World History
World History | 10th Grade |
Themes | Essential Questions | Content | Resources |
INDIVIDUAL & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT & RESPONSIBILITY | How do groups and institutions work to meet individual needs, promote the common good, and address persistent social issues? What are the consequences of tensions and cooperation among individuals, groups, and institutions? What influences how humans learn, perceive, and grow? | Renaissance Europe World War I
(e.g. Rousseau, Montesquieu, John Locke, Voltaire) Revolution (e.g. English, Glorious, French, Napoleonic Europe, Russian) Reformation Analyze patters of political and economic change | |
TIME, CONTINUITY & CHANGE | What sequences of events and turning points are important in history? Why are they important? Why is the past important to us today? How do historical perspectives reflect varying points of view and invasion contemporary ideas and influence actions? | Literature
*Chronological frameworks * Construct accurate timelines Analyze patterns of political and economic change | Dante, Machiavelli, Chaucer, Erasmus, and Shakespeare, as well as Japanese and Chinese poetry styles, and epic poems Chinese calligraphy, alphabet, printing press, telegraph, telephone Construct accurate timelines placing significant ideas, institutions, people, and events in appropriate time sequences. |
PEOPLE, PLACES, & ENVIRONMENT | What is the effect of geography on civilization? How have relationships humans forged with places changed over time? How are global regions defined by physical and human characteristics? | Europe Africa Asia (China, Japan , India) Middle East Americas Global | |
CULTURAL CONNECTIONS | What are the universal links between past and present culture? How do developing societies respond to social and environmental determinants? | Africa
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GLOBAL ECONOMICS | How do economic systems shape society and influence interactions between societies and cultures? How do markets develop and work? | Europe
European mercantilism World Trade Money | |
POWER, AUTHORITY, GOVERNANCE | What is the role of religion in governance? What are the purposes and functions of government? Under what circumstances is the exercise of political power legitimate? | Europe?
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