Month
Standards
Essential
Questions
Sept.
S.S. Standards
1 - US History 1:1,
1:2
2 – World History
2:1, 2:2
3 – Geography 3:1,
3:2, 3:3, 3:4
N.C.C.S.
- Cite specific
textual evidence to
support analysis of
primary and
secondary sources,
attending to such
features as the date
and origin of the
info.
- Determine the
central ideas or
information of a
primary or
secondary source;
provide an accurate
summary of how
key events or ideas
develop over the
course of the text.
-Determine the
meaning of words
and phrases as they
are used in a text,
including
vocabulary
describing political,
social, or emotional
aspects of history /
social studies.
-WHY STUDY
HISTORY?
-WHAT ARE THE
DIFFERENT SOCIAL
STUDIES?
-HOW DOES HISTORY
TELL TIME?
-HOW DO CULTURE
AND CIVILIZATION
CREATE GLOBAL
HISTORY?
-WHAT ARE THE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF
POLITICAL SYSTEMS?
-CAN GLOBAL
ECONOMIC
INTERDEPENDENCE
BRING ABOUT
SECURITY AND
PROSPERITY FOR ALL?
-WHAT ARE THE BASIC
TYPES OF
GEOGRPAHIC
FEATURES?
-HOW CAN
GEOGRAPHY AFFECT
THE WAY PEOPLE
LIVE?
-WHAT INFORMATION
DO MAPS CONTAIN?
-HOW CAN WE LEARN
ABOUT THE PAST BY
STUDYING
ARTIFACTS?
Content
Geography
-5 Themes of
Geography
-Social
Sciences
-Role of the
Historian
Skills
1.Map Identification
2.Acquiring Organizing
Analyzing Information
3.Time-Line Sequencing
4.Comparing/
Contrasting
5. Primary Source
Materials *Writing Skills
-Comparison essay
Vocabulary
o sociologist
o cartographer
o geographer/geography
o geographic feature
o continents
o Eurasia
o topography
o tundra
o basin
o political scientist
o anthropologist
o culture
o primary source
o secondary source
o artifact
o historian
o archeologist
o economist
o basic economic questions
o mixed economy
Assessment
Geography Exam – Multiple
Choice Questions
Thematic Essay – Geography
01.09 – Geographic Feature
& Cultural Diffusion
Thematic Essay – Geography
08.08 – How Humans
Changed Their
Environment
Thematic Essay – Human &
Physical Geography 08.03 –
Nile River
Thematic Essay – Geography
& Society 06.02 – Irrigation
Systems
Thematic Essay – Geography
01.02 – Deserts and River
Valleys
Thematic Essay – Geography:
Positive or Negative Effect
06.01 – River Valley,
Mountains, Deserts
Thematic Essay – Science and
Technology 08.00 –
Irrigation Systems
Thematic Essay – Geography
01.09 – Geographic Feature
& Cultural Diffusion
Thematic Essay – Geography
08.08 – How Humans
Changed Their
Environment
Resources
World Map
United States Map
Atlas
United Streaming
Power Points
Smart board
Month
Standards
Essential
Questions
Oct.
2 – World History
2:1, 2:2
3 – Geography 3:3,
3:4
4-Economics 4:1,
4:2
5 – Civics,
Citizenship & Gov’t
– 5:1, 5:4
N.C.C.S.
-Analyze in detail a
series of events
described in a text;
determine whether
earlier events caused
later ones or simply
preceded them.
- Determine the
meaning of words
and phrases as they
are used in a text,
including
vocabulary
describing political,
social, or emotional
aspects of history /
social studies.
- Describe how a
text uses structure to
emphasize key
points or advance an
explanation or
analysis.
-HOW DID EARLY
HUMAN LIFE
DEVELOP?
-WHAT CAN WE
LEARN ABOUT
HISTORY FROM THE
EARLY ARTISTS?
-WHY WAS THE
NEOLITHIC
REVOLUTION
IMPORTANT TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF
CIVILIZATION?
-HOW DID THE
NEOLITHIC
REVOLUTION CHANGE
HUMAN SOCIETY?
-WHAT FACTORS
CONTRIBUTED TO THE
CREATION OF EARLY
CIVILIZATION?
Content
Skills
Map Reading
– BC vs. AD
Development
Ancient
World
-Early
peoples
-Neolithic
Revolution
Characteristics
of Civilizations
- Rise of
Civilizations
o Thesis Statement
o Introduction
Paragraph
o Paragraph
Development
Vocabulary
o traditional economy
o Paleolithic
o Old Stone Age
o Neolithic Revolution
o nomad / nomadic
o hunter gatherer
o domestication
o hominid
o fertile
o migration
o technology
o scarcity
o subsistence farming
o agriculture
o slash and burn farming
o cultivation
o surplus
o self sufficiency
o specialization
o barter system
o animism
o traditional society
o time line
o Autobiography
o matriarchal/patriarchal
People:
o Louis & Mary Leakey
o Donald Johanson, Lucy
Assessment
Thematic Essay – Change:
Turning Points 08.01 –
Neolithic Revolution
Thematic Essay – Science and
Technology 08.00 – Neolithic
Revolution
Document Based Question –
Revolutions: NonPolitical
01.04 – Neolithic
Revolution (3 Documents)
Document Based Question –
Turning Points 06.03 –
Neolithic Revolution (3
Documents)
Resources
Technology
United Streaming
Power Points
Smart board
Primary Sources:
Lucy: The Beginnings of Humans
Month
Standards
Essential
Questions
Content
Skills
Nov.
2 – World History
2:1, 2:2
3 – Geography 3:3,
3:4
4-Economics 4:1,
4:2
5 – Civics,
Citizenship & Gov’t
– 5:1, 5:4
N.C.C.S.
-Analyze in detail a
series of events
described in a text;
determine whether
earlier events caused
later ones or simply
preceded them.
- Determine the
meaning of words
and phrases as they
are used in a text,
including
vocabulary
describing political,
social, or emotional
aspects of history /
social studies.
- Describe how a
text uses structure to
emphasize key
points or advance an
explanation or
analysis.
- Compare the point
of view of two or
more authors for
how they treat the
same or similar
topics, including
which details they
include and
emphasize in their
respective accounts.
-WHY DID EARLY
CIVILIZATION
DEVELOP IN THE
FERTILE CRESCENT?
-WHAT WERE THE
OUTSTANDING
ACHIEVEMENTS OF
SUMERIAN
CIVILIZATION?
-HOW DID STRONG
RULERS SHAPE THE
CIVILIZATION OF THE
FERTILE CRESCENT?
-DID HAMMAURABI’S
CODE PROVIDE
JUSTICE FOR ANCIENT
BABYLON?
-HOW DID
GEOGRAPHY
INFLUENCE ANCIENT
EGYPTIAN
CIVILIZATION?
-HOW WAS EGYPTIAN
SOCIETY ORGANIZED?
-HOW DID RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS SHAPE THE
LIVES OF EGYPTIANS?
-WHAT
CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM ANCIENT EGYPT
DO WE SEE IN THE
MODERN WORLD?
-HOW DID
GEOGRAPHY HELP
SHAPE THE EARLY
INDIAN CIVILIZATION?
-WHAT HAVE
ARCHEOLOGISTS
DISCOVERED ABOUT
THE EARLY CITIES OF
THE INDUS
RIVER VALLEY?
Early River
Valley
Civilizations
Map
Reading/Interpretation
Chart Reading
Vocabulary
Development
Essay Writing:
Thesis Statement
Paragraph Development
Document Analysis
(summation, outside
info, citation, grouping
of documents within the
essay, point-of-view,
incorporating
scaffolding questions
into the essay)
- Tigris &
Euphrates Rivers
(Mesopotamia)
- Nile River
(Egypt)
- Indus River
(India)
- Yellow River
(China)
.
Vocabulary
o civilization
o Middle East
o Fertile Crescent
o Mesopotamia
o Tigris & Euphrates
o city-state
o natural resources
o cuneiform
o cultural diffusion
o empire
o Samaria
o Hammurabi’s Code
o polytheism
o ziggurat
o Phoenicians
o Nile
o delta
o irrigation
o oasis
o natural barriers
o cataract
o Old & Middle Kingdoms
o theocracy
o mummification
o pharaoh
o Hieroglyphics
o papyrus
o Indus
o Himalayas
o subcontinent
o monsoon
o Deccan Plateau
o Aryans
o Harappa
o Mohenjo-Daro
o urban planning
o Huang He & Yangtze
o Gobi desert
o dynasty/dynastic cycle
o mandate of heaven
o flood plain
o pictograph
Assessment
Thematic Essay – Human &
Physical Geography 08.03 –
Nile River
Thematic Essay – Geography
& Society 06.02 – Irrigation
Systems
Thematic Essay – Geography
01.02 – Deserts and River
Valleys
Thematic Essay – Geography:
Positive or Negative Effect
06.01 – River Valley,
Mountains, Deserts
Thematic Essay – Science and
Technology 08.00 –
Irrigation Systems
Thematic Essay – Change:
Individuals Who Have
Changed History 01.04 –
Hammurabi
Resources
Technology
United Streaming
Power Points
Smart board
Primary Sources:
Code of Hammurabi
Epic of Gilgamesh
Month
Standards
Essential
Questions
Content
Skills
Vocabulary
Assessment
Resources
-HOW DID
GEOGRAPHY AFFECT
THE DEVELOPMENT
OF EARLY CHINESE
CIVILIZATION?
-HOW DID
PHOENICIAN IDEAS
SPREAD THROUGHOUT
THE MEDITERRANEAN
WORLD?
-WHAT
CONTRIBUTIONS DID
PERSIANS MAKE TO
CIVILIZATION?
Dec.
2 – World History
2:1, 2:2
3 – Geography 3:3,
3:4
N.C.C.S.
- Determine the
meaning of words
and phrases as they
are used in a text,
including
vocabulary
describing political,
social, or emotional
aspects of history /
social studies.
- Describe how a
text uses structure
to emphasize key
points or advance
an explanation or
analysis.
-Assess the extent to
which the reasoning
and evidence in a
text support the
author’s claims
-HOW WERE HEBREW
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
UNIQUE IN THE
ANCIENT WORLD?
-HOW DID CONFUCIAN
PHILOSOPHY HELP
CREATE CHINESE
CIVILIZATION?
-WHAT ARE THE
CENTRAL BELIEFS OF
HINDUISM?
-HOW DO THE
CHINESE
PHILOSOPHIES OF
LEGALISM AND
TAOISM DIFFER?
-WHAT ARE THE
CENTRAL BELIEFS OF
BUDDHISM?
-HOW DID BUDDHISM
BECOME A MAJOR
WORLD RELIGION?
-WHAT MORAL
VALUES DOES
JUDAISM TEACH?
-WHY DID
CHRISTIANITY SPREAD
Belief
Systems
-Africa
-Asia
-India
-Middle East
Essay writing form
and content (Practice)
Comparison of World
religions
Graphic organizers
Reading
Comprehension
Compare & Contrast
Change over time
essays
o Hinduism
o Brahma
o karma
o dharma
o reincarnation
o caste system
o untouchables
o Vedas
o Upanishads
o Rig Veda
o Judaism
o monotheism
o Torah
o Ten Commandments
o Exodus
o famine
o synagogue
o covenant
o Palestine
o Yahweh
o Israel
o Solomon’s Temple
o Mosaic Law
o prophet
o migration
o rabbi
o Diaspora
Thematic Essay – Belief
Systems 06.08 – Practices &
Influences
Thematic Essay – Justice and
Human Rights 06.00 – Caste
System
Thematic Essay – Change:
Philosophers and Leaders
01.06 – Confucius
Thematic Essay – Change:
Individuals Who Have
Changed History 01.04 –
Confucius
Thematic Essay – Belief
Systems 06.08 – Practices &
Influences
Thematic Essay – Change:
Philosophers and Leaders
01.06 – Muhammad
Thematic Essay – Change:
Individuals Who Have
Changed History 01.04 –
Muhammad
Thematic Essay – Change:
Technology
United Streaming
PowerPoints
Smartboard
Primary Sources:
10 Commandments
The Vedas
The Analects
The Torah
Month
Standards
Essential
Questions
THROUGHOUT THE
WORLD?
-WHAT ARE THE
CENTRAL BELIEFS OF
ISLAM?
-HOW DID ISLAM
SPREAD RAPIDLY
OVER A WIDE AREA?
Content
Skills
Vocabulary
o Hammurabi
o Abraham
o Moses
o David
o Solomon
o Allah
o mosque
o Koran
o Qur’an
o hajj
o five pillars
o Ramadan
o Muslims
o Medina
o Sunni
o Shia
o Hegira
o jihad
o Shari’ah
o Muhammad
o Abu Bakr
Assessment
Individuals 08.02 –
Muhammad
Resources
Month
Standards
Essential
Questions
Content
Skills
Jan.
2 – World History
2:1, 2:2
3 – Geography 3:3,
3:4
4-Economics 4:1,
4:2
5 – Civics,
Citizenship & Gov’t
– 5:1, 5:4
N.C.C.S.
-Cite specific textual
evidence to support
analysis of primary
and secondary
sources, attending to
such features as the
date and origin of
the info.
-Determine the
central ideas or
information of a
primary or
secondary source;
provide an accurate
summary of how
key events or ideas
develop over the
course of the text.
- Analyze in detail a
series of events
described in a text;
determine whether
earlier events caused
later ones or simply
preceded them.
-Determine the
meaning of words
and phrases as they
are used in a text,
including
vocabulary
describing political,
social, or emotional
-HOW DID GEOGRAPHY
SHAPE GREEK
CIVILIZATION?
-HOW DID POLITICAL LIFE
IN SPARTA DIFFER FROM
ATHENS?
-HOW DID GREEK IDEAS
ABOUT GOVERNMENT
INFLUENCE LATER
SOCIETIES?
-WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS DID
GREEK PHILOSOPHERS
MAKE TO THE WORLD?
-WHAT CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM ANCIENT GREECE DO
WE SEE IN THE MODERN
WORLD?
-WHY DID TRADE ROUTES
FOSTER INTERDEPENDENCE
AND CULTURAL DIFFUSION?
-WAS ALEXANDER THE
GREAT A HERO OR A
VILLAIN?
-WHY DID “ALL ROADS LEAD
TO ROME?”
-TO WHAT EXTENT WAS
ROME AN IMITATOR OF
GREEK CULTURE?
-HOW DID ROMANS
INFLUENCE OUR SYSTEM OF
GOVERNMENT?
-WHY WERE CHRISTIANS
PERSECUTED UNDER THE
ROMAN EMPIRE?
-WHY WAS JULIUS CAESAR
ASSASSINATED?
-HOW DID HAN RULERS
SHAPE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT?
-WHAT IDEAS ABOUT
GOVERNMENT DID THE
CHINESE DEVELOP?
-WHY DO GREAT EMPIRES
DECLINE?
-HOW DID THE CASTE
SYSTEM ORGANIZE HINDU
SOCIETY?
-WHAT MADE THE MAURYA
EMPIRE A CLASSICAL
CIVILIZATION?
-HOW DID HINDUISM HELP
THE GUPTA CONTROL THEIR
EMPIRE?
Classical
Civilizations
Map
Reading/Interpretation
Chart Reading
Vocabulary
Development
Essay Writing:
Thesis Statement
Paragraph Development
Document Analysis
(summation, outside
info, citation, grouping
of documents within the
essay, point-of-view,
incorporating
scaffolding questions
into the essay)
-Ancient
Greece
- Roman
Empire
- Han Dynasty
- Maurya &
Gupta Empires
-Rise and Fall
of Empires
Vocabulary
Hellenistic
Pax Romana
Maurya
Gupta
concept of zero
Sanskrit
Asoka
T’ang
Song
Grand Canal
magnetic compass
block printing
movable type
gunpowder
abacus
mechanical water clock
porcelain
alchemy
footbinding
civil service exam
meritocracy
Assessment
Resources
Thematic Essay – Geography
& Society 06.02 – Roman
Roads
Thematic Essay – Geography
01.02 – Coastline & Climate
of Greece
Thematic Essay – Change:
Turning Points 08.01 – Fall
of Rome
Thematic Essay – Geography:
Positive or Negative Effect
06.01 – Climate of Greece
Thematic Essay – Science and
Technology 08.00 – Roman
Aqueducts
Thematic Essay – Change:
Individuals Who Have
Changed History 01.04 –
Aristotle
Thematic Essay – Change:
Individuals Who Have
Changed History 01.04 –
Alexander
Thematic Essay – Political
Systems 08.07 – Direct
Democracy
Thematic Essay – Change:
Turning Points 08.01 – Fall
of Rome
Document Based Question –
Women’s Roles 08.01 – Han
Women (1 Document)
Technology
United Streaming
PowerPoints
Smartboard
Primary Sources:
Funeral Oration – Pericles
The New Testament – the Bible
Month
Feb.
Standards
Essential
Questions
aspects of history /
social studies.
-HOW DO CLASSICAL
CHINESE CIVILIZATIONS
HELP US TO UNDERSTAND
HUMAN
SOCIETY?
-WHAT WERE SOME OF THE
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE
EARLY CHINESE?
-DID THE CHINESE HAVE A
TRUE “CLASSICAL AGE?”
-HOW DID THE SILK ROAD
ENCOURAGE CULTURAL
DIFFUSION?
2 – World History
2:1, 2:2
3 – Geography 3:3,
3:4
4-Economics 4:1,
4:2
5 – Civics,
Citizenship & Gov’t
– 5:1, 5:4
-HOW DID THE
BYZANTINE EMPIRE
SHAPE WORLDS
HISTORY?
-HOW DID THE
BYZANTINE EMPIRE
INFLUENCE
EUROPEAN
HISTORY?
-How did the Mongol
Conquer and Rule a
Diverse Empire?
-What made Ghengis
Khan become
Emperor of the
Eurasian World?
- What impact did
Mongol Rule have on
other societies?
-Why did the Mongol
Empire eventually
decline?
-What made the West
African Empires
great?
-What made the West
African Empires
great?
N.C.C.S.
-Cite specific textual
evidence to support
analysis of primary
and secondary
sources, attending to
such features as the
date and origin of
the info.
-Determine the
central ideas or
information of a
primary or
secondary source;
provide an accurate
summary of how
key events or ideas
develop over the
course of the text.
- Analyze in detail a
series of events
Content
Golden
Ages
- Tang & Song
Dynasty
- Byzantine
Empire
- Ummayad &
Abbasid
Empires
- Mongols
- Africa
Skills
Map
Reading/Interpretation
Chart Reading
Vocabulary
Development
Essay Writing:
Thesis Statement
Paragraph Development
Document Analysis
(summation, outside
info, citation, grouping
of documents within the
essay, point-of-view,
incorporating
scaffolding questions
into the essay)
Vocabulary
o Constantinople
o Bosporus Strait
o Vikings
o icons
o Justinian Code
o Eastern Orthodoxy
o schism
o patriarch
o Hagia Sophia
o Kiev
o Cyrillic
o czar
o slavs
o Justinian
o Theodora
o Arabian Penninsula
o oasis
o Islam
o Baghdad
o caliphate
o calligraphy
o geometric art
o astrolabe
o topography of Africa
o desertification
o terrace farming
o savanna
o Great Rift Valley
o clan
o Bantu
o Ghana
Assessment
Document Based Question –
Conquests 01.05 – Mongols
(3 Documents
Thematic Essay – Change:
Individuals 08.02 – Genghis
Khan
Resources
Technology
United Streaming
PowerPoints
Smartboard
Primary Sources:
The Travels of Marco Polo –
excerpt
Month
March
Standards
Essential
Questions
described in a text;
determine whether
earlier events caused
later ones or simply
preceded them.
-Determine the
meaning of words
and phrases as they
are used in a text,
including
vocabulary
describing political,
social, or emotional
aspects of history /
social studies.
-How did trade affect
the Kingdoms of
West Africa?
2 – World History
2:1, 2:2
3 – Geography 3:3,
3:4
4-Economics 4:1,
4:2
5 – Civics,
Citizenship & Gov’t
– 5:1, 5:4
-HOW DID FEUDALISM
ORGANIZE MEDIEVAL
LIFE IN EUROPE?
-WHAT WAS THE GOAL
OF THE CRUSADES?
-WHAT CHANGES DID
THE CRUSADES MAKE
TO THE MEDIEVAL
WORLD?
-TO WHAT EXTENT
Content
Skills
Vocabulary
Assessment
Resources
o Mali
o Songhai
o Timbuktu
o Great Zimbabwe
o Swahili
o scarcity
o gold-salt trade
o animism
o ancestor worship
o Mansa Musa
o Ibn Battuta
o steppes
o pastoralist
o Golden Hoard
o tributary system
o Pax Mongolia
o Yuan Dynasty
o Ming Dynasty
o ethnocentric
o Genghis Khan
o Kublai Khan
o Marco Polo
o Zheng He
Medieval
Europe
-Middle Ages
Map Reading
/Interpretation/Chart
Reading
Vocabulary
Development
Art/Visual Analysis
Essay Writing:
Thesis Statement
Paragraph Development
o archipelago
o tsunami
o typhoons
o Shinto
o kami
o kamikaze
o Zen Buddhism
o shogun
o daimyo
o samurai
Document Based Question –
Turning Points 06.09 –
Middle Ages/Crusades (3
Documents)
Document Based Question –
Economic Systems 06.07 –
Manorialism (3
Documents)
Technology
United Streaming
PowerPoints
Smartboard
Primary Sources:
“Plague in Siena” – Agnolo di
Tura
Pope Urban’s call for a crusade
Month
Standards
Essential
Questions
N.C.C.S.
-Cite specific textual
evidence to support
analysis of primary
and secondary
sources, attending to
such features as the
date and origin of
the info.
-Determine the
central ideas or
information of a
primary or
secondary source;
provide an accurate
summary of how
key events or ideas
develop over the
course of the text.
- Analyze in detail a
series of events
described in a text;
determine whether
earlier events caused
later ones or simply
preceded them.
-Determine the
meaning of words
and phrases as they
are used in a text,
including
vocabulary
describing political,
social, or emotional
aspects of history /
social studies.
CAN ONE
CIVILIZATION IMPACT
ON ANOTHER?
-How has Geography
Influenced Japan’s
Development?
-How did Feudalism
shape Japanese
Society?
-Did the Tokugawa
Dynasty benefit or hurt
Japan?
-How was Japanese
Feudalism similar to
Feudalism in Western
Europe?
-What foreign ideas did
Japan adopt and adapt?
-How did Shintoism
affect Japanese Society?
-How does Haiku
Poetry reflect Japanese
Society?
-Why was the Sung an
important Chinese
Dynasty?
- How did a Revival of
Trade cause Europe to
be Reborn?
-What factors made
Cities into Important
and Wealthy Trading
Centers?
-Why did the Ming
Dynasty end the
Voyages of Zheng He?
-What was the Impact
of the Plague?
-What was the Impact
of the Plague? -How did
the Plague lead to
Religious Persecution?
Content
-Feudalism
(Europe &
Japan)
-Crusades
-Black Plague
-Rise of Towns
and Trade
Skills
Document Analysis
(summation, outside
info, citation, grouping
of documents within the
essay, point-of-view,
incorporating
scaffolding questions
into the essay)
On-Demand Essay
Writing (timed, selforganized essay
writing)
Vocabulary
o Code of Bushido
o cultural diffusion
o terrace gardens
o Zen gardens
o kabuki theater
o Tokugawa
o Shogunate
Assessment
Document Based Question –
Economic Reform 01.02 –
Tokugawa Japan (1
Document)
Document Based Question –
Wars 06.05 – Crusades (2
Documents)
Document Based Question –
Epidemics 08.04 – Black
Death (3 Documents)
Thematic Essay – Change
01.08 – Nonpolitical
Revolutions
Thematic Essay – Movement
of People & Goods: Trade
08.06 – Mediterranean
Trade
Thematic Essay – Movement
of People & Goods: Trade
08.06 – Hanseatic League
Thematic Essay – Conflict:
Threatened Peace 06.06 –
Crusades
Thematic Essay – Economic
Systems 08.04 –
Manorialism
Thematic Essay – Change
06.04 – Turning Points
Thematic Essay – Change:
Turning Points 08.01 –
Commercial Revolution
Resources
Month
Standards
Essential
Questions
Content
April
2 – World History
2:1, 2:2
3 – Geography 3:3,
3:4
5 – Civics,
Citizenship & Gov’t
– 5:1, 5:4
-What was the
“Renaissance Man or
Women” like?
- How did Literature
reflect Renaissance
ideas?
-What Beliefs are
reflected in
Renaissance Music?
-What Ideas are
expressed in
Renaissance Art?
-Why was
Renaissance Science
Opposed by the
Church?
-What role did
Women play in the
Renaissance World?
-How did Absolute
Monarchs justify
their rule?
-How did Limited
Monarchy develop in
England?
-How did the English
Bill of Rights
influence our Bill of
Rights?
-Was it inevitable
that English
monarchs would lose
their power?
-Was it inevitable
that English
monarchs would lose
Global
Interactions
Map
Reading/Interpretation
- Renaissance
Development
- Reformation
o Thesis Statement
o Paragraph
Development
o Document Analysis
(summation, outside
info, citation, grouping
of documents within the
essay, point-of-view,
incorporating
scaffolding questions
into the essay)
o On-Demand Essay
Writing (timed, selforganized essay
writing)
N.C.C.S.
-Cite specific textual
evidence to support
analysis of primary
and secondary
sources, attending to
such features as the
date and origin of
the info.
-Determine the
central ideas or
information of a
primary or
secondary source;
provide an accurate
summary of how
key events or ideas
develop over the
course of the text.
- Analyze in detail a
series of events
described in a text;
determine whether
earlier events caused
later ones or simply
preceded them.
-Determine the
meaning of words
and phrases as they
are used in a text,
including
vocabulary
describing political,
- Absolutism
Skills
Vocabulary
Assessment
o Renaissance
o secular
o vernacular
o patronage
o humanism
o perspective
o realism
o Renaissance man
o Italian city-states (Florence)
o printing press
o movable type
o The Prince
o Da Vinci
o Michelangelo
o Nicolo Machiavelli
o Gutenberg
o Lorenzo De Medici
o Queen Elizabeth
o Shakespeare
o 95 theses
o Vatican City
o indulgence
o Reformation
o Counter (Catholic)
o Reformation
o doctrine
o heresy
o nepotism
o predestination
o papacy
o salvation
o Diet of Worms
o Peace of Augsburg
o Gutenberg Bible
o Act of Supremacy
o Anglican Church
o Jesuits
o Council of Trent
o Martin Luther
o Pope Leo X
Thematic Essay – Change:
Leaders 08.05 – Elizabeth
Thematic Essay – Change
06.04 – Turning Points
Thematic Essay – Change:
Individuals Who Have
Changed History 01.04 –
Gutenberg
Thematic Essay – Change:
Individuals Who Have
Changed History 01.04 – da
Vinci
Thematic Essay – Change:
Individuals 08.02 – Queen
Elizabeth
Thematic Essay – Science and
Technology 08.00 – Printing
Press
Document Based Question –
Individuals 01.09 –
Renaissance (3 Documents)
Document Based Question –
Technology 08.05 – Printing
Press (4 Documents)
Thematic Essay – Political
Change 06.07 – Henry VIII
Thematic Essay – Change:
Leaders 08.05 – Martin
Luther
Thematic Essay – Change:
Individuals 08.02 – Martin
Luther
Resources
United Streaming
Power Points
Smart board
Primary Sources:
The Prince – Machiavelli
Notebooks of Leonardo da
Vinci
Month
May
Standards
Essential
Questions
social, or emotional
aspects of history /
social studies.
their power?
- Were the Czars of
Russia really great?
2 – World History
2:1, 2:2
3 – Geography 3:3,
-How did
Technological Progress
lead to Exploration?
Content
The
Skills
Time-Line
Reading Comprehension
Map
Vocabulary
o John Calvin
o Henry VIII
o Loyola
o absolutism
o divine right
o autocracy
o nation states
o parliament
o constitutional monarchy
o Spanish Armada
o Romanov Dynasty
o Grand Embassy
o westernization
o St. Petersburg
o Versailles
o Petition of Right
o English Bill of Rights
o Habeas Corpus
o tariff
o inflation
o bourgeoisie
o favorable balance of trade
o Restoration
o Glorious Revolution
o sultan
o janissaries
o harem
o millet
o the Mughals
o Louis XIV
o Phillip II
o Ivan the Terrible
o Peter the Great
o Charles I
o Charles II
o Oliver Cromwell
o William and Mary
o Suleiman
o Akbar the Great
o maritime trade
o magnetic compass
o astrolabe
Assessment
Thematic Essay – Science and
Technology 08.00 –
Astrolabe
Resources
United Streaming
Power Points
Smart board
Month
Standards
Essential
Questions
3:4
4-Economics 4:1,
4:2
5 – Civics,
Citizenship & Gov’t
– 5:1, 5:4
-Would you have been
an Explorer in the 16th
Century?
-Was the Age of
Exploration a blessing
or a curse to the
World?
-Should Columbus be
considered a Hero or a
Villain?
-Why did Martin
Luther oppose the
Church?
-Why did the
Protestant Reformation
Spread throughout
Europe?
-How did the Catholic
Church respond to the
Reformation?
-How did the
Commercial Revolution
create Wealthy
European Nations?
-How did the First
people reach the
Americas?
-What effects did
Geography have on
Mesoamerican life?
-What were the main
achievements of the
Mayan Civilization?
-What were the
achievements of the
Mayan Civilization?
-How did the Aztecs
build a Great Empire?
-What facts do we
know about the Inca
Empire?
-How were the Spanish
N.C.C.S.
-Cite specific textual
evidence to support
analysis of primary
and secondary
sources, attending to
such features as the
date and origin of
the info.
-Determine the
central ideas or
information of a
primary or
secondary source;
provide an accurate
summary of how
key events or ideas
develop over the
course of the text.
- Analyze in detail a
series of events
described in a text;
determine whether
earlier events caused
later ones or simply
preceded them.
-Determine the
meaning of words
and phrases as they
are used in a text,
including
vocabulary
describing political,
social, or emotional
aspects of history /
social studies.
Content
Americas
PreColumbian
Civilizations
Age of
Exploration
Skills
Reading/Interpretation
Chart Reading
Vocabulary
Development
Essay Writing:
Thesis Statement
Paragraph
Development
Document Analysis
(summation, outside
info, citation, grouping
of documents within the
essay, point-of-view,
incorporating
scaffolding questions
into the essay)
Vocabulary
o cartographer
o Mercator projection
o Henry the Navigator
o Vasco da Gama
o Bartholomeu Dias
o Mesoamerica
o pre-Columbian
o Maya
o Aztec
o Inca
o Mayan calendar
o concept of zero
o glyphs
o floating gardens
o Tenochtitlan
o terracing
o foot bridges
o quipu
o mita
o Machu Pichu
o Andes Mountains
o Incan Road system
o Incan farming system
o pampas
o Atahualpa
o Montezuma
o conquistadors
o encomienda
o Treaty of Tordesillas
o Columbian Exchange
o colony
o mother country
o mercantilism
o mita
o peninsulares
o creoles
o mestizos
o mulattoes
o the West Indies
o sugar
o molasses
o slavery
Assessment
Resources
Primary Sources:
- Journal of Christopher
Columbus
Month
June
Standards
2 – World History
2:1, 2:2
4-Economics 4:1,
4:2
5 – Civics,
Citizenship & Gov’t
– 5:1, 5:4
N.C.C.S.
-Cite specific textual
evidence to support
analysis of primary
and secondary
sources, attending to
such features as the
date and origin of
the info.
-Determine the
central ideas or
information of a
primary or
secondary source;
provide an accurate
summary of how
key events or ideas
develop over the
course of the text.
- Analyze in detail a
series of events
described in a text;
Essential
Questions
Content
Skills
Vocabulary
able to conquer the
Aztec and Inca
Empires?
-Why did the Aztec and
Inca Civilizations
disappear?
-What changes did the
Spanish conquest of
South America bring?
-How did Spain govern
American colonies?
o triangular trade
o Middle Passage
o Ferdinand and Isabella
o Christopher Columbus
o Hernan Cortes
o Francisco Pizarro
o Magellan
-HOW WAS PEOPLE’S
UNDERSTANDING OF
THE WORLD CHANGED
BY THE
SCIENTIFIC
REVOLUTION?
-HOW DID
ENLIGHTENMENT
THINKERS DIFFER ON
THE ROLE OF
GOVERNMENT?
-HOW DID
ENLIGHTENED IDEAS
INFLUENCE THE
AMERICAN SYSTEM OF
GOVERNMENT?
-IS ADAM SMITH’S
CAPITALISM A GOOD
ECONOMIC SYSTEM
FOR
AMERICA TO FOLLOW?
-IS REVOLUTION THE
INEVITABLE RESULT
OF COLONIALISM?
-HOW DID ENGLAND’S
ECONOMIC AND
POLITICAL POLICIES
BRING ON
THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION?
o Scientific Revolution
o scientific method
o geocentric/heliocentric
o telescope
o the Enlightenment
o the Age of Reason
o balance of powers
o natural rights
o social contract
o general will
o philosophers
o separation of powers
o secularism
o enlightened despot
o popular sovereignty
o Leviathan
o Two Treatises of
Government
o Copernicus
o Galileo
o Newton
o Descartes
o John Locke
o Thomas Hobbes
o Jean Jacques Rousseau
o Voltaire
o Montesquieu
o Catherine the Great
o Joseph II
o Frederick II of Prussia
Revolutions
- Scientific
Revolution
-The
Enlightenment
- French
Revolution
- Congress of
Vienna
Assessment
Resources
United Streaming
Power Points
Smart board
Primary Sources:
- The Magna Carta
- The English Bill of Rights
Month
Standards
Essential
Questions
determine whether
earlier events caused
later ones or simply
preceded them.
-Determine the
meaning of words
and phrases as they
are used in a text,
including
vocabulary
describing political,
social, or emotional
aspects of history /
social studies.
-WHAT WERE THE
CAUSES OF THE
FRENCH
REVOLUTION?
-WHO BENEFITED
FROM THE EARLY
STAGES OF THE
FRENCH
REVOLUTION?
-SHOULD THE FRENCH
REVOLUTION BE
REMEMBERED FOR ITS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OR ITS EXCESSES?
-WAS NAPOLEON
TRUE TO THE GOALS
OF THE FRENCH
REVOLUTION?
Content
Skills
Vocabulary
o Adam Smith
o Estates General
o Old Regime
o Bourgeoisie
o Bastille
o National Assembly
o Declaration of the Rights of
Man
o guillotine
o Reign of Terror
o Jacobins
o Committee of Public Safety
o radicals
o moderates
o conservatives
o Directory
o coup d’etat
o Napoleonic Code
o Continental System
o invasion of Russia
o scorched earth policy
o Waterloo
o Congress of Vienna
o Liberalism
o Conservatism
o balance of power
o legitimacy
o compensation
o Great Powers
o Louis XVI
o Marie Antoinette
o Robespierre
o Napoleon
o Klemens von Metternich
Assessment
Resources