History: The Great Story of Humanity At ATI, history is the underpinning of everything we learn. An inspired understanding of history—not primarily as a list of facts and dates to memorize, but as a living tapestry that is relevant, practical, and tangible all around us—is the foundation of engaging with the messy, interdependent, and otherwise unfathomable network that is humanity. In middle school, students delve into the chronological history of humanity, diving deep into the rise and fall of civilizations, the progression of impactful intellectual movements, and the major turning points that defined an era. In high school, students become ready to explore history from a causal perspective: they begin exploring how the Great Ideas have impacted human progress throughout the ages.
Chronological Understanding of History All middle school students spend two to three years completing a timeline of U.S. and world history. Upon completion, the book is bound at graduation for a treasured resource that showcases a student’s chronological understanding of history.
• Timeline of U.S. History • Timeline of World History Cycle A: World History to 1600 • Early Humans (Pre 3000 BCE) • Ancient Civilizations (3000 BCE - 500 CE) • Classical Civilizations (800 BCE - 600 CE) • The Middle Ages (500 - 1500 CE) • The Golden Age of Islam (800-1400 CE) • The Age of Exploration (1500 - 1700 CE) Cycle B: World History 1600 to Present
The Great Story of Humanity
• The Renaissance (1400-1700 CE) • The Enlightenment (1700-1800 CE) • The Industrial Revolution (1750 - 1900 CE) • World Wars I and II (1914-1945 CE) • Decolonization and Independence (1900-1970 CE) • The Digital Revolution (1970 to Present) Cycle C: United States History • Colonial Period and Founding of the United States (1607-1787) • Westward Expansion (1803-1890) • The Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877) • Industrialization and the Gilded Age (1880-1920s) • The Great Depression, World Wars, and the New Deal (1929-1945) • Postwar, Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement (1945-1968)
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