ONE-CREDIT MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSE
MS World History explores the social, cultural, and technological developments occurring concurrently in Europe, Africa, and Asia in the years AD 500–1789. It also examines how archaeologists and historians uncover the past. students study the Renaissance, Reformation, and the Age of Exploration, examining the growing economic interaction among civilizations. Students learn about the exchange of ideas, beliefs, technologies, and commodities. They learn about the resulting growth of Enlightenment philosophy and the new examination of the concepts of reason and authority, the natural rights of human beings and the divine right of kings, experimentalism in science, and the dogma of belief. Finally, students assess the political forces let loose by the Enlightenment, particularly the rise of democratic ideas, and they learn about the continuing influence of these ideas in the world today.
