World History
High School Course
Take an interdisciplinary journey through history from the Stone Age through early civilizations to the present, and even glimpse into the future with a discussion of economics, energy, trade and the environment. Examine the factors that have motivated human actions; the causes of significant events related to revolutions, wars, religion, scientific discovery, art and literature; and how they shaped our modern world.
This High School Course is also offered as part of the College Prep Online Diploma program.
Credits: 1 Unit
Course ID: SSV09
Course Area: Social Studies
Course Type: College Prep
Study Method: Online
Course Outline:
Module 1: Prehistory and the Early Civilizations (6000 BC to AD 476)
- Unit 1: Prehistory-before the written word
- Lesson 1: Stone Age
- Lesson 2: Bronze Age
- Unit 2: Early Civilizations of Asia and the Middle East
- Lesson 1: India and China
- Lesson 2: Sumerians
- Lesson 3: Akkadians and Babylonians
- Lesson 4: Phoenicians and the Hebrews
- Lesson 5: Assyrians, Chaldeans and Persians
- Unit 3 : Egypt 3100 BC to 30 BC
- Lesson 1: The Nile River
- Lesson 2: The Old Kingdom
- Lesson 3: The Middle Kingdom
- Lesson 4: The New Kingdom
- Unit 4: Greek Civilization 2000 BC to 323 BC
- Lesson 1: The Aegean Sea and the Greek city-state
- Lesson 2: Athens , Sparta and the Trojan War
- Lesson 3: Greek Myths, part one: the gods
- Lesson 4: Greek Myths, part two: mortal man
- Lesson 5: Greek culture spreads and contributions are made
- Unit 5: The Roman Republic 753 BC to 27 BC
- Lesson 1: Early Rome
- Lesson 2: Rome becomes a republic
- Lesson 3: The expansion of Rome
- Lesson 4: Fall of the republic, rise of the empire
- Unit 6: The Roman Empire 27 BC to AD 476
- Lesson 1: A new emperor comes to power
- Lesson 2: Expansion of the empire and the emperor
- Lesson 3: Role of religion
- Lesson 4: Fall of the empire and its lasting effects on the world
Module 2: Middle Ages, Reformation and Exploration
- Unit 1: Europe in the Middle Ages
- Lesson 1: Byzantine Empire
- Lesson 2: Eastern Europe
- Lesson 3: Western Europe
- Lesson 4: Religion and daily life in the Middle Ages
- Lesson 5: Feudalism and manor life
- Lesson 6: Culture
- Unit 2: Africa and the Americas
- Lesson 1: The rise of Islam and the civilizations that practice it
- Lesson 2: African kingdoms
- Lesson 3: The Americas
- Unit 3: Asia
- Lesson 1: Buddhism
- Lesson 2: India
- Lesson 3: China
- Lesson 4: Japan
- Unit 4: The Renaissance
- Lesson 1: What led to the Renaissance and its humble beginnings
- Lesson 2: Art
- Lesson 3: Literature
- Lesson 4: The sciences
- Unit 5: Reformation
- Lesson 1: Challenge of the church
- Lesson 2: Martin Luther
- Lesson 3: War of religion
- Lesson 4: Calvinism
- Lesson 5: Counter-reformation
- Unit 6: Kingdoms of Europe
- Lesson 1: Absolute power
- Lesson 2: England
- Lesson 3: Spain and France
- Lesson 4: "The great" Russia and Prussia
- Unit 7: Exploration
- Lesson 1: New trade routes and new lands
- Lesson 2: Spanish conquer the Americas
- Lesson 3: Colonization
- Lesson 4: The slave trade
- Unit 8: Science and Reason
- Lesson 1: Modern science
- Lesson 2: Scientists
- Lesson 3: Natural laws
- Lesson 4: Enlightenment and its affects on society
Module 3: Revolution, Reform and War 1750 to 1946
- Unit 1: The Industrial Revolution
- Lesson 1: Beginning in England
- Lesson 2: The first industries
- Lesson 3: Change and problems
- Unit 2: Revolutionary Change
- Lesson 1: American Revolution
- Lesson 2: The French Revolution
- Lesson 3: Latin America
- Lesson 4: 1848-Europe at war with itself
- Lesson 5: Nationalism versus imperialism
- Unit 3: World War I
- Lesson 1: Causes
- Lesson 2: The war
- Lesson 3: Peace
- Lesson 4: Lasting effects on the world
- Unit 4: The Russian Revolution
- Lesson 1: The Romanovs
- Lesson 2: Revolution comes to St. Petersburg
- Lesson 3: Bolsheviks and Soviets
- Unit 5: Dictators
- Lesson 1: Italy
- Lesson 2: Germany
- Lesson 3: China
- Lesson 4: Japan
- Unit 6: World War II
- Lesson 1: Causes
- Lesson 2: Axis successes and failures
- Lesson 3: Allies successes and failures
- Lesson 4: The Holocaust
- Unit 7: Aftermath of World War II
- Lesson 1: Results
- Lesson 2: United Nations
- Lesson 3: Cold War and conflict
- Lesson 4: Nuclear age
Module 4: Modern Era 1946-Present Day
- Unit 1: New Nations and New Leadership
- Lesson 1: Africa
- Lesson 2: Middle East
- Lesson 3: Asia
- Unit 2: 1950 to the Millennium
- Lesson 1: Africa
- Lesson 2: Middle East conflict
- Lesson 3: Asia
- Lesson 4: Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
- Lesson 5: Latin America
- Unit 3: Millennium and Beyond
- Lesson 1: Global village
- Lesson 2: Energy and technology
- Lesson 3: Trade and economics
- Lesson 4: Environment
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