Second Semester World History Part I (to 1500 C.E.) Dates Topic/Content/Skill S.O.L. Notes Unit 1, Geography Skills and Definitions 1/28-2/10 Maps as a visual representation of WG.1c geographic information Latitude and longitude, absolute location, WG.1a Film (Maps scale and Globes) Map projections WG.1e Activity Map legends, compass rose, Timelines WG.1a,c Use of VA charts, graphs road map Unit 2, Paleolithic Era to Agricultural Revolution 2/11-2/18 Early Hominids WH1.2a Film clips Walking with Cavemen Early Hominids WH1.2a,b Notes, film clip Serengeti Early Hominids WH1.2a,b Notes, film The Real Eve Hunter-gatherer societies during the WH1.2b,c Paleolithic Era (Old Stone Age) Societies during the Neolithic Era (New Stone Age) Archaeological discoveries WH1.2d Film Stonehenge Unit 3, Ancient River Valley Civilizations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, The Indus River Valley, China and civilizations of the Hebrews, Phoenicians, and Nubians 2/19-3/4 Mesopotamia Geography WH1.3a Map work Mesopotamia: Social, Political, Economic WH1.3b Notes Mesopotamia WH1.3 Film Mesopotamia Return to Eden 1 Mesopotamia: Religious traditions, WH1.3c,d,e Notes Judaism, Language and Writing Egypt and Nubia Geography WH1.3 Map work
Egypt and Nubia: Social, Political, and WH1.3b Economic Egypt and Nubia WH1.3 Film Egypt Egypt and Nubia: Religious Traditions, WH1.3c,e Language and Writing India Geography WH1.3a Map work India: social, Political, and Economic WH1.3b Notes China Geography WH1.3a Map work China: Social, Political, and Economic WH1.3b Notes Unit 4, Civilizations of Persia, India, and China 3/5-3/16 Persia, Rulers WH1.4 Notes India Geography WH1.4b Map work India Aryans, Gupta Empire WH1.4b Notes India Hinduism WH1.4c Notes/Activity India Buddhism WH1.4d Notes/Activity China Geography and Great Wall WH14e Film Great Wall China Qin Shi Huangdi s Contributions WH14e Activity China WH1.4e,f Film China China Confucianism and Taoism WH1.4f Notes Unit 5, Ancient Greece 3/17-3/30 Greece Geography WH1.5a Map work Greece Economic and Social Development WH1.5a Film, Aegean Greek Mythology WH1.5b Notes Greek Social Structure WH1.5c Notes Athens WH1.5c Notes Sparta WH1.5c Film, Spartans Persian Wars WH1.5d Notes Peloponesian War WH15d Notes Golden Age of Pericles, Contributions of WH1.5a,b,c Film Greece Excellence d,e,f Phillip II, Alexander the Great, Hellenistic WH1.5g Notes Age Alexander the Great WH1.5g Notes 2 Unit 6, Ancient Rome 700 B.C.E. to 500 C.E. 4/6-4/9 Rome Geography WH1.6a Map work
Rome Mythology WH1.6b Notes Ancient Rome WH1.6 Film Rome, The Ultimate Empire Social Structure in the Roman Empire, WH1.6c Notes Citizenship Features of Democracy WH1.6c Notes Punic Wars WH1.6d Map Work Spread of Roman Culture, Evolution of WH1.6d Map work/ The Roman Empire Notes Julius Caesar WH1.6e,f Film Caesar Imperial Rome WH1.6f Activity Pax Romana WH1.6f Notes Christianity WH1.6g Notes Constantine, Impact of the Church of Rome WH1.h,i Notes Decline of the Western Roman Empire, WH1.6j,k Film Contributions of Ancient Rome Colosseum Unit 7, Byzantine Empire and Russia 300 to 1000 C.E. 4/12-4/14 Location/Role of Constantinople WH1.7a Map work Justinian WH1.7b Film Hail Caesar, Justinian Byzantine Art, Architecture/Culture WH1.7c Visuals Eastern and Western Church WH1.7d Activity Influence of Byzantine Culture WH1.7e Notes Unit 8, Islamic Civilization 600 to 1000 C.E. 4/15-4/23 Geography WH1.8a Map work Origins of Islam, Spread of Islam, Beliefs WH1.8a Activity Islam WH1.8 Film Story Of Islam Geographic Influences WH1.8b Notes Historical Turning Points WH1.8c Notes Cultural and Scientific Contributions WH1.8d Visuals Unit 9, Europe during the Middle Ages 500 to 1000 C.E. 4/26-4/30 Foundations of Early Medieval Society WH1.9a Notes Influence of the Roman Catholic Church 3 Middle Ages WH1.9 Film Feudal Society during the Middle Ages WH1.9b,c Activity Manorial System during the Middle Ages
Age of Charlemagne Areas of Settlement, Influence of the WH1.9d Film Angles, Saxons, Magyars, and Vikings Vikings, Foot Soldiers Unit 10, Civilizations of the Eastern Hemisphere 5/3-5/7 Geography, Major trade patterns of the WH1.10a Map work Eastern Hemisphere from 1000-1500 C.E. Goods, Technology, Ideas WH1.10b Notes Location and Place, Influence of Chinese WH1.10c Notes Culture, Shinto Axum, Zimbabwe, West African Kingdoms WH1.10d Unit 11, Mayan, Aztec, and Incan Civilizations Film Africa, A History Denied 5/10-5/18 Incan Civilization WH1.11a,b Notes Mayan Civilizations WH1.11a,b Notes Aztec Civilizations WH1.11 a,b Film Aztec Achievements WH1.11a,b Notes Unit 12, Late Medieval Period 5/19-5/25 England WH1.12.a Notes France WH1.12a Notes Spain WH1.12a Notes Russia WH1.12a Film Ivan The Great Key events of the Crusades, effects of the WH1.12b Notes Crusades Mongol Armies, Constantinople WH1.12b Notes Impact of the Black Death WH1.12c Film The Plague Church Scholars WH1.12d Notes Unit 13, Renaissance 5/26-6/2 Economic Effects of the Crusades WH1.13a Notes Important Economic Concepts WH1.13a Notes 4 Florence, Venice, and Genoa WH1.13b Map work Machiavelli s The Prince WH1.13b Readings Artistic and Literary Creativity WH1.13c Visuals
Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Petrarch Humanism WH1.13c Readings Northern Renaissance WH1.13d Notes Northern Renaissance Writers WH1.13d Readings 6/3-6/8 S.O.L. Review 5