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DESTREHAN HIGH SCHOOL
World History: Spring 2024
TEACHER- Mr. Bertrand
UNIT 1 (Empires and Colonies)
The Persian Empire (Achaemenid Empire), Alexander the Great of Macedon, The Roman Empire, The Byzantine Empire, The Ayyubid Sultanate of Saladin (Islamic Empire), The Mongol Empire, The Qing Dynasty of China, The Mughal Empire of India, The Spanish Empire, The British Empire, The 1st French Empire (Napoleonic), The Mali Empire of Africa
Test 1: Monday, January 22nd, Test 2: Friday, February 2ndUNIT 2 (Slavery Through the Ages)
Slavery in Ancient Egypt, Slavery in Rome, The Viking’s slave trade, Feudal Serfdom of Europe, Slave Trade in the New World, Chattel Slavery of Africans in the United States, Indentured Servitude, Modern Slavery: Domestic servitude, child trafficking, child soldiers, sex trafficking.
Test 3 on Friday, February 9thUNIT 3 (Migrations and Movement of People)
Atlantic Slave Trade, Puritan Migration, California Gold Rush, The U.S. Great Migration of African Americans, Irish Migration of the Potato Famine, Partition of India, Latin American Migration to the U.S., Vietnamese Boat People, 20th Century Chinese Urban Migration, Syrian Refugee Crisis, Mariel boatlift (Cubans to the U.S. in 1980)
Test 4 on Friday, February 23rdUNIT 4 (The Influence of Religions)
Greek Paganism & The Roman Pantheon, Judaism: from the ancient Hebrews to Modern Israel, Catholicism in Europe and Beyond, The Protestant Reformation, The Ascent of Islam, Indian Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism of Asia, Shintoism of Japan
Test 5 on Friday, March 1stUNIT 5 (Never-Ending War)
The Second Punic War (Rome vs. Carthage), The Hundred Years’ War, The War of the Roses, The 30 Years’ War, The English Civil War, The Great Sioux War (Plains Indian Wars), World Wars, The Six Day War (Israel and the Arab World)
Test 6 on Wednesday, March 13th, Test 7 on Friday, March 22nd
UNIT 6 (Revolutions)The French Revolution, The Renaissance, The Enlightenment, The Scientific Revolution, The Industrial Revolution, The Agricultural Revolutions
Test 8 on Tuesday, April 9th, Test 9 on Friday, April 19thUNIT 7 (Diseases and Famine)
Covid-19 (2019-Present), The Black Death (The Plague-14th century), The Spanish Flu (1918 Influenza Pandemic), HIV/Aids (20th century), The Plague of Justinian (6th century Byzantium), The Antonine Plague (2nd century Rome), Cholera Pandemics, Yellow Fever Epidemic of New Orleans, Smallpox, Polio, Measles, and other diseases, The Great Famine (Ireland 19th century), The Great Chinese Famine of 1958-62, The Ethiopian Famine of 1983-85, Modern Famines of Somalia and Sudan.
Test 10 on Friday, April 26th, Test 11 on Wednesday, May 1st