MANHATTAN CENTER FOR SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS East 116 th Street and FDR Drive New York, NY 10029 (212) 876-4639 Principal David Jimenez GLOBAL 1 UNIT PLANNING I. INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL HISTORY Topic 1: Introduction to History Essential Questions *How do we define culture? *How are societies affected when cultures interact? *Why do we study history? *How do we study history? *How does geography affect history? VOCABULARY: absolute location, A.D. (anno domini), anthropologist, archaeologist, artifact, assimilation, B.C. (Before Christ), B.C.E. (Before Common Era), C. E. (Common Era), culture, cultural diffusion, economic, geography, latitude, longitude, prehistory, political, relative location, social, timeline, topography II. ANCIENT WORLD: CIVILIZATIONS AND RELIGION Topic 2: Prehistory Essential Questions *How does the Paleolithic Age differ from the Neolithic Age? *Why was the Agricultural Revolution a turning point in history? *Why did civilizations develop along river valleys? *What are the basic features of a civilization? VOCABULARY: artisan, bureaucracy, domestication, ideograms, hominid, hunter-gatherer, pictograms, polytheism, revolution, shrine, slash-and-burn farming, technology, theocracy RH 9-10.1; RH 9-10.2; RH 9-10.3; RH. 9-10.4; RH 9-10.5; RH 9-10.6; RH 9-10.7; RH 9-10.8; RH 9-10.9; RH 9-10.10 Week 1- Neolithic Revolution, River Valley Civilizations- Unit Test- (Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author s claims; Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources) Week 2- DBQ Neolithic Revolution (Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text) PowerPoint /Video(Visual Learners) Topic 3: First Civilizations Essential Questions *How did geography influence the civilizations that developed in the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, Indus, and Yellow River Valleys? *How did these societies fulfill their basic needs?
VOCABULARY: barter economy, cataract, city-state, civilization, cuneiform, delta, dynastic cycle, dynasty, empire, Fertile Crescent, feudalism, hierarchy, hieroglyphics, irrigation, Mandate of Heaven, monsoon, mummification, pharaoh, pyramids, scribes, silt, subcontinent, tribute, ziggurat ; RH 9-10.8; RH 9-10.9; RH 9-10.10 Week 3- Geography Thematic essay (Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key points or advance an explanation or analysis) Week 4- River Valley, Geography terms- Unit Test (Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author s claims; Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources) PowerPoint /Video(Visual Learners) Topic 4: Classical Civilizations (Greece, Rome, China) Essential Questions *How did Classical Civilizations develop? *How did geography affect these civilizations? *What did these classical civilizations have in common? *How do these civilizations affect our society today? VOCABULARY: acropolis, aqueduct, aristocracy, classical art, colonies, democracy, direct democracy, Greco-Roman, Hellenism, helots, indirect democracy, monarchy, phalanx, philosophy, polis, oligarchy, tyrants RH 9-10.8; RH 9-10.9; RH 9-10.10 Week 5- Classical Civilization Greece, Rome, China- Unit Test (Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text; Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources)
PowerPoint/Video(Visual Learners) III. EXPANDING ZONES OF EXCHANGE AND ENCOUNTER Topic 5: The Rise and Fall of Empires (Roman and Han) Essential Questions *How did geography affect the rise of empires? *How did acquiring an empire reflect the Roman and Han society? *Why did the Roman and Han empires decline? *What were achievements of each empire? VOCABULARY: absolute ruler, aqueducts, consul, dictator, empire, gladiators, inflation, legion, mare nostrum, mercenaries, monopoly, patrician, Pax Romana, plebeian, republic, senate, Silk Road, tribune, triumvirate, veto Assessment- Week 6- Rise and Fall of Empires and Classical civilization- Unit test (Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text; Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources) PowerPoint/Video (Visual Learners) Topic 6: Belief Systems Essential Questions *How does religion affect society? *How does religion address basic needs? *What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Taoism?
VOCABULARY: ahimsa, Allah, apostles, Bedouins, bishop, Brahma, caste, covenant, dharma, Diaspora, filial piety, Five Pillars of Islam, Golden Rule, hajj, heresy, hijrah, Islam, karma, matriarchal, messiah, mosque, monotheism, muslim, nirvana, patriarchal, Pope, prophet, Qur an, reincarnation, Shiva, Vishnu Week 7- Belief System Thematic essay ( Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key points or advance an explanation or analysis) GLOBAL II UNIT PLANNING Topic 7: Regional Civilizations (Tang, Gupta, Byzantine, Russian, Islamic) Essential Questions *How did geography influence the development of each civilization? *How did the Byzantine Empire preserve Greco-Roman culture? *How did Islam impact society in southwest Asia? *Why are these civilizations viewed as a Golden Age? VOCABULARY: caliph, calligraphy, excommunication, Hagia Sophia, icon, iconoclasts, Justinian Code of Law, religious tolerance, schism, Shi a, slavs, Sufi, Sunni
Week 8- Regional Civilization, Rise and Fall of empires, Belief Systems- Unit MC Test (Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text; Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources) PowerPoint/Video(Visual Learners) Topic 8: Feudalism Essential Questions *How did the collapse of the Roman Empire lead to the development of feudalism in Europe? *What was feudal society life like? *How did the church influence European feudal society? *How did the Crusades help end the Middle Ages? *How did feudalism develop in Japan? VOCABULARY: archipelago, bushido, canon law, chivalry, crusade, daimyo, excommunication, feudalism, fief, gothic, guild, heresy, haiku, Inquisition, kabuki, knight, lay investiture, lord, Magna Carta, manor, Week 9- Feudalism- DBQ essay (Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the information; Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.)
IV. GLOBAL INTERACTIONS Topic 9: The Rise and Fall of the Mongols Essential Questions *How did the Mongols impact Eurasia? *How did Pax Mongolia impact global trade? *What were the causes of the rise and fall of the Mongols? VOCABULARY: khan, pastoralists, Pax Mongolia Topic 10: The Muslim World Essential Questions *How did the Mughal Empire affect India? *How did the Safavids create an empire? *How did the Ottomans create an Empire? VOCABULARY: devshirme, janissaries, Mughals, sultan, Taj Mahal Topic 11: Renaissance, Reformation, and The Rise of the Nation-State Essential Questions *Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy? *How does the Renaissance lead Europe into the modern era? *How does the Reformation change Christianity? *Why did Nations rise? VOCABULARY: annul, burghers, Counter-Reformation, humanism, indulgences, Magna Carta, 95 Theses, parliament, patron, perspective, predestination, recant, Renaissance, sacraments Assessment Week 11- Rise and Fall of Mongols, Muslim world Renaissance Reformation Rise of Nation State- Unit Test MC (Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text; Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources) Week 12- Renaissance Reformation Thematic essay ( Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key points or advance an explanation or analysis)
V. THE FIRST GLOBAL AGE Topic 12: American and African Civilizations Essential Questions *What were the main achievements of the Mayan, Aztec, and Incan civilizations? *How were these societies organized? *How did geography influence African society? *How did the gold/salt trade affect the society of West Africa? VOCABULARY: desertification, gold/salt trade, griots, lineage, lost wax process, matrilineal, mita, patrilineal, quipus, Sahel, savanna, stateless societies Topic 13: The Encounter between Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Asia Essential Questions *Why did Europeans begin to explore the world? *How were the Spanish able to conquer the New World? *What were the results of the encounter between Europe, Africa, and the Americas? *How did colonialism affect African and Latin American society? *How did exploration impact business? VOCABULARY: astrolabe, capitalism, circumnavigate, colony, conquistador, Columbian Exchange, Creole, encomienda, favorable balance of trade, joint-stock company, mercantilism, mestizo, Middle Passage, mulatto, peninsular, tariffs, triangular trade Assessment Week 15- Final Exam (Thematic Essay and Multiple Choice) Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of history/social science; Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key points or advance an explanation or analysis.; Compare the point of view of two or more authors for how they treat the same or similar topics, including which details they include and emphasize in their respective accounts. Reference for Common Core Standards in Social Studies www.corestandards.org/the-standards/english-language-arts-standards