Schedule Subject to Change to Meet the Needs of the Class

World History FIRST SIX WEEKS CALENDAR: August 22 – September 30, 2011

DATE DAILY TOPICS for CLASS/HOMEWORK LECTURE/DISCUSSION Week 1 8/22 Welcome and Introduction to Course Read pgs. 19-31 8/23 Prehistory/Neolithic Revolution/Traits of Read pgs. 37-44 & 54- Civilization 64 8/24/25 River Civilizations: Southwest Asia – Study for quiz Sumer, Babylonia, Israel Read pgs. 45-53 8/26 Quiz: Read pgs. 71-76 & 88- River Civilizations: Egypt 90 Week 2 8/29 River Civilizations: Asia – Harrapan, Study for test Shang 8/30 Assessment #1 Neolithic Revolution, Read pgs. 77-86 Traits of Civilization, River Civilizations 8/31 Classical India: Maurya and Gupta Read pgs. 91-103 9/1 Buddhism; Hinduism 9/2 Classical China: Zhou, Qin, Han Enjoy your holiday! Week 3 9/5 Labor Day Holiday 9/6 Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism Study for test Read pgs. 62-64 9/7/8 Assessment #2: Classical India and Read pgs. 109-113 China Classical Persia – Political System, Religion 9/9 Proto Greeks – Minoans, Mycenaean, Dorians Week 4 9/12 Athens: From monarchy to oligarchy to Read pgs. 115-123 democracy 9/13 Persian Wars; Golden Age of Athens Study for quiz Read pgs. 124-133 9/14/15 Quiz: Classical Persia, previously Read pgs. 138-143 covered material on Greece Peloponnesian War and the Greek Philosophers 9/16 Macedonian Greeks – Alexander the Great Week 5 9/19 Hellenistic Age Read pgs. 149-155 9/20 Rise of the Roman Republic Study for quiz Read pgs. 156-168 9/21/22 Quiz: Classical Greece and Rise of Read pgs. 169-174 Roman Republic From Republic to Empire; Pax Romano 9/23 Rise of Christianity Read pgs. 175-178 Week 6 9/26 Fall of Rome and its Legacy 9/27 Comparing the fall of Rome and Han Study for test China Read pgs. 191-195 9/28/29 Assessment #3 (including CBA Read pgs. 199-202 #1)Classical Persia, Greece, Rome The Rise of Islam – Muhammad and Islamic Faith 9/30 Spread of Arab empire and its impact on Afroeuroasia

Schedule subject to change to meet the needs of the class. TEKS for First Six Weeks 8000 BC to 500 BC  Identify major causes and describe the major effects of the development of agriculture and the development of the river valley civilizations  Summarize the impact of the development of farming (Neolithic Revolution) on the creation of river valley civilizations  Identify the characteristics of civilization  Explain how major river valley civilizations influenced the development of the classical civilizations  Identify important changes in human life caused by the Neolithic Revolution  Summarize the role of economics in driving political changes as related to the Neolithic Revolution  Identify the characteristics of monarchies and theocracies as forms of government in early civilizations  Identify the characteristics of the political system – theocracy  Explain the development of democratic-republican government from its beginnings in the Judeo legal tradition  Identify the impact of political and legal ideas contained in the following significant historic documents: including, Hammurabi's Code, the Jewish Ten Commandments  Summarize trace the historical development of the rule of law during antiquity  Describe and compare the historical origins, central ideas, and the spread of major religious and philosophical traditions, including the development of monotheism (Zoroastrianism)  Identify examples of religious influence on various events referenced during antiquity  Describe the changing roles of women, children, and families during antiquity  Identify significant examples of art and architecture that demonstrate an artistic ideal or visual principle from antiquity  Identify the origin and diffusion of major new ideas in mathematics, science, and technology that occurred in river valley civilizations 500 BC BCE to AD 600  Identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following events:  The development of the classical civilizations of Greece, Rome, Persia, India (Maurya and Gupta), China (Zhou, Qin, and Han)  the development of major world religions  Summarize fundamental ideas and institutions of Eastern civilizations that originated in China and India  Describe the major political, religious/philosophical, and cultural influences of Persia, India, China, Israel, Greece, and Rome, including the development of monotheism, Judaism, and Christianity  Identify the characteristics of the following political systems: democracy, republic, oligarchy, and totalitarianism  Explain the development of democratic-republican government from its beginnings in classical Greece and Rome  Identify the influence of ideas regarding the right to a “trial by a jury of your peers”, and the concepts of “innocent until proven guilty” and “equality before the law” that originated in Greece and Rome  Describe the historical origins, central ideas, and the spread of major religious and philosophical traditions, including Christianity  Identify the contributions of significant scientists such as Archimedes, Eratosthenes, Pythagoras  Compare the factors that led to the collapse of Rome and Han China  Analyze how the Silk Road and the African gold-salt trade facilitated the spread of ideas and trade  Describe how people have participated in supporting or changing their governments  Describe the different roles rights and responsibilities of citizens and noncitizens in historical cultures, especially as the roles pertain to civic participation throughout history  Describe the specific changing roles of women, children, and families from 500 BC to AD 600  Identify significant examples of art and architecture that demonstrate an artistic ideal or visual principle from 500 BC to AD 600  Identify the origin and diffusion of major new ideas in mathematics, science, and technology that occurred from 500 BC to AD 600

Required Historical Personalities: Hammurabi Archimedes Erastothenes Pythagoras