999th Grade Course Information

Global Studies is a two year survey course.  We begin in 9th grade with the earliest humans and civilizations, and go up to present day in 10th grade.  There is a Regents Exam at the end of the 10th grade year that covers both 9th and 10th grade information.  The Regents Exam Schedule is here:  Regents Exam Schedule . 

Below is the whole course in outline form.  To see what we're currently working on, click here:  Calendar

 

Ninth Grade Course Outline 

Early Humans
*	From the earliest forms of human life and the theory of evolution, to the first cities and villages
*	Topics include:
	-	Early Humans
	-	Paleolithic Age   (Old Stone Age)
	-	Discovery of fire
	-	Neolithic Revolution
	-	Neolithic Age    (New Stone Age)
	-	Bronze Age
	-	First Villages
	-	First Cities
	-	Specialized Workers
	-	Complex Institutions
	-	Monumental Building
	-	First Writing System
Early River Valley Civilizations
*	Following patterns of civilization from farming village to major empire
*	Topic Areas Include:
	-	Mesopotamia
		*	First farming villages
		*	Irrigation Systems
		*	Major Rivers & their Flood Cycles
		*	First City-states
		*	First Empire
		*	First Writing System
		*	First Written Laws
	-	Indus River Valley
		*	Farming villages
		*	Planned Cities
		*	Indoor Plumbing
		*	River & Flood Cycle
		*	Untranslatable Writing System
		*	Downfall
		*	Hinduism
	-	China
		*	Farming Villages
		*	Cities
		*	Controlling the Rivers
		*	Emperor
		*	Moral Systems (Confucianism, Legalism, & Daoism)
		*	Writing System
		*	Great Wall, Grand Canal, & other amazing plans & builds
	-	Egypt
		*	Unifying of kingdom
		*	Cities
		*	Mummification
		*	Pharaohs
		*	Beliefs
		*	Inventions
		*	Hieroglyphics
		*	Irrigation & Control of the Nile
Mediterranean Peoples
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Greece
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Rome
	-	Roman Republic
	-	Roman Empire

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