Introduction to World History

August 13th 2014

LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION• Each day you will WRITE the Lesson

Essential Question in your Spiral Notebook and answer it.

• We will be having Notebook checks for a grade

• Easy 100 if you do it.

August 13th 2014

Unit 1

UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

What characteristics are similar in all civilizations? Why do societies develop differently from each other? Why does movement bring new ideas and change to

cultures? What impact does the ancient world have on our

societies today?

August 13th 2014

Unit 1

LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION

Is History Subjective or Objective? Why?

• Quote of the Day• “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may

remember, involve me and I learn.”• Ben Franklin

Welcome to World History

Welcome to World History

King TutGreat Pyramids

of GizaThe ParthenonAthens, Greece

The Roman Coliseum

The Assassination of

Julius Caesar

Knighthood Mona LisaBy Leonardo

Da Vinci

Palace ofVersailles

FranceStorming of the Bastille

French Revolution

Genghis Kahn

Voyage ofColumbus

Washington CrossingThe Delaware The American

Civil WarUncle Sam

WW I PosterAttack on

Pearl Harbor

Raising of theAmerican Flag

At Iwo JimaWW II

The AtomicBomb WWII

MLK “I Have A Dream” SpeechWashington, DC

Assassinationof JFK

Dallas, TXMoon Landing

July 1969

Attack on the WorldTrade Center 9/11/2001

President BarakObama

Why Do We Study History“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past”.

- Anonymous

“To fail to learn from history is to remain a child”.

- Cicero

Where Were You?

Where Were You?

HOW WE DIVIDE HISTORY

HISTORIC PERIOD

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476AD

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World History

Early and Classical Civilizations 3000 BC – 476 AD

The Middle Ages476 – 1500 AD

World History

The Modern Era1500 - Present

World History

HOW WE DIVIDE HISTORY

HISTORIC PERIOD

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1500 PRESENT

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Quote

• “If any one is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death.”

• Hammurabi’s Code

Quote

• “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.”– Mahatma Gandhi