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Global History I

Students & Families · 2026–27

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Catch Up

Missed a class? Catch up here.

Every published lesson so far, with its question, sources, and slides. Work through the lesson on your own, then bring your Fieldbook thinking back to class. Future lessons are not listed here — they appear on the Today page when their date arrives.

How to catch up

  1. 01Find your missed lesson below, or ask either teacher for a printed catch-up packet.
  2. 02Check what you need to complete, and agree on a return date with your teacher when you receive the materials.
  3. 03Complete the independent catch-up on your own.
  4. 04Return it as directed, and ask about anything that was confusing.

Unit G1.0 · Consolidated catch-up packet

Historical-thinking catch-up packet

If you missed several Unit 0 classes, ask your teacher whether this consolidated packet is your catch-up pathway. Agree on a due date and which missing work it covers.

Try the public link; if it requires sign-in, stop and ask for a paper copy or a link that works without an account. Complete ONE language version and only the sections your teacher assigns; return it on paper as directed.

Your teacher reviews your evidence with the rubric and updates the missing practice grades it covers. This does not automatically replace the unit test or all missing grades.

Progress-report checkpoint: bring assigned work as soon as possible, and to class Thursday, October 8. It must be reviewed before grades are entered.

The links below are for reference or printing. If you already submitted on paper or through the earlier form, tell your teacher; you do not need to repeat that work.

All Unit 0 resources in Classroom

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Prelude

Contextualization: The Lunchroom Fight

Our question

How does context help historians explain why something happened?

Fieldnote — start here

Read the principal’s two accounts. Underline a shared detail and star a detail added in the official report.

Source — examine the evidence

Return & Revise — finish

Complete the handout: compare the accounts, mark two historical circumstances (H) and one geographic-context detail (G), then explain the fight using at least two context details and causal language. Continue on loose-leaf if your Fieldbook is at school.

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Thursday, September 24, 2026

Prelude

Constructing Arguments

Our question

How do historians build a convincing argument?

Fieldnote — start here

Read Arguments A and B. Choose the stronger argument and point to a specific feature that supports your choice.

Source — examine the evidence

Return & Revise — finish

Mark claim (C), evidence (E), and reasoning (R) in Argument B. Use Savvas Source 4 to explain what made some large wild animals difficult to domesticate. Write your own claim, exact evidence, and reasoning in your Fieldbook or on loose-leaf.

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Friday, September 25, 2026

Prelude

What Is an Enduring Issue?

Our question

How do historians decide which problems matter across time?

Fieldnote — start here

Compare Jack and Sara’s difficulty sharing with wars used to gain power. Mark evidence of endurance and explain why each is a challenge.

Source — examine the evidence

Return & Revise — finish

Complete Questions 1–3. Explain historical significance using both criteria: many people affected and long-lasting effects. Choose one community or world issue, explain its endurance and significance, and complete the Last Five. Use your Fieldbook or loose-leaf.

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Monday, September 28, 2026

Prelude

Connecting Global History Enduring Issues

Our question

Which detail makes an enduring issue fit an example?

Fieldnote — start here

Read Adrian’s grandfather’s lunch-price story in the slides. Write one change, one continuity, and one question. Read the eight-issue reference.

Source — examine the evidence

Return & Revise — finish

Explain the eight issues in your own words. Make three issue–event connections using a specific detail and a reason; distinguish scarcity from inequity. Return to the lunch story: identify an issue, a limit, and evidence needed to establish a pattern. Finish with a fourth issue and example. Write in your Fieldbook or on loose-leaf.

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Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Prelude

Unit 0 Readiness: Retrieve, Apply, Revise

Our question

Can I recognize, apply, and revise historical thinking?

Fieldnote — start here

Try the ten vocabulary situations independently without notes. Mark uncertainty with a question mark. This is practice, not a graded quiz.

Return & Revise — finish

Use prior materials to correct with R or a second color; preserve originals and explain two corrections. Complete the transfer scenarios and revise one prior Unit 0 response. Finish the repair/rehearsal and readiness check. Ask a teacher about any missing work; the old printed October 2 deadline is not a new extension.

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Thursday, October 1, 2026

Prelude

Historical Thinking Assessment

Our question

How can we show our historical thinking?

Fieldnote — start here

Use your own assessment packet. Begin Parts 1–2 independently.

Source — examine the evidence

Return & Revise — finish

Keep your original responses. Ask Mr. Zarrella or Ms. Spencer how to complete any unfinished assessment work.

This is assessment work. Ask Mr. Zarrella or Ms. Spencer to arrange how to complete it — including the partner interview — rather than working through it on your own.

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Friday, October 2, 2026

Prelude

Partner Interview + Revision

Our question

What changed in your thinking—and why?

Fieldnote — start here

Parts 1–2 unfinished? Continue independently. Finished? Ask your teacher for a ready interview partner; then complete Parts 3–4.

Source — examine the evidence

Return & Revise — finish

Keep originals visible. Mark revisions with R or another color and explain why your thinking changed. If unfinished, mark where you stopped and arrange completion with your teacher.

This is assessment work. Ask Mr. Zarrella or Ms. Spencer to arrange how to complete it — including the partner interview — rather than working through it on your own.

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Monday, October 5, 2026

Making Worlds

An Incomplete Record

Required workDue: Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Our question

What can we responsibly claim?

Fieldnote — start here

Open the worksheet and its Sources A–C. Copy one exact detail and label it O (observation); write an inference and label it I (inference).

Source — examine the evidence

Return & Revise — finish

What to complete

  • Complete all six investigation steps on the worksheet. Label exact details O (observation) and your inferences I (inference).
  • Write a cautious 4–6 sentence account using two sources.
  • Check and revise your account.
  • Write a question about an additional source that could help you investigate.

How to turn it in

Write in the worksheet boxes, your Fieldbook, or on loose-leaf. Follow the submission directions in Google Classroom, or ask either teacher how to turn it in.

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Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Making Worlds

Evidence of Paleolithic Life

Our question

How can we know about people who left no written records?

Fieldnote — start here

Bring your Fieldbook and pencil. Rotate through four shared source stations (A–D). At each stop, read the source and complete the station task in your Fieldbook. Shared source sheets stay at the station.

Source — examine the evidence

Return & Revise — finish

After the circuit, regroup to test and revise the claim “All Paleolithic people lived exactly this way.” Then write 3–5 sentences using Source B plus one other source to explain food, movement, and one limit of the evidence.

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Thursday, October 8, 2026

Making Worlds

Agricultural Change: A Better Life?

Our question

How could food production change settlement?

Fieldnote — start here

Many Paleolithic communities hunted and gathered. If a community began growing crops and raising animals, what might change about where people lived? Explain your prediction in your Fieldbook.

Source — examine the evidence

Return & Revise — finish

Compare food and movement using Sources A and B. Explain two possible causal links with because. Revise one cartoon promise using its warning. Write your responses in your Fieldbook or on loose-leaf. Keep the source sheet for Friday. No homework.

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Friday, October 9, 2026

Making Worlds

Settlement, Exchange, and Specialized Work

Our question

How did settlement and work change? Was life better for everyone?

Fieldnote — start here

Return to Thursday’s cartoon. Compare its promise with its caveat. Then examine Source C’s excavated remains and recreated room.

Source — examine the evidence

Return & Revise — finish

Write 5–7 sentences using two details from C and D. Explain how exchange supported specialized work, and name a limit. Write your responses in your Fieldbook or on loose-leaf. File both source sheets. No homework.

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MAP week · October 13–16, 2026

Making Worlds

HIPP Repair Shop

Our question

How does a source’s origin change what we can responsibly say about the past?

Fieldnote — start here

Read the context and Law 53. Underline one detail about water.

Return & Revise — finish

Complete responses 1–3 in your Fieldbook, or on numbered loose-leaf if your Fieldbook is at school. Do not copy questions or recopy completed answers. Keep the source sheet in your History Folder. If absent, complete the same tasks independently. HIPP classwork: arrange make-up return with either teacher. Homework 01 is separate and due Monday October 19.

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Materials available — teaching day to be confirmed

Printable lesson

Where to write

Write in your Fieldbook. If your Fieldbook is at school, use loose-leaf numbered 1–3. Do not copy the questions or recopy answers you have already completed. Keep the source sheet in your History Folder.

Source · Code of Hammurabi

Royal legal code · Babylonia, Mesopotamia · c. 1754 BCE. L. W. King English translation; selected through New Visions G1.1.D.6.

Hammurabi ruled Babylonia. River farming required managing canals and dams. These laws prescribe rules: they say what should happen. They are not case records showing what actually happened.

English original excerpts. In Law 53, ... marks omitted words.

Law 53

“If any one be too lazy to keep his dam in proper condition ... if then the dam break and all the fields be flooded, then shall he in whose dam the break occurred be sold for money, and the money shall replace the corn which he has caused to be ruined.”

Law 202

“If any one strike the body of a man higher in rank than he, he shall receive sixty blows with an ox-whip in public.”

Law 203

“If a free-born man strike the body of another free-born man of equal rank, he shall pay one gold mina.”

Words to know

dam
—
a barrier managing water
corn
—
grain
rank
—
social standing
mina
—
a measure of value
prescribed
—
what a rule says should happen
inference
—
a conclusion from evidence

Repair Shop · Responses 1–3

  1. Test a claim · Law 53

    Test: “The code proves everyone repaired dams and every written penalty was enforced.” Write 2–3 sentences using a specific Law 53 detail, a narrower claim, and a limit.

  2. Repair a claim · Laws 202–203

    Repair: “Everyone in Babylonia received the same punishment.” Compare Laws 202–203. Write 3–4 sentences citing an exact detail, explaining how one HIPP question shapes your reading, and naming a specific limit.

    Choose one useful HIPP question — not a four-box task

    H · Historical context
    What was happening in Babylonia?
    I · Intended audience
    Who might encounter these laws, and what remains uncertain?
    P · Purpose
    Why might a ruler publish laws?
    P · Point of view
    Whose view is represented, and whose is missing?

    Optional rehearsal. Optional starter: “Law 53 prescribes ___. This suggests ___ because ___. It cannot show ___.”

  3. Independent Last Five

    Complete independently and include a law detail: “At first I thought ___. Now I can claim ___ because ___. These laws cannot tell us ___.”

If you were absent

Complete the same tasks independently. Working with a partner is optional. HIPP classwork: arrange make-up return with either Mr. Zarrella or Ms. Spencer. Homework 01 is separate and due Monday, October 19.

Monday, October 19, 2026

Making Worlds

Unit Introduction — Innovation and Environment

Our question

Do the benefits of innovation outweigh the costs? How do people and environments affect each other?

Fieldnote — start here

Read the A.1 introduction. Name three familiar or public innovations and describe one familiar environment. Write your response in your Fieldbook, or on labeled paper if your Fieldbook is at school. Use public or familiar examples; no private disclosures are required.

Return & Revise — finish

Choose one innovation and explain three benefits and three costs. Choose one environment and explain three effects in EACH direction: how it affects people and how people affect it. Independently make two initial claims with examples and reasoning, one about innovation and one about people and environments; your claims can be revised. Write in your Fieldbook or labeled paper. If absent, complete the same guide and tasks independently. HOMEWORK — Innovation, Evidence & Geographic Preview. Assigned 2026-10-19; due Tuesday October 20, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. Complete your period’s assigned 12-question Test and review uncertain answers. Period 1: AMT1YX — https://quizlet.com/join-activity?code=AMT1YX ; Period 2: A40YMA (zero after 4) — https://quizlet.com/join-activity?code=A40YMA . Or go to https://quizlet.com/join-activity and enter your period’s code. Same-question onsite and printable alternatives; no separate accuracy grade. https://beginwithaquestion.com/homework#hw-2026-10-19

Homework · Quizlet

Innovation, Evidence & Geographic Preview

Due: Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern · 8–10 minutes

One 12-question multiple-choice Test. Read feedback and revisit 1–2 uncertain answers. Practice has no separate accuracy grade.

Period 1 · Test

Access code: AMT1YX

Period 2 · Test

Access code: A40YMA

Open your period’s activity. If you need to enter the code, go to quizlet.com/join-activity and enter your period’s code. A40YMA has the number zero after 4, not the letter O.

Open reading, questions and paper route

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Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Making Worlds

Vocabulary Opener — Making Worlds

Our question

How do words help us explain early societies?

Fieldnote — start here

RETRIEVE (2 minutes): innovation, effect, evidence. Check, then use meanings in the existing source investigation. In your Fieldbook, answer Do Now questions 1 and 2 in the A.2 student guide. For question 2, copy one phrase that helped you infer the meaning.

Return & Revise — finish

Rate all 18 words (1–5) and choose three to revisit. Use context and word parts to explain agricultural. With cards, predict and verify associations; if working alone, generate and check five associations. Visualize two terms with explanations. Choose three correct/incorrect statements, rewrite inaccurate ones, explain two decisions, and finish with an accurate historical sentence using a word first rated 1–3. Respond in Fieldbook or labeled paper. The guide includes a meaning bank and independent path; finish incomplete A.2 work if needed. No new scheduled Quizlet homework today.

Due today · Quizlet

Innovation, Evidence & Geographic Preview

Due: Tuesday, October 20, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern · 8–10 minutes

One 12-question multiple-choice Test. Read feedback and revisit 1–2 uncertain answers. Practice has no separate accuracy grade.

Period 1 · Test

Access code: AMT1YX

Period 2 · Test

Access code: A40YMA

Open your period’s activity. If you need to enter the code, go to quizlet.com/join-activity and enter your period’s code. A40YMA has the number zero after 4, not the letter O.

Open reading, questions and paper route

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Thursday, October 22, 2026

Making Worlds

Think Like a Geographer — Making Worlds

Our question

How can knowing WHERE something happened change our explanation of WHAT happened?

Fieldnote — start here

Open the B.1 student guide. In your Fieldbook, answer the two Do Now questions and explain one choice. Then examine Source A, the original New Visions Lunchroom Fight diagram and witness accounts.

Source — examine the evidence

Return & Revise — finish

Use the original New Visions lunchroom and classroom diagrams to describe relative positions, test what witnesses could know, distinguish historical from geographic context, and separate observations from inferences. Ask geographic questions about a public place. In your Fieldbook, write a 4–6-sentence explanation using one diagram detail and one source limit. If absent, complete the same tasks independently using the linked guide and two-page diagrams. HOMEWORK — Homework 02 — Skara Brae: People, Place & Evidence. Assigned 2026-10-22; due 2026-10-23 in class. https://beginwithaquestion.com/homework#hw-2026-10-22

Homework · Reading & response

Homework 02 — Skara Brae: People, Place & Evidence

Due in class: 2026-10-23 · 10–12 minutes

Read the account and answer Q1–Q4, including a reasoned application. /10, teacher reviewed. Submit once by Form, paper or email.

Open reading, questions and paper route

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Friday, October 23, 2026

Making Worlds

Geographic Features — Making Worlds

Our question

How do geographic features affect people—and how do people affect places?

Fieldnote — start here

RETRIEVE (2 minutes): observation, inference, geographic feature. Check, then use meanings in the existing source investigation. Open the B.2 student guide and slides. Examine the original New Visions desert photograph (slide 3). In your Fieldbook, record 3 things you SEE, 2 you THINK, and 1 question you WONDER.

Return & Revise — finish

Match six photographed features (slides 4–5), describe a visible clue and draw a symbol for each. Choose TWO features; predict one possible benefit and challenge for each, and explain how people might respond. Write a 4–6-sentence independent explanation in your Fieldbook using visible evidence and identifying what would need checking. If absent, complete the same work from the slides and guide. No new scheduled Quizlet homework today.

Due today · Reading & response

Homework 02 — Skara Brae: People, Place & Evidence

Due in class: 2026-10-23 · 10–12 minutes

Read the account and answer Q1–Q4, including a reasoned application. /10, teacher reviewed. Submit once by Form, paper or email.

Open reading, questions and paper route

Linked slides and other source files may be in English. Switching languages changes this page's directions, not the linked files.

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