Conecuh County Board of Education
Grade
PACING GUIDE
High School
1st and 2nd Nine Weeks, SY 2015-2016
Modern World History 1500 to the Present
Week
COS#
Standards / Objectives
9
References
Dates
Taught
Tested
College and Career Ready Standards
The following CCRS will be demonstrated throughout the entire course.
1. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date and origin of the
information.
2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over
the course of the text.
3. Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
4. Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary describing political, social, or economic aspects of
history/social science.
5. Analyze how a text uses structure to emphasize key points or advance an explanation or analysis.
6. Compare the point of view of two or more authors for how they treat the same or similar topics, including which details they include and emphasize in
their respective accounts.
7. Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text.
8. Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author’s claims.
9. Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources.
10. By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 9-10 complexity band independently and proficiently.
First Nine Weeks
Introduction to Course
Chapter 1
Unit 1: Renaissance and Reformation
European
1
Describe developments in Italy and Northern Europe during the Renaissance period with
Renaissance and
respect to humanism, arts and literature, intellectual development, increased trade, and
Reformation
advances in technology.
Weeks
3
Explain causes of the Reformation and its impact, including tensions between religious and
Chapter 5 Section 3
1-3
secular authorities, reformers and doctrines, the Counter-Reformation, the English
pgs. 169-170
Aug 11-28
Reformation, and wars of religion.
Religious Wars
2
2.1
Unit 2: Exploration and Enlightenment
Describe the role of mercantilism and imperialism in European exploration and colonization in
the sixteenth century, including the Columbian Exchange.
Describing the impact of the Commercial Revolution on European society
Chapter 3 An Age
of Exploration and
Isolationism
Conecuh County Board of Education
Grade
PACING GUIDE
High School
1st and 2nd Nine Weeks, SY 2015-2016
Modern World History 1500 to the Present
2.2
Weeks
4-6
Aug 31Sep 18
4
11.1
6
Weeks
7-9
Sep 21Oct 9
5
5.1
5.2
5.3
7.1
7
7.2
7.3
7.4
9
Identifying major ocean currents, wind patterns, landforms, and climates affecting European
exploration
Explain the relationship between physical geography and cultural development in India, Africa,
Japan, and China in the early Global Age, including trade and travel, natural resources, and
movement and isolation of peoples and ideas.
Describing resistance to European imperialism in Africa, Japan, and China.
Identify significant ideas and achievements of scientists and philosophers of the Scientific
Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment.
Constitution Day: September 17
Unit 3: Revolution and Industrialization
Describe the rise of absolutism and constitutionalism and their impact on European nations.
Contrasting philosophies of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and the belief in the divine right of
kings
Comparing absolutism as it developed in France, Russia, and Prussia, including the reigns of
Louis XIV, Peter the Great, and Frederick the Great
Identifying major provisions of the Petition of Rights and the English Bill of Rights
Identifying causes of the French Revolution
Describe the impact of the French Revolution on Europe, including political evolution, social
evolution, and diffusion of nationalism and liberalism.
Describing the influence of the American Revolution upon the French Revolution
Identifying objectives of different groups participating in the French Revolution
Describing the role of Napoleon as an empire builder
Chapter 4
The Atlantic World
Chapter 6
Enlightenment and
Revolution
Chapter 5
Section 2 Reign of
Louis XIV
Chapter 7
The French
Revolution and
Napoleon
Conecuh County Board of Education
Grade
PACING GUIDE
High School
1st and 2nd Nine Weeks, SY 2015-2016
Modern World History 1500 to the Present
Second Nine Weeks
Weeks
9
1-3
Oct 12-30
9.1
9.2
5.3
Weeks
4-6
Nov 2-20
10.1
10
11
11.1
12
Weeks
7-9
Nov 30-Dec
18
11
12
9
Describe the impact of technological inventions, conditions of labor, and the economic theories
of capitalism, liberalism, socialism, and Marxism during the Industrial Revolution on the
economics, society, and politics of Europe.
Identifying important inventors in Europe during the Industrial Revolution
Comparing the Industrial Revolution in England with later revolutions in Europe
Identifying major provisions of the Petition of Rights and the English Bill of Rights
Chapter 9
The Industrial
Revolution
Describing the search for political democracy and social justice in the Western World
Describe the influence of urbanization during the nineteenth century on the Western World.
Describe the impact of European nationalism and Western imperialism as forces of global
transformation, including the unification of Italy and Germany, the rise of Japan’s power in East
Asia, economic roots of imperialism, imperialist ideology, colonialism and national rivalries, and
United States imperialism.
Describing resistance to European imperialism in Africa, Japan, and China
Explain causes and consequences of World War I, including imperialism, militarism, nationalism,
and the alliance system.
Chapter 10
An Age of
Democracy and
Progress
Describe the impact of European nationalism and Western imperialism as forces of global
transformation, including the unification of Italy and Germany, the rise of Japan’s power in East
Asia, economic roots of imperialism, imperialist ideology, colonialism and national rivalries, and
United States imperialism.
Explain causes and consequences of World War I, including imperialism, militarism, nationalism,
and the alliance system.
Chapter 12
Transformations
Around the Globe
Chapter 5 Section 5
Parliament Limits
the English
Monarchy
Chapter 11
The Age of
Imperialism