Grade 7-9. 10:15-11:25am
Dates: Sept.16,23,30; Oct.7,14,21,28; Nov.4,18; Dec.2,9,16
This volume travels through time beginning with Queen Victoria’s England to the end of the Soviet Union (USSR.)
This class will be structured with lecture, class discussion, individual and/or group assignments, and quizzes. Each class period the student will be expected to take notes on the lecture, participate in class discussions, take quizzes, turn-in homework and give presentations.
REQUIRED
Text: Story of the World vol.4 by Susan Wise Bauer
Access to: http://www.survivinghomeschool.net
OPTIONAL
Students may bring laptops to class to aid in facilitating research for group work assignments.
SEMESTER ASSIGNMENTS
- Timeline Chart: After each chapter, write the main events with dates on your timeline. Keep adding dates and events throughout the semester.
- Oral Presentation: At the end of the semester, you will present your timeline and highlight three events you have studied in-depth. Each event must include at least ten interesting facts.
WEEKLY HOMEWORK
- Summary: For each chapter, write a 200-word summary. Approximately 100 words for each section due the following week.
- Class Notes: Class notes (taken each class) due on Week 12.
- Homework: You may choose to complete the homework individually or as a group.
- Individual: Write 100 words or do a 1-min presentation to the class.
- Group: Write 200 words or do a 2-min presentation to the class.
Weekly Timeline below is subject to change depending upon the ebb and flow of an in-person class. Class discussions, presentations, completing class work all play a factor in determining how fast (or slow) we move through the chapters.
FALL Ch.1-21
- Week 1: Ch.1&2; Britain’s Empire & Sepoy Mutiny, Japan & Crimean War
- Homework: Choose one exhibit shown at the Great Exhibition OR Tell a story that happened during the Crimean War.
- Summary: Ch.1&2.
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 2: Ch.3&4; The Middle East & Livingston in Africa, Italy & Taiping Rebellion
- Homework: Tell a brief history of the country of Afghanistan OR Draw a map of 1850 Italy (must be hand-drawn.)
- Summary: Ch.3&4.
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 3: PROJECT DAY!
- Week 4: Ch.5&6; United States Civil War, Freedom in Paraguay & Canada
- Homework: Tell a story about one Confederacy state and their role in the war OR about Francisco Solano Lopez, Louis Joseph Papineau or William Lyon Mackenzie.
- Summary: Ch.5&6.
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 5: Ch.7&8; Germany, Japan’s Meiji Restoration
- Homework: Draw a map of the North German Confederation OR Draw a map showing all the worldwide time zones and the date line.
- Summary: Ch.7&8.
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 6: Ch.9&10; Dutch East Indies, Suez Canal & War of the Pacific
- Homework: Tell a story about Nicholas I of Russia, Dutch East India Company or Abdulhamid II of Ottoman Empire OR a story about the Suez Canal.
- Summary: Ch.9&10.
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 7: Ch.11&12; Africa vs. Europe, Ireland & Boers vs. British
- Homework: Tell a story about the Scramble for Africa OR about the Potato Plague.
- Summary: Ch.11&12.
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 8: PROJECT DAY!
- Week 9: Ch.13&14; Brazil’s Republic, Russian Czar and Ethiopia & Italy
- Homework: Tell a story about Pedro II of Brazil OR about the two emperors of Ethiopia.
- Summary: Ch.13&14.
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 10: Ch.15&16; Korea’s War & Spanish-American War, Expanding USA
- Homework: Tell a story about the Spanish-American War OR about Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller or J.P.Morgan.
- Summary: Ch.15&16.
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 11: Ch.17&18; China’s Boxer Rebellion, Persia & Balkan’s
- Homework: Tell a story about the Boxer Rebellion OR about the Balkan Wars.
- Summary: Ch.17&18.
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 12: Ch.19-21; China & Vietnam, Mexican Revolution & WW1, Russian Revolution
- Homework: Tell a story about the Last Chinese Emperor OR about World War I.
- Summary: Ch.19&21.
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 13: End of Semester Timeline Presentations
SPRING Ch.22-42
- Week 1: Ch.22&23; Easter Uprising & India, Peace of Versailles & Joseph Stalin
- Homework: Tell a story about the Easter Uprisings OR Joseph Stalin
- Summary: Ch.22&23.
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 2: Ch.24&25; King in Egypt & Fascism in Italy, China & Long March
- Homework: Tell a story about Mussolini’s Italy OR about Mao Zedong.
- Summary: Ch.24&25
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 3: PROJECT DAY!
- Week 4: Ch.26&27; Great Depression & Hitler, Rebuilding Germany
- Homework: Tell a story about the Great Depression OR Hitler’s rise to power.
- Summary: Ch.26&27
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 5: Ch.28&29; WW2 & Holocaust, Atomic Bomb
- Homework: Tell a story about World War II OR the Atomic Bomb.
- Summary: Ch.28&29
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 6: Ch.30&31; India & Palestine
- Homework: Tell a story about Gandhi OR a the Suez Canal.
- Summary: Ch.30&31
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 7: Ch.32&33; China after WW2, Communism & Korean War
- Homework: Tell a story about South Africa OR Korean War.
- Summary: Ch.32&33
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 8: PROJECT DAY!
- Week 9: Ch.34&35; Dictators in South America & Belgian Congo, Cold War & Space Race
- Homework: Tell a story about Eva Peron OR the Space Race.
- Summary: Ch.34&35
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 10: Ch.36&37; John F. Kennedy & Civil Rights in USA, Vietnam War
- Homework: Tell a story about JFK OR America’s Civil Rights disputes.
- Summary: Ch.36&37
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 11: Ch.38&39; Soviet Invasions, India, Iraq & Iran
- Homework: Tell a story about the KGB OR Operation Ajax.
- Summary: Ch.38&39
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 12: Ch.40-42; Chernobyl & Nuclear Power, Communism, Persian Gulf War
- Homework: Tell a story about Chernobyl OR Tienanmen Square.
- Summary: Ch.40-42
- Timeline: Add events to your timeline.
- Week 13: End of Semester Timeline Presentations