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VI. Curriculum Pacing
Course Overview by Timeframes, addressing main ideas (Subject to changes)
1. Foundations (5 weeks in fall) World Geography/Skills Overview Physical and environmental conditions. Draw the world; develop thinking skills for world cultures Distribution of populations and languages; Patterns of diffusion and independent invention Human development, languages, agriculture Early Civilizations Emergence of hominids and of Homo sapiens Distribution of language groups; Centers of agriculture and animal husbandry "Complex societies": Mesopotamia, Egypt, Harappa, early China Classical age: Mediterranean world, South and West Asia, East Asia Global connections in commerce and religion Late Antiquity and Continental Migrations. Roman and Han empires (management of empire and commerce); Migrations in Europe, Africa, and `Asia. Religion in the First Millennium. Christianity and its divisions; Buddhism in expansion; Local religious traditions Connections in Society and Economy. Commercial techniques (... or "technology and winds"); Indian Ocean commerce
2. 600-1450 (6 weeks) The World in 600. (2 weeks) Questions of periodization- why this time period? turning points within? Nature of philosophy and knowledge; Spread of Islam (General topics- Roots of European Renaissance, Muslim, Chinese, Hindu philosophy, Sundiata. Questions of interpretation- cultural areas vs. nation-states, nomadic migrations vs. urban growth, feudalism (in Europe and in Japan?), Renaissances around the world. A world economic system? Interregional Networks as a Theme throughout this period. (1 week) Trade : Indian Ocean trade, Trans-Saharan Trade Routes, Silk Road and Spice Routes across Eurasia, Intra- American trade Technology : military, transportation, communication Cultural change: movement of religious ideas and merchants, migrant communities Asserting Influence: Greater East Asia. (1 1/2 weeks) The Eurasian steppe- Mongol movement / Importance of the Song economic revolution Case Study: Chinese influence on Japan and its limits The Islamic World. (1 week) Role of Islam as a unifying cultural force in Eurasia and Africa; Islam's impact on the Sudanese kingdoms and West Africa; the Delhi Sultanate Impact of migrations and religious reform movements in expanding Islamic society Impact of Islam on the arts and sciences
Changes in Christianity. (1 week) Restructuring of European society, including the growth of central monarchies in the west Division of Christendom into Eastern and Western Christian cultures Technological Achievements in Isolation: Case Studies of Amerindian Civilizations and Non-Islamic Africa. (1 week) Great Zimbabwe, Maya, Toltec, Aztec, Inca Demographic and environmental changes. (1 week) Using demographic indicators to "read history" Impact of nomadic migrations on Afro- Eurasia Migration of agricultural peoples Consequences of plague pandemics in the 14th century
3. 1450-1750 (5 weeks) Global Interaction (1 weeks) Exploration in the Americas (the three G's) Case studies: Spain, Aztec and Inca. Ottoman Empire and the West; Russia's interaction with Europe; Tokugawa Japan and Portugal; Mughal India and the West; The Dutch and SE Asia Fur trade in Americas Consequences of Encounter (1-2 weeks) Population changes (migrations, mortality and marriage: the three M's) Environmental change ( land use, agricultural product exchange, urbanization) Cultural interaction - Social hierarchy/ change Economic relationships - Mercantilism, Early capitalism- labor systems Growth and Stability of Empires ( 1-2 weeks) General empire building : political succession, involvement of segments of society, foreign affairs, commerce, relationship between religion and state, military expansion Case studies: Europe- England and France; China: Ming and Qing; Ottoman; African empires (case study Kongo, Benin, Ono or Songhay) Developments in Knowledge and Culture (1-2weeks) Scientific Revolution (advances as well as limits on European knowledge) Enlightenment - Renaissance, Religion- Reformation, Astronomy, Politics Global causes and impacts of cultural change - Family/ social changes (Europe, China, Japan);Religion (Indigenous religions in Americas and in Africa, Christianity in China); Foods (dietary changes in China, Europe, sub-Saharan Africa); Trade- crops, porcelain, technologies Neoconfucianism (and reaction against) in China and Japan; Chinese literature: Dream of the Red Chamber and Journey to the West; Japanese theater (kabuki and bunraku) Developments and Exchanges in the arts; Mughal - cultural patronage, cultural conservatism (i.e. printing press); Russia- Peter the Great, Catherine the Great
4. 1750-1914 (6 weeks) Revolution and nation. (1 week) Migration and identity Revolution in America and Europe Demography and environment. (1 week) Population growth (Europe, Americas, East Asia) and decline (Africa) Declining death rates Changing family structures Forests, plains, and cultivable land Industry, trade, and technology. (1 weeks) International commercial competition Factory production Global linkages in production and transportation Emergence of industrial work forces Social change - emancipation. (1 weeks) Emergence of anti-slavery movements Movements for workers' emancipation Campaigns for emancipation of serfs in Russia and women in China Maintenance of African slavery under colonial rule Politics - Nations and Empires. (1 week) Coalescence of nations in Europe and the Americas Monarchy and republic Expansion of new empires
The West. (1 week) The debate of the Ancients and the Moderns European notions of classification and progress Development of the idea of The West
5. 1914-PRESENT (5 weeks) Ideology (1 week) Political ways of looking at the world (Authoritarian states, Democracy, Fascism, Marxism) Economic systems (Socialism, Capitalism, Communism) Cultural lenses (feminism, postmodernism, religious etc.) Change: Politics and War (2 weeks) Revolution- Russia, China, Cuba, Iran - New forces of revolution and political innovations Dictatorship - Spanish Civil war (Franco), Chile (Allende, Pinochet), Stalinist Russia, Cultural Revolution in China Colonial rule and Decolonization- Interwar years (Overview and Case study of India) Independence Struggles (Ghana (Nkrumah) and Algeria) Decolonization: Overview and case study of two places (Vietnam & England in Africa) Break-up of the Soviet Union War - World Wars, Causes, Russian role, Japanese actions, Effects of wars outside Europe (in colonies and in Pacific esp.), Nuclear proliferation; Ideological vs. Ethnic struggles Identity (2 weeks) Social Reform and Revolution - Issues of Gender, Race, Class and Age Global Culture and Science - Developments in global and regional cultures; MTV, Coca Cola, McDonalds. Use of English; Interactions between elite and popular culture and art; Impressionism/ cubism (Picasso); Artistic Modernism; Existentialism, Freudian psychology Literary movements: post war (Orwell), post independence (Achebe); Global cultural forces and patterns of resistance; Mass communications; Education; Scientific Developments (Physics, Communications (radio, TV, movies, computers)). Human Rights - Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Holocausts (Bosnia, Jewish, Rwanda, Kosovo) Community: Social and Economic (1 weeks) Urbanization - Migration; Environmental impact; Literacy Global Economy - Great Depression- international repercussions Legacies of Colonialism in Africa, Asia and Latin America Technology/ global industrialization ;Pacific Rim; Multinational Corporations/ International Organizations-WTO, ASEAN, EU, OPEC, NAFTA); Environmental implications. International organizations (Third World, West, power balance) contrasted with the goals of international organizations; League of Nations; United Nations; Others ( OAS, NATO); Case study: Population (statistics, medical revolution, urban population density)
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