Grade 8 · History and Geography
A survey of world history: ancient civilizations, Islamic civilization, the Americas and Asia, medieval Europe and Africa, Renaissance to revolutions, world wars and the modern world.
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11 sections · 33 lessons · 3.1 hours · 1 assessmentsDescription
Grade 8 completes the Core Knowledge sequence with a chronological survey of world history. Students revisit the first civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Israel, Greece, India, China and Rome; study the rise of Islam and Islamic civilization; explore the Maya, Aztec and Inca, imperial China, Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia; and trace medieval Europe, Russia and the West African empires. They follow the Renaissance and Reformation, exploration and the slave trade, the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment, political and industrial revolutions, imperialism and the world wars, and finish with the postwar world, decolonization, the Cold War's end and global challenges today.
Source: Core Knowledge Sequence — Content and Skill Guidelines (Core Knowledge Foundation), licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Adapted, illustrated and translated into Arabic for Smart.edu-gate.pro; offered free of charge.
Prerequisites: None. Each grade builds on the previous one.
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- 3.1 hours of content
- Smart Instructor with cited answers
- AI-generated practice & adaptive remediation
- Verifiable certificate of completion