World History



World History

FIRST SIX WEEKS CALENDAR: August 22 – September 30, 2011

|DATE |DAILY TOPICS for LECTURE/DISCUSSION |CLASS/HOMEWORK |

|Week 1 | | |

|8/22 |Welcome and Introduction to Course |Read pgs. 19-31 |

|8/23 |Prehistory/Neolithic Revolution/Traits of Civilization |Read pgs. 37-44 & 54-64 |

|8/24/25 |River Civilizations: Southwest Asia – Sumer, Babylonia, Israel |Study for quiz |

| | |Read pgs. 45-53 |

|8/26 |Quiz: |Read pgs. 71-76 & 88-90 |

| |River Civilizations: Egypt | |

|Week 2 | | |

|8/29 |River Civilizations: Asia – Harrapan, Shang |Study for test |

|8/30 |Assessment #1 Neolithic Revolution, Traits of Civilization, River |Read pgs. 77-86 |

| |Civilizations | |

|8/31 |Classical India: Maurya and Gupta |Read pgs. 91-103 |

|9/1 |Buddhism; Hinduism | |

|9/2 |Classical China: Zhou, Qin, Han |Enjoy your holiday! |

|Week 3 | | |

|9/5 |Labor Day Holiday | |

|9/6 |Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism |Study for test |

| | |Read pgs. 62-64 |

|9/7/8 |Assessment #2: Classical India and China |Read pgs. 109-113 |

| |Classical Persia – Political System, Religion | |

|9/9 |Proto Greeks – Minoans, Mycenaean, Dorians | |

|Week 4 | | |

|9/12 |Athens: From monarchy to oligarchy to democracy |Read pgs. 115-123 |

|9/13 |Persian Wars; Golden Age of Athens |Study for quiz |

| | |Read pgs. 124-133 |

|9/14/15 |Quiz: Classical Persia, previously covered material on Greece |Read pgs. 138-143 |

| |Peloponnesian War and the Greek Philosophers | |

|9/16 |Macedonian Greeks – Alexander the Great | |

|Week 5 | | |

|9/19 |Hellenistic Age |Read pgs. 149-155 |

|9/20 |Rise of the Roman Republic |Study for quiz |

| | |Read pgs. 156-168 |

|9/21/22 |Quiz: Classical Greece and Rise of Roman Republic |Read pgs. 169-174 |

| |From Republic to Empire; Pax Romano | |

|9/23 |Rise of Christianity |Read pgs. 175-178 |

|Week 6 | | |

|9/26 |Fall of Rome and its Legacy | |

|9/27 |Comparing the fall of Rome and Han China |Study for test |

| | |Read pgs. 191-195 |

|9/28/29 |Assessment #3 (including CBA #1)Classical Persia, Greece, Rome |Read pgs. 199-202 |

| |The Rise of Islam – Muhammad and Islamic Faith | |

|9/30 |Spread of Arab empire and its impact on Afroeuroasia | |

Schedule subject to change to meet the needs of the class.

TEKS for First Six Weeks

|8000 BC to 500 BC |

|Identify major causes and describe the major effects of the development of agriculture and the development of the river valley |

|civilizations |

|Summarize the impact of the development of farming (Neolithic Revolution) on the creation of river valley civilizations |

|Identify the characteristics of civilization |

|Explain how major river valley civilizations influenced the development of the classical civilizations |

|Identify important changes in human life caused by the Neolithic Revolution |

|Summarize the role of economics in driving political changes as related to the Neolithic Revolution |

|Identify the characteristics of monarchies and theocracies as forms of government in early civilizations |

|Identify the characteristics of the political system – theocracy |

|Explain the development of democratic-republican government from its beginnings in the Judeo legal tradition |

|Identify the impact of political and legal ideas contained in the following significant historic documents: including, Hammurabi's |

|Code, the Jewish Ten Commandments |

|Summarize trace the historical development of the rule of law during antiquity |

|Describe and compare the historical origins, central ideas, and the spread of major religious and philosophical traditions, |

|including the development of monotheism (Zoroastrianism) |

|Identify examples of religious influence on various events referenced during antiquity |

|Describe the changing roles of women, children, and families during antiquity |

|Identify significant examples of art and architecture that demonstrate an artistic ideal or visual principle from antiquity |

|Identify the origin and diffusion of major new ideas in mathematics, science, and technology that occurred in river valley |

|civilizations |

|500 BC BCE to AD 600 |

|Identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following events: |

|The development of the classical civilizations of Greece, Rome, Persia, India (Maurya and Gupta), China (Zhou, Qin, and Han) |

|the development of major world religions |

|Summarize fundamental ideas and institutions of Eastern civilizations that originated in China and India |

|Describe the major political, religious/philosophical, and cultural influences of Persia, India, China, Israel, Greece, and Rome, |

|including the development of monotheism, Judaism, and Christianity |

|Identify the characteristics of the following political systems: democracy, republic, oligarchy, and totalitarianism |

|Explain the development of democratic-republican government from its beginnings in classical Greece and Rome |

|Identify the influence of ideas regarding the right to a “trial by a jury of your peers”, and the concepts of “innocent until |

|proven guilty” and “equality before the law” that originated in Greece and Rome |

|Describe the historical origins, central ideas, and the spread of major religious and philosophical traditions, including |

|Christianity |

|Identify the contributions of significant scientists such as Archimedes, Eratosthenes, Pythagoras |

|Compare the factors that led to the collapse of Rome and Han China |

|Analyze how the Silk Road and the African gold-salt trade facilitated the spread of ideas and trade |

|Describe how people have participated in supporting or changing their governments |

|Describe the different roles rights and responsibilities of citizens and noncitizens in historical cultures, especially as the |

|roles pertain to civic participation throughout history |

|Describe the specific changing roles of women, children, and families from 500 BC to AD 600 |

|Identify significant examples of art and architecture that demonstrate an artistic ideal or visual principle from 500 BC to AD 600 |

|Identify the origin and diffusion of major new ideas in mathematics, science, and technology that occurred from 500 BC to AD 600 |

Required Historical Personalities:

Hammurabi

Archimedes

Erastothenes

Pythagoras

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