In addition to completing the PAKs listed below, make sure you attend the scheduled seminars and take the tests listed in each Learning Activities section. The textbook used is World History: Connections to Today, Prentice Hall, publishers. Check the monthly Calendar for deadlines and Seminars. Use the Reference page for your research.
PAK 1: In The Beginning . . . In this PAK, you will explore how physical - or geographic - isolation helped three of the four first river valley cultures build a strong civilization. Chapters 1 - 4 in the textbook are studied in this PAK, which takes approximately 8 days to complete. Individual daily deadlines will be assigned. Required activities:
 | Interactive Student Notebook for Chapters 1 - 4 | ||||
| Map - Four River Valley Civilizations | ||||
| Test - Chapters 1 - 4 | ||||
| Law Codes Venn Diagram | ||||
| Three Videos - Mesopotamia, Egypt, and China | ||||
| Illustrated cartoon panels - Compare and contrast three ancient flood stories. (Session 1 only) | ||||
| Individual Project: Hammurabi's Code | ||||
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Two Seminars:
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PAK 2: Empires of the Ancient World This PAK covers Chapters 5 and 6 in the textbook. You will complete this PAK in 8 days. Required activities:
| Interactive Student Notebook for Chapters 5 and 6 |
| Map - The Classical Age of Greece, Persia and Rome |
| Videos: Greece and Rome |
| Democracy Project: Tracing the Threads of Democracy #1 |
| Test - Chapters 5 and 6 |
| Seminar: Empires of the Ancient World |
PAK 3: The Byzantine Empire: Collisions Between Christianity and Islam Chapters 10, 11 and 13 in the textbook will be studied in PAK 3. Completion time: 6 days. Required activities:
| Interactive Student Notebook for Chapters 10, 11 and 13 |
| Overlay Map - The Byzantine Empire, Mongolia and Islam |
| Two videos - Byzantine Empire |
| Project: Advertising Justinian's Code |
| Test - Chapters 10, 11and 13 |
| Seminar: The Byzantine Empire - The New Rome |
PAK 4: The Middle Ages: Raiders, Traders and Crusaders This PAK covers Chapters 8 and 9. Completion time: 7 days. Required activities:
| Interactive Student Notebook for Chapters 8 and 9 |
| Video: The Black Death |
| Major Project: Tracing the Threads of Democracy #2 |
| Major project - The Magna Carta |
| Test - Chapters 8 and 9 |
| Seminar: Raiders, Traders and Crusaders |
PAK 5: The Renaissance - Reformation and Exploration Chapters 14, 15 and 16, Early Modern Times are covered in this PAK. Completion time: 8 days. Required activities:
| Interactive Student Notebook for Chapters 14, 15 and 16 |
| Three videos - Leonardo da Vinci or Michelangelo, The Spread of Epidemic Disease, The Geography of Food. |
| Map: The Age of Exploration |
| Project - Renaissance Personalities Matching and Timeline |
| Test - Chapters 14, 15 and 16 |
| Seminar: Renaissance, Reformation |
| Seminar: Exploration and Exploitation |
PAK 6: Setting the State for Revolution: Absolute Monarchs Rule Europe This PAK covers Chapter 17 and will take 5 days to complete. Required activities: (Because of District calendar changes, this PAK is sometimes offered at the beginning of World History B.)
| Interactive Student Notebook for Chapter 17 |
| Venn Diagram: American Bill of Rights and English Bill of Rights |
| Project - Renaissance Personalities Matching and Timeline |
| Test - Chapter 17 |
| Seminar: Absolute Monarchs Rule Europe |
