Curriculum Overview

1. Changing World Views
   1. Time Zones
   2. merchants/Exploreres/Pilgrims
2. The Early Middle Ages
   1. Fall of Rome
   2. The Germans
   3. The Vikings
3. Flowering of the East
   1. The Byzantine Empire
   2. The Spread of Islam
4. The Age of Feudalism
   1. Japan
   2. Japanese feudalism
   3. Feudal society - the Franks
   4. The Crusades
5. The Late Middle Ages
   1. Rise of Towns and Trades
   2. Rise of Absolute monarchs
6. The Beginning of Modern Times
   1. The Renaissance
   2. Scientific Revolution
   3. The Age of Discovery
7. The Changing World
   1. Olmecs, Mayas, Aztecs, Incas, South/Central America
   2. Political Revolutions/Englightenment
   3. The Rise of Industry
8. Map Skills
9. Current Events
10. Illinois History and Government

Across the Centuries Houghton Mifflin 2003