World History A
Course Description
Students in World History explain the rise of human civilization, trace how natural resources and technological advances have shaped human civilization, build an understanding of the cultural and social development of human civilization, and identify the role of religion in the development of human civilization.
Ancient History
Learn this: I will learn about ancient civilizations beginning with their development and height of civilization achievement.
Do this: I will create a project that shows that I know:
Trace the evolution of hunting-gathering, agrarian, industrial, and technological economic systems.
Discuss how religion influenced social behavior and created social order.
Find examples of how writing, art, architecture, mathematics, and science have evolved in civilizations over time.
Identify the technological advances developed by Ancient or Greco Roman Civilizations.
Grow from: I will respond to teacher feedback.
Modern History
Learn this: I will learn about modern civilizations beginning with their development and height of civilization achievement.
Do this: I will create a project that shows that I know:
Describe how the structure of family changes in relation to socioeconomic conditions.
Describe why different religious beliefs were sources of conflict.
Explain how rapid growth of cities can lead to economic, social, and political problems.
Identify influential economic thinkers and the impact of their philosophies.
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Global Perspectives
Learn this: I will learn about multiple perspectives and global interdependence.
Do this: I will create a project that shows that I know:
Explain common reasons and consequences for the breakdown of order among nation-states, such as conflicts about national interests, ethnicity, and religion; competition for resources and territory
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Explain the global consequences of major conflicts in the 20th century, such as World War I; World War II and the Holocaust; and the Cold War.
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Geography
Learn this: I will learn about the role that geographical features play in the development of civilizations.
Do this: I will create a project that shows that I know:
Explain how man adapted the environment for civilization to develop.
Explain the relationship between religion and the people's understanding of the natural world.
Explain how geographical features facilitate how civilizations develop.
Grow from: I will respond to teacher feedback.