Cumulative Progress Indicators

Major Outcome

Materials/Strategies

Assessments

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Students will be able to:

• research a historical topic.

• examine and evaluate historical documents, stories, and folktales.

• analyze and utilize graphs and charts as they apply to social studies.

• compare and contrast the economic benefits of different family types throughout the world.

• identify the commonalities of religious beliefs and practices.

• list the universal elements shared by different cultures.

• recognize that cultures change through invention, diffusion, and acculturation.

• examine how ethnocentrism is a factor leading to religious prejudice and genocide.

History of Our World: People, Places and Idea Book: The Ancient World, Harcourt

Basic Not Boring: World History, Incentive Publications

Daily Warm –Ups: World History, Walch Publishing

World Geography, Scholastic

Making Sense of History, Scholastic

Access: World History, PCI Education

Hands On Culture – Japan; West Africa; and Egypt, Walch Publishing

Ancient History Timeline Pack

Voices from Primary Sources: World History, Steck-Vaughn

Readers’ Theater Grade 8 Featuring Social Studies Topics, Steck-Vaughn

Readers’ Theater – World History, Teacher Created Resources

• Student participation

• Teacher observation

• Group projects

• Individual projects

• Matching

• Short answer questions

• Homework assignments

• Quizzes

• Essays

• Tests

• Power point demonstrations

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6.3.B1

6.3.C2

6.6.A1

6.6.C5

Students will be able:

• deduce the effects of climate and topography of Arabia on the growth of the Islamic Empire.

• demonstrate an understanding of the origins and beliefs of the Islamic faith.

• examine the similarities between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

• explore the achievements in art, literature, and science of the Islamic Empire.

• examine Islamic government and the successes failures of its leaders.

• create a timeline tracing major events in the growth of the Islamic Empire.

History of Our World: People, Places and Idea Book: The Ancient World, Harcourt

World History, Holt

• Chapter 12: The Islamic World

World History Shorts – Binder 1, PCI Education

Access: World History, PCI Education

Basic Not Boring: World History, Incentive Publications

Mysteries in History – World History, Teacher Created Resources

The Medieval World and Beyond, TCI Publishing

• Unit 2: The Rise of Islam – Lessons 7-9

• Student participation

• Teacher observation

• Group projects

• Individual projects

• Matching

• Short answer questions

• Homework assignments

• Quizzes

• Essays

• Tests

• Power point demonstrations

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6.3.C3

6.6.A1

6.6.D3

6.6.D8

6.3.A1

Students will be able to:

• analyze the effects of climate and topography on the growth of sub-Saharan African Empires.

• explain the impact of trade on the development of sub-Saharan African civilizations.

• compare and contrast the political and social systems of sub-Saharan African Empires.

• evaluate the “greatness” of the early sub-Saharan African leaders.

• analyze the values expressed in African folktales.

• identify geographic factors leading to nomadic existence.

• compare and contrast the basic elements of Islam and Hinduism.

• list and explain reasons for the rise and fall of these three South West Asian Empires.

• examine the leadership and government of each of the empires.

History of Our World: People, Places, and Idea Book: The Ancient World, Harcourt

World History from 500-1700: Empires and Kingdoms of Sub-Saharan Africa/Understanding the Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa, TCI Publishing

World History, Holt

• Chapter 13: Early African Civilizations

Hands-On-Culture: Africa, Walsh Publishing

Access World History, PCI Education

Hands-On-Heritage Africa, EduPress

History of Our World: People, Places and Ideas Book: The Ancient World, Harcourt

World History Shorts – Binder 1, PCI Education

Access World History, PCI Education

• Student participation

• Teacher observation

• Group projects

• Individual projects

• Matching

• Short answer questions

• Homework assignments

• Quizzes

• Essays

• Tests

• Power point demonstrations

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6.1.A11

6.3.A1

6.3.B1

6.3.C3

6.6.A1

Students will be able to:

• use a map to outline the role geography played on the history and culture of China.

• examine the trade routes (Silk Route and Indian Ocean) and the goods traded.

• analyze the developments of trade, technology, and the arts during China’s “Golden Age”.

• examine the elements of the government of China (Mandate of Heaven Theory, Civil Service Exam).

• trace the spread of Buddhism and its influence on other Asian cultures.

• examine the influence of Chinese thought (Taoism, Confucius, etc.) on its society and culture.

History of Our World: People, Places, and Ideas Book: The Ancient World, Harcourt

World History, Holt

• Chapter 14: China

World History from 500 to 1700: A Thousand Years of Dynastic Rule in China/The Flowering of Chinese Culture, TCI Publishing

Hands-On-Heritage China, EduPress

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• Student participation

• Teacher observation

• Group projects

• Individual projects

• Matching

• Short answer questions

• Homework assignments

• Quizzes

• Essays

• Tests

• Power point demonstrations

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6.3.A1

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6.3.C3

6.6.A1

Students will be able to:

• explain the role that geography had on creating a unique Japanese culture.

• explain the role that Chinese influence, beliefs, and economic systems had on creating a unique culture in Japan.

• analyze the social, economic, and political aspects of Feudal Japan.

• compare and contrast Feudal Europe with Feudal Japan.

• examine the art, architecture, and literature of Feudal Japan.

• differentiate between the beliefs of Shintoism and Buddhism.

History of Our World: People, Places, and Ideas Book: The Ancient World, Harcourt

World History, Holt

• Chapter 15: Japan

World History from 500 to 1700: The Development of Feudalism in Japan/Culture in the Land of the Rising Sun, TCI Publishing

Hands-On-Culture: Japan, Walch Publishing

Access World History, PCI Education

Hands on Heritage: Japan, EduPress

• Student participation

• Teacher observation

• Group projects

• Individual projects

• Matching

• Short answer questions

• Homework assignments

• Quizzes

• Essays

• Tests

• Power point demonstrations

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6.3.A1

6.3.C7

6.6.A1

Students will be able to:

• examine the schism that led to the split of the Roman Catholic Church.

• explain the rise of feudalism and manorialism in Europe.

• examine the causes and effects of the Crusader.

• examine the social and economic effects of the Black Death (Bubonic Plague).

History of Our World: People, Places, and Ideas Book: The Ancient World, Harcourt

World History, Holt

• Chapter 17: Feudal Societies

• Chapter 18: The Later Middle Ages

The Medieval World and Beyond, TCI Publishing

• Unit 1: Europe During Medieval Times

Hands-On-Heritage China, EduPress

Access World History, PCI Education

World History from 500 to 1700 – Mini Dramas in Life in Medieval Europe/Comparing the Plight of Medieval Serfs with the Homeless Today/The Role of the Church in Medieval Europe, TCI Publishing

World History Shorts – Binder 1, PCI Education

Access World History, PCI Education

• Student participation

• Teacher observation

• Group projects

• Individual projects

• Matching

• Short answer questions

• Homework assignments

• Quizzes

• Essays

• Tests

• Power point demonstrations

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6.3.A1

6.3.C7

6.3.D2

6.6.A1

Students will be able to:

• identify the geographical features that contributed to the birth of the Renaissance.

• compare the art of the Renaissance to that of the Middle Ages.

• identify prominent names of the Renaissance and describe the role they played.

• examine the causes and effects of the Protestant Reformation.

History of Our World: People, Places, and Ideas Book: The Ancient World, Harcourt

World History, Holt

• Chapter 19: The Renaissance and the Reformation of Christianity

World History from 500 to 1700 – The Renaissance Spreads Throughout Europe/The Reformation, TCI Publishing

World History Shorts – Binder 1, PCI Education

The Medieval World and Beyond, TCI Publishing

• Unit 7: Europe’s Renaissance and Reformation

The Renaissance

• Timeline Bulletin

• Board Pack

• School Specialty

Renaissance Hands-On Heritage, EduPress

• Student participation

• Teacher observation

• Group projects

• Individual projects

• Matching

• Short answer questions

• Homework assignments

• Quizzes

• Essays

• Tests

• Power point demonstrations