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A world history course focused on global patterns, comparison, causation, exchange networks, empire, revolution, industrialization, decolonization, and modern globalization.

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World History curriculum

A world history course focused on global patterns, comparison, causation, exchange networks, empire, revolution, industrialization, decolonization, and modern globalization.

Pacing
8 units, 24-34 weeks self-paced
Units
8 unit sequence
Practice
640 checked answers
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Self-paced or tutor-guided
Outcomes
  • Compare societies across regions without flattening them into stereotypes.
  • Explain causation, continuity, change, and global exchange with evidence.
  • Write historical arguments from primary and secondary sources.

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  1. 01

    Historical thinking and world regions

    • Use chronology, geography, sourcing, and comparison.
    • Question period labels and regional boundaries.

    Practice: Build a region-and-period map with one limitation noted for each label.

  2. 02

    Early civilizations and belief systems

    • Compare river-valley societies, states, religions, and philosophies.
    • Use evidence from material culture and texts.

    Practice: Compare two early societies using governance, economy, belief, and environment.

  3. 03

    Classical empires and exchange

    • Analyze empire building, trade routes, migration, and cultural exchange.
    • Explain collapse and continuity.

    Practice: Trace one good, idea, or disease across an exchange network.

  4. 04

    Postclassical worlds

    • Compare Islamic, African, European, American, South Asian, and East Asian developments.
    • Explain trade, technology, and state formation.

    Practice: Write a comparison paragraph across two postclassical regions.

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