M/J World History Scope & Sequence 2020-2021

MJ World History (2109010) Advanced (2109020)

Quarter Power Standards Resource Supporting Standards Progress Monitoring
W.1.1 G.1.6
W.1.2 G.2.1
SS.6.W.1.4 McGraw Hill Discovering our Past: W.1.3 W.2.8
Quarter 1 W.1.5 W.2.9
SS.6.W.2.3 A History of the World Early Ages Techer Created Assessment
Aug.17 - Oct.9 W.1.6 W.2.10
SS.6.W.2.7 Chapter 1, 3- 4 W.2.1 W.2.4
W.2.2

W.2.4 W.3.7
McGraw Hill Discovering our Past: W.2.6 C.1.1
SS.6.W.2.5 A History of the World Early Ages W.3.1 C.1.3
Quarter 2 W.3.2
SS.6.W.3.5 Chapter 5-8 Techer Created Assessment
Oct.12 - Dec.8 W.3.3
W.3.4
W.3.6

W.3.8 W.3.15
McGraw Hill Discovering our Past: W.3.9 W.3.16
W.3.10 W.3.17
SS.6.W.3.12 A History of the World Early Ages
Quarter 3 W.3.11 W.3.18
SS.6.W.3.14 Chapter 11-12 C.1.2
Techer Created Assessment
Jan.6 - March 11
C.1.3
W.3.13

W.4.1 W.4.11
W.4.2 W.4.12
W.4.3
McGraw Hill Discovering our Past:
SS.6.W.4.5 W.4.4
Quarter 4 A History of the World Early Ages W.2.4
SS.6.W.4.8 Techer Created Assessment
March 22 - May 27 Chapter 9-10 W.4.6
W.4.7
W.4.9
W.4.10

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 M/J World History Curriculum Map 2020-2021
Academic
Expected Outcomes
Standards Essential Question Vocab/Concept Performance Task Writing Focus and Instructional Strategies Resources

SS.6.W.1.4 • Why is history • decade • Recognize that history is the study of Analyze cause and effect as it relates to the • Students write to compare the role and the value of McGraw Hill Discovering our Past:
SS.6.W.1.1 important? • era the past and that through history we can series of events in History. primary and secondary sources in analyzing history. A History of the World Early Ages
SS.6.W.1.2 • How do we learn about • artifacts improve our understanding of people’s • Students build timelines to represent transitions from Chapter 1
SS.6.W.1.3 the past? • Paleontology actions and beliefs by using clues from
Compare primary and secondary sources. B.C. to A.D.
SS.6.W.1.5 • How do you research • Anthropology various sources to learn about the past.
SS.6.W.1.6 history? • species • Accurately create timelines that include
• fossils designations of appropriate time periods EOC style questions with inclusion of primary • Incorporate PEARL paragraph structure when
• evidence analyzing where the first sources, political cartoons, charts, and responding to text.
• primary source civilizations emerged. document analysis.
• Secondary source • Demonstrate an understanding of
historical content by differentiating
between and interpreting primary and
secondary sources.

SS.6.W.2.3 • To what extent was the • Paleolithic • Demonstrate knowledge of early Compare and contrast life before and after the • Students write letters from the point of view of both a McGraw Hill Discovering our Past:
SS.6.W.2.1 Agricultural Revolution • nomads development of humankind from the Agricultural Revolution using specific examples. human living during the Paleolithic Era and a human A History of the World Early Ages
SS.6.W.2.2 the most important event • Ice Age Paleolithic Era to the agricultural living during the Agricultural Revolution. Chapter 3
SS.6.G.1.6 in human history? • domesticated revolution by analyzing the characteristics EOC style questions with inclusion of primary
Celebrate Freedom Week September 14-18th

SS.6.G.2.1 • Neolithic Age of hunter-gatherer societies, including sources, political cartoons, charts, and document
• Incorporate PEARL paragraph structure when
• systematic agriculture their use of tools and fire, describing by analysis.
• shrine writing extended responses, the responding to text.
• monarchy technological and social advancements
• specialization that gave rise to stable communities.
Aug 17-October 9

• Explain how new farming techniques led

Quarter 1

to the growth of cities with the Sumerians

being the world’s first advanced society in
which religion played a major role.

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 SS.6.W.2.7 • To what extend did • Silt • Demonstrate knowledge of ancient river Analyze similarities and differences between ancient • Students write an essay to explain and analyze the McGraw Hill Discovering our Past:
SS.6.W.2.8 Sumerian ideas and • Irrigation valley civilizations, including Egypt, river valley civilizations, noting the significance of importance of the proximity of ancient river valley A History of the World Early Ages
SS.6.W.2.9 inventions have a lasting • Surplus Mesopotamia, and the civilizations of the their geographical locations. civilizations to major water sources, as it relates to Chapter 4
SS.6.W.2.10 impact on civilizations • City-state Hebrews, Phoenicians, and Kush, by
agricultural structure of each respective society.
SS.6.W.2.4 that followed? • Polytheism locating these civilizations in time and EOC style questions with inclusion of primary
• Ziggurat place and describing their cultures as well sources, political cartoons, charts, and document
• Cuneiform as their respective rises and declines. analysis. • Incorporate PEARL paragraph structure when
• Scribe • Compare and contrast the ancient river responding to text.
• Epic valley civilizations, including Egypt,
• Empire Mesopotamia, the Indus River Valley, and
• Tribute the civilizations of the Hebrews,
• Province Phoenicians, and Kush, by describing the
• Caravan development of social, political, and
• Astronomer economic patterns, including slavery and
explaining the development of religious
traditions, spread of Judaism, and social
structure.

Academic
Vocab/Concept Expected Outcomes
Standards Essential Question Performance Task Writing Focus and Instructional Strategies Resources

SS.6.W.2.5 • To what extent did • cataract • Demonstrate knowledge of ancient river Analyze similarities and differences between ancient • Students complete a graphic organizer in which they McGraw Hill Discovering our Past:
SS.6.W.2.4 social, political, and • delta valley civilizations, including Egypt, river valley civilizations, noting the significance of compare the social, political, and economic aspects of A History of the World Early Ages
SS.6.W.2.6 economic factors • papyrus Mesopotamia, and the civilizations of the their geographical locations. the ancient river valley civilizations. Then, write a short Chapter 5
influence the rise and fall • hieroglyphics Hebrews, Phoenicians, and Kush, by
response directly comparing two civilizations directly.
of the ancient Egyptian • dynasty locating these civilizations in time and EOC style questions with inclusion of primary
Empire? • theocracy place and describing their cultures as well sources, political cartoons, charts, and document
• How do the Ancient • pharaoh as their respective rises and declines. analysis. • Incorporate PEARL paragraph structure when
river valley civilizations • bureaucrat • Compare and contrast the ancient river responding to text.
compare socially, • embalming valley civilizations, including Egypt,
politically, and • pyramid Mesopotamia, the Indus River Valley, and
economically? the civilizations of the Hebrews,
Phoenicians, and Kush, by describing the
development of social, political, and
economic patterns, including slavery and
explaining the development of religious
Oct 12 - Dec 18

traditions, spread of Judaism, and social

Quarter 2

structure.

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 SS.6.W.3.5 • How do the • Bard • Compare and contrast the governments Compare and contrast the governments of Athens Students are assigned a city to create a marketing McGraw Hill Discovering our Past:
SS.6.W.3.1 governments of Athens • Colony of Athens and Sparta and describe the and Sparta, supporting your response with specific campaign to attract residents, with particular emphasis A History of the World Early Ages
SS.6.W.3.2 and Sparta compare? • Polis influence of Athens upon the government evidence. on how the government structure of that city impacts Chapter 7 and 8
SS.6.W.3.3 • In what ways did • Agora of the United
the lives of citizens.
SS.6.W.3.4 Ancient Greece make • phalanx States.
SS.6.W.3.6 specific and lasting • tyrant • Describe specific contributions that EOC style questions with inclusion of primary
SS.6.W.3.7 contributions to the fields • oligarchy ancient Greece made in drama, poetry, sources, political cartoons, charts, and document • Incorporate PEARL paragraph structure when
SS.6.C.1.1 of the arts, technology, • democracy history, architecture, science, analysis. responding to text.
SS.6.C.1.3 and politics? • direct democracy mathematics, philosophy and science.
• representative
democracy
• philosopher

Academic
Vocab/Concept Expected Outcomes
Standards Essential Question Performance Task Writing Focus and Instructional Strategies Resources

SS.6.W.3.12 • In what ways did • Republic • Analyze the causes for the growth and Evaluate and compare what life was like in Ancient Students complete a cause and effect graphic organizer McGraw Hill Discovering our Past:
SS.6.W.3.8 Ancient Rome make • Legion longevity of the Roman Empire including a Rome through a comparison of the various types of tracking and analyzing the ways in which a centralized A History of the World Early Ages
SS.6.W.3.9 specific and lasting • Patrician centralized and efficient government, citizens. and efficient government, religious toleration, expansion Chapter 11
SS.6.W.3.10 contributions to the fields • Plebeian religious toleration, expansion of
of citizenship, the legion, and the extension of road
SS.6.W.3.11 of the arts, technology, • Consul citizenship, the legion, and the extension EOC style questions with inclusion of primary
networks impacted the longevity of the Roman Empire.
SS.6.C.1.2 and politics? • Veto of road networks. sources, political cartoons, charts, and document
SS.6..C.1.3 • To what extent did • Praetor analysis.
social, political, and • Tribune • Incorporate PEARL paragraph structure when
economic factors • Dictator responding to text.
influence the rise and • Civic duty
longevity of the Roman
Empire?
Jan 6 - Mar 11
Quarter 3

SS.6.W.3.14 • In what ways did • Gladiator • Explain the key contributions of Roman Explain and analyze key contributions of ancient Students create a tourism pamphlet analyzing 3 of the McGraw Hill Discovering our Past:
SS.6.W.3.13 Ancient Rome make • Anatomy civilization such as art, architecture, Roman civilization. main features of Roman Civilization (art, architecture, A History of the World Early Ages
SS.6.W.3.15 specific and lasting • Vault engineering, law, literature and language. engineering, law, literature and language). Chapter 12
SS.6.W.3.16 contributions to the fields • Satire EOC style questions with inclusion of primary
SS.6.W.3.17 of the arts, technology, • Ode sources, political cartoons, charts, and document
• Incorporate PEARL paragraph structure when
SS.6.W.3.18 and politics? • Reforms analysis.
• Mosaics responding to text.
• Saints

Academic
Vocab/Concept Expected Outcomes
Standards Essential Question Performance Task Writing Focus and Instructional Strategies Resources

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 SS.6.W.4.5 • How was India •
Subcontinent • Describe the Asian civilization of India in Identify the key characteristics of India and China, • Students will work in small groups to complete a T- McGraw Hill Discovering our Past:
SS.6.W.4.1 characterized in terms if •
Monsoon terms of economic system, political analyzing how they compare economically, chart comparing the key characteristics of India and A History of the World Early Ages
SS.6.W.4.2 their economic system, •
Language family system, religion and cultural politically, religiously, and culturally. China, analyzing how they compare economically, Chapter 9
SS.6.W.4.3 political system, religion •
Raja achievements.
politically, religiously, and culturally.
SS.6.W.4.4 and cultural •Sanskrit
SS.6.W.2.4 achievements? • Vedas
• Guru • Incorporate PEARL paragraph structure when
• Hinduism responding to text.
• Brahman
• Reincarnation
• Karma
• Dharma
• Buddhism
• Nirvana
• Jainism
• Stupa
Mar 22 - May 27

• Pilgrim
Quarter 4

• Bhagavad Gita

SS.6.W.4.8 • How was China • Warlord • Describe the Asian civilization of China Identify the key characteristics of China, analyzing • Students will work in small groups to complete a T- McGraw Hill Discovering our Past:
SS.6.W.4.6 characterized in terms if • Aristocrat in terms of economic system, political how they compare economically, politically, chart comparing the key characteristics of India and A History of the World Early Ages
SS.6.W.4.7 their economic system, • Ancestor system, religion and cultural religiously, and culturally. China, analyzing how they compare economically, Chapter 10
SS.6.W.4.9 political system, religion • Pictograph achievements.
politically, religiously, and culturally.
SS.6.W.4.10 and cultural • Ideograph
SS.6.W.4.11 achievements? • Hereditary
SS.6.W.4.12 • Mandate of Heaven • Incorporate PEARL paragraph structure when
SS.6.W.2.4 • Dao responding to text.
• Confucianism
• Daoism
• Legalism
• Filial penalty
• Censor
• Currency
• Civil service
• Tenant farmer
• Acupuncture
SS.6.W.1.1 SS.6.G.3.1
SS.6.W.1.2 SS.6.G.3.2
SS.6.W.1.3 SS.6.G.4.1
SS.6.W.1.4 SS.6.G.4.2
SS.6.W.1.5 SS.6.G.4.3
SS.6.W.1.6 SS.6.G.4.4
SS.6.G.1.1 SS.6.G.5.1
SS.6.G.1.2 SS.6.G.5.2
SS.6.G.1.3 SS.6.G.5.3
SS.6.G.1.4 SS.6.G.6.1
Recurring Standards
SS.6.G.1.5 SS.6.G.6.2
SS.6.G.1.6 SS.6.E.1.1
SS.6.G.1.7 SS.6.E.1.2
SS.6.G.2.1 SS.6.E.1.3
SS.6.G.2.2 SS.6.E.2.1
SS.6.G.2.3 SS.6.E.3.1
SS.6.G.2.4 SS.6.E.3.2
SS.6.G.2.5 SS.6.E.3.3

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 SS.6.G.2.6 SS.6.E.3.4
SS.6.G.2.7

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7th Grade Civics – Curriculum Map

1st Quarter

Citizenship
Citizen Engagement
Immigration and Naturalization
Obligations and Responsibilities of Citizens

Foundations of Government
Reasons for Government
Types of Governments
Government Limits
Enlightenment Influences
Colonial Influences
Declaration of Independence

2nd Quarter

Elections/Political Parties/Media
Electoral Process
Political Parties
Voting Process
Voting Rights
Public Sphere
Role of Media
Propaganda
Interest Groups

U.S. Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Parts of the Constitution
Federalism
Bill of Rights
Amendments

3rd Quarter

Legislative Branch
Making a Law
Senate
House of Representatives
Executive Branch
Presidential Powers
Role of the President
Executive Departments/Agencies

Judicial Branch
State and Federal Courts
Appellate Courts
Sources of Law
Types of Law
Landmark Supreme Court Cases

Civil Rights
Slave Trade
Civil War/Reconstruction
Civil Rights Movement

4th Quarter

State/Local Government
State Government
State Powers
Florida Constitution
Protections for States
County Governments

Foreign Policy
Diplomacy
Department of State
Conflict and Cooperation
International Influence
International Organizations

EOC Review
8th Grade American History Curriculum Map

Native Americans before European settlers

Colonial America
Roanoke and Jamestown
The New England Colonies
The Middle Colonies
The Southern Colonies

Life in the American Colonies

Colonial Economy
Colonial Government
Culture and Society
Rivalry in North America

The Spirit of Independence

No Taxation without Representation
Uniting the Colonists
A Call to Arms
Declaring Independence

The American Revolution

The War for Independence
The Final Years

A More Perfect Union

Articles of Confederation
Forging a New Constitution
A New Plan for Government

The Federalist Era

The First President
Early Challenges
The First Political Parties

The Jefferson Era

A New Party in Power
The Louisiana Purchase
A Time of Conflict
The War of 1812

Growth and Expansion

A Growing Economy
 Moving West
Unity and Sectionalism

The Jackson Era

Jacksonian Democracy
Conflicts Over Land
Jackson and the Bank

Manifest Destiny
Oregon Country
Statehood for Florida, Texas, California and Utah

North and South

The Industrial North
People of the North
Southern Cotton Kingdom
People of the South

Spirit of Reform
Social Reform
The Abolitionists
The Women’s Movement

Toward Civil War

Search for Compromise
Challenges to Slavery
Secession and War

Civil War
Two Sides
Early Years in the War
Life During the Civil War
The Strain of War
The War’s Final Stages
Lincoln – Passing the 13th Amendment

The Reconstruction Era

Planning Reconstruction
Radical Republicans Take Control
South During Reconstruction
Treatment of Freedmen
The Post-Reconstruction Era
Divided Society
Settling the West

Industrialization
Rise of Industry
The Railroads
Big Business
Unions

Urban America
Immigration
Urbanization
Social Darwinism and Social Reform
Politics of the Gilded Age
Rise of Segregation

Becoming a World Power

Imperialist Vision

The Progressive Movement

Roots of Progressivism

World War I and Its Aftermath

The United States Enters World War 1
The Home Front
A Bloody Conflict
The War’s Impact

The Jazz Age

The Politics of the 1920s
A Growing Economy
A Clash of Values
Cultural Innovations
African American Culture and Politics

The Great Depression Begins

Causes of the Great Depression
Life During the Great Depression
Hoover’s Response to the Depression

Roosevelt and the New Deal

The First New Deal
The Second New Deal
The Deal Coalition
A World in Flames
Origins of World War II
From Neutrality to War
The Holocaust

America and World War II

Wartime America
The War in the Pacific
The War in Europe
The War Ends

The Cold War Begins

Postwar America
The Other Side of America Life

The New Frontier and the Great Society

The New Frontier
JFK and the Cold War
The Great Society

The Civil Rights Movement

The Movement Begins
Challenging Segregation
New Civil Rights Issues

The Vietnam War

Politics of Protest

Politics and Economics

The Watergate Scandal

The Resurgence of Conservatism

9th Grade Curriculum Map – World History

Quarter 1
The World Before Modern Times
“New Patterns of Civilization”

The Byzantine Empire and Emerging Europe

“The Early Christian Church”
“The Age of Charlemagne”
“The Byzantine Empire”

Medieval Kingdoms in Europe

“Feudalism”
“Peasants, Trade, and Cities”
“The Growth of European Kingdoms”

Crusades and Culture in the Middle Ages

“Medieval Christianity”
“The Crusades”
“Culture of the Middle Ages”
“The Late Middle Ages”

Quarter 2

Islam and the Arab Empire

“The First Muslims”
“The Arab Empire and the Caliphates”
“Islamic Civilization”

The Renaissance in Europe

“The Italian States”
“Ideas and Art of the Renaissance”

The Reformation in Europe

“The Protestant Reformation”
“The Spread of Protestantism”

The Age of Exploration

“European Exploration and Expansion”
“The First Global Economic Systems”
“Colonial Latin America”
Quarter 3

Conflict and Absolutism in Europe

“Europe in Crisis”
“War and Revolution in England”
“Absolutism in Europe”
“European Culture After the Renaissance”

The Muslim Empires

“The Rise and Expansion of the Ottoman Empire”
“The Ottoman and Safavids”
“The Mogul Empire”

The East Asian World

“The Ming and Qing Dynasties”
“The Reunification of Japan”
“The Kingdoms of Korea and Southeast Asia”

The Enlightenment and Revolutions

“The Scientific Revolutions”
“The Ideas of the Enlightenment”
“Enlightened Absolutism and the Balance of Power”

Quarter 4

The French Revolution and Napoleon

“The French Revolution Begins”
“Radical Revolution and Reaction”
“The Rise of Napoleon and the Napoleonic Wars”
“The Fall of Napoleon and the European Reaction”

Industrialization and Nationalism

“The Industrial Revolution”
“Nationalism and Political Revolutions”
“Nationalism, Unification and Reform”
“Nation Building in Latin America”
“Romanticism and Realism”

Mass Society and Democracy

“The Growth of Industrial Prosperity”
“The Emergence of Mass Society”
“The National State and Democracy”
“Modern Ideas and Uncertainty”

World War I
“World War I Begins”
“The Russian Revolution”
“World War I Ends”

Between Wars
“Instability After World War I”
“The Rise of Dictatorial Regimes”
“Nationalism in the East”
“Revolutionary Chaos in China”

World War II
“World War II Begins”
“The New Order and the Holocaust”
“World War II Ends”
 U.S. Government
Curriculum Map
Module 1 – Course Introduction
(1 Week)

• FORE American values

• Citizenship and Naturalization

Module 2 – Voting in the USA

(4-6 Weeks)
Is voting a right, responsibility, or a privilege?

• Voting laws over time

• Federalist Papers & Constitution on voting
• Perspectives on voting
• Ballot measures
• Issues in elections
• Party platforms
• Voter turnout
• Candidates
• Voting requirements
• Culminating Essay: Is voting a right, responsibility, or a privilege?

Module 3 – Federal Government

(4-6 Weeks)
How democratic is America?

• Constitutional framework of the government

• Checks and Balances
• Federal officials
• Congress & America demographics
• Townhall meetings
• Culminative Project: Interview narrative essay
Module 4 – Constitutional Rights
(4-6 Weeks)
How are my rights defined?

• Common good vs Individual rights

• Constitutional framework of the judicial branch
• Bill of Rights
• Landmark Supreme Court cases
• Supreme Court justices
• Defining rights: expression, privacy, criminal proceeding, equality
• Constitutional rights in school
• Culminative Essay: How are my Constitutional rights defined?

Module 5 – Foreign Policy

(1-2 Weeks)
How does America interact with the world?

• Systems of government
• US foreign policy over time
• Current US policies
• International organizations

Notes for next year:

A component of the course should also be a community service project. Because of the
pandemic, this was not completed. However, next school year one should be incorporated into
the course during the semester.
 Economics & Personal Finance
Curriculum Map
Module 1 – Foundations of Economics
(4 Weeks)
• Principles of Economics
• Factors of Production
• Production Possibilities Frontier
• Economic Systems & and the Zombie Economy
• Tragedy of the Commons & Command Economies
• Incentives in Advertising
• Mixed & Market Economies and Wealth of Nations
• Economic Naturalists (Essay)
• Sunk Cost

Module 2 – Supply and Demand

(5 Weeks)
• Consumerism & Ethics
• Demand
• Supply
• Market Equilibrium
• Entrepreneurship (Shark Tank Project)
• Price Controls
• Minimum Wage

Module 3 – Markets, Businesses, & Labor

(5 Weeks)
• 4 Market Structures
• Market Failures
• Business Organizations
• Entrepreneur Mentorship
• Wages & Labor
• Unions
• Stock markets
Module 4 – Macroeconomics & Economic Indicators
(4 Weeks)
• GDP & Standard of Living
• Unemployment Rate & Types
• Inflation
• Business Cycle
• Free Trade & the Global Economy
• Monetary & Fiscal Policy
• Globalization

Personal Finance Project

Throughout the semester, students also work on the PFP. The project is
broken into ten parts and has students exploring most areas of personal
finance and creating a budget for life after school. Deadlines for the project
are set every couple of weeks all semester long, and some days of class are set
aside as work days for the project.

Bonus Activities for end of the course:

• Socratic seminar on economic topics
• Documentary In Debt We Trust