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Class Syllabus: World Cultures and World Discoveries
Course Content – This course is designed to provide students the opportunity to study the people and places of today’s world. Students learn about the impact of people on historical and present-day events in a variety of societies and identify the locations and geographic characteristics these display. Throughout, students are introduced to the diverse methods for structuring economic and governmental systems, the concept of limited and unlimited government, and the nature of citizenship as presented by varying world cultures.
Further, students learn to compare institutions common to all societies such as government, economics, education, and religion. Finally, the development of societies and points of view reflected concerning development of a civilization are explored. Tentatively, societies studied will be as follows:
First Six Weeks – Getting Started
 Five Foundations of Social Studies Map Skills, landforms, and geography terms
Mesopotamia and Early Egypt
Second Six Weeks
Africa south of the Sahara
North Africa and the Middle East
Third Six Weeks
Asia
Fourth Six Weeks
Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica
Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome
Medieval Europe
The Renaissance
Fifth Six Weeks
Industrial Revolution
Twentieth Century Wars
Modern Europe / Russia
Sixth Six Weeks
North America
South America
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