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Western Civ
Curriculum Map
2012-2013 school year
August:
Unit One—Origins of Civilization
1. The Paleolithic era
2. The Agricultural revolution
3. The Emergence of River Valley Civilizations
September
Unit one continued—
1. The development of Mesopotamian culture
2. The Growth and development of Egyptian culture
3. Contributions of Egyptian and Mesopotamian cultures to subsequent cultures
4. The development of Judaism as a religious and intellectual system of thought
5. The dissemination of Judaic culture throughout the middle east
Unit 2—Archaic Greece
1. Geographic characteristics of the Greek peninsula
2. The growth and emergence of Minoan culture
October:
Unit 2 continued:
1. The growth of Mycenean culture
2. The Greek dark ages
3. The emergence of the polis—Athens and Sparta
4. The emergence of Greek science and philosophy (6th century Greece)
5. The Development of Athenian democracy
November:
Unit 3—Classical Greece:
1. The Persian Wars
2. Sociocultural development in Athens during the Greek golden age
December:
Unit 3 Continued—Classical Greece
1. The development of Greek Drama
2. The Growth of Athenian political and economic influence after the Persian wars
3. The impact of Athens’ political and economic influence after the Persian wars
January:
Unit 4—The transition from Hellenic to Hellenistic Greece
1. The peloponniesian wars—Causes and Course
2. The consequences of the Peloponnesian war
3. The contributions of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle to western intellectual thinking
4. The emergence of Alexander the Great
February:
Unit 4 continued—The transition from Hellenic to Hellenistic Greece
1. The military conquests of Alexander the Great
2. The political division of the Hellenistic world after Alexander the Great
3. Hellenistic contributions to Western science and intellectual traditions
Unit 5—The Rise of Roman rule
1. The Geography of the Roman peninsula
2. The contributions of the Etruscans and the Latins on Roman development
3. The origins of the Roman Republic
March:
Unit 5 Continued—
1. The operation of the Roman republic
2. The Punic wars—cause, course, and consequences
3. Attempts at Social reform—the Brothers Gracchi
4. The reconfiguration of the Roman Army
April:
Unit 5 Continued
1. The factors that led to the end of the Roman Republic
2. The Reign of Caesar Augustus
Unit 6—Consolidation and bifurcation of Roman Rule
1. The Julio-claudian and Flavian dynasties
2. The Pax Romana
May:
Unit 6—Consolidation and bifurcation of Roman rule
1. The emergence and spread of Christianity in Rome
2. The Political disintegration of the western portion of the Roman empire
3. What is Rome (the legacy of this great civilization)