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HST104: Honors World History
In this challenging survey of world history from prehistoric to modern times, students focus in depth on the developments
and events that have shaped civilization across time. The course is organized chronologically and, within broad eras, regionally.
Lessons address developments in religion, philosophy, the arts, science and technology, and political history. The course
also introduces geography concepts and skills within the context of the historical narrative. Online lessons and assessments
complement World History: Our Human Story, a textbook written and published by K¹². Students are challenged to consider
topics in depth as they analyze primary sources and maps, create timelines, and complete other projects—practicing advanced
historical thinking and writing skills as they explore the broad themes and big ideas of human history. Students complete an
independent honors project each semester.
Course Length: Two semesters
Materials: World History: Our Human Story
Prerequisites: K12 middle school American History Since 1865, World History A or World History B, or equivalent
SEMESTER ONE
Unit 1: Civilization Begins, Prehistory-1000BC
Students explore the human story before written language. They discover how the earliest people lived and why the
discovery of farming allowed them to settle down. They see why towns grew into cities and the ways human communities
grappled with difficult questions. Who would perform important tasks, like growing crops and building canals? Who would
be in charge? How should society organize itself? And how will people remember their own history? The answers, as well as
brand-new questions, arose with the world’s first civilizations.
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Semester Introduction
Finding Our Past
Settling Down
The First Civilization
The Gift of the Nile
Civilization on the Nile
Early Civilizations in India and China
Looking at Civilizations
The First Empires
Egypt Builds an Empire
Expanding Empires
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Mediterranean Traders
The Hebrews and Early Judaism
South Asia and Hinduism
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Students explore the impact of mighty empires and small kingdoms that traded goods and spread culture and new ideas.
They see the impact of migrations on humans’ thinking about their place in the universe as the Hebrews, founders of Judaism,
followed the Fertile Crescent to Canaan and Aryans settled in northern India and introduced the ideas that became Hinduism.
Centuries later, India saw the rise of Buddhism, and in China, a great teacher named Confucius introduced a philosophy that
has shaped the lives of millions. The classical eras in India and China set enduring artistic standards.
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Unit 2: Civilizations Flourish, 1100 BC-AD 300
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The Birth of Buddhism
India’s Golden Age
The Hebrews and Early Judaism 1
The Hebrews and Early Judaism 2
South Asia and Hinduism
Unit 3: The Western Classical World, 800 BC-AD 500
Students learn about two civilizations on the northern Mediterranean Sea that shaped the Western world. The Greeks’ impact on
arts, sciences, and democracy is still evident. Greek achievements inspired the Romans, who reached new heights in engineering
and created the framework for representative government. Students look at the early years of the Roman Empire when a new
religion emerged in a distant eastern outpost of Rome’s vast territory. Eventually embraced by Rome, the faith based on the
teachings of Jesus would long survive the empire. The legacies of classical Greece and Rome remain strong today.
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Greek Beginnings
Rival City-States
War, Glory, and Decline
Greek Art and Literature
Lovers of Wisdom
Alexander the Great
The Roman Republic
Rome’s Expansion and Crisis
From Republic to Empire
Roman Society and Culture
The Rise of Christianity
The Roman Empire Crumbles
Unit 4: Regional Civilizations and Cultures I, 300-1400
Students explore the regional societies that flourished in this era in Africa and the Americas. They see the splendor of the
Byzantine Empire and its influence on a rising Russia. They follow the founding and spread of Islam and the civilization that
developed around the new religion in Southwest Asia and beyond.
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North African Societies
South of the Sahara
Societies in the Americas
The Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Civilization
Russia Rises
The Rise of Islam
The Spread of Islam
Muslim Culture and Life
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Scope and sequence for the remaining units coming soon