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AMDG World History One Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions Course Wide Enduring Understandings Unit Enduring Understanding One Two Three Four Five The study of early human remains and artifacts helps in understanding our place in human history. The seeds of much of our cultural heritage were planted during this time period. The rights and duties of feudal relationships helped shape today’s forms of representative government. Throughout the centuries, religion has guided the beliefs and actions of millions around the globe. It has brought people together and torn them apart. The abuse of power led to revolutions that would inspire the call for democratic governments throughout the world. Unit Essential Questions One How did sedentary living contribute to the rise of civilization and cultural interaction? How did the factors of government, geography and migration contribute to creating a Classical civilization? How did the feudal system shape todays various forms of government? Why did previously separated cultures meet and exchange religious and political ideas between 500-­‐1500? How did people seek to build their own nations and create new forms of government? Two Three Four Five World History
Unit One: Beginnings of Civilization
Enduring Understandings
“Students will understand
that…”
1. Humans migrated
throughout much of the
world and began to
develop tools, art,
agriculture and cities.
2. Civilizations emerged
and developed on fertile
river plains in
Mesopotamia, Egypt, the
Indus Valley and China.
3. Migrations by IndoEuropeans led to major
changes in trade and
language as well as to
the foundations of three
religions: Hinduism,
Buddhism and Judaism.
4. The first large
empires developed in
Africa and Asia between
1570 BCE and 200
BCE.
Essential Questions
Knowledge Expectations
Skill Expectations
“Students will explore…”
“Students will know…”
“Students will be able to…”
1. Understand that the
earliest humans
originated in Africa and
spread across
the globe
1. List technological and
artistic achievements of
the Paleolithic Age.
1. How did the
development of
agriculture cause an
increase in population
and the growth of a
settled way of life?
2. How did the early
river valley civilizations
develop from small
farming villages into
civilizations with laws,
centralized governments,
writing systems and
advanced technologies?
3. How did the early
religions form and shape
early human
civilizations?
2. Trace the
development of
agriculture and evaluate
its effects on human
societies
3. Examine how
economic and social
changes led to the rise of
civilizations
4. How do civilizations
turn into empires?
4. Examine how
civilizations emerged
and developed on fertile
river plains in
Mesopotamia, Egypt, the
Indus Valley and China.
5. How did migration
5. Trace the migrations
Assessments
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reading quizzes, student
presentations, group
2. Describe the Neolithic activities, class
Revolution and the
discussions, reflection
effects.
exercises
3. Explain the growth of
villages.
4. Describe how the
earliest civilization in
Asia arose in
Mesopotamia, organized
into city-states and
developed into the
world’s first empire.
5. Describe
characteristics and
accomplishments of the
first Indian civilization.
6. Analyze ancient
and trade networks carry
new ideas, languages
and cultures throughout
the Mediterranean and
South Asia?
of Indo-Europeans and
examine how these
migrations led to major
changes in trade,
language and set
foundations for three
religions: Hinduism,
Buddhism and Judaism.
6. Understand the
development,
similarities and
differences of the first
large empires in Africa
and Asia.
Egypt’s geography,
political structure,
religion, technology and
culture.
7. Explain how the
Shang and Zhou
dynasties affected
Chinese civilization and
culture.
8. Trace the impact of
Indo-Europeans.
9. Analyze how
Hinduism and Buddhism
changed over time.
10. Analyze how two
empires along the Nile
forged commercial,
cultural and political
connections.
11. Analyze how
Assyria developed a
strong military and a
well-organized
administration.
12. Describe how the
Persians established a
well-ordered empire that
lasted for 200 years.
13. Explain three
Chinese ethical systems
and describe the
building of the Great
Wall.
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Unit 2
Enduring
Understandings
Essential Questions
Knowledge Expectations
Skill Expectations
“Students will understand
that…”
“Students will explore…”
“Students will know…”
“Students will be able to…”
The history and culture of
classical Greece has had a
significant impact on the
modern world.
The roots of Greek culture
are based on interaction of
the Mycenaean, Minoan,
and Dorian cultures.
The ways geography and
climate shaped Greek life.
The rise and development
of Mycenaean civilization.
How Homer and Greek
myths contributed to early
Greek culture.
Explain how Greek culture
is based on Mycenaean
Minoan and Dorian
cultures.
Trace the development of
several political systems,
including democracy.
Describe the lasting
standards in art, politics,
literature, and philosophy
that
were set during Greece's
golden age.
Describe the empire built
by Philip and Alexander
and its impact on future
Cultures.
Identify the achievements
of Hellenistic culture in
science, technology,
philosophy, and art.
Assessments
Unit tests, chapter tests,
quizzes, group work,
student presentations,
student projects.
Chapter 6
The Roman Empire and
the spread of Christianity
had lasting impacts on
government, economics,
technology, the arts,
philosophy, and culture.
The rise and fall of the
Roman Empire, and
analyze its impact on
culture, government, and
religion.
How geography influenced
Rome’s development.
The main institutions of the
Roman Republic
That the Punic Wars
helped increase Roman
power.
Describe the formation of
the Roman Republic and
the spread of influence
Explain the collapse of the
Roman Republic and the
growth and influence of
the Roman Empire. Trace
the life of Jesus and the
spread of Christianity
through out the Roman
Empire.
Describe the internal
problems and invasions
that plagued the Roman
Empire.
Analyze the legacy of
Greco-Roman civilization.
Unit tests, chapter tests,
quizzes, group work,
student presentations,
student projects.
Chapter 7
India and China
established powerful
empires and developed
strong, vibrant cultures.
The establishment and
development of empires in
India and China
The rise and fall of India’s
first unified kingdom.
Events in India’s three
regions after the fall of the
Mauryan Empire.
The rise of the Gupta
Empire.
Describe the Mauryan and
Gupta Empires and
analyze their failure to
unify India permanently.
Trace the evolution and
spread of Indian religions,
culture, and science.
Describe the rise of the
Han Dynasty and the
influence of Han rule on
government, technology,
commerce, and culture.
Unit tests, chapter tests,
quizzes, group work,
student presentations,
student projects.
UNIT THREE: AGE OF EXCHANGE AND
ENCOUNTER
WORLD HISTORY I
Enduring Understandings
“Students will understand
that…”
Essential Questions
Knowledge Expectations
Skill Expectations
“Students will explore…”
“Students will know…”
“Students will be able to…”
Ch10. During this time
Islam spread throughout
Southwest and Central
Asia and into parts of
Africa and Europe.
Tolerance of other
cultures and a focus on
learning helped Muslim
leaders create a huge
empire.
1. How Muhammad
unified the Arab people
through religion.
1. To describe how
Muhammad’s successors
spread Islam and how
rivalries split Islam.
1. Summarize Abbasid
society, Muslim
accomplishments in art
and science and Muslim
attitudes toward
philosophy and religion.
Ch12. Several
kingdoms and empires
arose in East Asia during
this period, leading to
the spread of religions,
culture, trade and
technological advances.
Ch 12. Describe the
achievements of the
Tang and Song Dynasty.
Ch 12. Describe the
early history and culture
of Tang and Song,
Japanese, Mongol
empire
Ch. 12 Evaluate the
effect geography and
religion had on the
southeast Asian
kingdoms.
Ch13. Summarize the
invasions of Western
Europe, the structure of
feudalism and the
purpose of the manor
system.
Explain knighthood, the
code of chivalry and the
roles and status of
Ch13. Describe the
Church’s structure and
influence and its
relationship with the
Holy Roman Empire.
Summarize the impact
of Pax Mongolica
Explain the rise and
decline of Mongol
Empire.
Ch.13 During the
European Middle Ages
Charlemagne united
Germanic kingdoms, the
feudal system emerged,
and the Church strongly
influenced people.
Ch14. Europeans
embarked on Crusades,
Ch 13. Describe the
Germanic invasions,
spread of Christianity
amongst Germanic
peoples and
Charlemagne’s empire
Ch 14. Describe
reforms in the Church,
Ch14. Describe the
plague and Hundred
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quizzes, blog posts,
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understandings, imovie,
debate.
developed new
commercial and political
systems, and suffered
through Bubonic
Plagues and Hundred
Years War.
Ch8. African cultures
adapted to harsh
environments, spread
through major
migrations and
established powerful
kingdoms.
Ch 15. Several empires
developed in North
Africa, West Africa and
Southern Africa.
Gothic architecture, and
the causes and effects of
the Crusades.
Trace new developments
in medieval society and
explain how these
changes led to the
decline of feudal system.
Ch8. Describe how
African peoples adapted
to various environments
and developed complex
societies.
Ch15. Describe hunting
and gathering and
stateless societies and
the development of
Muslim states in North
Africa.
medieval women.
Ch 14. Analyze how
democratic traditions
took shape in England
and France.
Years’ War and the short
and long-term effects
they had on Europe.
Ch8.Explain the causes
and effects of human
migration and the
changes caused by the
Bantu migration into
southern Africa.
Ch8. Explain how
Aksum became and
international trading
power and describe how
it’s culture developed.
Ch15. Explain how the
Ghana, Mali and
Songhai empires
developed in West
Africa
Ch 15. Analyze the
influence of east coast
trade trade cities and
Islam in East Africa and
the development of
Zimbabwe and the
Mutapa Empire.
Evaluate the 5 Key
Traits of civilization in
Africa.
Unit:
World History
Unit Four: Connecting Hemispheres
Enduring Understandings
“Students will understand
that…”
1. Two great European
movements, the
Renaissance and the
Reformation, ushered in
cultural and social
changes.
2. Three great Muslim
empires rose and fell
between 1300 and 1700.
Essential Questions
Knowledge Expectations
Skill Expectations
“Students will explore…”
“Students will know…”
“Students will be able to…”
1. The new ideas and
values that led to the
Renaissance and the
Reformation.
2. The causes of the rise
and decline of Muslim
empires between 1300
and 1700.
3. The era of European
3. Europeans explored
and Chinese exploration
far away lands and the
and the events that
Japanese and Chinese
caused Japan and China
isolated themselves from to withdraw into
Europeans.
isolation.
4. Europeans explored
and colonized the
Americas, which
strongly affected both
the Eastern and Western
hemispheres.
Chapter 17
1. The conditions in
Italy that gave
rise to the
Renaissance.
2. The values and
ideas prized
during the
Renaissance.
3. The artistic
breakthroughs
and
achievements of
Renaissance
artists.
4. Influential literary
works and
techniques of
Renaissance and
Reformation
writers.
Chapter 18
Chapter 17
1. Explain the
origins and
innovations of
the early
Renaissance
2. Trace the spread
of Renaissance
ideas to
Germany,
Flanders,
Holland, and
England.
3. Analyze causes
and effects of the
Protestant
Reformation.
4. Describe further
changes in
Protestantism
and the Catholic
Reformation.
Assessments
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presentation, unit exams,
reading quizzes, student
presentations, group
activities, class
discussions, reflection
exercises
1. The Ottoman
Empire’s origins.
2. The expansion of
Ottoman power.
3. The achievements
under Suleyman
the Lawgiver.
4. The empire’s slow
decline.
Chapter 19
1. What led to
European
exploration.
2. The steps in
Portugal’s
discovery of a
sea route to Asia.
3. The rivalry
between Spain
and Portugal and
how the pope
tried to resolve it.
4. Which nations
set up trading
empires in
eastern Asia.
Chapter 20
Chapter 18
1. Trace the origins,
growth, and
decline of the
Ottoman Empire
2. Analyze how
cultural blending
resulted in new
cultures and how
the Safavid
Empire
developed
3. Analyze the rise
and decline of
the Mughal
Empire and the
achievements of
Akbar.
Chapter 19
1. Analyze
European
exploration of
the East, the
rivalry between
Spain and
Portugal, and the
trading empires
in the Indian
1. The voyages of
Columbus and
his
contemporaries.
2. The Spanish
conquests of the
Aztecs and the
Inca.
3. The effects of
Spanish
colonization on
the Americas.
4. The level of
resistance to
Spanish rule by
indigenous
people.
Ocean
2. Describe the
Ming and Qing
dynasties, their
effects on foreign
countries, and
what life was
like in China
during this time.
3. Describe
feudalism in
Japan, life in
Tokugawa Japan,
and contact
between Europe
and Japan in the
16th century.
Chapter 20
1. Analyze the
voyages of
Columbus and
other Spanish
explorers and the
Spanish
colonization of
the Americas.
2. Describe the
colonial
activities of
Europeans in
North America
3. Explain the
Atlantic slave
trade and the life
of enslaved
Africans in the
colonies
4. Describe the
Columbian
Exchange, global
trade, and
mercantilism.
WORLD HISTORY 1
Unit 5: Absolutism to Revolution, 1500-1900
Course Title
Enduring Understandings
“Students will understand
that…”
Essential Questions
Knowledge Expectations
Skill Expectations
“Students will explore…”
“Students will know…”
“Students will be able to…”
Assessments
Chapter 21: Both absolute
and constitutional monarchies
developed in Europe from
1500 until 1800.
Unit 5: How new ideas in
science, philosophy, religion,
economics, and politics led to
revolutions around the world.
Chapter 22: Events occurred
that led Enlightenment
scientists and thinkers to
question old ideas and to
revolutionize the arts,
religion, government, and
society.
Chapter 21: How several
countries in Europe came
under the control of absolute
monarchs, while Parliament
challenged the monarch's
authority in Great Britain.
Chapter 23: It is possible to
analyze the French
Revolution, the rise and fall
of Napoleon, and the
Congress of Vienna.
Chapter 24: They can
examine the great shifts in
thinking that altered politics
and the arts during the period
1789–1900.
Chapter 25: Key events of
the industrial revolution can
be traced and analyzed as to
how they affected economics
and politics.
Chapter 26:
Democratic ideals and
industrial and scientific
progress spread in the 19th
century.
Chapter 22: How
Enlightenment scientists and
thinkers challenged old ideas
and revolutionized science,
the arts, government, and
religion.
Chapter 23: How the French
Revolution established a new
political order, Napoleon
Bonaparte forged
and lost an empire, and the
Congress of Vienna created a
balance of power in Europe.
Chapter 24: How, inspired by
Enlightenment ideas,
nationalist revolutions swept
through Latin America
and Europe.
Chapter 25: How the
Industrial Revolution began
in Britain, spread to other
countries, and had a
strong impact on economics,
politics, and society.
Chapter 26: How democratic
Chapter 21:
1. The extent of Spanish
power under Philip II.
2. The major figures from the
Golden Age of Spanish art
and literature.
3. How the Netherlands were
created.
4. The origins of absolute
monarchy.
Chapter 22:
1. The circumstances that led
to the Scientific Revolution.
2. How the heliocentric
theory developed.
3. How to describe the
scientific method and how to
explain Newton’s law of
gravity.
4. The importance of the
scientific method in different
fields.
Chapter 23:
1. The three estates of the
Old Regime.
2. The factors that led to the
French Revolution.
3. How the National
Assembly was created and
why the storming of the
Bastille was significant.
4. Why the Great Fear and
the women’s march on
Versailles were important.
Chapter 24:
1. The elements of colonial
society that caused unrest in
Latin America.
Chapter 21:
1. Describe Spain's empire
and the growth of absolute
monarchy in Europe.
2. Describe the reign of Louis
XIV and the power struggles
in Europe.
3. Summarize the Thirty
Years' War and the formation
of central European
states.
4. Describe the Russian state
and the rule of Peter the
Great.
5. Explain the conflicts that
led to changes to the English
political system.
Chapter 22:
1. Explain the development
of the Scientific Revolution
and the impact of the
scientific method on different
fields of study.
2. Analyze the ideas of
Enlightenment philosophers
and the impact of these
ideas.
3. Trace the spread and
impact of Enlightenment
ideas throughout Europe.
4. Describe the events that
led to the American
Revolution and the influence
of
Enlightenment ideas on
American government.
Chapter 23:
1. Describe the factors that
led to the French Revolution.
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ideals had a strong impact on
Europe and its colonies, while
technology and science
changed communication and
daily life.
2. How Haiti won
independence.
3. The significance of
Bolívar, San Martín, Native
Americans, and mestizos in
liberation movements.
4. The circumstances of
Brazil’s peaceful liberation.
Chapter 25:
1. How industrialization in
Britain began.
2. The key inventions that
furthered the Industrial
Revolution.
3. The improvements in
transportation that
contributed to the Industrial
Revolution.
4. The significance of
railroads on British industry.
Chapter 26:
1. How British democracy
evolved in the 19th century.
2. The origin and goals of the
woman suffrage movement.
3. How democratic
institutions in France
developed in the 19th century.
2. Summarize the political
reforms in France and to
describe the Reign of Terror.
3. Trace Napoleon's rise to
power.
4. Explain the collapse of
Napoleon's empire.
5. Describe the influence of
the Congress of Vienna.
Chapter 24:
1. Describe colonial society
in Latin America and explain
how the peoples of
Latin America won their
independence.
2. Explain the three schools
of political thought and trace
the spread of nationalist
movements throughout
Europe.
3. Summarize how
nationalism led to the
weakening of several empires
and the unification of Italy
and Germany.
4. Analyze romanticism,
realism, and impressionism in
the arts.
Chapter 25:
1. Describe the key
inventions and improvements
of the Industrial Revolution.
2. Analyze the impact of
industrialization on society.
3. Trace the spread of
industrialization through
Europe and the United States.
4. List the economic, social,
and political reforms that
arose from the Industrial
Revolution.
Chapter 26:
1. Describe democracy in
Britain and France and the
development of the women’s
suffrage movement.
2. Summarize technological
and scientific progress made
in the late 1800s.