Standards addressed
1. describe the relationships between people and environments and the
connections between people and places
2. understand the development and interactions of social/cultural,
political, economic, and religious systems in different regions of the world
3. analyze how the forces of cooperation and conflict among people
influence the division and control of the Earth�s surface
4. know some important historic events and developments of past
civilizations
5. interpret and analyze documents and artifacts related to significant
developments and events in world history
6. understand the development and connectedness of Western civilization
and other civilizations and cultures in many areas of the world and over time
7. analyze historic events from around the world by examining accounts
written from different perspectives
8. understand the broad patterns, relationships, and interactions of
cultures and civilizations during particular eras and across eras
9. analyze evidence critically and demonstrate an understanding of how
circumstances of time and place influence perspective
10. analyze the roles and contributions of individuals and groups to
social, political, economic, cultural, and religious practices and activities
11. plan and organize historical research projects related to regional
or global interdependence
12. analyze different interpretations of important events, issues, or
developments in world history by studying the social, political, and
economic context in which they were developed; by testing the data source
for reliability and validity, credibility, authority, authenticity, and
completeness; and by detecting bias, distortion of the facts, and propaganda
by omission, suppression, or invention of facts
13. investigate important events and developments in world history by
posing analytical questions, selecting relevant data, distinguishing fact
from opinion, hypothesizing cause-and-effect relationships, testing these
hypotheses, and forming conclusions
