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WORLD HISTORY
with
Mr Gram-Reefer
2018-2019
SYLLABUS
WORLD HISTORY SYLLABUS 2
Welcome to 10th Grade World History at Vallejo High School. This is an exciting course that connects
Ancient Greece and Rome with Modern World History. We will focus on the 18th century through to
contemporary times, and provides students with a foundation for understanding U.S. history, government,
and economics in subsequent social studies courses in high school.
The World History course at Valle Joe High School:
• ! "Is a required course for a Vallejo High School diploma;
• ! "Satisfies the UC/CSU “a-g” social studies requirement for 10th grade;
• ! "Guided by the new California Framework for History and Social Science
The World History course will allow students to better understand unresolved geopolitical problems
across the globe today, as well as appreciate rapid social changes sweeping the world in the modern era.
World History is a course in which every sophomore can and should be successful; however a minimal
level of consistent effort and self-discipline is required. Students who maintain a steady level of effort
throughout the semester tend to have an easier time than those who apply short bursts of intense, stress-
filled effort, trying to catch up prior to an exam.
CONTENTS AND PERIOD OF STUDY
The course is divided into seven time periods or units of study:
Voluminous, additional reading, primary sources, web resources, and age appropriate contemporary
commentary from a variety of sources will be assigned to students in class as needed throughout the year.
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HOMEWORK
Students will be frequently assigned readings from the textbook or other sources. Cornell- or T- notes (or
similar style notes) on these reading assignments are required, and will kept as a DIGITAL JOURNAL or
STUDEN BLOG that will be checked and graded periodically. Templates and instructions are provided at
the beginning of the school year.
Short reading, video, and written homework assignments will be frequently assigned, including over
weekends and occasionally over holidays. It is important to understand these and other assignments not
as standalone grunt work, but as preparation for classroom discussions, group work, and other activities.
All assignments are available on a student’s Google Classroom. It is the student’s responsibility to be
cognizant of all assignments and deadlines. All content lectures will also be available online (see
ATTENDANCE & REMOTE INSTRUCTION below).
NO LATE HOMEWORK
All homework is to be submitted by or on the due date. no exceptions—except for prior arrangement with
the instructor and parent approval in advance using the Code Blue form available in their Google
Classroom Resources page. Penalty for unexcused late work is a half grade. More than three late
submissions requires a parent conference. Projects for makeup work and extra credit must be arranged in
advance with the instructor and approval of parents or legal guardian.
CLASSWORK
A variety of instructional technology and teaching strategies will be used to ensure students are equally
able to access the course content and meet learning objectives. These will include direct instruction,
interactive Web instructional platforms (Nearpod), collaborative group projects, analysis of primary
source material, student production demonstrating skills using Google Slides, iMovie (or WeVideo) with
Green Screen, MyMaps, Comics, Oral debate and Podcasts, and FlipGrid and analytical techniques
including historical interpretative methodologies, including writing and small group discussion using
Google Docs, Blogger, Padlet, etc.
CLASS PARTICIPATION
Students will be graded on their comprehension of the readings and classroom content presentations on a
regular basis. There will be four two unit exams, an end of 1st semester exam, and a year-end final exam.
There will also be three group projects culminating in (respectively) a slide presentation, a podcast, and a
movie. Each of these assessments will include individual written and oral summaries and reflections. A
number of formal and informal formative assessments will include online polls, Flippity and Kahoot,
Quizlet, and Quizizz.
Missing a class or any portion of a class places a great burden on the student to make up work or notes
from that class. While some absences are unavoidable due to illness or family commitments.
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Every effort should be made to attend all classes in order to avoid falling behind and adding undue stress.
That said, as many of the “lecture” and other instruction will be provided using some Internet-based
presentation platform, these lessons will be available online. Students will be able to access these
lessons online either LIVE real-time at some remote location off campus (from home or during a family
trip) using the Internet; or, at a later time also remotely (from home or in the school cafeteria during
lunch) with Internet access. Printed slide decks are always available on request.
GRADES
Grades will be assigned based on class participation, group collaboration and product, individual essays
and oral presentations, exam scores, quizzes (scheduled and “pop”), journal/blog checks, and class
discussion; weighted follows:
Exams, tests, quizzes: 20%
Group Collaboration & Products: 20%
Individual Essays & Oral presentations 20%
Class Participation: 20%
Journal/Blog: 20%
The World History course is divided into two individually credited semesters with a cumulative final
exam at the end of each semester.
Academic Honesty. Students at Vallejo High School are expected to maintain accepted standards for
personal integrity when it comes to submitting written work for a grade. Neither copying work nor
providing work to another student for the purpose of copying will be tolerated. Plagiarism will not be
tolerated in any form. Any instance of academic cheating, either with homework or tests, will result in
consequences as outlined by the AUSD disciplinary code, up to and including a failing grade for the
course.
COPYRIGHT, FAIR USE, & CITATIONS
All copyright laws must be observed. Students will be instructed on the Dos & Don’ts of Fair Use and
Copyright laws. All students will learn to use Easy Bib generate citations in the APA format. See this
presentation as an introduction
https://goo.gl/CsbeWz
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California 10th Grade Social Studies Content Standards At a Glance UNITS (Standards Targeted)
36 Weeks
10th Grade Common Core Literacy Standards in History/Social Studies At a Glance Reading
Standards; Students will be able to:
• √ Correctly cite and analyze primary and secondary • √ Construct concluding statements to support a claim or
sources;
thesis, or summarize major points
of a narrative;
• √ Analyze event sequences with respect to cause and
effect;
• √ Construct a clear narrative of historical events;
• √ Determine the meaning of subject matter terms by • √ Utilize relevant facts, definitions, terms, concrete
context;
details, and quotations appropriate to
the targeted reader’s knowledge of the topic;
• √ Effectively utilize text organization and structure
conventions;
• √ Match writing development, organization, and style as
appropriate to the task, purpose,
• √ Compare points of view of multiple authors;
and audience.
• √ Integrate quantitative analysis with qualitative;
• √ Develop and improve writing through revision and
editing processes;
• √ Evaluate the effectiveness of evidence in supporting an
author’s argument;
• √ Utilize technology, including the Internet, to
dynamically publish and update writings;
• √ Compare and contrast the treatment of the same topic in
multiple sources;
• √ Conduct research projects that synthesize multiple and
appropriate sources, effectively
• √ Independently and proficiently read and comprehend integrating primary and secondary source material into the
th product text;
10 grade level texts.
Writing Standards
• √ Effectively utilize evidence from informational text to
Students will be able to:
support an idea;
• √ Construct a clear claim or thesis;
• √ Write routinely over extended as well as shorter time
frames for a range of purposes and audiences
• √ Construct effective transitions between ideas, including
between claims, reasons,
CREDITS
evidence, and counter-claims;
All images courtesy of PixaBay
• √ Maintain formal style and objective tone in keeping with
Syllabus adapted from Mr Weber of Dozier-Libbey Medical HS
historiographic conventions;
Digital Integrity courtesy of EDT610 colleagues