History Topic #5 Combined World History 世界历史主题#5:世界历史综合主题

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Unit 1 – The Rise and Fall of Ancient Rome!

• 1. Introduction to Ancient Rome
• 2. The Founding of Rome; Romulus and Remus
• 3. The Rise and Fall of the Kings of Ancient Rome.
• 4. The Government of the Roman Republic
• 5. The Punic Wars
• 6. The Fall of the Roman Republic and Rise of the Empire
• 7. Fall of Western Rome Part 1 – Internal Problems
• 8. Fall of Rome Western Rome Part 2 – Diocletian and Constantine
• 9. Fall of Western Rome Part 3 – Barbarians

Unit 2 – The Byzantine Empire

• 10. Byzantine Empire Part 1 – Fall of Rome and Constantine
• 11. Byzantine Empire Part 2 – Justinian
• 12. Byzantine Empire Part 3 – Decline and Fall

 

Unit 3 – The Ottoman Empire

• 13. Ottoman Empire Part 1 – The Rise of the Ottomans
• 14. Ottoman Empire Part 2 – The Height and Suleiman The Magnificent
• 15. Ottoman Empire Part 3 – The Decline and Fall of the Empire

 

Unit 4 – The 100 Years War

• 1. Causes of the 100 Years War
• 2. France vs England, Advantages and Disadvantages
• 3. Crecy and Calais
• 4. Feudalism and the Black Plague
• 5. Battle of Poitiers and the Treaty of Bretigny
• 6. The French Civil War
• 7. Agincourt and the Treaty of Troyes
• 8. Joan of Arc
• 9. Consequences of the 100 Years War

 

Unit 5 – The Wars of the Roses

• 1. The Sons of Edward III
• 2. York vs Lancaster: Causes of the Wars of the Roses
• 3. The Early War: Duke of Somerset vs Duke of York
• 4. Edward IV and The Kingmaker
• 5. Tewkesbury and the Fall of Lancaster
• 6. Richard III and The Princes in the Tower
• 7. Henry VII and the Battle of Bosworth

 

Unit 6 – The Tudor Dynasty

• 1. Introduction to the Tudors and Henry VII
• 2. Henry VIII
• 3. Tudor Society
• 4. Edward VI
• 5. Tudor Life
• 6. Lady Jane Grey
• 7. Tudor Entertainment
• 8. Mary I
• 9. Tudor Food and Clothing
• 10. Elizabeth I

 

Unit 7 – The Age of Exploration

• 1. Age of Exploration Background and Overview
• 2. Christopher Columbus
• 3. The Aztecs Empire and Hernan Cortes
• 4. The Incan Empire and Francisco Pizarro

Unit 8 – The Stuart Dynasty and the English Civil War

• 1. James I, Charles I and the English Civil War
• 2. Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth
• 3. Charles II, James II and the Glorious Revolution

 

Unit 9 – The 30 Years War, French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars

• 1. The 30 Years War
• 2. The French Revolution
• 3. The Napoleonic Wars
• 4. The Congress of Vienna

 

Unit 10 – World War I (WWI)

• 10. Causes of WWI
• 11. Theaters of War
• 12. Weapons of WWI
• 13. Life in the Trenches
• 14. The USA in WWI
• 15. The Battle of the Somme
• 16. The End of WWI
• 17. The Treaty of Versailles

 

Unit 11 – The Russian Revolution

• 8. The Seeds of Revolution and 1917
• 9. Vladimir Lenin, Civil War and the NEP
• 10. Joseph Stalin

 

Unit 12 – The Interwar Period

• 11. The Roaring 20
• 12. The Harlem Renaissance
• 13. The World After WWI
• 14. The Great Depression
• 15. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

 

Unit 13 – The Rise of Nazism and World War II (WWII)

• 5. The Weimar Republic
• 6. The Rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party
• 7. Causes of WWII
• 8. The Beginning of WWII
• 9. Pearl Harbor
• 10. WWII and the Holocaust

 

Unit 14 – The Cold War

• 1. What started the Cold War?
• 2. Communism vs Capitalism
• 3. Potsdam and Yalta Conferences
• 4. The Korean War
• 5. The Berlin Airlift, The Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain
• 6. The Vietnam War
• 7. Cuban Missile Crisis
• 8. The End of the Cold War

Please Note: The lessons listed above will often take more than one class period to
teach. The length of each lesson differs depending on the subject matter and the needs
of our students.

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-Students will understand how the major ideas of this topic shape the world we live in
today.

 

-Students will be able to understand and identify different types of History

 

-Students will develop essential academic skills such as note-taking, test preparation
and summarization.

 

– Students will learn how to use learning in a group environment to their advantage. This includes respecting their peers and collaborating with them during group
activities and projects.

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-Students will be able to create their own questions about geographical topics and use
learned skills to hypothesize possible answers.

-Students will examine primary sources discerningly and be able to determine
possible bias within the sources.

-Students will be able to conduct inquiries into geographical questions using a variety
sources and techniques.

-Students will be expected to conduct themselves in a fashion that will help both
themselves and their classmates to succeed. This includes participating proactively in
each lesson, being attentive in class, not being disruptive, being respectful of their
peers and teacher, and working collaboratively with their classmates.

-Students will be able view and understand cultures from the past without bias no
matter how much said culture differs from their own