World History A - SST794

Course Equivalency

SS100A

Course Description 

World History begins with a focus on the skills needed to read, understand, and analyze history, also demonstrating how historians and social scientists arrive at their conclusions about human history.  Semester A covers the history of civilization from hunter-gatherer societies through the characteristics of the earliest civilizations to the Enlightenment period in Western Europe. The second half of Semester A explores early intellectual, spiritual, and political movements and their impact on interactions among world cultures.

Major Concepts

• How Historians Understand the Past
• The Rise of Nations
• Europe Divided
• Empires in the East
• An Age of Discovery
• Struggle for Independence

Course Syllabus

Grade Level

• 9-12

Materials

• None

Duration

• 1 semester/0.5 credit