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WORLD HISTORY HONORS
SYLLABUS

 

UNIT I

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McDougal

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I. Foundations of Civilization and Formation of Cultures (12,000 B.C.E. to 1100 C.E.)

 

Key Concept 1.1 — Throughout the Paleolithic era, humans developed sophisticated technologies and adapted to different geographical environments as they migrated from Africa to Eurasia, Australasia, and the Americas.

Key Concept 1.2 — Beginning about 10,000 years ago, some human communities adopted sedentism and agriculture, while others pursued hunter-forager or pastoralist lifestyles—different pathways that had significant social and demographic ramifications.

Key Concept 1.3 — The appearance of the first urban societies 5,000 years ago laid the foundations for the development of complex civilizations; these civilizations shared several significant social, political, and economic characteristics.

 

 

Chapter 1
The Peopling of the World

Chapter 2
Early River Valley Civilizations

Chapter 3
People and Ideas on the Move


 



 

UNIT II

TEXT SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL MEDIA & PROJECTS

II.  Increasing Interactions: Commerce and Clashes (1100 B.C.E. to 1450 C.E.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNIT III

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III. Global Interconnections (c. 1200 to c. 1600)

 

 

 

 

 

UNIT IV

 

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IV. Trading Places (c.1600 to c.1750)

Calendar 4

 

 

 

 

 

UNIT V

 

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V. The Age of Reason (c.1650 to c.1750)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNIT VI

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VI. The Turbulent Transition to the Modern Era (c.1750 to c.1850)



 

 

 



 



UNIT VII

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VII. A Revolution of Sustenance and Synergy (c. 1750 to 1914)








UNIT VIII TEXT SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL MEDIA & PROJECTS

VIII. Industrialization and Imperialism
(c. 1750 to 1914)






UNIT IX
TEXT SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL MEDIA & PROJECTS

IX. The Great War and the Age of Anxiety
(c. 1914 to 1935)






UNIT X TEXT SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL MEDIA & PROJECTS

X. The Crisis Years and World War II
(c. 1931 to 1945)






UNIT XI TEXT SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL MEDIA & PROJECTS

XI. Cold Wars and the Modern Age
(c. 1945 to 2015)