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Ancient World History

Course Syllabus
The following schedule will give you a rough idea of what material we
will be covering each day, and how it will be graded.
1st Quarter
Da Book Topic
y
1
1.1
Discovery of early humans in Africa
2
1.2
The Appearance of Homo Sapiens
3

1.3

Emergence of Civilization
Reading: The Iceman
Test ch.1 (Essay Question:

5
6

2.1
2.2

The Nile Valley


The Fertile Crescent

2.3

Early South Asia

2.4

Early China
Reading: Gilgamesh
Test ch. 2 (Essay Question:

10
11

3.1
3.2

Trading People
Early Israelites

12

3.3

Empire Builders
Reading:
Test ch. 3 (Essay Question:

4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4

Beginnings
The Polis
Rivals
War, Glory and Decline

13
14
15
16
17
18

Test ch. 4 (Essay Question:

Work due
GR 1.1 due
Section 1.2
notes due
Quiz over 1.2
?s 2-5, pg 36
due
GR 2.1 due
?s 2-4 pg 64
due
Section Notes
2.3
Quiz over 1.3
GR 2.4 due

GR 3.1 due
Section Notes
3.2
Quiz over 3.2
?s2-5 pg.93

GR 4.1
?s 2-5 pg 114
Section Notes
4.4
Quiz over 4.4

2nd Quarter
1
2

5.1
5.2

Quest for Beauty and meaning


The Greek Mind
Reading: Antigone

3
4

5.3

Alexanders Empire
Test ch. 5 (Essay Question:

5
6
7

6.1
6.2
6.3

The Roman Republic


Expansion & Crisis
The Roman Empire

6.4

9
10

6.5

The Rise of Christianity


Reading:
Roman Decline
Test over Ch.6 (Essay Question:

11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21

7.1
7.2
7.3

Movie:
Movie:
Early Africa
Kingdoms in West Africa
African Trading Cities & States
Writing & Map exam Chapter 7

Review for final exam


Semester Exam chapters 1-7

GR 5.1 due
Section Notes
5.2
Quiz 5.2
?s 2-5 pg145
GR 6.1 due
?s 2-5 pg 163
Section Notes
6.3
Quiz 6.3
GR 6.4
GR 6.5

Map
Map
Map

3rd Quarter
1
8.1
Origins of Hindu India
2
8.2
Rise of Buddhism
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21

8.3

Indian Empires
Test ch 8

9.1
9.2
9.3
10.1
10.2
10.3
Test ch 10
11.1
11.2
11.3
Test ch 11
movie
movie
Review
9 Weeks exam over ch 8-11

GR 1.1
Section Notes
8.2
Quiz 8.2
?s 2-5 pg 214

4th Quarter
1
12.1
2
12.2
3
12.3
4
12.4
5
6
13.1
7
13.2
8
13.3
9
13.4
10
11 14.1
12 14.2
13 14.3
14 14.4
15
16
17
18 15.1
19 15.2
20 15.3
21
22
23
24
25

Test ch 12

Test ch 13

Test ch 14
movie
movie

Test ch 15
Review for exam
Final Exam

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