Honors World History

Unit 1 Course Objectives -  Early River Civilizations (Mesopotamia, Egypt, Huang He, Indus)

Unit 2  Course Objectives - Ancient Greece

Unit 3 Course Objectives - Rome

Unit 4 Course Objectives - Age of Non-European Empires

Unit 5 Course Objectives - Middle Ages

Unit 6 Course Objectives - Renaissance - Reformation

Unit 7 Course Objectives - Enlightenment - Exploration

Unit 8 Course Objectives - Absolutism - French Revolution

Unit 9 Course Objectives - Industrialization

Unit 10 Course Objectives -  Imperialism - World War I - Russian Revolution

Determine how geographical factors influenced the development of early river civilizations. 

Analyze the contributing factors that lead to a successful civilization. 

Describe the achievements in religion, social structure, and technology for early river civilizations. 

Interpret maps and draw conclusions about historical cause and effect relationships in historical time periods 

Literacy Power Goal: Make correct inferences based on understanding of the text (or visual images). 

Literacy Power Goal: Identify the main idea of a text or visual image. 

Literacy Power Goal: Make correct inferences based on understanding of the text (or visual images).

Identify the political systems that developed. 

Compare and contrast contributions of historical figures. 

Evaluate the degree of impact that Greco / Roman advancements have on modern day culture. 

Interpret maps and primary sources and draw conclusions about historical time periods.

Identify and evaluate the political systems that developed and their political ideologies. 

Evaluate the degree of impact that Roman advancements have on modern-day culture. 

Analyze the causes and effects of the rise and the decline of the Roman Empire 

Interpret maps and primary sources and draw conclusions about historical time periods.

Compare and contrast accomplishments and achievements of Asian, African and Latin American civilizations. 

Analyze geographic location and influences on these civilizations. 

Explain how trade influences culture for Non-European civilizations. 

Interpret maps and primary sources and draw conclusions about historical time periods.

Describe the hierarchy and relationships upon which the feudal system is based. 

Illustrate the positive and negative effects of the Crusades 

Determine the causes and effects of feudalism.

Interpret maps and primary sources and draw conclusions about the Middle Ages time period.

Evaluate the causes and the lasting effects of the reformation. 

Compare/contrast the ideas and techniques of Renaissance art and literature, both Italian and Northern, to previous eras. 

Interpret maps and primary sources and draw conclusions about the Renaissance and Reformation.

Identify the long term effects of the Scientific Revolution and predict how its ideas might affect society. 

Compare and contrast the political ideas of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Montesquieu. 

Criticize and justify the actions of the explorers in the new world. 

Interpret maps and primary sources and draw conclusions about the Renaissance and Reformation.

Compare the ideals of the French and American revolutions. 

Differentiate between the European Absolute Monarchs and their ruling styles. 

Evaluate the successes and failures of the French Revolution. 

Interpret maps and primary sources and draw conclusions about Absolutism and the French Revolution.

Determine how advances in transportation affected trade in the Industrial Age. 

Compare and contrast life before and after the Industrial Revolution for both the factory worker and their families.

Determine what geographic, economic and social factors are necessary in order to have an Industrial Revolution.

Compare and contrast the new ideas about economics, such as laissez-faire, entrepreneur, socialism and communism. 

Interpret maps and primary sources and draw conclusions about Industrialization.

Summarize crises that paved the way for the Russian Revolution incorporating changing world political views and economic systems (Communism, Socialism, and Capitalism). 

Apply WWI technology and strategy. 

Analyze the impacts of Imperialism. 

Identify the causes of the Great War and how it set the stage for future global conflicts and WWII, with a focus on the Treaty of Versailles. 

Interpret maps and primary sources and draw conclusions about Imperialism, WWI and the Russian Revolution.

 Identify the causes and effects of WWII and the Cold War. 

Illustrate WWII / Cold War propaganda and ideologies.  

Explain and reflect how political bodies are used to prevent war. 

4. Interpret maps and primary sources and draw conclusions about World War II and the Cold War.