Goals:
1. Students will be able to name and describe the forces that shape people, their culture, and their society.
2. Students will be able to compare and contrast civilizations, societies, and peoples from around the world.
3. Students will be able to name the forces that cause societal change.
4. Students will be able to describe the history of Western Civilization from the Roman Empire to the expansion of the European colonial powers.
5. Students will be able to state the importance of the Catholic Church in Western civilization and its continuing role as European countries explored and colonized the world.
Units:
August: Writing for History
September: The Roman Empire
October: Medieval Japan
November: Medieval China
December: Pre-Colombian Empires
January: Islam
February: African Empires
March-April: Medieval Europe
June: Enlightenment/Exploration
If Time: The Modern Era
Knowledge Tests
1st Trimester: South American Capitals
2nd Trimester: North American Capitals
Country Reports
3rd Trimester: Oceanic Capitals
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7.1 Students analyze the causes and effects of the vast expansion and ultimate disintegration of the Roman Empire.
7.2 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Islam in the Middle Ages.
7.3 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of China in the Middle Ages.
7.4 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the sub-Saharan civilizations of Ghana and Mali in Medieval Africa.
7.5 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Japan.
7.6 Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe.
7.7 Students compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the Meso-American and Andean civilizations.
7.8 Students analyze the origins, accomplishments, and geographic diffusion of the Renaissance.
7.9 Students analyze the historical developments of the Reformation.
7.10 Students analyze the historical developments of the Scientific Revolution and its lasting effect on religious, political, and cultural institutions.
7.11 Students analyze political and economic change in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries (the Age of Exploration, the Enlightenment, and the Age of Reason).