High School Curriculum Explorer · Grades 9–12
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Suggested grades 9–10 · Unit 1: Networks and Historical Inquiry
Analyze an explicitly fictional port dossier to separate temporal order from causal explanation.
▷ 2 teacher video choices: Distinguish Sequence from Historical CausePreview 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
Subject-content alignment not yet verified Open lesson →: Distinguish Sequence from Historical CauseWorld History
Suggested grades 9–10 · Unit 1: Networks and Historical Inquiry
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 NetworksPreview 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
Subject-content alignment not yet verified Open lesson →: Model Exchange across Silk Roads NetworksEarlier high school starter lessons with teacher video choices →