World History and Civilization Curriculum

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Course Description

This two-semester course emphasizes key events and developments in the past that influenced people and places in subsequent eras. Students are expected to practice skills and processes of historical thinking and inquiry that involve chronological thinking, comprehension, analysis and interpretation, research, issues-analysis, and decision-making. They examine the key concepts of continuity and change, universality and particularity, and unity and diversity among various peoples and cultures from the past to the present.

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Course Objectives

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  • Develop skills and processes of historical thinking and inquiry that involve chronological thinking, comprehension, analysis, interpretation, research, issues-analysis, and decision-making
  • Analyze key events and developments that happened in the past and the influence those events and developments have today
  • Examine the key concepts of continuity and change, universality and particularity, and unity and diversity among various peoples and cultures from the past to the present

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Essential Questions

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  1. Why is it important to study history?
  2. How did human society begin?
  3. How did the earliest civilizations develop and why are they important?
  4. What is the legacy of the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome?
  5. Where did the major empires of the world develop? What is the impact of these empires?
  6. What is the relationship between the development of Europe and the rise of Western Civilization?
  7. Why is Western Civilization important to us at the present time?
  8. Why were the Renaissance and Reformation in Europe important to the legacy of Western Civilization?
  9. What led to European exploration, conquest and colonization?
  10. How did the scientific, political, and industrial revolutions influence the world?
  11. What were / are the pros and cons of worldwide imperialism?
  12. What is currently going on in our world? What can we learn from the history of our world and our present situations that can prepare us for the future?

Indiana State Standards

desired results

  • Students will examine the lives of the hunting and gathering people of the ancient world during the beginnings of human society.
  • Students will examine the characteristics of early civilizations, including those of Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Indus River Valley, and China from 4000 to 1000 B.C.E.
  • Students will examine the antecedents, origins, development, and achievements of the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome from 2000 B.C.E. to 500 C.E.
  • Students will trace the development of major civilizations, states, and empires in different regions of Asia, Africa, and the Americas from 1000 B.C.E. to 1500 C.E.
  • Students will examine the political, economic, social, and cultural development of Europe, which influenced the rise of Western Civilization from 500 to 1500.
  • Students will examine the antecedents, events, outcomes, and legacies for Western Civilization of the Renaissance and Reformation from 1250 to 1650.
  • Students will examine the antecedents, events, outcomes, and legacies for Western Civilization of the Renaissance and Reformation from 1250 to 1650.
  • Students will examine the causes, events, and global consequences of the scientific, political, and industrial revolutions that originated in Western Europe and profoundly influenced the world from 1500 to 1900.
  • Students will examine the origins, major events, and consequences of worldwide imperialism from 1750 to 1900.
  • Students will analyze and explain twentieth-century trends and events of global significance, such as world wars, international controversies and challenges, and cross-cultural changes that have connected once-separated regions into an incipient global community.
  • Students will conduct historical research that includes forming research questions, developing a thesis, investigating a variety of primary and secondary sources and presenting their findings with documentation.

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key terms and concepts

  • Key terms from each chapter focusing on government, culture, and regional vocabulary
  • Understand the concepts of continuity and change
  • Understand the concepts of universality and particularity
  • Understand the concepts of unity and diversity among various peoples and cultures from the past to the present

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applications of technology

  • Power Point Projects
  • Web Quests
  • Historical / Educational Web Sites
  • Virtual Field Trips
  • Safari Montage
  • World Music

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Units of Instruction (State Standards)

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  1. Standard 1 — Beginnings of Human Society
  2. Standard 2 — Early Civilizations: 4000 to 1000 B.C.E.
  3. Standard 3 — Classical Civilizations of Greece and Rome: 2000 B.C.E. to 500 C.E.
  4. Standard 4 — Major Civilizations, States, and Empires in Asia, Africa, and the Americas: 1000 B.C.E. to 1500 C.E
  5. Standard 5 — Medieval Europe and the Rise of Western Civilization: 500 to 1500
  6. Standard 6 — The Renaissance and Reformation in Europe and the Development of Western Civilization: 1250 to 1650
  7. Standard 7 — Worldwide Exploration, Conquest, and Colonization: 1450 to 1750
  8. Standard 8 — Scientific, Political, and Industrial Revolutions: 1500 to 1900
  9. Standard 9 — Global Imperialism: 1750 to 1900
  10. Standard 10 — An Era of Global Conflicts, Challenges, Controversies, and Changes: 1900 to the Present
  11. Standard 11 — Historical Research

Course Assessments

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  • Chapter Test
  • Section Quiz
  • Notebook Organization
  • Class / Individual Projects
  • Class / Individual Presentations
  • Discussion / Cooperative Learning Groups
  • Reflection Journals

Timeline

Week 1- World History Introduction. 1st Grading Period Focus: Civilizations. Begin Chapter 1.

WH.1.1-4

Week 2- Complete Chapter 1 WH.1-4. Application of Standards: Archeological Dig

Week 3- Chapter 2: Early River Valley Civilizations Standard WH.2.1-5. Focus: Mesopotamia

Week 4- Chapter 2: Early River Valley Civilizations Standard WH.2.1-5. Focus: Nile and Indus

Week 5- Chapter 2: Early River Valley Civilizations Standard WH.2.1-5. Focus: China (Test)

Week 6- Chapter 5: Classical Greece Standard WH.3.1-6 Activities across the curriculum: Greek

Sculpture

Week 7- Chapter 5: Classical Greece Standard WH.3.1-6 Test

Week 8- Begin Civilization Project: Assessing Standards WH.1,2,3

Week 9- Present Civilization Project: Assessing Standards WH.1,2,3

Week 10- 2nd Grading Period Focus: The Age of Empires. Chapter 6 Ancient Rome and Early

Christianity WH.3.7-12

Week 11- Chapter 6 Ancient Rome and Early Christianity WH.3.7-12 Test

Week 12- Unit: Empires of the Eastern World. WH.4.1-10. Chapter 3 Section 2 Roots of Hinduism

and Buddhism and Chapter 7 India and China Establish an Empire Focus: India (Quiz)

Week 13 -Chapter 7 India and China Establish an Empire /Chapter 12 Section 1 Empires in the East

Focus: China (Quiz)

Week 14 -Chapter 12 Empires of the East Focus: Mongol, Japan, Korea (Quiz)

Week 15 - Chapter 10 The Muslim World (Quiz)

Week 16 –Complete Eastern Empire Unit and Test

Week 17 – Chapter 8 African Civilizations and Empires WH.4.11-14 (Test)

Week 18 – Review and take Finals. Assessing Standards WH.1-WH.4

Week 19 – 3rd Grading Period Focus: European Encounters. Chapter 13 European Middle Ages

WH.5.1-7 (Test) Explanation of Research Paper WH.11

Week 20 – Chapter 14 The Formation of Western Europe WH.5.8-11 (Test)

Week 21 – Chapter 17 European Renaissance and Reformation WH.6.1-10 (Test)

Week 22 – Chapter 19 An Age of Exploration and Isolation and Chapter 20 The Atlantic World

WH.7.1-8

Week 23 – Chapter 19 An Age of Exploration and Isolation and Chapter 20 The Atlantic World

WH.7.1-8 (Test) Midterm Research Paper Check

Week 24 – Chapter 22 Enlightenment and Revolution WH.8.1-5 (Test)

Week 25 – Chapter 23 The French Revolution and Napoleon WH.8.5-6 (Test)

Week 26 – Chapter 25 The Industrial Revolution WH.8.8-10 (Test)

Week 27 – Paper Presentation over Standards WH.5 – WH.8

Week 28 – 4th Grading Period Focus: Global Conflicts. Chapter 27The Age of Imperialism WH.9.1-8

Week 29 – Chapter 28 Transformations Around the Globe WH.9.1-8 (Test)

Week 30 – Chapter 29 The Great War WH.10.1 (Test)

Week 31 – Chapter 30 Revolution and Nationalism and Chapter 31 Years of Crises WH.10.2-4

(Case Study Project)

Week 32 – Chapter 32 World War II WH.10.4-5 (Test)

Week 33 – Chapter 33 Reconstructing the Postwar World WH.10.6-7 (Test)

Week 34 – Chapter 34 The Colonies Become New Nations and Chapter 35 Struggles for Democracy

WH.10.8-12 (Case Study Project)

Week 35 – Chapter 36 Global Interdependence (Current Event Topic Activity)

Week 36 – Review and Take Final. Assessing Standards WH.5- WH.10

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Course Materials: Major Texts, Principal Materials and Films

Key Texts:

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Semester One

World History: Patterns of Interaction
Semester Two

World History: Patterns of Interaction

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Supplementary Materials:

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Semester One

The Odyssey

The Iliad

Hammurabi’s Code

Semester Two

The Plague

The Canterbury Tales

Seven Theories of Human Nature

All Quiet on the Western Front

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*Parents should contact the teacher or department chair to discuss concerns with texts. If required, the teacher will provide a substitute text of comparable length that approximates the stated academic purpose. Selected essays, short stories, poems and articles will be used to teachers to augment major units.

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Commercial Films/Videos:*

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Teachers may select from the following:

Semester One

Safari Montage Video

Clips from the movie Gladiator

History Channel: King Tut

History Channel: The Great Wall

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Semester Two

Safari Montage Video

History Channel: Curse of the Black Death

Clips from History Channel: Kingdoms of Europe

Clips from the movie Gandhi

Episodes from The Remarkable 20th Century

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Other Films/Videos *

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Semester One

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*A parent may excuse his/her child from the viewing of a commercial film/video. The parent should contact the teacher or Department Chair to discuss his/her concerns. The teacher will provide any excused student an alternative assignment of comparable length that is relevant to the stated academic purpose.

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