Introduction to World History
August 13 th 2014 LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION Each day you will WRITE the Lesson Essential Question in your Spiral Notebook and answer it. We will be having Notebook checks for a grade Easy 100 if you do it.
August 13 th 2014 Unit 1 UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS What characteristics are similar in all civilizations? Why do societies develop differently from each other? Why does movement bring new ideas and change to cultures? What impact does the ancient world have on our societies today?
August 13 th 2014 Unit 1 LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION Is History Subjective or Objective? Why?
Quote of the Day “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” Ben Franklin
Welcome to World History
King Tut Great Pyramids of Giza The Parthenon Athens, Greece The Roman Coliseum The Assassination of Julius Caesar Knighthood Mona Lisa By Leonardo Da Vinci Palace of VersaillesFrance Storming of the Bastille French Revolution Genghis Kahn Voyage of Columbus Washington Crossing The Delaware The American Civil War Uncle Sam WW I Poster Attack on Pearl Harbor Raising of the American Flag At Iwo Jima WW II The Atomic Bomb WWII MLK “I Have A Dream” Speech Washington, DC Assassination of JFK Dallas, TX Moon Landing July 1969 Attack on the World Trade Center 9/11/2001 President Barak Obama
Why Do We Study History “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past”. - Anonymous “To fail to learn from history is to remain a child”. - Cicero
Where Were You?
HOW WE DIVIDE HISTORY HISTORIC PERIOD 3000 BC 476 AD 1500 PRESENT ANCIENT FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE MEDIEVAL MODERN VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY
World History Early and Classical Civilizations 3000 BC – 476 AD
The Middle Ages 476 – 1500 AD World History
The Modern Era Present World History
HOW WE DIVIDE HISTORY HISTORIC PERIOD 3000 BC 476 AD 1500 PRESENT ANCIENTMEDIEVAL MODERN 1 BC 1 AD Anno Domini “In the Year of Our Lord” CE- Common Era Birth of Christ BCE - Before Common Era
Quote “If any one is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death.” Hammurabi’s Code
Quote “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.” – Mahatma Gandhi