Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. Create and use a
chronological sequence of related events to compare developments and describe
instances of change and continuity.
B. Use a variety of primary and secondary
sources to:
1. analyze social studies
content;
2. explain claims and
evidence;
3. compare and contrast
multiple sources.
C.
Explain connections between ideas, events, and developments in world
history.
D. Compare and contrast
events and developments in world history.
E. Construct and express claims that are
supported with relevant evidence from primary and/or secondary sources, content
knowledge, and clear reasoning in order to:
1.
demonstrate an understanding of social studies content;
2. compare and contrast content and
viewpoints;
3. explain causes and
effects;
4. describe
counterclaims.
F. Create
and use geographic representations to locate and describe places and geographic
characteristics, including the following: hemispheres; landforms such as
continents, oceans, rivers, mountains, deserts; cardinal and intermediate
directions; latitude and longitude, climate, and environment.
G. Use geographic representations and
historical information to explain how physical geography influenced the
development of civilizations and empires.
H. Describe the origin and spread of major
world religions as they developed throughout history.
I. Describe the geographic, political,
economic, and cultural structures of Europe during the Middle Ages.
1. Identify and locate geographical features
of Europe, including the Alps, Atlantic Ocean, North European Plain, English
Channel, Ural Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea.
2. Describe the role of monasteries in the
preservation of knowledge and the spread of the Catholic Church throughout
Europe.
3. Explain how Charlemagne
shaped and defined medieval Europe, including the creation of the Holy Roman
Empire, and the establishment of Christianity as the religion of the
Empire.
4. Describe the development
of feudalism and manorialism and their role in the medieval European
economy.
5. Describe the
significance of the Magna Carta, including limiting the power of the monarch,
the rule of law, and the right to trial by jury.
6. Explain how the Crusades affected
Christian, Muslim, and Jewish populations in Europe.
7. Describe the economic and social effects
of the spread of the Black Death, or Bubonic Plague, from Central Asia to
China, the Middle East, and Europe, and its effect on the global
population.
8. Describe the
significance of the Hundred Years War, including the roles of Henry V in
shaping English culture and language and Joan of Arc in promoting a peaceful
end to the war.
J.
Describe the geographic, political, economic, and cultural structures of
Southwest Asia and North Africa.
1. Identify
and locate the geographical features of Southwest Asia and North Africa,
including the Arabian Peninsula, the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, Black
Sea, and the Caspian Sea.
2.
Describe the diffusion of Islam, its culture, and the Arabic language
throughout North Africa and Southwest Asia.
3. Summarize the contributions of Islamic
scholars in the areas of art, medicine, science, and mathematics.
K. Describe the geographic,
political, economic, and cultural structures of Medieval West African Kingdoms
1. Identify and locate the geographical
features of West Africa, including the Atlantic Ocean, Niger River, Djenne, The
Sahara, Gulf of Guinea, and Timbuktu.
2. Describe the growth of the kingdoms of
Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, including cities such as Djenne and Timbuktu as
centers of trade, culture, and learning.
3. Describe the role of the Trans-Saharan
caravan trade in the changing religious and cultural characteristics of West
Africa and in the exchange of salt, gold, and enslaved people.
4. Explain the importance of the Malian king
Mansa Musa and his pilgrimage to Mecca.
L. Describe the origins, accomplishments, and
geographic diffusion of the Renaissance as well as the historical developments
of the Protestant Reformation and Scientific Revolution.
1. Explain how the location of the Italian
Peninsula affected the movement of resources, knowledge, and culture throughout
Italy's independent trade cities.
2. Identify the importance of Florence, Italy
and the Medici Family in the early stages of the Renaissance.
3. Explain the development of Renaissance
art, including the significance of Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, William
Shakespeare, and systems of patronage.
4. Explain how Johannes Gutenberg's printing
press affected the growth of literacy and diffusion of knowledge.
5. Explain the significant causes of the
Protestant Reformation, including the selling of indulgences and Martin
Luther's 95 Theses.
6. Compare and
contrast heliocentric and geocentric theories of the Greeks (geocentric) and
Copernicus (heliocentric).
7.
Examine Galileo Galilei's theories and improvement of scientific tools,
including the telescope and microscope.
M. Describe the geographic, political,
economic, and cultural structures of Indigenous civilizations of the Americas.
1. Identify and locate the geographical
features of the Americas, including the Andes Mountains, Appalachian Mountains,
Great Plains, Pacific Ocean Mountains, Gulf of Mexico, Rocky Mountains,
Atlantic Ocean, Mississippi River, Amazon River, South America, Caribbean Sea,
North America, Yucatan Peninsula, and the Central Mexican Plateau.
2. Explain the effects of geographic features
on Indigenous North American cultures (Northeast, Southeast, and Plains),
including clothing, housing, and agriculture.
3. Describe the existence of diverse networks
of Indigenous North American cultures, including varied languages, customs, and
economic and political structures.
4. Explain the effects of geographic features
and climate on the agricultural practices and settlement of the Aztec and Incan
civilizations.
5. Explain how the
Aztec built and controlled a powerful empire that covered much of what is now
central Mexico.
6. Describe Aztec
religious beliefs and how they were linked to the traditions of the
society.
7. Describe Tenochtitlán
and the surrounding landscape, including aqueducts, massive temples, and
Chinampa agriculture.
8. Identify
Moctezuma II and describe features of his reign.
9. Explain how the Inca built and organized
their empire and how Inca engineers overcame challenges presented by the
geography of the land.
10. Explain
how the Inca kept their empire together without a written language.
N. Analyze the motivations for the
movement of people from Europe to the Americas and describe the effects of
exploration by Europeans.
1. Analyze why
European countries were motivated to explore the world, including religion,
political rivalry, and economic gain.
2. Identify the significance of the voyages
and routes of discovery of the following explorers by their sponsoring country:
England: Henry Hudson; France: Jacques Cartier; Portugal: Vasco da Gama,
Bartolomeu Dias; Spain: Christopher Columbus, Hernando de Soto, Ferdinand
Magellan, and Amerigo Vespucci.
3.
Describe Prince Henry the Navigator's influence on exploration, voyages,
cartographic improvements, and tools related to exploration, including the
compass, caravel, and astrolabe.
4.
Describe how the Aztec and Inca empires were eventually defeated by Spanish
Conquistadors.
5. Explain the
impact of the Columbian Exchange on people, plants, animals, technology,
culture, ideas, and diseases among Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas in
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, and examine the major effects on each
continent.
6. Explain how Spanish
colonization introduced Christianity, the mission system, and the encomienda
system to the Americas as well as the transition to African slavery.
7. Describe the development of the
transatlantic slave trade and the experiences of enslaved people in the
Americas.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17.6,
R.S.
17:24.4, and
R.S.
17:154.
