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General Class Information
UNIT 1A: Ancient River Valley Civilizations
PART ONE:
- Warm-Ups (RVCs, Egypt & Mesp)
- Measuring Historical Time
- Beginning of Civilization
- Neolithic Revolution Comic Strip Questions
- Ancient Near East Map (Answer Key)
- Ancient Mesopotamia 2014
- Life in Ancient Sumer Play
- Ancient Egypt 2014
- THE NEGATIVE CONFESSION
- Who Killed King Tut?
- King Tut’s Death Remains a Mystery
- Egypt vs Mesp Drill
- Development of Monotheism Timeline
PART TWO:
- Warm-Ups for Ancient India & China
- Ancient India
- Ancient Asia Map (Answer Key)
- Hinduism Mini Projects Rubric
- Buddhism
- Ancient China
- Chinese Philosophies Hundred Schools of Thought
- River Valley Civilizations Review Guide
- River Valley Civilizations Triva Review Game
UNIT 1B: Ancient Greece & Rome
- Warm-Ups Greece & Rome
- Ancient Greece Map Answer Key
- Early Aegean Civilization (2014)
- Greek Myths
- Greek Myth Q and A (2014)
- Rival City-States (Sparta vs Athens) 2014
- Historical Head (front)
- Historical Head (back)
- Greek Unity and Division Reading
- Greek City-States Unity and Division Graphic Organizer
- Persian Wars
- The Golden Age of Athens (2014)
- Alexander the Great (2014)
- The Roman Republic (2014)
- Julius Caesar Obituary
- The Roman Empire (2014)
- Roman Achievements Stations
- Christianity in the Roman Empire (Powerpoint)
- Christianity In The Roman Empire (Reading)
- Greece & Rome Study Guide (2015)
- Greece and Rome Trivia Review Game
UNIT 2: New Empires Emerge: Byzantine/Russia/Islam
- Byz Russia Islam Warm-Ups
- Byzantine and Moslem Empires reading
- Byzantine Empire Introduction Questions
- The Byzantine Empire
- Justinian and Theodora – The Byzantine Golden Age Play
- Early Russia
- Islamic Civilization
- The Electronic Passport to Western Religions reading
- New Empires Emerge Review Guide for QUIZ
UNIT 3A: European Middle Ages
- Medieval House of Horrors project
- Middle Ages Warm-Ups
- Mapping Out the Middle Ages Reading
- Medieval Timeline (annotated)
- Middle Ages Charlemagne
- Feudalism and Manorialism
- Daily Life Writing Guides
- Lifestyles of the Middle Ages Journal Entry
- Medieval Church
- Pope vs Emperor Letters (modified)
- The Crusades
- Crusades Nursery Rhyme Project (2015)
- High Middle Ages; Changes in Medieval Society
- Going to Towns Reading
- Black Death Reading
- Black Death Video
- Middle Ages Study Guide 2015
- Middle Ages Trivia
UNIT 3B: Renaissance, Reformation & Scientific Revolution
- Renaissance and Reformation Warm-Ups
- Renaissance Timeline (annotated)
- Renaissance vs. Middle Ages Reading
- Renaissance vs. Middle Ages Chart (2014)
- The Renaissance (2014)
- The Prince reading
- Renaissance Art (2014)
- Protestant Reformation (2014)
- Henry VIII & the Act of Supremacy
- Religion Diagram
- Counter Reformation (2014)
- Scientific Revolution
- Galileo’s Experiment
- R, R, and SR Study Guide (2014)
- Renaissance, Reformation, & SR Trivia
UNIT 4: Age of Discovery – Ancient Africa, MesoAmerica & Exploration
- Warm Ups Final Exam Review
- WHEN are we now unit 4 timeline
- Africa
- Ancient American Civilizations
- Discovery, Mercantilism, Commerce
- Columbian Exchange Children’s Book Project
- World History Final Exam Review Guide 2015
- Final Exam Review Trivia
END OF 1ST SEMESTER 🙂
UNIT 5A: Absolutism & Enlightenment
- Absolutism and Enlightenment Warm-Ups (2015)
- Rise of Absolutism (2015)
- Louis XIV Readings
- The Sun King reading
- Interpreting a Lineage Chart Questions
- English Family Tree
- The English Civil War (2015)
- OPTIC Cartoon Analysis
- English Civil War Political Cartoon Project (Revised 2015)
- Restoration & Glorious Revolution (2015)
- Absolutism Study Guide (2015)
- Absolutism Trivia
UNIT 5B: Age of Revolution
- Revolution Warm Ups (2015)
- louis and marie profile activity
- Louis XVI bio
- Marie Antoinette bio
- Estates Reading and Questions (for foldable)
- The Estates General/Old Regime PPT
- French Revolution Document Packet
- French Revolution Document Analysis
- Estates General to National Assembly (Phase 1) 2015
- Letter to Louis or Marie
- Constitutional Monarchy (Phase 2 – 2015)
- Radical Republic to Directory (Phase 3)
- Consulate to Empire (Napoleon Phase 4)
- Atlas Activity Empire of Napoleon
- Comparing Revolutions Chart (2015)
- Comparing Revolutions Groups & Presentations
- Age of Revolution Study Guide (2015)
- French Revolution Trivia
UNIT 6: Era of Global Change & Conflict
- Global Change Warm Ups
- Industrial Revolution
- Child Labor Then & Now
- Capitalism v. Socialism
- 19TH CENTURY NATIONALISM Reading
- Nationalism Reading Questions
- Nationalism Graphic Organizer
- Nationalism
- The Era of Change and Global Conflict Greatest Hits Project (2015)
- The Era of Change & Global Conflict Greatest Hits Rubric (2015)
- Nationalism – Then and Now (2015)
- Intro to Imperialism (2015)
- Imperialism in Africa
- Imperialism in Asia
- Change & Global Conflict Study Guide 2015
- Era of Global Change and Conflict Trivia (Review Game)
- DBQ Short Answer Documents (2015)
- DBQ pre-writing for Test (2015)
Unit 7A: WWI
- Warm Ups WWI
- World War I Underlying Causes (MANIA)
- World War I The Beginnings
- WWI Battles Storyboard
- WWI Battles Journal Entries
- WWI Weapons & Battle
- World War I US & Russia
- A Flawed Peace
- World War I Study Guide
- World War I Trivia
UNIT 7B: WWII
- Warm Ups WWII
- Postwar WWI Questions
- Between the Wars (2014)
- WWII Setting the Stage
- Centerville USA Reading
- Path to World War II -Aggression & Appeasement
- WWII Part I Axis Aggression
- Japanese Internment Camps
- US Internment of Japanese Americans
- WWII Part II – Allied Advance
- The Holocaust
- WWII Study Guide 2015
UNIT 8: The Cold War
- Warm Ups (Review for Final)
- Cold War Map Assignment
- The Cold War, Symbolic Timeline
- The Cold War Post WWII
- Berlin Airlift Reading
- The Power of Hope and Freedom (Personal Essay)
- The Cold War (1940s & 1950s)
- Communism in Asia
- The Cold War (1960s, 1970s & 1980s)
- Decades Newscast Project (2015)
- Decades Newscast Research Page
- World History Final Exam Review Guide 2015
- Final Exam Trivia
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love social studies
My favorite subject with an absolutely awesome teacher. Mrs Silverman, you’re the coolest and I hope all is going well!
Aww, thanks, Collin! I miss seeing you at MHS, but I know you will be successful in whatever you do. Please keep in touch!