This course will be divided into 9 units which will contain 40 lessons in chronological order. Within 9th grade World History students will be exposed to early civilizations until modern day history. In each lesson there is an objective with an embedded assignment tied to the objective and a review of the assignment to ensure students met the objective and have a complex understanding of the subject and many times the cause and effect relationship within the next lesson. See below for Units and Lessons.
This Course Includes:
- 9 Units
- 40 Video Lessons
- 39 Imbedded Formative Assessments tied to the objective within each lesson
- 39 Additional Assignments, one for each content video lesson
- 39 Answer videos going over the questions and assignments for each lesson
- 9 Assessments: one per unit of study
- 9 Answer Keys, one for each assessment (found in the resource section)
- Over 12 hours of instructional videos
- Over 180 questions and/or assignments that assess the material within the instructional videos
Course Goals:
By taking this course students will have a better understanding of World History, cause and effect relationships through historical topics, and the relationship to modern day society throughout the World.
Target Audience:
This is a high school level course and it primarily intended for 9th grade World History. Depending on your location, World History could be serviced in a different grade level within high school.
Course Requirements:
Students taking this course will need to complete the assignment for each lesson (40 assignments) as well as one assessment per unit (9 total) to have completed this course. It is intended that students rewind the videos or take notes in order to be able to complete assignments at the end of each lesson as well as the assessment at the end of the units.
Course Topics:
Unit 1
Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 2: Rise and expansion of Ottoman & Mughal Empires, Ming, Qing & Spanish Empires
Lesson 3: Methods of maintaining control
Lesson 4: Fall of Ottoman and Mughal Empires; results on political boundaries and policies
Lesson5: Fall of Ming, Qing, and Spanish Empires; results on political boundaries and policies
Unit 2
Lesson 6: Europe Interacting with the World and Isolationism in Japan
Lesson 7: New World Colonies
Unit 3
Lesson 8: Italian Renaissance and characteristics of Italian Renaissance Art
Lesson 9: Significance of the Printing Press
Lesson 10: What circumstances made Germany Vulnerable to major religious changes
Lesson 11: Protestantism spread beyond the country of Germany
Lesson 12: Steps taken by the Catholic Church to respond to Protestant Reform
Lesson 13: Approach used by the Jesuits to Catholic Reform
Lesson 14: Factors that contributed to the birth of the Scientific Revolution
Unit 4
Lesson 15: Age of Enlightenment
Lesson 16: Discoveries made during the Scientific Revolution
Lesson 17: Russia isolated from Western Europe
Lesson 18: Problems faces the Hapsburgs and the Hohenzollerns in Eastern Europe
Unit 5
Lesson 19: Political Revolutions
Lesson 20: English Bill of Rights
Lesson 21: Declaration of Independence
Lesson 22: Rapid spread of ideas in Europe and North America
Lesson 23: American Revolutionary goals and Accomplishments
Lesson 24: The accomplishments of the National Assembly
Unit 6
Lesson 25: Industrialism
Lesson 26: Lives of Women changed during the Industrial Revolution
Lesson 27: Business Cycle
Lesson 28: Reform movements
Lesson 29: Imperialism
Lesson 30: Italy gained control of Libya
Lesson 31: European Imperialism Affected Africa
Lesson 32: Britain's rule of India contributed to the growth of Indian Nationalism
Unit 7
Lesson 33: World War I and the Russian Revolution
Lesson 34: Effects of War in the United States
Lesson 35: The Great Depression and the Rise of Totalitarianism
Lesson 36: Effects of the Great Depression in Europe and the United States
Unit 8
Lesson 37: World War II
Lesson 38: The Success Hitler Had in France
Unit 9
Lesson 39: Europe Since 1945
Lesson 40: Asia Since 1945