Tenth Grade – World History

Standard 1: Geography

Benchmark: Understand the impact of geographic location on the growth of civilizations

a. TLW identify early river valley civilizations

b. TLW state the importance of geographic location to growth of civilizations

Benchmark: Show ability to use maps, charts, and graphs

a. TLW locate historically significant cities, nations, and empires on maps

b. TLW solve problems by reading a chart or graph

Standard 2: History

Benchmark: Recognize the importance of people and events on the history of the world

a. TLW identify important people and their impact on the world

b. TLW identify important events and their impact on the world

Benchmark: Understand the impact of war on the history of the world

a. TLW explain the cause and effect of events leading up to, during, and after various wars

Benchmark: Understand the impact of art on the history of the world

a. TLW identify artists and their impact on their civilization

Benchmark: Compare various religions of the world

a. TLW explain the impact of religious beliefs on civilizations

b. TLW explain basic beliefs of various world religions

c. TLW identify religious leaders and their religions

Standard 3: Political Science and Citizenship

Benchmark: Explain the different forms of government

a. TLW define the forms of government that have impacted history

b. TLW compare governments of the world

c. TLW identify world leaders and their governments

Benchmark: Use primary and secondary sources to understand the importance of major historical documents

a. TLW state the effect s of major historical documents on people and/or governments

Standard 4: Economics

Benchmark: Understand the worldwide impact of the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions

a. TLW identify inventors and their inventions

b. TLW explain the impact of the Industrial Rvolution to the growth of cities.

c. TLW state the affect of agricultural production to population growth

d. TLW explain the supply and demand principle