Welcome To World
History
Mrs. Abraham
Room 300
Supplies & Expectations
Supplies:
• What you will need:
• Purple 2-pocket folder (provided)
• Spiral notebook (provided)
• Writing Utensil
• World History Human Legacy
textbook (MUST stay in the room)
Expectations
• Come to school
• Give your best effort
• Be respectful of the teacher & your
peers.
• Do your work
Modern World History 1600-Present
We will explore:
• Impact of democratic & industrial
revolutions
• Wars that changed empires
• Ideas that led to independence
movements
• Impact of global interdependence
Skill/Strategy focus:
• Historical thinking
• Analyze primary/secondary sources
• Explore multiple perspectives
• Draw conclusions
• Research
Daily Activities
Current events (10 min)
• Watch CNN Student news daily
broadcast
• Complete news response sheet (due
on Friday)
• Every Friday—oral report on 1
story from the week.
Skills/methods (10min)
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Vocabulary
Reading like a historian
Primary/Secondary sources
Political cartoons
Support/refute a thesis
Cause/effect of historical event
Quarter 1
1600-1800
Unit 1: Age of Enlightenment
• Chapter 5
• Scientific revolution
• Enlightenment thinkers
• Enlightenment Ideas
1750-1914
Unit 2: Age of Revolutions
• Chapters 6-9
• French Revolution
• Industrialization
• Reforms, revolutions & war
Quarter 2
1800-1914
Unit 3: Imperialism
• Chapter 10 & 11
• Nationalism
• European Imperialism
• Political, economic, social
• What, why, how?
• Consequences of imperialism for
colonized & colonizer
1900-1945
Unit 4: Achievements & Crisis
• Chapters 12 & 13
• Causes & consequences of WWI
• Oppressions & Discrimination
Quarter 3
1900-1945
Unit 4: Achievements & Crisis
• Chapter 14
• WWII Devastation
• Holocaust
• End of the war
1945-1991
Unit 5: Cold War
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Chapters 15 & excerpts from 16-18
World Superpowers
Treaties & agreements
Religious diversity
Postwar global politics & social
struggles
Quarter 4
1991-Present
Unit 6: Globalization
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Chapter 19
Breakup of Soviet Union
Regional & Ethnic conflicts
Political & cultural group struggles
Economic powers & technology
Nuclear weapons & effects
Global population
Environmental concerns
Test/Assessments
• World History pre-test given in the first week
of school
• Semester exams will be given in December &
May to access student progress
• World Hiostory post-test given at the end of
the year to access student progress
• Quizzes, chapter tests, projects & other
assessments performed throughout the
quarter.
How to talk to Mrs. Abraham
• Email (best way to reach me)
• AbrahamT@nwls.education
• Phone
• 937-964-3233 ext. 2701
• In person
• Plan period = 3rd period 9:10-9:57 am
• After school Until 3:00 pm.
Bring your parent’s contact info back by 8/21
& get 5 bonus points 
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