College Prep World History:
The Modern Era
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Mrs. Molloy
Room – L205
Email - [email protected]
Website – http://www.wtps.org/Domain/1857
Dr. Muscelli
Room – L205
Email - [email protected]
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Website – http://www.wtps.org/Domain/921
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A. Description
College Prep (CP) World History: The Modern Era is a full-year course for students who have
successfully completed 8th grade Social Studies. The course will review both Western and nonWestern studies that will inform students on how past interactions of people, cultures, achievements,
and the environment affect issues across time and cultures. Problem-based tasks will engage students
in technology-embedded, authentic tasks where collaboration and divergent thinking are encouraged.
Students will be challenged through reading, writing, researching, thinking, and public speaking.
Collateral reading, such as primary sources and books, may be required for successful completion of
the course.
B. Major Units of Study
Unit I. Introduction
1. Class Overview
2. Review: Renaissance
Unit II. Intellectualism of the West
1. Scientific Revolution
2. Enlightenment
Unit III. Chaos in Europe
1. Review: Reformation
2. Absolutism
3. English Civil War
Unit IV. The
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Age of Revolutions
French Revolution
Review: Age of Discovery and the Conquest of the Americas
Independence Movements in Haiti & Latin America
1830 & 1848 Revolutions
Industrial Revolution
Russian Revolution
Unit VI. Clash of Civilizations
1. China (1900-1989)
2. Japan (Tokugawa & Meiji)
3. British in India
4. Empire Building in Africa
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C. Classroom Rules
1. DO NOT DO THINGS THAT WILL PREVENT US FROM TEACHING OR OTHERS
FROM LEARNING.
2. RESPECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS.
D. Materials Needed
You will need the following materials everyday:
1. A writing instrument
2. A 3 ring binder
3. Loose-leaf paper
4. A pre-class journal to record pre-class entries. This may be a binder,
notebook, folder, etc. (whatever works best for you).
5. Textbook
6. Laptop
E. Teacher Website
We make regular use of our teacher website. Most homework assignments and other
important documents (i.e. study guides) will be posted on our webpage. You can also access our
course textbook through our website. To access our webpage, please follow the steps below:
1. Go to www.wtps.org
2. Click on “Teacher Pages”
3. Click on “Washington Township High School.”
4. Find our name: “Molloy, Alaina” OR “Muscelli, Gregory”
F. Grading
We will always provide you with clear expectations on what you have to do to succeed. There
will be no surprises. Before most assignments, we will inform you via rubric or via “word of mouth” on
what you have to do to achieve the best grade possible.
Grades are based on a point system. Everything you do in class will have a point value
(participation, homework, journals, projects, tests, etc.). To calculate your marking period average,
add the total number of points you earned and divide that by the total number of points you could have
earned.
All grades will be updated using the district’s Power School online grade book. It is suggested
that you or your parents/guardians check Power School on a weekly basis.
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G. Completion of Assignments
1. Depending on the assignment, late work may or may not be accepted. If work is
accepted late, you will incur a loss of points on that particular assignment. If you are
turning in work late due to an absence, late work will be accepted without penalty. If
you cut class, you will be unable to hand in work late and you will receive a zero for all
of the work due that particular day.
2. BEING ABSENT DOES NOT MEAN YOU ARE EXCUSED FROM AN ASSIGNMENT!
IF YOU ARE EVER ABSENT, IT IS YOUR JOB TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU
MISSED!
3. If you are absent, how do you find out what assignments you may have missed?
 Check my webpage
 Call/text a friend from class
 Email us or ask us
4. If you are absent, how long do you have to make-up your work?
 Tests and Major Assignments= 5
class days to make-up
 Minor Homework Assignments= 2
class days to make-up
5. If you are ever having trouble
completing an assignment, please make
sure you contact us before the due
date! We are here to help you. Please do
not come to us the day the assignment is
due and say, “I didn’t understand” or “My
printer was broke.”
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H. Class Participation
Everything you do in this class will have a point value placed upon it, even
CLASS PARTICIPATION! Class participation will be calculated at the end of every marking period.
Please note that class participation is more than raising your hand or answering a question.
Please view the grading rubric for class participation.
A
LATENESSES TO
CLASS
PREPARATION
The student always
arrives to class on
time or with a pass
The student always
brings the
necessary
materials to class
DISSCUSIONS/
ACTIVITIES
The student always
completes class
assignments and all
other assigned
work
The student always
plays an active role
in class
discussions,
activities, debates,
etc.
CLASS
CONTRIBUTION
The student always
poses questions,
relates newly
learned
information to
other information,
and answers
teacher/student
questions
ASSIGNMENTS
B
The student almost
always arrives to
class on time or
with a pass
The student almost
always brings the
necessary
materials to class
The student almost
always completes
class assignments
and all other
assigned work
The student
almost always plays
an active role in
class discussions,
activities, debates,
etc.
The student
almost always
poses questions,
relates newly
learned
information to
other information,
and answers
teacher/student
questions
C
The student
sometimes arrives
to class on time or
with a pass
The student
sometimes brings
the necessary
materials to class
The student
sometimes
completes class
assignments and all
other assigned
work
The student
sometimes plays an
active role in class
discussions,
activities, debates,
etc.
D
The student almost
never arrives to
class on time or
with a pass
The student almost
never brings the
necessary
materials to class
The student
sometimes poses
questions, relates
newly learned
information to
other information,
and answers
teacher/student
questions
The student
almost never poses
questions, relates
newly learned
information to
other information,
and answers
teacher/student
questions
The student almost
never completes
class assignments
and all other
assigned work
The student
almost never plays
an active role in
class discussions,
activities, debates,
etc.
E
The student never
arrives to class on
time or with a pass
The student never
brings the necessary
materials to class
The student never
completes class
assignments and all
other assigned work.
The student never
plays an active role
in class discussions,
activities, debates,
etc.
The student never
poses questions,
relates newly
learned information
to other
information, and
answers
teacher/student
questions
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I. Extra Help
We are available for extra help just about everyday after school. Please give us advanced
notice if you are staying after. We check our e-mail regularly. If you have any questions, please do
not hesitate to email us.
J. Throughout the year, please remember to:
1. Work hard! Hard work is a key to success, not only in this course, but in life. Thomas
Jefferson found that the harder he worked the better luck he seemed to have.
Hopefully, you will find this to be true.
2. Participate!
3. Arrive to class PREPARED & ON-TIME!
4. Complete all Assignments! Do not procrastinate.
5. Elaborate on all responses! Do not just say something, back it up with relevant
facts/figures/etc.
6. Have fun! I think we can all agree that learning is easier when it’s fun!
Have a great year!