COURSE DESCRIPTION

  • Grade  Seven

     

     

                                          Course Description  

    In this course students will analyze, evaluate, and compare the contributing factors of the peoples, cultures, and empires that lead to their creation, rise to power, ultimate decline, and enduring historical legacy. Students learn about cultures around the world through a regional approach that considers geographic, political, historical, social, and economic issues as well as the customs, traditions, and other unique characteristics of people within their cultures. Students will participate in an in-depth analysis of the Byzantine and Muslim Empires, the civilizations of Medieval Africa, the civilizations of Medieval Asia, the Middle Ages in Europe, the civilizations of the Ancient Americas, and the history and culture of Latin and South American nations. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to think analytically and systematically about how past interactions of people, cultures, and the environment affect issues across time and cultures. Such knowledge and skills enable students to make informed decisions as socially and ethically responsible world citizens in the 21st century.

     

     

     

     

    Questions this course will investigate are:

    -         How does geography impact the histories of people and cultures?

    -         Do historical patterns exist and can historical patterns be observed over time?

    -         What impact did agricultural, societal, and industrial advances have on people and cultures around the world?

    -         What role did religion play in the lives of people and what impact did religion have on the emergence of empires and civilizations?

      

     

    Course Aim:

     

    Upon completion of the course students will be able to:

    -         Complete written assignments, as determined by the teacher, to reinforce skills and concepts explained during class.

    -         Demonstrate an understanding of geographic concepts and processes to examine the role of culture, technology, and the environment in the location and distribution of human activities throughout history.

    -         Understand the historical construction of differences and similarities among groups, cultures, and regions.

    • Construct timelines of the events occurring during major eras.
    • Understand the multi-cultural components to world culture
    • Understand the ways in which individuals and groups contributed to changes in social conditions
    • Recognize various cultural groups such as European, Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and indigenous.
    • Compare and contrast diverse world cultures in order to identify, comprehend, and appreciate the contributions of various cultural groups.
    • Explain how major events are related to one another in time.
    • Use maps and other documents to explain the historical migration of people, expansion and disintegration of empires, and growth of economic and political systems
    • Compare and contrast different interpretations of current and historical events.
    • Select and analyze information from a variety of sources to present a reasoned argument or position in a written and/or oral format.