Edison School District

Developing a desire for lifelong learning

Þ along these routes and the role of merchants in Arab society.

Þ Understand the intellectual exchanges among Muslim scholars of Eurasia and   Africa and the contributions Muslim        scholars made to later civilizations in the areas of science, geography, mathematics, philosophy, medicine, art, and literature.

Students analyze the geographic,       political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of China in the Middle Ages.

Þ Describe the reunification of China under the Tang Dynasty and reasons for the spread of Buddhism in Tang China, Korea, and Japan.

Þ Describe agricultural, technological, and commercial developments during the Tang and Sung periods.

Þ Analyze the influences of Confucianism and changes in Confucian thought during the Sung and Mongol periods.

Þ Understand the importance of both overland trade and maritime expeditions       between China and other civilizations.

Þ Trace the historic influence of such        discoveries as tea, the manufacture of paper, woodblock printing, the compass, and gunpowder.

Þ Describe the development of the imperial state and the scholar-official class.

Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and social structures of the sub-Saharan civilizations of Ghana and Mali in Medieval Africa.

Þ Study the Niger River and the relationship of vegetation zones of forest, savannah, and desert to trade in gold, salt, food, and slaves; and the growth of the Ghana and Mali empires.

Þ Analyze the importance of family, labor specialization, and regional commerce in the development of states and cities in West Africa.

Þ  Describe the role of the trans-Saharan caravan trade in the changing religious and cultural characteristics of West Africa and the influence of Islamic beliefs,           ethics, and law.

Þ Trace the growth of the Arabic language in government, trade, and Islamic scholarship in West Africa.

Þ  Describe the importance of written and oral traditions in the transmission of           African history and culture.

Students analyze the geographic,        political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of      

Medieval Japan.

Þ Describe the significance of Japan’s proximity to China and Korea and the intellectual, linguistic, religious, and philosophical influence of those         countries on Japan.

Þ Discuss the reign of Prince Shotoku of Japan and the characteristics of   Japanese society and family life during his reign.

Þ Describe the values, social customs, and traditions prescribed by the       lord-vassal system consisting of       shogun, daimyo, and samurai and the lasting influence of the warrior code in the twentieth century.

Þ Trace the development of distinctive forms of Japanese Buddhism.

Þ Study the ninth and tenth centuries’ golden age of literature, art, and drama and its lasting effects on        culture today.

Þ Analyze the rise of a military society in the late twelfth century and the role of the samurai in that society.

Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, religious, and socialstructures of the civilizations of Medieval Europe.

Þ Study the geography of the Europe and the Eurasian land mass, including its location,        topography, waterways, vegetation, and climate and their relationship to ways of life in Medieval Europe.

Þ Describe the spread of Christianity north of the Alps and the roles played by the early church and by monasteries in its diffusion after the fall of the western half of the Roman Empire.

Þ Understand the development of         feudalism, its role in the medieval European economy, the way in which it was influenced by physical geography and how feudal relationships provided the foundation of political order.

Þ Demonstrate an understanding of the conflict and cooperation between the Papacy and European monarchs.

Þ Know the significance of developments in medieval English legal and constitutional practices and their importance in the rise of modern democratic thought and representative institutions.

Discuss the causes and course of the religious Crusades and their effects on the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish     populations in Europe, with emphasis on the increasing contact by Europeans with cultures of the Eastern

World History and Geography:

Medieval and Early

 Modern Times

Students analyze the causes and effects of the vast expansion and ultimatedisintegration of the Roman Empire.

Þ Study the early strengths and lasting contributions of Rome and its        ultimate internal weaknesses.

Þ Discuss the geographic borders of the empire at its height and the     factors that threatened its            territorial cohesion.

Þ Describe the establishment by        Constantine of the new capital in    Constantinople and the development of the Byzantine Empire, with an   emphasis on the consequences of the development of two distinct European civilizations, Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic, & their two distinct views on church-state relations.

Students analyze the geographic,      political, economic, religious, and social structures of the civilizations of Islam in the Middle Ages.

Þ Identify the physical features and describe the climate of the Arabian peninsula, its relationship to            surrounding bodies of land and water, and nomadic and sedentary ways of life.

Þ Trace the origins of Islam and the life and teachings of Muhammad,     including Islamic teachings on the connection with Judaism &            Christianity.

Þ Explain the significance of the Qur’an and the Sunnah as the           primary sources of Islamic beliefs, practice, and law, and their influence in Muslims’ daily life.

Þ Discuss the expansion of Muslim rule through military conquests.

Describe the growth of cities and the establishment of trade routes among Asia, Africa, and Europe, the products and inventions that traveled