World History
Scope and Sequence
4th six weeks
TEKS
#
Strand & TEKS/SE
statement
The student is expected to…
1A. including the major eras in
world history and describe their
defining
Characteristics such as the
emergence of a Global Age,
1450-1750C.E.; Revolutionary
Change,
1750-1914 C.E.
1B. identify changes that
resulted from important turning
points in world history
1B. such as the political
revolutions of the 18th and 19th
centuries
7A. Analyze examples of major
empires in the world
including the British Empire
8A. understand causes and
effects of major political
revolutions since the 17th
Century including the English,
American, French, Haitian, and
Russian revolutions.
8B. understand causes and
effects of major political
revolutions since the 17th
Century including the
foundations of representative
government and institutions in
the U.S.
during the colonial period as a
result of the English revolution
and English Civil War.
8C. understand causes and
effects of major political
revolutions since the 17th
Pacing
Clarifying
statements/questions
The student will…
How did the British avoid a French
Revolution?
Was the American Revolution
really revolutionary?
Was the French Revolution a
revolution a revolution of bread or
ideas?
Are revolutions inevitable or can
they be avoided?
Why are we studying the U.S. Civil
War in this unit?
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Vocabulary
Resources &
Activities
Philip II enlightened
despot
absolute monarch
Catherine the Great
divine right
Declaration of
Independence
Louis XIV checks
and balances
Thirty Years’ War
federal system
Maria Theresa Bill
of Rights
Frederick the Great
Old Regime
Seven Years’ War
estate
boyars Louis XVI
Peter the Great
Marie Antoinette
westernization
Estates-General
Charles I National
Assembly
English Civil War
Great Fear
Oliver Cromwell
Declaration of the
Rights of Man
Glorious Revolution
Legislative
Assembly
constitutional
monarchy sansculottes
Scientific
www.classzone.com
http://www.activehistor
y.co.uk/Miscellaneous/
hotpots/2nds/english_ci
vil_war.h
tm (1)
http://learningcurve.pro.
gov.uk/snapshots/snaps
hot36/snapshot36.htm
(2)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/h
istory/war/launch_gms_
battle_waterloo.shtml
(3)
Maps: Territory of
France at the height of
Napoleon’s power
Primary Source
Readings: Louis XIV’s
Advice to His Son,,
Peter the Great’s
Reforms ,from The
English Bill of Right,
Starry Messenger, The
Social Contract, Two
Treatises on
Government, A
Vindication of the
Rights of Woman,
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Differentiation
Enrichment
Activity
Suggestions:
Simulation of
the “Storming
of the Bastille”
Ideas that
Changed the
World Use
PowerPoint to
create slides for
specific
Enlightenment
figures.
Science on
Trial
Role -play the
trial of Galileo
Research the
reigns of
Frederick the
Great,
Catherine the
Great, and
Joseph II.
Which of these
monarchs best
deserve the title
“Enlightened
Despot”?
Stages of
Change in
France
T Chart of the
World History
Scope and Sequence
4th six weeks
Century including its long-term
impact on political
developments around the
world, and the
extent to which it was based on
Enlightenment values and
theories, including limited
government, popular
sovereignty, federalism, and
individual rights.
15C. define and give examples
of different political systems,
past and present including the
ideas of George Washington
and Thomas Jefferson
16B. identify the impact of
political and legal ideas
contained in significant
historic documents including
John Locke’s Two Treatises
Government, and the
Declaration of
Independence.
18A. trace the historical
development of the rule of law
and rights and
responsibilities, beginning in
the ancient world and
continuing to the beginning of
the first modern constitutional
republics.
20C. identify examples of art,
music, and literature that
transcend the cultures in
which they were created and
convey universal themes
21B. describe the political,
economic, and cultural
influence of women in different
historical cultures.
22C. analyze how ideas such as
Revolution
guillotine
heliocentric theory
Robespierre
scientific method
Committee of Public
Safety
Enlightenment
Reign of Terror
social contract
Napoleon Bonaparte
natural rights coup
d’etat
philosophe
plebiscite
separation of powers
Napoleonic Code
neoclassical
Continental System
scorched-earth
policy kaiser
Waterloo realpolitik
Hundred Days Otto
von Bismarck
Congress of Vienna
nation-state
Metternich
nationalism
balance of power
radicals
Concert of Europe
liberals
peninsulares /
creoles / mulattos
conservatives
Simon Bolivar
Miguel Hidalgo
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stages of the
French
Revolution and
Rise of
Napoleon.
Unrest in
Blaat
Role-playing
activity
intended to
show how
conflict within a
society can lead
to revolution
World History
Scope and Sequence
4th six weeks
Judeo-Christian ethics and the
rise of secularism
and individualism in Western
civilization, beginning with the
Enlightenment,
have influenced institutions and
societies.
25B. locate and use primary
and secondary sources to
acquire information such as
computer software, databases,
media and news services,
biographies,
interviews, monographs,
essays, book review, and
artifacts to acquire information
25C analyze information by
sequencing, categorizing,
identifying cause-and effect
relationships comparing,
contrasting, finding the main
idea, summarizing, making
generalizations and predictions,
drawing inferences and
conclusions, and finding
correlations.
25 F. evaluate the validity of a
source based on language,
corroboration with other
sources , and information about
the author.
26B use standard grammar,
spelling, sentence structure, and
punctuation, and syntax,
including appropriate use of
passive and active voices.
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