World History Course Description
The learners will study historical patterns in world history to understand and evaluate change and diverse cultural perspectives. The learners will examine ancient cultures, classical institutions, world-wide organizational patterns as well as major historical conflicts. The learners will also develop skills in historical comprehension, historical analysis, and cultural comparison andunderstanding.
Course Outline
Unit Topic(s)
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Unit One |
Early origins of man to the development of river civilizations |
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Unit Two |
The Greeks and the Romans |
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Unit Three |
The collapse of Rome and the rise of Byzantium. |
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Unit Four |
The Dark Ages, Rise of Feudalism, the Rise of Islam, and the Crusades |
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Unit Five |
The Renaissance, Reformation, and Enlightenment eras. |
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Unit Six |
The Age of Exploration and colonial development. |
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Unit Seven |
The rise of Empires, nation-states, the Industrial Revolution and the international market economy. |
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Unit Eight |
The Age of Absolutism. |
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Unit Nine |
World War One- Causes and Consequences |
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Unit Ten |
The era between the World Wars |
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Unit Eleven |
World War Two- Causes, Conflicts, and Consequences. |
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Unit Twelve |
The Cold War, Causes,Conflicts and Outcomes. |
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Unit Thirteen |
Post 1960’s Conflicts, Terrorism, Reform, and the rise of women as world and national leaders. |
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