WORLD HISTORY COURSE OVERVIEW

Unit 1: Geography
(All Year)
CCSS:
Reading:
-

CCSS:
Reading:
Grades 9-10
Standards: 2, 3, 4, 9

Writing:
-

Unit 2: Early Civilizations

(1 Week)

CCSS:
Reading:
Grades 9-10
Standards: 2, 3, 4, 9

Writing:
Grades 9-10
Standards: 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B,
2D

Unit 3: Greece and Rome

(2 Weeks)

CCSS:
Reading:
Grades 9-10
Standards: 2, 3, 4, 9

Writing:
Grades 9-10
Standards: 1A, 1B, 2A,
2B, 2D

Unit 4: Rise of Empires

(2 Weeks)

Grades 9-10
Standards: 2, 3, 4, 9

Writing:
Grades 9-10
Standards: 1A, 1B, 2A,
2B, 2D

Unit 5: Renaissance,
Reformation, and
Exploration (2 Weeks)
CCSS:
Reading:
-

Grades 9-10
Standards: 2, 3, 4, 9

Writing:
Grades 9-10
Standards: 1A, 1B, 2A,
2B, 2D

Grades 9-10
Standards: 1A, 1B, 2A,
2B, 2D

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CONTENT STANDARDS:
AZ HS Social Studies:
Strand 4:
Concept 1:
Objective 3: Use appropriate maps
and other graphic representations
to analyze geographic problems
and changes over time.

CONTENT STANDARDS:
AZ HS Social Studies:
Strand 2:
Concept 2:
Objective 1: Describe the
development of early prehistoric
people, their agriculture, and
settlements.

CONTENT STANDARDS:
AZ HS Social Studies:
Strand 2:
Concept 2:
Objective 3: Analyze the
enduring Greek and Roman
contributions and their impact
on later civilization.

CONTENT STANDARDS:
AZ HS Social Studies:
Strand 2:
Concept 3:
Objective 1: Contrast the fall of
Rome with the development of
the Byzantine and Arab
Empires

CONTENT STANDARDS:
AZ HS Social Studies:
Strand 2:
Concept 4:
Objective 1: Analyze the results
of Renaissance thoughts and
theories.

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Objective 4: Describe the

interaction of European and
Asian civilizations from the 12th
to the 16th centuries.
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Objective 2: Explain how the

ideas of the Protestant
Reformation and the
Catholic Reformation.
Concept 5:
Objective 1: Describe the
religious, economic, social, and
political interactions among
civilizations that resulted from
early exploration.

Unit 6: Absolutism to
Revolution
(2 Weeks)
CCSS:

Unit 7: Industrialization and

Imperialism
(2 Weeks)
CCSS:

CCSS:

CCSS:

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Unit 10: Contemporary
World
(1 Week)
CCSS:

Reading:

Reading:

Reading:

Reading:

Reading:

Grades 9-10
Standards: 2, 3, 4, 9

Grades 9-10
Standards: 2, 3, 4, 9

Unit 8: WWI
(2 Weeks)

Grades 9-10
Standards: 2, 3, 4, 9

Unit 9: WWII
(2 Weeks)

Grades 9-10
Standards: 2, 3, 4, 9

Grades 9-10
Standards: 2, 3, 4, 9

Writing:
-

Writing:
Grades 9-10
Standards: 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B,
2D

Writing:
Grades 9-10
Standards: 1A, 1B, 2A,
2B, 2D

Writing:
Grades 9-10
Standards: 1A, 1B, 2A,
2B, 2D

Writing:
Grades 9-10
Standards: 1A, 1B, 2A,
2B, 2D

Grades 9-10
Standards: 1A, 1B, 2A,
2B, 2D

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details)

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details)

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details)

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details)

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details)

CONTENT STANDARDS:
AZ HS Social Studies:
Strand 2:
Concept 6:
Objective 1: Contrast the
development of representative,
limited government in England
with the development and
continuation of absolute
monarchies in other European
nations

CONTENT STANDARDS:
AZ HS Social Studies:
Strand 2:
Concept 6:
Objective 6: Analyze the social,
political, and economic
development and impact of the
Industrial Revolution

CONTENT STANDARDS:
AZ HS Social Studies:
Strand 2:
Concept 8:
Objective 1: Examine the causes
of World War I

CONTENT STANDARDS:
AZ HS Social Studies:
Strand 2:
Concept 8:
Objective 4: Examine the
period between World War I
and World War II

CONTENT STANDARDS:
AZ HS Social Studies:
Strand 2:
Concept 8:
Objective6: Examine genocide
as a manifestation of extreme
nationalism in the 20th century.

Objective 2: Analyze the impact

of the changing nature of
warfare in World War I

Objective 5: Analyze key

aspects of World War II

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Objective 3: Explain the end of

World War I and its aftermath

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Objective 2: Explain how new ideas

(i.e., Heliocentric, Scientific
Method, Newtons Laws) changed
the way people understood the
world.
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for more details)

Concept 7:
Objective 1: Explain the
rationale for imperialism.
Objective 2: Trace the
development of the British
Empire around the world
Objective 4: Analyze the effects
of European and American
colonialism on their colonies
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