Description

This back-to-school introductory lesson pack for high school world history covers SPICE-T themes, an overview of time periods, using primary and secondary sources, reasons to study history, and how historians work with documents. Introduce these important concepts before diving into content in your on-level world history or honors world history classes. The lesson includes the following:

• 48-slide introduction to SPICE-T themes and time periods with embedded questions and quick activities. Available in both PowerPoint and Google Slides™ formats with editable text
• 6-page guided notes packet with dynamic questions and visuals. Available as a printable PDF, a Google-ready digital assignment with text boxes, and as an editable PowerPoint file
• Eurocentrism Reading Assignment with questions and answer key. Available as printable PDF, a Google-ready digital assignment with text boxes, and with an option for audio to support students
• 20-slide introduction to documents, sources, and theory with embedded questions. Available in both PowerPoint and Google Slides™ formats with editable text
• 2-page guided notes packet with dynamic questions and visuals. Available as a printable PDF, a Google-ready digital assignment with text boxes, and as an editable PowerPoint file
• Vocab lists differentiated for on-level and honors world history with a fully editable Word Doc file
• Vocab review crossword and answer key
• SPICE-T bulletin board posters in both color and black & white options

The themes and time periods lesson provides a broad overview of topics within a world history course and introduces the following topics:

• Thorough introduction with examples of the SPICE-T themes
• Big historical time periods: Ancient, Classical, Middle Ages, Modern Age
• Basics of reading a timeline (BC/AD vs. BCE/CE and how to read centuries)
• Embedded timeline practice
• Paleolithic Age and Neolithic Revolution overviews
• Intro to major ancient civilizations
• Pre-Columbian civilizations
• Characteristics of classical antiquity
• Polynesian migrations
• Middle Ages/Medieval Period
• Gunpowder Empires
• Age of Exploration
• Scientific Revolution
• Capitalist and Communist ideologies
• Age of Enlightenment
• The Industrial Revolutions
• Political Revolutions
• The Cold War Era
• 20th and 21st Centuries

The documents, sources, and theory lesson covers the following topics:

• Reasons to study history
• Primary vs. secondary sources
• How to identify a primary source
• What do historians do with sources?
• Quick intro to reading and analyzing primary sources
• How to identify a secondary source
• Why historians use secondary sources
• History as a narrative
• Decisions historians make

Terms of Use: These resources, including Google links for digital access, are for personal and single teacher use only. If you are posting this lesson/assignment, it must be posted in a password protected place for your students such as Google Classroom, Canvas, Schoology, etc. It may not be posted in a publicly accessible place or on any site that charges for access.