Alabama Course of Study Social Studies Joseph B. Morton State Superintendent of Education ALABAMA DEPARTME T OF EDUCATIO Bulletin 2004, o. 18
EIGHTH GRADE World History to 1500 Students in the eighth grade can be described as curious and independent learners who are discovering who they are and determining their place in the world. They are asserting their independence from adults and are becoming more reliant on their peers. These students need to be allowed to develop their independence with a great amount of guidance. Through exposure to various media and first-hand experiences, students are becoming more aware of events on a global scale and are learning how these events affect them. The study of world history in Grade 8 addresses the time period from prehistoric man to the 1500s. Content standards for this grade incorporate the strands of economics, geography, history, and political science, with an emphasis on the history and geography strands. This course covers the migrations of early peoples, the rise of civilizations, the establishment of governments and religions, the growth of economic systems, and the ways in which these events shaped Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Unique to this course are the experiences that provide for the study of the ways human beings view themselves over time. The prevailing use of terms to describe the Gregorian calendar is B.C. (before Christ) and A.D. (Anno Domini, Latin for in the year of our Lord ). The terms B.C.E. (before the Common Era) and C.E. (in the Common Era) are beginning to appear in some schools of theology, state and national assessments, and in national history standards. The use of the abbreviations B.C.E. and C.E., also based on the Gregorian calendar, does not, in any way, diminish/negate the importance of the abbreviations B.C. and A.D. To address the independent and curious nature of eighth graders, instruction is designed to actively involve students in critical thinking and exchange of ideas, including critical evaluation, interpretation, reasoning, and deduction. Instruction of this nature can best be accomplished through the use of electronic media such as the Internet, videos, and television as well as by participation in small-group and individual activities.
EIGHTH GRADE World History to 1500 Students will: 1. Explain how artifacts and other archaeological findings provide evidence of the nature and movement of prehistoric groups of people. Examples: cave paintings, Ice Man, Lucy, fossils, pottery 1.1 Identifying the founding of Rome as the basis of the calendar established by Julius Caesar, which was used in early Western civilization for over a thousand years 1.2 Identifying the birth of Christ as the basis of the Gregorian calendar used in the United States since its beginning and in most countries of the world today, signified by B.C. and A.D. 1.3 Using vocabulary terms other than B.C. and A.D. to describe time. Examples: B.C.E., C.E. 1.4 Identifying terms used to describe characteristics of early societies and family structures Examples: monogamous, polygamous, nomadic 2. Analyze characteristics of early civilizations in respect to technology, division of labor, government, calendar, and writings. 2.1 Comparing significant features of civilizations that developed in the Tigris-Euphrates, Nile, Indus, and Huang He River valleys Examples: natural environment, urban development, social hierarchy, written language, ethical and religious belief system, government and military institutions, economic systems 2.2 Identifying on a map locations of cultural hearths of early civilizations Examples: Mesopotamia, Nile Valley 3. Compare the development of early world religions, philosophies, and their key tenets. Examples: Judaism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Greek and Roman gods
3.1 Identifying cultural contributions of early world religions and philosophies Examples: Judaism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Greek and Roman gods, Phoenicians 4. Identify cultural contributions of Classical Greece, including politics, intellectual life, arts, literature, architecture, and science. 5. Describe the role of Alexander the Great in the Hellenistic world. Examples: serving as political and military leader, encouraging cultural interaction, allowing religious diversity 5.1 Defining boundaries of Alexander the Great s empire and its economic impact 5.2 Identifying reasons for the separation of Alexander the Great s empire into successor kingdoms 5.3 Evaluating major contributions of Hellenistic art, philosophy, science, and political thought 6. Trace the expansion of the Roman Republic and its transformation into an empire, including key geographic, political, and economic elements. Examples: expansion illustrating the spread of Roman influence with charts, graphs, timelines, or maps; transformation noting reforms of Augustus, listing effects of Pax Romana 6.1 Interpreting spatial distributions and patterns of the Roman Republic using geographic tools and technologies 7. Describe the widespread impact of the Roman Empire. Example: spread of Roman law and political theory, citizenship and slavery, architecture and engineering, religions, sculpture and paintings, literature, and the Latin language 7.1 Tracing important aspects of the diffusion of Christianity, including its relationship to Judaism, missionary impulse, organizational
development, transition from persecution to acceptance in the Roman Empire, and church doctrine 7.2 Explaining the role of economics, societal changes, Christianity, political and military problems, external factors, and the size and diversity of the Roman Empire in its decline and fall 8. Describe the development of a classical civilization in India and China. Examples: India religions, arts and literature, philosophies, empires, caste system; China religions, politics, centrality of the family, Zhou and Han Dynasties, inventions, economic impact of the Silk Road and European trade, dynastic transitions 8.1 Identifying the effect of the monsoons on India 8.2 Identifying landforms and climate regions of China Example: marking landforms and climate regions of China on a map 9. Describe the rise of the Byzantine Empire, its institutions, and its legacy, including the influence of the Emperors Constantine and Justinian, and the effect of the Byzantine Empire upon art, religion, architecture, and law. 9.1 Identifying factors leading to the establishment of the Eastern Orthodox Church 10. Trace the development of the early Russian state and the expansion of its trade systems. Examples: rise of Kiev and Muscovy, conversion to Orthodox Christianity, movement of peoples of Central Asia, Mongol conquest, rise of czars. Describe early Islamic civilizations, including the development of religious, social, and political systems..1 Tracing the spread of Islamic ideas through invasion and conquest throughout the Middle East, northern Africa, and western Europe
12. Describe China s influence on culture, politics, and economics in Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia. Examples: culture describing the influence on art, architecture, language, and religion; politics describing changes in civil service; economics introducing patterns of trade 13. Compare the African civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai to include their geography, religions, slave trade, economic systems, empires, and cultures. 13.1 Tracing the spread of language, religion, and customs from one African civilization to another 13.2 Illustrating the impact of trade among Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Examples: using map symbols, interpreting distribution maps, creating a timeline 14. Describe key aspects of pre-columbian cultures in the Americas including the Olmecs, Mayans, Aztecs, Incas, and orth American tribes. Examples: pyramids, wars among pre-columbian people, religious rituals, irrigation, Iroquois Confederacy 14.1 Locating on a map sites of pre-columbian cultures Examples: Mayan, Inca, Inuit, Creek, Cherokee 15. Describe military and governmental events that shaped Europe in the early Middle Ages (600-1000). Examples: invasions, military leaders 15.1 Describing the role of the early medieval church 15.2 Describing the impact of new agricultural methods on manorialism and feudalism 16. Describe major cultural changes in Western Europe in the High Middle Ages (1000-1350). Examples: the Church, scholasticism, Crusades
16.1 Describing changing roles of church and governmental leadership 16.2 Comparing political developments in France, England, and the Holy Roman Empire, including the signing of the Magna Carta 16.3 Describing the growth of trade and towns resulting in the rise of the middle class 17. Explain how events and conditions fostered political and economic changes in the late Middle Ages and led to the origins of the Renaissance. Examples: Crusades, Hundred Years War, Black Death, rise of middle class, commercial prosperity 17.1 Identifying changes in the arts, architecture, literature, and science in the late Middle Ages
Curriculum Guide Date Page # Ch.1 P.12, 20 Ch.8 P.281 Chpt. # -- COS # 1.0 1.1 Tools P.1 1.2 1.3 Ch. 1 P. 10,19,20 Ch 1. P. 18,21,22, 27-30 1.4 2.0 SAT10 AHS GE Instructional Suggestions http://gridclub.com/index.php The cave of Lascaux http://www.nps.gov/jeff/lewisclark2/thejourney/fossils.htm http://www.nativetech.org/pottery/pottery.htm http://killeenroos.com/1/prehisma.htm http://www.virtualclassroom.net/tvc/earlyhumans/index.htm http://www.tondering.dk/claus/cal/node3.html http://www.mrdowling.com/702-caesar.html http://www.thercg.org/questions/p104.a.html http://www.timechange.com/dls/ http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/thismonth/mar02/index2.shtm http://www.religioustolerance.org/ce.htm http://www.atlantisrising.com/issue1/ar1topten.html http://www.custance.org/old/noah/ch3t.html http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/perrolle/book/chapter3.html http://www.inkas.com/tours/featured_tours/ancient_civilizations.html Ch. 1 p. 17,18 Ch2 p.39,41,44 Ch 4 p.135 Ch 7 p.225,252,253 2.1 http://schools.fwps.org/tj/sutherland/#egypt http://schools.fwps.org/tj/sutherland/#meso http://schools.fwps.org/tj/sutherland/#china http://schools.fwps.org/tj/sutherland/#india http://campus.northpark.edu/history/webchron/world/rivervalley.chron.html http://www.angelfire.com/nt/gilgamesh/sumerian.html http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/menu.html http://www.carnegiemuseums.org/cmnh/exhibits/egypt/ http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/mummy/ http://members.aol.com/egyptart/index.html http://www.virtualclassroom.net/tvc/pyramids/index.htm http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=619 http://edsitement.neh.gov/cuneiform_flash_page.asp http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2356/ Ch1 p.17 Ch2 p.39 Ch6 p.193,195 Ch.7 p.225 Ch 3 p.81-85, Ch 5 p.155, Ch 6 p.203-208, Ch 7 p.236-239, Ch 9 p.309,310, 326, Ch 10 p. 343-350, Ch p.374-383 2.2 3, 3.1 http://fsmitha.com/h1/map01mes.htm http://www.bible-history.com/maps/maps/map_ancient_mesopotamia.html http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/maptext_n2/sumer.html http://www.crystalinks.com/judaism.html http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/kidsinfobits?finalauth=true http://www.hinduism.co.za/hinduism1.htm http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/religion/confucianism.htm http://www.taoism-truth.com/lao_tzu_and_his_philosophical_taoism.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/christianity#history http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/religion/buddhism.htm http://wrc.lingnet.org/islamb.htm http://www.art-with-attitude.com/village/greek_roman_gods.html http://www.lost-civilizations.net/phoenicians-overview.html http://www.virtualclassroom.net/tvc/romgod/index.htm http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/10/g68/religion.html http://edsitement.neh.gov/testuploads/phoenician_soundout.html
Ch. 5 p.151-186 4.0 Ch. 5 p. 176-181 5.0 Ch. 5 p. 176-178 5.1 Ch.5 p. 178-179 5.2 Ch. 5 p.178 5.3 Ch. 8 p.265-294 6.0 http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/history/classical.htm http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/ulc/ulce.html http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry?id=19925 http://www.coco.cc.az.us/apetersen/_art201/high_classical.htm http://www.explore-history.com/history/a/ancient_greece.html http://www.archaeonia.com/history/classical/athens.htm http://kidsandteens.us/directory/ http://eawc.evansville.edu/grpage.htm http://edsitement.neh.gov/testuploads/greekalpha/greek_soundout.html http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook08.html http://www.1stmuse.com/frames/ http://www.hackneys.com/alex_web/ http://www.interesting.com/stories/alexander/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/alexander_the_great#main_cities_founded_by_alexander http://library.thinkquest.org/10805/alexmap.html http://www.livius.org/di-dn/diadochi/diadochi.htm http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch12.htm http://www.virtualclassroom.net/tvc/grphil/index.htm http://www.greeklandscapes.com/greece/athens_museum_hellenistic.html http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook08.html http://www.usask.ca/antiquities/collection/hellenistic_art.html http://www.iep.utm.edu/a/astr-hel.htm http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/science/sciencesbook.html http://www.roman-empire.net/ http://annourbis.com/ Ch.8 p.269,274, 292, 293 6.1 http://www.crystalinks.com/romanempire.html Ch. 8 p. 266-267, p.273, 282, 283 288, 291, Ch.9 p.303-305, 309, 325-326 Ch. 3 p. 81-83, Ch9 p.326 Ch10 p.343-357 7.0 7.1 http://eawc.evansville.edu/grpage.htm http://www.answers.com/topic/roman-empire http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03712a.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/category:ancient_roman_christianity http://www.roman-empire.net/religion/religion.html Ch.8 p.292-294 Ch9 p.317-324 7.2 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/scrolls/babatha.html http://www.unrv.com/empire.php Ch. 6 p. 199-216, Ch 7 p.226-248 8.0 http://www.chinapage.com/dyna1.html http://india.punjabilit.com/history.htm http://www.travelchinaguide.com/intro/history/zhou/index.htm Ch. 6 p. 195,196 8.1 http://snrs.unl.edu/amet351/ogren/monsoons.html Ch. 7 p. 225-226, 8.2 http://www.kidport.com/reflib/worldgeography/china/china.htm#geographiclandmarks Ch. 9 p. 320-321,328-334, Ch. 10 p. 359-364 9.0 Ch 10 p. 359 9.1 http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03096a.htm http://www.icsd.k12.ny.us/highschool/socstud/global2_review/byzantine_empire.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/eastern_orthodoxy http://www.mb-soft.com/believe/txc/orthodox.htm Ch. 15 p. 539-540, 10.0 Ch. p. 372-394.0 http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/9735/kiev http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kievan_rus http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2152/ www.historyforkids.org/learn/islam http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/`rs143/map.html
Ch. p. 380-386.1 http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/teachers/westafegyptguide.html Ch. 12 p. 409,413,429,433,434 Ch. 14 p. 488, 492, 500, 501 12.0 www.ocrat.com/ocrat/charigif http://hkuhist2.hku.hk/nakasendo/chininfl.htm http://collections.ic.gc.ca/boatpeople/indochina/indochina-2.html http://www.friesian.com/perigoku.htm http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=331&title= Ch. 13 p. 448-450, 454-459, 461-462, 465,466 13.0 http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/index.htm http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2352/ Ch. 13 p. 463-464, 467-470, 474-476 Ch. 13 p. 448-449, 451-452, 472-473 13.1 13.2 http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/economy/economy.htm http://208.254.21.235/interactives/view_interactive.aspx?id=496&title= http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/18/g68/afrolanguage.html http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=503 http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=512 http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=506 http://www.ucalagary.ca/applied_history/tutor/islam/fractured/westafrica.html http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=499 http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=507 http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=516 http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=515 http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=500 http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=501 Ch 16 p. 573-592 14.0 I.3 http://mexico.udg.mx/historia/precolombinas/ingles/ http://members.aol.com/teachernet/incas.html Ch. 16 p. 575, 577-579, 590 14.1 I.3 http://history.smsu.edu/jcuchiak/images--hst%20397--theme%201--introduction.htm Ch. 15 p. 514-516, 518-525, 530, 532-533, 535-540 15.0 http://www.newsgenevacenter.org/west/middle.htm http://www.castlewales.com/life.html http://www.paradoxplace.com/perspectives/chronologies/part%201%20world%20of%20middle%20ages.htm Ch. 15 p. 515, 519-521, 541-543, 545-550 15.1 http://faculty.ulv.edu/~armstroc/earlymed.html Ch. 15 p. 524-526, 527-528 15.2 http://www.milton.k12.vt.us/webquests/schristensen/webquest-middle_ages.htm Ch 15 p. 528-531, 541-543, 550 16.0 II- 1.1 http://wikipedia.openfun.org/en/wikipedia/m/mi/middle_ages.html http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/middle2/ http://www.nmhschool.org/tthornton/mehistorydatabase/high_middle_ages.htm Ch 15 p. 545-548, 556 16.1 http://toshare.info/en/middle_ages.htm#the_high_middle_ages Ch 15 p. 515, 535-538 16.2 II.1 Ch 15 p. 528-530 16.3 Ch 15 p. 541-543, 554-558, Ch 17 p. 609-610 17.0 Ch. 15 p. 549-550, 552 17.1 Ch.18 I.1, II.1 I - 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, II-1, II.2, III.1 http://www.newgenevacenter.org/west/high-middle2.htm http://www.bl.uk/treasures/magnacarta/magna.html http://toshare.info/en/middle_ages.htm http://www.mrdowling.com/703middleages.html http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/18/g68/afrolanguage.html http://mauritia.de/en/medieval/ma.html http://www.themiddleages.net/plague.html http://americanhistory.about.com/cs-news/cs/ageofexploration/index.htm http://daphne.palomar.edu/scrout/colexc.htm http:///pbs.org/conquistadors http://www.polytechnic.org/faculty/gfeldmeth/colchart.html http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/
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