World History
Student Lessons
These lessons and activities are provided to give students extra opportunity to continue learning. Each lesson is aligned to the NC Standard Course of Study (see links in objectives) and contains focused practice and review. Enrichment lessons and activities are included to stretch students’ thinking and provide insight to familiar concepts.
Students can complete the lessons at home on their own at their own pace. If questions arise, then students can check with their teacher for additional assistance.
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World History |
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1.01 Define history and the concepts of cause and effect, time, continuity, and perspective. |
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1.02 Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources to compare views, trace themes, and detect bias. |
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1.03 Relate archaeology, geography, anthropology, political science, sociology, and economics to the study of history. |
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1.04 Define the themes of society, technology, economics, politics, and culture and relate them to the study of history. |
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1.05 Trace major themes in the development of the world from its origins to the rise of early civilizations. |
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1.06 Examine the indicators of civilization, including writing, labor specialization, cities, technology, trade, and political and cultural institutions. |
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2.01 Trace the development and assess the achievements of early river civilizations, including but not limited to those around the Huang-He, Nile, Indus, and Tigris-Euphrates rivers. |
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2.02 Identify the roots of Greek civilization and recognize its achievements from the Minoan era through the Hellenistic period. |
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2.03 Describe the developments and achievements of Roman civilization and analyze the significance of the fall of Rome. |
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2.04 Examine the importance of India as a hub of world trade and as a cultural and religious center during its Golden Age. |
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2.05 Assess the distinctive achievements of Chinese and Japanese civilizations. |
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2.06 Describe the rise and achievements of the Byzantine and Islamic civilizations. |
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2.07 Describe the rise and achievements of African civilizations, including but not limited to Axum, Ghana, Kush, Mali, Nubia, and Songhai. |
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2.08 Evaluate the achievements of the major civilizations of the Americas during the pre-Columbian epoch including, but not limited to, the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayas. |
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3.01 Trace the political and social development of monarchies and empires including, but not limited to, the Ming and Manchu dynasties, the Mongol Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Moghul Empire, and the British Empire. |
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3.02 Describe events in Western Europe from the fall of Rome to the emergence of nation-states and analyze the impact of these events on economic, political, and social life in medieval Europe. |
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3.03 Trace social, political, economic, and cultural changes associated with the Renaissance, Reformation, the rise of nation-states, and absolutism. |
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3.04 Examine European exploration and analyze the forces that caused and allowed the acquisition of colonial possessions and trading privileges in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. |
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3.05 Cite the effects of European expansion on Africans, pre-Columbian Americans, Asians, and Europeans. |
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3.06 Compare the influence of religion, social structure, and colonial export economies on North and South American societies. |
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3.07 Evaluate the effects of colonialism on Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. |
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4.01 Analyze the causes and assess the influence of seventeenth to nineteenth century political revolutions in England, North America, and France on individuals, governing bodies, church-state relations, and diplomacy. |
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4.02 Describe the changes in economies and political control in nineteenth century Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. |
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4.03 Evaluate the growth of nationalism as a contributor to nineteenth century European revolutions in areas such as the Balkans, France, Germany, and Italy. |
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4.04 Examine the causes and effects of the Russian Revolution and its effect on Russia and the world. |
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4.05 Evaluate the causes and effectiveness of nineteenth and twentieth century nationalistic movements that challenged European domination in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. |
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5.01 Analyze the causes and course of World War I and assess its consequences. |
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5.02 Assess the significance of the war experience on global foreign and domestic policies of the 1920s and 1930s. |
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5.03 Analyze the causes and course of World War II and evaluate it as the end of one era and the beginning of another. |
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5.04 Trace the course of the Cold War and assess its impact on the global community including but not limited to the Korean War, the satellite nations of Eastern Europe, and the Vietnam War. |
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5.05 Examine governmental policies, such as the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which were established and the role of organizations including the League of Nations, and the United Nations to maintain peace, and evaluate their continuing effectiveness. |
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6.01 Compare the conditions, racial composition, and status of social classes, castes, and slaves in world societies and analyze changes in those elements. |
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6.02 Analyze causes and results of ideas regarding superiority and inferiority in society and how those ideas have changed over time. |
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6.03 Trace the changing definitions of citizenship and the expansion of suffrage. |
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6.04 Relate the dynamics of state economies to the well being of their members and to changes in the role of government. |
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6.05 Analyze issues such as ecological/environmental concerns, political instability, and nationalism as challenges to which societies must respond. |
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6.06 Trace the development of internal conflicts due to differences in religion, race, culture, and group loyalties in various areas of the world. |
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7.01 Assess the degree to which discoveries, innovations, and technologies have accelerated change. |
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7.02 Examine the causes and effects of scientific revolutions and cite their major costs and benefits. |
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7.03 Examine the causes and effects of industrialization and cite its major costs and benefits. |
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7.04 Describe significant characteristics of global connections created by technological change, and assess the degree to which cultures participate in that change. |
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8.01 Trace developments in literary, artistic, and religious traditions over time as legacies of past societies or as cultural innovations. |
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8.02 Compare major Eastern and Western beliefs and practices, including but not limited to Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Shintoism, and locate their regions of predominance. |
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8.03 Classify within the broad patterns of history those events that may be viewed as turning points. |
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8.04 Characterize over time and place the interactions of world cultures. |
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8.05 Analyze how the changing and competing components of cultures have led to current global issues and conflicts, and hypothesize solutions to persistent problems. |
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8.06 Analyze the meanings of "civilization" in different times and places and demonstrate how such meanings reflect the societies of which they are a part. |
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