World History First Semester Bundle-River Valley Civilizations to Reformation

- A comprehensive, complete semester curriculum for a World History course. Takes learners through the Neolithic Revolution (10,000 BC) all the way too the Reformation and Scientific Revolution (approx. 1600 AD)

-No textbook needed! Everything is provided in the bundle, including guided readings with links to a FREE online, scholastic history book.

-Hundreds of dollars cheaper than the competitors with more up to date lessons, assessments, and readings

The bundle includes:

1. PowerPoints/lectures introducing the major themes of each unit
2. Guided, fill-in the blank notes for each PowerPoint/lecture that are IEP/504 friendly
3. Readings and articles that help students delve deeper into historically relevant topics
4. Each unit comes with multiple guided readings with a link to a FREE, online textbook
5. DBQ's for elevated reasoning and thinking
6. Quizzes and exams are provided for each chapter for summative assessments
7. Activities/games/history mysteries are provided to engage students in deeper understanding of topics
8. Mini projects allow students to showcase knowledge in a fun way
9. Movie/Video guides for viewing assistance
10. Semester Exam Review
11. Semester Exam

-Covers the following topics:

1. Unit 1- River Valley Civilizations and Religions- Mesopotamia, Egypt, Han and Gupta civ., the Indus Valley, Neolithic revolution, Hammurabi, agriculture, domestication, irrigation, migration patterns, 5 characteristics of a civilization, etc.
2. Unit 2- Ancient Greece and Rome- Ancient Greek government, religion, architecture, Hellenism, Alexander the Great, Persian Wars, Last stand of the 300, Trojan War, Achilles, Paris, Hector, and Greek Mythology, direct democracy, The founding of Rome, Romulus and Remus, Ancient Roman Achievements, republic, the senate, plebeians, Julius Caesar, dictator, Octavian, Jesus Christ and the Rise of Christianity, etc.
3. Unit 3- Africa and Islam- African geography, language, Bantu and Swahili culture, religion, Mansa Musa, Ezana, Mali, Axum, Ghana, 5 pillars of Islam, Muhammad, Qu'ran, Ramadan, Mecca, Abraham, Safavids, Mughals, and Ottoman Empire
4. Unit 4- Classical China, Japan and Korea- Goryeo, Gojoseon, Korean art, architecture, culture, Silla, Three Kingdoms, Ming, Yuan, Genghis Khan, Shi- Huang-di, Zheng He, Wu Zetian, Qin, Qing, Daimyo, Tang Dynasty, Song dynasty, Han Dynasty, Bushido Code, Samurai, Japanese geography, shogun, isolationism
5. Unit 5- The Empires and Cultures of Meso-America- Mayan, Aztec, and Incan art, architecture, language, religions, customs, and decline, Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro, Montezuma II, conquistadors, Tenochtitlan, Machu Picchu, Cuzco, the Mayan calendar, polytheism
6. Unit 6- Middles Ages- Sacrament, barter economy, market economy, Interdict, Curia, Interdict, Inquisition, Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror, War of the Roses, Parliament, Charlamagne, Urban II, Joan of Arc, Vikings, excommunication, vassal, chivalry, feudalism, Hundred Years War, Catholic Church, Bubonic Plague/Black Death, manorial system, Charles the Hammer, the Crusades, Magna Carta and More!
7. Unit 7- The Renaissance and Reformation- Causes of the Reformation, Martin Luther, 95 Theses, Pope Leo X, indulgences, sacraments, Henry the VIII, Edict of Worms, Queen Elizabeth, John Calvin, humanism, DaVinci, Raphael, Petrarch, Boccaccio, Humanists, Christine de Pizan, Elizabethan Age, Gutenberg's Printing Press, Ptolemy, Heliocentric Theory, Copernicus, Kepler, scientific method, hypothesis, Francis Bacon, Isaac Newton, Brahe, Descartes, Vesalius, Galileo and more!