World History Unit 9

Big Idea:

Describe mercantilism, the change of power for monarchs, reasoning, and the continuation of spirit of inquiry

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

WH.20(A) [Readiness] explain the development of democratic‐republican government from the English Civil War and the Enlightenment

WH.20(B) [Supporting] identify the impact of political and legal ideas contained in the following documents: the English Bill of Rights

WH.27(D) [Supporting] describe the origins of the Scientific Revolution in 16th century Europe and explain its impact on scientific thinking worldwide

Focus TEKS

WH.1(E) [Supporting] identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following important turning points in world history from 1750 to 1914: the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment’s impact on political revolutions

WH.7(F) [Readiness] explain the impact of the Ottoman Empire on Eastern Europe and global trade

WH.8(A) [Readiness] explain how 17th and 18th century European scientific advancements led to the Industrial Revolution

WH.20(C) [Supporting] explain the political philosophies of individuals such as John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Voltaire, Charles de Montesquieu, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Jefferson, and William Blackstone

Ongoing TEKS

WH.16(A) [Supporting] locate places and regions of historical significance directly related to major eras and turning points in world history

WH.18(F) [Supporting] formulate generalizations on how economic freedom improved the human condition, based on students’ knowledge of the benefits of free enterprise in Europe’s Commercial Revolution

WH.19(B) [Readiness] identify the characteristics of the following political systems: absolute monarchy, democracy, republic, limited monarchy

WH.20(B) [Supporting] identify the impact of political and legal ideas contained in the following documents: the English Bill of Rights

WH.26(C) [Supporting] identify examples of art, music, and literature that transcend the cultures in which they were created and convey universal themes

WH.30(A) [Processing] use social studies terminology correctly

WH.30(B) [Processing] use standard grammar, spelling, sentence structure, and punctuation

Student Learning Targets:

• I will understand the competition among European powers for control of the global economy
• I will compare monarch structures, pre-colonization and post colonization
• I will identify the spirit of inquiry that stemmed from the Renaissance which led to the Scientific Revolution
• I will analyze how Enlightenment thinkers applied reason to create the basis for government documents

Essential Questions:

• How did the spirit of inquiry lead to revolutions?
• How did ideas from Enlightenment thinkers contribute and shape the newly formed democratic governments?
• How did the process of globalization create a unification of the world?
• How did the role of monarchs change?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: World History Texas - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Holt McDougal

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