1. Welcome to Mr. Jackson’s World History Class! The title of the textbook that we use is Journey Across Time: The Early Ages.

2. Why do we have to study World History? 1.You need World History to pass the graduation exam, and to graduate high school. In other words, you study it because you have to. 2.We study other cultures from the past so that we can learn from the mistakes that they made and not repeat them. (History repeats itself.)

3. Course Objective:  Eight Grade World History and Geography to 1500 directs students to think critically about the various forces that combined to shape the world today. Emphasis is placed on geographic impact, development of civic knowledge/responsibilities, and emerging economic systems within a chronological context.

4. Course Objective Cont…  Critical thinking and analysis are important in this course; consequently, asking questions about societies and comparing and contrasting civilizations over time are essential. Through historical inquiry, students need not focus on world history and geography as endless factual detail;

5. Course Objective Cont…  rather, they may gain an understanding and appreciation of history as an exciting story of people much like themselves at other times and places.

6. Topics of Discussion  Understanding our past  First Civilizations: Africa and Asia (3200 B.C.-500 B.C.)  Early Civilizations: India and China (2500 B.C.-256 B.C.)

7. Topics of Discussion  Empires in India and China (600 B.C.-A.D. 550)  Ancient Greece (1750 B.C.-133 B.C.)  Ancient Rome and the Rise of Christianity (509 B.C.-A.D. 476)

8. Topics of Discussion  Civilizations of the Americas (1400 B.C.-A.D. 1570)  The Rise of Europe (500-1300)  The High Middle Ages (1050-1450)

9. Topics of Discussion  The Byzantine Empire and Russia (330-1613)  The Muslim World (622-1650)  Kingdoms and Trading States of Africa (750 B.C.- A.D. 1586)

10. Topics of Discussion  Spread of Civilizations in East Asia (500-1603)  The Renaissance and Reformation (1300-1600)

11. Additional Topics of Discussion

12.  The Discovery and The Explorations of the Americas  The Magna Carta  The Mayflower Compact  The Declaration of Independence

13. Additional Topics of Discussion  The American Revolutionary War  America’s Founding Fathers  The United States Constitution  The Bill of Rights

14. Additional Topics of Discussion  Women’s History  Native American History  Black History  Major American Wars

15. Additional Topics of Discussion  SAT 10 Prep  Drug Education  Technology  Current Events

16. TIME WILL PASS. WILL YOU? DECIDE RIGHT NOW IF YOU ARE READY TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO PASS THIS CLASS.