World History Chapter 5 Activities from Paradigm Accelerated Curriculum

History can seem dry, dusty, and irrelevant. As a parent, you may be concerned about the worldview presented in modern history classes that affect your child’s understanding of the world.

People, Places, and Events of World History, by Paradigm Accelerated Curriculum, designed for high school students, studies the 15 basic components of cultures from 5000 BC through 2011 AD:

• Agriculture
• Architecture
• Communication
• Discoveries
• Dominant Personalities
• Education
• Families
• Food
• Government
• Industry
• Energy
• Military
• Religion
• Sports
• Transportation

Chapter one begins with evidence of civilization in the Fertile Crescent, and expands to the major continents of the world.

A conversational narrative style engages students, with the added bonus that selected vocabulary words are highlighted and defined to enrich the students’ understanding of the English language.

Illustrations and maps create mental images that help your child understand the People, Places, & Events of World History.

Each lesson emphasizes character principles to prompt students to consider how their world view of life is being shaped.

People, Places, & Events of World History consists of six chapters designed for one transcript credit.

CHAPTER 5 ACTIVITIES

• Time span: 1400 AD-1900 AD
  • Queen Elizabeth I
  • John Bunyan
  • John Wesley, George Whitfield, and the Great Awakening
  • Spaniards in America
  • Puritans, Pilgrims, and the Mayflower
  • Isaac Newton
  • Johannes Kepler
  • Joan of Arc
  • William Shakespeare
  • The King James Bible
  • Michelangelo
  • Raffaello Sanzio
  • Leonardo Da Vinci
  • John Milton
  • George Handel’s “Messiah”
  • La Salle
  • The U.S. Declaration of Independence
  • Napoleon
  • Marx
  • Lincoln
  • Lee
  • American Civil War
  • William Carey
  • The Salvation Army
  • Charles Spurgeon
  • Pasteur
  • The Industrial Revolution
  • Free markets
  • Founding Fathers
  • Patrick Henry
  • Simon Bolivar
  • Carver’s peanuts
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Von Goethe
  • Benjamin Franklin
  • Michael Faraday
  • Submarines
  • Steam ships
  • The Suez Canal
  • Slavery
  • Telephones
  • Clara Barton
  • Florence Nightingale
  • William Wilberforce
  • Captain Cook

Blow the dust off history lessons and teach your child character and discernment with People, Places, and Events of World History, by Paradigm Accelerated Curriculum. Order today from Curriculum Express!