Hello students, I am Mr.Herrera and I want to welcom all of you to Social Stidies 101. I hope everyone enjoyed their summer vacation as I did and are looking foward to a brand new school year. Many of you in Social Studies 101 have had me the previous school year for Social Studies 100 so many of you are familiar of how my class is, those of you who don’t no worries, I will be going over all expectations on the first day of class. I hope what you learned last year will carry you on through this year as we will be covering a variety of different topics. Last Year you focused on World Geography, this year you will be covering World History and listed below is a breakdown of what we will be covering these next four qaurters of the class.
Q1- Ancient China and Japan/ Far east
Buddhism/ Shintao religion
Q2- The Middle East, Islam and Judaism, Christianity
Q3- Meso America: Aztecs , Icas, and the Mayans as well as Africa
Q4- Europe and the Rennaissance
These are just some of the topics we will be covering this year and are subject to change. Any further information about the class will be handed out in a syllabus in which you and your parents will sign so you understand what is expected out of you and what I expect you to learn in my class. I look foward to another great year with all of you, best of luck to all of you. -Mr. Herrera Social Studies 101
