1. World History
Mr. Sager
Spring 2019

2. On the index card… List the following information:
First and Last Name – Write down the name you preferred to be called
Parents/Guardian phone and
Your Class Schedule – Block Number, Teacher Name, Subject, Room Number (don’t have to include 4th Period – I know where you are during this class)

3. Materials Binder to organize handouts and notes Colored Pencils
Large Post it Pad
BYOD

4. Daily Class Structure
When you enter the classroom, any handouts that you need will be on the front table, make sure you pick them up on your way in
We will begin each class with a Warm-Up: questions to help review the previous day will be on the smart board
Use your notes or handouts from the previous day to answer the questions on a post it
To get full credit – you must be in your seat when the bell rings – you must attempt to answer the questions – if you do not know the answer – use your notes
Should have all the correct answers written on your post it by the time you turn your post it in
We will complete a review at the end of each class (TOD) – answer these questions on the same post it as the warm up
Warm Ups and TODs – count as a quiz grade each nine weeks

5. Rules and Expectations
Absences/Assignments – class website: sagerworldhistory.weebly.com
Tardy Policy - must have a pass if you are late to class
Homework – weekly discussion question
Make Up Work – two days to make up quizzes/tests/ turn in missed work
Hall Passes

6. Rules and Expectations
6. Food/Drink Policy – no food allowed
7. Cheating Policy – if you are caught cheating – you will receive a zero for the assignment/test/quiz and I will contact your parent/guardian immediately for a meeting with administration

7. Essential Rules
1. CELL PHONES – ONLY ALLOWED OUT WHEN GIVEN PERMISSION FROM ME
2. RESPECT – NO TALKING WHILE I AM SPEAKING OR WHILE ONE OF YOUR CLASSMATES IS SPEAKING –
3. NO SLEEPING IN CLASS
4. END OF CLASS – WE WILL COMPLETE A REVIEW EVERY DAY AT THE END OF CLASS, STAY IN YOUR SEAT UNTIL THE BELL RINGS –NO STANDING UP OR LINING UP AT THE DOOR
PLEASE BRING YOUR SYLLABUS HOME AND HAVE IT SIGNED – THIS IS DUE TOMORROW

8. Grading GRADING: Tests and Project - 40 % Quizzes - 20%
Classwork/ Online Discussion - 30 %
Homework – 10%
For each nine weeks you receive 20 – 25 grades
TUTORING – Tuesday and Wednesday 2:30 – 3:30 or by appointment
SIGN UP FOR REMIND: to 81010
anytime –

9. On the back of the index card...
1. Describe what you think of when you hear the words:
“World History”
2. How do you like to learn?
Do you prefer to learn by looking at articles, videos, maps, drawings, graphs?
Do you prefer lecturing and taking notes?
Do you like to be hands on and do a lot of activities
3. What is your primary language used at home? Can you speak multiple languages? If so, which ones?
4. What can we do in class that will help you review and prepare for tests and quizzes? (Study Guides, Kahoot, Quizizz, etc.)

10. Warm Up – January 22 Government Economy Culture
Answer the following questions on a post it:
1. How can we learn about civilizations that existed a long time ago?
2. What challenges would people face if they had to move from place to place looking for food every day?
3. What do you think of when you hear the following terms?
Government
Economy
Culture
4. Why is it important to learn about other cultures?

11. Unit 1: Prehistory and the Early river valley Civilizations
Early Humans

12. Prehistory Setting the State: Who are we?
Evidence suggest humans could be much older than originally thought
Scientists use artifacts to search for answers
Artifact: human made objects like tools and jewelry
Unfortunately, prehistory can leave more questions than answers
Prehistory: time before the invention of writing

13. The Paleolithic Era Humans Migrate – Paleolithic Era (Old Stone Age)
Humans are known as homo sapiens which means “wise men”
Early humans were nomads (highly mobile people who move from place to place foraging, or searching for new sources of food)
All early humans were also hunter-gatherers
Hunter-gatherers: those who food supply depended on hunting animals and collecting plant foods; made shelters out of animal bones
Estimates show humans started leaving Africa around 125,000 years ago

14. Paleolithic Era
Settled in Europe 33,000 years ago, China 67,000 years ago, Australia 38,000 years ago, North America 12,000 years ago, and South America ,000 years ago
We know this due to similar stone tool artifacts found in different regions that date to roughly the same time period
Shows that early humans used technology: applying knowledge, tools, and inventions to meet their needs
Used cave paintings to show what they lived in, where they lived, what they hunted and the weapons they used to hunt

15. Cave Paintings
Prehistoric humans used images from their daily lives and from their imaginations to create cave paintings using materials such as blood and soil
Images showed:
where they lived and what they lived in
what they ate and how they caught it
Showed the different tools that they used

18. Cave Painting Activity
Imagine you are a prehistoric hunter-gatherer, and you are drawing on a cave wall to tell people what your life is like. You cannot use writing, only pictures. Show them the following things:
1. Where do you live? (mountains, beach, etc.)
2. What kind of tools do you use?
3. What animals do you hunt? What plants are you gathering?
Cave paintings will be graded on completion (including all the things I ask you to show), artistic effort and being turned in on time.
On the back of your cave painting: write a paragraph where you write about the biggest challenges you think you would face living as a hunter-gatherer? What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a nomadic hunter-gatherer?

19. Migration out of Africa

20. Human Migration Why did they leave Africa?
Competition with other humans
Following Animal herds
Human curiosity

21. The Neolithic Revolution
Agriculture Changes Everything!
Early nomadic humans lived in bands of people
Around 10,000 years ago, the Neolithic Revolution (New Stone Age) began: the beginning of farming
It started accidentally when some women scattered seeds near a campsite and noticed crops growing there when they came back next season
Rising temperatures worldwide provided longer growing seasons
Farming produces more food than hunting or gathering

22. Neolithic Era More food means a higher population, thus more labor
Due to labor and farming methods, permanent settlements developed
Permanent settlements turn into villages, villages turn into cities, cities turn into civilizations
Social classes begin to form based on wealth
Variety of crops and products
Once you reach a certain population, you can begin specialization
Specialization: mastering production of one product

23. Neolithic Era
Domestication or taming of animals began as well; use of Metal tools

24. Beginning of Civilization
Eventually all of this led to the creation of the first civilization on Earth in Mesopotamia called Sumer

25. TOD – January 22
Answer the following questions on the same post it as the warm up:
What is a primary source?
What is one strength of a primary source?
What is one weakness of a primary source?
What is a secondary source?
What is one strength of a secondary source?
What is one weakness of a secondary source?