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Tenth Grade Unit 1: Ancient Man through the First Empires (Early Man, River Civilizations, Early Empires, Foundations of Religion) Tenth Grade Unit 2: Classical Civilizations (Greco-Roman Cultures, Christianity and Islam) Tenth Grade Unit 3: Age of Exchange and Encounter (The Middle Ages, Spread of Culture across Africa and Asia) While empires were being formed in Africa and Various kingdoms ruled different parts of Asia During this first unit, students will be and Africa, connected by a network of trade introduced to the world of pre-historic man and Asia, the ancient Greeks were building citystates on lands surrounding the Aegean Sea. routes that encouraged the exchange of goods his ability to survive in a harsh environment. Over time, his way of life changed from nomadic, Over several centuries, their city-states producedand ideas. The influence of Chinese ideas on a civilization that would have a profound impact Western civilization began with Mongols’ hunting and gathering societies to settled, agricultural-based villages. The Neolithic Age on the development of the world, including the encouragement of trade. In Europe, after the fall of Rome, the Christian church along with the also prompted primitive religious and political introduction to democratic ideas. After prolonged warfare, the Greek city-states were support of kings, led to the development of practices. Over time, the fertile river valley feudalism that established a strong social civilizations developed complex institutions and defeated by the Macedonians. Alexander the Great conquered Persia and Egypt and extended hierarchy. Feudalism developed as a response to the introduction of trade networks. By 1500 B.C., the world was connected by trade routes, his Hellenistic empire as far as Northwest India. the lack of a centralized government in the face Concurrently to the development of Greek of constant Viking and other barbarian stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean and beyond. Trading ships sailed society, the Roman civilization developed in the invasions. As time went on the Church and west. Over the course of several centuries, political leaders competed for power and the seas while caravans traveled overland Rome built one of the largest empires and authority. Eventually, the strong Catholic routes. This trade produced an exchange of goods and ideas throughout the ancient world. strongest republics the world had ever known. Church began to weaken as a result of the Black Plague, the Great Schism, and internal At the same time Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism By 120 A.D., the Romans controlled the land develops. Contact with other societies led to the that surrounded the Mediterranean Sea and their corruption. These events set the stage for understanding the coming Renaissance and development of the 1st empires, great kingdoms civilization across much of the ancient world. New directions in religion took shape with the Reformation. Students will focus on the use of that expanded their boundaries and extended advents of Christianity in the Roman world and primary source documents that have connections their influence across the ancient world. 10th the foundation of Islam on the outskirts of the to how our modern society functions, like the graders will compare and contrast the emerging Byzantine Empire. In this unit, Magna Carta, the Decameron, Canterbury Tales, fundamental characteristics of the early river students will compare the differing political and the Divine Comedy. civilizations and with the creation maps and analysis of visuals will draw conclusions about systems and focus on the cyclical nature of warfare through the examination of the Trojan, these areas. Persian, Peloponnesian and Macedonian wars. Students will also look comparatively at the five major world religions and their impact on both the local and global stage. Tenth Grade Unit 4: Connecting Hemispheres (Renaissance, Exploration, Enlightenment, Absolutism) Tenth Grade Unit 5:Revolutions in Governments and Technologies (French and American Revolution, Industrialization, Imperialism) By the 16th century, humanistic ideas of the Italian Renaissance were spreading throughout With the successful revolution against their Europe. Humanism, secularism, and a new king, the American colonies achieved interest in Greco-Roman heritage were the independence. This American success along characteristics of this rebirth of knowledge, art, with collision of absolutism, social unrest, and and literature. This desire for discovery and enlightenment ideas led to a violent revolution information later led to the Reformation of the in France. The radical nature of the French Catholic Church, which in turn led to the Revolution and the lack of democratic traditions Protestant beliefs in Christianity. Taking led to the rise of an authoritarian regime under advantage of new maritime knowledge and Napoleon. As Napoleon extended his reach inventions, European powers undertook sea across Europe on the strength of his military, he expeditions to expand their trade and influence; made strategic mistakes that contributed to his monarchs of these nations centralized their downfall. From this emerged a conservative authority in a quest for absolute power. New political system that would maintain peace in ideas about science, human society and Europe for the next 40 years. During this time, government began to sweep across Europe. The countries focused their resources into creating Enlightenment reinvigorated ideas, like machines that replaced hand labor as the democracy and individual rights. These ideas principle means of producing goods; this has were the foundation of the revolutions to come. become known as the Industrial Revolution. As Students will focus on the visual arts via resources were now in great demand, many Renaissance art and more accurate maps from European nations sought to colonize less the exploration of the New World. They will developed nations and expand their sphere of also explore the concept of change, with regards influence, politically, socially, and economically. to the 95 Theses and the Reformation. This era of conservatism was marked with widespread revolution that led to the emergence of newly independent Latin American and European nations such as Haiti, Brazil, Mexico, Germany, and Italy. Students will focus on primary sources that have greatly impacted our American society, using the Bill of Rights, sections of the Declaration of Independence, and the US Constitution as sources. Tenth Grade Unit 6: The Emerging 20th Century (World War I and II, Great Depression, Cold War) By the start of the 20th century, political reforms were taking place in a number of industrial nations. In 1914, a chain of events led European nations into World War I. Two great shifting alliances faced off in the bloodiest conflict the world had yet to see. In this global war, new technologies were introduced that revolutionized modern warfare. The despair caused by this war led to the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia and the Great Depression across the globe. Totalitarian regimes in several countries rose from these hard economic times and adopted aggressive military policies that eventually led to World War II. Two competing alliances, the Axis and the Allies, faced off in Europe, Africa, and the Pacific which ushered in the Nuclear Age. Following this war, growing tensions between the world’s two foremost nuclear powers, the United State and the Soviet Union, gave rise to the Cold War. The two superpowers battled for world supremacy and demanded that other nations take sides, thus dividing the world into opposing camps. Students will examine the changing map of Europe both before and after the World Wars, as well as assemble a chronology of events that lead to past and current global conflict.