Welcome to Global 9!
Global 9 Course Overview
Course Content:
This can be a very difficult course for some students for several reasons—two years of content; unfamiliar curriculum; high expectations; a very difficult NYS Regents Exam; new surroundings in the high school. To make sure that your student has every opportunity available to allow for their success, please take the time to check in with your student from time to time, just to see how she/he is doing. If you feel that your student is struggling, contact me as soon as possible so that we can figure out a way to remedy the problem.
- Unit 1: The First Civilizations
- Unit 2: Expanding Interregional Networks: Exchange and Encounter
- Unit 3: The Ottoman and the Ming Dynasties
- Unit 4: Africa and the Americas
- Unit 5: Transformation of Western Europe and Russia
- Unit 6: Interactions and Disruptions During the First Global Age
- Course grades are based upon attendance, class participation assignments, homework, projects, quizzes, unit tests, a midterm (if given) and a final exam.
- Grades are determined using a Total Points System, where each assignment is given a point value. Please review the Expectation Sheet given to you student on the first day of class for further explanation.
- There will be a NYS Regents exam in June of your student’s 10th grade year.
This can be a very difficult course for some students for several reasons—two years of content; unfamiliar curriculum; high expectations; a very difficult NYS Regents Exam; new surroundings in the high school. To make sure that your student has every opportunity available to allow for their success, please take the time to check in with your student from time to time, just to see how she/he is doing. If you feel that your student is struggling, contact me as soon as possible so that we can figure out a way to remedy the problem.