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First Nine Weeks
1. Enduring
1. Essential Question: How do the laws established by the early Ottoman Empire influence
Understanding: Laws
our world today?
established by the early
Ottoman Empire continue
to influence our world
H.6.8.8
Investigate the influence of the Ottoman Empire
today.
2A. Essential Question: What were the political, economic, and social impacts of the
Renaissance on Western Europe?
Discuss societal changes resulting from pandemics (e.g., bubonic plague/Black
H.6.8.15
Death, small pox, tuberculosis, influenza, polio, HIV-AIDS)
E.9.8.1
Investigate functions of early banking systems (e.g., depository, usury, just price)
2B. Essential Question: Where did the centers of the Renaissance develop?
H.6.8.36
2. Enduring
Understanding: New
intellectual and artistic
Ideas that developed
during the Renaissance
marked the beginning of
the Modern World.
2C. Essential Question: What were the artistic, literary, and intellectual ideas of the
Renaissance?
G.2.8.1
Analyze the work of writers and artists as examples of cultural heritage from
communities around the world
Examine contributions of Renaissance writers and artists including, but not limited
to Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, da Vinci
Research the contributions of people of various racial, ethnic and religious
G.2.8.2
backgrounds (e.g., de Medici, Emperor Meiji, Matthew Perry, Saladin the Great)
2D. Essential Question: What new technologies have created opportunities and
challenges?
H.6.8.37
G.2.8.3
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Describe the development of the Renaissance
Examine cultures to determine the level of assimilation and cultural exchange
brought about by technological advances: printing press, telegraph, railroad, radio,
television, Internet
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3. Enduring
3. Essential Question: What were the changing cultural values that led to the problems and
Understanding: The
issues that resulted in religious reform in Western Christianity?
resistance to the
dominance of the
Examine Catholic Church policies that led to the Protestant Reformation (e.g., Great
H.6.8.3
Catholic Church led to
Schism, French papacy, indulgences, simony , lay investiture)
the Reformation, which
H.6.8.4
Investigate Protestant reformers: Martin Luther, Henry VIII, John Calvin
resulted in the birth of
new political and
H.6.8.5
Describe the Counter reformation (e.g., Jesuits, Council of Trent, Inquisition)
economic institutions.
4. Enduring
4. Essential Question: Who were the major contributors to the Scientific Revolution?
Understanding: The
Identify major contributors of the Scientific Revolution (e.g., Muhammad Alcontributions of the early
H.6.8.9
Khwarizmi, Francis Bacon, Nicholas Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler,
scientists brought about
change.
Isaac Newton, Zhang Heng)
5. Enduring
Understanding: The
expanding economies of
European states
stimulated increased
trade with markets in
Asia as well as migration
to new colonies in the
Americas, creating new
cultural and social
patterns.
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5A. Essential Question: Why were Europeans interested in discovering new lands and
markets?
E.9.8.5
Evaluate advantages and disadvantages of global trade
Identify new technologies that made European exploration possible (e.g., astrolabe ,
H.6.8.6
cartography, caravel , compass)
E.7.8.1
Analyze changing wants and needs of people over time
Evaluate the interaction of supply and demand
E.9.8.8
5B. Essential Question: Who were some important explorers and political leaders during
the age of exploration?
Illustrate the routes of European explorers during the Age of Exploration including,
H.6.8.31
but not limited to Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Vasco da Gama,
Vasco Nuñez de Balboa, Bartolomeu Dias
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First Nine Weeks
5C. Essential Question: How do maps and globes reflect history, politics, and economics
in Africa and the Americas?
5. Enduring
Understanding: The
expanding economies of
European states
stimulated increased
trade with markets in
Asia as well as migration
to new colonies in the
Americas, creating new
cultural and social
patterns.
G.1.8.3
Construct specialized maps using data (e.g., climate , population, political units,
resources)
G.1.8.4
Locate specific places on maps and globes using grid points (longitude and
latitude )
G.1.8.1
Analyze the importance of the following navigation systems on the development of
world civilizations: Amazon River, Mississippi River, Panama Canal, Rhine River,
Suez Canal, Thames River, Volga River
G.1.8.2
Analyze a physical map or global projection created by geographer’s tools (e.g.,
astrolabe , compass, sextant, Global Positioning System [GPS], Geographic
Information Systems, [GIS], LAND SAT, Internet)
Analyze the influence of Earth’s physical features on the development of regions of
the world
5D. Essential Question: What was the effect of European migration and settlement on the
Americas and Africa?
Analyze consequences of the triangular trade and the Columbian Exchange
H.6.8.11
between Africa, the Americas, and Europe
G.1.8.5
H.6.8.33
H.6.8.35
E.7.8.2
Analyze the impact of present choices on future consequences
H.6.8.7
Describe the establishment of colonies as a result of the conquest of indigenous
people (e.g., Africa, Asia, New World)
H.6.8.22
Discuss the emergence of England as a world power during the Elizabethan period
(e.g., Spanish Armada, sea dogs)
E.7.8.7
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Illustrate the triangular trade routes that developed in the Atlantic Ocean
Compare and contrast historical and cultural maps of each continent (e.g., political
boundaries, migration patterns, trade routes, colonization)
Analyze traditional , market , and command economies
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Second Nine Weeks
6A. Essential Question: How did the philosophers of the Enlightenment influence social
issues and scientific theories?
Investigate influences on modern society of Enlightenment thinkers including but
not limited to: John Locke, The Baron de Montesquieu, Jean Jacques Rousseau
6B. Essential Question: How did the Enlightenment promote revolution in the American
colonies?
Examine the influence of Enlightenment ideas on revolutionary movements (e.g.,
H.6.8.13
American Revolution, French Revolution, Latin American revolutions, Revolutions
of 1848)
Discuss struggles to gain rights for citizens in various countries (e.g., China,
C.5.8.3
France, Mexico, South Africa, United States)
H.6.8.12
6. Enduring
Understanding: The
Enlightenment belief that
human progress was
possible through the
application of scientific
knowledge and reason
influenced the leaders of
the American Revolution.
H.6.8.2
6C. Essential Question: How are governments created, structured, maintained and
changed?
C.4.8.1
Analyze forms of government pertaining to the legislative, executive, and judicial
branches: democracy, dictatorship, monarchy, oligarchy, theocracy, totalitarianism
C.5.8.5
Discuss the rise of absolute rulers and the divine right of kings (e.g., African,
Asian, European)
Research individuals and their roles in changing governments (e.g., Otto von
Bismarck, Mikhail Gorbachev, Abdel Nasser, Juan Peron, Lech Walesa, George
Washington, Sun Yatsen)
Examine the influence of constitutions used by various nations
Research national symbols from other nations of the world (e.g., national flags,
statues, monuments)
Analyze the influence citizen participation has on government
C.5.8.4
Examine the value citizens of other countries place on voting
H.6.8.10
C.4.8.2
C.5.8.1
C.5.8.2
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Compare historical events on a timeline to discover correlations
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Second Nine Weeks
7. Essential Question: Why did the spread of Industrialism to Europe and the United States
accelerate Colonialism and Imperialism and produce changes in cultural and society?
7. Enduring
Understanding: The
advancements in
technology which
produced the Industrial
Revolution altered the
lives of people in
science, medicine, and
agriculture.
H.6.8.14
H.6.8.16
H.6.8.32
H.6.8.39
G.3.8.1
H.6.8.40
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Investigate causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution (e.g., changing
technology, mass production, societal changes)
Investigate 19th century social and political reform movements (e.g., abolition,
education, extension of suffrage , labor movements, rise of socialism, temperance )
Illustrate the expansion of European imperialism : Africa, Asia, Australia, Latin
America
Describe the effects of imperialism and related nationalistic movements (e.g.,
Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America)
Examine effects of push-pull factors on various regions (e.g., disease, resources,
industrialization , technology)
Investigate Asian-American relations prior to World War II (e.g., Open Door Policy,
Boxer Rebellion, Gentlemen’s Agreement, Manchuria, rearmament)
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Third Nine Weeks
8. Enduring
8. Essential Question: What were the factors that produced World War I?
Understanding: World
War I (1914-1918) which
Examine ways viewpoints expressed in political cartoons and other primary and
was caused by
H.6.8.1
secondary source documents have changed policy and public perception
competition among
Industrial Nations in
Describe causes and consequences of World War I (e.g., imperialism , militarism,
Europe and a failure of
H.6.8.23
diplomacy, transformed
nationalism , alliances, Treaty of Versailles, League of Nations)
European and American
life, wrecked the
Explain the influences that changing technology had on World War I and World
economics of Europe,
H.6.8.17
War II (e.g., weapons, medicine, transportation, communication)
and planted the seeds for
a World War II.
9. Enduring
9. Essential Question: Why did Russia erupt in revolution while fighting in World war I, and
Understanding:
How did that lead to the rise of communism?
Although Tsarist Russia
entered World War I as
an absolute monarchy,
Discuss the Russian Revolutions and the establishment of a communist state (e.g.,
H.6.8.24
the Bolshevik Revolution
Bolsheviks, Lenin, Stalin)
created the communist
state that ultimately
E.7.8.1
Analyze changing wants and needs of people over time
became the U.S.S.R.
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Third Nine Weeks
10. Essential Question: How did the Great Depression affect the economies and politics of
the countries throughout the globe?
10. Enduring
Understanding: The
Great Depression had a
world wide effect.
E.9.8.3
Investigate the impact of inflation on the growth and prosperity of a nation
E.7.8.3
Analyze periods of time when scarcity affected economic wants and needs of
people in regions or countries
E.9.8.2
E.7.8.4
E.8.8.2
C.4.8.3
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Analyze the role of the stock market in the economies of the United States and
other countries (e.g., Financial Times Stock Exchange[FTSE], Tokyo Stock
Exchange [TSE], New York Stock Exchange [NYSE], National Association of
Securities Dealers Automated Quotations [NASDAQ])
Analyze scarcity of productive resources and the need for people to make choices
and incur opportunity costs
Analyze methods for improving the quality and quantity of human capital and
increased productivity (e.g., technology, industrialization , competition, wages )
Discuss the origins of political parties/movements (e.g., Communist Party, Fascist
Party, Green Party, Nazi Party, socialist parties, environmentalist movement,
human rights movement, feminist movement)
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Third Nine Weeks
11. Essential Question: What were the causes and events of World War II?
E.7.8.5
11. Enduring
Understanding:
Aggression by
totalitarian powers, the
failure of the Treaty of
Versailles, and
appeasement are major
causes of World War II.
H.6.8.1
H.6.8.26
H.6.8.38
H.6.8.25
H.6.8.17
12. Enduring
Understanding: After
World War II, the United
States pursued a policy
of containment against
communism.
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Evaluate limited resources of nations and choices governments must make
Examine ways viewpoints expressed in political cartoons and other primary and
secondary source documents have changed policy and public perception
Examine the following battles as turning points of World War II: Battle of Britain,
Battle of the Bulge, D-Day, Midway, Pearl Harbor, Stalingrad
Examine causes and consequences of genocide and ethnic cleansing (e.g.,
Armenia, Holocaust, Kosovo, Rwanda)
Describe causes and consequences of World War II (e.g., fascism , anti-Semitism,
Pearl Harbor, atomic bomb, satellite countries)
Explain the influences that changing technology had on World War I and World
War II (e.g., weapons, medicine, transportation, communication)
12A. Essential Question: What were the outcomes of World War II?
C.5.8.6
Analyze world organizations involved in citizens’ rights (e.g., Amnesty International,
Doctors Without Borders, United Nations)
H.6.8.27
Identify the functions of post World War II international organizations (e.g.,
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization [SEATO], North Atlantic Treaty Organization
[NATO], Warsaw Pact, United Nations)
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Fourth Nine Weeks
12. Enduring
Understanding: After
World War II, the United
States pursued a policy
of containment against
communism.
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12B. Essential Question: How did the cold War influence conflicts in Eastern Asia after
World War II?
H.6.8.18
Examine the impact of the Cold War on global relations
Discuss the growth of technology resulting from the space race (e.g., artificial
H.6.8.21
satellites, computers, new food technologies)
Discuss causes and effects of post-World War II conflicts (e.g., Southeast Asia,
H.6.8.28
Middle East, Balkans, Sub-Saharan Africa)
H.6.8.34
Illustrate the expansion of communism (e.g., Asia, Cuba, Europe, Latin America)
12C. Essential Question: What were the cause and consequences of the collapse of the
Soviet Union?
H.6.8.19
Discuss the downfall of communist governments (e.g., Soviet Union, Poland)
H.6.8.38
Examine causes and consequences of genocide and ethnic cleansing (e.g.,
Armenia, Holocaust, Kosovo, Rwanda)
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Fourth Nine Weeks
13. Enduring
Understanding: Both
developed and
developing nations face
many challenges, which
include migrations,
ethnic and religious
conflict, and new
technologies.
13A. Essential Question: What are some social, economic, and political challenges faced
by the contemporary world?
Examine changes brought about by the following world leaders including, but not
H.6.8.29
limited to: Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela, Anwar
Sadat, Margaret Thatcher, Mao Zedong
Discuss societal changes resulting from pandemics (e.g., bubonic plague/Black
H.6.8.15
Death, small pox, tuberculosis, influenza, polio, HIV-AIDS)
Examine causes and effects of terrorism (e.g., economics, safety and security,
H.6.8.30
tourism, patriotism, nationalism , 9/11)
G.3.8.2
Analyze the impact of ideas, information, and technology on global interdependence
E.9.8.7
Examine changes in currencies over time and the resulting effect on global trade
E.9.8.6
E.7.8.6
Analyze exchange rates in a global economy
E.9.8.10
E.9.8.4
E.9.8.9
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Compare trade-offs among world economic systems
Compare and contrast global effects of marketing techniques: advertising, ecommerce
Investigate the use of Gross Domestic Product (GDP ) to measure a nation’s
economic success and standard of living
Describe the four types of market structures: monopolies, monopolistic
competition, oligopolies, pure competition
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13. Enduring
Understanding: Both
developed and
developing nations face
many challenges, which
include migrations,
ethnic and religious
conflict, and new
technologies.
13B. Essential Question: What new technologies have created opportunities and
challenges?
Examine cultures to determine the level of assimilation and cultural exchange
G.2.8.3
brought about by technological advances: printing press, telegraph, railroad, radio,
television, Internet
Analyze methods and consequences of environmental modification on world
regions and populations (e.g., acid rain, erosion, clear cutting, desertification,
G.3.8.5
global warming, ozone depletion, strip mining,)
Examine reasons for the transformation of world economies in the late 20th century
H.6.8.20
(e.g., technology, communication, transportation, Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries [OPEC], resource allocation)
Discuss changes in productivity that have impacted global living standards and
E.8.8.1
economic strategies (e.g., new technologies, new organizational methods)
Examine consequences of changing factors of production : human resources,
E.8.8.3
capital resources, natural resources, entrepreneurship
G.3.8.3
Analyze changes in infrastructure brought about by globalization
G.3.8.5
E.7.8.2
G.3.8.1
E.7.8.1
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Analyze methods and consequences of environmental modification on world
regions and populations (e.g., acid rain, erosion, clear cutting, desertification,
global warming, ozone depletion, strip mining,)
Analyze the impact of present choices on future consequences
Examine effects of push-pull factors on various regions (e.g., disease, resources,
industrialization , technology)
Analyze changing wants and needs of people over time
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