Shawnee Mission School DistrictHigh School Course SyllabusCourse Modern World History Teacher:Haley Lukes (Stojak)!ail: haleystojak"s!sd#org$u!ber %%&' School:Shawnee Mission $orthwest High SchoolDe(art!ent Social Studies )ear: '*+,-'*+.Course Descri(tionModern world History is a survey course that gives students the opportunity to explore recurring themes of human experience common to civilizations around the globe. After a review of early world history, the focus of study will be from the Renaissance to contemporary times and will include a study of the historical roots and events of Asia and Africa.Students will broaden their historical thining, examine significant events, ideas, and movements. Additionally students will explore how world societies have dealt with continuity and change as well as war and peace. !nternal stability and strife, and the contributions culmination in modern civilization. /ri!ary0bjecti1esThe!e: Connecting The!es and Historical Thinking Skills %%&'#+** 234 3D5 +# The learner will recogni6e7 use and e1aluate the !ethods and tools 1alued by historians7 co!(are the 1iews o8 historians and trace the the!es7 trends and !o1e!ents o8 history# ". Analyze and interpret a variety of primary and secondary sources to compare multiple perspectives, trace themes, and detect bias about events and eras of modern world history. #. Relate geography, anthropology, political science, sociology, archaeology and economics to the study of history.$. %emonstrate an understanding of the concepts of cause and effect, time, continuity, and perspective. &. 'xamine multiple cause and effect relationships that have shaped modern world history.(. %emonstrate the ability to use appropriate analysis strategies to interpret information from various sources and graphic representations. ). *articipate in document based analysis and essay writing by incorporating %ocument +ased ,uestion -%+,. strategies. /. 0se maps, globes, artifacts, documents and pictures to analyze the physical and cultural landscapes of the world as well as the geographic features important to the study of world history. 1. Apply current events and contemporary issues by relating them to events and eras in modern world history.2. 'valuate the relationship between religion and war.ssential 9uestions: How and why does history influence human ind3 4hat sills, process and sciences help us to uncover the past3 The!e: 2ridging arly World History to 2ig ras 3: and :# %%&'#'**234 3D5 '# The learner will in1estigate the signi8icant e1ents7 (eo(le7 and conditions in1ol1ed in the growth o8 !onarchial and i!(erial syste!s o8 go1ern!ent in the world#". 5race the political and social development of monarchies and empires, including but not limited to the Ming and Manchu dynasties, the Mongol 'mpire, the 6ttoman 'mpire and the Moghul -Mughal. 'mpire. #. 7Analyze the significance of the beginning and the end of the great sea voyages of the Ming %ynasty of 8hina$. Analyze the rise and achievements of African civilizations as well as the reasons for their decline.&. 'valuate the achievements of the ma9or civilizations of the Americas in the pre:8olumbianera -include Aztec, !ncas, and Mayas.. (. %escribe events in 4estern 'urope from the fall of the Roman 'mpire, the spread of 8hristianity and to the emergence of nation states in order to analyze the events on aspects of life in medieval 'urope. ). Analyze the social, economic, political and cultural effects of the +lac %eath on 'urope. /. Analyze the common reasons for the fall of empires and civilizations throughout the world. ssential 9uestions: How and why do civilizations change overtime3 4hat aspects of civilizations are common across time and location3 4hat led to the rise of monarchial and imperial systems of government in various parts of the world3 The!e: ;e8or!ation7 ;enaissance7 ;e1olution and $ationalis!%%&'#%** 234 3D5 % The learner will analy6e the cause and e88ects o8 !o1e!ents seeking change and will e1aluate the sources and conseietnam 4ar.. ssential 9uestions: 4hy were there global conflicts in the twentieth century and how were these conflicts resolved3 4hat factors seem to be constant in global war3Mini %+,A %istrict %ocument +ased ,uestion ActivityA'stimated time $ class periods TBD 3!(act o8 Technology%%&'#.**234 3D5 , The learner will analy6e the short and long ter! conse(loration 'nd?nit .: ;e8or!ation7 Scienti8ic ;e1olution/rinting /ress D29?nit &: 5bsolutis!?nit @: nlighten!ent?nit A: Brench ;e1olution%rd?nit +*: The 3s!s Co!!unis!7 Socialis!7 Ca(italis! $ationalis!7 3ndustrialis!7 3!(erialis!?nit ++: WW3?nit +': 2etween the Wars =th ?nit +%: WW33?nit +=: Cold War?nit +,: The Modern 5geMethod o8 1aluationQuarter Grade Total (oints accu!ulated 8ro! ho!ework7 tbooks7 binders7 ho!ework !ust be in the classroo! be8ore the bell rings) Turn in ho!ework the day it is due (late ho!ework will be deducted by +*E each day that it is late) ;e