Created on: July, 2015 Created by: E. McKnight, Ocean Twp; N. Buress, Stafford; C. Kessler, Barnegat Revised on: Revised by: OCEAN COUNTY SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM Content Area: Social Studies Course Title: World History/Global Studies Grade Level: 6/7 The Beginnings of Human Society: Paleolithic and Neolithic Ages 1st year: September Early Civilizations and the Emergence of Pastoral Peoples: Ancient River Valley Civilizations Mesopotamia Egypt India China 1st year: January-February The Classical Civilizations of the Mediterranean World, India and China 2nd year: September-February Expanding Exchanges and Encounters 2nd year: March-June OCEAN COUNTY SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM Unit Overview Content Area: Social Studies
8.1.8.A.4 Generate a spreadsheet to calculate, graph, and present information 8.1.8.A.5 Select and use appropriate tools and digital resources to accomplish a variety of tasks and to solve problems. 21st Century Life and Career Standards 9.1 Evaluate the relationship of cultural traditions and historical influences on financial practice. 9.2 Compare and contrast how traditional and nontraditional occupational roles have changed or remained the same regionally, nationally, and globally. Unit Essential Questions Why do people migrate and what happens when they do? How are religion and culture connected? How should we handle conflict? What are the positives and negatives of trade? What is power and who should have it? How should we handle conflict? What are the positives and negatives of trade? What is power and who should have it? Unit Enduring Understandings Students will understand that… People migrate for political, economic, and religious reasons, and absorb or pass on ideas. Religion can influence culture and government and provide stability to society. Religious disagreements can lead to conflict, oppression, and intolerance. Negotiation and compromise are two ways to handle conflict. Trading partners shared ideas, customs, and can become enemies. Trade networks led to new ways of doing business. Power may come through political, economic, religious, or military strength and be held by individuals or groups. Those not in power may lack influence. Abuses of power can lead to conflict. Sharing power tends to limit its abuse.
Unit Objectives Students will know… The importance of geography and leadership to the Byzantine Empire. Advantages of Constantinople for defense and trade. Features of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Causes of the Great Schism. Main features of Byzantine culture, law, religion. Ways in which Byzantine culture spread. Arabian geography and culture before Islam. The role of Muhammad in establishing and spreading Islam. Core beliefs of Islam. Ways that Muslim daily life reflects beliefs of Islam. Ways that Muslim rule expanded and faith spread. Important Muslims empires and dynasties. Key features of Muslim culture. Intellectual achievements of Muslim scholars. The regions of Africa. Trade was important in developing societies. The cultural organization of African societies. Cultural traditions that have carried over into modern day. Mongol rulers allowed trade to flourish along the Silk Road. Mongol rulers kept Chinese traditions, but changed China’s government. The people of Japan depended on the sea as a major food source. Japanese clans were strongly influenced in China. Rival warriors ruled Japan for centuries. Feudal society was highly organized and Unit Objectives Students will be able to… Analyze effects of geography and leadership on the Byzantine empire. Categorize geographic features as advantages for trade and defense. Compare and Contrast the structure and function of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Compare views reflected in the Great Schism and explain why it occurred. Summarize important issues about Byzantine civilization. Identify causes and effects of Byzantine cultural diffusion. Identify main ideas and details about the origins and spread of Islam. Make decisions to choose necessary items for living in parts of Muslim Arabia. Summarize main ideas of Islam. Describe how the Five Pillars of Islam affect Muslims every day. Sequence expansion of Muslim political rule and Islamic religious influence. Make an illustrated timeline of Muslim empires. Analyze effects of spreading Muslim culture. Synthesize information in a class schedule for Muslim learning. Explain the significance of Timbuktu to the development and spread of learning, and the impact Islam continues to have on African society. Identify major areas of ancient Africa. Analyze the importance of trade in ancient Africa. Summarize African social structure. Identify and locate major cities and regions of ancient Africa. Sequence events related to the Mongol empire. Compare viewpoints involving Chinese rights under Mongol reign. Sequence events involving early attempts to unify Japan. Generate new ideas about governing. Analyze the causes and effects of feudalism. Summarize the achievements of a samurai.