WORLD HISTORY
STUDENT PACING GUIDE
BLOCK SCHEDULE
3rd Semester (nine weeks)
UNITS / NC SCOSObjectives / 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)
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)
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)
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)