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Ms. Heilmeier

INTRODUCTION

Hello, my name is Lisa Heilmeier!  I am a Social Studies Teacher at Stow-Munroe Falls High School.  I earned my Bachelor of Arts in history (with a focus in British history) from Baldwin-Wallace College in 2004 and my Master's of Education (with a focus in Assessment) from Kent State University in 2009.  

I teach two courses at SMFHS: World History (the 10th grade social studies requirement) and Geography (a 9th grade - 12th grade social studies elective).  See below for a description of each course.

Contact Info:

Stow-Munroe Falls High School Room #227

330-689-5300 extension 6820

*The best way to reach me is via email: st_heilmeier@smfcsd.org

VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION

For all reading assignments, homework, pacing guides, projects, test dates, essay questions, and grades refer to Progress Book!

 WORLD HISTORY:  Below is a section for each World History unit that includes all project requirements, important charts, notes outlines, and PowerPoints.  You can print the PowerPoints and notes before class to use to take notes during class.  See me if you need help printing PowerPoints in a note-taking format.  There is a three-hole punch in class in order to make it easier to insert the PowerPoints into your notebook.







GEOGRAPHY:

For all Geography homework assignments and projects, refer to Progress Book!

- Current Events EVERY Friday (or the last day of the school week) ***Once the World Regions Projects begin the current event must be from the world region that you were assigned to research

 

Downloads
Geography Class Policies

Geography Survival Island

Geography World Regions

World History Class Policies

World History Syllabus

World History: Why? and How?

World History: Eras of the Modern World

orld History Parent Letter

World History: First They Killed My Father (novel)

WORLD HISTORY

This year in World History you will be studying from the Renaissance (1300) to the present day.  This will include units on the Renaissance and Reformation, Exploration, the Enlightenment, Absolutism/the French Revolution/and Napoleon, Industrialization and Reform, Imperialism, The Great War, the Inter-Years, World War II, the Cold War, and the Modern World.

In this class you will be required to complete quarterly assignments.  The first three quarters you will complete seven (21 total) of the tests in the Social Studies portion of Study Island.  This will prepare you for the Social Studies OGT (a graduation requirement) in March.  Fourth quarter you will read "First They Killed My Father" which is an autobiography of Loung Ung.  It is a story about her survival of the Cambodian genocide under the Communist regime of Pol Pot.  She now lives Shaker Heights, Ohio!

Most tests will consist of 50 multiple-choice questions.  40 will be assessing content, 5 will assess map interpretation, and 5 will assess chart interpretation.  There will also be an extended response.  An adequate extended response includes a thesis sentence, 3 supporting facts with explanation, and a conclusion sentence.  All possible essays are on ProgressBook.  You can write them ahead of time and bring them in for me to "pre-grade" them.  Knowledge Folders and Test Corrections are permitted for most tests.

The Midterm Exam will be a comprehensive exam of the first semester, while the Final Exam will be comprehensive of the second semester.  In order to be exempt from the Final Exam students must pass BOTH the Social Studies OGT and the course Midterm Exam.

This class will consist of lectures, discussions, debates, simulations, projects, reading, and writing. Some projects include the Renaissance advertisement, the Enlightenment greeting card, the ABCs of the French Revolution, the WWII scrapbook, and the Cold War Smithsonian Museum. 

I have very high expectations for all my students and challenge them everyday in order to prepare them for the OGT, college, and life.  My hope is that you will fully understand the importance of history and how it shapes our current world.

GEOGRAPHY

In Geography we will study the five themes of geography and the different regions of the world.  The first quarter we focus on tools of geography, the Earth's insides and outside, landforms and bodies of water, internal and external forces on Earth, location, seasons and weather v. climate, and soils and vegetation.  The second quarter we focus on culture, religion, language, economy, politics, and human-environment interactions.

We end the course with a research project on a specific world region.  Each group will make a one-day presentation of their assigned world region.  This will end in a test over the world regions presentations. 

Every Friday (or the last day of the school week) is Current Events.  Each student must bring in an article with a one paragraph summary and a one paragraph explanation of the event's importance.  These will be shared with the class.  Once we begin the World Regions project the students must find current events from their assigned region.

The Final Exam will consist of labeling world maps with major landforms, bodies of water, and countries.  There will also be a US map and students are expected to label all 50 states and capitals.

Downloads
1.1 Five Themes of Geography

1.2 Tools of Geography

Chapter 1 Homework

2.1 The Earth: Inside and Out

2.2 Bodies of Water and Landforms

2.3 Internal Forces Shaping the Earth

2.4 External Forces Shaping the Earth

Chapter 2 Homework

3.1 Seasons and Weather

3.2 Climate

3.3 World Climate Regions

3.4 Soils and Vegetation

Chapter 3 Homework

4.1 Cultural Geography

4.2 Population Geography

4.3 Political Geography

4.4 Urban Geography

4.5 Economic Geography

Chapter 4 Homework

World History Renaissance/Reformation Downloads
WH Renaissance project

Renaissance PPT1

Renaissance PPT2

Reformation PPT3

Reformation PPT4

World History Enlightenment Downloads
Enlightenment project

Enlightenment PPT1

Enlightenment PPT2

Enlightenment PPT3

Enlightenment PPT4

World History Absolutism, French Revolution, and Napoleon Downloads
ABCs project

Absolutism PPT1

French Revolution PPT2

French Revolution PPT3

Napoleon PPT4

Napoleon PPT5

Congress of Vienna PPT6

Cause and Effect PPT

Revolution Timeline PPT

World History Industrialization Downloads
Industrial RAFT

Industrialization PPT1

Industrialization PPT2

Industrialization PPT3

Industrialization PPT4

MIDTERM Study Guide

World History Imperialism Downloads
Africa project

Imperialism Group/In-Class project

Imperialism Cause and Effect

Research Steps Information

British Colonies Notes #1

Africa Notes #2

Ottoman Empire Notes #3

India Notes #4

Asia Notes #5

China Notes #6

Japan Notes #7

China v. Japan Chart

World History Great War and Russian Revolution Downloads
Weapons Project

Great War PPT1

Great War PPT2

Great War PPT3

GReat War PPT4

Great War Cause and Effect

World History Inter-Years and WWII Downloads
WWII Scrapbook project

WWII Movie Review Extra Credit

WWII WebQuest Extra Credit project

Depression Chart

Totalitarianism Chart

One Survivor Remembers Homework

Global Depression PPT1

Stalin Notes (Lesson #2)

Fascism PPT3

Aggression PPT4

Hitler PPT5

Japan (Pearl Harbor) PPT6

Holocaust Notes (Lesson #7)

Victory! PPT8

Aftermath of WWII PPT9

World History Cold War Downloads
Cold War Smithsonian Museum project

China Chart

Superpowers Face Off

Cold War Divides the World

Wars in Korea and Vietnam

The Cold War Thaws

Genocide

China

China Today

E. EUR and USSR

USSR Collapses

There are 10 Enrichment Questions for each unit.  If you complete them you will earn credit and it will help your grade; if you do not complete them you will be excluded from the assignment and it will not hurt or help your grade.  These questions will not only be a help to your grade, they will also help you prepare for assessments!

Downloads
Renaissance/Reformation SQD

Exploration SQD

Enlightenment SQD

French Revolution/Napoleon SQD

Latin America SQD

Industrial Revolution SQD

Imperialism SQD

The Great War (WWI) SQD

WWII SQD

Cold War SQD