High School Curriculum Explorer · Grades 9–12

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World History

Suggested grades 9–10 · Unit 1: Networks and Historical Inquiry

Distinguish Sequence from Historical Cause

Analyze an explicitly fictional port dossier to separate temporal order from causal explanation.

▷ 2 teacher video choices: Distinguish Sequence from Historical Cause
Preview lesson: Distinguish Sequence from Historical Cause

Goal: Build a timeline and evaluate whether two proposed causes are supported by the supplied sources.

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

Try together: Together evaluate “Year 4 must have caused Year 5 because it came first.” Identify the missing reasoning.

Supporting literacy connectionRH.9-10.3Grades 9–10
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World History

Suggested grades 9–10 · Unit 1: Networks and Historical Inquiry

Model Exchange across Silk Roads Networks

Connect a historical overview with a simplified route model without mistaking the model for a real map.

▷ 2 teacher video choices: Model Exchange across Silk Roads Networks
Preview lesson: Model Exchange across Silk Roads Networks

Goal: Integrate a network diagram and secondary-source summary to explain two kinds of exchange and one model limitation.

Before this: Read a simple network diagram and evaluate the scope of a claim.

Try together: Discuss why “One road carried only silk directly from one endpoint to another” conflicts with the overview.

Supporting literacy connectionRH.9-10.7Grades 9–10
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