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Welcome to 9th Grade History
“Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You’ll learn from them – if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It’s a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn’t education. It’s history. It’s poetry.” - JD Salinger
How can I top that advice? And how can we possibly cover the history of the ancient world in a 9th grade class? To go into sufficient depth, we would only cover the history of one civilization; so instead I hope this overview will spur you to start asking questions of our material rather than the other way around, to appreciate the vast wealth of knowledge to which you are heir and honor it with as much of your memory as you are able. Memory, after all, is history. In the end you'll be helping yourself. It's a challenge, I know, but well worth the effort.
Here are the things I hope you take with you, and keep for a lifetime:
-Realize that people, everywhere, are basically the same
-Know that history is not just names and dates, but the change of peoples within a place over time – the more specifics you know about it, the better you will be able to relate to, respond to, and interact with the scope of history and the dawn of tomorrow
-Learn the basics for your future study of history at Altamont and beyond (how to write a persuasive essay, cite sources, understand historiography…)
-Be able to see the continuity in history and realize why its study is relevant as we see how many of the world's problems have been encountered in the past
-Understand that history comes to us through written records. Related disciplines contribute to our study of the past and we can patchwork many histories. 'History' is not necessarily veritable, per se.
-List 30 ancient cities and find them on a map, additionally know prominent natural features and the relationship between human development and nature
-Chart the rise of the history of the world in general and the background of America specifically
Our work this year will be divided into work by rotation. Each rotation will star a distinct culture that helps to keep a semblance of geographic order as we explore the cross-cultural themes describing the development of ancient man. Expect an assignment every night, usually that will be compiling notes or studying. Sometimes we will read, prepare of a quiz, write an essay, outline an essay, or work on projects. We will have frequent map and basic fact quizzes. Expect a major assessment at the end of each rotation but we will be flexible and work with the new 9th grade calendar to be sure you aren't too overloaded. The class will be based on total points.
How can I top that advice? And how can we possibly cover the history of the ancient world in a 9th grade class? To go into sufficient depth, we would only cover the history of one civilization; so instead I hope this overview will spur you to start asking questions of our material rather than the other way around, to appreciate the vast wealth of knowledge to which you are heir and honor it with as much of your memory as you are able. Memory, after all, is history. In the end you'll be helping yourself. It's a challenge, I know, but well worth the effort.
Here are the things I hope you take with you, and keep for a lifetime:
-Realize that people, everywhere, are basically the same
-Know that history is not just names and dates, but the change of peoples within a place over time – the more specifics you know about it, the better you will be able to relate to, respond to, and interact with the scope of history and the dawn of tomorrow
-Learn the basics for your future study of history at Altamont and beyond (how to write a persuasive essay, cite sources, understand historiography…)
-Be able to see the continuity in history and realize why its study is relevant as we see how many of the world's problems have been encountered in the past
-Understand that history comes to us through written records. Related disciplines contribute to our study of the past and we can patchwork many histories. 'History' is not necessarily veritable, per se.
-List 30 ancient cities and find them on a map, additionally know prominent natural features and the relationship between human development and nature
-Chart the rise of the history of the world in general and the background of America specifically
Our work this year will be divided into work by rotation. Each rotation will star a distinct culture that helps to keep a semblance of geographic order as we explore the cross-cultural themes describing the development of ancient man. Expect an assignment every night, usually that will be compiling notes or studying. Sometimes we will read, prepare of a quiz, write an essay, outline an essay, or work on projects. We will have frequent map and basic fact quizzes. Expect a major assessment at the end of each rotation but we will be flexible and work with the new 9th grade calendar to be sure you aren't too overloaded. The class will be based on total points.
Me and my mom at the Kasubi Tombs, Uganda
2014-15 Syllabus
I Prehistory and Introduction to high school history - expectations, essay skills, note taking and historiography
Paleolithic sites at Lascaux & Altamira & Olduvai Gorge, Mesolithic Natufians and farming, Neolithic sites at Skara Brae & Çatal Hüyük, Jomon society and pottery.
Readings
1. 5-17 Early and Paleolithic
2. 18-26 Neolithic overview
4. 80-83 Sub-Saharan Africa (65-8)
BANTU PROJECT
II Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East I
1. 31-9 Rise of Mesopotamia (25-32)
2. 39-45 Mesopotamian Culture (32-7)
3. 46-52 Babylonia and Assyria (37-41)
III Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East II
Hebrews, Hittites, Phonecians
IV Egypt
Old Kingdom - Second Intermediate
1. 59-66 Unification of Egypt (49-54)
V Egypt continued
New Kingdom - Late Period
1. 66-80 Overview of New Kingdom (57-65)
FPW
VI Persia
Chapter 7
Readings
1. 159-66 Achaemenid Persia (131-7)
2. 166-73 Selucids, Parthians, Sasanids and thematic studies (137- 142)
3. 173-77 Religions (142-6)
VII Knossos to Athens
Classical Greece, Homer to the Rise of Athens, 10 plus
1. 231-40, Homer-Rise of the City State, Sparta (189-196)
The Peisistratids and Athenian Democracy
Athenian Art and Architecture
VIII Peloponnesian War to the Death of Alexander
Dialogue: Peloponnesian War, Death of Socrates, and a triumph of democracy?
Thebes Ascendant
240-2 Rise of Macedonia (196-9)
Alexandros O Megas
242-9 Legacy (199-204)
IX India I
India, ch 9
Readings
1. 207-213 Political history (169-74)
2. 213-19 Economies and Jainism (174-9)
3. 219 – 224 Buddhism (179 – 182)
3. 225-8 Hinduism(182-6)
X India II
Ramayana and Epic Traditions
1. 405-411 Political history (305-10)
2. 411-418 Economies (310-6)
3. 418-423 Hindu and Islamic traditions (316-20)
4. 423-9 Indian influences to the east (320-4)
XI Essay Revision
Fall Exams
XII China
Prehistoric China, Zhou, Unification of China and the Tao of Pooh
1. 181-9, Philosophies
2. 189-97, Qin Shihuangdi and the Han
The Great Wall and Mausoleum
3. 197-202
XIII Song and Tang China
Readings
1. 375-82
2. 383-92
3. 392-401
XIV Founding of Rome – Fall of the Republic
Etruscans and Villanovans, Monarchy, Tarquinius Superbus, The Republic, Heroes in the local wars
Pyrrhus of Epirus, Mamertines, First Punic War
Hannibal and the Second Punic War , Freeman
Third Punic War, Fourth Macedonian War and the Achaean War
Roman Cultural Revolution, 272-9…and backlash
Gracchi, Marius and Sulla, Caesar and the First Triumvirate
Antony, Cleopatra, and Actium
XV Octavian – Marcus Aurelius
1. Augustus. Scarre 16-27
Roman literature, sculpture, art, engineering, building, culture in general, etc.
The Julio-Claudians, The Flavians, The Good Emperors
XVII Diocletian, Constantine, the Silk Road, and the Eastern Empire
Evolution of the Eastern Empire, ch 13, plus
1. 287-300
2. 301-311
3. 317-25
4. 325-36
5. 336-341
XVIII Islam
1. 345-353 Muhammad (259-64)
2. 353-8 Caliphates (264-8)
3. 358-65 Economies (268-73)
4. 365-371 Cross Cultural (273-8)
XIX BARBARIANS!
Visigoths, Ostragoths, Vikings,and Vandals
Barbarian Project
XX Franks, Carolingian Europe, Spain
Western Europe eventually ascendant
Reading
1. 433-443
2. 443-454
3. Reconquista Spain
XXI Crusades, Renaissance, Emerging Europe
Readings
1. 509-523
2. 523-34
3. What makes the Renaissance?
XXII Exam Revision
Paleolithic sites at Lascaux & Altamira & Olduvai Gorge, Mesolithic Natufians and farming, Neolithic sites at Skara Brae & Çatal Hüyük, Jomon society and pottery.
Readings
1. 5-17 Early and Paleolithic
2. 18-26 Neolithic overview
4. 80-83 Sub-Saharan Africa (65-8)
BANTU PROJECT
II Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East I
1. 31-9 Rise of Mesopotamia (25-32)
2. 39-45 Mesopotamian Culture (32-7)
3. 46-52 Babylonia and Assyria (37-41)
III Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East II
Hebrews, Hittites, Phonecians
IV Egypt
Old Kingdom - Second Intermediate
1. 59-66 Unification of Egypt (49-54)
V Egypt continued
New Kingdom - Late Period
1. 66-80 Overview of New Kingdom (57-65)
FPW
VI Persia
Chapter 7
Readings
1. 159-66 Achaemenid Persia (131-7)
2. 166-73 Selucids, Parthians, Sasanids and thematic studies (137- 142)
3. 173-77 Religions (142-6)
VII Knossos to Athens
Classical Greece, Homer to the Rise of Athens, 10 plus
1. 231-40, Homer-Rise of the City State, Sparta (189-196)
The Peisistratids and Athenian Democracy
Athenian Art and Architecture
VIII Peloponnesian War to the Death of Alexander
Dialogue: Peloponnesian War, Death of Socrates, and a triumph of democracy?
Thebes Ascendant
240-2 Rise of Macedonia (196-9)
Alexandros O Megas
242-9 Legacy (199-204)
IX India I
India, ch 9
Readings
1. 207-213 Political history (169-74)
2. 213-19 Economies and Jainism (174-9)
3. 219 – 224 Buddhism (179 – 182)
3. 225-8 Hinduism(182-6)
X India II
Ramayana and Epic Traditions
1. 405-411 Political history (305-10)
2. 411-418 Economies (310-6)
3. 418-423 Hindu and Islamic traditions (316-20)
4. 423-9 Indian influences to the east (320-4)
XI Essay Revision
Fall Exams
XII China
Prehistoric China, Zhou, Unification of China and the Tao of Pooh
1. 181-9, Philosophies
2. 189-97, Qin Shihuangdi and the Han
The Great Wall and Mausoleum
3. 197-202
XIII Song and Tang China
Readings
1. 375-82
2. 383-92
3. 392-401
XIV Founding of Rome – Fall of the Republic
Etruscans and Villanovans, Monarchy, Tarquinius Superbus, The Republic, Heroes in the local wars
Pyrrhus of Epirus, Mamertines, First Punic War
Hannibal and the Second Punic War , Freeman
Third Punic War, Fourth Macedonian War and the Achaean War
Roman Cultural Revolution, 272-9…and backlash
Gracchi, Marius and Sulla, Caesar and the First Triumvirate
Antony, Cleopatra, and Actium
XV Octavian – Marcus Aurelius
1. Augustus. Scarre 16-27
Roman literature, sculpture, art, engineering, building, culture in general, etc.
The Julio-Claudians, The Flavians, The Good Emperors
XVII Diocletian, Constantine, the Silk Road, and the Eastern Empire
Evolution of the Eastern Empire, ch 13, plus
1. 287-300
2. 301-311
3. 317-25
4. 325-36
5. 336-341
XVIII Islam
1. 345-353 Muhammad (259-64)
2. 353-8 Caliphates (264-8)
3. 358-65 Economies (268-73)
4. 365-371 Cross Cultural (273-8)
XIX BARBARIANS!
Visigoths, Ostragoths, Vikings,and Vandals
Barbarian Project
XX Franks, Carolingian Europe, Spain
Western Europe eventually ascendant
Reading
1. 433-443
2. 443-454
3. Reconquista Spain
XXI Crusades, Renaissance, Emerging Europe
Readings
1. 509-523
2. 523-34
3. What makes the Renaissance?
XXII Exam Revision