Course title: Western Civilization Honors
Course #: 04339-01, 04339-02
Course Instructor: Mr. McNamara, C228 Â Â email: kmcnamara@bellinghamk12.org
Summary: Western Civilization, a full year course, will trace the history of European and American civilization from its classical roots seated in Rome to the events of the 20th Century. In the exploration of this diverse subject matter students will explore the geographic, economic, military, social, legal, and cultural factors that effected and influenced the development of the Western Civilization. Understanding of cause and effect, analysis of documents and arguments as well as developing historical writing skills will be a primary focus in our exploration.Â
Course Requirements: Grade 9 Students with teacher recommendationÂ
Materials: Notebook, Writing Instrument, and Three Ring Binder or Folder with Pockets (tests, quizzes and handouts should be saved!)
Text: Spielvogel, Jackson J. World History to 1800. Agora Hills, CA: West Publishing, 1999.
Course Objectives:Â
In Each Time Period students will be able to:
   •    Interpret and construct timelines that show how events and eras in various parts of the world are related to one another.Â
•    Explain how a cause and effect relationship is different from a sequence or correlation of events.Â
•   Distinguish between long-term and short-term cause and effect relationships.Â
•   Show connections, causal and otherwise, between particular historical events and ideas and larger social, economic, and political trends and developments.Â
•   Interpret the past within its own historical context rather than in terms of present-day norms and values.Â
•   Distinguish intended from unintended consequences.Â
•   Distinguish historical fact from opinion.Â
Grading Criteria: Â
Quarterly:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Semester:
Tests: 60% (Tests, papers, projects)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Quarter 1 =20%
Quizzes: 30%( Quizzes, Classwork, Worksheets)Â Â Â Â Â Â Quarter 2 = 20%
Homework: 10%Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Quarter 3= 20%
                        Quarter 4 = 20%
                        Mid Year Exam = 10%
                        Final Exam = 10%
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 Rough Schedule (by month)
September
          800 b.c. to 1000 a.d. (3 Days)
          Greece, Rome, and the Dark Ages
          1000-1350 a.d. The Middle Ages (4 Days)
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September / October
          Renaissance and  Reformation (4 Weeks)
          Rebirth and Reform
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October / November – first paper due
         Age of Absolutism
          Times of Trouble
          Building of Nation States   Â
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End of First Quarter
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November / December
          Age of ExplorationÂ
          Exploration of the East
          Mercantilism
          Conquest and Colonization
          Natives of America Â
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January   Enlightenment
          Scientific Revolution
          Enlightenment
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End of Second Quarter / Mid Year Exams
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February Revolution (Second Paper due in February)
          7 Years War
          American Revolution
          French Revolution
          Napoleon
March Industrialization and Nationalism
      The Industrial Revolution
      Reaction and Revolution
      National Unification
      Romanticism
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      Mass Society and the Western State
      Industrial Prosperity
      Emergence of Mass Society  Â
      The Nation State
      Intellectual and Cultural Developments
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End of Third Quarter
April  Imperialism
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May   World War I
      Depression and Dictatorship
June   World War II
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       End of Fourth Quarter / Final Exam
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Course title: Western Civilization Standard
Course #: 04338-04
Course Instructor: Mr. McNamara, C228 Â Â email: kmcnamara@bellinghamk12.org
Summary: Western Civilization, a full year course, will trace the history of European and American civilization from its classical roots seated in Rome to the events of the 20th Century. In the exploration of this diverse subject matter students will explore the geographic, economic, military, social, legal, and cultural factors that effected and influenced the development of the Western Civilization. Understanding of cause and effect, analysis of documents and arguments as well as developing historical writing skills will be a primary focus in our exploration.Â
Course Requirements: Grade 9 StudentsÂ
Materials: Notebook, Writing Instrument, and Three Ring Binder or Folder with Pockets (tests, quizzes and handouts should be saved!)
Text: Elisabeth Gaynor Ellis and Anthony Esler. World History: the Modern Era. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. 2011.
Course Objectives:Â
•   Students will understand: ( this is a rough list, more will be introduced)
•   The Growth of the Nation State for each nation in Europe
•   Major political, social, legal and economic developments that occurred in Medieval EuropeÂ
•   the origins and course of the Renaissance to include the specific works and ideas of Machiavelli, Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, Shakespeare, Gutenberg, etc.
•   the origins and effects of the Protestant Reformation
•   the role of religion in the wars of the 15th and 16th Century
•   why European nations sent explorers west
•   how overseas growth led to the growth of commerce and the Atlantic Slave Trade
•   the major economic, political, and social effects of European global colonizationÂ
•   the impact that mercantilism had on European and colonial economies.
•   the growth and consolidation of political power in Europe between 1500 and 1800 , as manifested by strong nation states ruled by monarchs
•   the ideas and events of the Scientific Revolution to include the major personalities and concepts
•   influence of enlightenment ideas on historical actions
•   important causes and events of the French Revolution.
•   Napoleon's rise to powerÂ
•   the causes of the Industrial Revolution
•   the growth of socialism
•   the age of imperialism
•   Causes of World War I
Expectations:
•   All school rules are in effect in the classroom
•   Talking, unless in the course of classroom discussion is discouraged
•   Class participation is expected
•   Notes will be taken
•   Notebooks, pens or pencil will be brought to class everyday.
•   Textbooks will be brought when stated by Mr. McNamara
•   All cell phones will be placed in the phone box at the beginning of class unless otherwise stated by Mr. McNamara
Grading Criteria: Â
Quarterly:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Semester:
Tests: 50% (Tests, papers, projects)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Quarter 1 =20%
Quizzes: 30%( Quizzes, Classwork, Worksheets)Â Â Â Â Â Â Quarter 2 = 20%
Homework: 20%Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Quarter 3= 20%
                        Quarter 4 = 20%
                        Mid Year Exam = 10%
                        Final Exam = 10%
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 Rough Schedule (by month)
September
          800 b.c. to 1000 a.d. (3 Days)
          Greece, Rome, and the Dark Ages
          1000-1350 a.d. The Middle Ages (4 Days)
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September / October
          Renaissance and  Reformation (4 Weeks)
          Rebirth and Reform
Â
October / November – first paper due
         Age of Absolutism
          Times of Trouble
          Building of Nation States   Â
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End of First Quarter
Â
November / December
          Age of ExplorationÂ
          Exploration of the East
          Mercantilism
          Conquest and Colonization
          Natives of America Â
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January   Enlightenment
          Scientific Revolution
          Enlightenment
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End of Second Quarter / Mid Year Exams
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February Revolution (Second Paper due in February)
          7 Years War
          American Revolution
          French Revolution
         Napoleon
March Industrialization and Nationalism
      The Industrial Revolution
      Reaction and Revolution
      National Unification
      Romanticism
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      Mass Society and the Western State
      Industrial Prosperity
      Emergence of Mass Society  Â
      The Nation State
      Intellectual and Cultural Developments
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End of Third Quarter
April  Imperialism
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May   World War I
      Depression and Dictatorship
June   World War II
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       End of Fourth Quarter / Final Exam
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