World History and Geography Syllabus 2021/2022

School Year 2021-2022 Teacher Name Mr. Daniel Medina

Office A218 Website https://sites.google.com/a/adams12.org/patrick
Phone 720-972-6872 whammond/home
Email Address med016059@adams12.org Availability Periods 1, 5, 8

Course Name World History and Geography

Course This course will provide students with an overview of the history of human society examining political, economic, social, religious,
military, scientific, and cultural developments. This course will also provide students with an overview of world geography.
Description
Students will develop skills in the five basic areas of:
● Chronological thinking •Historical comprehension
● Historical analysis and interpretation •Historical research capabilities
● Historical issues-analysis and decision-making

Students will also develop content knowledge in the essential outcomes for this course.

Unit of Study Main areas of Content and Summative Assessments Approximate

Timeframes
1. Early Modern World ● Monotheistic Religions ● PEA paragraph (Point, Evidence, Analysis)
(Judaism, Christianity, and ● Reading Test 1st semester
Islam) ● M/C test and/or project
● Middle Ages review
● Renaissance
● Reformation
2. Revolutions ● Exploration ● PEA paragraph
● Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade ● Reading Test 1st semester
● Scientific Revolution ● M/C test and/or project
● Enlightenment review
● French Revolution
● Latin American
Revolutions
3. Industrialization and ● Industrialization ● PEA paragraph 1st semester
Imperialism ● Imperialism ● Reading Test
● Major religions in Asia ● M/C test and/or project
(Buddhism, Hinduism)
● Case Study: India
● Case Study: China
● Case Study: Congo
End of Semester ● End of semester m/c test
4. Era of Global ● Meiji Restoration ● PEA paragraph 2nd semester
Conflict ● WWI ● Reading Test
● Russian Revolution ● M/C test and/or project
● WWII
5. Decolonization ● Cold War (emphasis on ● PEA paragraph 2nd semester
Latin America, Southeast ● Reading Test
Asia and Afghanistan) ● M/C test and/or project
● Chinese Communist
Revolution
● Case Study: India and
Gandhi
● Arab Israeli Conflict
6. Changing Global ● Case Study: Genocide in ● PEA paragraph 2nd semester
Patterns and the Rwanda ● Reading Test
Instability in the ● Case Study: The end of ● M/C test and/or project
Apartheid in South Africa
21st century
● Westernization and
post-cold war
● United Nations, The
Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, and
intervention to genocide
End of Semester ● End of semester m/c test
 Grading Scale Gradebook Types of Assignments Weights
Category
A 89.5 - 100% Historical Writing:
● 3 Timed PEA (1st semester only) - students may rewrite and the average of two scores will
B 79.5 - 89% Summative be entered into gradebook
Content ● 3 Timed DBQ (2nd semester only) - students may rewrite and the average of two scores will 80%
C 69.5 - 79% Knowledge and be entered into gradebook
Skills Reading for Historical Purposes:
D 59.5 - 69% ● 3 reading skills tests per semester - students may recover up to 50% of their lost points by
doing an analysis of their incorrect responses
Historical Knowledge:
● Up to 3 m/c and open response tests per semester. Students will not have the opportunity
to recover points on these.
● Up to 3 projects in which students apply historical knowledge in a meaningful way.
Recovery for these is at the discretion of each teacher
● Quizzes
● One final per semester

F Below 59% Source Analysis

Formative ● Periodic assignments that allow students to practice their ability to analyze primary and 20%
secondary historical sources. We use the OPVL (Origin, Purpose, Value, Limitations) format
as a way of managing this.
Other Formative Work (The following is a list of what can be expected in day-to-day practice work,
which is meant to build the skills for successful summative assignments. This is a suggestive list,
and in no way is meant to limit teacher discretion in the types of formative work offered):
● Formative Quizzes, practice writing prompts, readings and responses, working with charts
and graphs, on-demand writing, entry and exit slips, graphic organizers, study guides, movie
guides, map work, etc...

*Weekly progress grades are posted at https://ic.adams12.org/campus/portal/adams12.isp

General Expectations
● Grades are based upon the demonstration of proficiency on units associated with a standard given during each formative or summative assessment. Formative
grades in addition to summative unit assessments will be used to holistically determine your grade.
● Written Assessments will be graded based on teacher/school rubrics.
● On group projects, students will receive a grade for individual work and a group grade.
● Grades are based on achievement of Content Standards and Grade Level Expectations.

Class Expectations
Missing or incomplete assignments/assessments for this course: Superintendent Policies 6280 Homework and 6281 Make-Up Work, will be followed for this course.

Student Expectations
Grading Policy The purpose of grading is to communicate to both students and parents what a student knows and can demonstrate at a given point during the
course.
Testing Policy Essays and other assessments will be given on specified dates that students will receive ahead of time. If you know you will be unable to be in class
on the date of an exam, or timed writing, and the absence is excused, you will need to set up a time to make up the exam or timed writing.
Assignments Students will be informed as to the due dates for assignments, whether it is homework, a quiz/test, or a project.
Rewrite Policy All in-class writing summative assessments are eligible for rewrite. All rewrites must be completed before the end of the re-write time frame.
Late work Policy No assignments are accepted after the end of a unit; any assignments that are turned in late may receive up to 60%; however, incomplete work will
receive a maximum score of 35% (IE in the gradebook). Late assignments will only be accepted 7 days past the original due date.
Absence Policy You are expected to make up any work missed because of any absence. You are responsible to request the make-up assignment(s). You will have the
number of days absent plus one additional day to make up missed work. However, long-term assignments (one week or more from the assignment
date to the due date) are due on the stated due date, regardless of the absence and are not accorded extra days upon return to school. Some
assignments, particularly those that require class discussion or presentations, cannot be made up since the class situation cannot be duplicated.
Long-term illnesses will be dealt with on an individual basis.
Tardy Policy Students are expected to be on time to every class, every day. Students who are habitually tardy will be given verbal warnings. If the tardies continue,
parents will be contacted. After parents have been contacted, teachers have the discretion to refer the matter to student relations.
Student I agree to conduct myself with integrity in all regards. I commit to presenting my own work, writing, words, and ideas at all times, unless otherwise
attributed. In addition, I will not copy, use communication devices during tests, post assessments for public access, falsely identify myself, or use
Integrity Oath
inappropriate materials. Engaging in any of these activities represents a breach of this oath and subjects me to the disciplinary code of Legacy High
School and the Adams 12 Five Star School District. It is my honest intention to uphold this oath.
Plagiarism/ Plagiarism/Cheating Policy: Plagiarism means to present, as one’s own, the work, writing, words, ideas, or computer information of someone else.
(Sources could be published or unpublished.) Cheating is supplying, receiving or using devices. (Examples: looking at or using someone else’s work,
Cheating Policy
using crib notes/stolen notes, or using disallowed equipment, etc.) Consequences for plagiarism and cheating (cover all classes and discipline carries
over year-to-year):
Matrix for Plagiarism/
● 1st – 0 on the assignment, teacher calls home and referral
● 2nd – 0 on the assignment, 1 day suspension, parent/teacher conference, referral
● 3rd – 0 on the assignment, 2 days suspension, referral
● 4th – 0 on the assignment, referral to District Discipline Hearing
Students will earn zeros on assignments in which plagiarism or cheating has occurred.
Electronics In order to be fully integrated into the classroom community, all electronics should be out of sight and sound, and not on, nor worn, nor in the pocket
during the entire class period unless otherwise specified by the teacher. This means that phones and smart watches should be in lockers or
Policy
backpacks/totes/purses during class. They should be turned off. Students must ask for permission to have phones out, unless the teacher has given
permission to the class. The use of phones/electronic devices in class will be restricted by teacher and/or dean according to school/classroom policy.
If this is a repeated pattern of behavior, students will receive a discipline referral. Students may be asked to turn in phones upon leaving the
classroom to use the bathroom or for other reasons. Other ways of managing phones is up to teacher discretion.