Mr. Gablenz Barrington High School Social Studies“Developing skilled, knowledgeable, and concerned citizens of the community and world”

“ Semester I Reading Guide & Class Overview Global Studies” Directions: Use this to study for tests and to follow along with the different units we will study. I will tell you a target date that we will have our exam on. You are required to read on your own the material on ABC-CLIO during the unit the pages listed below. I will I will provide class time MP 1

Title of Unit ABC-CLIO Textbook Mini-unit 1 “Introduction to class, history N/A N/A

essential questions & current events”Unit #2 “Introduction to class / history Prehistory –Beginnings Chapter 1 & 2 characteristics of Civilization/ Egypt/Near East 3200- Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt 500 BC (Prehistory-1,000 BC)

Unit #3 Early India and China & Ancient Asia 3000 BC- Chapter 3, 6, 8 World Religions 500 AD (3000 B.C.-500 A.D.) Rome (Christianity)

Islamic World (1/2) MP 2 Mini-Unit #4 DBQ #1 DBQ Was the Great Wall worth it? -Focus on writing with thesis & paragraph style

(Choose 1 of 3) #2 Hammurabi’s Code – Was it just? #3 Why did Christianity take hold in the Ancient World?

Unit #5 Ancient Greece Ancient Greece Chapter 4

Unit #6 Roman Empire (1750 B.C.-500 AD) Ancient Rome Chapter 5

MP 3 Mini-Unit #7 DBQ #1 How Great was Alexander the Great? -Focus on document analysis, opening, supporting

(Choose 1 of 3 #2 Athens vs Rome Citizenship? Who was better? Thesis and taking on other side. #3 Fall of Rome –What were the causes?

Unit #8 Middle Ages Medieval Europe Chapter 9 & 10 (400 –1500)

Mini-Unit #9 Final Exam Review

“If you do not have time to do it right the first time, when will you have time to do it over?”

“If you think you can or think you can’t you are probably right”

“The Real challenge of history is to resist the tendencies so prevalent today, to label, to stereotype, to expose…and instead to bring perspective and empathy to our subjects, so that the past can truly come alive even if just for a few moments in all of it’s complexity.” - Popular Historian & Author Doris Kearns Goodwin, 1995

“ Semester II Reading Guide & Class Overview Global Studies” MP 1

Title of Unit ABC-CLIO TextbookUnit #1 “Renaissance/Reformation Medieval Europe Chapter 12 /Enlightenment (Last two items) 17 sec 1/2

(1300-1800) (New era-Modern Europe) (All but Absolutism)

The Age of Reason (The Enlightenment)

Unit #2 “Civilizations in Americas” The Americas Chapter 11 (1400 B.C.-1570 AD) World Beyond Europe

(The New World)Mini-Unit #3 DBQ #1 “Why did Islam spread so quickly?-Emphasis on grammar, spelling, style, etc.

(Choose 1 of 3) #2 “Aztec Legacy – Agriculture or Human sacrifice? #3 “Printing Press” – Exploration or Reformation

Unit #4 “Age of Exploration, Mercantilism Modern Europe Chapter 13 & 14 & Absolute Monarchy” (Rise of Absolutism) 17 Sec 3

(1550-1800) MP 2 Unit #5 “Revolutionary Age in Europe Time of Revolutions Chapter 17 Sec 4 North America-Industrial/Political” Chapter 18, 19

Impressionism, Romanticism Chap 20 Sec 1-3 & Realism” (1800-1914)

Unit #6 “Nationalism & Imperialism Spheres of Influence Chapter 21-23 Shapes Modern World & WWI” World at War (first 3) (1800-1919)

Mini-Unit #7 DBQ #1 “What was driving Force behind European Imperialism in Africa?” (Choose 1 of 3) #2 “What made Gandhi’s Nonviolent Movement Work?”

#3 “China’s one Child Policy- Was it a good idea? MP 3

Unit #8 World between Wars, WWII World at War (4th only) Chapter 24, 26 & 27 & Cold War Cold War (First 2 of 3) (1921-1970)

Unit #9 “Contemporary World highlights” Cold War (3 of 3) Chapter 28 & 29 RP-Find a problem and examine possible solutions (1970-1989) A Global World First 3

Mini- Unit #10 “Final Exam Review Guide’ All of the above

“Do the little things well now. In time, great things will be presented to you, waiting to be done.”- Persian Proverb

Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can – John Wooden