Middle School World History Curriculum
During this year, students will learn about how civilizations came to be and how past events and people helped shape the world we live in. Students will discover how the first human societies lived and interacted, and how different periods in history affected progress. A world history curriculum for middle school will also incorporate reading and writing to help students develop their literacy skills even further.
What Do You Learn in World History?
The study of world history helps students gain a better understanding of the events that have shaped our world, understand current world issues and how they relate to each other. It focuses on the history of early civilizations, various nations, and their differences and similarities. This means that a middle school world history curriculum should include information that spans several time periods, places, ancient empires, and more.
Below is what you can expect your child to learn with a middle school world history curriculum.
- The beginnings of human societies
- How the Sumerians created the world’s first advanced society
- The beginning of human migration
- Egyptian gods and goddesses
- Early civilizations in the world
- The middle ages and renaissance
- How the crusades changed Europe forever
- Imperialism, World War I and World War II
How to Teach World History
Teaching world history to middle school students doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Once you have the world history lesson plans in place, it will be simple to follow a sequence. This will allow you to be prepared beforehand and ready to engage your students and get them excited about learning world history.
Below are a few steps to help you get started.
- Teach using the sequence of your world history curriculum. This will help ensure that your child builds on what they already know.
- Help your child make connections to different cultures and civilizations.
- Focus on concepts and different ideologies in history rather than facts. This will help students better retain information.
- Break up the content if necessary, making sure to take time to discuss openly and answer questions.
- Incorporate hands-on activities and encourage your child to take notes.
- Assess what your child knows with a test or another assessment method.
- It’s fine to spend an extended amount of time teaching about specific time periods in certain regions.
- Make sure to incorporate hands-on activities throughout your lessons.
- Engage your students by asking them questions and starting a discussion. This promotes more understanding than rote memorization.
- Use multimedia to enhance what you are teaching
- Incorporate field trips. Seeing, touching and experiencing history first hand will have a big impact on your students.
Why Choose Time4Learning’s Middle School World History Curriculum
Our world history curriculum covers all the information your middle schooler needs in our detailed lessons and engaging activities. We help students learn about the diverse history and past events that helped shape the world they live in. Families around the nation use Time4Learning as their main curriculum or as supplemental help for their after schooler and skill builders.
The interactive, comprehensive curriculum helps learners understand all the progress that has taken place and how it affects their way of life today. Students will learn through the use of engaging video lessons led by experienced teachers that help them gain a thorough understanding of the material with humor, real-world connections, and positive reinforcement.
Below are some additional benefits of the Time4Learning world history homeschool curriculum.
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