World History: Unit 1
Wendy Rockett
2nd and 4th block
Monday, August 8, 2011
Welcome to my class!!!
Essential Question: What is history?
Agenda:
1.
Find your seat.
2.
Complete the student information form.
3.
Class introduction and syllabus discussion.
4.
Activity: “The Story of Me”
Class Expectations
In this course, we will study the major
events and themes of world history.
 This is a required course for the
promotion to 10th grade.
 To study these things, we will do a variety
of lessons. Each will require your
involvement.
 We will also learn some skills that you
will need for the rest of high school
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What is expected of you?
I expect you to ……..
 Be on time
 Come to class prepared to work
 Participate (THIS IS NOT A SPECTATOR
SPORT)
 Be responsible and take advantage of all
learning opportunities
Bring to Class Everyday:
Pen or pencil
 Three ring binder with loose leaf paper
 Colored pencils and/or markers
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Procedures
What do I do when I arrive in class?
When you arrive to class, you will have a
bell work waiting for you. Begin working
immediately. Do not ask to go to your
locker or the restroom. You will be
counted tardy
What you think is “on time”?
To be considered on time, you will have to
be in the classroom and starting the bell
work.
Classroom Rules
#1 Be prompt
#2 Be prepared for class
#3 Be productive
#4 Be respectful of the learning environment
#5 ID’s are worn during the school day
(including my class time) at all times
#6 No hats are permitted
#7 No cell phones or electronic devices
during class time
Your Teacher: Mrs. Rockett
Born: Macon, GA
Word describing me:
Greatest influence: My
father. He taught me to be
honest and have a strong
work ethic.
Education: BA History from
University of Georgia,
Teaching certification from
Wesleyan College, currently
working on masters degree
in secondary education at
GCSU
Home: I currently
live in Cleveland, GA.
I am married and
have a 23 month old
boy. I also have a dog
named Dooley.
 Previous teaching job:
Westside High
School, Macon, GA
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Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Essential Question: How do technologies impact
society?
 Standard: N/A
Agenda:
1. Bell work: Why do we study history?
2. Pretest: World History
3. Notes: Neolithic and Paleolithic Civilizations
4. Graphic organizer: Neolithic and Paleolithic
Civilizations
5. Activity: Neolithic and Paleolithic Civilizations
6. Closing: On an index card answer the essential
question.
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Wednesday, August 10 ,2011
Essential Question: How do technologies impact
society?
 Standard: N/A
Agenda:
1. Bell work: Using the textbook or notes define
prehistory
2. Notes: Neolithic and Paleolithic Civilizations
3. Graphic organizer: Neolithic and Paleolithic
Civilizations
4. Activity: Neolithic and Paleolithic Civilizations
5. Closing: On an index card answer the essential
question.
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How did humanity transition from a nomadic life
style to an established life style and establish an
advanced way of life called “Civilization”.
Humanity was
nomadic, moving
from place to
place.
Basic Culture and
Technology
existed
Humanity begins
to settle in small
villages.
Culture and
Technology
become more
advanced.
Humanity creates
cities and an
advanced way of
life called
“Civilization”
2 million BCE ……………………………………………….500BCE
Introduction to World History
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Prehistory:
◦ refers to the period of time before people
invented systems of writing.
◦ No cities, countries, organized central
governments, or complex inventions.
B.C.,- Before Christ
 B.C.E. – Before the Common Era
 A.D. - anno Domini, “in the year of our
Lord” – based on Jesus’s birth
 C.E – Common Era
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The Dawn of History
The Old Stone Age – (Paleolithic) earliest period of
human history. (2 million B.C. –10,000 B.C.
1. African Beginnings – believed that the earliest
people lived in East Africa.
2. Small hunting and gathering bands of about 2030 people.
3. Nomads – moved place to place.
4. Tools (stone, bone or wood)
5. Invented clothing
6. Glaciers – (ice ages) spread across parts of Asia,
Europe and North America
Paleolithic Images
The Neolithic Agricultural
Revolution
change from nomadic to settled farming life ushered in the
New Stone Age (Neolithic)
 First Farmers
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Changing Ways of Life
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Domesticate – or tame, some of the animals they had once
hunted.
Enabled people to become food providers.
Growth in population
Establishment of the council of elders
Warfare increased
Wealth became more of an issue
New gender roles
3. New Technologies
 Calendars
 Used animals for work (ox help plow fields)
 Cloth
Neolithic Images
Paleolithic and Neolithic Activities
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Activity One: Comic Strip
Complete a comic strip that shows at least one major
event that happened from Paleolithic era to the
Neolithic era. Make sure your comic strip is in
chronological order. Create a 4 or 6 slide comic strip.
Be creative!
Activity Two: Journal Entry
Pretend that you are a time traveler, and you travel to
the end of the Paleolithic era. Since you're a time
traveler, you can quickly view the major events from
the ending of the Paleolithic era to the beginning of
the Neolithic era. Write a journal article to tell about
all the things you saw as you traveled through this
time period. Please write in the first person.
Cool Websites
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/anch
sthc.html#south
 http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/index.html
 http://www.schenectady.k12.ny.us/users/tit
le3/future%20grant%20projects/Projects/
Ancient%20Civilization/index.htm
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Civilizations
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How civilizations grew
◦ Farmers began cultivating lands along river
valleys and producing a surplus of food.
◦ Increased population
◦ Villages grew into cities
How did people live during the
Paleolithic Age?
 What was the Agricultural
Revolution? How did it change life?
 How did people live during the
Neolithic Age?
 How did life change and remain the
same between these two ages.
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How did humanity transition from a nomadic life
style to an established life style and establish an
advanced way of life called “Civilization”.
Paleolithic Age
Humanity was
nomadic, moving
from place to
place.
Basic Culture and
Technology
existed
Neolithic Age
Humanity begins
to settle in small
villages.
Culture and
Technology
become more
advanced.
Humanity creates
cities and an
advanced way of
life called
“Civilization”
The Agriculture Revolution
2 million BCE ……………………………………………….500BCE
Introduction
Civilization is a term that is used to
describe how people have lived and are
living now.
 It is defined by 5 characteristics.
 After the Agricultural Revolution, people
were able to spend time on things other
that hunting and gathering.
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Features of a civilization
Cities
 Well organized central government
 Complex religions
 Job specification
 Social classes
 Arts and architecture
 Public works
 Writing
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Characteristic #1
Advanced Cities
 Advanced cities:
◦ Planned
◦ Larger Population
◦ Public Works
The Spread of Civilizations
The conquering of territories beyond the
boundaries of cities led to the
establishment of city-states.
 The conquering of the cities and villages
led to the development of empires.
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Characteristic #2
Characteristic #2
Specialized workers:
◦ People learn skills.
◦ Social Hierarchy: A social
systems of ranks based in
ancient times on the
importance and specialization
of a person’s job.
Characteristic #3
Characteristic #3
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Complex institutions:
◦ patterns of organization
in a community that
helped to allow the
civilization to survive.
◦ Government, Religion,
Economy, Culture,
Education
Characteristic #3
Governments were needed to organize
the tasks needed to survive
 Economies: trade developed when a
society used their food surplus to trade
for needed resources
 Religions: At first they were polytheistic
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◦ After the invention of iron weapons,
Monotheistic religions developed.
Characteristic #4
Characteristic #4
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Record Keeping:
◦ Writing systems
developed to keep track
of taxes
Characteristic #5
Characteristic #5
Technology:
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The skills and tools
people use to meet their
basic needs
Cultural Diffusion
Cultural Diffusion: The spread of
ideas through contact
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This contact comes from
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Trade
Migration
Conquest
Media
Review
How is Gainesville High
School a civilization?
How is Gainesville a
civilization?
Homework
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What is a civilization? Give examples from
Gainesville/Hall county.
Friday, August 12, 2011
SSWH1 The student will analyze the origins, structures, and interactions of complex societies in the ancient
Eastern Mediterranean from 3500 BCE to 500 BCE.
a. Describe the development of Mesopotamian societies; include the religious, cultural, economic, and political facets of society,
with attention to Hammurabi’s law code.
b. Describe the relationship of religion and political authority in Ancient Egypt.
c. Explain the development of monotheism; include the concepts developed by the ancient Hebrews, and Zoroastrianism.
d. Describe early trading networks in the Eastern Mediterranean; include the impact Phoenicians had on the Mediterranean
World.
e. Explain the development and importance of writing; include cuneiform, hieroglyphics, and the Phoenician alphabet.
EQ: How do unique cultures emerge from common
elements?
1. Bell work: What is a civilization?
2. Notes: Early forms of writing
3. Civilizations activity
4. Closing: What do the early civilizations have in
common? How do they differ?
Monday, August 15, 2011
SSWH1 The student will analyze the origins, structures, and interactions of
complex societies in the ancient Eastern Mediterranean from 3500 BCE to 500
BCE.
a. Describe the development of Mesopotamian societies; include the religious, cultural,
economic, and political facets of society, with attention to Hammurabi’s law code.
b. Describe the relationship of religion and political authority in Ancient Egypt.
d. Describe early trading networks in the Eastern Mediterranean; include the impact
Phoenicians had on the Mediterranean World.
e. Explain the development and importance of writing; include cuneiform, hieroglyphics, and
the Phoenician alphabet.
EQ: How do unique cultures emerge from common elements?
1.
Bell work: What are the features of a civilization?
2.
Unpack the standard
3.
Notes: Early forms of writing
4.
Civilizations activity (Mesopotamia, Egypt, Shang, Indus, Olmec, Mayan, Aztec and Inca)
5.
Closing: What do the early civilizations have in common? How do they differ?
2nd block groups
Mesop Egypt
otamia
Shang
Indus
Olmec Mayan
Victoria,
Rachelle,
Jose,
Theodore
Mikyria,
Dameshia,
Kiana
Cara,
Abigail,
Triana
Michael,
Triston,
Dakota
Isi,
Abraham,
Andreas,
Cristina
Kimberly,
Stephanie,
Jessica,
Dania
Aztec
Inca
Armando,
Kavin,
Felix
Edwin,
Zach,
Angelica,
Roman
4th block groups
Mesop Egypt
otamia
Indus
Kriztyna,
Adrianna
Erick,
Cesar,
Juan M., Iridian
Gladys,
Ashley
Shang
Olmec Mayan
Aztec
Inca
Margarita,
Juan P. ,
Cristian,
Jose
Obet,
Paquasha
Taurus,
Bernabe
Writing
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Pictograms were the earliest forms of
writing.
◦ Simple drawings that looked like the objects
they represent.
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Hieroglyphics developed by Egyptians
◦ Form of picture writing
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Ideograms were pictures that symbolized
an idea or action
Cuneiform
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Cuneiform was the
earliest form of
writing invented in
Mesopotamia
The Alphabet
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The Phoenicians were
called the “carriers of
civilization.”
The spread Middle
Eastern civilization
around the
Mediterranean.
Create the alphabet
◦ Contains letters that
represent spoken
sounds
Early Writing
Pictograms
Hieroglyphics
Ideograms
Cuneiform
Alphabet
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
SSWH1 The student will analyze the origins, structures, and
interactions of complex societies in the ancient Eastern
Mediterranean from 3500 BCE to 500 BCE.
a. Describe the development of Mesopotamian societies; include the religious,
cultural, economic, and political facets of society, with attention to
Hammurabi’s law code.
b. Describe the relationship of religion and political authority in Ancient Egypt.
d. Describe early trading networks in the Eastern Mediterranean; include the
impact Phoenicians had on the Mediterranean World.
e. Explain the development and importance of writing; include cuneiform,
hieroglyphics, and the Phoenician alphabet.
EQ: How do unique cultures emerge from common elements?
1.
Bell work: What contributed to the difference in cultures of early
civilizations?
2.
Civilizations activity (Mesopotamia, Egypt, Shang, Indus, Olmec, Mayan,
Aztec and Inca)
3.
Closing: What do the early civilizations have in common? How do they
differ?
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Standard: SSWH1, SSWH5Ng
 EQ: How did monotheism emerge?
 Bell work: What is monotheism?
1. Finish presentations
2. Discuss Hammurabi’s code
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1. Student’s will read primary document and
answer the questions. We will then discuss list
of laws.
3.
4.
Notes: Monotheism
Closing: Discuss the EQ
Monotheism
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600 B.C. –The Persian thinker, Zoraster,
rejected the old Persian gods.
◦ Taught that Ahura Mazda, a single god, ruled
the world
The Roots of Judaism
2000 B.C. Abraham migrated from
Mesopotamia to Canaan, where he founds
the Israelite nation
 1000 B.C.- David unites Israelites into the
kingdom of Israel
 922 B.C. – Kingdom weakens after splitting
into Israel and Judah
 586 B.C. – Babylonians capture Judah –
Babylonian Captivity
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◦ Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the great temple and
forced many Israelites into exile in Babylon. Time
in which Israelites become known as Jews.
A Covenant with God
Israelites were monotheistic
 Believed God to be all-knowing, all
powerful and present everywhere.
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Thursday, August 17, 2011
Essential Question: Where have the
earliest civilizations emerged and how did
they differ?
1. Bell work: Who was the founder of the
Israelite nation?
2. 4th block will finish notes on
monotheism
3. Work on study guide
4. Bingo: Review
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