Resources for the year: CSCOPE lessons, World History: Connections to Today, Mastering the World History TEKS, Readings in World History, DBQs from Region 10 World History Symposium and Barron’s, Kaplan, and Princeton Review AP World History prep books.

Norris / World History
August 2012 / First Nine Weeks: August 27 -October 19
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
1 / 2 / 3
6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10
13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17
20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24
27
Student handbook and classroom rules and procedures / 28
Unit 1; Chapter 1
Centuries and periodization; prehistory, the historian, the anthropologist, the archaeologist / 29
Unit 1; Chapter 1
The Old Stone Age, Neolithic Agricultural Revolution, The Rise of Cities / 30
Unit 1; Chapter 1
The Features of Civilization; the spread of civilization / 31
Chapter 2
Early River Valley Civilizations:
Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent
Aikens / World History
September 2012 / First Nine Weeks: August 27 -October 19
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
3
School Holiday
Labor Day / 4 Unit 1
Chapter 2
Early River Valley Civilizations:
Nile River Valley / 5 Unit 1
Chapter 2
Back to Mesopotamia: Babylon, Hammurabi, Hittites, Assyrians / 6 Unit 1
Chapter 2
Persian Empire, Phoenician Sea Traders, Early History of the Israelites / 7 Unit 1
Chapter 3
Early Civilizations in India & China: Geography of India, the Indus Valley Civilization, Aryan Civilization
10 Unit 1
Chapter 3, 7.1
The Geography of China, The Shang Dynasty, The Zhou Dynasty, Olmec and Chavin civilizations. / 11 Unit 1
Chapter 3, 7.1
Compare/Contrast river valley civilizations (with Olmec and Chavin), place them in order on timeline, identify locations on map / 12 Unit 1
TEST / 13
Go over test / 14 Unit 2&3
Chapter 4
Empires of India and China: Hinduism, Buddhism – tie into religious freedom
17Unit 2&3
Chapter 4
The Maurya Empire,
Deccan Kingdoms, Golden Age of the Guptas, Caste System / 18 Unit 2&3
Chapter 4
Philosophy and Religion in China:
Confucius, Legalism, Daoism, Buddhism
CELEBRATE / 19 Unit 2&3
Chapter 4
Shi Huangdi and Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty
FREEDOM / 20Unit 2&3
Compare/contrast religions and philosophies, compare/contrast dynasties
WEEK / 21Unit 2&3
Chapter 4
Compare/contrast religions and philosophies, compare/contrast dynasties
24 Unit 3
Chapter 5
Ancient Greece: Minoans, Mycenaeans, Trojan War, Dorians/Age of Homer / 25 Unit 3
Chapter 5
Geography of Greece, City States: Sparta, Athens, The Persian Wars, The Age of Pericles, The Peloponnesian War / 26 Unit 3
Chapter 5 Greek
Philosophers: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle; Architecture and Art; Poetry and Drama: Homer, Sappho, Pindar, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides / 27 Unit 3
Chapter 5
Alexander the Great, its legacy, and Hellenistic Civilization / 28 Test over Chapters 4 &5
Aikens / World History
October 2012 / First Nine Weeks: August 27 -October 19
Second Nine Weeks: October 22 -December18
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
1 Unit 3
Chapter 6
Geography and Peoples of Italy, The Roman Republic, Roman Society, Expansion in Italy / 2 Unit 3
Chapter 6
Roman Conquests, Decline of the Republic, Roman Empire, Pax Romana / 3 Unit 3
Chapter 6
Greco-Roman Civilization: literature, history, art, architecture, philosophy, science technology, and law / 4 Unit 3
Chapter 6
Religious Diversity in the Early Empire, Spread of Christianity, Early Christian Church, Decline of the Roman Empire / 5 Unit 3
Chapter 7
The Mayas, Aztecs, Incas,
8
Teacher
Work Day
Columbus Day / 9 Unit 3
Chapter 7
The Mayas and Aztecs;
The Incas / 10 Unit 3
Chapter 7
The Peoples of North America / 11 Unit 3
TEST over Chapters 4, 5, 6, & 7 / 12
Go over test
15Units 4a&b
chapter 8
Geography of Western Europe, The Germanic Kingdoms, Age of Charlemagne, / 16Units 4a&b
Chapter 8
The Emergence of Feudalism, The World of Nobles, Peasants and Manor Life / 17Unit 4a&b
Chapter 8
The Church and Medieval Life, Monks and Nuns, The Power of the Church Grows,
Reform Movements, Jews in Europe / 18Unit 4a&b
Chapter 8
An Agricultural Revolution, Trade Revives, A Commercial Revolution, Guilds, Town and City Life, / 19Unit 4a&b
Chapter 9
Monarchs, Nobles, and the Church; French and English Monarchs; Evolving Traditions of English Government (Magna Carta)
End of 1st nine weeks
22 Units 4a&b
Chapter 9
The Holy Roman Empire; The Conflict Between Popes and Emperors, The Struggle for Italy; The Height of Church Power / 23Units 4a&b
Chapter 9
The World in 1050, The Crusades, Effects of the Crusades on Europe, The Reconquista in Spain / 24 Units 4a&b
Chapter 9
Medieval Universities, Philosophy, Literature, Architecture, and Art / 25 Units 4a&b
Chapter 9
The Black Death, Upheaval in the Church, and the Hundred Years War. / 26 Units 4a&b
Test over Chapters 8&9
29 Units 4a&b
Chapter 10
The Growth of Byzantine Power; The Age of Justinian; Byzantine Christianity; Crisis and Collapse; The Byzantine Heritage / 30Units 4a&b
Chapter 10
The Geography of Russia; Growth of Kiev; Mongol Conquest; Moscow: Ivan the Great and Ivan the Terrible / 31 Units 4a&b
Chapter 10
The Geography of Eastern Europe; A Diverse Mix of Peoples; Early Kingdoms
Halloween
Aikens / World History
November 2012 / Second Nine Weeks: October 22 -December18
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
1 Units 4a&b
Chapter 11
Muhammad; Teachings of Islam; A Way of Life; Spread of Islam; Decline of the Caliphate / 2 Units 4a&b
Chapter 11
Islamic Society and Economy; Art and Literature; Education and Learning
5Units 4a&b
Chapter 11
The Delhi Sultanate; Muslims and Hindus; Mughal India; / 6 Units 4a&b
Chapter 11
Expanding the Ottoman Empire; Ottoman Culture; Safavid Empire
Election Day / 7 Units 4a&b
Test over Chapters 10&11 / 8 Units 4a&b
Go over test / 9 Units 4a&b
Chapter 12
Geography of Africa; Migration of Peoples; The Nile Kingdom of Nubia; North Africa
12 Chapter 12
Trading Gold and Salt; Gold Wealth of Ghana; The Kingdom of Mali; A New Empire in Songhai; Other Kingdoms of West Africa / 13 Units 4a&b
Chapter 12
Trade Routes:
Axum and Its Successors; East African City-States; Great Zimbabwe; / 14 Units 4a&b
Chapter 12
People and the Environment; Forms of Village Govt; Family Patterns; Religious Beliefs; Artistic and Literary Traditions / 15 Units 4a&b
Chapter 13
Tang Dynasty; Song Dynasty; Chinese Society; Art and Literature of the Tang and the Song; / 16 Units 4a&b
Chapter 13
The Mongul and Ming Empires; Geography of the Korean Peninsula; Korea United; Choson Dynasty
19
Units 4a&b
Chapter 13
Geography of Japan; Early Traditions; Chinese Influence; The Heian Period; Japanese Feudalism; Tokugwas; Zen Buddhism; Changing Art Traditions / 20 Units 4a&b
Unit 4 test / 21
School Holiday / 22
School
Holiday
Thanksgiving Day / 23
School Holiday
26 Unit 5
Chapter 14
The Italian City-States; Italian Renaissance; Northern Renaissance
Printing Revolution / 27 Unit 5
Chapter 14
The Protestant Reformation; Martin Luther, John Calvin; Radical Reformers; English Reformation; Catholic Reformation; Persecution / 28 Unit 5
Chapter 14
The Scientific Revolution: Changing View of the Universe; New Scientific Method; Newton; Other Advances / 29 Unit 5
Chapter 15
European Exploration: Portugal Sails Eastward; Columbus Sails Westward; Circumnavigating the Globe; Search for the Northwest Passage / 30 Unit 5
Chapter 15
Geography of Southeast Asia; Impact of India; Pagan, Khmer, and Srivijaya Empires; Chinese Domination of Vietnam; Vietnamese Resistance
Aikens / World History
December 2012 / Second Nine Weeks: October 22 -December18
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
3 Unit 5Chap 15
Portugal’s Empire in the East; Rise of the Dutch; Spain Seizes the Philipps; Mughal India and European Traders; European Trade with China; Manchu Conquest; Korea and Isolation; Japan and Foreign Traders / 4 Unit 5
Chapter 16
Conquest in the Americas: First Encounters, The Conquistadors, Ruling the Spanish Empire; Colonial Society and Culture; Portuguese Colony in Brazil / 5 Unit 5, Chap. 16
Challenging the Spanish Power; Building New France; The 13 English Colonies; Competing for Power; Impact on Native Americans / 6 Unit 5
Chapter 16
European Outposts in Africa; Atlantic Slave Trade; Rise of New African States; Battles for Power in Southern Africa / 7 Unit 5
Chapter 16
A Global Exchange; A Commercial Revolution; Mercantilism; The Lives of Ordinary People
10 Unit 5
Chapter 17: The Age of Absolutism
Charles V & Hapsburg Empire; Phillip II and Divine Right; The Wars of Phillip II; Spain’s Golden Age; Economic Decline / 11Unit 5
Chapter 17
Rebuilding France; Louis XIV, The Sun King; Versailles; Successes and Failures / 12 Unit 5
Chapter 17
The Tudors and Parliament; The Early Stuarts; The English Civil War; The Commonwealth and Cromwell; Glorious Revolution / 13 Unit 5
Chapter 17 The Thirty Years War; Hapsburg Austria; The Rise of Prussia; Balance of Power;
Peter the Great: Expansion and Legacy; Catherine the Great / 14
SEMESTER EXAMS
17
SEMESTER EXAMS / 18
SEMESTEREXAMS
End of 2nd nine weeks / 19
winter
break / 20
winter
break / 21
winter
break
24
winter
break / 25
Christmas Day
winter
break / 26
winter
break / 27
winter
break / 28
winter
break
31
winter
break
Aikens / World History
January 2013 / Third Nine Weeks: January 3-March 8
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
1
winter break / 2
Teacher Work Day / 3
Go over Unit 4 Test
Review Concepts / 4
Go over Unit 5 Test
Review Concepts
7 Units 6 & 7
Chapter 18
Progress and Reason; Two Views of the Social Contract; Separation of Powers; The Philosophes and Society; New Economic Thinking / 8 Units 6 & 7
Chapter 18
The Challenge of New Ideas; Enlightened Despots; Literature and the Arts; Lives of the Majority / 9 Units 6 & 7
Chapter 18
Britain’s Rise to Global Power; Growth of Constitutional Government; Politics and Society; George III Reasserts RoyalPower / 10 Units 6 & 7
Chapter 18
The 13 English Colonies; Growing Discontent; A New Constitution; / 11 Units 6 & 7
Chapter 19
French Revolution:
The Old Regime; Economic Troubles;
Louis XVI Calls the Estates General; Storming the Bastille
14 Units 6 & 7
Chapter 19
Revolts in Paris and the Provinces; Moderate Reforms; The National Assembly Presses Onward; Reaction Outside France; War at Home and Abroad / 15 Units 6 & 7
Chapter 19
The Monarchy Abolished; The Convention Defends the Republic; Reaction and the Directory; Women in the Revolution; Changes inDaily Life / 16 Unit 6 & 7
Chapter 19
Napoleon’s Rise to Power; France Under Napoleon; Building an Empire; Challenge’s to Napoleon’s Empire; Downfall of Napoleon; Congress of Vienna / 17
TEST over Chapters 18-19 / 18
Go over Chapters 18-19 Test
21
School
Holiday
M L King Day / 22 Units 6 & 7
Chapter 20
Dawn of The Industrial Revolution: Agricultural Revolution; Population Explosion; New Technology / 23 Units 6 & 7
Chapter 20
Britain Leads the Way: Why Britain?
Changes in the Textile Industry; Revolution in Transportation / 24 Units 6 & 7
Chapter 20
The New Industrial City; The Factory System; The Working Class; The New Middle Class; Benefits and Problems / 25 Units 6 & 7
Chapter 20
Laissez-Faire Economics; The Utilitarians; Emergence of Socialism; Karl Marx and “Scientific Socialism”
28 Units 6 & 7
Chapter 21
Conservatives and the Old Order; The Liberal and Nationalist Challenge; Revolts Against the Old Order / 29Units 6 & 7
Chapter 21
The French Revolution of 1830; The French Revolution of 1848; The Spread of Revolution; 1848: Another Wave of Rebellion / 30 Units 6 & 7
Chapter 21
Latin American Wars of Independence:
Sources of Discontent;
Haiti; Mexico and Central America; South America / 31 Units 6 & 7 Chap 22
The Industrial Age:
New Industrial Powers; Technology and Industry; Technology Speeds Transportation and Communication; New Business Directions
Aikens / World History
February 2013 / Third Nine Weeks: January 3-March 8
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
1 Unit 7
Chapter 22
Medicine and Population; Life of the Cities; Working-Class Struggles
4 Units 6 & 7 Chap 22
A New Social Order; Middle-Class Values; Rights for Women;
Growth of Public Education; New Directions in Science; Darwin Challenge; Religion in Urban Age / 5Units 6 & 7
Chapter 22
Romantic Revolt against Reason; The Call to Realism; New Directions in the Visual Arts / 6
Test Over Units 6 & 7 / 7
Go Over Test / 8 Unit 8
Chapter 23
Nationalism in Europe: Steps Toward Unity; Bismarck and German Unity; The German Empire
11 Unit 8
Chapter 23
The German Industrial Giant; The Iron Chancellor; Kaiser Wilhelm II
Unifying Italy:
Obstacles; Struggle for Italy / 12Unit 8
Chap 23
Nationalism Threatens Old Empires: A Declining Empire; The Dual Monarchy; Balkan Nationalism; Conditions in Russia; Russian Absolutism / 13Unit 8
Chap 23
Reforms of Alexander II;
Reaction to Change; Building Russian Industry; Crisis and the Russian Revolution / 14Unit 8
Chap 24
Britain Becomes More Diplomatic:
Reforming Parliament; The Victorian Age; A New Era in British Politics / 15 Unit 8
Chap 24
A Century of Reform:
Social and Economic Reforms; Victories for the Working Class; Votes for Women; The Irish Question
18
Teacher Work Day
Presidents’ Day / 19 Unit 8
Chap 24
Division and Democracy in France:
France under Napoleon III; Challenges of the Third Republic; The Dreyfus Affair; Reforms in France; / 20 Unit 8
Chap 24
Expansion of the United States:
Territorial Expansion; Expanding Democracy;
The Civil War and its Aftermath; Economic Growth & Social Reform / 21 Unit 8
Chap 25
The New Imperialism:
Its Causes; Success of Western Imperialism; Forms of Imperial Rule / 22 Unit 8
Chap 25
Africa in the Early 1800s; European Contacts Increase; A Scramble for Colonies; Africans Resist Imperialism
25 Unit 8
Chap 25
Stresses in the Muslim World; Problems for the Ottoman Empire; Egypt Seeks to Modernize;
Iran and the European Powers / 26 Unit 8
Chap 25
The British Take Over India: East India Company and Sepoy Rebellion; British Colonial Rule; Different Views on Culture; Indian Nationalism / 27 Unit 8
Chap 25
China and the New Imperialism: The Trade Issue; Internal Problems; Reform Efforts; The Qing Dynasty Falls / 28 Unit 8 Chap 26
Japan Modernizes:
Discontent in Tokugawa Japan; Opening up Japan; Reforms under the Meiji; Growing Military Strength; Europeans colonize Southeast Asia; Siam; ImperialPowers in the Pacific; U.S. & Philippines
Aikens / World History
March 2013 / Third Nine Weeks: January 3-March 8
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
1 Unit 8
Chap 26
Canada Achieves Self-Rule; Europeans in Australia; New Zealand
4 Unit 8 Chap 26
Economic Imperialism in Latin America:
Lingering Political Problems; Economics of Dependence; Mexico’s Struggle for Stability; The Influence of the U.S. / 5 Unit 8 Chap 26
Impact of Imperialism:
New Economic Patterns; Cultural Impact; New Political Tensions / 6 TEST over Chapters 23-26 / 7
Go over test / 8
Review
End of 3rd nine weeks
11
spring break / 12
spring break / 13
spring break / 14
spring break / 15
spring break
18
Go over Test Chap 23-26 / 19 Unit 8
Chapter 27
World War I:
The Pursuit of Peace; Aggressive Nationalism; Rivalries Among European Powers; A Tangle of Alliances / 20 Unit 8
Chapter 27
Assassination in Sarajevo; The Conflict Widens; The Historian’s View / 21 Unit 8
Chapter 27
The Western Front; Modern Warfare Technology; A Global Conflict / 22 Unit 8
Chapter 27
Total War; Collapsing Morale; The U.S. Declares War; Campaign to Victory
25 Unit 8
Chapter 27
The Costs of War; The Paris Peace Conference; The Treaty of Versailles; Widespread Dissatisfaction / 26 Unit 8
Chapter 28
Revolution in Russia: The March Revolution; Lenin and the Bolsheviks; The November Revolution; Russian Civil War / 27 Unit 8
Chapter 28
Building the Communist Soviet Union; Stalin’s Five Year Plan; The Great Purge; Soviet Foreign Policy; Three Revolutions Compared / 28 Unit 8
Chapter 28
An Age of Totalitarian Control; Changes in Soviet Society; The Arts and the State; / 29
Good Friday
Aikens / World History
April
2013 / Fourth Nine Weeks: March 18-June 6
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
1
EOC TESTING / 2
EOC TESTING / 3 Unit 8 Chap 29
Nationalism and Revolution: Mexican Revolution; Reforms in Mexico; Rising Tide of Nationalism; “Good Neighbor “ Policy
EOC TESTING / 4 Unit 8Chap 29
Resistance to Colonial Rule; Rise of Nationalism; Modernization in Turkey and Iran; European Mandate and Arab Nationalism
EOC TESTING / 5 Unit 8
Chapter 29
Moves Toward Independence; Mohandas Gandhi; The Salt Marsh;
EOC TESTING
8 Unit 8
Chapter 29
The Chinese Republic; Leaders for a New China; Japanese Invasion; / 9 Unit 8
Chapter 29
Liberal Changes of the 1920s; The Nationalist Reaction; Militarists in Power / 10 Unit 8
Chapter 30
Postwar Issues; Recovery and Depression; Britain in the Postwar Era; France Pursues Security; Prosperity and Depression in the U.S. / 11 Unit 8
Chapter 30
New Views of the Universe; Modern Art and Architecture; The New Literature; A Changing Society / 12 Unit 8
Chapter 30
Rise of Mussolini; Mussolini’s Italy; Fascism;
15 Unit 8
Chapter 30
The Weimar Republic; Adolf Hitler; Hitler’s Third Reich; Purging German culture; Campaign Against the Jews Begins / 16 Unit 8
Chapter 31
Dictators Challenge World Peace; The Spanish Civil War; German Aggression Continues; Europe Plunges Toward War; Why War Came
Unit 8 Test / 17 Unit 8
Chapter 31
Early Axis Gains; The Battle of Britain and the Blitz; Operation Barbarosa; American Involvement Grows; Japan Attacks / 18 Unit 8
Chapter 31
Occupied Lands; The Allied War Effort; Turning Points; The Red Army Resists; Invasion of France / 19Unit 8
Chapter 31
War in the Pacific; The Nazis Defeated; Defeat of Japan; Aftermath of War
22
Test over Chap 27-31 / 23
Go over Test / 24 Unit 8
The Independence of Asia: The Indian Nationalist Movement; The Partition of India and Pakistan; Philippines, Burma, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam / 25 Unit 8
The Independence of Middle East: Egypt; Saudi Arabia; Lebanon; Syria; Palestine; Transjordan; / 26 Unit 8
Independence and Instability in Africa:
Morocco; Tunisia; Libya; Algeria; Subsaharan Africa; Apartheid in South Africa
29
Teacher Work Day / 30 Unit 8
The Cold War Begins in Europe
Aikens / World History
May
2013 / Fourth Nine Weeks: March 18-June 6
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
1 Unit 8
The Cold War Reaches Asia / 2 Unit 8
The Cold War Ends / 3 Unit 8
The Arab-Israeli Conflict
Development and Impact of Radical Islamic fundamentalism on events in the last half of the 20th Century
6 Unit 8
U.S. Response to Terrorism and 9/11
EOC TESTING / 7 Unit 8
Challenges to Human Rights
EOC TESTING / 8 Unit 8
Challenge of Globalization
EOC TESTING / 9
REVIEW
EOC TESTING / 10
REVIEW
EOC TESTING
13
EOC TESTING / 14
EOC TESTING / 15
EOC TESTING / 16
EOC TESTING / 17
EOC TESTING
20
Unit 9 Tying it All Together / 21
Unit 9 Tying it All Together / 22
Unit 9 Tying it All Together / 23
Weather Day / 24
Weather Day
27
School
Holiday
Memorial Day / 28
Unit 9 Tying it All Together / 29
Unit 9 Tying it All Together / 30
Unit 9 Tying it All Together / 31
Unit 9 Tying it All Together
Aikens / World History
June
2013 / Fourth Nine Weeks: March 18-June 6
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
3
Final
Exams / 4
Final
Exams / 5
Final
Exams / 6
Final
Exams
End of 4th nine weeks / 7
Teacher Work Day
Graduation
Night
10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14
17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21
24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28