Lyon County Curriculum Map

Grade Level: 9

Content: World Civ

Created: August 2005

Core Content Program of Study Academic Expectations
Activities/Technology/ Demonstrators
Paleolithic, Neolithic, River Valley

August

World Religions Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam
Various forms of government 1.1.1 Defining cultures 2.1.1 Human interaction 2.2.1 Conflict and competition 2.3.1 Compromise and cooperation Geography Basics 2.3.2 Scarcity of resources 3.1.1 Early Civilizations Interdependence 3.4.3 Sumerian, Assyrian, Geographic Tools 4.1.1 Persian, Israelites, Meaningful Symbols 4.1.2 Muhammad, Characteristics of regions 4.2.1 Shiite/Sunni African Civilization up to WWI Perceptions and perspectives 5.1.1 Geography of Africa Age of Exploration 5.3.2 Egyptians, Kingdoms, Slave Trade, Imperialism/Colonizati on Middle Eastern Civilizations up to WWI Geography of Middle East Middle East continued 1.1.1 2.2.1 Asian Civ up to WWI 2.2.1

September

Caliphs, Golden Age, Ottoman/Safavid, Imperialism
Geography of E Asia India China Japan Korea SE Asia Western European Civ up to WWI Geography of W Europe
2.3.1 2.3.2 Increased productivity through tech. 3.4.2 4.1.1 Characteristics create adv/dis 4.2.2 5.3.2
Indus Valley, Aryan, Mourya, Gupta, Caste, Delhi, Exploration, Imperialism Early Civ, Confucious, Unification, Golden Age, Globalism/Exploration, Imperialism, Opium War, Taiping, Boxers, Republic Early traditions, Feudalism, Tokugawa, Zen, Isolation, Modernization, Meiji Early kingdoms, Choson, Isolationism, Japanese rule Globalization/Exploration, Imperialism Greeks, Romans, Charlesmagne, Feudalism/Church, Guilds, Holy Roman Empire/Crusades, Black Death, Byzantine Renaissance, Protestant Ref, Catholic Ref, Scientific Rev, Exploration, Commercialism, Enlightenment, Ag Rev, Ind Rev, New order,

October

Western Europe continued England France Spain Germany
1.1.1 2.1.1 2.2.1 2.3.1 2.3.2
Eastern European Civ up to WWI Geography of E Europe Russia E Europe
3.4.2 4.1.1 4.2.2 Classical Age 5.3.1 5.3.2 Age of Revolution 5.3.3 World Conflicts, etc 5.3.4
Romanticism/Realism Monarchy, 100 Yrs War, English Ref, Tudors/Stuarts, Civil War, Global power, Ag Rev, Victorian, Reform, Ireland, Colonial rule Monarchy, New France, 100 Yrs War, Revolution, Napoleon, Revolutions of 1800s, Division and democracy Exploration, Empire, Hapsburg, Golden Age Middle Age Kingdoms, Charlesmagne, Holy Roman Empire, Austria/Prussia, 30 Yrs War, Unification Early, Byzantine, Mongols, Moscow, The Greats, Reforms and revolution Early kingdoms, Austrian/Prussian empires, Nationalism Olmecs, Mayans, Aztecs, Incans, Globalization and

November

Eastern Europe continued Middle/South American Civ up to WWI Geography of M/S Amer
1.1.1 2.1.1 2.2.1 2.3.1 2.3.2 3.4.2
North American Civ up to WWI Geography of N America United States Canada World War I
4.1.1 4.2.2 Movement and settlement patterns 4.3.1 5.3.2 5.3.4
exploration, Wars of Independence, Imperialism Anasazi, Mound builders, Iroquious League, 13 Colonies, expansion and democracy, Civil War, Growth and reform, Canada WWI-beginnings, battles, conclusion, aftermath World between the Wars WWII-beginnings, battles, conclusion, aftermath Cold War-Soviets v US, wars Whats happening today

December

World War I continued World War I to World War II World War II Cold War to the Present

1.1.1 2.1.1 2.3.1 2.3.2 Stereotypes 4.2.3 Dif cultures/Dif perspectives 4.2.4 After WWII 5.3.5 2nd half of 20th Century 5.3.6