World history: 1500 to present
2003-2004 Mr. Chad Long chad_long@ccpsnet.net http://home.comcast.net/~clong180/clong.html Room E104 “...as Force is always on the side of the governed, the governors have nothing to support them but opinion. „Tis therefore, on opinion only that government is founded; and this maxim extends to the most despotic and most military governments, as well as to the most free and most popular.” -David Hume Course Description This course will introduce historical events, people, and concepts occurring in world history from the Renaissance to the present day. Historical facts will be a large component to this course, but skills and concepts will also be greatly emphasized. All of the knowledge in the world is useless without a framework in which to place it and a means to communicate it to others. Required Books World History: Patterns of Interaction World Geography Today All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque (You will need to purchase this novel) Schedule First Nine Weeks Unit I: World Geography 9/2-9/5 • Test: 9/8 Unit II: World Religions 9/9-9/10 • Test: 9/11 Unit III: Renaissance 9/11-9/16 • Test: 9/17,18 (You will write your essay on the 1st date and take the objective on the 2nd) Unit IV: Reformation and the Wars of Religion 9/29-10/9 • Test: 10/10,14 Unit V: Africa and the Americas/Age of Discovery 10/15-10/24 • Test: 10/27,28 • NO SCHOOL: 10/13 • ALL WORK MUST BE IN FOR 9 WEEKS: 10/28 • ***REFORMATION NEWSPAPER DUE: 10/27***
“...What we have to accomplish in the present” is “...a ruthless criticism of everything existing, ruthless in two senses: The criticism must not be afraid its own conclusions, nor of conflict with the powers that be.” -Karl Marx Second Nine Weeks Unit VI: Age of Absolutism 10/24-11/3 • Test: 11/10 • End of 1st 9 weeks: 11/3 • NO SCHOOL: 11/4 Unit VII: The English Exception 11/7-11/14 • Test: 11/17 Unit VIII: Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment 11/19-12/3 • Test: 12/5, 12/8 • THANKSGIVING BREAK: 11/27-11/28 Unit IX: French Revolution and Napoleon 12/8-12/17 • Test: 1/6, 1/7 • WINTER BREAK: 12/22-1/2 Unit X: Restoration, Revolution, and Romanticism 1/5-1/12 • Test: To be included as a section on the midterm exam. • ALL WORK MUST BE IN FOR 9 WEEKS: 1/16 **SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION/ENLIGHTENMENT RESEARCH PAPER DUE: 1/30** See projects link for further due dates. Midterm Exams 1/21-1/23 • End of 2nd 9 weeks: 1/23 • NO SCHOOL: 1/26-1/27 Third Nine Weeks Unit XI: Industrial Revolution 1/15-2/4 • Test: 2/11, 12 • NO SCHOOL: 1/20 Unit XII: Age of Imperialism 2/12-2/18 • Test: 2/19,20 • NO SCHOOL: 2/16 Unit XIII: World War I 2/23-3/5 • Test: 3/15, 16 Unit XIV: Russian Revolution 3/10-3/15 • Quiz: 3/19
“I am a wanderer and a mountain climber...I do not like the plains, and it seems I cannot sit still for long. And whatever may yet come to me as destiny and experience will include some wandering and mountain climbing: in the end, one experiences only oneself. The time is gone when mere accidents could still happen to me; and what could still come to me now that was not mine already?” -Friedrich Nietizsche Unit XIV: Between the Wars 3/18-3/26 • Test: 3/31 **ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT PROJECT DUE: 3/22*** Fourth Nine Weeks Unit XV: World War II 3/31-4/16 • Test: 4/21 • ALL WORK MUST BE IN FOR 9 WEEKS: 3/26 • End of 3rd 9 weeks: 4/1 • NO SCHOOL: 4/2 • SPRING BREAK 4/5-4/9 Unit XVI: Cold War and Beyond 4/21-4/29 • Test: 4/29,30 SOL Review 4/30-5/7 SOL TESTS will be the week of May 10th Model United Nations 5/17-6/11 • Final Project Due: 6/11 • NO SCHOOL: 5/31 • ALL WORK MUST BE IN FOR 9 WEEKS: 6/11 Final Exams 6/14-6/17 ***The information and dates in the syllabus are tentative. All changes will be announced in advance during class and posted on-line.***