【World Histroy】（Social Science/Humanities - Ancient World History）

Standards:Common Core State Standards,New York Framework for Social Science

Assessment:Essays, tests, presentations, and project work

Students will become more familiar with the world around them. Next, the students will gain a better understanding of why their world has been shaped into its current form.Furthermore, the students will gain a better appreciation for history and for the influences that world events have had on them. They will learn that they carry history within themselves.

In G9，Students will learn the analytic reasoning skills necessary to be successful in the subject, as well as developing their core skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening.More specifically, students will study many past civilizations, including, but not limited to, ancient Sumer, ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, as well as India. Studying ancient civilizations is the optimum way for students to learn who they are in the present because the further in the past an idea or philosophy, the more influence it likely has in the present.

The grade 10 history course picks up from where grade 9 left off. This more modern World Historycoursespans the major events, movements, themes, advances, and other human history of the entire globe over the course ofthe medieval period. In class, students will engage in problem solving group work, writing exercises, experiential activities, role-playing, interactive lectures, debates, and discussions. Connections to current events will be emphasized throughout. Students will complete at least two major research projects during the year, mostly completed outside of class.