本課程探討世界各地社會和文明的歷史,從最早期到公元1500年左右。 學生將調查一系列因素,這些因素促成了全世界各種古代和前現代社會的興起,成功和衰落,並將研究這些社會的生活以及這些社會的文化和政治遺產。 在調查各種社會和不同歷史時期的社會,政治,經濟結構和歷史力量時,學生將擴展他們運用歷史思維和歷史探究過程的概念的能力,包括對證據的解釋和分析。
A. HISTORICAL INQUIRY AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
Throughout this course, students will:
- Historical Inquiry: use the historical inquiry process and the concepts of historical thinking when investigating aspects of world history to 1500;
- Developing Transferable Skills: apply in everyday contexts skills developed through historical investigation, and identify careers in which these skills might be useful.
B. EARLY SOCIETIES AND RISING CIVILIZATIONS
- Early Societies: analyse the evolution of early societies in various parts of the world, including factors that were necessary for their development (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Continuity and Change)
- Social, Economic, and Political Context: analyse key social, economic, and political structures and/or developments in three or more early societies and emerging cradles of civilization, each from a different region and a different period prior to 1500, and explain their impact on people’s lives (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Historical Perspective)
- Cooperation, Conflict, and Rising Civilizations: analyse, with reference to specific early societies and emerging cradles of civilization, each from a different region and a different period prior to 1500, how interactions within and between societies contributed to the development of civilizations (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Continuity and Change)
C. FLOURISHING SOCIETIES AND CIVILIZATIONS
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
- Social, Economic, and Political Context: analyse key social, economic, and political structures and developments in three or more flourishing societies/civilizations, each from a different region and a different period prior to 1500 (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Cause and Consequence)
- Stability and Expansion: analyse how various factors contributed to the stability, consolidation, and/or expansion of flourishing societies/civilizations from different regions and different periods prior to 1500 (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Continuity and Change)
- Identity, Citizenship, and Culture: assess the contributions of various individuals and groups to the development of identity, citizenship, and culture in three or more flourishing societies/ civilizations, each from a different region and a different period prior to 1500 (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Historical Perspective)
D. CIVILIZATIONS IN DECLINE
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
- Social, Economic, and Political Context: explain the role of various social, economic, and political events and developments in the decline of three or more societies/civilizations, each from a different region and different period prior to 1500, and how these factors affected people living in these societies (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Cause and Consequence)
- Interrelationships: analyse how interrelationships with other societies and with the environment contributed to the decline of three or more societies/civilizations, each from a different region and different period prior to 1500 (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Continuity and Change)
- Cultural Characteristics and Identity: analyse aspects of culture and identity in three or more societies/ civilizations in decline, each from a different region and different period prior to 1500 (FOCUS ON: Continuity and Change; Historical Perspective)
E. THE LEGACY OF CIVILIZATIONS
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS
By the end of this course, students will:
- Social, Cultural, and Political Heritage: analyse the socio-economic, cultural, and political legacies of societies/civilizations from three or more regions and from different periods prior to 1500 (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Continuity and Change)
- The Legacy of Interactions: analyse various types of interactions between societies prior to 1500 and how societies benefited from and were harmed by such interactions (FOCUS ON: Cause and Consequence; Historical Perspective)
- The Fifteenth-Century World: demonstrate an understanding of the general social, economic, and political context in societies in two or more regions of the world in the fifteenth century (FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Historical Perspective)
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