MRS GUTIERREZ’S WORLD HISTORY CLASS OVERVIEWREQUIREMENTSASSESSMENTS

UNIT 1 NATIONALISM AND PREWAR ISSUES NATIONALISM NATIONALISM IMPERIALISM IMPERIALISM UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY;GERMANY AND BISMARCK UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY;GERMANY AND BISMARCK ALLIANCES ALLIANCES

UNIT 2 WORLD WAR I CAUSES OF THE WAR CAUSES OF THE WAR HOW DID IT START HOW DID IT START MAJOR EVENTS AND BATTLES MAJOR EVENTS AND BATTLES NEW TECHNOLOGY NEW TECHNOLOGY EFFECTS/RESULTS EFFECTS/RESULTS

UNIT 3 TREATY OF VERSAILLES AND POST WAR ISSUES WHAT WAS IT,WHEN WAS IT,WHERE DID IT HAPPEN WHAT WAS IT,WHEN WAS IT,WHERE DID IT HAPPEN THE DEPRESSION AROUND THE WORLD THE DEPRESSION AROUND THE WORLD RISE OF DICTATORS RISE OF DICTATORS

UNIT 4 WORLD WAR II CAUSES CAUSES HITLER’S AGGRESSION HITLER’S AGGRESSION EUROPEAN/US REACTION EUROPEAN/US REACTION BATTLES BATTLES THE HOLOCAUST THE HOLOCAUST PEARL HARBOR AND US INVOLVEMENT PEARL HARBOR AND US INVOLVEMENT DDAY/HIROSHIMA DDAY/HIROSHIMA RESULTS OF WWII RESULTS OF WWII

UNIT 5 THE POST WAR WORLD REBUILDING EUROPE REBUILDING EUROPE INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS IN AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENTS IN AFRICA AND LATIN AMERICA THE COLD WAR THE COLD WAR THE KOREAN WAR THE KOREAN WAR VIETNAM AND SOUTHEAST ASIA VIETNAM AND SOUTHEAST ASIA THE MIDEAST CRISES THE MIDEAST CRISES THE WORLD TODAY THE WORLD TODAY

COURSE REQUIREMENTS/ASSESSMENT HOMEWORK WILL BE GRADED ON A 10 POINT SCALE HOMEWORK WILL BE GRADED ON A 10 POINT SCALE READING QUIZZES WEEKLY READING QUIZZES WEEKLY UNIT TESTS UNIT TESTS THERE WILL BE A WRITING ASSIGNMENT FOR EACH UNIT THERE WILL BE A WRITING ASSIGNMENT FOR EACH UNIT HOMEWORK 40% HOMEWORK 40% QUIZZES/TESTS 40% QUIZZES/TESTS 40% WRITING ASSIGNMENTS 20% WRITING ASSIGNMENTS 20%