OBJECTIVES
Early World
History Honors is a survey course that covers from the development of humankind
through the 20th century.
Themes for the course include the Classical Period, the Middle Ages,
Renaissance and the Reformation; as well as more modern topics
including the Industrial Age, Imperialism, and the World Wars. At the Honors level, the course
requires more intensive historical analysis.
Students will use primary and secondary sources and be required to do
outside reading and document analysis exercises. The purpose of this course is to challenge
students with a creative and critical thinking environment that prepares them
for future success. Students will be
required to produce a variety of activities that benefit their individual
learning styles and show comprehension of material covered. Furthermore, this course will prepare
students, who wish to continue high level historical analysis, to go on to
AP-level programs in history.
Prerequisite: Students must earn a “B” or higher in their
previous social studies course and have a teacher recommendation to take this
course.
Course Outline
First Nine
Weeks
Chapter 1 The Emergence of Civilization
Chapter 2 The First Civilizations
Chapter 3 Ancient Indian Civilizations
Chapter 4 Ancient Chinese Civilization
Chapter 5 The Greek City-States
Chapter 6
Chapter 7 The Roman World
Second Nine
Weeks
Chapter 10 The Byzantine
Empire and
Chapter 8
Chapter 9 The
Chapter 11 The Islamic World
Chapter 18 Islamic
Empires in
Chapter 12 The Civilizations
of
Chapter 17
Third Nine
Weeks
Chapter 13 The Rise of the Middle Ages
Chapter 14 The High Middle Ages
Chapter 15 The Renaissance and Reformation
Chapter 16 Exploration and Expansion
Chapter 19 Monarchs
of
Chapter 20 Enlightenment
and Revolution in
Chapter 21 The French Revolution and Napoleon
Chapter 22 The Industrial Revolution
Chapter 23 Life in the Industrial Age
Fourth Nine
Weeks
Chapter 25 Nationalism
in
Chapter 26 The Age of Imperialism
Chapter 27 World War I and the Russian Revolution
Chapter 28 The Great Depression and the Rise of Totalitarianism
Chapter 30 World War II
Chapter 31 Europe
and
Chapter 32
Chapter 33 Africa
and the
Chapter 34
Chapter 35 The Superpowers in the Modern Era