COURSE: Global History 15:1 GRADE LEVEL: 9

COURSE: GRADE LEVEL:

Global History 15:1 9

MAIN/GENERAL TOPIC:

UNIT 1

CULTURE, GEOGRAPHY,

EARLY RIVER VALLEY CIVILIZATIONS

SUB-TOPIC:

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

WHAT THE STUDENTS WILL KNOW OR

BE ABLE TO DO:

SKILLS:

? Geography

? What is geography?

? List and understand the five

? Map skills &

? How does each of the

themes of geography

interpretation

geographic themes

? Define region

? Notebook

show a link between

? Define geography

organization for

people and their environment?

? Demonstrate ability to locate places using latitude and

entire year course

longitude

? Identify effects of geography on

cultures

? Culture

? What is culture?

? Define culture

? Read/highlight

? What is cultural

? List the elements of culture

documents

diffusion?

? Distinguish types of family

? Note-taking

? What are the

structure and organization

? Use of noteshells

characteristics of any

? Define ethnocentrism

? Use of graphic

culture found throughout ? Discuss the reasons people

organizers

the world?

have trouble understanding one ? Use of margin

? How are cultures

another's cultures

notes

throughout the world similar, yet different?

? Define economy ? Explain concept of supply and

demand

? Compare/contrast aspects of a

command and a market

economy

? Historical Tools ? What is the importance ? Differentiate between history ? Timeline

of historical evidence?

and prehistory

interpretation

? How are primary and

? Understand/distinguish

? Vocabulary skills

secondary sources

between the roles of:

different?

anthropologist, archeologist,

artifacts

WHEN STUDENT

DOES IT: September

September

September

ASSESSMENTS:

? Notebook check

? Quizzes ? Graphic

organizers ? Noteshells

? Quizzes ? Crossword

puzzles ? Noteshells ? Graphic

organizers ? Classwork

? Timeline ? Quizzes ? Classwork

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? Human Origins ? What was life like during ? List human achievements

? Interpret/ Use

September ? Maps

the Stone Age?

during the Stone Age

Venn Diagram

? Graphic

? What achievements

? Describe technological

? Map skills

organizers

were made by humans

achievements of the Paleolithic ? Noteshells

? Noteshells

? What climatic changes

Age

? Margin notes

? Notebook

during the Paleolithic

? Define/describe the Neolithic ? Crossword puzzles

check

Age led to the Neolithic

Age

? Quizzes

Age?

? Give examples of the growth of

? How did the Neolithic

farming villages

Revolution lead to the

emergence of

civilizations?

? Patterns of

? What are the main

? Identify the 5 characteristics of ? Use of graphic

September ? Collage on

Early

characteristics of a

civilization

organizer

civilization

Civilization:

civilization?

? Identify on world map where

? Interpret/ create

? Graphic

Sumer

? How did the world's first

ERVC existed

maps

organizers

Egypt

civilizations form?

? Explain impact of geography on ? Notetaking

? Noteshells

Indus Valley Huang He

? How did geography impact where early

locations of early civilizations ? Read/highlight

? List the major river civilizations

passages

? Maps ? Quizzes

peoples created civilizations? ? Where were the first

and their: - human/physical geography - traditional economies

? Margin notes ? Crossword puzzles

? Vocabulary ? Homework

river valley civilizations

- political systems

located?

- social structures

? What technologies did

- urbanization

early people develop?

- contributions made by each

? What are the basic

? Note achievements and/or

purposes of

contributions of early

government?

civilizations

? What type of

? Identify reasons why people

governments did the

migrate/how migrations affects

early civilizations have?

cultural diffusion

? What were the

? Identify and discuss the Code

achievements of the

of Hammurabi

early river valley

? Identify writing systems of early

civilizations?

civilizations

? Define the Dynastic Cycle

? Define Mandate of Heaven

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UNIT 11

AFRICA

? Basic concepts ? What is a belief system? ? Define Animism

? Noteshells

September ? Map skills

of religion

? What is polytheism?

? Describe the power of religion ? Internet skills

? Noteshells

? What is monotheism?

in various cultures

? Quizzes

? Compare and contrast the

? Notebook

various polytheistic religions of

check

early civilizations

? Charts

? Discuss the idea of an afterlife

? Map work

? Judaism

? What are the basic

? Identify the beliefs and

? Use of graphic

September ? Noteshells

beliefs of Judaism?

practices of Judaism

organizer

? Graphic

? How did Judaism

? Identify where Judaism is

? Noteshell & margin

organizer

influence Christianity?

practiced today

notes

? Crossword

? How does Judaism

puzzle

impact culture?

? Quizzes

? Classwork

? Christianity

? What are the basic

? Identify the beliefs and

? Interpret map

October

? Noteshells

Christian beliefs?

practices of Christianity

? Use of graphic

? Crossword

? How does Christianity ? Discuss Christianity's appeal to

organizer

puzzle

impact culture?

early peoples

? Noteshell & margin

? Graphic

? Identify where Christianity is

notes

organizer

practiced today

? Quizzes

? Summarize the life and

? Classwork

teachings of Jesus

? Islam

? What are the basic

? Identify the beliefs and

? Interpret Map

October

? Graphic

teachings of Islam?

practices of Islam

? Noteshell & margin

organizer to

? Why did Islam spread so ? Identify where Islam is practice

note

compare

rapidly?

today

and contrast

? How does Islam impact

Islam,

culture?

Judaism and

Christianity

? Unit Test

? Notebook

check

? Geography and ? How is Africa's

? Identify Africa's relative location ? Interpret & label October

? Use of

Early History

geography diverse and

in the world

maps

documents

symmetrical?

? Identify climatic regions of

? Noteshell & margin

? Map skills

? What were barriers to

Africa

notes

? Vocabulary

movement in Africa?

? Discuss the way climates differ ? Highlighting

? Noteshells

? How has the geography

across Africa

passages

? Graphic

of Africa impacted

? Explain how landforms have

? Reading

organizer

culture? ? What religions were

influenced migration ? Identify natural resources found

comprehension

? Classwork

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? Heritage of Africa

? The Age of Imperialism in Africa

found in early Africa?

? Why was the gold-salt trade important?

? What was Mansa Musa's contribution to African culture/history?

? What was the impact of the African kingdoms?

? How did tribalism affect cultures?

? By the 1600's, why was the demand for African slaves growing?

? What did enslaved people experience on the Middle Passage?

? How did the African slave trade impact the culture of Africa and the Americas?

? What is imperialism? ? Why was 1800-1914

referred to as the Scramble for Africa? ? What were the political, economic and social reasons for European domination in Africa? ? How did the Berlin Conference change the

in Africa

? Describe various aspects of

African culture

? Define tribalism and its impact

on African culture

? Locate ancient African

civilizations/kingdoms on maps

? Define Animism and its

practices

? Explain why the kingdoms of ? Interpret timeline

Ghana, Mali and Songhai emerged in West Africa

? Interpret & create maps

? Discuss how trade encouraged ? Notetaking &

cultural diffusion

noteshells

? Identify similarities &

? Use of internet

differences in African cultures

sites

? Identify & describe religions of

Africa

? Explain aspects of the African

slave trade

? Analyze the impact of the

Atlantic slave trade on Africa

? Explain how European contact

affected African cultures

? Identify Mansa Musa and his

contributions in Africa

? Describe how trade and cultural

diffusion affected the spread of

Islam

? Identify Muslim achievements

and their effect on the world

? Define imperialism

? Interpret maps

? Identify the economic, political ? Interpret/Create

and social motives of European

graphic organizer

imperialism

? Notetaking

? Identify the factors that allowed ? Read/highlight

the Europeans to control Africa

passages

? Explain the impact that the

Scramble for Africa had on

political boundaries of Africa

? Describe the way the

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November November

? Vocabulary ? Guided

reading worksheets ? Noteshells ? Crossword puzzle ? Notebook check ? Graphic organizer

? Graphic organizer

? Noteshells ? Map skills ? Quizzes ? Classwork

? Independence Movements in Africa

? Apartheid in South Africa (1947-1994)

? Africa in the World Today

map of Africa?

Europeans viewed/treated

? What effects did

Africans during the age of

imperialism have on

imperialism

Africa?

? Discuss the effects of

? How did European rule

imperialism on the people of

effect civil rights in South

Africa today

Africa?

? Identify the Berlin Conference

and its consequences

? What is nationalism?

? Summarize the effect of WWII ? Interpret & label November ? Noteshells

? How did nationalism

on the colonies in Africa

maps

? Graphic

spark the independence ? Explain the impact of African ? Vocabulary

organizer

movement in Africa?

nationalism

defined

? Quizzes

? How did African nations ? Define tribalism

? Classwork

win their independence ? Discuss the impact of tribalism

after WWII?

on the political stability of

? How did tribalism affect

African states

Africans after

? Define Pan-Africansim and the

independence?

goal of the Organization of

? What organizations were

African States (OAS)

founded to help promote ? Define ethnic rivalry and

unity and cooperation

discuss the impact of tribal

among African nations?

warfare in Rwanda

? What is apartheid?

? Define Apartheid

? Interpreting

November/ ? Noteshells

? What was the purpose of ? Explain how the apartheid

historical

December ? Homework

the ANC?

system violated human rights of

documents

? Crossword

? What role did Nelson

black South Africans

? Interpret political

puzzles

Mandela, F.W. DeKlerk ? Define the purpose and goals

cartoons

? Classwork

and Desmond Tutu play

of the African National

? Read/highlight

in ending apartheid?

Congress

passages

? How did the international ? Discuss the impact of economic ? Crossword puzzles

community react to

sanctions on South Africa

? Use of margin

apartheid?

? Explain how the roles of

notes

Mandela, DeKlerk & Tutu

helped end apartheid and led to

the awarding of Nobel Peace

Prizes

? How has urbanization ? Explain the impact of

? Interpret map

December ? Noteshells

and modernization

urbanization and globalization ? Interpret political

? Essay

weakened traditional

on African societies

cartoon

writing

cultures?

? Define AIDS and discuss the ? Interpret regents

? Unit test

? What problems does

impact of the disease on

style questions

? Notebook

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