessment WH pages 275-276, answer all questions, except “Building Vocabulary”.
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Worksheet (Identify/Define)
Quiz – Chapter 11

Chapter 7 (3 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 154-162, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 163-167, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 168-171, answer all questions.
4. Chapter 7 Review and Assessment WH pages 172-173, answer all questions, except “Building Vocabulary”.
Worksheet (Identify/Define)
Quiz – Chapter 7
Test Preparation WH pages 328-329, answer ONLY questions #3, #7, #8 & #11; and pages 174-175 ONLY questions #1 & #7.
Test – Chapters 7, 10, 11

Chapter 8 (4-5 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 176-185, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 186-190, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 191-196, answer all questions.
4. Section 4. Read WH pages 197-201, answer all questions.
5. Chapter 8 Review and Assessment WH pages 202-203, answer all questions, except “Building Vocabulary”.
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Worksheet (Identify/Define)
Quiz – Chapter 8

Chapter 9 (8 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 204-211, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 212-214, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 215-219, answer all questions.
4. Section 4. Read WH pages 220-224, answer all questions.
5. Section 5. Read WH pages 225-229, answer all questions.
6. Chapter 9 Review and Assessment WH pages 230-231, answer all questions, except “Building Vocabulary”.
Handout: The Song of Roland
Slides: Gothic Architecture
Worksheet (Identify/Define)
Quiz – Chapter 9
Unit 4

Chapter 14 (7 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 330-341, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 342-345, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 346-350, answer all questions.
4. Section 4. Read WH pages 351-355, answer all questions.
5. Section 5. Read WH pages 356-359, answer all questions.
6. Chapter 14 Review and Assessment WH pages 360-361, answer all questions, except “Building Vocabulary”.
Slides: Renaissance Art and Architecture
Worksheet (Identify/Define)
Quiz – Chapter 14
Test Preparation WH pages 328-329, answer ONLY questions #1 & #5.
Test - Units 3/4 (Chapters 8, 9 & 14)
Second Quarter extra credit Movie Anne of the Thousand Days or The Lion in Winter

Chapter 15 (3-4 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 362-368, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 369-372, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 373-376, answer all questions.
4. Section 4. Read WH pages 377-381, answer all questions.
5. Chapter 15 Review and Assessment WH pages 382-383, answer all questions, except “Building Vocabulary”.
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Quiz – Chapter 15

Chapter 16 (5-6 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 384-388, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 389-393, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 394-397, answer all questions.
4. Section 4. Read WH pages 398-402, answer all questions.
5. Section 5. Read WH pages 403-407, answer all questions.
6. Chapter 16 Review and Assessment WH pages 408-409, answer all questions, except “Building Vocabulary”.
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Worksheet (Identify/Define)
Quiz – Chapter 16

Chapter 17 (6-7 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 410-415, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 416-420, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 421-426, answer all questions.
4. Section 4. Read WH pages 427-430, answer all questions.
5. Section 5. Read WH pages 431-435, answer all questions.
6. Chapter 17 Review and Assessment WH pages 436-437, answer all questions, except “Building Vocabulary”.
Handout: Mary, Queen of Scots (execution excerpt) by Antonia Fraser
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Worksheet (Identify/Define)
Quiz – Chapter 17
Test Preparation WH pages 438-439, answer all questions.
Test – Unit 4 (Chapters 15, 16 & 17)

Unit 5

Chapter 18 (4-5 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 440-450, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 451-455, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 456-459, answer all questions.
4. Section 4. Read WH pages 460-463, answer all questions.
5. Chapter 18 Review and Assessment WH pages 464-465, answer all questions, except “Building Vocabulary”.
Cassette: Hallelujah chorus from Handel’s Messiah
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Worksheet (Identify/Define)
Quiz – Chapter 18

Chapter 19 (6 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 466-472, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 473-477, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 478-483, answer all questions.
4. Section 4. Read WH pages 484-487, answer all questions.
5. Section 5. Read WH pages 488-493, answer all questions.
6. Chapter 19 Review and Assessment WH pages 494-495, answer all questions, except “Building Vocabulary”.
PowerPoint: Napoleon
The Guillotine
Worksheet (Identify/Define)
Quiz – Chapter 19

Chapter 21 (1 day)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 516-520, answer all questions.
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Test Preparation WH pages 536-537, answer all questions, except #1, #2, #5, #6, #7 & #8.
Test – Unit 5
Third Quarter extra credit

Chapter 12 (5 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 278-283, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 284-288, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 289-292, answer all questions.
4. Section 4. Read WH pages 293-297, answer all questions.
5. Chapter 12 Review and Assessment WH pages 298-299, answer all questions, except “Building Vocabulary”.
Worksheet (Identify/Define)
Quiz – Chapter 12

Chapter 13 (6 days)
1. Section 1. Read WH pages 300-307, answer all questions.
2. Section 2. Read WH pages 308-312, answer all questions.
3. Section 3. Read WH pages 313-315, answer all questions.
4. Section 4. Read WH pages 316-319, answer all questions.
5. Section 5. Read WH pages 320-325, answer all questions.
6. Chapter 13 Review and Assessment WH pages 326-327, answer all questions, except “Building Vocabulary”.
Worksheet (Identify/Define)
Quiz – Chapter 12
Test Preparation WH pages 328-329, answer ONLY questions #2, #4, #6, #9 & #10.
Test – Chapters 12 & 13
Fourth Quarter extra credit
Final Exam