Interactions and Power: Global History and Geography from 1400 to 2017 C.E.
Tenth grade | 2016-2017 | Pace High School in New York City | Teacher: Nora Collins | Email: noracollins5 at gmail dot com
This course will be ending in a New York State Regents examination, the passing of which is required for graduation from high school in the state of New York; for additional Regents preparatory materials, please visit http://mscollinspace.pbworks.com.
Overview:
Our lives, today, are deeply affected by our past. This class will examine the most crucial dilemmas, ideas, and events in the world history from the fifteenth century through the present. In 2016, cultures and economies are tied together across the entire world. Therefore, we need to understand the world’s history so that we can work in this new international economy as adults. We will work together to explore, analyze, evaluate, and critique the major controversies and themes in global history. We’ll be looking at global history through the lens of social, political, feminist, ecological, and economic history.
Our Essential Questions:
Our Essential Skills:
Possible Topics:
Tenth grade | 2016-2017 | Pace High School in New York City | Teacher: Nora Collins | Email: noracollins5 at gmail dot com
This course will be ending in a New York State Regents examination, the passing of which is required for graduation from high school in the state of New York; for additional Regents preparatory materials, please visit http://mscollinspace.pbworks.com.
Overview:
Our lives, today, are deeply affected by our past. This class will examine the most crucial dilemmas, ideas, and events in the world history from the fifteenth century through the present. In 2016, cultures and economies are tied together across the entire world. Therefore, we need to understand the world’s history so that we can work in this new international economy as adults. We will work together to explore, analyze, evaluate, and critique the major controversies and themes in global history. We’ll be looking at global history through the lens of social, political, feminist, ecological, and economic history.
Our Essential Questions:
- What is human nature?
- How do people gain or lose political power?
- How does technology influence society?
- How does the global economy connect us?
- How can religion influence society?
- How have roles of women changed over time?
- How have humans changed the environment?
Our Essential Skills:
- Critical reading;
- Determining cause and effect;
- Considering point-of-view and bias;
- Expanding historical and academic vocabulary;
- Honing expository writing skills;
- Academic research using Google and the Pace University database;
- Public speaking via presentations, seminars, and debates;
- Building historical empathy through simulations;
- Regents exam-specific skills: structuring and writing the thematic and document-based essays and answering multiple choice questions.
Possible Topics:
- the European Renaissance,
- Protestant Reformation, and Tudor England;
- the Enlightenment,
- the French Revolution;
- the Industrial Revolution;
- Case studies in Latin American history;
- Case studies in African History;
- Case studies in Caribbean History;
- 20th ideologies and philosophy;
- the modern Middle East;
- Modern China;
- Modern Russia;
- Wars of the 20th century;
- and current events and conflicts.
