Course Description
History of Western Civilization is a two-semester
course open to grades 10, 11, and 12. Students will
examine the roots of Western civilization, explore
the heritage that comprises the Western experience,
and trace the development of those basic themes that
constitute Western culture. First semester studies
focus on the classical and medieval antecedents to
modern Europe and culminate with the emergence of a
distinctive, European civilization. Second semester
includes thematic units that examine the core components
of modern, Western culture. This course is strongly
recommended for all college-bound students and satisfies
the world history requirement for entry into California's
and Oregon's universities
A Note on the Standards
The Western Civilization curriculum includes the humanities
standards mandated by the State of Idaho, as well as
those state standards imbedded in required school social
studies courses. Instruction in the humanities remains
an integral part of the study of Western civilization,
encompassing philosophy, fine arts, literature and
other, creative expression. While each humanities standard
is illustrated in this document by one instructional
objective, instructors should seek opportunities to
apply these standards throughout the course.
Adopted Materials
Western Civilization, Jackson J. Spielvogel.
St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Company, 2002,
2nd Edition.
Copyright
Resources
K – 12
Social Studies Scope and Sequence
Course Scope
First Semester Timeline
| Unit
1 |
Introduction to the Study of Western
Civilization |
˝ Week |
| Unit
2 |
The Ancient Near East and Egypt |
3 Weeks |
| Unit
3 |
Early and Hellenic Greece |
4 Weeks |
| Unit
4 |
Hellenistic Greece |
1˝ Weeks |
| Unit
5 |
Republican Rome |
3 Weeks |
| Unit
6 |
The Roman Empire |
2 Weeks |
| Unit
7 |
The Byzantine Empire, Islam, and
the West during the Early Middle Ages |
3 Weeks |
Second Semester Timeline
| Unit 8 |
The High Middle Ages |
3 Weeks |
| Unit 9 |
The Renaissance |
2 Weeks |
| Unit 10 |
Reformation, Discovery, and the Wars
of Religion |
4 Weeks
|
| Unit 11 |
Absolutism and Constitutionalism |
1 Week |
| Unit 12 |
Science, Enlightenment, and Revolutions |
3 Weeks |
| Unit 13 |
Age of Isms and the Age of Progress |
3 Weeks |
| Unit 14 |
Modernity and the Twentieth Century |
2 Weeks |
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Assessment
Correlation acronyms key
|
Unit
1 |
Introduction to the
Study of Western Civilization |
Semester 1, ˝ Week |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.01 Understand the process used in historical
inquiry. |
Standard Reference
135101 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Understand the four general categories of truth
(empirical, metaphysical, analytical, and value
judgments) and their relationship to the study
of the social sciences. |
|
TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.02 Use analytical skills for reasoning,
research, and reporting including interpretation
of maps, charts, graphs, timelines and works
of art. |
Standard Reference
489.01a |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Identify the various tools and resources used
in historical inquiry including but not limited
to maps, charts, graphs, chronological timelines
and artifacts. |
Spielvogel, ongoing |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.03 Evaluate and interpret points-of-view
using primary and secondary sources. |
Standard Reference
489.01b |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Identify and evaluate types of historical sources
and introduce students to key terms used in historical
study (judgment, bias, etc.). |
|
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.04 Create or interpret a work that expresses
the uniqueness of a historical period. |
Standard Reference
984.03a |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Replicate an artifact or interpret a work of
art that reflects the particular cultural period
in Western Civilization. |
Spielvogel, ongoing |
EOC, TMA |
|
Back to Top |
|
Unit
2 |
The Ancient Near East
and Egypt |
Semester 1, 3 Weeks |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.05 Recognize the cultural legacy of Mesopotamia,
Egypt, and the Ancient Near East in the development
of Western Civilization. |
Standard Reference
135105 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Explain the development and characteristics
of the civilizations that inhabited Mesopotamia
through the Assyrians with emphasis on the impact
of geography and on the political and cultural
contributions of each. |
Spielvogel, Ch. 1 |
EOC, TMA |
|
02 |
Explain the development and characteristics
of the Egyptian civilization with emphasis on
geography and on the political and cultural contributions
of the Egyptians. |
Ch. 1 |
EOC, TMA |
|
03 |
Explain the development and characteristics
of the Hebrew culture with emphasis on their
contributions to Western religion. |
Ch. 2 |
EOC, TMA |
|
04 |
Explain the development and characteristics
of the Persians with emphasis on their political
organization and religious contributions. |
Ch. 2 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Back to Top |
|
Unit
3 |
Early and Hellenic
Greece |
Semester 1, 4 Weeks |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.06 Trace the development of civilization
in Greece through the Greek Dark Age beginning
with a study of the Minoans. |
Standard Reference
135106 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Describe the culture of the Minoans and Mycenaeans
and recognize their contribution to heroic and
literary traditions of Hellenic Greece. |
Ch. 3 |
EOC, TMA |
|
02 |
Examine the dynamics of the Greek Dark Age as
an example of social collapse using the period
between 1100 and 750 BC in Greece. |
Ch. 3 |
TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.07 Trace the political development and
cultural expansion of Greek civilization from
750 BC to 500 BC. |
Standard Reference
135107 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Examine the expansion of the Greeks in and beyond
the Aegean region with particular emphasis on
economic relationships, and the recognition of
a common Greek identity (e.g. Magna Graecia). |
Ch. 3 |
EOC, TMA |
|
02 |
Explain the events and individuals associated
with the political evolution of the polis and
show variations in poleis' development, using
Athens and Sparta as case studies. Emphasis should
be placed on the movement from monarchy towards
democracy and the relationship between the individual
and the polis. |
Ch. 3 |
EOC, TMA |
|
03 |
Compare and contrast the democratic principles
of the polis with a modern view of democracy. |
Ch. 3 |
TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.08 The student will be able to identify
and describe the political events and cultural
contributions associated with the "Golden
Age of Greece" (500 B.C.-404 B.C.). |
Standard Reference
135108 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Describe the causes and significance of the
two Persian wars. |
Ch. 3 |
TMA |
|
02 |
Examine the rationale for the creation of the
Delian League, the problems it posed for the
polis system and its contribution to instability
among its members. |
Ch. 3 |
EOC, TMA |
|
03 |
Describe and analyze the causes and significance
of the Peloponnesian War. |
Ch. 3 |
EOC, TMA |
|
04 |
Examine the origins of Western thought by identifying
and exploring the pursuit of reason as taught
by Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Emphasis should
be placed on key Hellenic themes such as the
civic virtues (courage, wisdom, justice and temperance). |
Ch. 3 |
EOC, TMA |
|
05 |
Recognize the expression of key Hellenic themes
in the artistic legacy of Greece with emphasis
on sculpture, architecture, and drama. |
Ch. 3 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.09 Identify examples of the arts and
humanities that have Influenced or reflected
cultural and/or historical events. |
Standard Reference
980.01a |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Explain allegorical nature of Plato’s Parable
of the Cave. |
Ch. 3 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Back to Top |
|
Unit
4 |
Hellenistic Greece |
Semester 1, 1˝ Weeks |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.10 Identify and explain the events associated
with the rise of Alexander the Great and describe
the cultural contributions of the Hellenistic
Age. |
Standard Reference
135110 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Describe the circumstances leading to the rise
of Macedonia, the hegemony of Alexander the Great,
and their impact on the polis system. |
Ch. 4 |
EOC, TMA |
|
02 |
Describe the artistic legacy of the Hellenistic
period and compare and contrast it with the Hellenic
ideal with an emphasis on sculpture, architecture
and philosophy. |
Ch. 4 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.11 Demonstrate how a literary or artistic
work relates to the history and culture from
which it originated. |
Standard Reference
984.02a |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Explain how a work of art reflects the Hellenistic
period. |
Ch. 4 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.12 Explain the origins, development and
institutions of the Roman Republic |
Standard Reference
135112 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Describe the factors impacting the origin and
development of Rome with an emphasis on geography
and the presence of the Etruscans. |
Ch. 5 |
TMA |
|
02 |
Examine the parallel relationship between the
patriarchal structure of the family and governing
components of the Republican state. |
Ch. 5 |
EOC, TMA |
|
03 |
Examine the social divisions within Roman society
and consider the Republic’s effectiveness in
addressing conflicts resulting from them. |
Ch. 5 |
EOC, TMA |
|
04 |
Recognize the influence of Roman republican
institutions on the American system of government |
Ch. 5 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.13 Analyze the causes, significant events,
and foreign policy issues associated with the
expansion of Roman power. |
Standard Reference
135113 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Define "defensive expansionism" and
explain its role in the conquest of the Italian
peninsula. |
Ch. 5 |
TMA |
|
02 |
Identify and describe the events and individuals
associated with the Punic Wars and explain the
impact of those wars on Roman foreign policy. |
Ch. 5 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.14 Analyze the economic, social and political
reasons for the Decline of the Roman Republic. |
Standard Reference
135114 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Understand the environmental devastation and
the resulting economic crisis that followed the
Second Punic War. |
Ch. 5 |
TMA |
|
02 |
Examine the various attempts at addressing the
socio-economic problems of the late Republic
and their cumulative impact on the demise of
the republican system. Emphasis should be placed
on the role of the Gracchi brothers, and the
dictatorships of Marius, Sulla, and Caesar. |
Ch. 5 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Back to Top |
|
Unit
6 |
The Roman Empire |
Semester 1, 2 Weeks |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.15 Describe the development of the Principate
and evaluate its effectiveness in Imperial
Rule. |
Standard Reference
135115 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Understand the conditions under which Octavian
became "princeps" and examine how the
principate both preserved and replaced republican
rule. |
Ch. 5-6 |
EOC, TMA |
|
02 |
Evaluate the effectiveness of the imperial system
with emphasis on the succession problem by contrasting
periods of imperial performance such as the Julio-Claudians
vs. the Five Good Emperors. |
Ch. 6 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.16 Explain the Pax Romana and describe
its legacy to Western Civilization. |
Standard Reference
135116 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Understand and describe the conditions under
which the Pax Romana occurred and how it encouraged
the spread of Classical culture beyond the Mediterranean
basin. |
Ch. 6 |
TMA |
|
02 |
List and describe the architecture, the construction
techniques and the utility of Roman infrastructure
in the maintenance of empire; cite significant
illustrative examples. |
Ch. 6 |
EOC, TMA |
|
03 |
Recognize the role of Roman language, literature,
and law in the development of Western political
institutions. |
Ch. 6 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.17 Explain the evolution of Christianity
and discuss its influence within the Roman
Empire. |
Standard Reference
135117 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Recognize the common links between the Jewish
and Christian traditions and understand how they
diverge. |
Ch. 6 |
EOC, TMA |
|
02 |
Account for the increasing popularity of Christianity
in the Roman Empire, including the role Paul
played in the spread of Christianity. |
Ch. 6 |
EOC, TMA |
|
03 |
Describe the Roman response to Christianity’s
spread and account for periods of persecution
and its ultimate legitimization. |
Ch. 6 |
EOC, TMA |
|
04 |
Describe the institutional organization of the
Christian church in terms of its evolution and
purpose with emphasis on the church’s increasing
role in the Late Empire. |
Ch. 6-7 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.18 Compare and contrast documented facts
with intentional and/or unintentional distortions
of the historical record. |
Standard Reference
982.03a |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Compare commonly held perceptions relating to
the persecution of Christians at the hands of
Roman authorities with evidence to the contrary
and account for the differences between the two
conflicting views. |
Ch. 6 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.19 Explain the factors that led to the
fall of the Roman Empire and identify and discuss
the individuals and sequence of events that
led to that decline. |
Standard Reference
135119 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Describe the political and military weaknesses
of the Late Empire. |
Ch. 6 |
EOC, TMA |
|
02 |
Understand the reasons for socio-economic instability
beginning during the third century A.D. |
Ch. 6 |
EOC, TMA |
|
03 |
Recognize the relevant groups of Germanic peoples
and their role in the ultimate collapse of the
Western Roman Empire. |
Ch. 6 |
TMA |
|
Back to Top |
|
Unit
7 |
The Byzantine Empire,
Islam, and the West during the Early Middle
Ages |
Semester 1, 3 Weeks |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.20 Recognize the role of the Byzantine
Empire in preserving Roman institutions and
culture while developing its own unique political
and religious heritage. |
Standard Reference
135120 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Recognize the role played by Byzantium in the
preservation of Roman institutions with an emphasis
on Roman law as reflected by the Justinian Code. |
Ch. 7 |
EOC, TMA |
|
02 |
Describe the events that led to the development
of an Eastern Christian church and understand
its relationship with the Byzantine state. |
Ch. 7 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.21 Explain the development of Islam and
its basic beliefs. |
Standard Reference
135121 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Identify Mohammed, the basic beliefs of Islam,
and the impact of Islam’s spread. |
Ch. 7 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.22 Examine the peoples, institutions,
and key figures who dominated the West between
500 A.D. and 751 A.D. |
Standard Reference
135122 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Identify and describe the dominant Germanic
tribes, their shared customs, their location,
and their influence in Western Europe from 500
to 751 with emphasis on the development of the
Frankish kingdom. |
Ch. 7 |
TMA |
|
02 |
Understand the key developments within the Roman
church with emphasis on church doctrine and the
influence of St. Augustine, the early development
of the Papacy, and monasticism. |
Ch. 7 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.23 Examine the peoples, institutions,
and key figures that dominate the West between
751 A.D. and 1000 A.D. |
Standard Reference
135123 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Identify individuals and events important to
the development of the Carolingian Frankish Kingdom. |
Ch. 8 |
EOC, TMA |
|
02 |
Describe the cultural legacy of the "Carolingian
Renaissance" with its blending of Germanic,
Classical, and Christian traditions. |
Ch. 8 |
EOC, TMA |
|
03 |
Describe the factors leading to the break-up
of the Carolingian Empire with emphasis on internal
dissention, and external invasion; explain the
long-term impact on political and cultural divisions
within Europe. |
Ch. 8 |
EOC, TMA |
|
04 |
Understand the role and influence of manoralism,
feudalism and the context in which they developed. |
Ch. 8 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.24 Identify literary, artistic, and philosophical
works that influence and/or reflect cultural
values. |
Standard Reference
980.02b |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Use Beowulf to illustrate, identify and discuss
the values of Germanic society including the
role of the gefogle and the values of a heroic
society. |
Ch. 8 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Back to Top |
|
Unit
8 |
The High Middle Ages |
Semester 2, 3 Weeks |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.25 Understand the conditions in which
economic recovery and population growth occurred
in Europe after 1000 AD. |
Standard Reference
135125 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Describe the role new technologies played in
the economic recovery of Europe with emphasis
on the availability of iron and the heavy plow. |
Ch. 9 |
TMA |
|
02 |
Identify those regions in Europe where economic
recovery and population growth led to increased
political influence in European affairs. |
Ch. 9 |
EOC, TMA |
|
03 |
Understand the relationship between economic
prosperity, the growth of trade, and the increasing
influence of cities in feudal Europe. |
Ch. 10 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.26 Understand the development of papal
hegemony. |
Standard Reference
135126 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Describe the conditions in which the Roman Church
became dominant in the West, including the role
of the Cluniac movement and key popes. |
Ch. 9 |
EOC, TMA |
|
02 |
Define and cite examples of papal hegemony at
work with emphasis on the Investiture Controversy. |
Ch. 9 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.27 Analyze attempts toward centralized
monarchal power in England, France, and the
Holy Roman Empire and evaluate challenges to
royal authority in each. |
Standard Reference
135127 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Identify and describe the individuals and events
associated with the development of the medieval
French monarchy. |
Ch. 10 |
EOC, TMA |
|
02 |
Identify and describe the individuals and events
associated with the development of the medieval
English monarchy. |
Ch. 10 |
EOC, TMA |
|
03 |
Identify and describe the individuals and events
associated with the development of the medieval
German monarchy. |
Ch. 10 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.28 Compare similarities among contemporary
and historical works of literature, art, music,
dance, and drama. |
Standard Reference
982.03c |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Analyze the influence of the Magna Carta on
the American Bill of Rights by comparing
the two and looking for similarities relating
to limits on government. |
Ch. 10 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.29 Describe the Crusades and their role
in the re-emergence of the West. |
Standard Reference
135129 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Examine the conditions in which the First Crusade
was called and explain why its call was so popular. |
Ch. 9 |
TMA |
|
02 |
Evaluate the effectiveness of the Crusader movement
with emphasis on the long-term effects for the
participating political entities. |
Ch. 9 |
EOC, TMA |
|
03 |
Understand the ethical issues associated with
fighting a "just war." |
Ch. 9 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.30 Identify and describe the intellectual,
artistic, and architectural contributions of
the High Middle Ages. |
Standard Reference
135130 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Understand the significance of the Scholastic
movement and its successful re-introduction of
Classical thought in the West, with emphasis
on the works of St. Thomas Aquinas. |
Ch. 10 |
EOC, TMA |
|
02 |
Describe the role of medieval universities in
the intellectual, legal, and economic spheres
of life in the Middle Ages. |
Ch. 10 |
TMA |
|
03 |
Trace the development of secular literature
in the vernacular by identifying specific works
and their authors (for example Dante’s Divine
Comedy and The Song of Roland). |
Ch. 11 |
EOC, TMA |
|
04 |
Compare and contrast characteristics of Romanesque
and Gothic architecture. |
Ch. 10 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.31 Explain how world religions have influenced
the arts and humanities. |
Standard Reference
980.03d |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
List the characteristics of a Gothic cathedral
and explain how the structure reflects the values
of the High Middle Ages. |
Ch. 10 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.32 Explain the factors that brought the
Middle Ages to a close. |
Standard Reference
135132 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Evaluate the factors that led to the diminished
influence of the medieval papacy and that anticipate
the decline of the church. |
Ch. 11 |
EOC, TMA |
|
02 |
Analyze the social, economic, and political
effects of the Black Plague. |
Ch. 11 |
EOC, TMA |
|
03 |
Analyze the social, economic, and political
effects of the Hundred Years’ War. |
Ch. 11 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.33 Compare cultural similarities and/or
differences among historic and contemporary
works of literature, art, music, dance, and
drama. |
Standard Reference
982.03d |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Consider the human reaction to fear and contrast
how this reaction differs or does not differ
over the following three events using images
or contemporary writers: the Black Plague, nuclear
war, and AIDS. |
Ch. 11 & 29 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.34 Explain the origins of humanism, and
describe how the humanist view differs from
the medieval view. |
Standard Reference
135134 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Define and understand the new world view expressed
in humanism, with emphasis on man’s potential
in this life and his growing interest in worldly
things. |
Ch. 12 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.35 Trace the development of the nation-state
in England, France, and Spain in contrast to
its failure to develop in the Holy Roman Empire
and Italy. |
Standard Reference
135135 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Identify and describe the individuals and events
associated with the development of the national
monarchy in France. |
Ch. 12 |
EOC, TMA |
|
02 |
Identify and describe the individuals and events
associated with the development of the national
monarchy in England. |
Ch. 12 |
EOC, TMA |
|
03 |
Identify and describe the individuals and events
associated with the development of the national
monarchy in Spain. |
Ch. 12 |
TMA |
|
04 |
Identify and describe the individuals and events
associated with the failure to develop an effective
national monarchy in the Holy Roman Empire. |
Ch. 12 |
EOC, TMA |
|
05 |
Identify and describe the individuals and events
associated with the failure to develop an effective
national monarchy in Italy. |
Ch. 12 |
TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.36 Describe the cultural characteristics
of the Renaissance and identify the major advances
in art, science and exploration, and literature;
identify the individuals who are associated
with these developments. |
Standard Reference
135136 |
|
No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Explain the term Renaissance man. |
Ch. 12 |
EOC, TMA |
|
02 |
Identify the major artists and works of the
Renaissance in Italy and the North and compare
and contrast the qualities of both styles. |
Ch. 12 |
EOC, TMA |
|
03 |
Identify the major scientific advances and achievements
in exploration and the individuals associated
with each. |
Ch. 12 |
EOC, TMA |
|
04 |
Trace the continuing development of secular
themes in literature by identifying specific
works and their authors (for example Boccaccio,
Machiavelli, and Shakespeare). |
Ch. 12 |
EOC, TMA |
|
Instructional Objective
1351.37 Discuss the ethical limits to the
pursuit of peace, prosperity, and individual
happiness. |
Standard Reference
982.02a |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Select a modern figure who exemplifies Machiavelli’s
prince and defend that choice. |
Ch. 12 |
EOC, TMA |
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Unit
10 |
Reformation, Discovery,
and the Wars of Religion |
Semester 2, 4 Weeks |
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Instructional Objective
1351.38 Identify and explain the causes of
the Protestant Reformation, the events and
individuals associated with the Reformation
, and the impact of this period on the growth
of individualism. |
Standard Reference
135138 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Summarize the climate and causes of protest
, both within and outside the church. |
Ch. 13 |
EOC, TMA |
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02 |
Recognize the contributions of Martin Luther
and John Calvin to the development of individualism
during the Protestant Reformation. |
Ch. 13 |
EOC, TMA |
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03 |
Recognize the relationship between the catastrophe
of the Thirty Years War and the increasing Western
tendency to tolerate unorthodox religious views. |
Ch. 14 |
EOC, TMA |
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04 |
Recognize the conflict within states as to the
proper relationship between the individual, church,
and state. |
Ch. 14
Ongoing |
EOC, TMA |
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Instructional Objective
1351.39 Identify and explain how historical
figures, events, or conditions have dramatically
impacted philosophical, aesthetic, or ethical
issues. |
Standard Reference
982.01b |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Analyze the circumstances in which Luther penned
his Ninety-Five Theses and evaluate the degree
to which he intended for his actions to be a
catalyst for religious revolution. |
Ch. 13-14 |
EOC, TMA |
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Instructional Objective
1351.40 Examine the circumstances in Europe
that contributed to the Age of Exploration
and Discovery. |
Standard Reference
135140 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Identify the goals and methods of the fifteenth
and sixteenth century explorers. |
Ch. 14 |
EOC, TMA |
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02 |
Explain how European contact with the Americas
could be seen as the beginning of a world culture
(i.e. the Colombian Exchange). |
Ch. 14 |
EOC, TMA |
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Unit
11 |
Absolutism and Constitutionalism |
Semester 2, 1 Week |
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Instructional Objective
1351.41 Analyze the developing relationship
between the individual and the state/crown
as expressed in models of absolutism and constitutionalism. |
Standard Reference
135141 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Distinguish between limited government and autocracy. |
Ch. 15 |
EOC, TMA |
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02 |
Explain absolutism in theory and practice (e.g.
in France). |
Ch. 15 |
EOC, TMA |
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03 |
Contrast the theory of divine right with the
theory of constitutionalism. |
Ch. 15 |
EOC, TMA |
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Unit
12 |
Science, Enlightenment,
and Revolutions |
Semester 2, 3 Weeks |
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Instructional Objective
1351.42 Investigate the key individuals and
events that advanced scientific thought and
evaluate the impact of these advances on the
individual and society. |
Standard Reference
135142 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Identify the individuals and forces that brought
about the inductive method of understanding the
world. |
Ch. 16 |
EOC, TMA |
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02 |
Examine the Western belief in progress and the
influence of that belief on social forces. |
Ch. 17, 18, 21 |
EOC, TMA |
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Instructional Objective
1351.43 Investigate the philosophical trends,
including the contributions of the Enlightenment
philosophers, on the movement toward political
emancipation that occurred during the Modern
Era; assess the impact of that emancipation
on the growth of individualism. |
Standard Reference
135143 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Trace the development of social contract theory
from Hobbes to Rousseau. |
Ch. 17 |
EOC, TMA |
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02 |
Recognize the role of social contract theory
in key political documents of the Modern Era. |
Ch. 17 |
EOC, TMA |
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03 |
Characterize and discuss the evolving relationship
between the individual and government. |
Ch. 17 |
EOC, TMA |
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Instructional Objective
1351.44 Describe the political revolutions
of the eighteenth century. |
Standard Reference
135144 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Identify the ideologies and circumstances that
led to the American and French Revolutions and
subsequent political changes throughout the world. |
Ch. 19 |
EOC, TMA |
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Unit
13 |
Age of Isms and the
Age of Progress |
Semester 2, 3 Weeks |
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Instructional Objective
1351.45 Characterize and investigate the consequences
of the agricultural and industrial revolutions. |
Standard Reference
135145 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Examine the causes and consequences of the agricultural
and industrial revolutions of the 18th and
19th centuries. |
Ch. 20 |
EOC, TMA |
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02 |
Identify the basic features of the new industrial
system created by the Industrial Revolution. |
Ch. 20 |
EOC, TMA |
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03 |
Identify the effects of the Industrial Revolution
on urban life, social classes, and family life. |
Ch. 20 |
EOC, TMA |
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Instructional Objective
1351.46 Investigate conservatism, liberalism,
nationalism and utopian socialism. |
Standard Reference
135146 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Identify the main tenets of conservatism, liberalism,
nationalism, and utopian socialism. |
Ch. 21-22 |
EOC, TMA |
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02 |
Illustrate the impact of each of these "isms" on
an aspect of society. |
Ch. 21-22 |
EOC, TMA |
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03 |
Identify the elements of nationalism and explain
why unification succeeded in Germany and Italy. |
Ch. 22 |
EOC, TMA |
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Instructional Objective
1351.47 Examine the evolution of a mass society
in the "age of progress." |
Standard Reference
135147 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Explain and characterize the concept of mass
society. |
Ch. 23 |
TMA, EOC |
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02 |
Identify the political trends evident in the
nations of Western Europe in the last decades
of the nineteenth century. |
Ch. 24 |
EOC, TMA |
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Unit
14 |
Modernity and the Twentieth
Century |
Semester 2, 2 Weeks |
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Instructional Objective
1351.48 Examine how the developments of the
nineteenth and twentieth centuries lead to
a period of anxiety and world war. |
Standard Reference
135148 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
|
01 |
Characterize the "new imperialism" of the late
nineteenth century. |
Ch. 24 |
EOC, TMA |
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02 |
Explain the relationship between European global
imperialism and the coming of WWI. |
Ch. 24 |
EOC, TMA |
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03 |
Examine the multiple causes of World War I (e.g.
rivalries, militarism, ethnic conflicts, and
imperialism). |
Ch. 25 |
EOC, TMA |
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04 |
Understand the post WWI era in the context of
democracy versus totalitarianism. |
Ch. 25 |
TMA |
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Instructional Objective
1351.49 Explore contemporary developments
in the Modern Era of Western Civilization. |
Standard Reference
135149 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Examine modern trends in science, philosophy,
and culture. |
Ch. 26-28 |
EOC, TMA |
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02 |
Identify contemporary socio-economic trends
and explore their impact on modern politics. |
Ch. 26-28 |
EOC |
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Instructional Objective
1351.50 Explore the meaning and evaluate the
impact of Western Civilization. |
Standard Reference
135150 |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference |
Assessment Correlation |
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01 |
Identify the themes and tensions related to
them that consistently appear throughout Western
Civilization (centralized vs. decentralized authority,
individual vs. collective identity, church vs.
state) and analyze how the Western tradition
continues to address these themes (the above
equations remain constant but the solutions differ
over time). |
Ongoing |
EOC, TMA |
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02 |
Debate the following question: is the Western
Tradition becoming the global culture or is this
tradition in decline? |
Ongoing |
TMA |
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