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World History
Grade: 8
SOC 120 World History I and II
No graduation credit
5 days per week; 1 year
Taught in English
This is a course that picks up chronologically with The Emergence of New Empires: The Byzantine, the
Eastern Slavs, and the Spread of Islam; The Late Middle Ages; The Beginning of Modern Times: The
Renaissance, the Reformation, the Age of Discovery, and the Swahili culture; and the Changing World:
Expansion into the Americas, Political Revolutions, and the Rise of Industry. In the class, students will come
to appreciate the relationship between the past and present; at the same time, students will develop an
understanding of and appreciation for the irony of the diversity of human races and cultures, and yet the
basic similarity of the human condition around the globe and throughout the ages. The eighth graders will be
learning individually and by groups. World History I is a required course for all 8th grade students in the
Mexican and/or U.S. diploma program.
Textbook: Greenblatt, Miriam, et. al. Human Heritage. McGraw Hill : Glencoe, OH (2004 Edition)
Practice Book: Activity Book
Benchmark Code – Subject: Social Studies = SS
Strand 1= Geographic Understandings
Strand 2= Historical Understandings
Strand 3= Sociological Understandings
Strand 4= Economic Understandings
Strand 5= Civic and Governmental Understandings
Strand 6= Philosophic and Ethical Understandings
Strand 7= Developmental and Psychological Understandings
Code: Subject.Grade.Strand#.Standard#. Benchmark#
Example: SS.8.2.4.3 – Social Studies, Eighth Grade, Strand 2, Standard 4, Benchmark 3
Strand 2: Historical Understandings
Standard 1: The student analyzes the importance of the Byzantine Empire and the Roman Empire;
and their relationship.
Benchmark Code
Benchmark
SS.8.2.1.1
The student will describe the foundation of the Roman Empire.
SS.8.2.1.2
The student will identify and discuss the Etruscans religious beliefs.
SS.8.2.1.3
The student will summarize the rise of Christianity to become a major
influence on Western Civilization.
SS.8.2.1.4
The student will describe the organization of the government of the
Roman Empire.
SS.8.2.1.5
The student will discuss the daily life of Romans.
SS.8.2.1.6
The student will explain similarities and differences of the Byzantine and
the Roman Empires.
SS.8.2.1.7
Revised June 2011
The student will analyze the establishment of Christianity as an official
religion of the Byzantine Empire.
SS.8.2.1.8
The student will describe the significance of Justinian’s Law Code,
Theodora and the role of women, and the Byzantine art and architecture.
SS.8.2.1.9
The student will analyze the role of Constantinople as a trading and
religious center.
The student will explain the influence of the Byzantine Empire in
Russia, and Tsar Ivan III and Kiev.
SS.8.2.1.10
SS.8.2.1.11
The student will define the causes and effects of the decline of the
Byzantine Empire.
SS.8.2.1.12
The student will define the role of Orthodox Christianity.
Standard 2: The student describes, discusses, and traces the origins and expansion of the Islamic
World between 600 A.D. to 1300´s A.D.
Benchmark Code
Benchmark
SS.8.2.2.1
The student will explain the origins of Islam and the growth of the
Islamic Empire.
SS.8.2.2.2
The student will identify the Muslims trading routes to India, China,
Europe, and Africa, and economic impact of this trade.
SS.8.2.2.3
The student will discuss the religious beliefs held by Muslims.
SS.8.2.2.4
The student will describe the spread of Islam beyond the Arabian
Peninsula.
SS.8.2.2.5
The student will explain the Arabs' contributions to Science,
Mathematics, Medicine, and the arts.
Standard 3: The student analyzes and discusses the diverse characteristics of early African society
before 1800.
Benchmark Code
Benchmark
SS.8.2.3.1
The student will describe the Swahili trading centers and the influence of
different cultures to the Swahili culture.
Standard 4: The student analyzes and describes life among the earliest Eastern Slavs.
Benchmark Code
Benchmark
SS.8.2.4.1
The student will describe the influences that transformed the Slavs'
agricultural settlements into trading centers.
SS.8.2.4.2
The student will discuss the emergence of the Russian State.
SS.8.2.4.3
The student will describe the effects of the Mongol invasions on the
Russian states.
SS.8.2.4.4
The student will explain the reigns of Ivan the Great and Ivan the
Terrible.
Standard 5: The student analyzes, describes, compares, and summarizes Western European culture,
government, society, and economy.
Benchmark Code
Benchmark
SS.8.2.5.1
The student will analyze, compare, and explain the Manorial and
Feudalism systems, including the importance of feudal social hierarchy,
feudal knights, and feudal society.
SS.8.2.5.2
SS.8.2.5.3
SS.8.2.5.4
Revised June 2011
The student will describe the role of the church in medieval society.
The student will discuss education during the Middle Ages.
The student will explain and compare the origin and effects of the
Crusades.
SS.8.2.5.5
The student will describe and compare the political impact of
Christianity; including Pope Gregory VII and King Henry the II.
SS.8.2.5.6
The student will explain how increasing trade led to the growth of towns
and cities.
Standard 6: The student demonstrates an understanding of the governments of France, England,
Germany, and Spain from the 900 A.D. to 1500 A.D.
Benchmark Code
Benchmark
SS.8.2.6.1
The student will describe how the Capetian Kings strengthened the
French monarchy.
SS.8.2.6.2
The student will discuss limits placed on the English monarchy.
SS.8.2.6.3
The student will analyze the causes and effects of the Hundred Years´
War.
SS.8.2.6.4
The student will explain how the Holy Roman Empire was created and
ruled, and how the Catholic Monarchy united Spain.
Standard 7: The student analyzes change and continuity in the Renaissance and Reformation.
Benchmark Code
Benchmark
SS.8.2.7.1
The student will explain the social, economic and political changes that
contribute to the rise of Florence and the ideas of Machiavelli.
SS.8.2.7.2
SS.8.2.7.3
SS.8.2.7.4
SS.8.2.7.5
SS.8.2.7.6
SS.8.2.7.7
The student will identify the artistic and scientific achievements of
Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.
The student will explain the main characteristics of humanism.
The student will analyze the impact of the Protestant Reformation
including the ideas of Martin Luther and John Calvin, and how
differences in religion led to religious wars.
The student will describe the Counter Reformation at the Council of
Trent and the role of the Jesuits.
The student will describe the English Reformation and the role of Henry
the VIII and Elizabeth I.
The student will explain the importance of Johannes Gutenberg and the
invention of the mobile printing press.
Standard 8: The student analyzes and demonstrates an understanding of the effects related to the
Age of Discovery and the expansion into the Americas.
Benchmark Code
Benchmark
SS.8.2.8.1
The student will explain the importance of Portugal, Spain, England,
France, and the Netherlands explorations and discoveries.
SS.8.2.8.2
The student will explain the roles of explorers and conquistadores;
including: Henry the Navigator, Da Gama, Christopher Columbus,
Magellan, Samuel Champlain, and James Cook.
SS.8.2.8.3
The student will describe the trace for new trading routes and the over
seas claims.
SS.8.2.8.4
The student will define the Columbian Exchange and its global
economic and cultural impact.
SS.8.2.8.5
The student will explain the role of improved technology in European
exploration, including the astrolabe.
Revised June 2011
Standard 9: The student analyzes, compares, and describes the intellectual, political, social, and
economic factors that change the world view of Europeans.
Benchmark Code
Benchmark
SS.8.2.9.1
The student will explain the scientific contributions and their effects;
including Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton.
SS.8.2.9.2
The student will describe the major ideas of the Enlightenment from the
writings of Locke, Voltaire, Rousseau and their relationship to politics
and society.
Standard 10: The student analyzes, compares, and discusses the Age of Revolutions that took place
in Europe and the American Colonies during 1600s and 1700s.
Benchmark Code
Benchmark
SS.8.2.10.1
The student will analyze, compare, and discuss the causes and effects of
the English, French, and American Revolutions.
Standard 11: The student identifies, compares, and discusses the rise of science and industry in
Europe and North America during the 1700s and 1800s.
Benchmark Code
Benchmark
SS.8.2.11.1
The student will identify and describe how the Agricultural Revolution
developed the Industrial Revolution.
SS.8.2.11.2
The student will compare and explain the relation between the Industrial
Revolution and the Technological Revolution.
SS.8.2.11.3
The student will describe and discuss the effects of industrialization and
how it spread during the 1700s and 1800s.
The student will summarize the inventions that were created during the
Agricultural, Industrial, and Technological Revolutions and their impact
on the world.
SS.8.2.11.4
Revised June 2011