World History Project - Origins to Present Daily Assignments

WHP - Origins to Present

Below you will find Daily Assignments for OER's World History Project - Orgins to the Present online curriculum.

Week 1
Unit 1.0 - Era 1 History Stories

{Teacher Prep: Provide your student with 1 3-Ring binder, a set of 8-Tab Pocket Dividers, and print copies of the Draw Your History worksheet - linked below; Vocab Tracking Worksheet- linked here; Era 1 Problem Worksheet - linked here}

Day 1:

• Set Up History Notebook with 8-Tab Pocket Dividers {Label Tabs: Era 1, Era 3, Era 4, Era 5, Era 6, Era 7, Vocabulary, Mapping}

• Read: Introduction and Learning Objectives Here
• Do: Draw Your History worksheet  and place behind Era 1 tab in your History Notebook
• Watch: To Scale: Time

Day 2:

• Read: Khan Academy 'Before You Watch: What Makes History Usable?' 

• Do: Add these words to your Vocab Tracking Worksheet: evidence, historian, narrative, primary source, story, usable {see link above} and put behind Vocab tab in History notebook

• Read: Summary of 'What Makes History Usable?'

• Watch: 'What Makes History Usable?' pause at key ideas

• Read: Purpose and Process {scroll down past the video}

• Answer: Evaluating & Corroborating questions in your History notebook

Day 3:

• Read: Khan Academy 'Before you Watch: The Danger of a Single Story'

• Read: Summary of 'The Danger of a Single Story'

• Do: Add these words to your Vocab Tracking Worksheet: authenticity, catastrophe, foreign, literature, power, stereotype

• Watch: 'The Danger of a Single Story' pause at key ideas

• Read: Purpose and Process {scroll down past the video}

• Answer: Evaluating and Corroborating questions in your History notebook

Day 4: 

• Read: About the EP Notebook here and complete Era 1 Problem Worksheet - put behind Era 1 tab in History notebook

• Answer: Practice Questions {scroll down to the bottom of the lesson page and click on Begin Practice Questions}

Week 2
Unit 1.1 - Era 1 Overview

Day 1:

• Login to OER Project 1.1 Era 1 Overview

• Read: Introduction and Learning Objectives

• Do: Add these words to your Vocab Tracking Worksheet: evidence, frame, history, Homo Sapiens, learn, narrative, threshold

• Read: Era 1 Overview - Summary

• Watch: Era 1 Overview video {pause at key ideas}

• Read: Purpose and Process {scroll down past the video}

• Answer: Evaluating and Corroborating questions in your History notebook.

Day 2:

• Do: Add these words to your Vocab Tracking Worksheet: corroborate, internalize, methodology, perspective, strategy

• Read: Three Close Reads - Introduction {ask Mom for this}

• Read: Era 1 Overview - History of Many Shapes & Sizes Article {ask Mom for this}

• Complete: Three Close Reads - Introduction Worksheet

Day 3:

• Do: Add these words to your Vocab Tracking Worksheet: Big Bang, Big History, evolution, geologist, investigate

• Read: Era 1 Overview - History of Many Shapes & Sizes

• Finish: Three Close Reads - Introduction Worksheet {any portion not completed yesterday}

• Bring Notebook to Mom to check!

Day 4: 

• Read: Geography - Era 1 Mapping

• Complete Mapping Activity {ask Mom for this}

• Do: Add these words to your Vocab Tracking Worksheet: collective learning, culture, network, symbolic language

• Read Collective Learning - Summary

• Watch: Collective Learning Video {9 min}

• Read: Purpose and Process {scroll down past video}

• Answer: Evaluating and Corroborating questions in your History Notebook {bring it to Mom to check}

Day 5:

• Test Your Knowledge: Answer Practice Questions {scroll down to the bottom of the lesson page and click on Begin Practice Questions}

Week 3
Unit 1.2 - History Frames

Day 1:

• Login to OER Project - 1.2 History Frames

• Read: Introduction & Learning Objectives

• Do: Add these words to your Vocab Tracking Worksheet: frame, locate, pattern, milestone, test

• Read: Frame Concept Introduction - Summary

• Watch: Frame Concept Introduction Video {8 min}

• Read: Purpose and Process {scroll down past video}

• Answer: Evaluating and Corroborating questions in your History Notebook {bring it to Mom to check}

Day 2:

• Do: Add these words to your Vocab Tracking Worksheet: belief system, community, empire, frame, globalization, shape

• Read: Communities Frame Introduction - Summary

• Watch: Communities Frame Introduction - Video {7:30 min}

• Read: Purpose and Process {scroll down past video}

• Answer: Evaluating and Corroborating questions in your History Notebook {bring it to Mom to check}

Day 3:

• Do: Add these words to your Vocab Tracking Worksheet: agrarian, concept, isolation, network, village

• Read: Networks Frame Introduction - Summary

• Watch: Networks Frame Introduction - Video {6 min}

• Read: Purpose and Process {scroll down past video}

• Answer: Evaluating and Corroborating questions in your History Notebook {bring it to Mom to check}

Day 4:

• Do: Add these words to your Vocab Tracking Worksheet: distribution, domesticate, fossil fuel, hunter-gatherer, production, specialize

• Read: Production and Distribution Frame Introduction - Summary

• Watch: Production and Distribution Frame Introduction - Video {7:30 min}

• Read: Purpose and Process {scroll down past video}

• Answer: Evaluating and Corroborating questions in your History Notebook {bring it to Mom to check}

Day 5:

• Test Your Knowledge: Answer Practice Questions {scroll down to the bottom of the lesson page and click on Begin Practice Questions}