Course Description:
This course is the second year of a two-year program for grades 9-10. It provides students with the opportunity to study the history of the world. This chronological approach cultivates the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to function effectively in an interdependent, diverse world. This program will focus on the historical process and global themes by utilizing primary sources and documents. The period emphasized in Global History I is the pre-historic era to 1750 A.C.E. In Global History II, 1750 to the present time will be covered. Students will be required to take the Global History Regents Examination at the end of this course.
New York State Requirements:
Students are to complete a full year course entitled Global History 10. This course will cover the history of human experience from 1750 to modern times. Students must achieve a course grade of 65 or better; must meet minim attendance requirements; and must achieve a grade of 65 or better on the 3 hour New York State Regent's Examination in Global History administered in June of each school year. The Regent's Examination in Global History will account for 20% of a students final grade for the course. Students who fail to meet the minimum course requirements will be required to successfully complete summer school, or repeat the course the following school year. Students who successful meet course requirements, but fail to achieve a grade of 65 or better on the Regent's Examination in Global Studies will be enrolled in a program of Academic Intervention Services intended to remediate identified weak areas of test taking or content, and will be required to retake the Regent's Examination in Global History in August, January, or June of the following year. Retakes will be required until a student achieves the state mandated minimum passing grade of 65. Some students will be entitled to testing accommodations. Students in Special Education will be offered an opportunity to meet requirements for a general diploma by successful completion of the Regent's Competency Examination in Global History.
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Links:
Primary Documents-Modern History Sourcebook
Internet Global History Source Book