World History 

Course Text: All Ye Lands, The Catholic Textbook Project

Scope and Sequence

Introduction to Geography: Reading maps, continents, climates
Prehistory: Beginning Man’s Story: Prehistory, Stone Ages, Sumer, Egypt
The Mission of Israel: Exodus, Promised Land, exile and return
The Marvelous Greeks: Athens, Sparta, Peloponnesian War, Greek philosophers, Alexander the Great
Eternal Rome: Roman Republic, Punic Wars, rise of the Caesars, decline of the Roman Empire
The Christian Church: A Gift from God: Life of Christ, early Church, persecutions, heresies, Constantine, Church Fathers
Byzantium and the Rise of Islam: Byzantine Empire, Eastern Church, Muhammad, Islam
Europe: The Middle Ages: Dark Ages, Holy Roman Empire, feudalism, Great Schism, Crusades, St. Dominic and St. Francis, Black Plague
Europe: The Renaissance, the Reformation, and the Modern World: The Renaissance, Protestant Revolt, modern science, literature, “Glorious Revolution,” French Revolution
China: The Middle Kingdom: Chinese culture, Confucius, Buddhism, dynasties, modern China, Communism
Japan: Land of the Rising Sun: Japanese culture and arts, history
India: The World of the Rajas: Ancient history, caste system, religions, empires and modern India
Africa: The Enduring Continent: African cultures, early civilizations, history
Russia: The “Third Rome”: Early history, tsars, Ivan the Terrible, Napoleon’s invasion, Communist Russia
North America: Land of Opportunity: English colonies, settlement of the West, Revolutionary War, slavery and the Civil War
Latin America: Lands of Many Cultures: Ancient history, conquest of Mexico and Peru, Mexican and South American revolutions