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Eighth Grade World History Standards # 1-3 || October Classical Greece Alexander the Great (Hellenistic) ||  November Roman Republic  &   Roman Empire  || India/China Classical Civilization ||  January Byzantine Empire Early Russian State  Trade Systems   China  ||  February Islamic Civilizations African Civilizations || Pre Columbian Middle Ages ||  April Middle Ages ||  May United States AHSGE  Standards I-III  || Essential Question for the Year: What did civilizations from the Early Ages do to maintain self-preservation? __ First Two Weeks of School __ v Textbook Scavenger Hunt v Learning Styles Survey v Using an Atlas v Outlining v Map Quizzes v To do daily-This Day in History ([|www.history.com])
 * August/Sept.
 * December
 * March
 * Continents
 * Separate Continents(over the course of the first month of schools)
 * States and Capitals of the United States


 * LEARNING TARGETS 2010-2011**
 * 1. I can explain how artifacts and other archaeological findings are used to explain the characteristics of prehistoric groups including their migration patterns.**
 * 2. I can analyze characteristics of the Tigris-Euphrates civilization in respect to technology, division of labor, government, calendar, and writings**
 * 3. I can analyze characteristics of the Nile civilization in respect to technology, division of labor, government, calendar and writings**
 * 4. I can analyze characteristics of the Indus civilization in respect to technology, division of labor, government, calendar and writings**
 * 5. I can analyze characteristics of the Huang He civilization in respect to technology, division of labor, government, calendar and writings**
 * 6. I can compare the development of early world religions, philosophies, and their key tenets: Judaism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Greece and Rome**
 * 7. I can identify the Geography, Social structure, Political structure, Religion, Intellectual achievements, Technology, and Economic structure of Classical Greece**
 * 8. I can describe the role of Alexander the Great in the Hellenistic world using GSPRITE. 9. I can trace the expansion of the Roman Republic and its transformation into an empire using GSPRITE. 10. I can describe the widespread impact of the Roman Empire using GSPRITE. 11. I can describe the development of India using GSPRITE. 12. I can describe the development of China using GSPRITE. 13. I can describe the rise of the Byzantine Empire, its institutions, and its legacy, using GSPRITE. 14. I can trace the GSPRITE development of the early Russian state. 15. I can describe early Islamic civilizations using GSPRITE. 16. I can describe medieval China’s influence on the development of East Asia. 17. I can compare the African civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai using GSPRITE. 18. I can describe GSPRITE of pre-Columbian cultures in the Americas. 19. I can describe the P and E events that shaped early medieval Europe. 20. I can describe GSPRITE in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages.**
 * 21. I can explain how events and conditions led to GSPRITE in the late Middle Ages and to the origins of the Renaissance.CHAPTER 11 -ISLAM 6. I can compare the development of early world religions, philosophies, and their key tenets: Judaism, Hinduism, Confucianism, Taoism, Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, Greece and Rome**
 * 11. I can describe the development of India using GSPRITE.**
 * 15. I can describe early Islamic civilizations using GSPRITE.**
 * Section 11.1 1. I can explain how Muhammad became the prophet of Islam**
 * 2. I can explain the 5 Pillars of Islam, Sharia law**
 * 3. I can explain how Islam helped to shape the way of life of its believers**
 * 4. I can identify the forms and functions of a Mosque**
 * Section 11.2 5. I can discuss the differences between Sunni, Shiite and Sufi.**
 * 6. I can explain why the empire of the caliphate declined**
 * 7. I can identify the following: caliph, Abu Bakr, Umayyads, Abbassids**
 * Section 11.3 8. I can explain how the Muslim Society and Economy were organized**
 * 9. I can discuss the Intellectual and Technological advances made during the Islamic Golden Age Section 11.4**
 * 10. I can explain the Political development of India from the Delhi Sultanate to the Mughal Empire 11. I can explain how Muslim and Hindu traditions clashed and blended 12. I can identify Akbar and Shah Jahan Section 11.5**
 * 13. I can explain how the Ottoman Empire expanded 14. I can discuss the Social organization and the Intellectual and Technological advances of the Ottomans 15. I can explain how Abbas the Great strengthened the Safavid Empire 16. I can identify Suleiman and Abbas the Great**
 * CHAPTER 8-THE DARK AGES 19. I can describe the P and E events that shaped early medieval Europe.**
 * Section 8.1 1. I can discuss the GSPRITE for the Early Middle Ages**
 * 2. I can identify the Political impact of Clovis, Charlemagne, Charles Martel and the Vikings Section 8.2**
 * 3. I can explain the Social impact of feudalism on the nobles, serfs and peasants 4. I can identify the 3 aspects of feudalism; vassals, feudal contract and fief 5. I can explain the self-sufficiency of the manor Economy**
 * Section 8.3(Religion) 6. I can explain the organization of the Church in the Middle Ages-priests, sacraments, village church, tithe, holy days, views of women**
 * 7. I can explain the work of monks and nuns-Benedict, Hildegard, Bede, life of service**
 * 8. I can identify key concepts in the growth of Church power-papal supremacy, religious authority, canon law, excommunication, interdict, peace of God**
 * 9. I can identify the main reformers whose work changed the Church-Abbot Berno, Pope Gregory VII, Francis Assisi, Beguines**
 * 10. I can explain the organization of the Jews in Europe and the situations that led to anti-Semitism; economic woes and illnesses**
 * Section 8.4 11. I can identify the new Technologies in the Agricultural Revolution-plows, harnesses, horses, windmills, 3**
 * field system and their impact 12. I can explain the revival of trade: opening new trade routes, impact of trade fairs, development of charter**
 * towns (E) 13. I can explain the Commercial Revolution from 1000-1300 through new business practices, and the social**
 * changes- bill of exchange, tenant farmers, middle class, usury (E) 14. I can discuss how to guilds developed, which groups organized into guilds and how to become a guild**
 * member 15. I can graphically describe what a medieval town/city looked like**
 * CHAPTER 9 – THE HIGH MIDDLE AGES 20. I can describe GSPRITE in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages.**
 * 21. I can explain how events and conditions led to GSPRITE in the late Middle Ages and to the origins of the Renaissance. (Chapters: 9, 14)**
 * Section 9.1 (Political) 1. I can explain the struggle for power in Western Europe: Church, nobles, monarchs**
 * 2. I can identify the following governmental developments in England: William the Conqueror- Norman Conquest, Domesday Day Book; Henry II- common law, jury, Thomas Beckett; King John- Magna Carta, Pope Innocent III; Edward I- Parliament**
 * 3. I can identify the following governmental developments in France: Hugh Capet; Philip II- Albigensian Crusades; Louis IX; Philip IV- Pope Boniface, Estates General**
 * Section 9.2 (Political) 4. I can identify the following about the government of the Holy Roman Empire: Otto I, power of nobles, Pope Gregory VII, lay investiture, Henry IV; Concordat of Worms, Frederick I, Frederick II**
 * 5. I can explain Pope Innocent III’s influence at the height of Church power (Religion) Section 9.3**
 * 6. I can explain the causes of the Crusades: Seljuk Turks, Alexius I, Urban II, motives**
 * 7. I can identify key events in the following Crusades: 1st Crusade-outcome; 2nd Crusade- Saladin, outcome; 3rd Crusade – Richard the Lionhearted, Philip II, Barbarossa; 4th Crusade- sack of Constantinople; Children’s Crusade – outcome**
 * 8. I can identify effects of the Crusades: Economic expansion, increase power for monarchs, Church, wider worldview**
 * 9. I can describe the impact of the Reconquista of Spain:Territory expansion, Ferdinand and Isabella, Inquisition Section 9.4**
 * 10. I can describe Intellectual achievements of the Medieval Period 11. I can identify the following people of Medieval literature: Dante, Chaucer, Thomas Aquinas 12. I can identify the art and architecture styles of the Middle Ages**
 * Section 9.5 13. I can discuss the Social and Economic decline due to the Black Death**
 * 14. I can identify the upheaval in the Church in the late Middle Ages: Babylonian Captivity, John Wycliffe 15. I can identify causes and effects of the Hundred Years’ War and Technology used**
 * CHAPTER 10 – THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE 13. I can describe the rise of the Byzantine Empire, its institutions, and its legacy, using GSPRITE.**
 * 14. I can trace the GSPRITE development of the early Russian state.**
 * Section 10.1 1. I can describe the Political development of the Byzantine Empire**
 * 2. I can describe Justinian’s influence through his: Code of Laws; Hagia Sophia; Theodora; rule as an autocrat**
 * 3. I can explain the differences between the Eastern and Western Churches and how that led to the creation of the Eastern Orthodox Church**
 * 4. I can explain the legacy of the Byzantine Empire through Intellectual and Technological developments**
 * Section 10.2**
 * 5. I can explain how Geography helped shape the development of early Russia and the growth of Kiev: Slavs and Vikings**
 * 6. I can trace the GSPRITE development of the early Russian state**
 * 7. I can identify Vladimir and Yaroslav**
 * 8. I can explain how the Mongol Conquest affected Russia**
 * 9. I can explain the rise of Moscow and the powerful Russian Czars: Ivan the Great; Ivan the Terrible; Michael Romanov**
 * 10.3 10. I can explain the development of Eastern Europe through its cultural crossroads and diversity 11. I can discuss the Political importance of Poland, Hungary and Serbia**
 * CHAPTER 12 - AFRICA 17. I can compare the African civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai using GSPRITE.**
 * Section 12.1 1. I can explain Geography’s effect on the cultural development of Africa**
 * 2. I can describe the Bantu migrations and use of the Great Rift Valley**
 * 3. I can describe Technology and Economy in North Africa**
 * 4. I can describe Roman rule and movement of Islam as it impacted North Africa**
 * Section 12.2 5. I can discuss the importance of the Economic trade network in West Africa**
 * 6. I can compare the civilizations of Ghana, Mali and Songhai in terms of: Intellectual, Religion and Economy Section 12.3**
 * 7. I can explain the Jewish and Christian influences in Axum and Ethiopia 8. I can describe the Economic effects of trade on East African city-states**
 * 12.4 9. I can describe the Social development of Africa**
 * 10. I can discuss the Intellectual culture of African societies**
 * CHAPTER 13 – THE FAR EAST 16. I can describe medieval China’s influence on the development of East Asia.**
 * Section 13.1 1. I can discuss the SPRITE of the Tang and Song Empires**
 * Section 13.2 2. I can discuss the P,I,E revival under the Mings**
 * 3. I can discuss the Political development of the Mongol Empire 4. I can explain China under the Mongol Political rule 5. I can discuss the impacts of the voyages of Zheng He Section 13.3**
 * 6. I can discuss the GSPRITE of Korea 7. I can discuss the impact of Geography on Korea’s neighbors**
 * Section 13.4 10. I can discuss how Geographical features influenced the development of Japan**
 * 11. I can explain China’s influence on early Japanese traditions 12. I can describe the Heian court’s Intellectual impact**
 * Section 13.5 13. I can describe the SPRITE of feudal Japan**
 * CHAPTER 14 – THE RENAISSANCE 21. I can explain how events and conditions led to GSPRITE in the late Middle Ages and to the origins of the Renaissance. (Chapters: 9, 14)**
 * Section 14.1 1. I can explain why Italian city-states were the center for the beginning of the Renaissance**
 * 2. I can discuss the influence the Medici family had on the Renaissance**
 * 3. I can explain what the Renaissance was**
 * 4. I can describe the changes in artistic and architecture techniques in the Renaissance**
 * 5. I can identify the following Renaissance artists and architects: Donatello; Brunelleschi; Leonardo; Michelangelo; Raphael**
 * 6. I can identify the following Renaissance writers: Castiglione; Machiavelli**
 * Section 14.2**
 * 7. I can explain why the Renaissance took longer to move to northern Europe**
 * 8. I can identify the following North Renaissance artists: Albrecht Durer; Jan and Hubert van Eyck; Pieter Bruegel; Peter Paul Rubens**
 * 9. I can identify the following North Renaissance writers: Erasmus; Sir Thomas More; Shakespeare; Cervantes 10. I can explain the impact the printing revolution had on Europe**
 * Section 14.5**
 * 11. I can explain how astronomers changed the way people viewed the universe: Copernicus; Brahe; Kepler; Galileo**
 * 12. I can identify the contributions of the following scientists: Bacon; Descartes; Newton; Boyle; Vesalius; Pare; Harvey; Leeuwenhoek**
 * CHAPTER 7 - MESOAMERICA 18. I can describe GSPRITE of pre-Columbian cultures in the Americas.**
 * Section 7.1 1. I can describe the GSPRITE of Middle America Section 7.2 2. I can describe the GSPRITE of the Incas Section 7.3 3. I can describe the GSPRITE of North America.**