Intermediate World History

Castle Learning Online's Intermediate World History serves as an introduction to World History for middle school students, providing an overview of important events in civilizations around the globe spanning four major time periods:
  • Early Humans and Early River Civilizations (4000 BC-750 BC)
  • Ancient Civilizations (750 BC-500AD)
  • Early Civilizations (500-1200)
  • Global Interaction (1200-1650)
In addition, the World History Toolkit introduces students to basic concepts in social studies, including:
  • Why Study Social Studies
  • Tools, methods and resources used by Social Scientists
  • Occupations within the Social Sciences
  • Reliability of sources
  • Geographic terms and places
  • Map skills
  • Chronology
Intermediate World History makes extensive use of supplementary information such as maps, tables, charts, graphs, outlines and reading passages. Many questions, hints are reasons are illustrated with drawings, photographs and artwork. Extension questions presented in the reasons challenge students to think about the impact of these early events on society today.

Units: (click to view Sections)
  1. World History Toolkit
  2. Early Humans and Early River Civilizations (4000 BC-750 BC)
  3. Ancient Civilizations (750 BC-500AD)
  4. Early Civilizations (500-1200)
  5. Global Interaction (1200-1650)
 Themes:
  1. Achievements
  2. Belief Systems
  3. Challenges in the 21st Century
  4. Demography
  5. Economy
  6. Geography
  7. Government
  8. History
  9. Human Rights
  10. Impact on the Western Hemisphere
  11. Interdependence
  12. Key People and Groups
  13. Movement of People and Goods
  14. Science and Technology
  15. Tools in Social Science
 Attributes:
  1. Map
  2. Cartoon
  3. Graph/Chart
  4. Table
  5. Speaker
  6. Artwork/Diagram
  7. Quotation
  8. Outline
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