10th Grade
Course Information
Global Studies is a two year survey course. We begin
in 9th grade with the earliest humans and civilizations, and
go up to present day in 10th grade. There is a Regents
Exam at the end of the 10th grade year that covers both 9th
and 10th grade information. The Regents Exam Schedule
is here: Regents
Exam Schedule
.
Below is
the whole course in outline form. To see what we're
currently working on, click here:
Calendar
Tenth Grade Course
Outline
| Absolutism |
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The rise and fall of
monarchs from many countries who tried to take all
of the power |
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Topics
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Spain |
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France |
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England |
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Russia |
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Prussia |
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Scientific Revolution |
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The beginnings of scientific thought
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Francis Bacon |
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Nicolaus
Copernicus |
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Johannes
Kepler |
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Galileo
Galilei |
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Isaac Newton |
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Andreas Vesalius |
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William Harvey |
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William Gilbert |
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Benjamin Franklin |
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John Napier |
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Rene Descartes |
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Gottfried Leibnez |
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Anton von Leeuwenhoek |
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Christian Huygens |
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Gabriel Fahrenheit |
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Anders Celsius |
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