Coon Rapids-Bayard CSD

9-12 World History

Standards & Benchmarks

 

  1. Students will understand the world through historical, cultural and personal perspectives and how it affects their daily lives.

A.   Analyzes the major characteristics of civilization and the development of civilizations in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and the Indus Valley.

B.    Investigates and explains how Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and Chinese civilizations emerged and how interrelations developed among neighboring peoples.

C.    Describe and explain how the Renaissance and Reformation influenced education, art, religion, and government in Europe.

D.   Explain and analyze revolutions (e.g., democratic, scientific, technological, social) as they evolved throughout the Enlightenment and their enduring effects on political, economic, and cultural institutions.

E.    Analyze the pattern of historical change as evidenced by the Industrial Revolution.

F.    Analyze and evaluate the causes, events, and effects of World War I.

G.   Analyze and evaluate the causes, events, and impacts of World War II.

H.   Describe and analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations.

 

  1. The students will develop the knowledge, skills and values essential to be responsible national and world citizens.

A.  Investigates and explains the expansion of states and civilizations in the

     Americas between 1000-1500 CE.

B. Demonstrates an understanding of why and how large territorial empires

     dominated much of Eurasia between the 16th and 18th centuries.

C.  Discusses the economic, political, and cultural interrelations among the

      peoples of Africa, Europe and the Americas between 1500-1750CE.

D. Examines and articulates the causes and consequences of the agricultural,

     industrial and political revolutions from 1700-2000 CE.

E.  Identifies and explains patterns of global change in the era of western military

     and economic domination from 1850-1914 CE.

F.   Assesses reform, revolution, and social change in the world in the early 1900's.

G. Explicates the causes and global consequences of World War I and World

     War II.

H.  Examines and articulates the search for community, stability, and peace in an

      increasingly interdependent world.

I.  Evaluates major global trends since World War II.

 

 

  1. Students will interpret and apply data presented in a variety of forms such as words, pictures, maps, graphs and tables.
    1. Applies maps, charts, graphs, and other geography tools to World History
    2. Use printed and electronic media to gather, organize, and interpret information about World History
    3. Use primary and secondary resources to gather, interpret, or evaluate information about people, places, and events.

 

  1. Students will develop a basic concern for people as they work together in society.
    1. Understand the characteristics of individual and group behavior and interaction.
    2. Understand how various types of institutions are formed and what controls and influences each.

 

  1. Students will understand how they are linked to other people in the local community, the state, the nation and the world.
    1. Explain the effects of global exchanges in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa, including the spread of food crops and diseases, the exchange of trade goods, and migrations of peoples.
    2. Examine the effects of global interactions in pre-modern times, including the Mongol conquests, the Crusades, and technological, biological, and commercial exchanges.
    3. Describe the distribution of the worldÕs resources as it affects international economic relationships.

 

 

  1. Students will understand how the world is and has been organized politically, socially, economically and environmentally.
    1. Understand the structures and purposes of governments.
    2. Examine the political structure in major world regions