Learning+Targets


 * LEARNING TARGETS 2012-2013**


 * 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**
 * Section 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**
 * Section 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**


 * GSPRITE**

** G: ** ** Geography ** || ** Geographical history includes: ** how geographical features influenced people, how people adapted to the geographic features,

** Social ** || ** Social history includes: ** food, living conditions, gender issues, leisure time, family issues, moral issues, racial issues, social classes
 * Questions to ask: ** How does geography help to shape this society? Would this society/event have a different structure/outcome if it occurred in a different part of the world? How did geography dictate the economic structure of this society? ||
 * ** S: **

** Political **
 * Questions to ask: ** How is the social structure being altered or challenged in this instance? Are there any social or cultural norms? Can you list specific examples that reveal the social aspects of this civilization/country at this time in history? ||
 * ** P: **

|| ** Political history includes: ** politicians, kings, rulers, laws, government, generals, military issues, battles, wars, elections, political parties, foreign policy, tax policies, rebellions

** Religious ** || ** Religious history includes: ** God, gods/goddesses, religious books, the Church, religious groups/movements
 * Questions to ask: ** How did the government react in this instance? Did the role of leadership change in this civilization/country? What was the government’s foreign-policy stance? ||
 * ** R: **

** Intellectual ** || ** Intellectual history includes: ** ideas, thinkers, philosophers, books, education, literature, music, books, painting, clothing
 * Questions to ask: ** How did religion play a role in the development of the civilization/country/society? How did religious divisions affect the coming of this event? Can you list the major religious leaders who influenced this civilization/country/society? ||
 * ** I: **

** T: ** ** Technology ** || ** Technological history includes: ** technology, inventions, machines, communication tools
 * Questions to ask: ** How did the art, literature, or philosophy of this time period reflect the events surrounding the artists or authors? How did a shift in thinking lead to this event? How did the rest of society react to this shift in thinking? ||

** Economics ** || ** Economic history includes: ** money, taxes, trade, jobs, use of land, guilds, businesses
 * Questions to ask: ** How did the advancements made in transportation change the social and economic patterns at this time in history? How did new inventions lead to changes? Did new technology have a positive or negative effect on this society? ||
 * ** E: **


 * Questions to ask: ** How did government react to economic distress during this time period? Were the economic decisions of the ruling party helpful to this country’s overall economic health? Did foreign policy play a role in the economic decisions of this country? ||