Social Studies - World Studies 8
Europe

Course Description

This course is the third in a three-course sequence of world studies. World Studies 8 focuses on the geography, culture, and history of Europe, including Russia and Australia. First semester includes a geographic overview of Europe, and geographic and cultural surveys of early Europe. First semester also includes an historical survey of Europe from its roots in classical civilizations to the Scientific Revolution. Second semester includes geographic and cultural surveys of modern Europe, Russia, and Australia (as a model of colonial development). Historical content continues from the Industrial Revolution to contemporary Europe. Teachers have designed a World Studies Model for examining the cultures studied in grades six, seven, and eight.

A Note on the Standards

The eighth grade curriculum includes both Boise School District and State of Idaho standards. State standards include content knowledge and skills in the following areas: critical thinking, map-reading skills, geography, adaptation to physical environment and systems, economics, technological advancements of various societies, migration and diffusion, the cultural and social development of societies, and the interdependence of diverse societies. While each standard is expressed through specific, associated instructional objectives, instructors should seek opportunities to apply the standards throughout the course.

Adopted Materials

World History: Glenco New York, NY, 2005
Nystrom World Atlas

World Studies Culture Model

Copyright Resources

K – 12 Social Studies Scope and Sequence

Course Scope

First Semester

Second Semester

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Unit 1

Geographic Overview of Europe

Semester 1, 2 ½ Weeks

1303.01 Describe how physical features such as mountain ranges, fertile plains, and rivers led to the development of cultural regions.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.2.3.3

Associated Instructional Objectives:

Use maps, charts, and graphs to compare rural and urban populations in selected countries in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.4.1

Locate and label on map or globe major rivers, mountain ranges, gulfs, and seas of the continents and their countries.

6-9.WHC.2.1.2

Identify the names and locations of countries and major cities in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.3.1

Describe major physical characteristics of regions in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.3.2

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Interpret a population density map.

World Atlas

EOC

02

Identify and locate continents and oceans on a world map.

Nystrom Atlas

TMA

03

Identify and locate the major physical features of Europe.

Nystrom Atlas

EOC

04

Identify modern European countries on a political map.

Nystrom Atlas

EOC

1303.02 Compare and contrast cultural patterns in the Eastern Hemisphere, such as language, religion, and ethnicity.

Standard Reference
6-9.GEH.2.4.2

Associated Instructional Objective:

Give examples of how language, literature, and the arts shaped the development and transmission of culture in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.5.1.2

Explain the relationship between religion and the peoples understanding of the natural world.

6-9.WHC.1.9.1

Explain how the resources of an area can be the source of conflict between competing groups.

6-9.WHC.2.5.1

Illustrate how the population growth rate impacts a nation's resources.

6-9.WHC.2.5.2

Explain how rapid growth of cities can lead to economic, social, and political problems.

6-9.WHC.2.5.3

Describe how the conservation of resources is necessary to maintain a healthy and productive environment for future generations.

6-9.WHC.2.5.4

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Define the concept of culture and describe the characteristics that make up a cultural region or group.

Teacher Resource

EOC

02

Define and apply the elements of the world studies culture model to specific area.

Culture Model

EOC

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Unit 2

Ancient Greece

Semester 1, 2 ½ Weeks

1303.03 Describe how physical features such as mountain ranges, fertile plains, and rivers led to the development of cultural regions.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.2.3.3

Associated Instructional Objectives:

Describe major physical characteristics of regions in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.3.2

Compare major cultural characteristics of regions in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.3.3

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Describe the physical features of Greece and their impact on Greece.

Ch. 4, Sec.1
Atlas

EOC

1303.04 Find examples of how writing, art, architecture, mathematics, and science have evolved in western civilization over time.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.1.8.1

Associated Instructional Objective:

Compare and contrast cultural patterns in the Eastern Hemisphere, such as language, religion, and ethnicity.

6-9.GEH.2.4.2

Give examples of how language, literature, and the arts shaped the development and transmission of culture in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.5.1.2

Explain the relationship between religion and the peoples understanding of the natural world.

6-9.WHC.1.9.1

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Apply elements of the culture model to classical Greece.

Culture Model

EOC

1303.05 Analyze the various political philosophies which shaped western civilization including the City-State, Monarchy, Republic, Nation-State, and Democracy.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.4.4.2

Associated Instructional Objectives:

Analyze and evaluate the global expansion of liberty and democracy through revolution and reform movements in challenging authoritarian or despotic regimes.

6-9.WHC.4.4.3

Identify the technological advances developed by Ancient, Greco Roman, Medieval, Early-Modern, and Modern European societies and civilizations.

6-9.WHC.1.7.2

Describe the role of government in population movements throughout western civilization.

6-9.WHC.4.4.1

Identify the major forms of government in the Eastern Hemisphere and compare them with the United States.

6-9.GEH.4.5.1

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Describe historical background of democracy.

Ch. 4, Sec. 2

EOC

02

Compare and contrast the values of Athens and Sparta using the culture model.

Teacher Resource

EOC

03

Identify cultural heritage of the Greeks to the Western World: architecture, art, literature, theatre, science, mathematics, and philosophy.

Ch. 4, Sec. 3 -4

EOC

04

Explain the significance of the Persian and Peloponnesian wars.

Ch. 4, Sec. 3

EOC

05

Discuss the Delian League and its impact on the Peloponnesian war.

Ch. 4, Sec. 3

EOC

06

Determine the influence of Alexander the Great on the spread of Hellenistic culture.

Ch. 4, Sec. 5

EOC

07

Compare voter eligibility in ancient Athens and to that of present day American voters.

Ch. 4, Sec. 3

EOC

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Unit 3

Ancient Rome

Semester 1, 2 ½ Weeks

1303.06 Analyze visual and mathematical data presented in charts, tables, graphs, maps, and other graphic organizers to assist in interpreting a historical event.

Standard Reference
6-9.GEH.2.1.4

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Trace the growth and boundaries of the Roman Empire.

Nystrom Atlas, p. 36

EOC

1303.07 Find examples of how writing, art, architecture, mathematics, and science have evolved in western civilization over time.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.1.8.1

Associated Instructional Objective:

Compare and contrast cultural patterns in the Eastern Hemisphere, such as language, religion, and ethnicity.

6-9.GEH.2.4.2

Give examples of how language, literature, and the arts shaped the development and transmission of culture in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.5.1.2

Explain the relationship between religion and the peoples understanding of the natural world.

6-9.WHC.1.9.1

Compare major cultural characteristics of regions in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.3.3

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Apply elements of the culture model to ancient Rome.

Ch. 5, Sec. 3

EOC

1303.8 Identify the origins and characteristics of different social classes.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.1.8.2

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Characterize social classes of ancient Rome.

Ch. 5, Sec. 1, 3

EOC

02

Analyze the roles each class played within the Roman cultures.

Ch. 5, Sec. 1

EOC

1303.9 Analyze the various political philosophies which shaped western civilization including the City-State, Monarchy, Republic, Nation-State, and Democracy.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.4.4.2

Associated Instructional Objectives:

Analyze and evaluate the global expansion of liberty and democracy through revolution and reform movements in challenging authoritarian or despotic regimes.

6-9.WHC.4.4.3

Describe the role of government in population movements throughout western civilization.

6-9.WHC.4.4.1

Identify the major forms of government in the Eastern Hemisphere and compare them with the United States.

6-9.GEH.4.5.1

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

List the components of democracy found in the Roman culture.

Ch. 5, Sec. 1

EOC

02

Describe the rise of the Roman Republic and its subsequent expansion into an empire.

Ch. 5, Sec. 1-2

TMA

03

Summarize how Rome ceased to be a republic and became an empire.

Ch. 5, Sec. 2

EOC

04

Compare the American political system to the Greek/Roman systems.

Teacher Resource

EOC

05

Compare the use of veto power in Rome and the United States.

Teacher Resource

EOC

06

Describe at least two similarities and differences between the American legislature and the Roman Senate.

Teacher Resource

EOC

07

Analyze the significance of the Laws of the Twelve Tables to the Roman legal system.

Ch. 5, Sec. 1

EOC

1303.10 Identify the technological advances developed by Ancient, Greco Roman, Medieval, Early-Modern, and Modern European societies and civilizations.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.1.7.2

Associated Instructional Objective:

Describe the role of government in population movements throughout western civilization.

6-9.WHC.4.4.1

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Identify the political and economic reasons for Roman expansion throughout Europe.

Ch. 5, Sec. 1

EOC

02

Relate the political, social and cultural effects of Roman expansion on the population of Europe.

Ch. 5, Sec. 2-3

EOC

1303.11 Understand the demise of the Roman Empire.

Standard Reference
130315

Associated Instructional Objectives:

Explain how religion shaped the development of western civilization.

6-9.WHC.1.9.2

Identify main reasons for major migrations of people.

6-9.WHC.2.3.1

List examples that show how economic opportunity and a higher standard of living are important factors in the migration of people.

6-9.WHC.3.1.2

Describe the role of government in population movements throughout western civilization.

6-9.WHC.4.4.1

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Discuss the role of Christianity in the Roman Empire.

Ch. 5, Sec. 4

EOC

02

Examine political, economic, social, and military problems that led to the fall of Rome.

Ch. 5, Sec. 5
Nystrom Atlas, pp. 39-40

EOC

03

Discuss the ways in which the Byzantine Empire carried on the legacy of Rome.

Ch. 5, Sec. 5
Ch. 9, Sec. 1

EOC

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Unit 4

Medieval Europe

Semester 1, 2 ½ Weeks

1303.12 Find examples of how writing, art, architecture, mathematics, and science have evolved in western civilization over time.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.1.8.1

Associated Instructional Objective:

Compare and contrast cultural patterns in the Eastern Hemisphere, such as language, religion, and ethnicity.

6-9.GEH.2.4.2

Give examples of how language, literature, and the arts shaped the development and transmission of culture in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.5.1.2

Explain how religion shaped the development of western civilization.

6-9.WHC.1.9.2

Compare major cultural characteristics of regions in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.3.3

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Apply elements of the culture model to medieval Europe.

Ch. 9-10

EOC

1303.13 Analyze the various political philosophies which shaped western civilization including the City-State, Monarchy, Republic, Nation-State, and Democracy.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.4.4.2

Associated Instructional Objectives:

Analyze and evaluate the global expansion of liberty and democracy through revolution and reform movements in challenging authoritarian or despotic regimes.

6-9.WHC.4.4.3

Identify the major forms of government in the Eastern Hemisphere and compare them with the United States.

6-9.GEH.4.5.1

Identify the origins and characteristics of different social classes.

6-9.WHC.1.8.2

Discuss how religion influenced social behavior and created social order.

6-9.WHC.1.9.3

Describe how different economic systems in the Eastern Hemisphere answer the basic economic questions on what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce.

6-9.GEH.3.2.1

Explain how historically people have relied on their natural resources to meet their needs.

6-9.WHC.3.1.1

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Explain the influence of the Vikings on the development of the feudal system.

Ch. 9, Sec. 2

EOC

02

Describe the structure of the feudal system.

Ch. 9, Sec. 2

EOC

03

Explain the role of Roman Catholic Church in feudal life.

Ch. 9, Sec. 1
Ch. 10, Sec. 2

EOC

04

Compare/contrast characteristics of city-states to characteristics of feudal states.

Ch. 4, Sec. 3
Ch. 9, Sec. 2

TMA

05

Compare the lives of slaves in Athens to serfs in medieval Europe.

Ch. 4, Sec. 2-3
Ch. 10, Sec. 1

EOC

1303.14 Describe how different religious beliefs were sources of conflict.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.1.9.4

Associated Instructional Objective:

Discuss how social institutions, including the family, religion, and education, influence behavior in different societies in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.5.1.1

Identify main reasons for major migrations of people.

6-9.WHC.2.3.1

Describe the role of government in population movements throughout western civilization.

6-9.WHC.4.4.1

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Analyze the causes and effects of the Crusades.

Ch. 9, Sec. 4
Nystrom Atlas, p. 62

EOC

02

Contrast the European/Christian and the Islamic perspective of the Crusade.

Ch. 9, Sec. 4
Nystrom Atlas, p. 62

EOC

03

Describe how the rise of feudalism caused the population of medieval Europe to shift.

Ch. 10, Sec. 1

EOC

1303.15 Explain how transportation routes stimulate growth of cities and the exchange of goods, knowledge, and technology.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.2.3.4

Associated Instructional Objectives:

Describe how different economic systems in the Eastern Hemisphere answer the basic economic questions on what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce.

6-9.GEH.3.2.1

Identify the technological advances developed by Ancient, Greco Roman, Medieval, Early-Modern, and Modern European societies and civilizations.

6-9.WHC.1.7.2

Discuss how social institutions, including the family, religion, and education, influence behavior in different societies in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.5.1.1

Identify the origins and characteristics of different social classes.

6-9.WHC.1.8.2

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Identify and locate three major trade centers in medieval Europe.

Ch. 10, Sec. 1
Nystrom Atlas, p. 64

EOC

02

Describe how the Crusade routes developed into trade routes.

Ch. 9, Sec. 4
Ch. 10, Sec. 1
Nystrom Atlas, p. 62

EOC

03

Assess the impact of the Crusades.

Ch 10

EOC

04

Identify and explain the factors that led to the decline of the feudal system.

Ch. 9, Sec. 3

EOC

05

Explain how the rise of cities, strong monarchies, crusades and the Black Death contributed to the decline of feudalism.

Ch. 10, Sec. 4

EOC

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Unit 5

Renaissance, Reformation, Exploration

Semester 1, 3 Weeks

1303.16 Explain how transportation routes stimulate growth of cities and the exchange of goods, knowledge, and technology.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.2.3.4

Associated Instructional Objectives:

Identify various colonial powers in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.1.8.3

Examine the impact of Europeans on indigenous cultures.

6-9.GEH.1.8.2

Identify the technological advances developed by Ancient, Greco Roman, Medieval, Early-Modern, and Modern European societies and civilizations.

6-9.WHC.1.7.2

Describe how different economic systems in the Eastern Hemisphere answer the basic economic questions on what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce.

6-9.GEH.3.2.1

Identify important economic organizations that have influenced economic growth.

6-9.WHC.3.2.4

Analyze the impact of economic growth on European society.

6-9.WHC.3.2.1

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Identify the routes used by Columbus, Magellan, and other European explorers.

Ch. 13, Sec. 1

EOC

02

Describe how exploration introduced new goods, ideas and technology to Europe.

Nystrom Atlas, p. 78

EOC

1303.17 Find examples of how writing, art, architecture, mathematics, and science have evolved in western civilization over time.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.1.8.1

Associated Instructional Objectives:

Give examples of how language, literature, and the arts shaped the development and transmission of culture in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.5.1.2

Identify the origins and characteristics of different social classes.

6-9.WHC.1.8.2

Discuss how religion influenced social behavior and created social order.

6-9.WHC.1.9.3

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Explain the origin and development of the Renaissance and humanism.

Ch. 12, Sec. 1-2

EOC

02

Analyze the impact of the rise of humanism on the Roman Catholic Church.

Ch. 12, Sec. 3

EOC

03

List three examples of art/inventions during the Renaissance.

Ch. 12, Sec. 2

EOC

04

Describe the impact of the invention of the printing press on society.

Ch. 12, Sec. 1

EOC

05

Describe at least three ideas/inventions of Leonardo Da Vinci that are used today.

Ch. 12, Sec. 2

EOC

06

Describe developments in Renaissance art.

Ch. 12, Sec. 2

EOC

1303.18 Explain how religion shaped the development of western civilization.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.1.9.2

Associated Instructional Objective:

Discuss how social institutions, including the family, religion, and education, influence behavior in different societies in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.5.1.1

Describe how different religious beliefs were sources of conflict.

6-9.WHC.1.9.4

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Explain the causes and impact of the Reformation.

Ch. 12, Sec. 3

EOC

02

Describe the contributions of Luther, Calvin, and Henry VIII to the Reformation.

Ch. 12, Sec. 3-4

EOC

03

Explain the relationship between the Reformation and the rivalries of European nation-states.

Ch. 12, Sec. 3-4

EOC

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Unit 6

Rise of Nations

Semester 1, 3 Weeks

1303.19 Give examples of how land and water forms, climate, and natural vegetation have influenced historical trends and developments in the Eastern Hemisphere.

Standard Reference
6-9.GEH.2.5.4

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Discuss how England’s island location contributed to its development as a nation.

Nystrom Atlas

EOC

1303.20 Find examples of how writing, art, architecture, mathematics, and science have evolved in western civilization over time.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.1.8.1

Associated Instructional Objective:

Compare and contrast cultural patterns in the Eastern Hemisphere, such as language, religion, and ethnicity.

6-9.GEH.2.4.2

Give examples of how language, literature, and the arts shaped the development and transmission of culture in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.5.1.2

Explain how religion shaped the development of western civilization.

6-9.WHC.1.9.2

Compare major cultural characteristics of regions in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.3.3

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Apply elements of the culture model to Elizabethan England.

Ch. 14, Sec. 1

TMA

1303.21 Analyze the various political philosophies which shaped western civilization including the City-State, Monarchy, Republic, Nation-State, and Democracy.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.4.4.2

Associated Instructional Objectives:

Analyze and evaluate the global expansion of liberty and democracy through revolution and reform movements in challenging authoritarian or despotic regimes.

6-9.WHC.4.4.3

Identify the major forms of government in the Eastern Hemisphere and compare them with the United States.

6-9.GEH.4.5.1

Identify the origins and characteristics of different social classes.

6-9.WHC.1.8.2

Discuss how religion influenced social behavior and created social order.

6-9.WHC.1.9.3

Explain how historically people have relied on their natural resources to meet their needs.

6-9.WHC.3.1.1

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Describe the evolution of democratic and legal practices in medieval England and their impact on the development of Western democratic ideas (e.g. Magna Carta).

Ch. 8, Sec. 3

EOC

02

Explain the concepts of divine right of kings, absolute monarchy, and constitutional monarchy.

Ch. 14, Sec. 2

EOC

03

Explain the evolution of the English monarchy from Henry VIII to William of Orange.

Teacher Resource

EOC

04

Explain why William of Orange became King of England.

Teacher Resource

EOC

05

Explain the development and significance of the English Bill of Rights.

Teacher Resource

EOC

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Unit 7

The Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution

Semester 1, 1-2 Weeks

1303.22 Find examples of how writing, art, architecture, mathematics, and science have evolved in western civilization over time.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.1.8.1

Associated Instructional Objective:

Compare and contrast cultural patterns in the Eastern Hemisphere, such as language, religion, and ethnicity.

6-9.GEH.2.4.2

Give examples of how language, literature, and the arts shaped the development and transmission of culture in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.5.1.2

Explain how religion shaped the development of western civilization.

6-9.WHC.1.9.2

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Determine the major figures, inventions, (e.g. telescope, barometer, microscope, thermometer), and theories (e.g. scientific method, theories advanced by Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Newton, and Harvey) associated with the scientific revolution and explain their impact on European society.

Ch. 17, Sec. 1

EOC

02

Identify the major figures and ideas associated with the Enlightenment (e.g. ideas of Hobbes and Locke), trace their origins (e.g. Greeks, Romans, Renaissance, scientific revolution), and analyze the influence and impact of these ideas on western institutions.

Ch. 14, Sec. 4
Ch. 17, Sec. 2

EOC

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Unit 8

Industrial Revolution

Semester 2, 1 ½ Weeks

1303.23 Trace the evolution of hunting-gathering, agrarian, industrial and technological economic systems.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.3.2.2

Associated Instructional Objectives:

Analyze the impact of economic growth on European society.

6-9.WHC.3.2.1

Identify influential economic thinkers and the impact of their philosophies.

6-9.WHC.3.2.3

Identify important economic organizations that have influenced economic growth.

6-9.WHC.3.2.4

Explain how historically people have relied on their natural resources to meet their needs.

6-9.WHC.3.1.1

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Describe the characteristics of the agricultural revolution, explaining how it led to the Industrial Revolution.

Ch. 19, Sec. 1

EOC

02

Analyze why the Industrial Revolution began in England, identifying significant developments and inventions. (e.g. steam engines, power loom, textile manufacturing.).

Teacher Resource

EOC

03

Describe changes in the economies, politics, and structures of society in England and Western Europe as a result of the Industrial Revolution (e.g., family life, working conditions, class distinctions, population growth, urbanization, origin of modern capitalism).

Ch. 19, Sec. 1

EOC

04

Identify and explain the economic theory of Adam Smith.

Ch. 17, Sec. 2

EOC

05

Explain why factories were built by rivers.

Ch. 19, Sec. 1

EOC

1303.24 Identify main reasons for major migrations of people.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.2.3.1

Associated Instructional Objective:

Identify the origins and characteristics of different social classes.

6-9.WHC.1.8.2

Identify influential economic thinkers and the impact of their philosophies.

6-9.WHC.3.2.3

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Explain the causes and effects of the enclosure movement.

Teacher Resource

EOC

02

Chronicle the change of the working class from agrarian to urban factory workers.

Ch. 19, Sec. 1

EOC

03

Characterize the economic theory of Karl Marx.

Ch.20, Sec. 1

EOC

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Unit 9

French Revolution

Semester 2, 2½ Weeks

1303.25 Analyze the various political philosophies which shaped western civilization including the City-State, Monarchy, Republic, Nation-State, and Democracy.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.4.4.2

Associated Instructional Objective:

Analyze and evaluate the global expansion of liberty and democracy through revolution and reform movements in challenging authoritarian or despotic regimes.

6-9.WHC.4.4.3

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Explain the development and characteristics of nationalism.

Ch. 19, Sec. 2

EOC

02

Explain how the policies of Louis XIV contributed to the rise of national identity in France.

Ch. 14, Sec. 3

EOC

03

Analyze the causes and effects of the French Revolution.

Ch. 18, Sec. 1

EOC

04

Characterize and explain the different estates in France.

Ch. 18, Sec. 1

EOC

05

Analyze the role of the reign of terror on the French Revolution.

Ch. 18, Sec. 2
Nystrom Atlas, p. 102

EOC

06

Chronicle Napoleon’s rise and fall.

Ch. 18, Sec. 3
Nystrom Atlas, p. 103

EOC

07

Evaluate the achievements of Napoleon's reign.

Ch. 18, Sec. 3

EOC

08

Compare/contrast the characteristics of monarchy, democracy and dictatorship.

Ch. 20, p. 643

EOC

09

Assess the strengths and weaknesses of each major type of government.

Teacher Resource

EOC

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Unit 10

The New Imperialism

Semester 2, 1 ½ Weeks

1303.26 Describe how physical features such as mountain ranges, fertile plains, and rivers led to the development of cultural regions.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.2.3.3

Associated Instructional Objectives:

Describe major physical characteristics of regions in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.3.2

Compare major cultural characteristics of regions in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.3.3

Identify the names and locations of countries and major cities in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.3.1

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Identify major physical features on a map of Australia.

Nystrom Atlas

EOC

02

Identify major cities of Australia.

Nystrom Atlas

EOC

1303.27 Describe how different economic systems in the Eastern Hemisphere answer the basic economic questions on what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce.

Standard Reference
6-9.GEH.3.2.1

Associated Instructional Objectives:

Identify various colonial powers in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.1.8.3

Analyze and evaluate the global expansion of liberty and democracy through revolution and reform movements in challenging authoritarian or despotic regimes.

6-9.WHC.4.4.3

Investigate how physical geography, productive resources, specialization, and trade have influenced the way people earn income.

6-9.GEH.3.2.6

Describe the role of government in population movements throughout western civilization.

6-9.WHC.4.4.1

Identify main reasons for major migrations of people.

6-9.WHC.2.3.1

Examine the impact of Europeans on indigenous cultures in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.1.8.2

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Characterize nineteenth century imperialism and explain why it developed.

Ch. 21, Sec. 1

EOC

02

Describe the consequences of imperialism on the indigenous peoples of Australia and Africa.

Ch. 21, Sec. 2

TMA

03

List the factors that contributed to population movement.

Ch. 19, Sec. 1

EOC

04

Identify the impact of colonization on the Aborigines.

Ch. 20, Sec. 2

TMA

05

Examine the role of forced labor in the expansion of European powers into Africa and Australia.

Ch. 21, Sec. 1-2
Nystrom Atlas, p. 28

EOC

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Unit 11

World War I

Semester 2, 2 ½ Weeks

1303.28 Explain common reasons and consequences for the breakdown of order among nation-states, such as conflicts about national interests, ethnicity, and religion; competition for resources and territory; the absence of effective means to enforce international law.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.5.1.1

Associated Instructional Objective:

Compare and contrast cultural patterns in the Eastern Hemisphere, such as language, religion, and ethnicity.

6-9.GEH.2.4.2

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Describe how ethnicity, language, and religion led to unrest in the Balkans prior to World War I.

Ch. 20, Sec. 3
Ch. 23, Sec. 1

EOC

02

Identify and explain the causes of World War I.

Ch. 23, Sec. 1

EOC

03

Analyze the impact of Franz Ferdinand’s assassination.

Ch. 23, Sec. 1

EOC

1303.29 Explain the global consequences of major conflicts in the 20^th century, such as World War I; World War II, including the Holocaust; and the Cold War.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.5.1.2

Associated Instructional Objectives:

Identify the technological advances developed by Ancient, Greco Roman, Medieval, Early-Modern, and Modern European societies and civilizations.

6-9.WHC.1.7.2

Analyze and give examples of the consequences of human impact on the physical environment and evaluate ways in which technology influences human capacity to modify the physical environment.

6-9.GEH.2.5.2

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Explain the development of total war, including the role of trench warfare.

Ch. 23, Sec. 2

EOC

02

Identify and explain the impact of innovations that changed warfare.

Ch. 23, Sec. 2

EOC

03

Determine causes that brought the United States into World War I.

Ch. 23, Sec. 2

EOC

04

Discuss the impact of the U.S. entry into World War I.

Ch. 23, Sec. 2

EOC

05

Explain the Treaty of Versailles and assess its impact.

Ch. 23, Sec. 4

EOC

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Unit 12

Russian Revolution

Semester 2, 1 ½ Weeks

1303.30 Explain how climate affects human migration and settlement.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.2.3.2

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference

Assessment Correlation

01

Identify two major population centers in Russia.

Nystrom Atlas

EOC

02

Explain the relationship of climate to population density in Russia.

Nystrom Atlas

EOC

1303.31 Find examples of how writing, art, architecture, mathematics, and science have evolved in western civilization over time.

Standard Reference
6-9.WHC.1.8.1

Associated Instructional Objective:

Compare and contrast cultural patterns in the Eastern Hemisphere, such as language, religion, and ethnicity.

6-9.GEH.2.4.2

Give examples of how language, literature, and the arts shaped the development and transmission of culture in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.5.1.2

Explain how religion shaped the development of western civilization.

6-9.WHC.1.9.2