JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE
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Content Material Covered
Unit 1: River Civilizations
Concepts: Change, Geography, Culture,
Government
Assessments: Multiple Choice and
constructed response test. Summative
assessments: Quizzes, Multiple Choice and
constructed response test (Unit
Assessments)
Formative assessment: Exit tickets,
“I Can” activity
Project based assessments: Time Capsule,
Language writing (Hieroglyphics and
Cuneiform)
SUBJECT: World History
GRADE: 9th
Standards Addressed
Resources
Essential Vocabulary
Unit 1
*WH.H
*1.1,1.2, 1.3,
1.4,
*will be
incorporated into
all units
WH.H
2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4,
2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8,
2.9
Unit 1
Glencoe, World History
Chapters 1-4
Non- printed materials
www.glencoe.com
http://www.history.com/videos
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
http://www.howjsay.com/ When students
cannot pronounce difficult terms, names,
and places.
http://www.youtube.com/ When searching
for lesson videos.
www.teachertube.com When searching for
lesson videos.
Printed materials
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
Ancient World-primary
documents and secondary
documents on key ancient
historical events: specific
documents to use for unit
Unit 1
Prehistory
Early Humans
Archeology
Anthropology
Paleolithic Age
Neolithic Age
Nomads
Hunting and gathering
Systematic Agriculture
Civilization
Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
Tigris-Euphrates
Rivers
Polytheistic
Code of Hammurabi
Sumerians
Assyrians
Israelites
Persians
Monotheistic
Phoenicians
Theocracy
Egyptians
Monarchy
Pharaoh
Hieroglyphs and
hieratic script
Mummification
India
Caste System
Hinduism
Buddhism
Aryans
Excerpts from The Bible and The
Quran
JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE
SUBJECT: World History
GRADE: 9th
Dowry
China
Silk Road
Confucianism
Mandate of Heaven
Great Wall
Dynasty
Aristocracy
Unit 2: (September 9th-September 30th)
Early Empires
Concepts: Government, Conflict, Culture,
Economic, Geography
Assessments:
Summative: Quizzes, Multiple Choice and
constructed response (Unit test)
Formative: Exit Tickets “I Can” activity
Project Based: Hero/Villain Poster
Unit 2
WH.H
2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4,
2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8,
2.9,
Unit 2
Glencoe World History
Chapters 6-9
Non-printed Materials
www.glencoe.com
http://www.history.com/videos
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
http://www.howjsay.com/ When students
cannot pronounce difficult terms, names, and
places.
http://www.youtube.com/ When searching
for lesson videos.
www.teachertube.com When searching for
lesson videos.
Printed materials
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com
Ancient World-primary
documents and secondary
documents on key ancient
historical events: specific
documents to use for unit
Excerpts from The Bible and The
Quran
Unit 2
Ancient Greece
Polis
Mythology
Democracy
Sparta
Athens
Hoplite
Phalanx
Alexander the Great
Hellenistic Era
Oligarchy
Philosophy
Persian Wars
Peloponnesian War
Pericles
Ancient Rome
Romulus and Remus
Republic
Plebeian vs. Patrician
Senate
Punic Wars/Hannibal
Spartacus
Triumvirate
Julius Caesar
Augustus Caesar
Pax Romana
JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE
SUBJECT: World History
GRADE: 9th
Gladiator
Christianity
Emperor
Dictator
Constantinople
Islam
Muhammad
Sunni
Shia
Hajj
Five Pillars
Allah
Quran
Makkah, Madinah
Mosque
Jihad
Caliph
Bazaars
Africa
Kush
Axum
Ghana
Mali
Songhai
Matrilineal
China (Sui, Tang,
Song)
Grand Canal
Empress Wu
Mongols/Genghis Khan,
Kublai
Khan
Japan
Daimyo
Bushido/Samurai
Shintoism
Shogun
JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE
Unit 3: Medieval Civilizations (October 1stOctober 7th)
Concepts: Conflict, Leadership, Culture,
Religion, Social systems, Values and beliefs,
Trade, Geography
Assessments
Summative: Quizzes, Multiple Choice and
constructed response (Unit test)
Formative: Exit Tickets, “I Can” activity
Project Based: Create a Game
Bench Mark 1: October 8th
SUBJECT: World History
Unit 3
WH.H
3, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3,
3.4, 4, 4.3
GRADE: 9th
Unit 3
Glencoe World History
Chapters 9-10
Non-printed materials
www.glencoe.com
http://www.history.com/videos
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
http://www.howjsay.com/ When students
cannot pronounce difficult terms, names, and
places.
http://www.youtube.com/ When searching
for lesson videos.
www.teachertube.com When searching for
lesson videos.
Printed Materials
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.c
om/plague.htm (Eyewitness to
disturbing scenes of Black
Death)
The Magna Carta
Unit 4: Renaissance and Reformation
(October 9th-October 15th)
Concepts: Change, Leadership, Politics,
Global Interaction, Religion, Values and
Beliefs, Reform, Economics, Geography,
Cultural Diffusion
Assessments
Summative: Quizzes, Multiple Choice and
constructed response (Unit test)
Unit 4
WH.H
4, 4.1, 4.2,
Unit 4
Glencoe, World History
Chapters 12
Non-printed materials
www.glencoe.com
www.history.com/videos
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
http://www.howjsay.com/ When students
cannot pronounce difficult terms, names, and
places.
Unit 3
Middle Ages
Feudalism
Fief
Serf
Knight
Chivalry
Vassal
Monks
Catholic Church
Charlemagne
Thomas Becket
Canterbury Tales
Wergild/Ordeal
Magna Carta
Crusades
Pope
Bishop
Great Schism
Hundred Years War
Inquisition
Heresy
Joan of Arc
Black Death
Guild
Theology
Unit 4
Renaissance “Rebirth”
Artists and works (e.g.,
Sistine
Chapel, Divine Comedy)
Medici Family
Italian city-states
Humanism
Reformation
Martin Luther
JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE
SUBJECT: World History
GRADE: 9th
http://www.youtube.com/ When searching
Formative: Exit Tickets, “I Can” activity
Project Based: Newspaper Activity
for lesson videos.
www.teachertube.com When searching for
lesson videos.
Unit 5: Global Interactions: Exploration and
Colonization (October 16-October 22nd)
Concepts: Exploration, Colonization,
Economics
Assessments
Summative: Quizzes, Multiple Choice and
constructed response (Unit test)
Formative: Exit Tickets, “I Can” activity
Project Based: Make a journal/Diary Entry
(From the point of view from an explorer
and they have to describe place they
traveled)
October 23rd and 24th used as review and
reteaching and midterm.
Unit 5
WH.H
4.4, 5, 5.1, 5.2,
5.3, 5.4
Unit 5
Glencoe, World History
Chapter 13
Non-printed materials
www.glencoe.com
www.history.com/videos
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
http://www.howjsay.com/ When students
cannot pronounce difficult terms, names, and
places.
http://www.youtube.com/ When searching
for lesson videos.
www.teachertube.com When searching for
lesson videos.
Printed Materials
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/slaveship.htm
(Middle Passage-primary source document)
95 Theses
Protestant
Peace of Augsburg
Indulgence
Calvinism
Predestination
Annulment
English Reformation
Henry VIII and wives
Bloody Mary/Phillip II
Queen Elizabeth
Shakespeare
Spanish Armada
Louis XIV (Sun King)
Unit 5
European Exploration
God, Glory, Gold
Christopher Columbus
Magellan
Amerigo Vespucci
Columbian Exchange
Triangular Trade
African Slavery
Middle Passage
Planation Agriculture
Mercantilism
The Americas
Inca
Maya
Aztec
Colonization
North American Native
Americans (Inuit,
Hopewell,
Iroquois, Plains)
JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE
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Weeks
Unit 6: Revolutions (October 25th-November
18th)
Concepts: Revolution, Imperialism,
Government, Economics, Philosophy, Values
and Beliefs, Individual Rights, Innovation,
Nationalism
Assessments
Summative: Quizzes, Multiple Choice and
constructed response (Unit test)
Formative: Exit Tickets, “I Can” activity
Project Based: Revolution Project (Students
are responsible for researching and
presenting a revolution and a cause and
effect map)
SUBJECT: World History
Unit 6
WH.H.
6, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3,
6.4,
GRADE: 9th
Unit 6
Glencoe, World History
Chapters 14, 17, 18, 21
Non-printed materials
www.glencoe.com
http://www.history.com/videos
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
http://www.howjsay.com/ When students
cannot pronounce difficult terms, names,
and places.
http://www.youtube.com/ When searching
for lesson videos.
www.teachertube.com When searching for
lesson videos.
Printed materials
Declaration of Independence
(underline Enlightenment
phrases)
Declaration of Rights of Man and
the Citizen (Compare/contrast
to Dec. of Indep.)
http://www.thecaveonline.com/A
PEH/frrevdocuments.html
(Primary documents for the
French Revolution-can find
Dec. of Man and Dec. of
Women highlights here)
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/proj
ects/ftrials/galileo/galileo.html
(Primary sources for Galileo
Trial)
Unit 6
Scientific Revolution
and
Enlightenment
Heliocentric
Geocentric
Copernicus
Galileo
Scientific Method
Newton’s Laws
John Locke
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Adam Smith
Separation of powers
Checks and balances
Lassiez-faire
Social Contract
Deism
Natural Rights
Enlightened
Absolutism
English and Glorious
Revolutions
Stuart Dynasty
Absolutism
Oliver
Cromwell/Roundheads
Divine Right of Kings
Puritans
William and Mary
English Bill of Rights
JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE
SUBJECT: World History
GRADE: 9th
American Revolution
Seven Years War
Navigation Acts
Proclamation of 1763
Acts against colonists
(ex. Tea
Act, Stamp Act)
Boston Tea Party
Declaration of
Independence
US Constitution
Bill of Rights
French Revolution
Estates General
Louis XVI & Marie
Antoinette
Three Estates
Tennis Court Oath
Declaration of Rights
of Man
Bastille
Guillotine
Reign of Terror
Committee of Public
Safety
Directory
Coup d’etat
Napoleon Bonaparte
Civil Code
Waterloo
Invasion of Russia
Congress of Vienna
Concert of Europe
Principle of
Intervention
Industrial Revolution
Cottage Industry
JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE
SUBJECT: World History
GRADE: 9th
Assembly Lines
Urbanization
Marxism/Socialism
Henry Ford
Eli Whitney/Cotton Gin
Thomas Edison
Samuel Slate
Environmental
consequences
Imperialism
Social Darwinism
Indirect/Direct Rule
Protectorate
Annex
Berlin Conference
Unit 7: Early 20th Century Conflicts
(November 19th-December 9th)
Concepts: War, Power, Nationalism,
imperialism, Conflict, Human rights,
Capitalism, Technology, Innovation,
Democracy, Totalitarianism, Global Economy,
Geography, Interaction,
Assessments
Summative: Quizzes, Multiple Choice and
constructed response (Unit test)
Formative: Exit Tickets, “I Can” activity
Project Based: Magazine/News Broadcast
Unit 7
WH.H
7, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3,
7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 8,
8.1
Unit 7
Glencoe, World History
Chapters 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,
Non-printed materials
http://www.history.com/videos
www.glencoe.com
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
http://www.howjsay.com/ When students
cannot pronounce difficult terms, names, and
places.
http://www.youtube.com/ When searching
for lesson videos.
www.teachertube.com When searching for
lesson videos.
Printed Materials
Monroe Doctrine (President
Monroe’s speech announcing
Unit 7
World War One
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Triple Alliance
Triple Entente
Archduke Franz
Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip
Trench Warfare
Schlieffen Plan
U-Boats
Zimmerman Telegram
Western vs. Eastern
Front
Bolshevik
Communism
JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE
Unit 8: Late 20th Century: Conflicts and
Contemporary Global issues (December 10thDecember 13th)
Concepts: Leadership, Interdependence,
Conflict, Freedom, Democracy, Change,
Political Systems, Environment, Economics,
Globalization, Trade, Geography, Culture,
Diversity, Human Rights, Terrorism, National
Identity
Assessments
Summative: Quizzes, Multiple Choice and
constructed response (Unit test)
Formative: Exit Tickets, “I Can” activity
Project Based: Research and Presentation
Cause and effect map (Podcast)
December 14th –December 18th: Review and
Christmas around the world
SUBJECT: World History
Unit 8
WH.H
8, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3,
8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7
GRADE: 9th
the new policy)
White Man’s Burden –Kipling
Vladimir Lenin
Czar Nicholas II
Armistice
Treaty of Versailles
Fourteen
Points/Woodrow
Wilson
Reparations
Unit 8
Glencoe, World History
Chapters 28, 29, 30, 31, 32
Non-printed materials
www.glencoe.com
http://www.history.com/videos
http://www.besthistorysites.net/
http://www.howjsay.com/ When students
cannot pronounce difficult terms, names,
and places.
http://www.youtube.com/ When searching
for lesson videos.
www.teachertube.com When searching for
lesson videos.
Unit 8
Between the Wars
Great Depression
Mussolini
Fascism
Hitler
Nazism
Dawes Plan
Totalitarianism
New Deal/FDR
Stalin/Five Year Plan
Purges
World War II
Appeasement
Blitzkrieg
Nazi-Soviet NonAggression
Pact
Invasion of Poland
Battle of Britain
D-Day
Pearl Harbor
Island Hopping
Atomic
Bomb/Manhattan
Project
JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE
SUBJECT: World History
GRADE: 9th
Kristallnacht
Genocide
Holocaust
V-E Day, V-J Day
Yalta, Postdam, Tehran
Conference
Harry Truman
Cold War
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Arms Race
Warsaw Pact
NATO
Domino Theory
Cuban Missile Crisis
Iron Curtain
Sputnik
East/West Germany
Korean War
Vietnam War
JFK
LBJ
Human Rights
Civil Rights
KKK
MLK JR
Women’s Liberation
Roe vs. Wade
U.N. Declaration of
Human
Rights
Apartheid
Tiananmen Square
Terrorism
JONES COUNTY SCHOOLS CURRICULUM GUIDE
SUBJECT: World History
GRADE: 9th
9/11
Patriot Act
Al Qaeda
Saddam Hussein
Bio-terrorism
Osama Bin-Laden
Neo-Nazi
Technology
Satellites
Computers
Social networks
Information highways
Internet
Environment
Deforestation
Pollution
Clear cutting
Ozone depletion
Climate change
Global warming
Habitat destruction
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