MO Social Studies Standards (World History, 6-8)

Create and use tools to analyze a chronological sequence of related events in world history.

Explain connections between historical context and peoples' perspectives at the time in world history.

With assistance, develop a research plan, identify appropriate resources for investigating social studies topics and create a research product which applies an aspect of world history prior to c.1450 to a contemporary issue.

Using an inquiry lens, develop compelling questions about world history prior to c. 1450, to determine helpful resources and consider multiple points of views represented in the resources.

Analyze the causes and consequences of a specific problem in world history prior to c. 1450 as well as the challenges and opportunities faced by those trying to address the problem.

Explain the causes and results of the Agricultural Revolution in relation to the development of new and more complex societies in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

Analyze the role early civilizations had in shaping concepts of government, law, and social order.

Explain how the Crusades, Black Death, and the resulting exchanges that followed, impacted Europe and led to the Renaissance and Scientific Revolution.

Analyze the rise and fall of classical civilizations to determine their significance to future societies.

Trace the impact of conflicts, competition, and cooperation within and among classical civilizations.

Explain the challenges and benefits of large land empires including those found in Russia, China, and the Middle East.

Compare how the collapse of government and resulting instability led to the development of feudal kingdoms in Europe and Japan.

Explain the origins and significance of the expansion of the Muslim and Mongol rule in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Analyze how the Crusades and Black Death affected existing societies in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Analyze the cultures of civilizations in sub-Saharan Africa, Mesoamerica, and Andean South America.

Analyze world-wide imperialism in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries to determine its causes and consequences.

Trace the origins, and relationships among the world wars, revolutions, and global conflicts of the twentieth century to determine their impacts on the world today.

Analyze the varying process of colonization and decolonization to compare their impact on and legacies in the world today.

Analyze laws, policies, and processes to determine how governmental systems affect individuals and groups in society in world history prior to c.1450.

Explain the origins, functions, and structure of monarchies, theocracies, city states, empires and dynasties.

Distinguish the powers and responsibilities of subjects and political leaders in monarchies, theocracies, city-states, and empires.

Explain how the codification of law impacted early civilizations.

Explain the origins, functions, and structure of governmental systems within classical civilizations.

Analyze direct democracy and representative democracy in order to apply the concepts of majority rule, minority rights and civic duty.

Explain how the rule of law developed from a written code of laws as well as concepts of separation of powers and checks and balances.

Explain the origins, functions, and structure of governmental systems within civilizations.

Explain how concepts such as the rule of law, limited government and due process are developed through the Magna Carta, and other influential documents.

Analyze the conflict and cooperation between religions and the states to determine their impact on people and societies.

Describe how physical characteristics of river valleys supported permanent settlements and the rise of early civilizations.

Analyze the cultural characteristics of civilizations to explain how they are similar and different.

Explain how various characteristics of civilizations are connected to identities and cultures.

Explain how the movement of people, goods, and ideas impact world regions.

Explain the significance of physical geography to the development of classical civilizations.

Explain how the spread of cultural patterns and economic decisions shape and are shaped by environments.

Explain how physical geographic characteristics influence human identities and cultures.

Using a world history lens, explain how the concept of economic surplus led to trade and the emergence of specialized labor.

Explain how standardization affects the early stability of a society.

Describe trade patterns and how they influence the movement of resources, goods and services.

Explain how standardization impacts the stability of a civilization.

Explain how political and economic stability affects the well-being of individuals and society.

Explain how inter-regional trade intensified the exchange of goods, ideas and people.

Examine the connections among natural resources, entrepreneurship, innovation, labor, and capital to determine their effects on an industrial economy in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.

Using a world history lens, describe how peoples' perspectives shaped the sources/artifacts they created.

Using a world history lens, examine the origins and impact of social structures and stratification on societies and relationships between peoples.

Explain the significance of monotheistic and polytheistic religions to the social and political order of early civilizations.

Describe the origins, structure, and essential beliefs of Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism.

Describe how the world view of social groups and institutions influence culture and define the position of the individual within various societies.

Analyze scientific, technological, intellectual, and artistic advancements to determine the legacy of the ancient civilizations.

Describe how a peoples' culture is expressed through their art, architecture and literature.

Explain the significance of art, mythology, literature and philosophy to the culture and social order of classical civilizations.

Analyze scientific, technological, intellectual, and artistic advancements to determine the legacy of the classical civilizations.

Analyze the extent and impact of cultural diffusion that results from empire building.

From a historical perspective, explain the origin, structure, spread, and significant beliefs of Christianity.

Analyze scientific, technological, intellectual, and artistic advancements to determine the legacy of European, African and Mesoamerican civilizations.

From a historical perspective, explain the origin, structure, spread, and significant beliefs of Islam.

Describe how the world view of individuals, social groups, and institutions change as a result of connections among regions.

Analyze the causes and effects of the changing roles of class, ethnicity, race, gender and age on world cultures prior to c. 1450.