Course Name World History
Subject: Social Studies
Course Number: 2109310
Prerequisites: None
Credit: 1.0
Course Description: Through a “Windows of the World Museum,” World History gives students the opportunity to visit the past, connect with the present,and look to the future. The purpose of the course is to explore ancient and modern civilizations in order to understand thefuture as participating members of a global community.
Scope & Sequence: Module 1 – The Museum Forum
Course Overview
The Five Themes of Geography
Continents of the World
Discovering Prehistory
Ancient Questions
Module 2 – East Wing: The Ancients
Agriculture and the First Civilizations
Ancient Civilizations
Hammurabi’s Code of Laws
Ancient Egypt, India, China
Module 3 – West Wing: Traditions and Religions
Ancient Greece: The Beginning
Rome – From Riches to Ruin
World Religions
Module 4 – North Wing: The Crossroads
Mesoamerica
The Kingdoms of Africa
Japan in the Middle Ages
The Mongol Empire
The Middle Ages
Charlemagne
Feudalism
The Crusades
Module 5 – South Wing: Renaissance/Reformation
People of the Renaissance
Protestant Reformation
Age of Exploration
Elizabethan England
Holy Roman Empire
Module 6 – Transept: Enlightenment & Revolution
Absolutism
Constitutional Monarchy
Scientific Revolution
Enlightenment/Age of Reason
French Revolution
Module 7 – Museum Restaurant: Nationalism…
Napoleon
Nationalism & Unification
The Industrial Revolution
Imperialism
Stepping into the 20 th Century
Module 8: Museum Basement: War, Depression…
The Road to War
The Russian Revolution
Depression & Fascism
World War II
Module 9: Museum Grounds: Interdependence
Cold War
Reconstruction
Life since the 50’s
Asssessment for the Times
Module 10: Final Exam
This course shall integrate the Goal 3 Student Performance Standards of the Florida System of School Improvement and Accountability as appropriate to the content and processes of the subject matter.