Social studies · Suggested grades 9–10

World History
Course map.

Investigate change, interaction and perspective across societies using bounded historical questions and evidence.

Grade ranges and the sequence below are suggestions, not graduation requirements. Choose by readiness and your school’s course plan.

Before this course

Distinguish primary and secondary sources.
Use chronology and geographic context.

Where it can lead

Builds historical inquiry for later study and civic understanding. Six lessons cannot represent every region or period; sequence and placement vary.

A suggested progression

Context, exchange and evidence
Power, change and competing perspectives
Historical interpretation and synthesis

Six starter mini-lessons sample selected skills. This is not a full year of daily instruction, complete standards coverage, an accredited course or graduation credit. Grade placement and unit order are planning guidance, not requirements.

Unit → Lesson

Your learning path

3 units · 6 starter lessons

Unit 1: Networks and Historical Inquiry

Use chronology and evidence to examine exchange across connected societies.

Before this unit: Order events on a timeline; distinguish a source from an inference.

Distinguish Sequence from Historical Cause30 minutes · RH.9-10.3
Model Exchange across Silk Roads Networks30 minutes · RH.9-10.7

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Unit 2: Industry and Imperial Power

Examine technological change, unequal power and the evidence behind historical explanations.

Before this unit: Compare source perspective and separate an illustrative model from an authentic quotation.

Compare Industrialization through Different Roles30 minutes · RH.9-10.6
Evaluate an Imperialism Explanation30 minutes · RH.9-10.8

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Unit 3: Conflict and International Institutions

Examine multi-causal conflict and distinguish an institution’s founding aims from evidence of its outcomes.

Before this unit: Read a timeline and evaluate multi-causal explanations.

Separate a Trigger from Conditions for War30 minutes · RH.9-10.3
Read an Institution’s Founding Purpose Critically30 minutes · RH.9-10.2

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A course map. A practical starting point.

These 138 original mini-lessons sample 23 courses for grades 9–12. They do not provide a full year of daily lessons, complete standards coverage, accredited courses or graduation credit. Suggested grade ranges, prerequisites and unit order are planning guidance; school pathways and elective availability vary. Calculus is excluded.

Subject-content contribution identifies a selected math, English, science or world-language skill. Common Core high school math uses conceptual categories, not universally assigned courses or grades. Mapping a skill to a course is an instructional choice. (+) Additional preparation identifies standards the official source marks for advanced study.

English uses the 9–10 and 11–12 bands; there are no separate Common Core English 9, 10, 11 or 12 codes. NGSS references identify the high school band and partial performance-expectation contributions.

Supporting Common Core literacy connection applies only to an actual reading, writing or communication activity. It does not establish science, social studies or elective subject-content alignment. Unverified subject-content mappings are labeled explicitly.

Spanish uses World-Readiness language standards, identified by their official names in the current summary. Common Core does not measure Spanish proficiency. Supported lesson practice is distinct from an independently assessed proficiency rating and from the course title.

Use North Carolina’s Standard Course of Study ↗ for local planning. No NC alignment is claimed without a verified crosswalk. Each mapping links to official wording, records its verification date and explains the part practiced.