This ninth grade course will concentrate on the history of the modern world, both non-Western and Western, from 1200 CE through the Industrial Revolution. Topics will include foreign policy, political systems, social and cultural change, and economic trends.

Units of study include:

• Major World Religions

• Asian, African, and European Civilizations and Trade

• Renaissance, Reformation, and Scientific Revolution

• New Global Connections

• Absolutism and Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution