WORLD HISTORY

STUDENT PACING GUIDE

BLOCK SCHEDULE

1st Semester

UNITS / NC SCOS
Objectives / Block
I. The Historian’s Toolbox (Skills) / 4 days
  • Time/Continuity
/ 1.01
  • Perspective
/ 1.01
  • Cause & Effect
/ 1.01
  • Detection of bias/Interpreting sources
/ 1.02
  • Comparing views/Tracing themes
/ 1.02
  • Perspectives/Frames of reference: Modes of study
/ 1.03
  • Perspectives/Frames of reference: Focus areas
/ 1.04
II. Development of Civilizations and Empires / 10 days
  • The Agricultural Revolution
  • Making geographic predictions: Asia & Africa
/ 1.02, 1.03, 1.05
  • Mesopotamian civilization (Sumer)
/ 1.06, 2.01, 6.01, 6.04, 6.05
  • Mesopotamian Empires (Amorites, Assyria, Chaldeans, Persia)
/ 1.06, 2.01, 6.01
  • Indian civilizations (Indus, Mauryas, Guptas): Geography, Culture, Roots of Caste System
/ 1.03, 1.06, 2.01, 2.04, 6.01, 6.06
  • Chinese civilizations (Xang, Zhou, Qin, Han): Geography, Dynastic Cycle, Culture & Philosophy
/ 1.03, 1.06, 2.01, 2.05, 3.01
  • Egypt: Geography, Government, Culture, Features of civilization
/ 1.03, 1.06, 2.01, 8.01
III. Eastern Religious Thought / 4 days
  • Ancestor worship in China
/ 2.01
  • Comparison: Confucianism, Daoism, & Legalism
/ 2.01, 2.05, 8.01
  • Shintoism
/ 2.05
  • Beliefs and Practices of Hinduism
/ 2.04
  • The Caste System
/ 2.04
  • Development of Buddhist religious thought
/ 2.04, 8.02
IV. Western Religious Thought / 3 days
  • Jewish belief and practice
/ 6.01, 6.02, 8.01, 8.04
  • Christian belief and practice
/ 6.01, 6.02, 8.01, 8.04
  • Muslim belief and practice
/ 6.01, 6.02, 8.01, 8.04
Flex: / 2 days
Total: / 46 days

1st Semester

UNITS / NC SCOS
Objectives / Year-long / Block
V. Classical Civilizations / 10 days
  • Greece

  • Geography
/ 1.03, 2.02
  • Civilization on Minoan Crete
/ 2.02
  • Greek city-states: SpartaAthens CE
/ 1.02, 2.02, 6.01
  • Hellenic Age
  • Persian War
  • Peloponnesian Wars
/ 2.02
  • Greek culture
/ 2.02
  • Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age
/ 2.02, 3.01
  • Rome

  • Mediterranean geography
/ 1.03, 2.03
  • Origins & Expansion of Rome
/ 2.03
  • Structure of the republic CE
/ 2.03
  • Caesar and the fall of the republic
/ 2.03, 8.03
  • Roman emperors
/ 2.03
  • Split of the Roman empire
/ 2.03
  • Byzantine Empire

  • Justinian Code CE
/ 2.03, 2.06, 3.02
  • Eastern Orthodox Church
/ 2.06, 8.01
VI. European Middle Ages / 6 days
  • The Fall of Rome & the rise of the barbarians
/ 3.02,
  • Feudalism and Manoralism
/ 3.02, 8.03
  • Order in Medieval Western Europe: Kings, Nobility, and the Church
/ 2.03, 3.02, 8.01
  • High Middle Ages and Rise of Nation-States
/ 3.02, 8.03
VII. Africa & the Middle East / 4 days
  • Geography & African civilizations
/ 1.03
  • N. African and Muslim empires
/ 2.06
  • Ghana, Mali, & Songhai
/ 2.07
  • The Great Zimbabwe
/ 2.07
  • East African trading cities
/ 2.07
End of 1st Semester
January 20th 2011
Total: / 45 days

2nd Semester

UNITS / NC SCOS
Objectives / Year-long / Block
VIII. The Americas before Columbus / 3 days
  • Mayans
/ 2.08
  • Aztecs
/ 2.08
  • Incas
/ 2.08
IX. Exploration, Colonization, & Imperialism / 3 days
  • Competition leads to exploration and colonization CE
/ 3.04
  • Economic motives: Mercantilism CE
/ 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 8.04
  • The Columbian Exchange
/ 3.04, 3.05, 3.07
  • Slavery and the Triangular Trade CE, US
/ 3.04, 3.06, 3.07
X. Enlightenment & Revolutions / 8 days
  • Renaissance thought and Humanism
/ 3.03, 4.01, 6.03
  • The Protestant Reformation
/ 3.03, 4.01, 6.03
  • Development English Constitutional Monarchy CE
  • English Civil War
  • Glorious Revolution
/ 3.02, 3.03, 4.01
  • Absolutism US
/ 3.03
  • The Enlightenment CE, US
/ 3.03, 4.01, 6.03
  • The American and French Revolutions CE, US
/ 4.01
XI. Industrialization & Nationalism / 5 days
  • The Industrial Revolution US
/ 7.01, 7.02
  • Effects of the Industrial Revolution US
/ 4.02, 7.03
  • Competition & imperialism US
/ 3.01, 4.02, 5.01
  • Far East reaction to Imperialism
/ 4.05
  • German and Italian Unification
/ 4.03
Flex:
Total:

2nd Semester

UNITS / NC SCOS
Objectives / Year-long / Block
XII. Global Conflict / 8 days
  • Causes of WWI US
/ 5.01
  • The Great War US
/ 5.01
  • Versailles & the Global Depression US
/ 5.02
  • Russian revolution US
/ 4.04
  • The rise of dictators US
/ 5.02, 5.03
  • WWII US
/ 5.03
  • The Holocaust US
/ 6.01, 6.02, 8.04
XIII. The Cold War & Colonial Independence / 5 days
  • Soviet and Chinese Communism US
/ 6.04, 6.05, 8.05
  • The Cold War US
/ 5.04
  • Gandhi, Indian Independence and Partition
/ 3.01, 4.05, 6.02
  • African Independence
/ 3.07, 4.05, 6.02
XIV. Contemporary Issues / 3 days
  • Globalization CE, US
/ 6.04, 6.05
  • The United Nations CE, US
/ 5.05
  • Religious tensions CE, US
/ 6.06, 8.04
  • Ethnic tensions CE, US
/ 6.02, 8.04
  • Energy and Ecological Issues CE, US
/ 6.05, 7.03, 8.05
Course reflection / 1.05, 8.04 / 6 days / 3 days
End of Second Semester
June 9th 2011
Total: / 46 days

Mr. Plummer

GlennHigh School

Adapted from the WSFCS World History Pacing Guide

Fall 2010