WORLD HISTORY

STUDENT PACING GUIDE

BLOCK SCHEDULE

3rd Semester (nine weeks)

UNITS / NC SCOS
Objectives / Block
I. Development of Civilizations and Empires / 12 days
o  The Agricultural Revolution
o  Making geographic predictions: Asia & Africa / 1.02, 1.03, 1.05
o  Mesopotamian civilization (Sumer) / 1.06, 2.01, 6.01, 6.04, 6.05
o  Mesopotamian Empires (Amorites, Assyria, Chaldeans, Persia) / 1.06, 2.01, 6.01
o  Indian civilizations (Indus, Mauryas, Guptas): Geography, Culture, Roots of Caste System / 1.03, 1.06, 2.01, 2.04, 6.01, 6.06
o  Chinese civilizations (Xang, Zhou, Qin, Han): Geography, Dynastic Cycle, Culture & Philosophy / 1.03, 1.06, 2.01, 2.05, 3.01
o  Egypt: Geography, Government, Culture, Features of civilization / 1.03, 1.06, 2.01, 8.01
II. Eastern Religious Thought
o  Ancestor worship in China / 2.01 / 4 days
o  Comparison: Confucianism, Daoism, & Legalism / 2.01, 2.05, 8.01
o  Shintoism / 2.05
o  Beliefs and Practices of Hinduism / 2.04
o  The Caste System / 2.04
o  Development of Buddhist religious thought / 2.04, 8.02
III. Western Religious Thought
o  Jewish belief and practice / 6.01, 6.02, 8.01, 8.04 / 3 days
o  Christian belief and practice / 6.01, 6.02, 8.01, 8.04
o  Muslim belief and practice / 6.01, 6.02, 8.01, 8.04


3rd Semester (nine weeks)

UNITS / NC SCOS
Objectives / Year-long / Block
IV. Classical Civilizations / 12 days
o  Greece
o  Geography / 1.03, 2.02
o  Civilization on Minoan Crete / 2.02
o  Greek city-states: Sparta & Athens CE / 1.02, 2.02, 6.01
o  Hellenic Age
§  Persian War
§  Peloponnesian Wars / 2.02
o  Greek culture / 2.02
o  Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age / 2.02, 3.01
o  Rome
o  Mediterranean geography / 1.03, 2.03
o  Origins & Expansion of Rome / 2.03
o  Structure of the republic CE / 2.03
o  Caesar and the fall of the republic / 2.03, 8.03
o  Roman emperors / 2.03
o  Split of the Roman empire / 2.03
o  Byzantine Empire
o  Justinian Code CE / 2.03, 2.06, 3.02
o  Eastern Orthodox Church / 2.06, 8.01
V. European Middle Ages / 6 days
o  The Fall of Rome & the rise of the barbarians / 3.02,
o  Feudalism and Manoralism / 3.02, 8.03
o  Order in Medieval Western Europe: Kings, Nobility, and the Church / 2.03, 3.02, 8.01
o  High Middle Ages and Rise of Nation-States / 3.02, 8.03
VI. Africa & the Middle East / 4 days
o  Geography & African civilizations / 1.03
o  N. African and Muslim empires / 2.06
o  Ghana, Mali, & Songhai / 2.07
o  The Great Zimbabwe / 2.07
o  East African trading cities / 2.07
End of 3rd Semester
March 29th 2012 / Flex: / 4 days
Total: / 45 days


4th Semester (nine weeks)

UNITS / NC SCOS
Objectives / Year-long / Block
I. The Americas before Columbus / 4 days
o  Mayans / 2.08
o  Aztecs / 2.08
o  Incas / 2.08
II. Exploration, Colonization, & Imperialism / 4 days
o  Competition leads to exploration and colonization CE / 3.04
o  Economic motives: Mercantilism CE / 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 8.04
o  The Columbian Exchange / 3.04, 3.05, 3.07
o  Slavery and the Triangular Trade CE, US / 3.04, 3.06, 3.07
III. Enlightenment & Revolutions / 10 days
o  Renaissance thought and Humanism / 3.03, 4.01, 6.03
o  The Protestant Reformation / 3.03, 4.01, 6.03
o  Development English Constitutional Monarchy CE
o  English Civil War
o  Glorious Revolution / 3.02, 3.03, 4.01
o  Absolutism US / 3.03
o  The Enlightenment CE, US / 3.03, 4.01, 6.03
o  The American and French Revolutions CE, US / 4.01
IV. Industrialization & Nationalism / 6 days
o  The Industrial Revolution US / 7.01, 7.02
o  Effects of the Industrial Revolution US / 4.02, 7.03
o  Competition & imperialism US / 3.01, 4.02, 5.01
o  Far East reaction to Imperialism / 4.05
o  German and Italian Unification / 4.03
Flex:
Total:


4th Semester (nine weeks)

UNITS / NC SCOS
Objectives / Year-long / Block
V. Global Conflict / 10 days
o  Causes of WWI US / 5.01
o  The Great War US / 5.01
o  Versailles & the Global Depression US / 5.02
o  Russian revolution US / 4.04
o  The rise of dictators US / 5.02, 5.03
o  WWII US / 5.03
o  The Holocaust US / 6.01, 6.02, 8.04
VI. The Cold War & Colonial Independence / 5 days
o  Soviet and Chinese Communism US / 6.04, 6.05, 8.05
o  The Cold War US / 5.04
o  Gandhi, Indian Independence and Partition / 3.01, 4.05, 6.02
o  African Independence / 3.07, 4.05, 6.02
VII. Contemporary Issues / 3 days
o  Globalization CE, US / 6.04, 6.05
o  The United Nations CE, US / 5.05
o  Religious tensions CE, US / 6.06, 8.04
o  Ethnic tensions CE, US / 6.02, 8.04
o  Energy and Ecological Issues CE, US / 6.05, 7.03, 8.05
End of Fourth Semester
June 7th 2012 / Flex: / 3 days
Total: / 45 days

Mr. Plummer

Glenn High School

Adapted from the WSFCS World History Pacing Guide

(Updated 1/18/12)