World History erasEra 1Power Standard 1: Students will understand the rise and fall of early world civilizations (Greece, Rome, China, Africa, and the Mongols) and the origins of major world religions.
Standards: 4.1 Crisis in the Classical World, Trade Networks and Contacts 4.2 World Religions, Growth of Islam and Dar al-Islam 4.3 Africa to 1500, China to 1500, Unification of Eurasia under the Mongols
Era 2Power Standard 2: Students will understand the transition of Europe in the Dark Ages to its rebirth in the Renaissance. Students will understand the role that Exploration played in creating a global world.
Standards: 5.1 Emerging Global System, Europe to 1500 and World Religions 5.2 European Exploration/Conquest and Columbian Exchange, Trans-African and Trans-Atlantic Slave Systems 5.3 Asia, Russia, Europe, and Latin America through 18th Century
Era 3Power Standard 3: Students will understand how the global revolutions in thought, science and politics shaped the world in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Standards: 6.1.1 Global Revolutions, World-Wide Migrations and Population Changes, Increasing Global Interconnections, 6.1.2 Changes in Economic and Political Systems, Interpreting Europe’s Increasing Global Power
Era 4Power Standard 4: Students will understand how the Industrial Revolution, Nationalism and Imperialism helped to transition the world into a modern era,
6.2 Political Revolutions, Growth of Nationalism and Nation-States, Industrialization 6.3 Imperialism in Europe, East Asia, and Africa
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Power Standard 5: Students will understand modern global conflicts such as WWI, WWII, and the Cold War. Students will understand how the ideologies of these global conflicts helped shaped the modern world.
Standards: 7.1 Increasing Government and Political Power, Comparative Global Power, Twentieth Century Genocide, Global Technology, and Total War 7.2 World War I, Inter-War Period, World War II, Revolutionary and/or Independence Movements 7.3 Russian Revolution, Europe and the Rise of Fascism and Totalitarian States, Asia, The Americas, Middle East 8.1 Origins of Cold War, Cold War Conflicts, End of Cold War, Mapping the 20th Century 8.2 The Legacy of Imperialism; Independence, Decolonization, and Democratization Movements; Middle East
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