Course Objectives
Humanities
World History


Introduction - Chapters 1, 2, 3.1, 4.1, 7 (p202 & 215), 9.1
Unit 1 - Chapters 5 & 6
Unit 2 - Chapters 8.1&2, 10. 1 & 2, 11.1& 2, 12, 13, 14, 16.1
Unit 3 - Chapters 15, 20.4 & 5
Unit 4 - Chapters 17, 21, 22, 23, 24
Unit 5 - Chapters 18, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34
Unit 6 - Chapters 4.4, 9, 18.1, 10, 24, 27, 32, 33
General Objectives
 
 

Objectives
Introduction
Development of Civilizations

1. Describe the roles of an archeologist and an anthropologist and explain how they differ.
2. Compare the physical characteristics/accomplishments of Neanderthal and Cro- Magnon people.
3. Describe the effects of the Neolithic Revolution in the development of civilizations.
4. Describe the differences between a culture, a society, and a civilization.

A. List the elements (5) necessary for a civilization.
B. Describe the formation and long term effects of writing.
1. List the four chief steps in developing a written language.
C. Describe the development and function of calendars.
D. Discuss the function of government.
5. Analyze the development of early river valley civilizations.
A. List the four River Valley Civilizations.
6. Trace the development of ancient civilization in Egypt by different kingdoms.
7. Illustrate the dynastic cycle.
8. Identify significant rulers of ancient Egypt and discuss their significance.
A. Menes E. Cleopatra
B. Tutkanhamon F. Hatshepsut
C. Ramses II G. Akhenaton (also known as Amenhotep)
D. Nefertiti
9. Determine how the Egyptian civilization was able to succeed.
A. Discuss the role of Religion
B. List the "gifts of the Nile"
C. Discuss the geographic benefits of the Nile River Valley
10. Analyze the legacy of the ancient Egyptian civilization.
11. Identify the major civilizations of the Fertile Crescent and summarize the contributions of each.
12. Determine the role of geography in the development of civilizations of the Fertile Crescent.
13. Describe the societal roles of the Egyptian and major Fertile Crescent civilizations.
14. Locate the first developing civilizations of India.
15. Trace the development of of the caste system in India.
16. Distinguish between the Mohenjo-Daro period & coming of the Aryans to India.
17. Summarize the major reasons for China's isolation; its dynastic cycle and its cultural evolution.
18. Identify cultural elements of the Olmecs and Moche.
19. Locate and identify the early civilizations that develop in Africa.
20. Determine time from different civilizations and different aspects of measurement.
 


Objectives
Unit 1
Chapters 5 & 6
(Classical Civilizations of Greece & Rome)

1. Describe how the geographical characteristics of the Balkan Peninsula influenced the development of ancient Greece.
2. Trace the development and achievements of the Minoans and the Mycenanans.
3. List the four primary physical characteristics of city-states.
4. Compare Spartan and Athenian education, society, culture, economics, traditions, and government.
5. Summarize the evolution of Athenian democracy during the rule of Draco, Solon, Pisistratus, and Cleisthenes. Kleisthenes)
6. Summarize the events, causes, and effects of the Persian War.
7. Describe the events, causes, and effects of the Peloponesian War.
8. Evaluate the role of culture diffusion in the development of civilizations.
9. Compare the virtues of Greek art with the characteristics of the society.
10. Describe the development of Greek thought by profiling Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle & associate this philosophy with the philosophies that developed during the Hellenistic era.
11. Discuss the principle differences between the Greek (Helena) and Hellenistic civilizations.
12. Explain the principle contributions to Western civilization of the Greek and Hellenistic civilizations.
13.  Summarize the events and various cultures that led to the formation of Roman culture.
14.  Describe the form of government in the Roman Republic.

15.  Discuss the events, causes and effects of the Punic Wars.
16.  Explain why Rome expanded and what political, economic and social problems this expansion caused.
17.  Identify the events that led to the conversion of the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire.
a. Identify the accomplishments of significant rulers of the Roman Empire.
18.  Discuss the development of the Roman civilization during "Pax Roma".
19.  Discuss the problems that led to the decline of the Roman Empire and relate those events to our current world and the development of Northern American civilization.
20.  Describe the results of the decline of the Roman Empire to the rest of the world at that time.
 
 

Objectives
Unit 2
Middle Ages & Renaissance

Legacy of Rome
Chapter 12.1

1. Describe the what the legacies of the Byzantine culture were to the Western world.
2. Explain what caused the decline of the Byzantine culture.
3. Sequence the events that caused the development of Kievan Rus.
4. Describe how the geographic setting influenced the development of Kievan Rus.
5. Discuss why the Rulers of Muscovy and the leaders of the Russian Church believed that Russia was the "third Rome".
6. Explain what it means to be xenophobic and why was Russia this way.
 


Religion
3.3, 4.3, 8.1

1. Identify the five major religions of the world by comparing their teaching, their founders and their origins.
2. Outline the five chief obligations and restrictions of Islam.
3. Describe the Islamic culture-families, society, art, and scientific developments.
4. Explain the Turkish influence on the Muslim world.
5. Distinguish between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.
 


Middle Ages
Chapters 12.1, 12.2, 13, 8.2,

1. Trace the development of Charlemagne's Empire through the Merovingians and the Carolingians.
2. Summarize the basic principles of Feudalism.
3. Describe Feudal Justice, Warfare, and Chivalry.
4. Describe the roles played by Church leaders and the importance of monasticism in the Medieval Church.
5. Discuss the contribution to the daily life of the medieval peasant.
6. Describe the roles of the peasant and the Lord under the Manorial System.
7. Describe Castles and their function.

a. Discuss how Castles contributed to the growth of towns.
b. Discuss the culture in these towns.
8. Compare the evolution of royal power in England and France.
a. Explain the creation of Parliament in England including the loss of power of the King through the Magna Carta.
9. Outline the causes, events, and results of the crusades and their impact on Europe, the Middle East, and the Byzantine Empire.
10. Describe Markets, Fairs, the manufacturing system and Banking during the Medieval period.
11. Describe the development and purpose of guilds, the rise in importance of middle class and life in Medieval towns.
12. Analyze how the Hundred years war affected the establishment of strong central monarchies in France and England.
13. Describe the actions and events that eroded the authority of the church.
14. Compare the concepts of Middle Ages and Renaissance of Europe with similar eras around the world such as India and Asia.
 


Renaissance/Reformation
Chapters 10.1 & 2, 11. 1& 2, 14,

1. Identify and compare the major Italian and Northern Renaissance artists and writers.
2. Identify the differences between Renaissance and Medieval art.
3. Explain the causes of the Reformation.
4. Describe the fragmentation of the Roman Catholic Church, the spread of Protestantism by the sects (Anglican Church&Calvinism) and the steps the Catholic Church took during the counter-Reformation.
5. Describe how superstition and violence affected the lives of ordinary people.
6. Discuss how printing revolutionized education and society.
7. Describe the changes in daily life of people from 1350-1700.
8. Discuss the causes of the Scientific Revolution and list the advances scientists made in the studies of astronomy, physics and anatomy.
 


Age of Discovery & Rise of Nations
Chapter 16.1

1. List the technological advances that made European exploration possible.
2. Define the term mercantilism and explain the role that colonies played in mercantilism.
3. Compare Portuguese and Spanish Colonial Policies.
4. Evaluate the impact of the Renaissance on the economic, social, and political development of countries.
 


Objectives
Unit 3
Chapters 15, 19. 3 & 4, & 20
Evolution of the Monarchy & Revolution

1. Describe Cardinal Richelieu's program for strengthening the central government of France.
2. Identify the causes of the Thirty years' war and list the principal consequences of the Treaty of Westphalia.
3. Explain how Peter the Great attempted to westernize Russia.
4. Describe how Frederick William and Frederick the Great strengthened Prussia's government.
5. Name the ruling families of Spain, France, Prussia, Russia, and Italy 7. Evaluate the impact of the Renaissance on the economic, social, and political development of Countries.
8. Describe the characteristics of an absolute monarch.
9. Trace the development of the monarchy in France and England, Russia, Austria, and England.
10. Identify the problems, accomplishments, and family relationship of Mary I, Philip II, Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots, James I, and Charles I.
11. Describe the causes of the English Civil War.
12. Identify the safeguards against absolute monarchy established in England.
13. Detail the events that led to the Glorious Revolution and discuss why the safeguards established previous to this time allowed this "revolution" to occur.
14. Compare the political philosophies of Hobbes and Locke.
15. Explain why the British government is described as a limited constitutional monarchy.
16. Sequence the events that led to the creation of the British Empire.
17. Trace the events of the American Revolution.
18. Identify the causes of the American Revolution.
19. Analyze the elements necessary for a revolution and the manner in which they impact the stages of a revolution.
20. Compare the political philosophies of Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Rousseau and detail each's role in the development in the Enlightenment.
21. List the reasons for discontent among the French people in the 1700's.
22. Identify the events of the French Revolution.
23. Outline the most significant events of the Reign of Terror.
24. List the reforms made by the National Assembly.
25. Identify the lasting effects of the French Revolution.
26. Evaluate Napoleon's effectiveness in stabilizing France.
27. Evaluate Napoleon's effectiveness in reorganizing Europe.
 


Objectives Unit 4
International Relations

1. Identify the major participants (both country and person) at the Congress of Vienna and their role in the final terms.
2. List the terms of the Congress of Vienna and discuss the alliances that grew out of this conference.
3. Distinguish between the Concert of Europe and the Congress of Vienna.

Industrial Revolution

1. Describe the development of the technological innovations that were essential to the Industrial Revolution and their interdependence upon each other.
2. Describe how the Agriculture Revolution contributed to the Industrial Revolution.
3. Identify where the Industrial Revolution began and list the factors of production and explain their importance to the process of industrialization.
4. Describe how the development of the technological innovations impacted society during the 18th and 19th centuries.
5. Describe the stages of the Industrial Revolution
6. Describe how the factory system changed working and living conditions during the Industrial Revolution.
7. Identify the elements that made mass production possible.
9. Identify the economic theories of Adam Smith, Thomas Malthus, David Ricardo, and philosophers John Mills and Jeremy Bentham.
10. Discuss the theory of scientific socialism formulated by Karl Marx
11. Distinguish between socialism, communism, utopian socialism, modified market economy, & capitalism.
12. Discuss the reasons for population growth after the Industrial Revolution.
13. Describe the changes in life style that took place in Europe during the 1800's and how the Industrial Revolution effected these changes.
14. Summarize the contributions made to the social, physical and medical sciences during the 1800's.

Victorian Era

1. Trace the development of reforms made in Great Britain between 1832 and 1867 and the early 1900's.
2. Describe social & political environment in Europe(world) the 19th century.
3. Identify the reasons for the French revolutions of 1848.
4. Describe the internal political problems faced by France in the late 1800'S.
5. Explain the causes of and the forces at play during the revolutions OF 1848.
6. Identify the leaders of the Italian unification movement.
7. Trace the events and movements leading to Italian unification.
8. Describe the problems facing Italy after unification.
9. Discuss the major events in Germany's unification .
10 List the factors that made Germany's rapid industrialization possible.
11. Describe the government of the German Empire.
12. Summarize the social reforms adopted under Bismarck made after the unification.
13. Explain the aims of the Russian foreign policy.
14. Discuss the conditions present for revolution in Russia at the turn of the century.
15. Discuss why the Revolution of 1905 failed.
16. Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the Dual Monarchy.
17. Explain the reasons for the decline of the Ottoman Empire.
 


Imperialism

1. Identify the political, economic, and social motives for imperialism.
2. Outline the steps in the colonization of Africa.
A. Identify the different types of Colonial Rule.
3. Describe European competitions for control of Africa.
4. Compare the costs and benefits of imperialism for Africans.
5. Explain the purpose of the Berlin Conference and the effects on African Tribes.
6. Explain the development of the Meiji Restoration in Japan.
 


Objectives
Unit 5
Twentieth Century

I. Identify the causes and trace the events of World War I. (24)

a. Identify the conflicting national interests that set the stage for World War I.
b. Trace the expansion of World War I.
c. List the Allied powers and the Central Powers.
d. Describe the innovations in warfare during World War I.
e. Explain why the war reached a stalemate by 1916.
f. Summarize the reasons why the United States entered World War I.
II. Summarize the rise of communism in the former Soviet Union now Russia.
a. List Russia's reasons for entering World War I.
b. Compare the government of Russia under Czar Nicholas II with the government under Lenin and the Bolsheviks and later Stalin.
c. Summarize the causes and effects of the civil war in Russia.
III. Describe how the peace terms of World War I changed Europe.
a. Summarize the problems facing the peacemakers at the end of World War I.
b. List the major provisions of the Versailles Treaty.
c. Summarize the purpose and the organization of the League of Nations.
IV. Summarize the general attitude of the times as they were expressed following WW I.
a. List reasons why Americans refer to the 1920's as the "Roaring Twenties.
b. Identify the major programs initiated in the New Deal.
c. List the problems facing European nations during the two decades after WW I.
d. List the impact Mussolini had in the development of Post WW I Italy.
e. Discuss the role of Stalin in the development of Post WW I Russia.
V. Trace the conflicts in Asia/Africa that led the world down the path to WWII. (26.4)
a. Describe Japan's territorial designs and methods of modernization.
b. Describe the methods used to resolve these conflicts.
VI. Evaluate the leadership and doctrine of the Third Reich.
VII. Describe the events that led to the outbreak of WWII.
a. Summarize Hitler's actions that led to the Munich Conference.
b. Outline the successes of the Axis powers early in WWII
VIII. Describe the United States gradual entry into the war on the side of the allies and their emergence as a world power.
a. Describe the effects of technology on the outcome of WWII.
IX. Determine the important battles of WWII and evaluate their significance.
X. Determine the causes and effects of the Holocaust
a. Distinguish between the role Hitler's personality played in the "Final Solution" and the role that history played.
b. Describe the role that Jews played in their own destruction with the theme "May it never happen again" emphasized.
c.. Distinguish between death camps and concentrations camps and the devastation of both.
XI. Discuss the various treaties and settlements that brought WWII to and end. (including Nuremberg Trials & denazification programs) (28)
a. Evaluate the individual Allied goals at Yalta and Potsdam, and the costs of the war to the world.
b. Describe the economic and political recovery of Western Europe after WWII.
1. Explain the purposes of the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan.
c. State the purposes and organization of the United Nations and compare them with those of the League of Nations.
XII. Trace the events of the cold war by describing the various stages of the war. (28 & 32)
A. List the major rulers of Russia in the 20th Century.
B. Describe the impact of the breakup of the Soviet Union.


Objectives
Unit 6
Chapters 4.4,10.1 & 2, 18.1, 24.1 & 2, 27.3, 33.1 & 2
(China)

1. Summarize the major reasons for China's isolation; its dynastic cycle and its cultural evolution.
2. Describe the political and cultural changes which have occurred in China in the twentieth century.
 


Chapters 3, & 11.1 & 2, 17.3 & 4, 23.3, 33.3
(India)

3. Distinguish between the Mohenjo-Daro period, Vedic Age, Maurya Empire and Gupta Period in India.
4. Describe the major problems present in India today.
5. Distinguish between developing and developed nations.
6. Describe the four worlds of economic development.
 


Chapters 9, 16.2, & 27.2, 32.1 & 2
(Africa)

7. List the accomplishments of early African cultures.
8. Discuss the role of African tribes in the world today.
9. Describe the problems in Africa today.
 


Chapter 8.2, 17.1 & 2, 27.1, 32.3 & 4
(Middle East)

10. Evaluate the effect the diversities and divisions of the Middle East have on national and international behavior including the role of terrorism.
11. Comprehend the elements in the world today that either create stability or create problems by evaluating the current world trend towards either divergence or convergence into a global village.
 


General Objectives

Introduction

Evaluate the development of civilization.
Analyze the development of early river valley civilizations.
Determine how the physical features of an area affect its historical development.
Determine how technology impacts the development of a civilization.
 


Unit 1

Evaluate the development of civilization.
Describe the historical development of Greek and Roman civilizations and their contribution to modern society.
Determine how the physical features of an area affect its historical development.
Determine how technology impacts the development of a civilization.
 


Unit 2

Trace the Development of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and their influence.
Describe political, economic and social changes that occurred during the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, & Reformation
Describe the growth and importance of trade and commerce at different times in history.
Explain the impact of the Renaissance and Reformation on Europe.
Describe the expansion of European influence around the world, through exploration, investment and colonization.
Explain the development of the monarchy.
Respect beliefs of other individuals, groups and cultures.

Unit 3

Explain the rise of nationalism and its consequences
Trace the origins of and basis for the concepts of liberty, individual freedom, private property, rights, and representative government
Explain the impact of conflicting ideologies
Explain the development of the monarchy
Describe the elements of change in history.
 


Unit 4

Analyze the impact of political and economic revolutions on Western civilization, including the increased productivity and prosperity resulting from the industrial revolution
Explain the rise of nationalism and imperialism and their consequences
Trace the development of capitalism, socialism and communism
Trace the development of national unity in Eastern and Western Europe.

Unit 5

Explain the causes and results of World War I and World War II
Describe the impact of the Great Depression on world events
Analyze the development of dictatorships around the world and the hardships of life under both fascists and communist dictatorships
Explain the impact of conflicting ideologies on present day world
Analyze the collapse of European colonial empires and the emergence of new nations, including the attempt to replace western globalism with Soviet influence
Explain Soviet stated goal of world communism and the growth of Soviet influence and ideology around the globe
Describe the emerging Eastern European countries since the division of the Soviet Union
Understand the importance of individual participation in civic affairs
Examine reasons why participation and decision making in civic affairs require knowledge, time and personal efforts

Unit 6

Trace the development of early Indian and Chinese civilizations
Trace the development of national unity in India and China
Describe the emergence of nation-states in the Middle East and Africa, noting political perspectives
Explain the impact of conflicting ideologies on present day world.
Contrast differences in the productivity and living standards of countries with similar resource bases but with market economies versus restricted economies
 

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