• Welcome to World History!

    JACKSON SCHOOL DISTRICT

    Social Studies Department-World History Grade 9

    Mrs. Kathleen McCarthy                                            

    Contact:  kamccarthy@jacksonsd.org  

    Rooms 218 & 220

    Office Hours:  Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 10:01-10:29

     

    GOOGLE CLASSROOM: Please refer to google classroom for your assignments on the days when you are absent or I am absent. The links below will direct you to google classroom by your class period:

     

    PERIOD 1: https://classroom.google.com/c/NTQyMDA1NjkyMzcw

    PERIOD 3:  https://classroom.google.com/c/NTg3MzEzODg5MzMx

    PERIOD 4:  https://classroom.google.com/c/NTg3Njg5NDAyNDU2

    You can find the link to the google meets in the top bar area of each google classroom page.

     

    STUDENT RESOURCES TAB

    You will find a textbook pdf link to the unit in which we are presently working. In addition, you will find a link to the course introduction letter sent home with students to be signed by parents. 

     

     

     

     

     

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    Description of Course Content:

     

    World History is a one semester social studies course required for 9th grade history students.  The purpose of the course is to provide students with a knowledge of the past required to understand the present.  The course highlights events which have shaped the contemporary world.  A chronological approach will be used to help facilitate learning.  Non-western, as well as western history is addressed.  Significant events and ideas in history and the impact of each upon the development of the modern world are discussed.  Contributions of individuals and people in history are included.  Cultural and social history, as well as political and economic history, are all integral parts of the curriculum.  By the end of the course, students will have an appreciation of democratic citizenship and historical understanding of the world. 

     

    Description of Expected Learning

     

    By the end of the course students will understand:

     

    1. Global Interactions, The Renaissance and Reformation NJCCCS #6.2.12 A, B, C, D

               

    1. Interaction Between European and Asian Cultures
    2. Renaissance and Reformation

               

    1. The Age of Exploration, Colonization, Nation Building, and Absolutism

              NJCCCS #6.2.12 A, B, C, D

                 

    1. Age of Exploration
    2. Nation Building and Colonization
    3. Rise of Absolute Rule

     

    1. The Age of Revolutionary Change NJCCCS # 6.2.12 A, D

               

    1. The Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution
    2. Trace Absolutism to Revolution    

                   

    1. Europe’s Role in the 19th Century NJCCCS #6.2.12 A, B, C, D

               

    1. European Nationalism
    2. Industrial Revolution
    3. Global Imperialism

     

     

    1. Causes and Consequences of World War I  NJCCCS #6.2.12 A, B, C, D

     

    1. Examine the World at War
    2. Effects of Global Conflict on the Modern World

     

     

    1. 20th Century Economics and Conflicts NJCCCS #6.2.12 A, B, C, D

           1.   Cold War

           2.  Preview Perspective on the Present

                 

     

     

     

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