Theme 2: Accelerated Exchange- The study of world history begins with a brief review of areas of wealth including African cultures, the Islamic world, and Chinese dynasties. The links among regions through travel are emphasized, which illustrates interregional connections in the period of accelerated exchange. Examples include: West Africa, the Eurasian heartland, and the oceanic routes of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. The rebirth of education, arts, and sciences, along with major shifts in perspectives of culture, government and the Church, shaped the Western world. Students will examine how the accelerated exchanges occurring before the Renaissance and Reformation challenged old ideas and created new solutions for an emerging modern world. Strand 1. History: Continuity 2. Government 3. Geographical Study 4. Economic Concepts 5. People, Groups, and and Change Systems and Cultures Principles A. Explain the causes and A. Compare and contrast A. Analyze physical A. Analyze the flow of goods A. Explain how scientific and effects of the expansion of governmental systems, geography to explain how and ideas along ocean and technological advancements societies in Western Africa, including monarchy, regions are connected or overland trade routes to impacted the Byzantine Empire, India, oligarchy, dynasty, and isolated from each other. explain their contributions to interconnectedness within and Chinese Dynasties, and theocracy. economic success or failures regions. Muslim Empires. B. Compare and contrast of societies in Europe, Africa, B. Explain the influence of geographic regions by Middle East, India, the B. Analyze the intellectual, B. Compare the dominant the classical revival on examining the cultural Americas and China. architectural, and artistic characteristics, contributions governmental systems characteristics of European, achievements of the of, and interactions among including their source of African, and American Renaissance resulting from the major civilizations of Asia, power, how leaders are societies. rebirth of Classical ideas. Europe, Africa, the Americas selected, and how Key Concepts and and Middle East in ancient decisions are made. C. Analyze the historic rise of Understandings and medieval times Islam, as well as the expansion of Christianity, Islam, and C. Explain how the Crusades, Buddhism in order to explain Scientific Revolution, Black their transformations and roles Death, and the resulting in conflict and cooperation. exchanges that followed, impacted Europe and led to the Renaissance.
Theme 2: Accelerated Exchange- The study of world history begins with a brief review of areas of wealth including African cultures, the Islamic world, and Chinese dynasties. The links among regions through travel are emphasized, which illustrates interregional connections in the period of accelerated exchange. Examples include: West Africa, the Eurasian heartland, and the oceanic routes of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. The rebirth of education, arts, and sciences, along with major shifts in perspectives of culture, government and the Church, shaped the Western world. Students will examine how the accelerated exchanges occurring before the Renaissance and Reformation challenged old ideas and created new solutions for an emerging modern world. Strand 1. History: Continuity and Change 2. Government Systems and Principles 3. Geographical Study 4. Economic Concepts 5. People, Groups, and Cultures Key Concepts and Understandings A. Explain the causes and effects of the expansion of societies in Western Africa, Byzantine Empire, India, Chinese Dynasties, and Muslim Empires. B. Compare the dominant characteristics, contributions of, and interactions among major civilizations of Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas and Middle East in ancient and medieval times C. Explain how the Crusades, Scientific Revolution, Black Death, and the resulting exchanges that followed, impacted Europe and led to the Renaissance. A. Compare and contrast governmental systems, including monarchy, oligarchy, dynasty, and theocracy. B. Explain the influence of the classical revival on governmental systems including their source of power, how leaders are selected, and how decisions are made. A. Analyze physical geography to explain how regions are connected or isolated from each other. B. Compare and contrast geographic regions by examining the cultural characteristics of European, African, and American societies. A. Analyze the flow of goods and ideas along ocean and overland trade routes to explain their contributions to economic success or failures of societies in Europe, Africa, Middle East, India, the Americas and China. A. Explain how scientific and technological advancements impacted the interconnectedness within and regions. B. Analyze the intellectual, architectural, and artistic achievements of the Renaissance resulting from the rebirth of Classical ideas. C. Analyze the historic rise of Islam, as well as the expansion of Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism in order to explain their transformations and roles in conflict and cooperation.