Edison School District

Developing a desire for lifelong learning

Þ Mediterranean world.

Þ Map the spread of the bubonic plague from Central Asia to China, the Middle East, and Europe and describe its impact on global population.

Þ Understand the importance of the Catholic church as a political, intellectual, and aesthetic institution.

Þ Know the history of the decline of       Muslim rule in the Iberian Peninsula that culminated in the Reconquista and the rise of Spanish and Portuguese kingdoms.

Students compare and contrast the geographic, political, economic,        religious, and social structures of the Meso-American and Andean          civilizations.

Þ Study the locations, landforms, and      climates of Mexico, Central America, and South America and their effects on  Mayan, Aztec, and Incan economies, trade, and development of urban        societies.

Þ Study the roles of people in each       society, including class structures,        family life, warfare, religious beliefs and practices, and slavery.

Þ Explain how and where each empire arose and how the Aztec and Incan        empires were defeated by the Spanish.

Þ Describe the artistic and oral traditions and architecture in the three civilizations. 5.

Þ Describe the Meso-American achievements in astronomy and mathematics, including the development of the calendar and the Meso-American knowledge of seasonal changes to the civilizations’ agricultural systems.

Students analyze the origins,         accomplishments, and geographic       diffusion of the Renaissance.

Þ Describe the way in which the revival of classical learning and the arts fostered a new interest in humanism.

Þ Explain the importance of Florence in the early stages of the Renaissance and the growth of independent trading cities with emphasis on the cities’ importance in the spread of Renaissance ideas.

Þ Understand the effects of the reopening of the ancient “Silk Road” between Europe and China, including Marco Polo’s travels and the location of his routes.

Þ Describe the growth and effects of new ways of disseminating information.

Þ Detail advances made in literature, the arts, science, mathematics, cartography, engineering, and the understanding of human anatomy and astronomy.

Students analyze the historical     developments of the Reformation.

Þ  List the causes for the internal turmoil in and weakening of the Catholic church.

Þ Describe the theological, political, and economic ideas of the major figures   during the Reformation.

Þ Explain Protestants’ new practices of church self-government and the         influence of those practices on the      development of democratic practices and ideas of federalism.

Þ Identify and locate the European regions that remained Catholic and those that became Protestant and explain how the division affected the distribution of religions in the New World.

Þ Analyze how the Counter-Reformation revitalized the Catholic church and the forces that fostered the movement

Þ Understand the institution and impact of missionaries on Christianity and the       diffusion of Christianity from Europe to other parts of the world in the medieval and early modern periods; locate         missions on a world map.

Þ Describe the Golden Age of cooperation between Jews and Muslims in medieval Spain that promoted creativity in art, literature, and science, including how that cooperation was terminated by the religious persecution of individuals and groups.

Þ Students analyze the historical developments of the Scientific Revolution and its lasting effect on religious, political, and cultural institutions.

Þ Discuss the roots of the Scientific  Revolution.

Þ Understand the significance of the new scientific theories and the significance of new inventions.

Þ Understand the scientific method      advanced by Bacon and Descartes, the influence of new scientific rationalism on the growth of democratic ideas, and the coexistence of science with traditional religious beliefs.

Students analyze political and       economic change in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth         centuries.

Þ Know the great voyages of discovery, the locations of the routes, and the          influence of cartography in the            development of a new European       worldview.

Discuss the exchanges of plants, animals,

Þ technology, culture, and ideas among Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and the major economic and social effects on each continent.

Þ Examine the origins of modern capitalism; the influence of        mercantilism and cottage industry; the elements and importance of a market economy in seventeenth-century Europe; the changing        international trading and          marketing patterns, including their locations on a world map; and the influence of explorers and map makers.

Þ Explain how the main ideas of the Enlightenment can be traced back to such movements as the          Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Scientific Revolution and to the Greeks, Romans, and            Christianity.

Þ Describe how democratic thought and institutions were influenced by Enlightenment thinkers.

Þ Discuss how the principles in the Magna Carta were embodied in such documents as the English Bill of Rights and the American          Declaration of Independence.