WH 9 Course Description
Course Description:
World History for ninth grade is a one semester long class that is the first of three semesters of world history a student will take. Initially the class focuses on developing map reading skills and geography. Next students examine various world religions as they relate to the cultural roots of different civilizations. In an review of Western Civilization (pre-1450) students learn about the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, Feudalism, the Crusades, and Bubonic Plague. The class will take a deeper look at the time period from 1450-1750 examining topics such as the Renaissance, Exploration of the Americas by Europeans, Expansionist Asian Empires, and European Monarchies.
Thematically the course focuses on the expansion of empires and cultural encounters. The Classroom Based Assessment (CBA) for this course is focused on Colombian Exchange and the encounters between European Empires and Indigenous Central and South American Empires . Achieving standard on the CBA is a requirement to pass this course. The sophomore World History course picks up at 1750 where this course leaves off.
Standards Covered:
-1.2.3 Evaluates the impact of various forms of government on people in the past or present.
-1.3.1 Analyzes the relationships and tensions between national interests and international issues in the world in the past or present.
-2.1.1 Analyzes how the costs and benefits of economic choices have shaped events in the world in the past or present.
-2.3.1 Analyzes the costs and benefits of government trade policies from around the world in the past or present.
-3.1.2 Identifies major world regions and understands their cultural roots.
-3.2.1 Analyzes and evaluates human interaction with the environment across the world in the past or present.
-3.2.2 Understands and analyzes examples of ethnocentrism.
-3.2.3 Understands the causes and effects of voluntary and involuntary migration in the world in the past or present.
-3.3.1 Understands how the geography of expansion and encounter has shaped global politics and economics in the past or present.
-4.1.1 Analyzes change and continuity within a historical time period.
-4.1.2 Understands how the following themes and developments help to define eras in world history: Global expansion and encounter (1450-1750).
-4.2.1 Analyzes how individuals and movements have shaped world history (1450—present).
-4.2.2 Analyzes how cultures and cultural groups have shaped world history (1450—present).
-4.2.3 Analyzes and evaluates how technology and ideas have shaped world history (1450—present).
-4.3.1 Analyzes and interprets historical materials from a variety of perspectives in world history (1450—present).
-4.3.2 Analyzes the multiple causal factors of conflicts in world history (1450—present).
-4.4.1 Analyzes how an understanding of world history can help us prevent problems today.
-5.1.1 Analyzes consequences of positions on an issue or event.
-5.3.1 Evaluates one's own viewpoint and the viewpoints of others in the context of a discussion.
-5.4.1 Evaluates multiple reasons or factors to develop a position paper or presentation.
-5.4.2 Creates strategies to avoid plagiarism and respects intellectual property when developing a paper or presentation.