This document provides an overview and outline for a CHW3M history course that covers human history from earliest civilizations to the 16th century. It will be evaluated through tests, assignments, projects, and a final exam worth 30% of the grade. The course is divided into units focusing on early river civilizations, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and the Middle Ages. Students will analyze the political, cultural, and economic structures of societies and how historical forces have shaped the modern world.
This document provides an overview and outline for a CHW3M history course that covers human history from earliest civilizations to the 16th century. It will be evaluated through tests, assignments, projects, and a final exam worth 30% of the grade. The course is divided into units focusing on early river civilizations, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and the Middle Ages. Students will analyze the political, cultural, and economic structures of societies and how historical forces have shaped the modern world.
This document provides an overview and outline for a CHW3M history course that covers human history from earliest civilizations to the 16th century. It will be evaluated through tests, assignments, projects, and a final exam worth 30% of the grade. The course is divided into units focusing on early river civilizations, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and the Middle Ages. Students will analyze the political, cultural, and economic structures of societies and how historical forces have shaped the modern world.
This document provides an overview and outline for a CHW3M history course that covers human history from earliest civilizations to the 16th century. It will be evaluated through tests, assignments, projects, and a final exam worth 30% of the grade. The course is divided into units focusing on early river civilizations, ancient Greece, ancient Rome, and the Middle Ages. Students will analyze the political, cultural, and economic structures of societies and how historical forces have shaped the modern world.
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CHW3M Course Intro
This course investigates the history of humanity
from earliest times to the sixteenth century. Students analyze diverse societies from around the world, with particular regard to the political, cultural, and economic structures and historical forces that form the foundation of the modern world. They examine the influence of selected individuals and groups, as well as of particular innovations, and develop skills of historical inquiry, organization, analysis, and communication. Purpose: Unit 1: River Civilizations Unit 2: The Greeks Unit 3: The Romans Unit 4: The Middle Ages Evaluation Weighting Tests 30 % Assignments/Projects 40 % Culminating Activity 30 % Total 100% Assessment and Evaluation Homework and quizzes make up the assessment component of the course they serve to inform the teacher and you of how you are progressing in the course without counting towards your final grade. Your course work (tests, assignments, and activities) will be evaluated and will make up 70% of your final grade.
Your final exam will be worth 30%. You should expect to have at least one test for every unit. You will also have a number of assignments and research projects in this course. Recorded history is human history that has been written down or recorded by the use of language. Recorded history begins around 3500 BC in Southern Mesopotamia, with the invention of writing. Prehistory The period before recorded history is known as prehistory. There are a lot of different ideas about prehistory. The main belief system dealing with the origins of life are:
Your idea about prehistory determines the way you percieve the rest of history. Those that are theist (1,2) tend to hold to the belief system that everything happens for a reason and those of the atheistic mind set (3) lean towards the idea that historical events are a series of random chance. Is history moving towards something or not?
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