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Information distributed at the Freshman Open House

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets: 

• Find your assigned seat

• Begin to learn student names in our class, especially the names of students near your seat

• Begin to learn about the procedures and expectations of this class (required materials)

• Begin community building by working on student personal survey/introduction

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets: 

• Reflect on your first-day experience through the journaling process and discussion

• Assess/find out what you already know about World History by completing a Pre-Test

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Reflect on personal goals – via journal and discussion

• Explain and discuss classroom procedures and expectations (syllabus)

• Begin community building by working on student personal survey – prepare for introductions

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Continue to build positive relationships in our classroom by:

  • Listening/Contributing to “Good Things!”

  • Getting to know each other through small group and large group introductions

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Articulate personal thoughts on what makes an event important in journal (introduce idea of subjectivity in the study of History/ Historiography)

• Review basic geography and geographic organizers

• Review basic documentation of time, human systems, and scales of events (basic vocabulary and concepts)

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Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Review concepts which help us to think and talk about History & Geography

• Review basic geography and geographic organizers (discover which ones you  need to personally review more on your own)  - 5 Themes of Geography, etc.

• Review basic social studies vocabulary and concepts used to document/discuss time and historical events

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Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Review major developments in human history from prehistory through Ancient Chinese Civilization

• Explain effects of the Agricultural Revolution of the Neolithic Period

• Evaluate the role of rivers in the development of early civilizations 

• Identify major characteristics and contributions of Ancient Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Chinese Civilizations (compare and contrast characteristics of two or more civilizations)

• Identify and explain some key social studies vocabulary (political, social, and religious)

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Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Describe basic patterns of human life in the Paleolithic Age of Prehistory

• Describe the Agricultural Revolution and explain how it changed human life

• Compare and contrast human life before and after the Agricultural Revolution of the Neolithic Period 

• NOTE: This lesson/lecture contains all you need to know about prehistoric human life through the agricultural revolution of the Neolithic Period!

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Review major developments in human history from prehistory through Ancient Egyptian Civilization

• Explain effects of the Agricultural Revolution of the Neolithic Period

• Evaluate the role of rivers in the development of early civilizations 

• Identify major characteristics and contributions of Ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian Civiliations (compare and contrast characteristics of two or more civilizations)

• Identify and explain some key social studies vocabulary (political, social, and religious)

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Evaluate the role of rivers in the development of early civilizations (identify some major geographic areas where rivers supported the development of civilizations)

• Identify major characteristics and contributions of Mesopotamian Civilization (explain the major significance of Mesopotamian civilization in the larger context of world history)

• Identify and explain basic social studies vocabulary (e.g. polytheism, monotheism, theocracy, empire, etc.)

• NOTE: This lesson/lecture contains all you need to know about the major characteristics and contributions of ancient Mesopotamian civilizations

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Explain how the Agricultural Revolution of the Neolithic Period made the birth of civilization possible

• Identify and explain the basic characteristics of all civilizations

• NOTE: This lesson/lecture contains all you need to know about the major characteristics of civilization

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Identify and explain major characteristics and contributions of ancient Egyptian civilization

• Compare and contrast ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations – create thinking map and compose paragraph (esp. evaluate role of rivers)

• NOTE: This lesson/lecture contains all you need to know about the major characteristics and contributions of ancient Egypt

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Identify and explain some major characteristics of ancient Chinese civilization (esp. identify major geographical influences on Chinese culture)

• Continue to investigate and explain the role of rivers in the development of early civilizations – begin to compare and contrast early river civilizations

• NOTE: This lesson/lecture contains all you need to know about the major characteristics and contributions of ancient China

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Identify and explain some major characteristics of ancient Indian civilization 

• Continue to investigate and explain the role of rivers in the development of early civilizations – begin to compare and contrast ancient river civilizations

• NOTE: This lesson/lecture contains all you need to know about the major characteristics and contributions of ancient India and ancient trade networks

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Review major developments in human history from prehistory through Ancient China

• Evaluate the role of rivers in the development of early civilizations 

• Identify major characteristics and contributions of Ancient China (esp. Confucianism)

• Identify and explain some key social studies vocabulary (political, social, and religious)

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Review major developments in human history from prehistory through classical Han China

• Identify and explain some key social studies vocabulary (political, social, and religious)

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Review major developments in human history from prehistory through classical Chinese civilization (Han Dynasty)

• Continue to identify major characteristics and contributions of ancient/classical civilizations

• Identify and explain some key social studies vocabulary (political, social, and religious)

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Get Ready for Unit I Test:

• Review major developments in human history from prehistory through the Chinese Qin Dynasty

• Self-Assess understanding on test material

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Compare and contrast ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt (Thinking Map, Thesis Statement & Paragraph – part of formative assessment)

• Analyze and evaluate data in the forms of charts, maps, and graphs using the atlas and atlas activity packet

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Review major developments in human history from prehistory through the Classical Gupta Empire in India

• Focus on major characteristics and contributions of major civilizations such as the Han Dynasty of China & Gupta Empire of India

• Review major characteristics of major world religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, & Judaism) and then compare and contrast them

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Get Ready for Unit I Test:

  • Review major developments in human history from prehistory through the Classical Gupta Period in India

  • Self-Assess understanding on test material

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Identify and explain origins and major characteristics of the major world religion: Hinduism

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Identify and explain some major characteristics of ancient Indian civilization

• Continue to investigate and explain the role of rivers in the development of early civilizations – begin to compare and contrast the four civilizations that we have reviewed​

World Religion - Judaism (and intro to palestinian-israeli conflict)

Ancient China - Confucianism, Taoism, & the Unification under the Qin Dynasty

Classical Han CHina

Classical Gupta India

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Identify and describe major characteristics of Classical Greece

• Compare and contrast different government forms of the Classical Greek Poleis (esp. Athens and Sparta)

• Explain the origins and impact of Hellenistic Culture

• Begin to discover and evaluate the Classical Greek legacy on today’s world

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Identify major characteristics and contributions of the Roman Republic & Roman Empire

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Explain the cause of the rapid and wide-spread expansion of Christianity in the Roman Empire

• Identify major characteristics of the Christian religion

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Identify and explain the causes of the collapse of the Western Roman Empire

• Evaluate the Greco-Roman legacy by finding examples in today’s world

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Assess student mastery of Unit I Content: Major developments in human history from the rise of civilization through the Roman Empire & the spread of Christianity

Purpose of Lesson/Learning Targets:

• Identify errors made on Unit One Test and make corrections – re-teach/re-learn

• Prepare for SAT by completing SAT Practice Readings which correspond to Unit One content

• Practice geography items in preparation for first official geography quiz