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world history!

world history!. Ms. Greenberg – Fall 2019. Welcome to World History!. Ms. Greenberg What do I have on my desk? An index card, syllabus and letter assignment. PLEASE: Write your name (first and last) on the front with what you would like to be called .

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world history!

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  1. world history! Ms. Greenberg – Fall 2019

  2. Welcome to World History! Ms. Greenberg What do I have on my desk? An index card, syllabus and letter assignment. PLEASE: • Write your name (first and last) on the front with what you would like to be called. • Write one interesting fact about yourself that you don’t mind sharing with me and the person next to you.

  3. World History is a great class! In World History you will “become a historical detective” by asking and answering important questions about the past Let’s practice being one now!

  4. How can we better understand people of the past? What activities do you notice in this painting? Children’s Games Pieter Bruegel 1560

  5. What changes over time and what stays the same? Children playing video games – google images 2018

  6. What can history teach us about the present? Why is this picture from 575 years ago still so famous?

  7. How were people in the past influenced by their historical context? What is this poster trying to do? Who is the audience? What are some ways media influences us today?

  8. GETTING TO KNOW YOU SHEET: DUE Friday 8/23 I am so excited to have you in my World History class! On your desk is a letter I wrote to you about me and a questionnaire for you to fill out that asks you 1) about yourself, and 2) to connect with the history around you. • Syllabus Signature – DUE MONDAY 8/26 • I will check that you have a World History section in your binder by Block Day 8/28-29

  9. WHY STUDY HISTORY? • “Three quarters of the miseries and misunderstandings in the world would finish if people were to put on the shoes of their adversaries and understood their points of view” • - Mohandas K. Gandhi Questions we ask ourselves in World History • Cause and Effect: Why do events happen and what are there impacts? • Empathy and Point of View: How can we better understand the people of the past and their differing perspectives? • Connecting history to our lives: How can history help us live in the present?

  10. World History sKills World History is not just a history class but a literacy class. You will do lots of reading, writing and speaking in this class. Reading your textbook. There is MORE of this than you did in 9th grade. Be prepared. Writing: Essay writing – both long and short Collaboration- working with your peers

  11. What is expected of you

  12. What I expect you not to do

  13. Other syllabus Highlights Grades… Attendance and make-up work…. Binder Check Block Day 8/28-29

  14. Welcome to world history! I love teaching at redwood and I’m so excited to have you in class

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