WEEK & DATES	ACTIVITIES	ASSIGNMENTS	Grade
8/7-8/9	WELCOME BACK! Getting to know you! Syllabus Forms and Handbooks Procedures  and Rules Notebooks History Detective Textbooks
8/8 – 8/12	Chapter 1 Renaissance and Reformation PowerPoint w/Guided notes/Virtual Tour I am Machiavellian The Ultimate Renaissance Man Power Point Guided Notes	Daily Bell Ringers Location of Major civilizations map Vocabulary(Read, write, draw) Vocab-Interactive Notebook Daily Exit Slip(Sticky note, emoji,321, 1Pager)	Bell Ringers 100 Point Grade end of 6 weeks Classwork 40-80 Points Exit Slips 10-50 Points
8/19-8/23	95 Theses/HenryVIII Wives Zonk Review Chapter 2 The Muslim Empires Brainstorm Guided Reading/Virtual Tours	Daily Bell Ringers Renaissance and Reformation Test Daily Exit Slip(Sticky Note,1 pager, $5 Summary) Building Vocab	Bell Ringers 100 Point Grade end of 6 weeks Classwork 40-80 Points Exit Slips 10-50 Points Test 100Points
8/26/8/30 8/30 - PEP RALLY	PP/Guided Reading/Virtual Tours Reteaching Activity Presentations of Reports	Daily Bell Ringer Vocabulary(Read, write, draw) Daily Exit Slip(Sticky Note,1 pager, $5 Summary) Cool Country Report Chapter 2 Test	Bell Ringers 100 Point Grade end of 6 weeks Classwork 40-80 Points Exit Slips 10-50 Points Test 100Points
9/3-9/6 9/2- NO School 9/6 - PEP RALLY	Chapters  3-4 PowerPoint/Notes Visual Vocabulary Analyzing Primary Documents(sm group)	Daily Bell Ringer Daily Exit Slip(Sticky Note,1 pager, $5 Summary) Hero or Villain Interactive notebook pages(Conquistadors/Effects of migration)	Bell Ringers 100 Point Grade end of 6 weeks Classwork 40-80 Points Exit Slips 10-50 Points
9/9-9/13 9/9 – PROGRESS REPORTS	Visual Vocabulary  Columbian Exchange Geography/Timeline Zonk Review Chapter 3-4 Test	Triangle of Trade Notebook page Daily Bell Ringer Daily Exit Slip(Sticky Note,1 pager, $5 Summary)	Bell Ringers 100 Point Grade end of 6 weeks Classwork 40-80 Points Exit Slips 10-50 Points Test 100Points
9/16-9/20 9/20 - PEP RALLY Homecoming Week	Chapter 5 Absolute Monarchs/Enlightenment Visual Vocabulary  PowerPoint/Notes Analyzing Primary/secondary documents	Daily Bell Ringer Daily Exit Slip(Sticky Note,1 pager, $5 Summary) Notebook pages(Absolute Monarchs & causes)	Bell Ringers 100 Point Grade end of 6 weeks Classwork 40-80 Points Exit Slips 10-50 Points
9/23-9/27	Visual Vocabulary  PowerPoint/Notes Category Puzzle	Daily Bell Ringer Daily Exit Slip(Sticky Note,1 pager, $5 Summary) Notebook Pages	Bell Ringers 100 Point Grade end of 6 weeks Classwork 40-80 Points Exit Slips 10-50 Points
9/30-10/4 End of Nine Weeks	Map Activity Enlightenment Salon Party Review Test	Daily Bell Ringer Daily Exit Slip(Sticky Note,1 pager, $5 Summary) Notebook page	Bell Ringers 100 Point Grade end of 6 weeks Classwork 40-80 Points Exit Slips 10-50 Points Test 100Points

World History 9th Grade Syllabus

Mrs. Myra Sutton

suttonmj@marshallk12.org

“ There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.” 

Harry S. Truman

Welcome!

Course Description: This course directs students to think critically about the forces that combine to shape the world today. It will span world historical topics, events, and people from 1300 AD to the present highlighting economic, social, and political changes over time.

Why study history? Many people say it is to keep from making the same mistakes again. I say it is to help us understand the world in which we find ourselves living at the present. By understanding the past we can be better citizens in the present. Everything that has taken place in history has helped to shape today's world. Knowing and understanding the past allows us a better understanding of today’s society, politics, and culture.Students becoming good citizens is the main goal of any history class. 

 While we study history we will develop skills such as reading comprehension, interpreting  information, problem solving, communicating, organizing information, taking notes, and conducting research. These skills are used daily in many professions such as electricians, engineers, doctors, nurses, physical therapists, plumbers, carpenters, computer programmers, teachers, and writers just to name a few.

“If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.”

-Pearl S. Buck

Textbook: Modern World History: Patterns of Interaction, Holt McDougal. 2012

Goals:

1. Enhance critical thinking and analytical skills.

2.  Enhance writing and communication skills.

3. Acquaint students with the basic tools of interpretation.

4. Develop student awareness of the diversity and complexity of human social, cultural, political, and economic institutions.

Expectations: 

1. Students are expected to be on time to class and to bring all necessary items each day. These include, but are not limited to, textbook, paper/notebook, pen or pencil, any handouts given previously that will be used, and a positive attitude.

2. Students are expected to follow all classroom and school rules. 

3. Students are expected to complete assignments in a timely manner and to turn in all work when due.

4. Students are expected to Ask questions when they don’t understand or when they need help.

5. Students are expected to always try!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Classroom Rules: Respect

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

Materials Needed for Class:

3 Ring Binder

Tab Dividers

Loose Leaf Paper

3x5 Index Cards

Pens and Pencils

Class Procedures

Enter the classroom in the proper manner; take a seat; get out necessary materials; sharpen pencils; and be ready for class to begin.

Class begins when the bell rings; students should start the daily Bell Ringer at the bell. (3-5 minutes)

Lesson objective and activities will be on the board.

Listen and follow all directions.

Turn in work to the basket or put it in your notebook as instructed.

I will dismiss class. Do not pack up until you have been dismissed. 

Grades each 9 weeks will consist of:                                    

Classwork/Homework Assignments

Exit Slips

Chapter Tests/Quizzes

Projects

Notebooks/Bell ringers

Discipline: We will follow school and district rules and procedures.

Instruction will be via lecture/note taking, Powerpoint/guided notes, guided reading, primary documents, secondary documents, and videos. 

Students will work individually, in small groups, and pairs.

Grading will follow the district policy: Classwork, homework, projects, etc will count 40% of the grade with Tests and quizzes 60%.

Bonus assignments may be given randomly. Take advantage of these!

It is the student’s responsibility to ask for makeup work when absent? If the absence is excused a student has up to 3 days to complete the assignment or to take the test. A grade for missed work cannot be put into INow if the student has an unexcused absence.

Course of Study

1.) Describe developments in Italy and Northern Europe during the Renaissance period with respect to humanism, arts and literature,  intellectual development, increased trade, and advances in technology.

2.) Describe the role of mercantilism and imperialism in European exploration and colonization in the sixteenth century, including the Columbian Exchange.

3.) Explain causes of the Reformation and its impact, including tensions between religious and secular authorities, reformers and doctrines, the Counter-Reformation, the English Reformation, and the wars of religion.

4.) Explain the relationship between physical geography and cultural development in India, Africa, Japan, and China in the early Global Age, including trade and travel, natural resources, and movement and isolation of peoples and ideas.

5.) Describe the rise of absolutism and constitutionalism and their impact on European nations.

6.) Identify significant ideas and achievements of scientists and philosophers of the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment.

The teacher may give additional tests, quizzes or assignments at his/her discretion.  Students should see the teacher for specific dates and times of what was covered during an absence from class.  

The teacher reserves the right to modify this schedule as needed.  Students are responsible for knowing about modifications announced in class

 

Welcome! I look forward to an exciting year.