In California (and many other states, apparently) History, in a chronological sense, begins in 4th grade. That year you learn state history. Then you study U.S. History in 5th, 8th, and 11th grade. I’m down with that – and then I think 12th should be Civics.
That setup means 6th, 7th, 9th, and 10th can be devoted to World History. I was looking at the textbooks I use, and their about 35 chapters long. So here’s how it should break down, in my ideal curriculum:
Sixth
Grade: Ancient History
1:
Archaeology
2:
Hominid Ancestors
3:
Transition from Gathering to Farming
4:
Rise of Sumer
5:
What is Civilization? Life in Sumer
6:
Mesopotamian Societies
7:
Rise of Egypt
8:
Daily Life in Egypt
9:
Kush
10:
Judaism: Origins
11:
Judaism: Beliefs
12:
Mohenjo-Daro
13:
Hinduism: Origins
14:
Hinduism: Beliefs
15:
Buddhism: Origins
16:
Buddhism: Beliefs
17:
Maurya
18:
Guptas
19:
Shang China
20:
Philosophies
21:
Daily Life in Zhou China
22:
Qin Dynasty
23:
Han Dynasty
24:
Silk Road
25:
Mycenaeans and the Bronze Age Collapse
26:
City-states: Athens and Sparta
27:
The Persian Wars
28:
Daily Life in Classical Greece
29:
Macedonian Empires
30:
Roman Republic
31:
Transition to Empire
32:
Daily Life in Rome
33:
Christianity: Origins
34:
Christianity: Beliefs
35:
Collapse of the Roman Empire
Seventh
Grade: Medieval History
1:
From Rome to the “Dark Ages”
2:
Feudalism in Europe
3:
Catholicism in Europe
4:
Daily Life in the Middle Ages
5:
The Byzantine Empire
6:
Islam: Origins
7:
Islam: Beliefs
8:
Islamic Golden Age
9:
Islamic Expansion: Middle East, North Africa, and Europe
10:
Crusades
11:
Early West Africa
12:
Ghana
13:
Islam in West Africa: Mali
14:
Great Zimbabwe and the Swahili
15:
Mughals and Sikhism
16:
Tang and Song Politics
17:
Daily Life in the Song Dynasty
18:
Medieval Chinese Discoveries
19:
Ming Dynasty
20:
Japan: Origins to Heian
21:
Daily Life in Medieval Japan
22:
The Shogunate and Samurai Era
23:
Southeast Asian Kingdoms: Khmer
24:
Daily Life in Majapahit
25:
Australia’s Peoples
26:
Polynesia and the Tonga Empire
27:
Mayas
28:
Aztecs
29:
Daily Life in the Aztec Empire
30:
Inca
31:
The European Renaissance
32:
Renaissance Culture
33:
Printing and the Reformation
34:
Voyages of Exploration: Portugal and Spain
35:
Conquistadors and Consequences
Ninth
Grade: Transition to the Modern
1:
Scientific Revolution
2:
The European Enlightenment
3:
The French Revolution
4:
Napoleon and Conservative Monarchies
5:
Early Industrialization: Steam Power
6:
Factories
7:
Anti-Industrial Movements
8:
Nationalism and Romanticism: Greece
9:
South American Revolutions
10:
North and Central American Revolutions
11:
Imperialism and Colonization
12:
British India
13:
Daily Life in British India
14:
French Southeast Asia
15:
China: Qing Dynasty
16:
Opium Wars and Westernization
17:
Taiping and the Boxers
18:
Colonizing Oceania
19:
African Imperialism
20:
French Africa
21:
British Africa
22:
International Trade and Colonialism
23:
Transitioning Societies: South America
24:
Second Industrial Revolution
25:
Modern Technologies and Medicine
26:
Science Entering the 20th Century
27:
Feminism
28:
Modernism in Culture
29:
Leadup to World War I
30:
WWI in Europe
31:
Daily Life on the Western Front
32:
The Bolshevik Revolution
33:
Aftermath of WWI and the Spanish Flu
34:
Middle East after the Ottomans
35:
The Rise of Mass Culture
Tenth
Grade: The Modern World
1:
The Roaring Twenties
2:
The Great Depression
3:
The Rise of Fascism in Europe
4:
Fascism in Japan and War with China
5:
Europe Enters WWII
6:
The Holocaust
7:
The European Theater
8:
The Pacific Theater
9:
Internationalism After WWII
10:
The Early Cold War
11:
Chinese Communism: Mao
12:
Decolonization and the Third Way
13:
British Decolonization
14:
The Partition of India
15:
French Decolonization
16:
The Rise of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
17:
Cold War Proxy Wars
18:
Latin American Communism and Dictators
19:
Counterculture in the West
20:
Feminism and Rights Movements
21:
Environmentalism
22:
Rise of Computing
23:
Mid-Century Scientific Breakthroughs
24:
The Collapse of the Soviet Union
25:
The End of the Cold War
26:
China After Mao
27:
Remaining Tensions: India-Pakistan
28:
Remaining Tensions: Israel-Palestine
29:
Global Peace Movements
30:
The Internet
31:
“Tiger Economies”
32:
Global Terror
33:
Climate Change
34:
Far-Right Populism
35:
Looking to the Future
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