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History & Geography
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Modern World History
Our reading this year covers Modern World History
from 1900 to the Iraq War. Our primary text will be World
History: Connections to Today (Prentiss Hall), The Great
Democracies by Sir Winston Churchill, and A Basic History of
the United States by Clarence B. Carson (vols. 4-5).
Historical Fiction and Biography
Roosevelts: an American saga by Peter Collier
Stalin: Russia's Man of Steel by Albert Marrin
Hitler by Albert Marrin
Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
Mein Kampf (My Struggle) by Adolf Hitler
Diary of A Young Girl by Anne Frank
Instructions
Read and complete all written work.
Essay will be due upon completion of each book.
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Semester 1 |
| Week |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Aug 30-Sept 4 |
No Reading |
No Reading |
No Reading |
No Reading |
No Reading |
| 7-11 |
World History
World War 1 and it's Aftermath
Chapter 27:1 |
The Roosevelts
Part 1 |
Carson
Progressivism
Chapter 6:1 |
The Guns of August, ch. 1-2 |
Churchill
The Rise of Germany
Book III, Chapter 1 |
| 14-18 |
Chapter 27:2 |
The Roosevelts
Part 1 |
Chapter 6:2 |
Chp. 3 |
Book III, Chapter 1 |
| 21-25 |
Happy 16th Birthday |
The Roosevelts
Part 2 |
Chapter 6:3 |
Chp. 4 |
Gladstone and Disraeli
Chapter 2 |
| 28-Oct 2 |
Chapter 27:3 |
The Roosevelts
Part 2 |
Chapter 6:4 |
Chp. 5 |
Gladstone and Disraeli
Chapter 2 |
| Oct 5-9 |
Chapter 27:4 |
The Roosevelts
Part 2 |
Progressives in Power
Chapter 7:1 |
Chp. 6 |
American Reconstruction
Chapter 3 |
| 12-16 |
Chapter 27:5 |
The Roosevelts
Part 3 |
Chapter 7:2 |
Chp. 7 |
American Reconstruction
Chapter 3 |
| 19-23 |
Revolution in Russia
Chapter 28:1 |
The Roosevelts
Part 3 |
Chapter 7:3 |
Chp. 8 |
America as a World Power
Chapter 4 |
| 26-30 |
Chapter 28:2 |
The Roosevelts
Part 4 |
Chapter 7:4 |
Chp. 9 |
America as a World Power
Chapter 4 |
| Nov 2-6 |
Chapter 28:3 |
The Roosevelts
Part 4 |
Chapter 7:5 |
Chp. 10 |
Home Rule for Ireland
Chapter 5 |
| 9-13 |
Nationalism and the Revolution
Around the World
Chapter 29:1 |
The Roosevelts
Part 5 |
World War I and the Disruption
of Europe
Chapter 8:1 |
Chp. 11 |
Home Rule for Ireland
Chapter 5 |
| 16-20 |
Chapter 29:2 |
The Roosevelts
Part 5 |
Chapter 8:2 |
Chp. 12 |
Lord Salisbury's Governments
Chapter 6 |
| Semester
Break |
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