History with Karla A.

Through interactive lessons, students of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities, can explore the following in a World History class. Each class will be differentiated based upon age, grade level, ability level, cultural need, etc. Ask me for a unique homeschool class created for your coop! ERA STANDARDS IN WORLD HISTORY FOR GRADES 5-12 Era 1 The Beginnings of Human Society - The biological and cultural processes that gave rise to the earliest human communities; The processes that led to the emergence of agricultural societies around the world Era 2 Early Civilizations and the Emergence of Pastoral Peoples, 4000-1000 BCE - The major characteristics of civilization and how civilizations emerged in Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus valley and how agrarian societies spread and new states emerged in the third and second millennia BCE; the political, social, and cultural consequences of population movements and militarization in Eurasia in the second millennium BCE and major trends in Eurasia and Africa from 4000-1000 BCE Era 3 Classical Traditions, Major Religions, and Giant Empires, 1000 BCE-300 CE - Innovation and change from 1000-600 BCE horses, ships, iron, and monotheistic faith; the emergence of Aegean civilization and how interrelations developed among peoples of the eastern Mediterranean and Southwest Asia, 600-200 CE; how major religions and large-scale empires arose in the Mediterranean basin, China, and India, 500 BCE-300 CE; the development of early agrarian civilizations in Mesoamerica; major global trends from 1000 BCE-300 CE Era 4 Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter, 300-1000 CE - Imperial crises and their aftermath, 300-700 CE; Causes and consequences of the rise of Islamic civilization in the 7th-10th centuries; Major developments in East Asia and Southeast Asia in the era of the Tang dynasty, 600-900 CE; The search for political, social, and cultural redefinition in Europe, 500-1000 CE; The development of agricultural societies and new states in tropical Africa and Oceania; the rise of centers of civilization in Mesoamerica and Andean South America in the first millennium CE and major global trends from 300-1000 CE Era 5 Intensified Hemispheric Interactions - 1000-1500 CE - The maturing of an interregional system of communication, trade, and cultural exchange in an era of Chinese economic power and Islamic expansion; The redefining of European society and culture, 1000-1300 CE; The rise of the Mongol empire and its consequences for Eurasian peoples, 1200-1350; The growth of states, towns, and trade in Sub-Saharan Africa between the 11th and 15th centuries; Patterns of crisis and recovery in Afro-Eurasia, 1300-1450; The expansion of states and civilizations in the Americas, 1000-1500; Major global trends from 1000-1500 CE Era 6 The Emergence of the First Global Age, 1450-1770 - How the transoceanic interlinking of all major regions of the world from 1450-1600 led to global transformations; How European society experienced political, economic, and cultural transformations in an age of global intercommunication, 1450-1750; How large territorial empires dominated much of Eurasia between the 16th and 18th centuries; Economic, political, and cultural interrelations among peoples of Africa, Europe, and the Americas, 1500-1750; Transformations in Asian societies in the era of European expansion; Major global trends from 1450-1770 Era 7 An Age of Revolutions, 1750-1914 Standard 1: The causes and consequences of political revolutions in the late 18th and early 19th centuries Standard 2: The causes and consequences of the agricultural and industrial revolutions, 1700-1850 Standard 3: The transformation of Eurasian societies in an era of global trade and rising European power, 1750-1870 Era 8 A Half-Century of Crisis and Achievement, 1900-1945 - Reform, revolution, and social change in the world economy of the early century Era 9 The 20th Century Since 1945: Promises and Paradoxes - How post-World War II reconstruction occurred, new international power relations took shape, and colonial empires broke up World History Across the Eras - Long-term changes and recurring patterns in world history