Reviewing Geography Skills
- Using maps and globes
- Working with latitude and longitude
Understanding the World
- What is history?
- Early people and cultures
- Studying the past using artifacts, ephemera, books & periodicals, maps, images, people, and electronic media
River Valley Civilizations
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Mesopotamia
- Ancient India
- Ancient China
New Ideas and Empires
- Ancient Greece
- Ancient Rome
- Ancient Arabia
- Ancient America
World Regions in Transition
- Cultures of Medieval Europe
- Empires and Cultures of Africa
- Empires and Cultures of Asia
- Empires and Cultures of the Americas
Dawn of the Modern World
- European Expansion
- Revolutions - French Revolution, American Revolution, Industrial Revolution
A Century of Conflict
- World War I
- Russian Revolution
- World War II
- Communism in China
- Cold War
New Nations
- Independence in Africa
- New Nations in the Middle East
- India's Struggle for Independence
- New Nations in Southeast Asia
Changing World
- Europe
- Changing Africa
- Changing Asia
- Changing America
Students will describe the achievements of each particular culture in the arts, government, science, literature, attitudes and beliefs.
They will demonstrate an understanding of the expansion and dominance of these cultures and the factors that led to their demise.
Students will identify the ideas and aspects of the culture that have influenced other cultures.
Students will identify the political, social and cultural characteristics of each of the regions in different parts of the world.
Current Events
Newspapers and periodicals will be used one day a week to make students aware of their world, how it affects them and how being educated about other people and cultures will make them better citizens of the world in the future.
